Darius Wave28th May 2013Does not Your 1st finger overheat while those thunder-like licks on a G-string?
Cool vintage flavour 
Cosmin Lupu28th May 2013Great rendition of the R-man's style! Good going, Ben!
Slavenko Erazer28th May 2013U Nicely mixed 5 Purple songs in one
- Kimiko28th May 2013
Just love those Blackmore style bends...awesome all the way!!
Nava28th May 2013Fantastic and so spot on:)
Love Blackmore!
Jouve28th May 2013Goddammit!! Awesome!
Ben Higgins28th May 2013Thanks gentlemen - I loved playing this one !!
St Anger28th May 2013Wooww ! Straight in my bookmarks, man ! Thanks
- firewind2428th May 2013
Awesome lesson thanks Ben and kill the king babe!!!
Fayeed Tan29th May 2013cool! great stuff Ben!
DeGroot30th May 2013Love it... killer classic Blackmore tone.
Dieterle2nd June 2013Hehe COOL !
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Welcome to my lesson in the style of the legendary Ritchie Blackmore!
Apart from Tony Iommi and Jimmy Page, not many people in the world of rock guitar can claim to have given us as many classic riffs as Ritchie!
Armed with a Strat and a giant stack of Marshalls, Ritchie took guitar performance to a whole new level and it was his riffs that drove the bands Deep Purple and Rainbow that would inspire many successful bands that came after them, not least Iron Maiden & Metallica.
Back in the late 60's and throughout the 70's, guitar amps didn't have the kind of levels of gain that we're used to these days. Players couldn't hide behind a wall of distortion so every note counted and a player would really have to dig into every note with energy if he wanted to play harder, louder and faster than the rest of them. It's no wonder that all these old school guys knew about great tone because it was the only way to sound good. You had to crank an amp really loud and pick hard to get the chords to distort the most. So, even though the amps were distorted, it was a clean type of distortion and when Ritchie allied that to his single coil Strat sound, it was unmistakeable.
To be totally authentic, the gain levels are nice and low on this lesson so your picking dynamics will be more noticeable.
But that's where the fun begins!
This lesson will work on:
- Riffing/Rhythm playing
- Phrasing
- Picking
- Vibrato
- String bending
So grab your guitars and be aware that when you crank this lesson up loud, all you'll hear........ is Buuuuuuuuuurn!!!
Tempo: 110bpm
Gear: Marshall JVM 410H OD2 Green setting. Bass - 3 Mid - 2 Treb - 9 Gain - 3
Key: G Minor
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