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Ben Higgins15th November 2012Great lesson, maybe the one of the best!!!
But a drumkit's maybe a bit louder?
Thanks Slav !!
Yeah, now you mention it, that's terrible mixing !!!
Slavenko Erazer15th November 2012Great lesson, maybe the one of the best!!!
But a drumkit's maybe a bit louder?
Dinaga26th March 2012This is one of the most fun solos I ever played - and the phrasing is so brilliant - I can't get it out of my head!
Bossie11th July 2011It's a very creative addictive solo..did i allready mention that Van halen got their first gigs thx too their excellent early-scorpions covers??ok let's play the lessons once more..;-)))
Ivan Milenkovic11th July 2011Lots of cool and attractive tricks in this solo, excellent!
- Ben Higgins11th July 2011
I'm really surprised you all think it's that good ! I'm not sure what I did so right but I'll try and hold onto it ! Thanks again
Kristofer Dahl11th July 2011Haha I can only agree - this is amazing Ben! Somehow you manage to top your chops all the time - it'll be an amazing journey to follow your growth as a guitarist!
MonkeyDAthos11th July 2011i have a platonic love on your guitar Ben!
Bluesberry10th July 2011Wow, this is without doubt one of the highest level playing at GMC - the technical skill and taste reminds me of Muris Varajic, the style of Scorpions - just awesome.
Love those crazy effects using your right hand ("auto flanger" and tapping slides etc)
Gabriel Leopardi10th July 2011Awesome as always Ben!! Well done!
- bryanmoore10th July 2011
Dude, you were born too late. In the eighties guys like you didn't have to fret over crappy gigs and slacker bandmates, just over which SOB didn't remove the brown M&M's like I requested.
- Ben Higgins10th July 2011
Wow, guys.. you are too kind !! Bossie that sounded like it was a lot of good time fun ;-) Their stuff almost personified the 80's ;-D
- Bossie10th July 2011
Great !! In my army days in Germany all the jukeboxes were fully loaded with scorpions stuff..fantastic !
Michael AC10th July 2011Every lesson you put out your playing reaches another level of amazement! Awesome!
thefireball10th July 2011WOW! I Loved the harmonics part!
- Ben Higgins10th July 2011
Thank you very much all :-D
Sinisa Cekic10th July 2011Haahah, yeahh, awesome lesson !!!
playaxeman10th July 2011wow this was really great. Quit high energy indeed.
HungryForHeaven10th July 2011Ben, Ben, Ben... yet another totally awesome lesson from a totally awesome player. Other than that, I'm just speachless.
Marek Rojewski10th July 2011Hell yeaaah !
- Ben Higgins10th July 2011
Thanks a lot guys ! Glad you enjoy it.. hope I managed to get the Mattias Jabs sound :-)
Gitarrero10th July 2011Showing off a little, are we?
That was simply amazing! Hopefully I'll be able to play that way...someday in the distant future.
zen10th July 2011Wow, this is great.. love the phrasings . Nice one Ben m/
Nava10th July 2011Ah, I really love ur playing
So much Scorpions in there! Excellent as always.
Bogdan Radovic10th July 2011Awesome lesson Ben! I love the Scorpions music and you captured the vibe so well.
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Hi Guys. Welcome to my latest lesson which is a furious solo based on Scorpions' lead guitarist Matthias Jabs. Jabs is a very high energy player with a style that is reminiscent of Eddie Van Halen and fellow German axe hero, Michael Schenker.
He uses a lot of hammer ons/pull offs to generate his flashy licks. He mainly uses the Minor Pentatonic and Natural Minor scales in his lead work, although he has been known to use the Major Pentatonic in songs like Arizona off the 1982 album, Blackout.
This is quite a difficult lesson because it asks for a lot of fretting hand stamina. There are a lot of strong phrases that use string bending and these occur very quickly and in close succession with faster passages so it will help make your fingers stronger!
The backing is the same backing which features in my Scorpions: Rhythm lesson. The tempo is 120bpm and they key of the backing starts off in A Minor before going to the second section which is in E Minor. Naturally the scales used are the A Minor Pentatonic & Natural Minor and the E Minor Pentatonic & Natural Minor. As the Minor Pentatonic notes are found within the minor scales I've included just the Natural Minor diagrams below.
Have fun, make sure you warm up and, if it helps, imagine you are playing this in a stadium of thousands of people and the year is 1982 !
Ben
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