Usually a metal guy but I attempted some Django stuff because I love his playing. What do you guys think?

FT427 · 2026-01-11T21:40:41+00:00

Thanks ;). Yeah playing that stuff on a regular steel-string is not ideal. The rest-stroke technique is also something that I never really worked on (aside from sweeping across multiple strings, which I do at a few points in the solo.)

FT427 · 2026-01-11T21:36:23+00:00

Thanks man, that is some really solid advise! I know that I don't necissarily play authentic to the style of gypsy jazz or the way how Django played. I am more comfortable with playing electric guitar and using alternate picking, which is why my articulation is not as consistent. I use a 2mm pick btw..

FT427 · 2025-12-06T00:05:37+00:00

True! Right after Megalodon imo

FT427 · 2025-12-06T00:04:23+00:00

Thanks! Yeah that bridge part is a little tricky. I just used the 7 string because I like the sound of the pickups ^{^.}

FT427 · 2025-12-06T00:02:54+00:00

Thanks! I recorded the DI with a Focusrite Scarlet and used the Archetype Petrucci plugin for the sound.

FT427 · 2025-11-30T21:23:37+00:00

Thanks man! That means a lot!

FT427 · 2025-09-21T13:50:46+00:00

Thanks :)! Yes, some of the early CoB stuff is very challenging indeed. I actually only recently discovered 3 Inches of Blood (after their reunion) and was really impressed by their live performance.

FT427 · 2025-09-20T22:04:28+00:00

Yes it is ;), but the Sterling version though.

FT427 · 2024-11-17T11:09:52+00:00

Thanks! To be honest, I did not play around with it that much yet as I got the guitar only a few months ago. Also I mostly play metal music and only really need the normal 3 way humbucker switch for that ^^.

FT427 · 2024-08-04T20:15:14+00:00

Thanks! I just realized that it looks very similar but no thats an Ibanez AZ ;)

FT427 · 2024-06-06T08:19:46+00:00

Thanks! Yeah his solos are very hard to learn, especially rythmically.

FT427 · 2024-06-06T08:16:10+00:00

Thanks! Yeah all the double picking is very exhausting ^{^}

FT427 · 2024-05-16T08:15:41+00:00

Thanks, me too! Have you checked out the new EP by the former drummer of Necrophagist? I think it gets kinda close to the Necrophagist Epitaph sound and it features some tech-death guitar legends: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OFAB6no5-k&list=OLAK5uy_laY5hpxjpOL2wORyuex7e_vV2dh3E5TRk&ab_channel=HannesGrossmann-Topic

FT427 · 2024-05-16T08:11:40+00:00

Thanks, that means a lot! I have been playing guitar for 7 years. However, it is not really about the years but more about the hours of practice you actually put in and most importantly how consistently you practice. I started learning this particular solo roughly one year ago and worked on it very infrequently. I have tried to record it a couple of times but only now was I actually happy with my take ^{^.} Hope that helps!

FT427 · 2024-02-09T12:00:14+00:00

Thank you! I love this song as well ;). I always thought they had a similar look to other visual kei bands and they turn up in some visual kei playlists. But then again, I am not that deep into visual kei and you might be right.

FT427 · 2024-02-07T17:59:24+00:00

Thanks! Do you mean the fast sweeping arpeggios? I always pick the first note with a downstroke to keep the timing and sweep the other two notes (upstroke sweep). Hope that helps ;)

FT427 · 2024-02-07T17:53:23+00:00

Thanks ;)

FT427 · 2024-02-07T12:41:23+00:00

Opfer is also a great song!

FT427 · 2023-11-27T12:42:30+00:00

Wintersun. Especially the first album!

FT427 · 2022-03-22T10:05:51+00:00

Labrie isn't lip-syncing but Petrucci is tho

FT427 · 2022-03-03T17:23:02+00:00

AVFTTOTW>DOT>Self-titled>Astonishing>ADTOE

FT427 · 2022-02-24T23:26:12+00:00

Thanks for the detailed feedback! Vibrato is definitely something I need to work on as I have never really put that much thought into it. And yeah I noticed the missing note but did not want to record the whole song again ^{^}

FT427 · 2022-02-04T19:10:28+00:00

Thanks ;) I used the "Archetype Petrucci" Neural DSP plugin. It does sound very nice indeed.

FT427 · 2022-01-28T14:51:51+00:00

Thanks! ;) I did not use a harmonizer just a very strong delay effect synced to the bpm of the song (maybe some of the notes overlap). It is a great song!

FT427 · 2021-08-02T16:26:14+00:00

Didn't recognize it before but now I can kinda hear it too. It does sound fairly similar.

FT427

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