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Tapping guitar lesson - Vai style

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Here is a Steve Vai inspired tapping lick that's not too hard, but sounds cool when played fast. Drums, bass and guitar were all recorded with software from Toontrack (http://www.toontrack.com) and I used EZmix2, EZdrummer with EZX Metal Machine.

For the rhythm guitars, I used Metal Amps preset pack. The amp presets were:

Rhythm guitar, left channel preset - "herbs".

Rhythm guitar right channel preset - "megalomaniac".

But the guitars were not panned 100% left/right; they were blended a bit.

I recorded midi bass in Logic Pro, and I used the "Hellbass" from EZmix2.

For he arpeggiated chord, I used the preset "Fredrik - Clean Too" from Metal Guitar Gods.

The tapping lick preset was "IA - Solo 1" from Metal Guitar Gods.

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New Course - Comping with Triads -

Learn 6 common chord progressions.
"You are simply the best teacher on the internet. Always cool, explain things well, and relevant stuff for beginners to advanced players. Even my kids are into your lessons now!"

I was chosen as the 2013 Next Top Guitar Instructor at Truefire!