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Alexiaden939th October 2009Sweet riffs !
Karl-ss3rd May 2009MAN THIS IS BAD ASS!
Mats Hedberg21st June 2008nice rhytm exercise Sean!
Mats.- xSK8ANx19th August 2007
I forgot.. ALMOST like.. hehehe;)
- xSK8ANx19th August 2007
Yeah!! that last part was just like the beginning of ALICE IN HELL by Annihilator:D
Great Lesson by the way!
- Victafor25th July 2007
wow 0.0 that was sick great lesson
MattE11th June 2007Amazing riff, I must say
The main problem that I'm running into is the second part.
for some reason my pinky finger keeps wanting to shoot straight out instead of staying close to the fret board x.x
But great lesson :]
Sean Conklin10th June 2007Guys, thanks so much!
Jammer91, thanks for the compliments bro! Those "3"s represent triplet notes.
Sean
jammer918th June 2007What do the 3's mean over the zero in the 1st video lesson
- jammer918th June 2007
sean your playin sounds like a frikkin machine gun with unlimited ammo.... The most surprising but is that you make open notes sound like something never heard before.... HOW ON EARTH DO GET THAT AWESOME SOUND
- sloe_lerner6th June 2007
you rock dude id like to hear more from you every lesson is killer
you29th May 2007pending closure...bad spelling
- you29th May 2007
you really should put up a lesson on pending closer. That song is Insane.
terryn026th May 2007i love this lesson...the whole riff is awsome
XxLeviathanxX15th May 2007Thats a beast freakin' lesson
- Sean Conklin14th May 2007
Another thing as far as effects in the riff. I don't know if you noticed already, but I switched the pickup right before I played the higher part. With leads I usually use the neck pickup, and riffs usually the bridge pickup.
- Sean Conklin14th May 2007
Thanks guys!
I use Line 6's Guitarport. With the "insane" cabinet...and lots of gain! Seriously, guitarports and PODxts are awesome.
Sean 
TheProof12th May 2007wow whats your metal effect?
- you11th May 2007
freakin awesome man!! I gotta go practice this like crazy. Talk about motivation to get my speedpicking going. I want MORE!!
FaithfullyForgotten11th May 2007Hey man you F@#$%^& kick ASS dude Im really into the heavy im a sucker for palm mutes like that and really realy fast picking,and what shocks me is the notes seem realy simple when you SLOW it down,anyways great F'n job man keep it up
Ryan10th May 2007pfff..this is gonna be a really hard 1..and not cus the 2nd vid..my troubles will be the first 1 ILL GET IT THOUGH
- Sean Conklin10th May 2007
Hey glad you enjoy it guys!
The guitar I'm using is an OLP version of the Petrucci musicman model. It has the stock pickups installed still. AWESOME guitar and price for the value. 
The Uncreator9th May 2007Awesome lesson, you got a very heavy sound and with just drop d, thats amazing, great stuff, great riffs and solo's.
- stratman339th May 2007
cool lesson, i was wondering when you would make another one!
shredmandan9th May 2007Good lesson ,what kind of humucker do you have at the neck?
- Gustavo9th May 2007
awsome lick
- ibanez-freak9th May 2007
nice one!!.....wat kind of guitar is that?
Rockwouldbe9th May 2007what a smashing sound you got there
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- My notes
Hey GMC! Alright, this lesson is primarily for developing speed and stamina. Style-wise, it's definitely for metalheads, however stamina of course applies to any style.
Before you delve into the lesson, make sure you know what 16th note triplets are. 16th triplets are basically 6 notes per beat. So they can be pretty fast, and that is the main rhythmic note that we will be using in this lesson.
I'd strongly recommend practicing this riff slowly and to the metronome. This riff is at 120 bpm, but I'd say start at 60 bpm, just to make sure you're playing very accurately.
Also note, this lesson is in Drop D Tuning.
Have fun!
Sean Conklin
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