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Video: Jeff Loomis "The Ultimatum" Lead Guitar Lesson

Posted 05/04/2012 at 4:23pm | by Josh Hart

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Jeff Loomis shows you how to play the opening arpeggio of his new song, "The Ultimatum."

Last month, shredder extraordinaire Jeff Loomis released his sophomore solo album, Plains of Oblivion, a record that had surprisingly strong chart presence for a mostly instrumental shred record.

The former Nevermore guitarist was nice enough to shoot some video lessons of key passages off the new album, and in the first one — which can be seen below — he shows you the opening arpeggio to "The Ultimatum."

Next time, we'll take a look at the rhythm track for "The Ultimatum," so get those pick hands ready!

Plains of Oblivion is out now on Century Media Records.

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farosas1234

May 06, 2012 at 7:56am

Lol i couldnt Tab this because its kinda fast..can anyone plz give me the tabs for this part :(

firepigg

May 05, 2012 at 12:13pm

It goes without saying that Jeff Loomis is an amazing guitarist. I've bought his last solo album and have great respect for him. However, his guitar tone is so god awful, I could not replay this video more than once, let alone repeat it several times to learn this lick. His tone here and on his albums is like a horrid rusty ice pick in my ears. It's so thin, shrill, metallic and biting...I can't listen to more than 2 minutes of it. It really just ruins what could be some amazing guitar work. THere are so many great shredders out there that ALSO have good tone, I can't understand why Jeff Loomis goes with this set up. EMGs are the antithesis of good guitar tone...and who knows what else he's using for an amp...but it needs help. Sorry Jeff.