Megadeth Tornado of Souls guitar solo lesson! Weekend Wankshop 200

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Holy Moly!!! I FINALLY DID IT! You guys have been asking for a full lesson on Marty Friedman's legendary Megadeth Tornado of Souls (Megadeth) guitar solo for about 4 years, ever since i put up my original (somewhat accurate) cover, and now, on Weekend Wankshop episode 200, you're finally getting it!
Uncle Ben here did an obscenely high amount of homework on this one, using the isolated guitar only track here on youtube plus as much live footage as i could find to deliver you a supremely-accurate cover of this song. In this lesson, you'll learn every single note in this thing (including the legendary impossible ending lick), plus get some insights on Marty Friedman's arpeggio and scale secrets, plus some cool tips and insight on how i transcribe brutally hard and indecipherable licks!
Thank you all for tuning in over the past 200 episodes, it means a ton to me. What do you want to see next on the show?!

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Cheers y'all

[BenEller]

Thank you all for learning how to really play Marty Friedman’s legendary Megadeth Tornado of Souls solo! What do you want to learn next?!??

[RudyAyoub]

Pretty much the number 1 solo on any guitarists list

[AndriyVasylenko]

I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw it in my feed! I remember the very first time I heard the solo: I was on the way to dentist, and when that second to last section started, goosebumps appeared everywhere.

[exploitedboy]

Section 1 4:13
Section 2 6:58
Section 3 9:46
Section 4 14:27
Section 5 18:32

[JunkfoodZombieGuns]

The "wtf lick" always blew my mind. It always sounded to me like somebody kicked Marty down a flight of stairs right before he played it, and he just kept playing, and as always, it was brilliant anyway. 😂

[micuronium]

Anyone who can play that solo is awesome. Mad respect.

[henrywong]

I actually went out and bought a 24 fret guitar just for this solo😂

[stefanstojanovic]

I've been avoiding the WTF lick out of pure fear my entire guitar playing life. You've outdone even yourself this time, Uncle Ben, hot damn! Massive respect

[sereban]

Ben, this is the best break down of the solo ever. You're freaking monster!

[leaharrington]

My 14 yo daughter plays violin in school orchestra and is learning electric bass on her own. She wandered through the room as i was watching this, stopped, looked up suddenly from her phone, and said, "That's a arpeggio." And then we watched Megadeth live in '92 together for 20 minutes, and she deftly noted, "hey, he didn't do that fast widdly section the same way!"

Uncle Ben: bringing families together, one crazy solo at a time.

Btw, the wtf descending section always sounded to me directly aped from the chaotic descening lick during the fade out on Mr Crowley -- a chaotic pattern to express chaotic energy that defies meter.

[henriquedarlim]

I never saw the solo played so well and true to the original version like this. Magnificent!

[pizzamon]

I've honestly learned more from you than any other YouTube guitar teacher. I've been playing for 25 years but I never got great. You break down the songs in the best way for me to learn it. ... Megadeth is my favorite band, I've seen them live 5 times.

[HEAVYpeople]

Not only you covered the solo perfectly, . But you also explained some of the theory behind it, amazing lesson!

[thebubonicj]

"Those are the notes... good freaking luck."
Thanks, uncle Ben! That's exactly how I feel.

[maromaro]

Thanks for this tutorial Ben! Helped me a lot with the Stylophone version, lol

[NickScott]

Holy shit, Ben! You nailed it! Somebody needs to show Dave Mustaine this video so the next time he hires a new guitarist he can show them this video!

[seanmanseau]

For some reason I'm even more impressed with the step-dad speed version. Awesome control!

[chenkuanju]

This is the best Tornado of Souls solo breakdown I can find on Youtube... Thank you bro!

[hiiambarney]

On 7:22 ish : I've seen Marty catch that bend on the on the 13th fret. Listening back to the record, it seems right. Just a very minor thing in the grand scheme of things and doesn't taint this awesome lecture.

[jacobraham]

I don’t think I’ve ever heard someone play this solo as perfect as you just did haha. Seriously, perfect control and articulation. Beautiful haha