Painkiller Guitar Lesson (FULL SONG) - Judas Priest

In this Painkiller guitar lesson video, I will show you how to play this incredibly powerful Judas Priest track note-for-note.

The tuning is standard tuning.

I probably don't have to tell you that playing this song is pretty intense. It takes a lot of endurance to get through it.

The main riff that opens "Painkiller" uses fast muted downstrokes to create a riff that just kills. They never let up from there and throw a ton of killer riffs at you throughout the song. I will demonstrate each riff in the order that each appears in the song.

There are also two guitar solos that I will cover note-for-note. The first solo is played by Glenn Tipton and is a LONG exercise in shred guitar pyrotechnics. From six string sweeps with tapping, rapid alternate picking, whammy bar abuse and legato licks, you can find it all in this solo.

Towards the end of "Painkiller", K.K. Downing gets his turn at bat. His solo is much shorter but still packs quite a punch with his selection of rapid alternate picked licks and sweeps.

Congratulations to anyone that completes this lesson! It is a monster! :)
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Carl...

[jamisonc]

2:03 Intro squeal
2:56 Half of the song (Main riff)
5:20 Triplets
6:12 New main riff
8:20 Build up
9:40 “A tremolo riff”
11:00 Rhythm under main riff
11:25 Rhythm under solo
19:39 Glenn Tipton (and Carl) drop the mic (solo)
47:55 Variation of earlier riff
52:42 B triplet
53:26 Next sections recap
54:32 Rhythm under 2nd solo
54:55 Don’t forget KK! (2nd solo)
59:43 When you’re faced with the fact that you just wanted to watch this man suffer and will never be able to play this f**king thing
1:01:55 Outro section

If you ever had doubts that Carl was an absolute legend, bury them. This solidified you in youtube guitar history. If this man can teach you this fire demon of a song he can teach you ANYTHING. JOIN THE ACADEMY! plz
P.S. you probably scared off Jared Dines so good luck getting that shred war 👌

[alienautopsy]

Painkiller is THE perfect metal song. Everything about it is perfect. The theme, the production, the lyrics, everything

[Wargasm]

This song is called “Painkiller “ because you’ll need a few after attempting to play it.

[Isenough]

This is the most ‘metal’ song ever made.

[icedviking]

FASTER THAN A BULLET
TERRIFYING SCREAM
ENRAGED AND FULL OF ANGER
HE IS HALF MAN AND HALF MACHINE
Thank you Carl! \m/

[chalimoire]

no solo has ever been so fiercely scary. teleported to a dimension of utter jaw dropping fear just watching this. your Godlike Carl.

[matthewwilson]

I've never seen so much blood, sweat and effort go into a guitar lesson as this. Epic! Bravo Carl and thanks!

[RCSmiths]

This is perhaps my favorite from Judas Priest! A definitive song of their Metal era which everyone loves and aspires of them! Awesome work!

[TF_-_]

Hey I’m twelve and I’ve been playing guitar for years and thought I would never be able to play painkiller but thanks to this video I can play it all the way through including the solos; Thanks!

[siddharthghosh]

19:40 solo
To learn or just watch Carl play 😂

[iainwhite]

This is a brilliant lesson, but how the hell did KK and Glen even think of these insane riffs??

[euanmorgann]

Just going to bookmark this till 2034 when I might be able to learn it

[cheenu]

Carl, this is amazing. Anyone reading this, you gotta sub to his academy. There's some absolute gold in there for almost all style of music.

[edwardglyons]

The solo rhythm part is an absolute blast to play!

[klauswigsmith]

The amazing thing about the riff at 3:48 is that you, like almost everyone (myself included) plays that with all downpicking....but Tipton plays that with alternate picking which is arguably harder for a riff like that PLUS you can't even tell! It SOUNDS like he's downpicking, but he's not! What a machine.
Both he and KK are criminally underrated guitar players.

[aggelosf]

Man the solos on this are absolutely crazy. For now I'm just here to watch Carl shred

[PatrickBasedman]

I’m happy to say after coming back to this time and time again I almost finished the entire first solo

[mortesanta]

I still have this record as new as I bought it 30 years ago...it´s definitely my favorite Heavy Metal song...thank you .. it´s just perfect

[David-sxon]

You should 1.000.000+ subscribers. Best on YouTube hands down.

[ariadne]

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I am very glad to watch your guitar lesson!!!!