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52 PERTEFNECTWordsAmitSharma
The guitar heroics of Matt Bellamy in the
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top 10 Muse songs – as voted by TG readers
R egular readers will know that we love a
good poll here at TG Towers! Why, just another poll this month – so here we present the top 10 Muse
two issues ago, 150,000 of you voted for Songs, as voted for by you.
the greatest guitar albums of all time,
helping us to create probably our The turnout may have been (expectedly) a little more
meagre than with our albums monster vote, but a full 10,000
of you reached for your phones, tablets and computers to

biggest cover feature to date! No register your favourite songs by the band. In good, old-

surprises then, we thought we’d do fashioned Top Of The Pops style, we start with number 10...

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10BLISS 09TIME IS RUNNING OUT
ORIGIN OF SYMMETRY ABSOLUTION
(2001) (2003)

H ow exactly do you go a simple enough technique for A nother high contender succeeded. During the pre-chorus
about following the songwriters to use, this change in the list of Muse where he sings “Bury it, I won’t
crowd-conquering of pace really adds to the dramatic tracks your bassist let you bury it”, Matt Bellamy
and era-defining tension of the build, making for keeps asking to run incorporates elements of the
perfection of Plug In Baby and a climactic rise that ends on through, and one of the last to be vocal melody into his chords,
New Born? For the third single a suspenseful F minor barre- composed for Absolution, this top often simply changing just one
from Origin Of Symmetry, it was chord. And, while they’re not 10 single was the sound of Muse note at a time to allow his guitar
a case of adding even more actually played on guitar, the embracing a more mid-tempo to not only support but also
experimentation to the mix, opening and closing keyboard and groove-oriented take on mirror his voice. If tremolo-
with futuristic synth lines warring arpeggios – which move from alternative rock. Oddly enough, picked octave shapes after the
against jangly minor chords from Cm to Bb to Fm – actually make the members have even revealed chorus sections are reminiscent
the very start and continuing for an excellent sweep picking it was partly inspired by the of the kind of things that
through the hard-strummed, exercise, particularly for those Michael Jackson hit Billie Jean, Jonny Greenwood played on
open position shapes of the interested in moving down one a song which they felt made Radiohead’s Pablo Honey and
chorus – which interestingly go area of the neck and coming back listeners want to click their The Bends, it’s probably because
into double time after the initial up in a different position before fingers and shake their hips – and Greenwood was a big influence
opening cycles. Although it’s each chord change. in that regard they most certainly on Bellamy early on.

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08BUTTERFLIES 07NEW BORN
AND HURRICANES ORIGIN OF SYMMETRY
ABSOLUTION (2001)
extreme guitar tones heard on this
(2003) D ebut album Showbiz and prior single Plug In Baby were
certainly had its fair thanks to a ZVEX Fuzz Factory
T heir first-ever top 10 arrangements of the track over share of fiery acquired by Bellamy while on tour
single from their first the years – some closer to the moments, but it was in Japan, which soon became his
album to top the charts original and others with Bellamy on second album Origin Of go-to fuzz/distortion – to the
on home soil, Butterflies replicating the opening synth line Symmetry where Muse started

And Hurricanes is the sound of a on guitar by playing a standard cranking the gain and showing us point where he was even having

band with all the creative wind in Dm chord and holding that shape just how loud they could be when its circuit built into his custom

their sails. With Bellamy’s octave while lowering the note played on they wanted to. Its second single Manson guitars. With its classical-

shapes providing a counter the B string one fret at a time. It’s was incredibly deceptive in that inspired chord movements, clean

melody to Chris Wolstenholme’s this knowledge of chords – where sense, starting out as more of funk strumming in the verses and

bass lines, it’s another track that to use majors, minors, dominants a twinkly, keyboard-led number alternate picked, Tom Morello-

carries a strong progressive and and half-diminisheds – that has reminiscent of their earliest work esque shred guitar solo, it’s

space rock influence, with no allowed Bellamy to break out of before a detuned fuzz riff arrives another example of Bellamy

shortage of keyboards adding to conventional rock guitar riffing out of the blue and roars its way mutating different styles into his

the atmospheric collage. There and into more modal, classical through your eardrums. The more very own beast.

have been several live and filmscore-esque grandeur.

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06MAP OF THE
PROBLEMATIQUE
BLACK HOLES AND
REVELATIONS
(2006)

I t’s no secret that Muse have The band spent the next two days
been responsible for some of reverse-engineering the idea,
the most dazzling tones over using a range of equipment to
the last two decades – and make Bellamy’s guitar react like

this 2006 track could be the pick of an arpeggiator. “It’s a guitar going

the bunch. If its opening guitars through three different modular

sound more like a distorted synths that are opening up at

synthesizer, that’s because it was different times,” explained

originally written and demoed Costey. “Two of the synths are

on keyboards. “I really wanted to routed into different pitch shifters

hear it on guitar, but there was no – one is an octave up, the other is

way to play the keyboard part on an octave down. The guitar was

the guitar,” recalled Black Holes split into three the ARP 2600, a

producer Rich Costey in 2007. Korg MS-20 and an EMS Synthi

05 STOCKHOLM
SYNDROME
ABSOLUTION
(2003)

W hen Matt Bellamy Phrygian Dominant scale (the fifth 55
writes a song in mode of G harmonic minor, theory
drop D, chances are fans!). Another key feature of the
it will sit among the song is the tempo shift between its

heavier Muse offerings. Stockholm verse sections and choruses, going

Syndrome is a down-tuned affair into more of a half-time groove for

that captures the band driving at the most anthemic moments

full force, with more of a metallic where more space is needed for

style of riffing that bounces off the vocals. And to bring it all to a

open low D and notes fretted an thunderous close, the main riff is

octave up around the 12th fret. played open, loose and slower

Those intervals include a minor more in the style of Tool guitarist

2nd, a major 3rd, a perfect 4th and and fellow Diezel VH4 enthusiast

a minor 7th – built from the D Adam Jones.

04 PLUG IN BABY
ORIGIN OF SYMMETRY
(2001)

A s Bellamy himself before adding in a Dorian major
admits in this month’s 6th flavour played on the 9th fret
interview, he might of the B string, which then gets
never have written Plug bent up half a step into a minor

In Baby without his trusty Manson 7th and released. For the verses,

Delorean. What a shame that Bellamy leaves most of the

would have been, given how heavy lifting to the bass, save for

quickly it became the group’s a few pitch-shifted triads which

biggest anthem. Although often ring out before the full-chorded

incorrectly tabbed in the open strums of the chorus. Each

position, the main theme which section involves its own unique

starts the song is played around approach, which is precisely what

the 7th fret – sequencing passages makes it such an effortlessly

from the B harmonic minor scale dynamic track. A masterpiece!

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03HYSTERIA
ABSOLUTION
(2003)

A contender for the best sequence of octaves and bends he
song called Hysteria plays over the main riff is almost
ever written, this is as iconic as the bass riff itself. The
probably the Muse most fun part is the monstrous
song your bassist most wants to variation on the main riff that
cover. Absolution was the album comes after the second and third
that lifted Muse to arena level, and choruses, where guitar and bass
Hysteria was the song that got sync up to make one giant tone.
musicians talking. Naturally, it’s The solo is comprised of two parts
Chris Wolstenholme’s gargantuan – the first where notes are double
bass riff that gets a lot of the picked on the higher strings up
attention, but there’s no shortage around the 14th fret and the final
of guitar excitement. Bellamy’s part which consists of C, G, Dm
whammy bar nudges enhance the and Am triads ringing out from the
chorus powerchords, and the same area high up the neck.

02KNIGHTS OF CYDONIA
BLACK HOLES AND
REVELATIONS
(2006)

L ike Bohemian Rhapsody, actually less pedal trickery than

Knights of Cydonia is an you might imagine. The frantic

56 epic whose defining vibrato on the riff that arrives

guitar riff doesn’t arrive moments later, for example, is

until near the end of the track. created simply by waggling the

Also like Bohemian Rhapsody, it’s hell out of a whammy bar with

guaranteed to have all occupants the picking hand while using

of any vehicle headbanging in hammer-ons to fret notes on the

unison when it kicks in. The A string. If you don’t have any

spaghetti western guitar tones at guitars fitted with a tremolo arm,

the beginning recall the surf guitar you could always use a dedicated

greats, with a ton of Fender-style vibrato pedal like the BOSS VB-2W

reverb and tremolo, and the or TC Electronic Shaker – or even

tremolo-picked descending slide check to see if any of your vibe or

at 0:47 is pure Misirlou. But there’s chorus pedals have a vibrato

01CITIZEN ERASED
ORIGIN OF SYMMETRY
(2001)

T G readers’s favourite structure that I already had and it
Muse song, Citizen Erased suddenly became a full-on metal
was also for many years track out of nowhere. Because
the band’s longest track, it was so heavy for so long we

and is also one of the rare decided to add another song on to

instances where Matt has used a the end of it.” The opening riff is

seven-string – which, as he played using the open seventh

explains in this month’s cover string – tuned to A – and artificial

story, ended up being his very first harmonics on the higher A-string.

Manson instrument. “On Citizen If you don’t have a seven-string,
Erased, Dom came in one day with you can tune your sixth string to A,

this funky James Brown beat and though remember there will be

Photo Getty Chris just started playing along,” less tension and overall resonance

Matt revealed at the time of than with the thicker gauges used

release. “I then applied a chord on extended range instruments.

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REVELATIONS
It’s time to plug in and take a close look at Matt
Bellamy’s supermassive shred techniquessoneofthemost
A58 of ground here with a set of lessons breaking have a looser style, pushing notes early or

forward-thinking and down his style for you. We’re looking at Matt’s laying back and behind the beat, Bellamy

progressive guitarists classical-tinged chord progressions, his riffing typically plays somewhat metronomically.

on the planet, it’s safe style and blues approaches, plus we explain Bear this in mind as you work through our tab

to say there’s plenty some of his shred techniques, too. examples. Keep your timing tight and try to

to learn from Matt Probably the most important element to be lock in with the drums when you jam along to

Bellamy – and we’re aware of is his timing. Matt’s a tight player, our backing tracks. This is the secret that’ll get

covering a fair amount and, whereas funk and blues guitarists tend to you closer to that trademark Muse feel.

1 PEDAL RIFF TRACKS: BIT.LY/TG362AUDIO

q =120 Play 4 times
Em
& # 44 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ..
.. œ œ1 œ2 œ3 œ3
œ1 3 œ 2 œ 1 2 œ 3 œ 1 3 œ 1 2 œ 1 3 œ 2 œ 1 2

..ABT 0 10 12 08 078 05 035 023 0 10 12 0 8 0 7 8 .
.

0 12 0 14 0 15 0 17

cont. sim.

We begin by demonstrating Matt's pedal tone riff-writing style, taking our inspiration from two of Muse's biggest hits, Stockholm Syndrome and Supermassive Black
Hole. The scale tones are all placed along the sixth string with the open string serving as a repeating E ‘pedal note’.

2 SHUFFLE FEEL TRACKS: BIT.LY/TG362AUDIO

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œ jœ j œ. ..œ
& # 182 .. Em j œ #œ œ jœ#œ œ j j œ b œ n œ j œ j œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ bœ nœ œ œ œ œ jœ
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

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T BU BU
. .A 5 6 7
7 9 11 12 12 16

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5 7 9 10 10 14
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Though perhaps not always obvious, blues is a key part of the Muse sound. Check out songs like Uprising, Drones and recent release Will Of The People and you'll hear
a blues shuffle groove driving things along. Octave shapes and sixth-string riffing are typical Bellamy fare, paired with tight timing and a distorted, high gain tone.

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PLAY LIKE MUSE

HYPER MUSE-PICK

Tremolo picking is all about keeping your picking hand steady at supermassive speeds, so...

1 Hold your pick close to the tip to prevent 2 Rest against the bridge to help keep your 3 Get points 1 and 2 nailed so your pick
the dreaded ‘flappy pick syndrome’. picking hand steady. doesn’t snag between strings!

3 TREMOLO PICKING TRACKS: BIT.LY/TG362AUDIO

q =110 B˙b #Aœ nAœb
˙ #œ nœ
Gm œœ @ @@
@@
& bb 44 .. ˙ @œ œ @
@˙ @ 18 17
19 16 15
ABT .@ @@ 17 59
. 12
14 15
10 12 13

1

Gm œœ Bb A Ab
˙ @œœ ..Play 4 times
& bb @˙ @œ œ ˙ nœ
@ @˙ n@œ
@
ABT @ @@ @@ .
10
12 14 15 8 .9 10
10 12 13 78

3

This technique features on Time Is Running Out, The Gallery and various others,
and it's a great way to rev up any simple melody. Here in our example, the
constant rapid-fire tremolo picking and high-gain humbucker tone turn an
otherwise basic line into an incendiary lick. Keep your picking movements
small and tight, with the motion coming mainly from your wrist.

4 SEQUENCED SCALES TRACKS:BIT.LY/TG362AUDIO

q =130 œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œB/D# œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ # œ œ œ œ œ œ Plaœ~y~4~ti~m~e..s

& # 44 Em œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

.. œ

~~~~~
.. ..AT 7 7
89 11 9 8 98 8 77
9 7 9 10 9 10 10 10 9 10 9 10
B 7 9 10 9 10 10 9
⇥ ≤ ⇥ ≤ ⇥ ≤ ⇥ ≤ cont. sim.

Photo Getty The classical-inspired technique we're looking at here is reminiscent of Bach’s Toccata And Fugue, and you can hear it Muse’s Plug In Baby and Animals. Sequencing in this
context means playing through a scale a few notes at a time. Our lick begins with a sequence of ascending three-note runs through the E harmonic minor scale (E F# G A B
C D#) before finishing with a sequence of descending four-note runs.

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5 ARPEGGIOS TRACKS: BIT.LY/TG362AUDIO

q =130 œ œ œ œ œ œ œœœœœœœœ
Am

& 44 .. œ œ

8 12 8 8 12
10
. 10 10 99
10 10
T9 12

.A 10

B 12

1

#Gœ# œ #œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ # œ œ # œ œ œ # œ œ ..Play 4 times
&

ABT 11 8 9 8 9 8 9 8 8 11 8
10 10
3 .9

8

.10

Matt uses arpeggios to create classical-style lead guitar lines. The arpeggio

notes are the same as the notes in the chords; so, for the Am chord the notes

60 are A, C and E, and for G# chord the notes are G#, B# and D. We're just moving up
and down the arpeggios to create an interesting melody.

6 ASCENDING CHORD PROGRESSIONS BIT.LY/TG362AUDIO 7 DOUBLE PICKING TRACKS: BIT.LY/TG362AUDIO

q =140 A /C # Dm B/D# Em q =90 œ œ œ œ
C wwww # ˙˙˙˙ ˙˙˙˙ Am œ œ
# wwww # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
& 44 .. wwww # # & 44 .. œ œ

..ABT 5 56 78 ABT . 10 10 88
5 67 89
5 77 99 1 .7 7 99 77 99 10 10 9 9
3 45 67
⇥≤⇥≤⇥≤⇥≤⇥≤⇥≤⇥≤⇥≤
1

& Fœœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ ##Dœœœœ/F# œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ Gsœœœœus4œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ Gœœœœ œœœœ Plœœœœay 4œœœœtime..s Bb œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ..Play 4 times

& bœ

10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 . ABT .7 7 .
12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 . 99 10 10 9 9 7 7
T 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 2 88 88 88
A 10 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
B 88889999 ⇥≤⇥≤⇥≤⇥≤⇥≤⇥≤⇥≤⇥≤

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Photo Getty Here we're getting to the heart of Muse-style chord progressions with an Taking our inspiration from Matt's solo in Hysteria, the idea here is to pick each
ascending sequence similar to Space Dementia. Our example is structured note twice, first with a downstroke, then an upstroke, to create a driving,
around standard major and minor chords, with ‘outside the key’ slash chords melodic riff. Rather than picking down and up parallel to the strings, try moving
connecting it all together in a chromatic bassline. When played ascending, this your pick inward and outward so your upstrokes are clear of the strings. This
gives momentum that's perfect for an epic bridge or an exciting outro. will make string changes cleaner and string skips much easier.

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WHAMMY PEDAL WIG-OUT Check out Matt's solo in this year’s Kill Or Be
Killed and you’ll be wowed by what sounds
Matt Bellamy's shortcut to shred... just a little bit like Yngwie Malmsteen-
esque sweep-picked arpeggios. In fact,
B EG Matt’s using a simpler approach that’s
achieved with a tapping lick on the second
string, plus, crucially, a Whammy pedal set

B to drop one octave down. He’s got form
with this technique, also employing it on
Invincible. It’s not ‘easy’ as such, but it’s
a whole lot less of a challenge than the
Malmsteen method – and it's a great way
get shredding. Try it out with the arpeggio
shown here. No Whammy? No worries!
Most treadle-equipped multi-fx pedals
have a dynamic pitch shifter on board.

8 TAPPING TRACKS: BIT.LY/TG362AUDIO

q =135

& # 44 œEm œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œAm œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œBm œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ..Play 4 times
œ œ œ
..

ABT .. ..12 0 3 7 12 0 3 7 12 0 3 7 12 0 3 7 12 0 3 7 12 0 3 7 12 0 3 7 12 0 3 7 12 0 5 8 12 0 5 8 12 0 5 8 12 0 5 8 12 0 7 10 12 0 7 10 12 0 7 10 12 0 7 10 61

One of Matt’s shreddiest techniques is his Van Halen-inspired tapping method which you can hear in Reapers and the solo in Invincible. For our example, use your second
finger to tap and pull off from the 12th fret while resting the side of your palm on the other strings to keep them muted. Use the first and fourth fingers of your fretting
hand to spell out the other notes.

9 MINOR KEY / MAJOR V TRACKS: BIT.LY/TG362AUDIO

q =135 Am G B Play 4 times
Em
œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ #œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ ..
& # 44 .. œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ .4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
44444444
T .0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55555555 55555555 44444444
A .2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 77777777 55555555
77777777 33333333 .4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
22222222 55555555
22222222
B 00000000

cont. sim.

Another Bellamy chord progression trick here that’ll give you an epic Muse vibe. In a minor key the V chord should technically be minor. For example, in E minor (E F# G A B C
D) the V chord is Bm (B-D-F#). Change one note and make it a B major (B-D#-F#) and you get classical-tinged chord changes of New Born. Our example takes you through the
‘in key’ chords of Em, Am and G before hitting the all-important B major V chord.

10 LEGATO TRACKS: BIT.LY/TG362AUDIO

q =120

& b 44 .. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ..Play 8 times
œ

.. ..ABT 3 0 2 0 3 0 5 0 7 0 8 0 11 0 12 0
11 0 12 0 11 0 8 0 7 0 5 0 3 0 2 0

Another of Matt’s shreddier techniques, this legato line can be played with no picking at all once the first note has been sounded – just use pull-offs to the open D string for
a smooth, uninterrupted stream of notes. The open D string here acts as a root note and the ascending notes are from the D harmonic minor scale (D E F G A Bb C#).

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62 Photo Getty Guitars and backing Simon Young BLUE
ÖYSTER
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(DON’T FEAR)
THE REAPER

Learn this iconic guitar
line from BÖC’s third studio
album, Agents Of Fortune

Back in 1975, while CLASSIC
writing and recording TRACK
their third studio
album, Agents Of SOUND ADVICE
Fortune, Blue Öyster
Cult couldn’t possibly Everything you need to know before playing ‘(Don’t Fear) The Reaper’
imagine they would be penning
one of rock’s all-time greatest Get the tone CHANNEL OVERDRIVE A ll the guitar parts feature a bridge
riffs, but that’s exactly what position humbucker pickup with
happened with (Don’t Fear) The 3 7 7 varying degrees of overdrive. For
Reaper. The track spent 20 weeks 8 8 the main riff, aim for a very mild overdrive
on the US Hot 100 breaking the tone, almost clean, in fact. You can use a
UK Top 20 two years later. GAIN BASS MID TREBLE REVERB compressor pedal to help the notes ring
The track’s iconic guitar line was out (although this is optional). For the
played, unexpectedly, on a Gibson Select a bridge lead work, turn up the gain, perhaps
ES-175 (generally considered to be position humbucker adding some distortion from a pedal if
a jazz guitar) through guitarist for a fat, mid-rich your amp doesn’t have enough drive. Aim
Donald ‘Buck Dharma’ Roeser’s tone. Max out your for a tone with plenty of midrange and
Music Man 410 combo. It’s a tone guitar’s tone and not too much bass. The feedback at the
the band never really attempt to volume controls end of the solo is helped along with a
recreate though, so there’s a and make any tonal delay effect set to repeat on the beat
different vibe to live performances tweaks on your amp’s with a high feedback (the number of
– Dharma has favoured Gibson SG control panel. repeats). All the guitar parts have
and Steinberger M series guitars plenty of reverb.
over the years.

CHORDS SCALES 63

W ith the exception of the sustained Am7 chord at the end of solos 1 and 2, S olos 1 and 2 feature the A natural minor scale
a rhythm guitarist could cover most of the song using simple three-note (A B C D E F G). The track is in the key of
powerchords rooted on the sixth string, namely: A5, G5, F5 and E5. The A minor, so no surprises there. Solo 3 is more
main riff is based on the Am7, G and F6sus2 chords. There are a couple of variations interesting, harmonically speaking. Guitarist Buck
(Fadd9 and Fsus2), but they are close relations of the F6sus2 and the fingerings are Dharma plays the F Lydian b3 scale (F G A b B C D E)
almost identical. The Dm and G7 chords in the breakdown and solo 3 are implied over the F minor chords and the G Phrygian
by a repeating riff, so they are never actually played. dominant scale (G Ab B C D Eb F) over the G7 chords.
F Lydian b3 is the fourth mode of the C harmonic
X0 XX XXX X0 O 0 XXX major scale. G Phrygian dominant is the fifth mode
51 1 34 of the C harmonic minor scale. The theory is deep
but you can still get a lot from practising the scale
23 34 2 patterns shown here and improvising over solo 3.

4

A5 A5 Am7 E5 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 1 1 1 1
12 1 222
0 0 XX X XX 1 11 XOXX 23
1 1 2 1 2 22 33 4 43
44
34 2 333
3 F Lydian b3 scale
44 4 43

3 34

A natural minor scale

F6sus2 F5 F Fadd9 1 1 1 11
15
XOXX OOO XXX
1 2 222
1 1
3 23 34 333
G5 44 4
44

Fsus2 G G Phrygian
dominant scale

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BLUE ÖYSTER CULT FULL [DON’T FEAR] THE REAPER
TAB
Music & Lyrics by Donald Roeser
(DON’T FEAR) THE REAPER © 1976. Sony/ATV Tunes LLC and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. Sony/ATV Music
Publishing (UK) Limited. UK/EU reproduced by kind permission of Music Sales Ltd

US/CAN reproduced by kind permission of Hal Leonard Corporation
All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured

BLUE ÖYSTER CULT (DON’T FEAR) THE REAPER Intro / main riff BIT.LY/TG362AUDIO

q =142
A m7 F 6sus2
G G Play 4 times
& 44 .. œ œ œ œ œ œ ..3 4
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ2 32 1 32

let ring throughout

ABT . 2 0 0 0 .0 .
. 0
2 ⇥ ≤ 2 0 ≤ 32 0
0
⇥ ⇥3 ⇥ ⇥ ⇥1 ⇥ ⇥ ≤ ⇥3 ⇥ ⇥ ≤
⇥

The open third-string G note, in particular, should ring out clearly here, so fret right on your fingertips so that you don’t accidentally mute out any vital ringing notes. We’ve
added picking directions below the tab but you can use alternate picking if you prefer. This riff is repeated throughout the verses, so be ready to come back to it!

BLUE ÖYSTER CULT (DON’T FEAR) THE REAPER Pre-chorus BIT.LY/TG362AUDIO

64 & 44 F5 œœœ œœœ œœœ G5 œœœ œœœ œœœ A5 F5 E5

0:27 œœœ œœœ œœœ œœœ œœœ œœœ œœœ œœœ œœœ œœœ œœœ œœœ œœœ œœœ œœœ œœœ œœœ œœœ

PM throughout

AT 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 77777777 33332222
33335555 77777777 33332222
55555555 11110000
B 11113333

cont. sim.

A5 G5 Pre-Chorus 2+3 only G5 A 5 G5 Play 3 times
F5
& œœœ œœœ œœœ œœœ œœœ œœœ œœœ œœœ œœ œœ œœœ œœœ œœ œœ œœœ œœœ ..
œœ œœ œœœ œœœ œœ œœ œœœ œœœ
T
A7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 .5 5.

77775555 33 55 77
33335555 77775555
B5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 11113333 55553333
4

You can fret these powerchords with just your first and third fingers. Alternatively, use your first, third and fourth fingers. Either fingering is fine. Use downstrokes
throughout the section with a touch of light palm muting. Keep your fingers close to the fretboard for faster chord changes.

BLUE ÖYSTER CULT (DON’T FEAR) THE REAPER Chorus BIT.LY/TG362AUDIO

Fadd 9 G A m7 G F 6sus 2 œ œ œ œ œ ..G Play 3 times
& 44 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ0:34 .
2 .. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ
œ .0 0
3 32 0
1 let ring throughout 2
. 3
ABT 20 0 . 20 0
0 2 0 0
32 02
13 3 3
1

This is essentially a repeat of the intro/main riff but starting as if in the second bar and with a slight variation to the F arpeggio. Bars 2 and 3 are exactly the same as the
main riff and the same picking guidelines apply.

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This song comes with a full demo track and backing track.
Enter the above link into your web browser of choice;
press play and jam along, guitaraoke style!

BLUE ÖYSTER CULT (DON’T FEAR) THE REAPER Solo 1 BIT.LY/TG362AUDIO

A m7 G F 6sus 2 G ~~~~~~A~m~7~~~~~~~~G~~~~~~~~~~F~6s~us2 G

& 44 ‰ Jœ œ œ œ œ ‰ œJ œœj œ œ œ œ œ œw ˙ Ó

0:46 BU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
15 (17)
ABT 15 13 12 13 12 15 13 12
1 12 14
14

A m7 œ G œ F 6sus 2 œ œ G ~~~~~A~~m~7~~~~~~~G~~~~~~~~~F~6~sus2 G
œ œ œw ˙
&‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœj œ œ Ó

ABT 12 13 12 15 BU BD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
12 14 14
15 (17) (15) 13 12
12 14
14

5

A m7 G F 6sus 2 G ~~~~A~~m~7~~~~~G~5~~~~~~F~6~s~us2 G A m7
œw w
& ‰ Jœ œ œ œ œ œj œ œ œ œ œ œ œ wwwww wwwww

RP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~w/feedback + 8va 3
1
BU 12 BD 12 0 65
13 )(12 14 2
ABT 12 (13) ( ) 14 12 0
14 14

9

This solo breaks up neatly into three four-bar lines, so master each one slowly before moving onto the next. All three lines are based in 12th position so use your first finger
for all the 12th fret notes. The frets are close enough together that you may find it easier to place your third finger (instead of your fourth) at the 15th fret.

BLUE ÖYSTER CULT (DON’T FEAR) THE REAPER Verse 2 lead lick BIT.LY/TG362AUDIO

A m7 œœ œœ Gœœ œœ ‰ F 6sus 2 G ‰ œœœj ‰ œœj F5 G5

& 44 Œ œœJ Jœœ ‰ œœ œ œ ˙˙ Ó

1:33 14 12 [[1122]] 14 5 5
14 12 14 5 575 7 7
ABT
78
8

This short lick uses syncopated rhythms (accenting the offbeats), so take your time to establish where the offbeat and onbeat notes are. Use your third finger for the
initial doublestop then switch to your first finger at the 5th fret at the end of bar 1.

BLUE ÖYSTER CULT (DON’T FEAR) THE REAPER Solo 2 BIT.LY/TG362AUDIO

œA m7 G œj œJ~~~~F~6~sw~us2 G A m7 G F 6sus 2 G œA m7 G œj Jœ~~~~
& 44 ‰ ‰
Jœ œJ œ ⇥ ⇥ Jœ œJ œ

2:06 BU BD ~~~~~~~ ~~~~12
12 BU BD
ABT
12 [12] (13 ) ( 12 ) 12 [12] (13) ( 12 )
1 14
14

F~6~sœ~us~2~~~~~~~œ . G ~~~~~~A~m~7~~~~~~~~~G~~~~~~~~~~F~6~s~us2 G A m7 G SEPTEMBER 2022 TOTAL GUITAR

œœ œ œ œ w w œœœœœœ

CTLRAAST&CSKI244:C06 ‰ 12 œJ œJ œ œj œJ w ⇥ ⇥‰ Jœ œJ œ œj œJ
AB
BU BD ~~~~~~~ ~~~~12
BU BD

12 [12] (13 ) ( 12 ) 12 [12] (13) ( 12 )
14
14

BLU1E ÖYSTER CULT (DON’T FEAR) THE REAPER Solo 2 (cont’d) BIT.LY/TG362AUDIO

F~6~sœ~us~2~~~~~~~œ . G ~~~~~~A~m~7~~~~~~~~~G~~~~~~~~~~F~6~s~us2 G A m7 G
&
œœ œ œ œ w w œœœœœœ
Œ

~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~w/feedback + 8va RP
BU BD
ABT [14] 12 12 14 14 14 14 16 16 (17) (17) (16)
6
≥≥≥
F 6sus 2 G ~~~~~A~~m~7~~~~~~~~G~~~~~~~~~~F~6~s~us2 G A m7
wwwww
œ œœœœœœ w w wwwww
&
3
AT 14 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~w~/feedback + 8va 1
0
≥B 12 14 14 16 16 14 2
10 0
≥≥≥

Break this solo down into three licks: bar 1, bars 5 to 6, and bars 9 to 10. Aim for a smooth, fluid sound with accurate string bends and steady, even vibrato. All the bends
are equal to a semitone (one fret) so be careful not to over-bend. Practise by fretting the note you are bending up to first.

BLUE ÖYSTER CULT (DON’T FEAR) THE REAPER Breakdown BIT.LY/TG362AUDIO

66 & 44 Fm 4œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œG7 3œ 4œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœœœœœœœ
1
1œ 3bœ

2:30

AT 10 13
⇥ ≤ ⇥ ≤ ⇥ ≤ ⇥ ≤13 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 12
10 13 10 13 10 13 10 13 10 12 10 12 10 12 10 12 10 12 10 12

B

1

œFm œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ G7 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 45 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
&
œ

ABT 10 13 12 12 12 12 12 12
12 13 13 13 13 13
10 13 10 13 10 13 10 13 10 12 10 12 10 12 10 12 10 12 10 12

5

There are two arpeggios here. Each is a three-note line that is repeated. The first arpeggio (Fm) is played five times and the second (G7) is played six times. Count the pulse
carefully because these groups of three eighth notes don’t fit evenly in each bar. This means that each repeat of the arpeggios is displaced, rhythmically.

BLUE ÖYSTER CULT (DON’T FEAR) THE REAPER Solo 3 (rhythm) BIT.LY/TG362AUDIO

& 44 Fm G7 1. 2. 3. .. 43
.
.. j bœ j œ. ˙ œ. œj œ œ œj bœ. ˙ .
œœ œ4
œ .2:43 3 3 2 1 3 4 3
2
1

AT . 53 65
B1 . 2 5
3
1 34

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BLUE ÖYSTER CULT (DON’T FEAR) THE REAPER Solo 3 (rhythm, cont’d) BIT.LY/TG362AUDIO

4. œ 44 F5 G5 www ..
.
& 43 œj bœ. .. www www www .

ABT 6 . 5
.5 3 5
5 3
3
1

You can pick this riff in two ways: you can use firm downstrokes throughout for a driving feel; or you can play downstrokes on onbeat notes and upstrokes on the
offbeats. The latter approach is a good way to sync your picking with the pulse of this tricky rhythm.

BLUE ÖYSTER CULT (DON’T FEAR) THE REAPER Solo 3 (lead) BIT.LY/TG362AUDIO

& 44 œFm œ œ œ œ œ b œ1/4 œj œ œœœœ œ œ œ œ. œ
æ æ æ
æ 13 15 15
3 æ 1/4 3
15
æ2:43 15 BU BD (15) 13 15 13 12
15 (16)
ABT 15 15 13 15

1

67

( G7) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jœ bœ œ œ œ
& Jœ œ. ˙ œ.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 15 16 15 13 16

ABT 15

3

(Fm) bœ œ œœ œ œ. œœœ œœœ
œ
& RP 19 BU RP
[15] 19 19 19 (20) (20) (20) (20)
ABT 15 BU BD
(16) (15)
5

5

( G 7

) œ œJ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ.
& œJ

ABT 15 15 15 15 16 15 15 15 16 15 13 15 13 15 12

7

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CLASSIC BIT.LY/TG362AUDIO
TRACK

BLUE ÖYSTER CULT (DON’T FEAR) THE REAPER Solo 3 (lead, cont’d)

(Fm) Jœ œ œ œ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
œ. œ œ œ œ œœj œ bœ œ œ
& 12
15 13 12 13 12 13 12 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ABT 13
12 13 12
9

(~G~7) œj œ bœ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
& œ.
BU BD 13 16 13 15 16 13 15 BU
~~ 15 (16) (15) 15 (16)
12
ABT

11

68 œFm œ œœœœ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
&
3 3
ABT 15 13 15 13 12
13 12 13 12 12
13 13 13 12 12 10 10 12

& Gœ7~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jœ~~~~~~~~~œ œœ 43 œ œ œ œ œ œ 44

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ 13 12 13 12
12 12 12 10
ABT 12 12

15

& 44 wF5 œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ
J J
ABT 10
13 13
17 13
10 12 13

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BLUE ÖYSTER CULT (DON’T FEAR) THE REAPER Solo 3 (lead, cont’d) BIT.LY/TG362AUDIO

17

17 GGw~~55~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~œ

&w œ œ œ bœ œJœJ œ œJœJ
œ œ bœ œ

& ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 12
12
ABATBT19 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BU BD 12 10
15 BU (16) BD (15) 12 10
12 15 (16) (15)
12

19

F5 œ G5 w A m7 G F 6sus 2 G
˙˙.. œ œ w wm7 wG
wF5 œ wG5 ....A w F 6sus 2 G Play 4 times
&w w w/feedback w ....Play 4 times
& w/feedback

w/feedback

ABATBT w/feedback 10 12 12 . .
10 10 12 12 . .
10 . .

21

The timing in this solo is loose and often played against the beat. If you want to reproduce it faithfully, break it up into manageable two-bar or four-bar chunks and master
each phrase in turn. Given the loose style you may prefer to improvise your own ideas with the scale patterns shown on page 65.

69

BLUE ÖYSTER CULT (DON’T FEAR) THE REAPER Last chorus / outro BIT.LY/TG362AUDIO

& 44 F sus 2 œ œ G A m7 œ œ œ œ ..G Repeat to fade

.. 0 œœœ œœ 0

œ4:07 0 2
let ring throughout 2 0
. 3 .
ABT . 3 0 .
2
1 3

This is a simplified version of the intro/main riff, but the main points are the same. Keep your fingers out of the way of the third string so that it rings out against the
fretted notes. Picking-wise, play either ‘down, down, up’, ‘down, down, down’ or ‘down, up, down’.

BLUE ÖYSTER CULT (DON’T FEAR) THE REAPER Outro (lead) BIT.LY/TG362AUDIO

F sus 2 œ G œ A m7 G F sus 2 G A m7 G

& 44 .. Œ 12 œJ Jœ w w w ..Repeat to fade

4:24 BU 14
12 (13)
ABT . .
. .

This is a simple lick played on the first, second and third strings. It’s essentially the same as the opening lick from solo 2. Again, focus on accurate string bending from B to
C on the second string. The original track fades out after a few repeats of this lick.

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ROCK
SCHOOL

KT TUNSTALL

OTHER SIDE OF
THE WORLD

Rockschool take you through their Grade
Two version of an early hit single by the
Scottish singer-songwriter

O ther Side Of The World was KT Rockschool’s version is for Grade
Tunstall’s first Top 20 hit in Two students, and though some of the
the UK and was the second more complex guitar parts are omitted
single to be released from to suit the novice playing level, there’s
her debut album Eye To The Telescope. enough information in the tab to take
Though originally only released in you through the verses and choruses.
the UK, it was eventually released in Listen closely to the rhythm parts,
Canada (2006) and the US (2007) where the timing of the sus2 and sus4
following airplay on MTV and VH1. chords is vital, especially during the
Alongside Suddenly I See and Black Horse riff in bars 3 and 4. Notice that the
And The Cherry Tree, both from the changes fall on the offbeat, so you’ll
same album, Other Side remains one of be hitting these sus chords
Tunstall’s most popular tracks to date. with upstrokes.

70

Whether you’re taking your first steps on guitar or OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD
moving into further/higher education, a Rockschool
Grade will improve your playing ability whilst you Words and Music by Katie Tunstall and
learn iconic tracks from the world of popular music. Martin Terefe
For more info visit: www.rslawards.com
Copyright © 2004 Sony/ATV Music
facebook.com/rslawards Publishing UK Ltd. and Key Red Ltd.
All Rights Administered by Sony/ATV Music
instagram.com/rslawards Publishing, 424 Church Street, Suite

@RSLAwards 1200, Nashville, TN 37219
International Copyright Secured.

All Rights Reserved

KT TUNSTALL OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD BIT.LY/TG362AUDIO

& ## q =80 ⇤ ⇤

44

ABT

1

D œœœœ D sus 2 œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ D sus4 œœœœ D sus 2 œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ

& ## œœœœ 2 œœœœ œœœœ 0 00 œœœœ 3 œœœœ œœœœ
3 3 33 3
Words Jono Harrison Photo Getty ⇥ABT 2 2 20 2 22 3 2 30 0 00
3 0 33 0 00 3 0 33 3 33
2 22 2 22 2 22
0 ⇥ 00 ⇥ 0 ⇥ 00 0 00

3 ⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥

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Enter the above link into your web browser of choice;
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KT TUNSTALL OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD 0
2
& ## Awwwww Emwwwwww7 2
2
ABT 0 0 0
2 3
2 0 Gwwwwww
2 2
0 2 3
0 3
5 0
A 0
& ## Em7 2
wwwww 3
wwwwww
0
ABT 0 2
3 2
0 2
2 0
2
8 0

& ## Dœœœœ.... œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ †Bœœœœœm..... œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ 71

⇥ABT 2 22 222 2 22 2 22 222 2 22
3 33 333 3 33 3 33 333 3 33
2 22 222 2 22 4 44 444 4 44
0 00 000 0 00 4 44 444 4 44
2 22 222 2 22
⇥ ⇥⇥ ⇥⇥ ⇥
11 ⇥ ⇥⇥ ⇥⇥

† 4-string voicings of Bm are acceptable throughout

G G /F # Em7 A œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ

& ## œœœœœœ œœœœœœ œœœœœœ œœœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœœ œœœœœœ œœœœœœ œœœœœœ œœœœœ 0 00
2 22
⇥ABT 3 3 333 3 33 3 3 330 2 22
3 3 333 3 33 3 3 332 2 22
0 0 000 0 00 0 0 002 0 00
0 0 000 0 00 2 2 222
2 2 22 2 2 220 ⇥ ⇥≤
3 ⇥2 ⇥2 2≤ ⇥0
13 ⇥3 ⇥3 3≤ ⇥2 ⇥0 ⇥0 0≤ ⇥

% œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ Bœœœœœm..... œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ
& ## Dœœœœ....
22 222 22 222 2 22
⇥ABT 2 33 333 2 22 2 33 333 3 33
3 22 222 3 33 3 44 444 4 44
2 00 000 2 22 4 44 444 4 44
0 0 00 4 22 222 2 22
≤⇥ ⇥≤⇥ 2
⇥ ⇥≤ ⇥ ≤⇥ ⇥≤⇥ ⇥ ⇥≤
15

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SCHOOL

KT TUNSTALL OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD BIT.LY/TG362AUDIO

G G /F # Em7 A œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ

& ## œœœœœœ œœœœœœ œœœœœœ œœœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœœ œœœœœœ œœœœœœ œœœœœœ œœœœœ 0 00
2 22
⇥ABT 3 3 333 3 33 3 3 330 2 22
3 3 333 3 33 3 3 332 2 22
0 0 000 0 00 0 0 002 0 00
0 0 000 0 00 2 2 222
2 2 22 2 2 220 ⇥ ⇥≤
3 ⇥2 ⇥2 2≤ ⇥0
17 ⇥3 ⇥3 3≤ ⇥2 ⇥0 ⇥0 0≤ ⇥

Bm B m7/A œœœœœ œœœœœ G A fiTo Coda

& ## œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ 22 œœœœœœ œœœœœœ œœœœœœ ˙˙˙˙˙
33
ABT 2 222 44 3 330
3 333 44 3 332
4 444 00 0 002
4 444 0 002
2 220 ⇥⇥ 2 220

⇥19 ⇥⇥⇥ ⇥3 ⇥3 ⇥3 ⇥

D D sus 2 D sus4 D sus 2

72 & ## œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœ

T2 2 2 20 0 00 3 3 30 0 00
3 3 33 3 33 3 3 33 3 33
AB 0 2 22 2 22 2 2 22 2 22
0 00 0 00 0 0 00 0 00

⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ≤ ≤ ≤ ⇥ ⇥21 ⇥ ⇥≤ ≤ ≤⇥

D œJ œ œ œ B m7 œJ œ œ œ œ G

& ## œœœœ.... 2 œj œ œœ œ œœœœ
3 œ
2 22
⇥ABT 2 0 2 3 3 30
3 3 0 0
2 A 2 0 3
0 0
œœœœœœ œœœœœœ œœœœœ
23
000
Em 002 fiD.%. al Coda fi Coda
002 œœœœœ œœœœœ
& ## œœœœœœ 222 &## D
220 00
00 22 wwww
22
ABT 0 22 2
0 00 3
0 2
2 0
2
26 0

Rockschool’s arrangement includes basic open-string chord shapes with substituted notes (e.g., Dsus2 and Dsus4 in bars 2 and 3) as well as slash chords (e.g., Bm7/A in
bar 19). It can be easy to confuse them, so take extra care here and ensure all parts ring clearly. Technically, the main challenge is to play the rhythms accurately and keep
your strumming attack consistent and controlled. Follow the picking directions under the tab for guidance.

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LEARN
TO PLAY

OPEN-MIC SONGBOOK

PHARRELL
WILLIAMS

HAPPY

This guitar-less global smash hit makes
for a great strum-along and even includes
the dark art of ‘borrowed chords’...

N eo-soul pop hit Happy in the verse, using diads within an F
was released from the minor pentatonic/Dorian framework.
soundtrack to the film
Despicable Me 2 in 2013, Harmonically, the real magic
happens in the chorus, where

and went on to become the ‘borrowed chords’ are used. This

most commercially successful single means using chords from two parallel

worldwide the following year with keys – in this case F major and

nearly 14 million sales/streams. The F minor. The Db and Cm chords are

74 upbeat soul/Motown groove lends ‘borrowed’ from F minor, before
itself really well to acoustic guitar, returning to an F major root for the

even though the original track has final chord (although we’ve made it

quite sparse production and, in fact, an F7 – just because it sounds great!).

no guitar whatsoever. There’s a bluesy vibe, so we’d

We’ve tabbed out a riff for you encourage you to experiment with

based on the first bass guitar line your own minor pentatonic ideas too.

CHORDS HAPPY
Words and Music by Pharrell Williams
H appy is a relatively simple strum-along, upstrokes (so should sound like they are Copyright © 2013 EMI April Music Inc., More Water From
but be aware of the rhythmic ‘pushes’ ‘pushing’ into the next bar). Also shown here are Nazareth and Universal Pictures Global Music
during the chorus – the Cm7 and F7 chords the F minor pentatonic and Dorian scales, which All Rights on behalf of EMI April Music Inc. and More Water From
land on the last eighth note of the bar, played as you can use as a basis for the riffs in the verse. Nazareth Administered by Sony Music Publishing (US) LLC,
424 Church Street, Suite 1200, Nashville, TN 37219
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Reproduced by permission of Hal Leonard Europe Ltd.

1 11 1 1 11 111

22

3 333

F7 F7 Ab Bb 333
1 1 1 111 C
X X X
1 1 1 111
41 1 1 11 Guitars and backing Steve allsworth Photo Getty
2
2
3
34 Cm7 111 1 333 22 2222
2 4 44
3 33
Cm11 F minor pentatonic scale 44

Dbmaj7 F Dorian mode

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BACKING TRACK (BIT.LY/TG362AUDIO) HappySONGSHEET

This song comes with a full backing track. Enter the
above link into your web browser of choice; press
play and jam along, guitaraoke style!

Intro Db maj7 Repeat chorus
Because I’m happy
F7 / / / / N.C. / / Bridge

Verse 1 Cm7 N.C.
Clap along if you know (Happy), bring me down, can’t nothin’
N.C. Cm11 F7 (Happy), bring me down, love is too high
It might seem crazy (Happy), bring me down, can’t nothin’
What happiness is to you (Happy), bring me down I said
F Ab Bb C Bb Db maj7
What I’m about to say Because I’m happy Repeat bridge
F7
Sunshine she’s here Cm7 Repeat chorus x2
Clap along if you feel
F Ab Bb C Bb Cm11 Repeat bridge
You can take a break F7
Like that’s what you wanna do Repeat chorus x2
F7
I’m a hot air balloon
Verse 2
F Ab Bb C Bb F7
That could go to space
F7 Here come bad news
With the air like I don’t care
F Ab Bb C Bb F Ab Bb C Bb
Baby by the way Talking this and that
F7
Give me all you got
Chorus F Ab
Db maj7 Don’t hold it back Bb C Bb
Because I’m happy
Cm7 F7
Well I should probably warn you
Clap along if you feel F Ab Bb C Bb 75
Cm11 F7 I’ll be just fine
Like a room without a roof
Db maj7 F7 No offense to you

Because I’m happy
Cm7 Don’t waste your time
Clap along if you feel F Ab Bb C Bb
Cm11 F7
Like happiness is the truth Here’s why!

PHARRELL WILLIAMS HAPPY Intro / verse riff BIT.LY/TG362AUDIO

q =160 ‰ bœj nnœœœœJ ‰ bœj nœœJœœ ‰ bœj nœœœœJ ‰ .. bœj nœœJœœ ‰ Œ Ó

& b 44 bœj bnFœJœœœ7

ABT 1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1
12 12 12 12 .1
1 2 2 2 12

.2

1

F Ab Bb C Bb Ab œœ ..1/4 Play 4 times

&b œ bœœ œ œœ œœ œœj œœ ‰ Jœœ ‰ bJœœ œœ œ1/4

.3
ABT 3 13 1 35 1 1 1/4 1 1/4
13 1 35 .3
4 3 11 1
3

This riff would sound equally as good if you took away the top note from the doublestop chords and simply played this as a single-note line. If you wanted to take this
further, some light, muted strums during the two bars of rests would sound great too.

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Get more from TG by understanding our easy-to-follow musical terms and signs

What is tab?

Tab is short for tablature, a guitar, from the sixth (thick) down on the tab. Unfretted
notational system used to give string at the bottom to the first strings are shown with a ‘0’. The
detailed information as to where (thin) string at the top. On these key and time signatures are
notes should be played on the lines, numbers represent which shown in the notation. TG also
fretboard. Tab appears frets you place your fingers. For includes a timestamp to tell you
underneath conventional music example, an A note on the 2nd where in the original track you’ll
notation as six horizontal lines fret, third string, will be shown find each example and tempo
that represent the strings of the as a number ‘2’ on the third line expressed in beats per minute.

FRET BOXES: CHORDS, SCALES AND CAPO NOTATION

HAND LABELLING NUT AND FRETBOARD CHORD EXAMPLE

3 21 i ma oooooo ooo
4 c
1
Tp 23

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Here are the abbreviations used for each finger. Fretting hand: 1, 2, 3, 4, (T) This fretbox diagram represents the guitar’s fretboard exactly, as seen in the G

Picking hand: p (thumb), i (index), m (middle), a (annular), c (little finger) photo. This design is used for ease of visualising a fretboard scale or chord quickly. This diagram represents a G chord. The ‘o’s are open strings, and a circled number
is a fretting hand finger. A black ‘o’ or circled number is the root note (here, G).
CAPO EXAMPLE CAPO NOTATION
SCALE EXAMPLE

CAPO 2ND ooo x oo 4 111 1
FRET > 1
CAPO 2ND
FRET > 2

1 22 22
23
3 33

44444

A (G) D (C) A major scale

The blue line in the diagram represents a capo – for this A chord, place it at the Here the chord looks like a C in the tab, but the capo on the 2nd fret raises the The fret box diagram illustrates the fret hand fingering for the A major scale using
2nd fret. Capos change the fret number ordering. Here, the original 5th fret pitch to make it a D. The 2nd fret capo’d notes are shown with a ‘0’ in the tab black dots for root notes and red dots for other scale tones. The photo shows part
now becomes the 3rd fret, 7th fret now 5th fret, etc. as if they were open strings. of the scale being played on the fourth string with the first, third and fourth fingers.

GUITAR TECHNIQUES: PICKING

DOWN AND UP-PICKING TREMOLO PICKING PALM MUTING PICK RAKE APPREGGIATED CHORD

The symbols under the tab tell you the Each of the four notes are to be Palm-mute by resting the edge of your Drag the pick across the strings shown Play the notes of the chord by
first note is to be down-picked and the alternate-picked (down and up-picked) picking hand palm on the strings near with a single sweep. This is often used strumming across the relevant strings
second note is to be up-picked. very rapidly and continuously. the bridge saddles. to augment a rake’s last note. in the direction of the arrow head.

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FRETTING HAND NOTE TRILLS SLIDES (GLISSANDO) FRET-HAND TAPPING FRET-HAND MUTING

HAMMER-ON &
PULL-OFF

Pick the first note then hammer down on After picking the first note, rapidly Pick the first note and then slide to the Sound the notes marked with a square by X markings represent notes and strings
the string for the second note. Pick the alternate between the two notes shown in
third note and pull-off for the fourth note. brackets using hammer-ons and pull-offs. next. For the last two notes pick the first, hammering-on/tapping with your fret hand that are muted by your fret hand when

slide to the next and then re-pick it (RP). fingers, instead of picking. struck by your picking hand.

BENDING AND VIBRATO

BEND AND RELEASE RE-PICKED BEND PRE-BEND QUARTER-TONE BEND VIBRATO

Fret the first note (here, the 5th fret) and Bend up to the pitch shown in the Silently bend the string up from the 5th Pick the note then bend up a quarter- Your fretting hand vibrates the string by
fret (PB5) to the pitch of the 7th fret note, tone (a very small amount). This is small bend-ups and releases. Exaggerate
bend up to the pitch of the bracketed brackets, then re-pick the note while pick it and release to the 5th fret note. sometimes referred to as a ‘blues curl’. this effect to create a ‘wide’ vibrato.

note, before releasing again. holding the bent note at the pitch shown. TOUCHED HARMONICS

HARMONICS

NATURAL HARMONICS ARTIFICIAL PINCHED HARMONICS TAPPED HARMONICS
HARMONICS

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Pick the note while lightly touching the Fret the note as shown, then lightly place After fretting the note in the triangle, Place your finger on the note as shown, A previously sounded note is touched
string directly over the fret indicated. your index finger directly over ‘x’ fret dig into the string with the side of your but sound it with a quick pick hand tap at above the fret marked TCH (eg, TCH 9)
A chiming harmonic results. (AH‘x’) and pick (with a pick, p or a). thumb as you sound it with the pick. the fret shown (TH17) for a harmonic. for it to sound a harmonic.

VIBRATO BAR / WHAMMY BAR

WHAMMY BAR BENDS SCOOP AND DOOP SUSTAINED NOTE GARGLE WHAMMY BAR VIBRATO
AND DIVEBOMB

The note is picked as shown, then the Scoop: depress the bar just before A Note is sustained then the vibrato Sound the note and ‘flick’ the vibrato bar Gently rock the whammy bar to
vibrato bar is raised and lowered to the striking the note and release. Doop: bar is depressed to slack. The square with your picking hand so it ‘quivers’. This repeatedly bend the pitch up and down.
pitches shown in brackets. lower the bar slightly after picking note. bracket indicates a further articulation. results in a ‘gargling’ sound! This sounds similar to fret hand vibrato.

OTHERS VIOLINING FINGER NUMBERING PIMA DIRECTIONS PICK HAND TAPPING

PICK SCRAPE

The edge of the pick is dragged either Turn the volume control down, sound The numbers in the traditional notation Any kind of fingerpicking requirements Tap (hammer-on) with a finger of your
down or up along the lower strings to the note(s) and then turn the volume up refer to the fingers required to play are shown at the bottom of the picking hand onto the fret marked with
produce a scraped sound. for a smooth fade in. each note. tab notation. a circle. Usually with ‘i’ or ‘m’.

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hottest new gear and brings you transparent reviews Five new products you need to check out...
that you can trust. From the smallest of accessories
that make your life easier, to big investments, such as 80 GUILD SURFLINER
brand new guitars, amps and effects pedals – if it’s
78 worth your attention, you’ll find it here! Old, new, borrowed and, er, orange.
Let’s introduce the Surfliner!
HOW WE TEST NO SNAKE OIL BEST BUY AWARD
84 THE TG TEST: UNIVERSAL
CURATION You won’t find us getting TG Best Buy Awards are AUDIO UAFX AMP PEDALS
hung up on hokey mythology reserved for stand-out
Our product selection is or nonsense marketing products that earn a 4.5 star The plugin giant turns its attention to
driven by our love of gear. speak: we aim to bring you overall rating. This is the most squeezing classic amps into pedal form.
We select the most exciting bullsh*t-free opinions on exciting new gear that you
products on the market every the gear you’re interested in. 90 THE TG TEST:
month to bring you opinions need to check out MANSON MBM-2
you can trust. WE CAN’T BE BOUGHT
PLATINUM AWARD Two new Matt Bellamy guitars with
FACE-VALUE REVIEWS TG review scores are a true very different offerings.
reflection of our experts’ Reserved for the very best of
We’re not gear snobs here at opinion on the product the best, TG’s Platinum Awards 94 SOUNDLAD
Total Guitar. We judge it on they’ve been testing. You’ll LIVERPOOL SCRAN
whether it looks good, sounds never find a rating in our are given to class-leading,
good and plays well – not by mag that has been bought gamechanging products that Brit-rock in a box?
the name on the headstock. and paid for. score a maximum 5 stars in

*WHAT IS GAS? REAL WORLD REVIEWS every category.

Gear Acquisition Syndrome We test every product under
is the guitar-player’s the conditions that they were
designed for. For example,
never-ending urge to acquire if an amp is designed to be
new gear, irrespective of played loud, rest assured
that we’ll have tested it at
whether they actually need it. rehearsal/gig volumes!
Don’t pretend you don’t
have it – we all do!

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Five awesome new products to get your gear engine revving this month…

FENDER SQUIER 40TH OLD BLOOD NOISE MONTY’S GUITARS SOUNDLAD LIVERPOOL DUNLOP HEAVY CORE
ANNIVERSARY VINTAGE UNDERSPUN PAF
2ENDEAVOURS FLOAT 4HUNGRY BEAVER 5KORN GUITAR STRINGS
1SERIES You thought filter pedals 3HUMBUCKER We’ve taken a look at Marc A seven-string salute to
We’ve already had one half of were boring? You haven’t Monty’s PAF humbuckers Dunn’s Scran pedal in extended range pioneers
the anniversary celebration heard this in action then! are already high on the list reviews this issue and this James ‘Munky’ Shaffer and
with the Gold Editions, this A Dual Moving Filter, its pair of of the world’s best options is his other design. The cheeky Brian ‘Head’ Welch, the Korn duo
time its satin finishes and aged independent filters are capable when it comes to recreations of name nods to EHX inspiration used their experience of playing
chrome hardware. A subtle but of stereo effect sounds, with the finest Gibson originals, and but the Hungry Beaver actually over two decades of down-tuned
played-in look that may hit the the Cutoff Frequency able to this new flavour acknowledges combines over 30db of boost metal to help create a set to
sweet spot for many on look and be set can be set to move via six not all of them were created with its wild fuzzy thrills. utilise Heavy Core’s ‘dynamic
price. Sound-wise these are different LFO shapes or through equally when it came to winds. You need to spend time range, optimal tension when
standard Fender-designed dynamic Envelope triggering. Lower than average examples experimenting with the controls drop-tuned, and incredible tuning
pickups across the Tele, Strat Things can get very sci-fi as can have ‘increase clarity, to understand the dynamic stability’. The set consists of
and Jazzmaster with poplar body a result, or subtle too, with sparkle and depth, with a less relationships and frequency .010, .013, .017, .028, .038, .048
for the latter and nyatoh for the everything from quack, aggressive, sweeter midrange’, range before you can unlock and .065 strings and joins a new
former. All have 9.5” radius maple squelch, bubble, to phaser, according to Monty’s. Think fat its feast of versatility, but once Jim Root signature set in the
fretboards, narrow-tall frets and tremolo and synthy sweep. single-coil from these 6.8k you do there’s plenty to get Dunlop line.
C-shaped necks. £299 (bridge) and 6.1k (neck, approx) your teeth into here. $24
£499 www.oldbloodnoise.com humbuckers. £99 www.jimdunlop.com
www.fender.com From £142.99 www.soundladliverpool.co.uk
www.montysguitars.com

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GUILD SURFLINER £395 1BRIDGE AT A GLANCE
Stick ‘surf’ into a guitar’s
Old, new, borrowed and, er, orange. name and you immediately BODY: Poplar
Let’s introduce the Surfliner! think of vibrato and twang,
don’t you? Well, you don’t get NECK: Maple, ‘C’ profile,
T he past couple of years strings anchor through the body that here, just a generic bolt-on 81
has seen quite a few – a set-up more usually seen on tune-o-matic-style bridge and
changes for Guild’s more progressive, modern guitars; through-body stringing. In fact SCALE: 25.5” (648mm)
Newark Street Collection likewise the HSS pickup the name comes from the
of electrics. The main configuration that’s more 80s Pacific Surfliner train service FINGERBOARD:
one is price with guitars like the than 60s. That said the LB-1 on the California coast. Maple/10” radius
Starfire I thinlines and the mini-humbucker at bridge does
chambered Aristocrat HH and P90 date back to the 60s, while the 2PICKUPS FRETS: 23, narrow
dropping into the mid £450-700 more generic-style Aerosonic The three pickups here are jumbo
area and resulting in an upturn in single coils have no historic made by Booheung Precision
sales. While those guitars still reference aside from the Co Ltd in Korea. The LB-1 PICKUPS: Guild LB-1
plunder Guild’s past, a surprise DeArmond brand name. humbucker uses an Alnico V humbucker (bridge), 2x
new entry earlier in 2022 is this magnet with a relatively low DeArmond Aerosonic
Indonesian-made Surfliner, While you’d expect an HSS output. The Aerosonics’ flush single coils (middle/
a bolt-on offset that can’t quite guitar like this to use a regular rod magnets are also Alnico V neck)
decide if it’s retro or modern. One five-way lever pickup selector plus they have partial covers
thing is for sure, at under £400 it’s switch, Guild again takes which provide some shielding. CONTROLS: Master
the most affordable Guild electric. a sideways turn by fitting three While the LB-1 is hum- volume, tone, three on/
on/off ‘rocker’ switches – the sort cancelling, so are the neck and off pickup selector
The Surfliner is also completely of thing you’ll see on numerous middle pickups and all-three ‘rocker’ switches
unique to the Guild range in that electrical devices rather than together when combined.
it’s an original design and, for the the slide switches you’ll see on HARDWARE:
most part, a pretty good one at a Jaguar or Jagstang. Thankfully, 3SWITCHING Tune-o-matic-style
that. Based around a Fender-style there’s just a regular master There are some bridge, thru-body
25.5 inch scale length the Surfliner volume and tone, the output advantages to the three on/ stringing, vintage-style
off rocker switches. Firstly, tuners – chrome/
you can switch on and nickel-plated
combine the neck and bridge
pickups for a wider-sounding, FINISH: Sunset Orange
more Telecaster-like mix. Then (as reviewed), Catalina
you can voice all three Blue, White Sage
together for seven sounds.
CONTACT:
3 Selectron (UK) Ltd
www.guildguitars.com

A DIZZYING MIX OF STYLES
THAT COMES TOGETHER WELL

sports a lightweight poplar body; jack being on the guitar’s face 2
our sample is a four-piece spread which means a right-angled 1
and you can see some light grain jack lead is recommended.
Photography Phil Barker through the transparent Sunset
Orange gloss finish, one of However, this dizzying mixture
three currently offered. of styles actually all comes
together in terms of feel and
We’ve seen the distinctive, sound rather well. That poplar
back-angled headstock on guitars body ensures a light weight of
like the Jetstar and Starfire I Jet 90 approximately 6.7lbs and hangs
but not the logo which Guild tell very well on a strap. Guild spec the
us is based on a font used back in neck profile as a ‘C’ but the quite
the 80s. The bright white truss full shoulders give it a bit more
rod cover looks rather generic meat, the fingerboard radius is
and, yes, if you’ve counted the 10” – like a PRS – and the frets,
maple fingerboard, it has 23 frets although quoted as ‘narrow
instead of the much more normal jumbo’, aren’t particularly tall:
22 or 24. we’d call ’em medium jumbo
– the sort of size you’ll find on
This off-kilter design style a PRS SE. Comparing the Surfliner
continues with the hardware and with a new PRS SE Silver Sky,
pickup array. For example, bearing which shares the same body wood,
in mind Guild’s heritage, we get but a price that’s nearly double,
a tune-o-matic bridge but the

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A classic USA heritage HARLEY BENTON £295
brand that never quite MR-MODERN
scaled the heights of
Gibson This reverse-body offset apes
the classic style of Mosrite
G uild didn’t enter the guitars and boasts
solidbody market until a pucker Wilkinson VS-50
the early 60s, and despite II vibrato and a pair of
a heritage in jazz-style hum-cancelling Artec
hollowbodies that had been AHC-90 soapbars
produced during the previous which can be split
decade, the Thunderbird S-200 to single coil.
was an odd looker with a built
in stand! A slightly more
conventional Polara S-100 laid
the foundations for Guild’s
best-known model that

82 appeared from the early-70s

and later found fame with
Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil.

Today, the Guild and
DeArmond brands are owned by
the Córdoba Music Group. The
Newark Street Collection sits
alongside an extensive range
of acoustics and also includes
many repros of past Guild
glories like the Starfire range of
Gibson ES-335-style thinlines.

the only thing letting our sample well in terms of output and balance The problem lies with SQUIER £419
down was a little set-up work and a with those Aerosonic single coils those on/off switches which CONTEMPORARY
final fret polish. If you can’t do that which are crisp with a slightly are nowhere near as fast in JAGUAR HH ST
yourselves we’d recommend you trimmed low-end but work really use as an industry standard
get it done because this is a really well for garage rock, trashier tones five-way selector switch. Squier doesn’t make a HSS
vibey sounding guitar. not least with a dollop of fuzz. This That said, not everyone hard-tail offset but this
is about as far from a modern HSS wants to swiftly change from Jag swaps out its single
The LB-1 at bridge sits nicely ‘rock’ guitar as you can get. It’s like neck and middle to bridge. coils for a pair of
between a Fender single coil and a 60s Fender with a bit of attitude But be warned: you can also Squier SQR Atomic
wider-sounding PAF-style and, had it been conceived in time, mute the entire guitar, never humbuckers with
humbucker, there’s bright attack might well have become a grunge- something you want in the coil-split a option.
but a little more oomph than rock staple. heat of battle.
a standard single coil. It sits really Dave Burrluck RAPIER 33 £479

FEATURES Designed by Alan Entwhistle

THE SURFLINER IS ABOUT AS SOUND QUALITY and based on the sixties Brit
FAR FROM A MODERN HSS ‘ROCK’
GUITAR AS YOU CAN GET VALUE FOR MONEY classic, the Watkins Rapier,

BUILD QUALITY this new guitar has a very

USABILITYSUMMARY retro vibe and is powered

OVERALL RATING by three Entwistle

low-noise EWR64

mini-humbuckers.

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UNIVERSALWordsDavidHands PhotographyPhilBarker
AUDIO UAFX
AMP PEDALS

The plugin giant turns its attention to
squeezing classic amps into pedal form

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I n 2021, Universal Audio We’re used to modelling processors offering years with companies including Neural DSP
entered the pedal market, and a range of amp choices, and even the closest honing in closer on the dynamics of touch
they did it in style. The UAFX modelling competition to these pedals (the response. We’re now listening to what
Golden Reverberator, Starlight Strymon Iridium and Walrus Audio ACS1 offer Universal Audio has to offer.
Echo Station delay and Astra the choice of a three amps in each). UA are
Modulation Machine were leaning into authenticity with pedals that don’t All three of these pedals offer six onboard cab
premium stompboxes with premium just reflect the controls their respective vintage models (via online registration you can add
modelling tones. For the next three pedals originals, but also a few popular mods too. It’s a trio to the stock three on each pedal) that
in the UAFX range, the company is getting certainly a distinct approach but it of course have been curated for the specific amp in
even more ambitious with its vintage hinges on how close they get. question. And we know UA already has
recreations via three pedals that aim to expertise in dynamic speaker modelling
capture a trio of iconic guitar amps; the The amp pedal market has stepped up in field from using its Ox.
Woodrow ’55 with the Fender Tweed, Ruby ’63 recent times; offering players the flexibility of
with the Vox AC30 Top Boost and Dream ’65 going direct from the pedalboard to a PA or Each pedal has two footswitches that can be
with the Fender Deluxe Reverb. Instead of active cab, and their USB interface. For many assigned to different functionality via bluetooth
trying to offer quantity, UA seem to be making players, the allure hinges on how closely they connection with the UAFX Control mobile app.
a statement on quality and detail while offering can capture the elusive response of playing The app also accesses a range of UA and artist
a compact, digital take on valve amps that can through a valve amp and variable picking presets to showcase the range of sounds these
be used onstage and on your home studio desk. dynamics, in addition to the detail of tone. pedals offer. So without further ado, let’s take
Modelling has come a long way in the last two a trip through a virtual hall of fame of classic
guitar amps...

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UAFX WOODROW ’55 UAFX RUBY ’63
Ragged glory Sly Vox
T86 he Fender 5E3 narrow panel Tweed Deluxe amps made T he Ruby is actually two AC30s in one pedal; though main
between 1955 and 1960 are beloved by players including draw here is the later ’63 Top Boost, the Normal channel
Billy Gibbons and Neil Young, and yet, the more vintage here is based on the 1961 Vox model. The former added an
vibe of the Woodrow means it is probably going to remain additional tube for more gain and treble, and is what many
the dark horse of this trio next to the other two pedals. of us associate with the classic AC30 character. These

UA has already had success with a plugin based on Fender’s modes are selectable with the right hand mini toggle switch,

original and here the original amp’s separate instrument and mic alongside a Vibrato mode that uses the Top-Boost as its foundation.

volumes are represented on the control panel. And understanding You can assign this to be a switchable channel via the UAFX

the sweep and relationship of these is vital to unlocking the Control app with the bottom three control settings Speed, Intensity

Woodrow’s potential. To simplify, the Instrument Volume dials in and Room reverb when set to alt mode. It’s great for slower Uni

some dirty gain while the Mic Volume offers low end warmth. Vibe-esque sounds as well as choppier fare.

UA help to negate the one amp pedal/£350 price critics by offering If you’re new to AC30s you need to understand some basics; they

a good amount of versatility around the Woodrow blueprint; the six need time to shine. First, know that the Bass and Treble controls of

cab models all bring distinct character, but the boost section brings the Top-Boost channel (like the real 1961 amp they aren’t usable in

an even more enhanced Tweed experience. A stock boost, EP-III Normal mode) are cuts that work in the opposite way to most amps;

based on the Echoplex tape echo’s preamp section and KP-3K based you’re taking away those frequencies as you turn the controls

on a Korg SDD-3000 delay are carefully curated mods that offer clockwise. Then, confusingly, the AC30 offers a separate Cut control

warmth, higher end and mid boost, respectively. that adjusts a different high end frequency to the Treble Cut’s tone

The gamut of gain is great for stack. Explore the relationship

rootsy Americana cleans to AT A GLANCE between them alongside the AT A GLANCE
scrappy Neil Young all the way Volume control’s gain and the

to self-imploding fuzz when CONTROLS: Instrument Volume, onboard boost and you’ve got
cranked with the boost. The Mic Channel Volume, Output, Room
room reverb offers authentic (reverb), Tone, Boost; 3 x toggle the key to the Edge and Brian CONTROLS: Volume, Output, Cut, Bass
studio ambience that feels switches for Speaker cab type, preset May with all the chime, crunch / Room (reverb), Treble / (vibrato)
and Voxy boxy goodness of Intensity, Boost / (vibrato) Speed,
great for vintage blues, and the store and boost type; preset and a real AC30 Top-Boost. Speaker cab select switch, Control
sensitivity to playing of this bypass footswitches mode switch: ALT / Amp / Preset store
pedal goes beyond pick
dynamics and responds well to FEATURES: USB-C for app control and UA’s designer James Santiago mode; Channel select switch; bypass
your guitar’s controls. Just like updates, Mono/stereo inputs and and the team have done their and preset footswitches
an amp! It also stacks well with outputs, Bluetooth for app control;
switchable true or buffered bypass homework big time, and the FEATURES: USB-C for app control and
(via app) six-cab selection allows you to updates, Mono/stereo inputs and
hone in on brightness or outputs, Bluetooth for app control;
our Klon-style Wampler POWER SUPPLY: 9-volt mains supply warmth for your specific switchable true or buffered bypass
(via app)

Tumnus overdrive. Don’t only (minimum 400mA, not included) pickups through a FRFR cab, POWER: 9-volt mains supply only
PA and recording. (minimum 400mA, not included)
overlook this pedal. DIMENSIONS: 148 x 92 x 65mm

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UAFX DREAM ’65
A dream pedal platform?
F ender once claimed that the ’65 Deluxe Reverb was the most
recorded amp of all time. It’s associated with crystal cleans, 87
drippy surf spring reverb and watery vibrato. That’s all here
in this little box, and it really does sound closer to the real
thing than anything we’ve tried before.

But while there’s a stock boost to add clean gain, the other two

choices are based on popular mods in Deluxe Reverb history; Lead

adds warmth in low settings but past 10 o’clock there’s a midrange

‘lead boost’ lift. The D-TEX is based on the SRV mod and adds the

most gain; yes, it’s great for Texas blues.

Like the real thing, the Dream has the cut and snap to really hold

its own in a band mix; we know because we tried it at a band

rehearsal. And like the other two pedals, it’s valve-like dynamics

really hold up to scrutiny at gig volumes. While it breaks up earlier

than you might expect, setting the footswitches up as Preset/Live

on the right (voiced as a clean/dirty combo) then with the left switch

activating boosts for both, you then have an incredibly usable range.

While we gravitated to the classic Oxford 12K5-6 12” speaker cab

model for cleaner tones that

helped the Deluxe earn its

reputation, there’s a 1966 4×10 AT A GLANCE
Fender Super Reverb cab with

CTS speakers to experiment CONTROLS: Volume, Reverb (spring),
with amongst the six choices. Output, Bass, Treble / (tremolo) Speed,
Boost (tremolo) Intensity, 3 x mini
Of the trio, the Dream felt

the most seamless inclusion switches: speaker cab sim type, ALT
on the end of our ’board. But / Amp / Preset store, Boost type.
what surprised us was its drive
capabilities thanks to the FEATURES: USB-C for app control and
boosts that widen the scope of updates, Mono/stereo inputs and
the original amp not just for outputs, Bluetooth for app control;
switchable true or buffered bypass
(via app)

stacking with your own drive POWER SUPPLY: 9-volt mains supply

pedals but the Dream’s tones only (minimum 400mA) (not included)

in isolation. DIMENSIONS: 141 x 92 x 65mm

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UAFX WOODROW ’55SUMMARY

FEATURES
SOUND QUALITY
VALUE FOR MONEY
BUILD QUALITY
USABILITY
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88SUMMARY FINAL VERDICT

UAFX RUBY ’63SUMMARY L et’s start with where we feel these three access authentic tones on amps that sell for
fall short; the lack of a dedicated north of £1,500 – and that’s just the
FEATURES headphone output is our biggest gripe. contemporary reissues.
SOUND QUALITY Walrus, Strymon and Blackstar offer it
VALUE FOR MONEY with their amp pedals and with the Each pedal offers clear strengths for us that
BUILD QUALITY market of home players so sizeable, we are could dictate the buying decision. The Woodrow
USABILITY mystified by the exclusion and the Features is a much more affordable way to get authentic-
OVERALL RATING scores here reflect that. sounding Tweed tone on your ’board; either
immerse yourself in that world or bring it in and
UAFX DREAM ’65 True to their vintage amp roots, there’s also out as a vintage voice. It’s less of a Swiss Army
no onboard effects loop on these pedals that Knife pedal platform and more for those who
FEATURES could be an issue for some players wanting the know they want that Tweed sound.
SOUND QUALITY flexibility of where to place their own reverb
VALUE FOR MONEY and delays in the pedalboard signal chain. The Ruby has the most authentic modelled
BUILD QUALITY MIDI functionality is something UA declined AC30 tones we’ve heard to date and that will be
USABILITY to include on the previous trio of pedals, too. enough for many; a great portable alternative
OVERALL RATING to the real thing but could certainly be the basis
But the strengths here are significant for us. of your ’board. But it’s the potential widest
TOTAL GUITAR SEPTEMBER 2022 These are some of the best amp modelling appeal of the Dream ‘65’s strengths as a clean
tones we’ve ever heard. They’re inspiring and machine, coupled with its reverb, vibrato and
versatile and they react like the real thing. We surprising versatility in the gain stakes make it
found UA’s decision to hone in on each amp for the number one choice for us if you’re making
a deeper experience to be a strength for their the switch to a pedalboard amp, and the best
usability as physical pedals. A mix of old-school value of the three.
functionality, canny additions with cutting edge
modelling, they are relatively accessible ways to Now, we can’t wait to hear what other amps
UA have in their sights for future pedals.

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MANSONWords StuartWilliams Photography PhilBarker
META MBM-2
We take a look at two new Matt
Bellamy guitars built on an 91
identical platform, but with
very different offerings

“ T heMetaseriesdon’talwayshave
all the electronics built-in,
but I’m hoping that if our
collaboration with Cort goes
deeper, we might be able to get
some guitars with some of the
more special effects stuff
built-in.” That’s what Matt
Bellamy told us when we spoke to him back in 2020.
Two years on, and the Muse frontman-turned-
guitar-brand-director has clearly settled
into his role off-stage.
Manson Guitar Works enlisted the help of
Cort guitars to carry out the build of its first
affordable design, the MBC-1 in 2015.
Next came the Meta MBM-1, and now
we arrive at the latest updates in the
Matt Bellamy signature model range,
the Meta MBM-2. There are four
models on offer: the neck P-90
loaded MBM-2, humbucker/
Sustainiac-equipped MBM-2S,
the Z.Vex Fuzz Factory-loaded
MBM-2F, and the top-level
MBM-2SF with a Sustainiac and
a Fuzz Factory built in! Lefties
are catered for too, with the
MBM-2LH taking on the
MBM-2 revisions, but with
the same dual-humbucker
configuration as the MBC-1, and
at no additional cost to the
‘standard’, MBM-2. It’s a range of
options that we haven’t seen at this
price, in an easily accessible format
from Manson Guitar Works before.
Our review models are the P90-equipped
MBM-2, plus the fully loaded MBM-2SF with
a Sustainiac and Z.Vex Fuzz Factory circuit built in. Now,
the design is pretty much common to both models. It starts with
that unique MB body shape, which has undergone some subtle body
contouring changes in order to bring it closer to Bellamy’s stage guitars,

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In our review of the MBM-1, we

mentioned how we’d like to have seen

coil-splitting as a factory option, but

in hindsight, we’ll take this pickup

configuration – which could easily see

you through everything from a set of

blues to heavy rock – with pleasure.

On to the sci-fi version, then.

There’s the standard controls, but the

neck pickup is a Sustainiac Stealth

Pro. If you’re not sure what that is,

you’re in for a treat. When switched

off, the Sustainiac acts like a regular

and that last point is something we’ll The fingerboards on both are very The Meta MBM-2 neck humbucker. But, engage the ‘on’
be seeing throughout the MBM-2’s neat, with nothing to slow us down comes in Meta Blue switch, and it will create a magnetic
spec sheet. It’s cut out of basswood, and the highly-polished frets make and Dry Satin Black field to excite the strings. This means
and finished in either Dry Satin Black fretting and bending silky smooth. (as pictured), as well you can get an infinite sustain from
as Starlight Silver

or Starlight Silver for the P-90- Talking of which, if you’ve ever one note, then violin it, slide it, bend

equipped version, or Dry Satin Black/ dismissed a compound radius as it, douse it in effects – whatever takes

Meta Blue for the tech-heavy model. marketing fluff, these guitars could your fancy. But there’s more! Because

The necks on each guitar follow the well change your mind. A combination the second toggle switch offers three

same format with Canadian maple, of that neck profile and the radius modes: Fundamental (your original

carved to a ‘soft V’ profile and fitted means that we’re able to reach for the note frequency), Harmonic (which can

with an Indian laurel fingerboard. sky and hold it there with no sign of be used for producing feedback-like

Guitars don’t come much more our note faltering. Under gain it’s sounds), and Mix (a blend of the two).

contemporary than this, and sticking a case of ‘go and have a bite’ – there’s There are internal trim pots inside the

to that theme there’s a 25.5” scale a lot of sustain on offer. guitar for adjusting the humbucker

length (enough to dip your toe into But the big news here is of course volume, as well as Sustainer gain

92 drop-tuned waters), with 22 frets, the electronics. We’ll start with that and Harmonic mode gain, too.

and the fingerboard features neck P-90. Sometimes the humble Adding to the fun is the Z. Vex Fuzz

a compound 12”-16” radius. That soapbar gets overlooked as your Factory circuit. We should point out

means that it’s narrower at the grandad’s favourite magnet, when that Manson hasn’t gone with an

headstock end to make chords more it really should be viewed as the inferior or cut-down version of the

comfortable, while up at the top you guitarist’s secret weapon. This isn’t additional electronics. These are the

should be able to bend without an off-the-peg recreation of a dusty exact same effects and circuitry that

choking-out your notes. blues pickup, though. Manson’s Bellamy uses in his custom stage

The hardware is uniform, too, Adrian Ashton tells us that in order to guitars. The Fuzz Factory is a modern

with a Cort T-o-M-style bridge and get the balance correct between the classic, known for its excessive,

stoptail, plus Manson-branded P-90 and the existing Manson- ripping-Velcro fuzz sound and utilised

locking tuners not only keeping things designed humbucker, they went back by Bellamy most famously on the Plug

stable, but making string changes to the drawing board. It shows, In Baby riff (among many others).

quick too. Electronically, both guitars because it’s got power and punch in Top-mounted to the guitar are the

feature a kill button as standard, and abundance. Forget what you might FF’s Stab and Comp controls, and the

the controls are simple master tone/ think about wooly, vintage warmth, effect is engaged via another mini-

master volume knobs. So, is the and imagine a neck single coil that’s toggle, which works in the opposite

difference purely electronic? been on the Red Bull. It’s angry, fired direction to that of the Sustainiac’s

In a word – yes. But what up, and ready to throw tonal punches on/off switch. Meanwhile there are

difference? We’ll get to that shortly, that you might not see coming. It’s additional controls inside the guitar’s

but first, we should add that the the sort of deep neck tone we cavity, which are again ‘set and

playing experience on both of our associate with players such as Tom forget’. Engaged, it’s nothing short

review guitars is not only comfortable, Morello – one of Matt’s influences of insanity, in the best possible way!

but a lot of fun. The V-shape of the – and it also comes through in his own Winding up the gate gets you that

neck is indeed ‘soft’, and while there’s playing, particularly when he’s in tight, ripping, Jack White-style fuzz,

a very slight hump towards its centre, drop-D. There’s bass without flab, all stuttering and synth-like. Play with

this certainly isn’t the pronounced a mid-scoop without losing the growl, the comp control, and you’ll hear

ridge you’ll find on more vintage and a high end that helps it slice a huge self-oscillation that sits

examples. It’s a great alternative in through. It’s complemented rather somewhere between noise and

a sea of ‘C’s, made even better by the than entirely contrasted by that bridge feedback, and can be bent in pitch as

fact that it’s a satin finish, which to us humbucker, which takes us back to you move through the knob’s travel.

adds a premium feel to what is (in the a thicker, almost wider-sounding Bellamy fans will have seen and heard

case of the P-90 model) a relatively midrange when we want a smoother this particular effect many times in

affordable guitar. humbucker sound. live performances.

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Which of our Meta MBM-2s is best for you?

W e weren’t sure how maintaining a thicker sound so you prove once again what can be achieved
different these guitars don’t miss the humbucker. and offered in an electric guitar in 2022
would be from their for surprisingly low prices. We started
– let’s face it – already The Sustainiac/Fuzz Factory with a quote, so we’ll end on one, “We
extremely good MBM-2SF is a different beast. While keep trying to find ways to make
predecessors. In a nutshell, we’d say the additional electronics make this [guitars with effects] more cost-
that to the regular player, the P-90 guitar unique to an extent, it’s based effective...” Says Bellamy. “We’re
MBM-2 represents a jump forward in on Bellamy’s own combo of trying to find ways to make that more
versatility, with that neck pickup really experimentation, and therefore we widely-accessible so that we can make
adding an additional dimension that’s think it’ll be one for Muse fans to really guitars like that for everybody.” We
preferable to a coil split, while still sink their teeth into. The Meta Blue think they’ve managed it in spades.
finish looks fantastic, and both models

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AT A GLANCE

£569 BODY: Basswood models). Sustainiac on/off, LEFT-HANDED: Yes(dual
mode toggle, Z. Vex Fuzz humbuckers only)
NECK: Canadian hard maple Factory on/off, gate and
comp controls (MBM-2SF FINISH: MBM-2 P-90 – Dry
SCALE: 25.5” only) Satin Black, Starlight Silver;
MBM-2SF – Dry Satin Black,
FINGERBOARD: Indian HARDWARE: Cort Meta Blue
laurel T-o-M-style bridge and
tailpiece, Cort locking CONTACT: Manson Guitar
FRETS: 22 tuners Works www.manson
guitarworks.com
CONTROLS: Volume, tone,
3-way switch, kill button (all

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SCRAN £99

Brit-rock in a box?

S oundLad Liverpool’s Marc happy to oblige with a detailed Thick dial at 9 o’clock while AT A GLANCE
Dunn has form for having explanation on the SoundLad site setting Toast the same (with
a hand in capturing – or check out ours right here! everything else at midday) reveals TYPE: Overdrive
amp-like drive. If you Thick in itself is a powerful tool; a Voxy chime with our bridge
recall the Funny Little go left for biting treble boost and humbucker. The Thick can then CONTROLS: Thick (amount of gain
Boxes’ 1991 overdrive we gave crank right for Fuzzface territory. dial in more Orange woolly and bass going into circuit), Soft
a glowing review to back in Interestingly, HP and Toast are warmth as both head to midday. (Neve-esque inductive EQ for
issue 355, he played a key role gain controls too with HP adding treble response for ‘mix
in its development. The Scran bass and gain, but Toast being The Thick and HP controls offer placement’ that we’d advise
– a British term for basic but tasty more of the traditional gain a lot of scope to move into the setting after your gain is dialled
food, in case you weren’t aware control you’ll be used to. supernova of prime-era Oasis, and in), Toast (gain), HP (thickening
– sets its sights on a UK tonality, can brighten up your neck ’bucker gain control for bottom end),
compared to the 1991’s grunge. Exploring the relationships or thicken a single-coil. Wind back Cheese (subtle and seemed to be
However, it’s not your usual clone between all this reveals amp-like that thickness for snappier Coxon similar to Soft to our ears and
or Marshall-in-a-pedal story... gain and response to pick drive and you can tonally reenact proved useful finding a sweet
dynamics that nods to British amp the battles of old with Blur. spot for presence if you set it
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Cheese and Beans mean you need Plugging into a clean Fender SOCKETS: Input, Output, Power
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SOPHIE MAYWords GrantMoon Photo DaniKM
During the 2020
lockdown, singer/ the 23 year-old Londoner well. well when you want to let she says, “with plenty of
songwriter Sophie May With stars including Billie Eilish the lyrics shine through.” metaphors. It’s looking at a lot
was really churning out and Celeste dropping likes her of my female friends and their
the content for her way, May’s compact, pithy May’s own striking, beautifully relationships, and packing in
newly minted TikTok channel songwriting style is informed by sung stories light up her debut a lot of those experiences
(200k followers, 3.8m likes, both her teenage love for slam poetry. EP, You Do Not Have To Be Good, into one song.”
rising fast). At one point, she She got the music bug late-ish, out August 7 through Psychic
tells TG: “I was almost tricking at 19, when she bought her Music. The songs are despatches For her forthcoming live shows
my brain into writing a hook main axe, a Squier Classic Vibe from the front of the age-old she’s been eyeing up a new
or a verse, and then I would be Mustang, although she barely battle of the sexes, as seen guitar, a Gretsch. She’s only done
finished. TikTok can shorten knew one chord. through Gen-Z eyes, and are two gigs to date – including one
attention spans in that sense, populated by female characters at London’s Groucho Club – but
but I see it almost as a writing She progressed quickly though, who, in spite of themselves, more are planned, in Hackney
exercise. I try not to take it too turning to YouTube, absorbing are in the thrall of flawed men in September and, in 2023,
seriously, and that helps me the music and guitar techniques – ego-fuelled wannabe rock Australia (she has dual
just write and feel free, not of Laura Marling, Paul stars (With The Band), car boys nationality). “Here in the UK
trapped by the format.” McCartney, Jeff Buckley, and (Cadillac), plain wrong ’uns (Bad I’m just starting out playing lots
Leonard Cohen: She says of the Man, High Life) and flat-out of little gigs,” she says. “We’ll
That short-form platform – latter: “His most famous songs narcissists (Drop In The Ocean, announce a few days before and
and Instagram too – has served have those rolling, tumbling about a creepy ex-teacher). see who can go, and I’ll get
[arpeggio] patterns, which work “A lot of it is dramatised,” some practice in...”

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