Mikael Åkerfeldt Masterclass Lesson and Guitar Rig Video!

-= Guitar Messenger =- | Ivan · August 28th, 2008, 12:00 PM

Hey guys, there's a new Masterclass with Mikael up at Guitar Messenger.

Go to http://www.guitarmessenger.com and then click on the LESSONS section.

Mikael talks about his chord and soloing techniques and demonstrates how to play a number of Opeth songs. Also, Opeth's guitar tech walks us through his guitar rig!

Luann · August 28th, 2008, 12:05 PM

I love you.

Iki-ilkkuja · August 28th, 2008, 12:08 PM

Great... this is what I've been wating for.

Lothlorien · August 28th, 2008, 12:18 PM

very lucky to have that opportunity.

Godhead59 · August 28th, 2008, 12:25 PM

That's really cool!

Witcher · August 28th, 2008, 01:07 PM

Awesome!!!!
I have not seen this sort of thing with Mike before

daliup · August 28th, 2008, 01:08 PM

sorry........... sorry......... oh sorry................ sorry...................... sorry............... sorry..................................... sorry............................................. ...... oh sorry............................................. ..... sorry..................................sorry...... ............................ sorry.....................

Words of Credence · August 28th, 2008, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by daliup

sorry........... sorry......... oh sorry................ sorry...................... sorry............... sorry..................................... sorry............................................. ...... oh sorry............................................. ..... sorry..................................sorry...... ............................ sorry.....................

Well, Mike is still a human....Or does he want us to believe that?

mexicola · August 28th, 2008, 02:00 PM

Thx for doing this and posting it.

Tangled · August 28th, 2008, 02:15 PM

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but I’ve never been interested in being a widdly-woo guitar player, really, or being one of the ones who are like ‘Oh, that’s an A7-thing chord.’

HAHAHAHAAAAA AHAHAHAHA !!!!!! WIDDLY WOO HAHAHAHAHAH

FRUGiHOYi · August 28th, 2008, 02:17 PM

That part in Lotus Eater is fun to play

soundave · August 28th, 2008, 02:18 PM

Excellent! Love the finger-capo!

rayden_ad · August 28th, 2008, 03:39 PM

Great great stuff, thanks very much!

Vuashke · August 28th, 2008, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Tangled

HAHAHAHAAAAA AHAHAHAHA !!!!!! WIDDLY WOO HAHAHAHAHAH

whats so funny about that

thanks for the video, sounds interesting

N-MAYH · August 28th, 2008, 03:50 PM

they needed to mic mike better

Vuashke · August 28th, 2008, 04:13 PM

strange, he says he doesnt really listen to metal. are you going to bash him too?

holy shit, theres a bb king interview too

deo · August 28th, 2008, 04:32 PM

thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you

Lenni · August 28th, 2008, 04:44 PM

Everytime I watch those videos I want to tune my guitar back to E and learn Opeth tunes all day...

Vuashke · August 28th, 2008, 04:51 PM

stay in E homie, dont tune down

opethpainter · August 28th, 2008, 05:02 PM

notice the morte macabre shirt

Labyrinth of Blindness · August 28th, 2008, 06:02 PM

Never realized Mike doesn't know a lick of chord theory. That just makes me appreciate his craft and ear for melody that much more...

fsgdjv · August 28th, 2008, 06:14 PM

This is awesome.

Mr. Bland · August 28th, 2008, 06:27 PM

Awesome! Lucky lucky fellow to get to play with Mike!!! Makes me just giddy with anticipation for the tour coming up!

N-MAYH · August 28th, 2008, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Vuashke

strange, he says he doesnt really listen to metal. are you going to bash him too?

holy shit, theres a bb king interview too

what? all i meant was you cant hear his voice very well

BefriendedUnit · August 28th, 2008, 06:50 PM

Brilliant! Thanks!

Check out the interview too. Good questions that other interviewers seem to never ask...
"
IC: I want to talk about your signature death metal growl. Is it something that you’ve developed over the years, or did you always have it – just walking around with that deep growl?

MA: I don’t know. I basically started doing it because I thought I could do it, because I wasn’t really a normal singing type of singer. So with my first band, basically we just made a few simple riffs and did some naïve lyrics and screamed. Later on, I came up with something that I wanted to sing over, so I tried that, too, and eventually I was kind of doing both styles."

and

"IC: Part of the unique sound of Opeth is made up of some of the more complex harmonies that you compose. Did you ever study theory or any kind of harmony in particular?

MA: No.

IC: Do you know the chords that you’re playing?

MA: No.

IC: You just do it all by ear?

MA: Yeah"

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BefriendedUnit They wear white for me Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: San Diego Posts: 1,384	Brilliant! Thanks! Check out the interview too. Good questions that other interviewers seem to never ask... " IC: I want to talk about your signature death metal growl. Is it something that you’ve developed over the years, or did you always have it – just walking around with that deep growl? MA: I don’t know. I basically started doing it because I thought I could do it, because I wasn’t really a normal singing type of singer. So with my first band, basically we just made a few simple riffs and did some naïve lyrics and screamed. Later on, I came up with something that I wanted to sing over, so I tried that, too, and eventually I was kind of doing both styles." and "IC: Part of the unique sound of Opeth is made up of some of the more complex harmonies that you compose. Did you ever study theory or any kind of harmony in particular? MA: No. IC: Do you know the chords that you’re playing? MA: No. IC: You just do it all by ear? MA: Yeah" __________________ Last edited by BefriendedUnit : August 28th, 2008 at 07:22 PM.