Mikael Åkerfeldt Masterclass Lesson and Guitar Rig Video!

[GuitarMessenger]

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

Go to -= Guitar Messenger =- | Online Music Magazine 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!

 

[distressed_romeo]

Saw this this morning. Great interview and lesson.

Some of his chord voicings are awesome.

 

[Apophis]

Great

 

[Battousai]

holy fucking shit... his live tone all comes out of the GT8???? FUCK!! didnt expect that..

 

[FYP666]

Great stuff!

When he shows the riff to Hex Omega, and he fucks up a little, he was like 'sorry'. Wtf

All hail Mikael

 

[intereo_luuk]

holy fucking shit... his live tone all comes out of the GT8???? FUCK!! didnt expect that..

Heard that before!.. I saw them last Saturday.. And their tone was freakin' TERRIBLE .. Damn you could't here a single note at the distortion parts with growling..

But hey, they switched to marshalls

 

[Ishan]

Yay!!

 

[B Lopez]

This actually makes me enjoy playing guitar again.

Sometimes I forget how damn amazing the acoustic/clean toned Opeth is.

 

[Variant]

holy fucking shit... his live tone all comes out of the GT8???? FUCK!! didnt expect that..

I dunno, Boss' shit always seems to come to mind as really great delay (and chorus, which they also do well) units, even if you pass on the rest of the effects. The delays just have a vibe to them... Devin Townsend has used a GP-100 for eons now for all his delay/ambiance stuff.

 

[chaztrip]

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!

that so funny when they use the guys finger as a capo!!!

 

[blackout]

Bloody hell, quite surprised about that GT8, I woulda thought laneys could handle opeths style far better on their own.

Will watch the lesson when i'm not half asleep. Cheers for the heads up

 

[GuitarMessenger]

Hey everyone, thanks for checking out the lesson and videos!

 

[the.godfather]

Really enjoyed the videos, thanks!

His rig is pretty simple, which is nice. Must be pretty reliable without having to rely on tonnes of rack mount stuff. I was a little suprised by the GT-8 thing as well actually. He's basically fully relying on the GT-8 for his tone. The Laney's just power it all.

His chordal phrasing/ideas are awesome.