I’d heard about this Buckethead man for a couple of years earlier than I ever heard him play. I vaguely bear in mind seeing an image of him wearing a yellow raincoat and a Kentucky Fried Hen bucket on his head and pondering ‘Huh?’ And for some purpose, I was initially underneath the impression that he was Japanese. I’m sure the rationale I surmised this was due to the Kabuki masks that he at all times wears.
So someday, I determine to check out some of his music, the real benchmark of a guitarist. I pulled up a song of his online referred to as ‘Night time of the Slunk’. Strange title- befitting of this man, I thought. It began out OK I suppose, nothing earth-shattering though.
And then it got here to the solo. WOW. This was speed I hadn’t heard in a long time, possibly in forever. I decided to go additional- I pulled up the music video for the song on YouTube. There he was, all lanky 6’ 7” of him, goofy bucket and all. Carrying darkish inexperienced overalls, ala Michael Meyers in the movie Halloween. Stretchy guitar strap that permit him flail his guitar round like a yo-yo. To this point, strange but not lots to put in writing residence about.
But at three:forty seven into the tune, he went into the guitar solo- a fully insane guitar solo. NOW I used to be astonished! I’d never seen anybody play scales that fast, and yet that perfectly. And this show of speed continued for practically a minute earlier than launching into some kind of triplet hammer-on riff that was so utterly dissonant and off the charts that I totally lost it. It was official- this apparent oddball was the most gifted and incredibly fast lead guitarist I’d ever seen.
The truth is- go to YouTube at your earliest comfort and enter the key phrases ‘Buckethead guitar lesson’ (how applicable for this article!). Buckethead, by means of his trust hand puppet (don’t ask), gives the view a collection of six mini guitar classes, probably taped backstage earlier than a show. No, they’re not serious classes, but he does offer a glimpse into how he comes up together with his weirdly advanced chops (he even breaks out an acoustic guitar for one strange riff).
Something he makes use of typically in his solo work is his Les Paul’s quantity switch. That’s right, it’s an on/off swap, not a typical quantity knob. He continues his fretwork while concurrently tapping the volume swap off and on in speedy succession to present his solos an otherworldly sound that may be very effective and is so totally ‘Buckethead’ which you can’t even imagine anybody else doing it.
While he main model is all-out steel shredding, he's identified to interrupt out a number of the coolest country and jazz licks you’ve ever heard. I’ve seen him finger-tap the theme to Halloween- both the low be aware and the main riff- at the similar time. I am continuously amazed at his expertise and technique.
Within the final analysis- in the event you haven’t heard any of Buckethead’s music, and you love shredding as a lot as I do, do yourself an enormous favor and check out this eccentric genius- you'll not be disappointed.
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