Steve Wilson he said in this video how he started it. Guitars with two volume knobs such as my Les Paul. One volume on zero. One turned up. Your pick up switch becomes a kill switch. Lots of you tube videos on doing it if your guitar isn’t the type to try it.
Tom Morello is a good soul. Most magicians would never reveal their tricks, and would hoard them for their own personal prominence. Tom shares his tips and tricks with the world. He is by definition, altruistic, and concerned with the success of humanity. His ego is not in the way. This is made evident by the fact that he will reveal everything that he knows, knowing that someone may potentially emulate and surpass him; yet he appears to be excited about this. God bless you Tom Morello! We need a society of people like you. Thank you for making the world a better place...
He went to harvard and is rich as fuuck, even talks like Carlton Banks, but this was a pretty revealing vid. More about his legacy. You need followers to have a legacy. Famous followers hopefully
BIGxBOSSxx1 I think he totally embraces that his sound is kinda mysterious so to show off how simple it is at face value to achieve it is liberating and refreshing for him. He knows that to fully get his noise is impossible for anyone but him.
Dre was a huge influence on ME. So was EZ etc. So much so that my bandmates and i sought out a black dude that we heard could spit fire and asked him to be our singer. He said what can i sing about, we said any fuckin thing u want. And thus was born a lil known band from Oklahoma called WTF?lol we had a blast for about 4yrs.
Dre was a huge influence on me too, mostly for drinking 40’s and smoking blunts in HS. You really don’t here it on the first album but becomes apparent on the Evil Empire record. Trying to mimic the Loced (long O) out Compton synth lines of tracks like ‘Nuthin but a G thang’. And of course the scratching which is creative but they just shoulda got a DJ lol.
Me prior to the video: "Man Tom Morello's genius, so complex. What a wizard of musical talent." Tom: "Yeah I had my delay set to short delay and I took my pencil just...yeah, its not particularly rocket science." So much love
Chelsea's Tail Official technically the original octave note that it is played on is an F, but if you are looking at the frets and refer to the tuning of the guitar to the original standard E tuning then it is an F#.
I love how inventive Tom is and how positive he is when explaining what he's doing,very giving with his knowledge.Very clever guy with a big heart.He will always be known for his inventive sounds and style.
*Such a genuine person, I'm a Metalhead and don't really listen to rock but I've always had so much respect for Tom Morello, no one else sounds like him. 1st RATM album is a classic, incredible band live.*
One of the highlights of my life was meeting Tom Morello at Lollapalooza 2003 in West Palm Beach. What a down to earth and super friendly guy with no ego. He is a true musician who cares about his fellow man and the planet. Not a lot of musicians can have that said about them. Long live Tom Morello and RATM , Audioslave , Prophets of Rage and The Nightwatchman!!!
I'm a bit embarrassed to admit it but I'm only just now learning "Killing in the Name Of." I've been playing guitar since 1972 but due to health issues I kinda quit for about 15 years, it's hard to play when your arms ache horribly all the time because a bunch of neck muscles had to be cut off due to cancer. NOT A SMOKER. (I only explain that because of the derision I have always laid upon musicians who "just quit.") The other day I was watching the "Final Black Sabbath Concert" on TV and the next morning I got up with an unendurable itch to play my fucking guitar! Now I'm learning this song, thanks to youtube even someone who is mostly deaf (even with the most powerful hearing aids made) can learn a song with patience. It has taken me about 45- 50 minutes to learn this and man am I having FUN!!! Oh My God is this song fun to play! Reminds me of playing Paranoid or 2112 the first time! Thanks Tom for the insight! Now I'm back to my Axes, I think they missed me!
Jerry Thompson keep playing man. I stopped playing guitar due to a hand injury and mental health issues. I haven’t played in about five years. I’ve been super depressed this whole time. But you inspired me to pick up that one thing that always made me happy! Keep jamming buddy and thank you!
What an underrated genius! Eddie Van Halen said that the musician puts his or her soul into the instrument they play, and boy does Tommy boy personify that!
The most interesting thing I've ever heard about Tom is that he "saved" metal. I don't really believe this but when you do think about it, he did sort of come to be during the time all sort's of other new modern genre's of music were coming out or just rising to popularity like funk, pop, rap, etc. And Rage Against the Machine does sound a teeny bit like a thrash rap group. So the thing goes, people finally saw them in concert and basically said, "Wow, this is a rock band ... not a rap group, maybe rock isn't that bad."
Reese Iannacone Tom didnt save shit...i cant believe people are that freaking ignorant.Morello plays minimalist beginner guitar and cover his shitty playing and lack of skill up with synthesizer sound effects.He shouldn't even be considered a guitar player.
I respect Tom as a guitar player who pushes some limits with the stuff he does but one guitarist that comes to mind immediately who puts his soul into his playing is John Frusciante. If you don't know who Frusciante is, well then...go Google his name. 😂
The thing I like about tom is that he doesn't have long hair or tattoos all over or anything. He was educated and he stays formal and normal when he plays. It's just so original to me
Agree. That is so much more subversive than the usual rocker/artist look- tats, piercings, long hair... the uniform. Tom is a great example of that. I like Future Islands as well because their lead singer is so passionate but looks likes like any other balding middle aged guy in chinos. To me, Morrissey is another subversive artist that isn't in a box. Mac Demarco is one. Not that there's anything wrong with guys who just prefer that look, but what was once alternative has become pretty status quo.
One of my favorite things about Tom Morello is that he writes such simple to play but groovy and brilliant riffs. Like, short of his scratching and toggle switch stuff MOST of RATM's catalog can be learned within a year of picking up a guitar. That being said, you might not play it with the same energy and groove for years after, but it really makes you feel like a rock star playing bulls on parade for the first time in your bed room when you're 13. Brilliant and truly inspirational
Reaction videos and people who actually enjoy that stuff are the biggest losers on the planet. I f****** reaction video? Think for your f****** self you libtard f****** pile of garbage
Coming back to watch this right now is crazy.. I remember as a kid looking his name up after playing guitar hero. And figuring out everything about him. One of the best to ever do it
Wow! I was hoping to discover some of Morello's tricks and found so much more here! The sign of someone with self confidence, that truly cares about making the world a better place. He is not afraid to share his knowledge, experience, and even his, not so secret anymore, bag of tricks. Tom Morello is a true innovator, and he graced us with countless high energy riffs. What an incredible inspiration he is.
Great guy, class dude, funny as hell. And one of the most inventive and creative instrumentalist in the history of guitar. And check out the fast fingers too.
If I ever met Tom in person I would thank him for inspiring me to play guitar 20 years ago, something that I still regularly do with bands today, along with recording and producing. He is my main influence. If you ever want to hear him absolutely shred, listen to his band Lock Up from prior to RATM - definitely a late '80s cookie cutter hair metal band, but his guitar work is out of this world.
Most innovative guitarist since Jimmy Hendrix. So humble. This and the fact he's a huge Randy Rhoads fan makes him one of my fave guitarists of all time.
unfortunately you are right. This guy is a genius and hardly anyone knows about him or what he can create. And for bonus points he seems like a pretty laid back dude. Love it when he say " When you wanna rock hard,children,lean on F#." fuckin love it!
On some of his guitars he has it installed to kill the whole signal, so the switch tells the guitar to use wire that doesn't actually go to a pickup, killing the sound when the switch is in the up position. On some of his other guitars (like the les paul in this video) there are two volume knobs, so he sets the neck pickup volume to zero, and the bridge pickup to ten. This achieves the same effect.
All that with a guitar. That’s crazy. Inspiring, thanks. I listen to ratm but I didn’t know some of what I was hearing is also done on the electric guitar.
Such a brilliant mind. And brilliant minds cannot stay inside the box. I can sit and play say Avett Bros, strum Floyd, etc, but always come back to Tom Morello.
it's seriously inspiring to see his approach to gear, he gets the most out of the tools he knows works best for him and at the end of the day it's all about the music, you don't need 20 amps, rack effects and 5 vintage guitars to write amazing music.
HOLY CRAP!!!!!!! THIS GUY FREDEREIC PUGLISI IS A GREAT GUITARIST! HEY DUDE YOU DESERVE 10X THE ATTENTION THAN DOUCHE BAG TOM MORELLO! ALL DUMB TOM MORELLO FANS GO TO THIS GUYS PAGE AND CHECK OUT A REAL GUITARIST THAT SMOKES T.M. AND HIS STUPID BABY TRICKS!
@@MrKredski exactly! tell tommy commie that!!!! he is the one that burns the american flag wears commie red stars and praises many crooked animals that are totally against good order and common sense? SO YES!!! WHAT THE POINT OF HIM SPREADING HATE? ILL TELL YOU $$$$$$$ HE IS A HYPOCRITICAL SCUM BAG THAT STIRS SHIT TO MAKE MONEY BECAUSE HIS GUITAR SKILLS SUCK!!
About to see this man at the Rex Theatre in Pittsburgh. May 8 2019. Long time RATM & Audioslave fan (RIP Chris!) Shitting bricks! Prolly going to faint!
I always had the hardest time with the Bulls on Parade chorus. Always thought he was just slamming on the F#. That A note sounds so crazy with it. Love that little chord he uses.
Most people just play the guitar normally, some scratches here and there, then Tom comes along swiping his hand across the strings while toggling between pick-ups, and using a pencil to replicate a goddamn helicopter. Tom Morello is my hero
damn i uploaded this over 10 years ago... once upon a time guitar world magazine used to come with a cd-rom with videos and tabs on it! wish i could find the tabs they transcribed for this.
He knows music theory! talking about "octaves" and "dissonance" Tom Morello is freaking brilliant.....so intelligent and a guitar extraordinaire! He's a genius...seriously!! I really respect him!!! Wow he uses a Classical Guitar "nylon stringed" to write songs! He's impressive!!
Yeah!!! for once someone acknowledges that there is a lot of learning and significant degree of learning to be great guitarist in a time when average metal thrashers are so revered by their followers who cheer them on while they play high distortion feed backed three chord rampages over and over again. Its not music, its highly amplified "noise"
lol he doesn't know a lot about theory. He said he tried studying it for a while and then he stopped because he found it useless. He found out a lot of things naturally through just playing. Great guitarists dont dig their heads in books to study how to play an instrument, they just play the damn instrument and find their way with it
New respect for you Tom. Silly to say, but I figured you to be an effects guy that pulled riffs out of pedals, but when you demonstrated the fast triplet runs, I realized you could hold your own against Vai or Yngwie if the contest was about speed. Very, very impressed.
