SPIRITBOX | Secret Garden - Mike Stringer Playthrough | RIFFHARD 

This guys riffs are the reason I decided to pick up a guitar after almost 20 years.

seriously thought that funky riff during the verse was the bass, This is amazing to watch

The guitar community could learn from this man. This isn’t him miming over the studio version. My man recorded a live take, even if this isn’t the actual take. Mad respect to Mike for this.

I really appreciate the camera moving up the frets at 1:15, really cool

2:53 this part is sick

Everyones commenting on his insane playing skills, what about his speedy guitar swapping skills at 0:10 , mind blowing

Mike, Aaron Marshall (Intervals) and Mateus Asato are something beyond .. way beyond The feeling, emotion and meaning that they put into the instrument is beautiful I know people will say about the guys of polyphia , periphery, abasi, kiko Loureiro etc yes they are I N S A N E But these 3 gentlemen are something else

I always thought it was the bass playing this riff

This dude is so unique...pitch shifts and bends entire chords in the middle of songs, plays CHUGGING heavy shit with pickslides/harmonics and squals, then soft smooth backing choruses, roll on/roll off atmospherics with his volume knob, mathcore/edm bridge sounds in other songs, and just plain fun metal and melodic rock all in 1 song. Plus is an insane lead player and able to do those crazy Verse lines in this song that sound like slap bass but way faster

jesus that eternal blue themed aristides

The hardest part of any Spiritbox tune is getting a stable enough guitar to hold their tuning.

It never occurred to me before listening to this play through with the guitar standing out...but the chorus of this song gives me major Cries of the Past Underoath vibes. You're a GOAT, Mike. And Riffhard is the best thing that's ever happened to my (mediocre) guitar playing.

So good!

My favorite off the album

My favorite Spiritbox song. I gotta learn to play this. Thanks Mike!

That clean tone run in the verse is absolutely stunning! good shit mike!

cheers mike

YESSSSSS

Gooood LORD! So damn good man.

Those on the fly volume swells were, sooooo slicckkk 🤘🤘🤘

Mike stringer on riffhard, very nice.

The verse riffs are nutty

Really love the Djent influence with a mixture of Meshuggah / Thall / Deftones. Awesome riffs \m/

oh fuck yeah, a Mike feature on Riffhard

Nice

Always thought of this track as a Perennial Part 2, but I ever realized how the verse riff is kinda reminiscent of Electric Cross.

that Aristides though...

FFS 🤦‍♂️. I give up on guitar. Well done sir and great song.

I'm guessing I won't be catching a guitar pick at the Spiritbox show in April. My dude actually uses his fingers!

With that tuning it is really difficult to distinguish the change of notes. I literally see this guy move his hand but sometimes I don't see a change in tone o.O. perhps i really love Sipiritbox.

Need to get me one of them chameleon guitars that change color like that... 😆

Fucking riff god

His Guitar is prettier than my girlfriend

Man's got cheat mode on.

Is he playing without a pick or am i trippin? 🤯

1:00 inspired by stranger things? 🤔

Love the fact it's an 8 string tuning on a 7. One of my favorite riffs from Mike.

Ho LY FK !!! I so bad wanted to learn how to play this but the verse is WAAAAY out of my capability . Love the band so much though . Thanks RIFFHARD !!