His work in Coal Chamber was genius. It's not that his work was hard. It's the effect and the creativity he put with them. he was a Smart/Creative guirtist, not a Complicated one.
Meegs kept it simple and that worked amazingly. Do t gotta be a shredder to be a good player. I miss this era of writers. Dude's killing it now in Gemini Syndrome.
@ApoficTheory That the reason 90,s bands were so good. They did'nt over complicate and they had groove and feel. Metal bands now try to be to clever. Just write a good tune and stop thinking, your shit if you cant play a million notes in a second.
Meegs is one of the most chill, kind, down-to-Earth guitarists in nu-metal. He seems like the kind of guy you'd want to drink with and watch a movie or play video games with. 🤣🤘 Kind of like Head Welch of KoRn but Mexican ig.. 🐲❤️🤘💯
I got to play with his band after coal chamber called glass pinata then just pinata in Arizona with the singer from stabbing westward new band who's name slipped my mind. Meegs really is one of the coolest nicest guys.
@deceased94 He explained it as he did it. You can be tuned in lets say B on that string, and when you flip it, it drops to another tuning you set such as A. So you can go back and forth in 2 tunings rather than "tune" every time.
I own two Ibanez vbt700 guitars, a black one and a white one and a 2003 Ibanez ic400. All of my guitars have ghs Heavyweight Boomers 11-14-18-36-52-70 tuned down to B. I had my black vbt700 restrung and I went into Guitar Center next door just to fuck around with a Messa Triple Rectifier and people were like, WHAT-THE-FUCK O_O I miss how heavy nu-metal was back in the 90's. I need to start a band u_u
@sh1yne Incidentally, the term "New Metal" was coined in a 1998 concert review...of a Coal Chamber concert. :) It's not the band's fault that the term evolved into something else.
@dizzydreamaway And what's funny is that most nu metal bands either went along to something totally different or were never meant to be in that category. I think Coal Chamber tried to be grouped with gothic metal, just as Adema tried to be just hardrock. The only nu metal bands that I know left are Korn, Sevendust, Limp Bizkit (came back) and Nonpoint.
Mechacelzi If you want to use lower-pitch tunings like Meegs, you need thicker strings. The thicker the string, the more tension it has. However, if you use thin strings (like 42 32 24 16 11 9) for low tunings, your strings will flop around like rubber bands. Meegs is tuned a lot lower than normal, but I believe his strings are *TOO* thick; he even says they cramp up his fingers after awhile. Hope this makes sense!
his guitar looks like a fender telecaster custom, but i think thats when he switched from les pauls to BC RIch customs and later for the last album went to yamaha
@jlcochran Guess that's why the band didn't last really long, and didn't get much recognition in comparison to others of the same era. (Deftones, Korn, and Linkin Park were all grouped into the same general category of music at the same time, and all received a lot more attention than Coal Chamber ever did)
@brucenatelee Yeah, just like every other "genre fad", all new bands that sounded even the tiniest bit like Korn got grouped into the same genre, even if they shouldn't have been. Meegs and Mikey's new band doesn't sound anything like CC. And Dez is still lost in obscurity, because even Devildriver had very minimal success after the Nu Metal fad had passed.
Nu metal gets a lot of hate, but wondering if it's possible to recreate it into what metalheads would accept more, primarily solos. I'm thinking of different popular musicians and singers in different combinations that metalheads already know to see if they would still like the music: Groove metal guitar, funk metal bass, grunge drums, spoken vocalist (not necessarily rapping).
great. He seems like a nice guy though he bahaves like hes done substances. I really like the tragedy and Bradley riffs - making a guitar sound like a synth is art to me. I like all this wack stuff.
Not just nu-metal guys. Almost every musician of any genre and nearly every person between the ages of 20 and 40 have probably snorted some sort of party material.
I like their song Loco, but to be honest, I don't hear a lot about people born of different races that aren't Black and White. I read that Meegs is of Chinese and Mexican descent, which is different.
Yeah the high strings are fucking crazy. The 70 for the low A and B is acceptable I guess, since he’s playing a 24.75” scale. Still WAY too thick for my preference.
It's not his fault. It was Dez. Dez was an asshole and fired Mikey, and then basically didn't care to find a new drummer because he had already started Devildriver and didn't carea bout CC anymore.
+charvelgtrs I think a 70 gauge string (at least on a 24.75" scale length) is necessary from Drop A. However, with a 27" scale length, you could probably get away with a 59.
I know a lot about drums... but I play guitar... It does not matter how much you know but how you actualy do it... And second you dont need to be "god" to play neo-metal.. :)
@dizzydreamaway Can't say "cute" about another guy, but I do have a "thing" for racially ambiguous women, especially with a cosplay fetish. A hot ninja girl (kunoichi) one night, an Amazonian the next, and and African princess after that. Just... interesting how they could look like. Also, Pete Smear of Foo Fighters is 1/4 Afro American, 1/4 Native American (both his mom), and 1/2 German.
hehe, after watching this, I kinda feel better about myself, I think I know more theory than this guy! excellent riffs I might add, which is good enough.
Knowing all the music theory & scales & modes in world won't help any guitarist if they don't have an active imagination, creativity & a unique voice. So many guitarists lack these 3 things, which is why so many well educated guitarists music sounds like it was written by a text book. But don't make the mistake of assuming I'm denying Meegs would benefit from seriously studying some theory.
His work in Coal Chamber was genius. It's not that his work was hard. It's the effect and the creativity he put with them. he was a Smart/Creative guirtist, not a Complicated one.
Always liked Meeg's guitar work, especially on Chamber Music. His guitar sound on that album is one of the best I've heard.
His guitar work in Coal Chamber was fucking genius, that's for sure. I love his every riff
Dez is the only guy I've ever heard...I had no idea Meegs sounded like THIS...in 11 freaking years lol
he sounds a little like manson
He shouldn't insult himself...he's a freakin genius!!!!
Love that he explains everything and he's so humble❤
you are a sick individual meegs ur a mad scientist
Meegs kept it simple and that worked amazingly. Do t gotta be a shredder to be a good player. I miss this era of writers. Dude's killing it now in Gemini Syndrome.
Smells like crank. He's a badass guitar player, he sounds like 2 players all by himself.
If I had the opportunity to jam with this buggar, I wouldn't hesitate to say yes. 💯🤘🔥
Bring back the 90s
@ApoficTheory That the reason 90,s bands were so good. They did'nt over complicate and they had groove and feel. Metal bands now try to be to clever. Just write a good tune and stop thinking, your shit if you cant play a million notes in a second.
His contacts are badass.
meegs is great i love him
holy fuck his string gauge is crazy
He looks kinda Visual Kei.
Meegs is one of the most chill, kind, down-to-Earth guitarists in nu-metal. He seems like the kind of guy you'd want to drink with and watch a movie or play video games with. 🤣🤘 Kind of like Head Welch of KoRn but Mexican ig.. 🐲❤️🤘💯
He's the kinda dude that if you've met him before he'll ask you for a drink.
I got to play with his band after coal chamber called glass pinata then just pinata in Arizona with the singer from stabbing westward new band who's name slipped my mind. Meegs really is one of the coolest nicest guys.
Stabbing Westward \m/ luv singing & listening to them🥰🐧🥰🐧🥰🐧😎😎😎
I didn't know rascón was Mexican bro that's cool as fuck being that I'm Chicano
@deceased94 He explained it as he did it. You can be tuned in lets say B on that string, and when you flip it, it drops to another tuning you set such as A. So you can go back and forth in 2 tunings rather than "tune" every time.
meegs my boi i love guitarist that have the unique style i just have a thing for individual people
He uses B tuning (B,E,A,D,F#,B. for six string guitars).
DendrilopisXaggro BEADGB actually, he tunes like a 8 string without the high E
@BiRDiEMusic exactly. Not tuned like a 6 string down to be but like a 7 without a high e.
:O Oh look! It's Miguel!! Hello Miguel!
Cox Miguel!!
I own two Ibanez vbt700 guitars, a black one and a white one and a 2003 Ibanez ic400. All of my guitars have ghs Heavyweight Boomers 11-14-18-36-52-70 tuned down to B. I had my black vbt700 restrung and I went into Guitar Center next door just to fuck around with a Messa Triple Rectifier and people were like, WHAT-THE-FUCK O_O I miss how heavy nu-metal was back in the 90's. I need to start a band u_u
@sh1yne Incidentally, the term "New Metal" was coined in a 1998 concert review...of a Coal Chamber concert. :) It's not the band's fault that the term evolved into something else.
@dizzydreamaway And what's funny is that most nu metal bands either went along to something totally different or were never meant to be in that category. I think Coal Chamber tried to be grouped with gothic metal, just as Adema tried to be just hardrock. The only nu metal bands that I know left are Korn, Sevendust, Limp Bizkit (came back) and Nonpoint.
@BreakingGlass77 With strings like that. playing power chords IS an effort
70 56 46 36 26 20 My God, those string are *HUGE*!!!
What does that mean far as guitar playing?
Mechacelzi If you want to use lower-pitch tunings like Meegs, you need thicker strings. The thicker the string, the more tension it has. However, if you use thin strings (like 42 32 24 16 11 9) for low tunings, your strings will flop around like rubber bands. Meegs is tuned a lot lower than normal, but I believe his strings are *TOO* thick; he even says they cramp up his fingers after awhile. Hope this makes sense!
Jordan Dansereau for real?
Mechacelzi Yeah; he said it here. String gauges are a personal preference, but I imagine 12 16 24 32 44 56 would be decent for BEADGB tuning.
Jordan Dansereau where can i find these sizes at?
he makes it seem like playing power chords is such an effort. haha although that thing that drops the low string one whole step is pretty cool.
his guitar looks like a fender telecaster custom, but i think thats when he switched from les pauls to BC RIch customs
and later for the last album went to yamaha
@brucenatelee Chino Moreno its also mexican/chinese descent.
@jlcochran Guess that's why the band didn't last really long, and didn't get much recognition in comparison to others of the same era. (Deftones, Korn, and Linkin Park were all grouped into the same general category of music at the same time, and all received a lot more attention than Coal Chamber ever did)
What's the name of his machine head that allows him to drop his guitar easy? I can't understand his ascent
@dizzydreamaway I heard different origins, including that. I heard it was Slipknot, I heard it was after Korn's "Follow the Leader", I don't know.
y este material esta disponible en dvd?
@brucenatelee Yeah, just like every other "genre fad", all new bands that sounded even the tiniest bit like Korn got grouped into the same genre, even if they shouldn't have been. Meegs and Mikey's new band doesn't sound anything like CC. And Dez is still lost in obscurity, because even Devildriver had very minimal success after the Nu Metal fad had passed.
why the fuck is this video hidden?
I believe I unlisted this video because of copyright strikes, that was years ago so I put it public again
they fucked up.. shoulda stayed with the oringal sound, they deviated too far
Nu metal gets a lot of hate, but wondering if it's possible to recreate it into what metalheads would accept more, primarily solos. I'm thinking of different popular musicians and singers in different combinations that metalheads already know to see if they would still like the music: Groove metal guitar, funk metal bass, grunge drums, spoken vocalist (not necessarily rapping).
what it's the tune that he use on his guitar? I can't understand it!
Does he play in drop or standard bc I’m pretty sure he says standard B, but it looks like he’s playing drop B when he plays
great. He seems like a nice guy though he bahaves like hes done substances. I really like the tragedy and Bradley riffs - making a guitar sound like a synth is art to me. I like all this wack stuff.
By ear I thought it must be 7 string or... extremely heavy strings down-tuned, that must cause some damage to the guitar surely...
ArkM not really, i used to run my guitars like that and never had much an issue.
It would take a lot of time and a fairly low quality neck to do any significant damage.
all the nu metal guys from mid to late nineties always have drugs in their
nose their constantly sniffling
Hahaha, omg I just noticed this, and, quite poignantly, Meegs's final "comment", is a sniff.
Not just nu-metal guys. Almost every musician of any genre and nearly every person between the ages of 20 and 40 have probably snorted some sort of party material.
@brucenatelee It's a cute mix, no? :)
was that a schecter damien solo elite?
I like their song Loco, but to be honest, I don't hear a lot about people born of different races that aren't Black and White. I read that Meegs is of Chinese and Mexican descent, which is different.
whats the name of the thing he uses on his machine head at 4:13?
Jacob Galloway hipswitch. I had a body-bound one on a few old guitars of mine, makes tuning drops to standards really fast and efficient live.
what about mine?
"I don't give a fuck what anyone thinks of me"
Don't hear about different backgrounds like that. Pretty cool, to be honest. It's usually something and Black or something and White.
Fucking 20 gauge? I get the 70, but why the hell the 20 one??!!!!
Yeah the high strings are fucking crazy. The 70 for the low A and B is acceptable I guess, since he’s playing a 24.75” scale. Still WAY too thick for my preference.
It's not his fault. It was Dez. Dez was an asshole and fired Mikey, and then basically didn't care to find a new drummer because he had already started Devildriver and didn't carea bout CC anymore.
thrash was there before nu metal and its technical much better , but coal chamber was an awesome band :)
Esto es un documental de la banda no?
Y del ares que suerte.
un saludo
whats wrong with being stoned?
Jesus Christ a 70 for a LOW B and A? I use a 54 for a Low B.
i used it too a 70 feels nice n tight...loads of sustain
Dunno, tried 54 for B on my 25.5 Jackson RR, but... damn, too floppy. For D it's alright, but for B i need at least 62 D:
Yikes that way too much tension for me.
+charvelgtrs I think a 70 gauge string (at least on a 24.75" scale length) is necessary from Drop A. However, with a 27" scale length, you could probably get away with a 59.
charvelgtrs I use the bottom 6 strings on my 7 string guitar it works perfectly for b and a tunings!
i think thats a parker guitar
@deceased94 Hipshot. Do a search for Hipshot D Tuner
what sort of guitar is that?!?
it looks like a cool tele. but its not.
wait,my mistake.........
Dude. High five. mee too. XP
Bwahahahhahahahahah!! One string!! Ahahaha
nope that's a b.c. rich custom
Love you Meegs, but dayum those drugs.
I know a lot about drums... but I play guitar... It does not matter how much you know but how you actualy do it... And second you dont need to be "god" to play neo-metal.. :)
i want his babies
@JaCoBGaLlOwAy1996 hipshot
creo que no, yo lo baje del ares :)
chinese & mexican
I disagree. Now what?
Disagree too!
@dizzydreamaway Can't say "cute" about another guy, but I do have a "thing" for racially ambiguous women, especially with a cosplay fetish. A hot ninja girl (kunoichi) one night, an Amazonian the next, and and African princess after that. Just... interesting how they could look like. Also, Pete Smear of Foo Fighters is 1/4 Afro American, 1/4 Native American (both his mom), and 1/2 German.
hehe, after watching this, I kinda feel better about myself, I think I know more theory than this guy! excellent riffs I might add, which is good enough.
Knowing all the music theory & scales & modes in world won't help any guitarist if they don't have an active imagination, creativity & a unique voice. So many guitarists lack these 3 things, which is why so many well educated guitarists music sounds like it was written by a text book. But don't make the mistake of assuming I'm denying Meegs would benefit from seriously studying some theory.
wow hes seems to struggle to play his own songs.....
down tuned playing is so slack lazy, its not like a power chord is difficult
It's not but when you use it correctly it can drive the song and create momentum
what the hell do people think when they cute their hair like that