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Bullet In The Head ****************** As transcribed by Sampo Vesa and told by Tom Morello in Guitar World June '96 issue Set rhythm pickup to 0 and lead pickup to 10, then do like Tom says: Verses ------ Part 1: "The Whammy pedal is set two octaves up, while the pedal is depressed all the way forward, which means that everything you play comes out two octaves higher. I hit one giant power chord composed entirely of open strings, with the toggle switch set to the pickup that's off to create the rhythmic pattern of white noise. Then I drop the pitch of the white noise by depressing the vibrato bar. The open string are restruck at the beginning of each phrase. My left hand is manipulating the toggle switch, and my right hand is depressing the bar. The Whammy pedal stays full forward the whole time." Part 2: "The Whammy is still set at two octaves up, and I'm playing the harmonic at the 7th fret on the G string, which produces a high D. With the toggle switch set to the pickup that's off, I pick the note, then switch the toggle switch to the pickup that's on, simultaneously swooping up with the vibrato bar." Chorus ------ "Before playing that part, I roll the Whammy pedal all the way back, which defeats it. That single note lick is played kinda like this: (2/4) (4/4) (2/4) |-----------------|---------------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|---------------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|---------------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|---------------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|---------------------------------|-2---------------| |-0-----3-----5---|(5)------------------------------|-------3-----5---| (4/4) *w/bar..... |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-2-------------------------------|-grad. bend----------------------| |-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-0---------------------------0---|(0)b(3)r(0)------0-----3-----5---| * pull bar away from gtr. (2/4) |---------------------------------|-----------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------| |---------------------------------|-2---------------| |(5)------------------------------|-------3-----5---| (4/4) |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------| Rolling the Whammy back sounds a little different thatn turning it off completely. It still fucks with the sound when it's rolled back. I like that sound a lot and use it for other specific things." Solo ---- "That solo is doubletracked, with one guitar playing the lick on the low E string and the other playing the same lick on the high E string. .play 2 times.................................... |-12-0--0--10-0--0--8--0--0--7--0--0--5--0--3--0--| |*Gtr. 2------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |*Gtr. 1------------------------------------------| |-12-0--0--10-0--0--8--0--0--7--0--0--5--0--3--0--| * all notes sounded with silent hammer-ons and pull-offs with the toggle switch flicked from off to on for each note ................................................. |-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--------------------------| Each attack is sounded by hammering on with the middle finger of the left hand while toggling in the same rhythm. I also use the wah-wah to manipulate the tone. After that the wierd descending lick, |-15-------14-------13-------12-------11----------| |----13-------13-------11-------10-------9--------| |-------12-------12-------10-------9--------------| |-------------------------------------------8//12-| |-Gtr. 1------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| Gtr. 2 pushes strings against pickups while swooping w/whammy bar |-15-------14-------13-------12-------------------| |----13-------12-------11-------10----------------| |-------12-------11-------10-------9~-------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| I play a riff based on E minor-pentatonic." --------6-------- --------6-------- |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |15b17-17-17-17-17-17-15b17-17-17-17-17-17-15b17r15-12----------------| |..hold bend.........----..hold bend......-------------14-12~---------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |-Gtrs. 1 and 2-------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| --------6-------- --------6-------- |---------------------------------------------15b17---------------r15-| |15b17-17-17-17-17-17-15b17-17-17-17-17-17----------------------------| |..hold bend.........----..hold bend......--2-------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| (2/4) (4/4) |-12~-------------|---------------------------------| |-----------------|---------------------------------| |-----------------|---------x\----------------------| |-----------------|---------x\----------------------| |-----------------|---------------------------------| |-----------------|---------------------------------| Outro ----- .play 3 times.................... p.m.......................................................... |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-----------7---------------------|-----------7---------------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-8-7---5-7-5-------|-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-8-7---5-7-5-------| |-------------5-6-5-0-3-5-3-0-0-0-|-------------5-6-5-0-3-5-3-------| .play 8 times.................... |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-9-9-9-9-9-7---------------------|-2-------------------------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-8-7---5-7-5-2-2-2-|-2-------------------------------| |-------------5-6-5-0-3-5-3-0-0-0-|-0-------------------------------| .random string noise...... |-------------x/------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------x/------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------x/------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------x/------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------x/------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------x/------------------|---------------------------------| 8 bars guitar tacet .play 8 times.................... p.m.............................. .play 8 times.................... |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-----------7---------------------|-9-9-9-9-9-7---------------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-8-7---5-7-5-------|-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-8-7-2-5-7-5-2-2-2-| |-------------5-6-5-0-3-5-3-0-0-0-|-------------5-6-5-0-3-5-3-0-0-0-| last times lift p.m. gradually .play 8 times.................................... |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-9---9-9-----------------9---9-9-----------------| |-9---9-9-----------------9---9-9-----------------| |-7---7-7-----------------7---7-7-----------------| |----------0--0--0--0--0-----------0--0--0--0--0--| p.m.......... p.m.......... |-------------------------------------------------|-------------- |-------------------------------------------------|-------------- |-------------------------------------------------|-------------- |-------------------------------------------------|-9\----------- |-------------------------------------------------|-7\----------- |-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|-0------------ p.m.............................................