Wes Thrailkill showing the versatility of Carvin’s new Kiesel pickups…

Tuning your guitar to counteract the bass strings’ larger gauge, and tendency to go sharp.

I’m pretty sure that Ray Danniels, along with Eddie’s alcoholism is what ruined Van Halen in the post Sammy era. Eddie and Sammy fighting over the management of the band was one of the biggest issues that caused Sammy to leave. Danniels had  recently become the manager during that time. While searching for new singers, VH auditioned Mitch Malloy who was eventually turned down for the gig in favor of Gary Cherone, whom Danniels also managed. The video below is a previously unreleased demo track with Mitch on vocals.

http://www.guitarworld.com/joe-satrianis-guide-building-chords-stacked-fourths-video/25929

If someone had mentioned the term “stacked fourths” to me years ago, I would have had no idea what they were talking about.

But I later learned that it is really quite simple and represents a cool approach to constructing chords. In this lesson, I’d like to show you some interesting things you can do with stacked fourths.

In music theory, every note in a chord can be assigned an intervallic number. Typically, we’re dealing with scales built from five to eight notes, and each note is given a number to represent its placement within the given scale.