lesson| how to play "Fire Woman" on guitar by The Cult | rhythm & solo guitar lesson tutorial

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Please help support my lessons by donating here: https://goo.gl/dooFgd Facebook: http://goo.gl/jnC3bv Performance video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzQAxs9CXds&index;=1&list;=PLVexuNdY2IezHfKi5er9DxqPZA2dYDo06 An electric guitar lesson on how to play “Fire Woman” by The Cult from the album “Sonic Temple”, released in 1989. This is such a killer rock song! What makes it so great IMHO is not just Billy Duffy’s great guitar parts, and Ian Astbury’s anathematic vocal, but Mickey Curry’s amazing drumming and Bob Rock’s awesome production. Mickey Curry is better known as Bryan Adams drummer. He’s very old school and plays behind the beat which makes for a strong groove. I think his drumming makes this song. Of all the live videos of this song on youtube, no other drummer gets the same feel as Mickey Curry. In the demo I made, I was playing to a drum machine, so it was really hard to capture the feel of this one because the drum programs is just too damn precise! As good as drum programs are these days, they will never be as good as a real drummer, especially someone as talented as Mickey Curry. Also Bob Rock has a way of getting the drums and guitars to sound huge and is one of the world’s greatest producers. The song has one of the greatest intros ever IMHO. There is a lot of processing going on, so it was kind of hard to figure out exactly what was happening with the guitar parts, but I think I got them fairly close, although it’s very tough to nail the sound with all the flanging and weird noises! There’s a lot more to this tune than you might think as there are a ton of guitar tracks. The lesson went pretty long as I covered the two solos as well as all the rhythm parts. I had a really good time making the demo so I hope you enjoy the video and have fun playing this killer song. I get a lot of questions about my sound so here's what I'm using: My guitar is a 1975 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe. I have Suhr Aldrich pickups on it. I have them coil split, but for this video they were in full humbucker mode. My amp is an Egnater Renegade head. I am using a Two Notes Torpedo Live. It’s a load box and a speaker emulator so I’m not running the Marshall 1960b speaker cabinet anymore. It enables you to crank up your tube amp but use headphones, or just listen at low volume through your monitors, so I can be rocking out and getting a great sound without bothering people around me. So far I like it! I use a TC Electronics Nova System through the loop for effects. I also have a BB preamp which I essentially never use anymore, and sometimes (rarely) a Boss CS-3 compressor. The reverb is from the amp. My wah is a Dunlop MC404 CAE Dual Inductor, REALLY great pedal! I also use a Polytune tuner which is fantastic. For this tune I used the pitch change (+8-8), the flanger, digital delay (tap tempo) and reverb. I had the pickup switch in the middle and the coil split switch was set to single coil mode. The volume on both pickups was at around 5. Folks may be surprised at how much time and effort goes into creating these videos. If you're getting something out of the lessons and can afford to contribute, I've setup a Paypal link. If you can't afford it no worries, but if you can, any amount is appreciated and will help me to continue to make the videos. PayPal: https://goo.gl/dooFgd Thanks for all the comments, and questions and of course for subscribing. A special thanks to all of you that have contributed financially by making a donation! I really appreciate the support. Good luck to everyone with their guitar playing. Cheers