THIS DVD WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS
D. FURLANO | Riverview, FL USA | 08/13/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This DVD is absolutely excellent. It's like having your own private guitar teacher teaching you a host of Metallica riffs from 1988-1997 (riffs, licks, fills, & solos, depending on the song, from Enter Sandman, Fuel, Sad But True, Nothing Else Matters, One, Hero of the Day, The Unforgiven, and The Shortest Straw; plus Tuning (standard, 1/2 step down, and 1 full step down) and Metallica guitar techniques including guitar & amp settings).Each song's riffs are done at normal speed, then slowly explained and shown note-by-note, and then played again at slower than normal speed--all with a split view of the fretboard and the string picking at the bridge so that you can see exactly what is happening at all times. The DVD also has a very good menu.You can replay any section over and over again--which is very easy with a DVD player--until you get it, and then move on. Although I have the companion music book (with CD)1988-1996 Metallica, which I recommend, a DVD picture is worth a thousand words in showing you HOW something is done. I also have the other DVD in this series: 1983-1988 Metallica, which is just as great as this 1988-1997 Metallica DVD. It too has a companion book (with CD) that you can purchase.I can't say enough great things about this DVD. I wish Doug Boduch, the guitarist in this DVD, and the production crew would put out a series of these on Van Halen, U2, Def Leppard, ACDC, Joe Satriani, the Smithereens, etc."
Waste of money
01/25/2004
(1 out of 5 stars)
"I expected to have the entirety of each song dissected on these DVDs. Not so. You only get the easy parts that you can figure out for yourself. For example, on "Sad But True" you only get the first few opening bars. Holy moley I had that already, and I bet that everybody else does as well.Don't waste your money. If you have problems look up the tab on the net and just bang on the CD until you have it."