Zoot Allures Tone

Zoot Allures Tone

I'm demonstrating the transition from pristine Clean to Distorted Feedback with natural harmonics while playing Zoot Allures. I use the expression pedal for Fractal 2 to add in the distorted sound and control the blend....
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Frank and Dweezil. . .on MTV, together!

Frank and Dweezil. . .on MTV, together!

After having a somewhat bad day today, found this little jem. No matter what, we can always count on Frank making us laugh. Sorry if I embarrass Dweezil for this, but this video was a joy to watch. ...
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Insane Guitar

Insane Guitar

I'm playing a ridiculous amount of notes on my new Apostrophe Strat. The sound I'm using has a synth filter blended with a normal guitar sound. As you can see it's pretty funny by the end of it....
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Crazy Train

Crazy Train

Tenacious D w/ Dweezil Zappa...
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Dweezil Zappa Paris "La Cigale" 2019

Dweezil Zappa Paris "La Cigale" 2019

Dweezil Zappa in concert Paris "La cigale" 2 december 2019...
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Talking About the Hendrix Zappa Strat

Talking About the Hendrix Zappa Strat

While I was getting my guitar rig ready for the Tonight Show the other day I made this brief video to explain my restoration work to the Hendrix/Zappa strat. ...
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 Picking warm up

Picking warm up

This is a picking exercise using A minor pentatonics. I use it to get my fingers and picking synchronized. ...
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DWEEZIL ZAPPA Making Of "Dinosaur" Episode 5

DWEEZIL ZAPPA Making Of "Dinosaur" Episode 5

This is #5, the final episode about the making of my song "Dinosaur." We learn about the album project called "What The Hell Was I Thinking?" (An ongoing project I started over 20 years ago, which I am now focused on...
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Driver

Driver

Video to the song of that name on the CD Agorism for the Brilliant....
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Heavenly Bank Account

Heavenly Bank Account

A video about musical mastery from a great composer and their song, heavenly bank account....
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New CD "Tangerines & Banana" Soon

New CD "Tangerines & Banana" Soon

New CD Architects Of Hysteria ( 2022) Title : Tangerines & Banana Composer all instruments and performer : David Abad ...
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Come Inside! Promo video for Songs For The Cynical album release

Come Inside! Promo video for Songs For The Cynical album release

Animated video capturing Spud Davenport as an actual cartoon Superhero! Coming to save you from this crazy, #*!#?! world we live in! Created by the amazing raghnalltuathai on Fiverr.  First track of the new album, Songs For...
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Begin a New song

Begin a New song

All instruments... ...
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Zappa pout Porri

Zappa pout Porri

Frank Zappa pout Porri...
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Singing sheepdog

Singing sheepdog

Here's Cynwch, my Welsh sheepdog howling along to some Messiaen. My clarinetting needs some practice, but she is howling beautifully. She howled when I played it in the subsequent concert (only during this spacific movement -...
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Release the Memes

Release the Memes

A video with an absolutely fantastic Dweezil solo in it!

From the Centrifugal Satz Clock, Morning...
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 How To Sweep Pick Fast Pentatonics

How To Sweep Pick Fast Pentatonics

A few folks have asked me to demonstrate some of the fast pentatonic runs that I sometimes play. Here's an example of one with some instructions on the proper picking technique. I hope you enjoy learning it. ...
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Dweezil Zappa - Star Spangled Banner

Dweezil Zappa - Star Spangled Banner

Dweezil Zappa plays the "Star-Spangled Banner" using Fractal Axe Effects at Dweezilla Music Boot Camp, July 4, 2012 - Fireworks start TOO EARLY! Watch for exploding pedestrian at 3:05....
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Chromatic Stupidity - Speed flute

Chromatic Stupidity - Speed flute

This demonstrates a slide on one string that allows you to hear the chromatic notes in a more pronounced way. It leads me to play some other really stupid chromatic examples. Thomas Nordegg likes to call this sound the Speed...
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 A bit of Moggio

A bit of Moggio

Here's a bit of Moggio. I'm still getting it under my fingers. Hope to add it to the show very soon!...
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Peaches En Regalia - Roundhouse London UK - 2012

Peaches En Regalia - Roundhouse London UK - 2012

Recorded at the Roundhouse London  UK 2012...
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Cathedral - Tribute to Edward Van Halen

Cathedral - Tribute to Edward Van Halen

Like Dweezil so eloquently put it, Eddie Van Halen was a beacon to so many of us. We not only wanted to play like him, we all wanted to BE him. RIP Ed, you f****n' rocked....
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Zoot Allures Practice (07/29/21)

Zoot Allures Practice (07/29/21)

This is me practicing Zoot Allures on my new EVH 5150! I believe I am only using the EarthQuaker Devices Afterneath and Avalanche Run for this. ...
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PRS Cello part 2

PRS Cello part 2

This clip demonstrates the Cello sound blended with another variation of the same sound and modulated with a dynaflanger....
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Cello and Violin mix demo

Cello and Violin mix demo

I am mixing my Cello sound with a Violin sound I dialed in and I'm adding reverb from an expression pedal. The presets are all made with the Fractal. I am using a few external analog pedals for gain structure as well....
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