Sick Riffs #88: Cody Quistad teaches you Wage War's Who I Am
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Florida's Wage War deserve a spot on any metalhead's playlist, and should be firmly on the radar of any heavy-inclined aspiring six-stringer. The group's 2019 album, Pressure, sees the five-piece double-down on their already-established brand of metalcore - which is often tastefully infused with electronica and tech-death influences.
The record emerges strong from the get-go with Who I Am, a ferocious rager with all the hallmarks of solid contemporary metalcore: drop-tuned, technically impressive guitar lines, ground-shaking drum work and an instantly catchy chorus section. Guitarist Cody Quistad joins Guitar World today from his house in Nashville, Tennessee to take you through the track's show stopping main riff.
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I appreciate metal bands who actually know music. They create soo much good stuff. He looks so down to earth too. Cheers mate
Awesome - thanks for sharing! Love the album, have listened to it loads since it came out. Was hoping to see you guys in Glasgow earlier in the year, but hopefully someday. You stay safe too.
Thank you Cody! I stucked to learning this part of Who I am. You helped me. :) Very useful video.
Thanks man. Your a great guitarist. Eric
Very cool dude, great band! Nice \m/
ngl, this is the first Wage War song I ever heard and as soon as this riff played I was like "ok fuck yeah I like this band." LOL
Architect's like to do a similar thing, just a half step higher. Love both you guys!
Tasty riff! Got that modern groove metal open string stuff going with that eastern feel. Loving the sound of the Fishmans in that Tele btw BUT there are tons of chord voicings in drop tho not just “a couple” including stuff that isn’t possible in standard.
@sebastianviuf
3 жыл бұрын
I agree, you just gotta look for the voicings sometimes
@scriblestingray5713
Жыл бұрын
do you know of a resource o learn some? I tried to find some good ones but didn't have much luck.
@RobertoReyesChHC
Жыл бұрын
@@scriblestingray5713 hey man I could show you
i wish he could have taught the river
Wow! Wasn't expecting that kind of tone out of a tele.
@smokehill7912
4 жыл бұрын
its the fishman pickups and good setup. he’s probably also on a kemper/axefx/amp sim. anything would sound good with those elements combined.
@rebeltug
3 жыл бұрын
@@smokehill7912 actually to be fair, i have a SQUIRE bullet telecaster that has some serious tone for modern metal, and its got singles. obviously, it is not the best, tho I would never claim to say so. however it is an amazing option for $200 bucks, sounds better than half of the budget guitars in that range that are specifically designed for metal. it doesn't really compare to that of a mid-high end guitar with actives (or even passives) but honestly, i could write a record with it and it would kick ass. cleans are crazy nice on the neck pickup too.
@smokehill7912
3 жыл бұрын
rebeltug i love metal on single coils. they cut thru the mix really well and give the tone a very mid focused sound. especially the telecaster pickups. i agree 100%
@rebeltug
3 жыл бұрын
Smokehill i’ve been using it for standard-Drop A# (with different string gauges of course) and it’s been a serious kick ass guitar. I never knew how much i liked them, but with ToneForge it sounds SO sick.
@NvrLucky43
3 жыл бұрын
@@rebeltug I've also found that dry toned guitars with single coils do indeed work really well with most digital amp setups, Its just a nice neutral base to let the plugins work with. I find my schecter can sound pretty strained in a lot of the more obscure plugins and less clear in some others.
What patch/amp are you using for that nasty tone?? i’ve been wanting to find a tone just like this for recording!
Wow that's nice! Awesome!
"You see, we listened to Architects once and decided that's the sound we want"
@infernapeDLS
3 жыл бұрын
not only architects but they sometimes sound like Northlane. Still sounds good tho
@somersfamily
3 жыл бұрын
Never heard of them.
@jaredwernell8753
3 жыл бұрын
@@somersfamily so you've said under every comment mentioning their influence on wage war
Sick
What gauge strings are you using here?
What he really means is: "We chose this tuning because we love Architects too" lol
@TheCultOfKaos
4 жыл бұрын
"Low wasn't ripped off of doomsday, I swear"
@infernapeDLS
4 жыл бұрын
i aint hating on any band but lots of their riffs sound architechy and this particular riff sounds like a northlane riff....
@irishsteel1092
4 жыл бұрын
@@infernapeDLS Love Wage War. Think they're one of the hardest hitting bands out there. But Architects definitely deserve the credit when it comes to this concept of riff. That octave jump in the bottom strings have such a distinct sound
@spinxz_314
3 жыл бұрын
@@infernapeDLS architects have been around forever.. I'm sure cody draws major influence from them. Riffs and tuning.
@somersfamily
3 жыл бұрын
Who is that?
Wicked !!!!!!!! :)
Cody: I’m here in my house in Nashville Tennessee. Me: Books a trip to Tennessee
It took me 2h to learn this goddamn riff. WHAT THE FUCK
I want his guitar tone so bad🤤
What model tele is that?
@ayeapprove
3 жыл бұрын
Fender American Professional Telecaster Deluxe with Fishman Fluence
But how to play that 12(5 string)-10(6 string)-12(6 string) thing? My fingers are fighting with each other.
I want him to do stitch, i wanna know if I'm playing it right haha
What size is the F # chord?
@mcmstralex6431
3 жыл бұрын
Probably the top sting of an 8 string set so about a .80
@ayeapprove
3 жыл бұрын
.80
@somersfamily
3 жыл бұрын
I use 68 on my rgib6 and its great
@mcmstralex6431
3 жыл бұрын
@@somersfamily for f#? I thought that would have been too light
@samg9672
3 жыл бұрын
@@mcmstralex6431 I’m pretty sure that’s a Ibanez baritone, that’s why it can take a lower gauge string, don’t quote me on that tho
how that scale?
@Kit_Kul
3 жыл бұрын
25,5
for the longest time, i thought you just used a pitch shifter to take your Drop A# down to Drop F
Love it! What string gauge do you use to support the lower tuning? Thanks Cody!
@davekendall8203
2 жыл бұрын
On a standard scale guitar, just use an 8 string set with a .74 or heavier low string, toss the 7th and 1st strings in the set and ur good to go. You may have to do a small setup adjustment to accommodate the heavier strings as well as filing the nut so that heavy of a string sits right in the nut
What pickups are installed on that fender?
@scottcampbell8841
3 жыл бұрын
Fishmans, Fluence modern probably?
@awrely
3 жыл бұрын
Fishman Fluence Modern Of course Josh Middleton from Architects/Sylosis started using and promoting them first :)
@MOSMASTERING
2 жыл бұрын
They are Humbucker
@daidiary4748
2 жыл бұрын
@@scottcampbell8841 Sounds about right, are EMGs still even a thing nowadays? lol. I mean I swear fishman fluence PUs are very common in these days metal bands
@daidiary4748
2 жыл бұрын
@@awrely yea, and they are friggin everywhere on metal scene!!!!. I wonder if Seymour Duncan and EMG are still even competitors in modern metal.
Hey guys what's up? Its Cody from Goth Crocs with socks.
My toxic trait is believing I can do this as a beginner guitarist
Sic
holy fret buzz
How tf does he go that low on a fender scale and keep it tight???
@pablocarvp
3 жыл бұрын
i heard that they use a 0.80 on that low string
@BagusWibisono
3 жыл бұрын
pablocv92 my god, so huge!
@ayeapprove
3 жыл бұрын
Some people go that low on 24.75" scale guitars :D
@BagusWibisono
3 жыл бұрын
ayeapprove it’s fine?
@ayeapprove
3 жыл бұрын
@@BagusWibisono it's doable