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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
accurate??dont think so, December 22, 2006
well i just got my book...after a quick look thru on the loo i have to ask myself...who the hell checks for accuracy when finalizing a book?? the notes might be right but some of the riffs/licks fingerings are off...i know for a fact "lay it down" isnt played the way its notated (just check out the video).ive seen a more accurate version in a old guitar mag..if anybody knows players of this genre they used wide stretches(jake e lee,etc) for some riffs,etc....that intro riff is so wrong how its notated here.plus the beginning phrases in the starting of the solo and ending of the solo.that pattern is all wrong..another example is for the song "dance"..the intro riff uses a echo/delay to create the riff-which position and pattern is wrong- (wolf marshall got it right in his version and that was like 15yrs ago!!!)..its notated here as if he played each note individually and wrong area of the neck..BUT the solo looks good (go figure).now the solo in "loving you is a dirty job" is questionabe fingering-wise.."way cool jr" is one that looks good all the way thru("round and round" and "body talk"also look good)...
with some of the riffs/licks on the album the fingerings just arent correct.some of these riffs are classic so its a shame to have it notated wrong..
another thing is to get the "tone" of some of these licks they have to be played in certain strings/positions and patterned phrases....im happy to see a "best of" book but id think after all these years and all the tools/archives/videos/live footage for double checking of accuracy thats available it would be spot on...but its not..even a lyric i saw wasnt correct and thats just after a quick look thru...no guitar in hand or anything..ive been looking thru tabs for YEARS to know what "looks" right...like i already said..the notes might be correct but with tabulature the fingerings are just as important...
too bad the artist dont get involved with these books (like lynch did for his but its not perfect either) so they can go over the finished work before its finalized to give the transcribers notes on what to correct...the best of lynch looks more correct than this but has its flaws too...these 2 players have similar styles....gorenberg is the only transcriber i heard of with this book out of the 3 or 4 others.(i think his work is good-maybe more experiance or maybe he was around this era)..i cant say whos work is the one at fault here cause it doesnt list who did what...
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Grab Yer Axe and learn how to RATT & ROLL !!!, January 12, 2007
When Ratt was at the top of their game, you could not beat them in better riffs and licks. This book gives a great breakdown on the great songs that Ratt wrote. Both Robin Crosby & Warren DeMartini recorded some great sizzling guitar work, and this book will show you the exact notes that they played. I highly recommend this book !!!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Learn Ratt's Best On Guitar - Well Sort Of..., July 25, 2009
The song selection here is good and definitely warrants a "best of" title. Not a big fan of Lack Of Communication, would much rather have seen I'm Insane, In your Direction, Between the Eyes, or What You Give Is What You Get take the place of that one. Otherwise you really can't complain with the song selection. The songs are as follows:
1. Back For More
2. Body Talk
3. Dance
4. I Want a Woman
5. Lack of Communication
6. Lay It Down
7. Loving' You's a Dirty Job
8. Round and Round
9. Shame Shame Shame
10. Slip of the Lip
11. Wanted Man
12. Way Cool JR.
13. Your in Love
That list should satisfy any hardcore Ratt fan playing guitarist. The problem with the book and the reason for three stars instead of five is the accuracy of the transcriptions. Some of them are excellent, some are not. As has already been stated by another reviewer, Dance was done with an echo delay, whereas the book transcribes it as though Warren picked every note. The opening riff to Lay it Down is completely wrong, as is most of the solo. For some reason many transcribers have had a tough time getting Lay it Down correct, it is a wide stretch lick progressing from D5, Dsus4, Dsus2, B flat 5/D, and finally C/E. Once you watch the video for this song it becomes very clear how it's played.
However I do believe most of the riffs and solos are transcribed correctly and are much, much more accurate than the work done for the George Lynch Best Of. That is one of the worst tab books I have ever seen, with more of it tabbed incorrectly than correctly. Which brings me to another point, these best of books are hit and miss in terms of quality. George Lynch, Rush, and Judas Priest best of books are poorly transcribed, whereas Journey and Ratt best of books are fairly well done.
As I always recommend when it comes to tablature, slow it down and try to learn it yourself. That is how you develop your ear, not solely relying on someone to "spoon feed" you licks. Over time you will get better and better at the art of transcribing. I'm a huge Yngwie fan and have studied his guitar playing for years and years, and even though the early Wolf Marshal Yngwie tab books are excellent (Wolf is one of the best transcribers in the world) I have found errors in some of the solos by slowing them down and listening to them myself. It doesn't take a lot of fancy equipment to do this, Windows Media Player allows you to slow songs down to half speed, and if you need it slower than that there are programs available that allow you to slow it down further (the Amazing Slow Downer comes to mind).
Lastly, learn to read music and understand theory. Tablature is easy to read, but to really become a well rounded musician, learning to read music and understand music theory is where it's at.
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