- Hey what's up everyone,
I'm Rory from Enter Shikari.
Thank you, Fender, for inviting me to do an artist check in.
This is what I'm playing,
this is my Telcaster American Ultra
in Arctic Pearl.
The only modification I've done to it
is change the bridge,
just because I love Evertine bridges.
Kept the same pickup, sound amazing,
sound really nice.
The character of the neck pickup for me
is my favorite thing about Teles.
I'm gonna play you our new single,
"The Great Unknown",
and then I'm gonna slow it down a bit
and show you what I'm doing.
♪ My ears are ringing ♪
♪ It's getting close now ♪
(guitar playing)
♪ Is this a new beginning ♪
♪ Or are we close to the end ♪
♪ Now the room is spinning ♪
♪ It's getting closer now ♪
♪ I've been waiting for the great leap forwards ♪
♪ I'm so impatient, yeah, ♪
♪ I want to cut corners ♪
♪ I stare at the skyline ♪
♪ Reach for a lifeline ♪
♪ I shout into the great unknown ♪
♪ If there's anyone out there ♪
♪ Just give me a sign ♪
♪ If there's anyone out there ♪
♪ I shout into the great unknown ♪
♪ If there's anyone out there ♪
♪ Just give me a sign ♪
♪ If there's anyone out there ♪
♪ I shout into the great unknown ♪
♪ Is this a new beginning ♪
♪ Or are we close to the end ♪
♪ Now the room is spinning ♪
♪ It's getting closer now ♪
♪ Oh, the beauty of the twilight glow ♪
♪ Oh, the delusion of Vincent Van Gogh ♪
♪ A red sky at night ♪
♪ A shepherd's flashlight ♪
♪ His beam sweeps like brushstrokes across the sky ♪
♪ If there's anyone out there ♪
♪ Just give me a sign ♪
♪ If there's anyone out there ♪
♪ I shout into the great unknown ♪
♪ If there's anyone out there ♪
♪ Just give me a sign ♪
♪ If there's anyone out there ♪
♪ I shout into the great unknown ♪
♪ Is this a new beginning ♪
♪ Or are we close to the end ♪
♪ Now my ears are ringing ♪
♪ It's getting close ♪
♪ Close, close, close, close, close ♪
♪ If there's anyone out there ♪
♪ Just give me a a sign ♪
♪ If there's anyone out there ♪
♪ I shout into the great unknown ♪
♪ If there's anyone out there ♪
♪ Just give me a sign ♪
♪ If there's anyone out there ♪
♪ I shout into the great unknown ♪
So this song is in drop C,
so it's C, G, C,
F, A, D
(strums guitar)
So the first time the guitar comes in
is on the fifth fret on the bottom C,
so five (strumming),
three (strumming),
10 (strumming),
12 (strumming),
13 (strumming),
five (strumming),
eight (strumming),
10 (strumming).
So the verse starts on the fifth fret
on the low C again
and the first part of the riff goes like this.
(strumming)
So there's five, eight, seven,
three.
But there's a weird dead note that happens
in between the eight and seven,
so once you've played the four notes on the eighth fret
you hit one dead note and then down to the seventh,
so (strumming).
And then the next flat is
(mumbles) the third
and then the open F string (strumming)
and then up to the tenth,
up to the twelfth,
so all together (strumming).
So the next part of the riff
starts on the second bottom string,
which is a G when it's open (strumming).
So the sixth fret
it goes up to the eighth fret on the C string,
the third bottom string.
Tenth fret, second to the bottom string,
and then down two frets (strumming).
And then the same rhythm,
same dead note timing is again for the last one.
So this one starts on the eighth on the bottom string
(strumming) and the eighth fret of the second bottom string,
two frets to the tenth,
and then down (strumming)
to the eighth again (strumming).
So all together slowly is (strumming).
So the chorus starts on the tenth fret
on the low string (strumming),
it's all just single note.
Up to the 13th (strumming),
12th (strumming),
down to the fifth,
so the rhythm is (strumming).
And then it's a fifth on the second to bottom string
and the eighth on the third to bottom string,
(strumming),
and then just slide up (strumming).
So for the last chorus, the last time around,
it goes into this chord, barring on the tenth (strumming)
and then that same shape move down to the fifth (strumming)
and then (strumming),
so (strumming).
So that's it,
thank you guys for watching,
I hope you've enjoyed it.
Check out my new album,
"Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible",
hope to see you soon.
Take care.
♪ If there's anyone out there ♪
♪ Just give me a sign ♪
♪ If there's anyone out there ♪
♪ I shout into the great unknown ♪