Mr. Tabs Extreme Rise Amplitube File

This solo had to be tabbed out. Nuno Bettencourt is a mad man!

There's a lot going on in this song, here are some notes on the tab:

• I don’t think Nuno plays the riff in the chorus live. Instead he plays the rhythm chords which I have demonstrated only in the first chorus.
• Nuno uses two fingers for the double stop bend in measure 113. I only use 1 finger because it feels better for me.
• The 1 1/2 step bend in measure 114, Nuno actually bends with his pinky but it’s a full step bend on the 13th fret. I choose to hit the same pitch with a 1 1/2 step bend on the 12th fret, because I’m not good at bending with my pinky finger.
• In measure 124, Nuno slides from the 5th string D string live, but the studio sounds like a half step bend which is what I choose to play.
• The second part of this solo is not all hammer ons but a combination of hammer-ons and pulls-offs. At least it sounds this way to my ears and looks like he does it this way from live video footage.
• Sometimes I add Vibrato to notes in the chorus out of feel. But the tab does indicate vibrato. That is because there is no vibrato in the studio take.
• In measure 141…In the studio take, you’ll hear the pattern (0-8-12-0-8-12) instead of what I do (0-8-12-8-0-Rest). I took this approach so I could grab the double stop bend in time. It’s almost impossible for me otherwise. Nuno also kind of puts a rest in there so he can grab that last bend as well.

I think that covers it! Good luck with this one.

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