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Devin Townsend good guitar tabs

PostPosted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 1:16 pm
by tgchan
Hey guys! I just have started my adventure with guitar and Devin is my damn idol.

I wanna learn playing guitar trying to play his songs but I can't find good guitar tabs...

Namely I am downloading guitar tabs for song "truth" and I can see there something like:

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--------------------12------------------------12----------
---8------12-----------------8-------12-------------------
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then I can see that Devy is playing totally different...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JElq7C3Ojs

My hand is so newbie and I can't stretch my fingers so well yet (8fret to 12fret or even more sick 8 to 13)

I can clearly see that Devin is playing it without stretching his fingers so much so it looks like these tabs are not true.


Does anyone know where can I get his good guitar tabs? Maybe somone has personal collection with goodtabs or something


Please help me if you can as I want to learn from his songs and I dunno how without tabs

Atm I wanna start with easy songs (which are not easy at all for me atm lol) like Truth, Deadhead

Re: Devin Townsend good guitar tabs

PostPosted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 1:19 pm
by Biert
Are you playing the same tuning as Devin? Truth is probably in open C so if you're in something else it'll look and/or sound different probably.

'Sall I know 'bout geetars :D

Re: Devin Townsend good guitar tabs

PostPosted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 1:23 pm
by tgchan
of course ;) open C major ;p

Re: Devin Townsend good guitar tabs

PostPosted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 3:21 pm
by soundsofentropy
The tuning is fine. Move the 8 and 10 down a string. Not directly of course, just play the same notes on the string below it. The fret numbers will be 13 and 15 (on the low G string).

Also, search/browse the forums. There are plenty of good (and decent at the very least) tabs floating around here.

Re: Devin Townsend good guitar tabs

PostPosted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 1:10 am
by swervedriver
Also, work on some stretching exercises, you'll find it to be useful for plenty of Dev songs.

Re: Devin Townsend good guitar tabs

PostPosted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 7:43 am
by tgchan
yea I am stretching my fingers when I wait on bus stop or anywhere I can ;p I will make this little hand pro >:D

Btw soundsofentroy I have found your "Truth" tab!

E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------12--------12----------12----------12----------12----------12----------12---15--12h15h12-----------|
C|------12--------12----------12----------12----------12----------12----------12--------------------15--------|
G|--13---------13----------15----------15----------13----------13----------15---------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0h4-----0--------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------6-----4--6--0--4-----0--------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------5-----4--5--0--4-----0-----------------0--4--5--|
C|-------------------------------------------6-----4--6--0--4--6-----------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0h3-----0--------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------5-----3--5--0--3-----0--------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------5-----3--5--0--3-----0-----------------0--3--5--|
C|-------------------------------------------5-----3--5--0--3--5-----------|



it is much better than normal tabs floating arounds inet, especially when I can't stretch my fingers so well (8-12 or 8-15)

I am really happy I have found this ;) Thank You!


Btw I am having some real problems making my guitar sound as in the "Truth" song. I know that almost noone use their pc as an amp here but maybe you can tell me what effects I have to use so it will sound better? delays? reverbs?

Re: Devin Townsend good guitar tabs

PostPosted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 4:02 pm
by tgchan
How the hell am I supposed to play this? :((((

As nobody posted me a proper tabs for "Truth" song I am trying to play it from some internet tab but it has lots of hard parts ;((( like this



Check attachment

Re: Devin Townsend good guitar tabs

PostPosted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 11:19 pm
by soundsofentropy
tgchan wrote:How the hell am I supposed to play this? :((((

As nobody posted me a proper tabs for "Truth" song I am trying to play it from some internet tab but it has lots of hard parts ;((( like this



Check attachment


Sorry, man. I've been busy, what with the holidays and all. It might be easier if you just upload the tab you've got and I'll edit the bits that need it--as long as it's Guitar Pro. I have a Mac, so I can't use Power Tab Editor. :?

By the way, "Truth" has some decent stretches in it if you're just starting out, so don't be turned away by a challenge.

Re: Devin Townsend good guitar tabs

PostPosted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 8:26 am
by tgchan
Sorry, man. I've been busy, what with the holidays and all. It might be easier if you just upload the tab you've got and I'll edit the bits that need it--as long as it's Guitar Pro. I have a Mac, so I can't use Power Tab Editor. :?

No problem m8 this is what I thought anyways, Xmas time is a busy period ;)

I really like these stretches because it is a great exercise for my noob hand but sometimes things seems to be impossible for my small hand ;p


Yea it is a guitar pro file, I have also your txt tab ;) but it is missing middle part.


I have uploaded guitar pro file in attachment.

Re: Devin Townsend good guitar tabs

PostPosted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 9:10 am
by soundsofentropy
The version of GP I have tends to fail and "quit unexpectedly," so I didn't do a full edit job--just Dev's track. Anyway, I'm not completely sure of some of the chords in the big intro. riff. In the coming weeks I'll probably have the time to pin them out exactly, and I'll post it if/when I do. For the time being, I play them a little differently from that tab. Just experiment and find something that sounds good, though.

The tab is here.

Re: Devin Townsend good guitar tabs

PostPosted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 9:33 am
by tgchan
Thank You very much! I liek your version more but I play both just for my hand practice ;)