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List Price: $17.95 | | Publisher: Cherry Lane Music
Salesrank: 242786
Released: March 1, 1992 |
| Our Price: $11.44 |
| Used Price: $10.99 |
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| Media: Paperback |
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Editorial Review:
Matching folio to Metallica's second album, including: Creeping Death * Fade To Black * and more.
Metallica - Ride the Lightning: For Drums (Play it Like it is) Reviews:
Solid guitar tab book with a few exceptions 
2009-10-08 - This is a well done, comprehensive guitar tab book on Metallica's amazing "Ride the Lightning" album. I have learned most of the songs (at least rhythm-wise) thanks to this book. The frustrating part with this book, and this also applies to the "Kill 'em All" tab book, is that there are several key sections that are not tabbed and you are forced to refer back to the chord charts to figure them out. Between both books, I've had to manually write down the tab by referencing the chord chart so I can learn the whole song. This is not exactly note-for-note as advertised as far as tablature is concerned. This applies to most of the songs, particularly in "For Whom the Bell Tolls", "Creeping Death", and I had to refer to other sources to fill in some of the confusion in the way they laid out "The Call of Ktulu". I believe they corrected this in later Metallica guitar tab books, but if a book is tabbed, it should be tabbed in its entirety without having to refer back to chord charts in certain areas.
Metallica fans 
2005-07-28 - If you are learning to play drums (or play drums already) and are a big metallica fan, then you should play like Lars himself. And this is a great way for you to learn his drumming. And as many Metallica fans know this is one there best CDs so learn to play your favorite songs and have fun. I really recommend this book to any Metallica fan who wants to play the drums like Lars.
Fairly Accurate
2005-01-09 - Again, like the Master of Puppets and Kill'em All folios, the notations are fairly accurate and there aren't any noticeably major errors in this book. Note position choice is sometimes a little odd, but the notes are correct. This is an excellent book to learn a lot of the early Metallica guitar techniques, as long as you down-pick most of the rhythm parts (Creeping Death won't sound the same without it).
This book rocks.
2004-03-30 - I got this because I really wanted to learn the songs on Ride the Lightning that I couldn't figure out myself and the solos as well; I was surprised by how accurate the tab was for the main body of each song and on Kirk's main parts. However, there are a few problems with this book. First, for a lot of the solos you are expected to play up on the 20th fret even if you're not on one of the top two strings; this is a problem for me because I only have an acoustic guitar, I can play it fine on my friend's electric. Also, the fingerings are harder than they ought to be in places of "For Whom the Bell Tolls", "Fade to Black", and a few other songs. Last, this book is not for the average guitar player. It takes a lot of skill and speed-picking to nail those solos, all of which I haven't gotten quite yet. However, overall I definetely recommend this tab book because Metallica kicks ass!
Yet Another Review...
2003-05-30 - The Ride tab book is definitely a must-buy for not only the avid Metallica muso-fan, but for those wishing to upskill themselves in various guitar techniques.
The solos are an absolute note-by-note transcription and each riff is intricately tabbed to include even the most subtle of variations.
Includes a very well-written introduction, outlining some very important and helpful tips to assist you in your mastery of one of Metllica's finest albums.
In a one-line verdict: A definite must-have, even as a collector's item!
