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List Price: $24.95 | | Label: Hal Leonard
Salesrank: 65334
Released: December 17, 2002 |
| Our Price: $14.58 |
| Used Price: $12.98 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Metallica: Guitar Legendary Licks 1988-1997 Reviews:
Apparently, NOTHING ELSE (but the intro riff) MATTERS & this DVD format won't play on all machines 
2007-05-25 - When the product description states "Each riff and solo is played up to speed", my expectation was that each riff and solo of these songs is examined in their entirety on this CD. My expectations were FAR from met. On most of the songs, only the intro riff and perhaps a mid-song riff is explained. I have only watched about 1/3 of the DVD so far, but none of the solos have been shown yet. This DVD will only be satisfying to the utmost beginner that is not interested in playing whole songs. I wish I could get my money back.
To further infuriate me, this (and every Hal Leonard or Cherry Lane DVD I own) will not play on my home computer's DVD drive. I've contacted customer service and they have not replied or tried to help. All other DVDs I own will play in this drive. The DVDs will play in my home theater's DVD player, though.
For the record, the other Hal Leonard and Cherry Lane DVD's I own are:
> Metallica: Guitar Legendary Licks 1983-1988 (Cherry Lane/Hal Leonard)
> Metallica: Guitar Legendary Licks 1988-1997 (Cherry Lane/Hal Leonard)
> The Best of the Allman Brothers Band: Guitar Signature Licks (Hal Leonard)
Waste of money 
2004-01-25 - I expected to have the entirety of each song dissected on these DVDs. Not so. You only get the easy parts that you can figure out for yourself. For example, on "Sad But True" you only get the first few opening bars. Holy moley I had that already, and I bet that everybody else does as well.
Don't waste your money. If you have problems look up the tab on the net and just bang on the CD until you have it.
Good way to learn one tenth of Metallica song 
2003-11-25 - I bought this DVD thinking that the instructor teaches the entire song. Wrong! While the instructor breaks down solos and riffs which makes it incredibly easy for people to play, only fractions of the song is explained.
I guess it's cool to be able to play signature riffs and solos, but I'd like to learn how to play the entire song. Only being able to play like a minute out of 6 minute Metallica song isn't worth buying a $20 DVD.
And the fact that the instructor does a wonderful job of explaining makes it worse. With his instructions, I could be playing any Metallica songs in no time (both James' and Kirk's parts) But, that's not the case here. It would've been the perfect way to learn hard Metallica songs.. but they stopped way way short of accomplishing that goal.
THIS DVD WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS 
2003-08-13 - This DVD is absolutely excellent. It's like having your own private guitar teacher teaching you a host of Metallica riffs from 1988-1997 (riffs, licks, fills, & solos, depending on the song, from Enter Sandman, Fuel, Sad But True, Nothing Else Matters, One, Hero of the Day, The Unforgiven, and The Shortest Straw; plus Tuning (standard, 1/2 step down, and 1 full step down) and Metallica guitar techniques including guitar & amp settings).
Each song's riffs are done at normal speed, then slowly explained and shown note-by-note, and then played again at slower than normal speed--all with a split view of the fretboard and the string picking at the bridge so that you can see exactly what is happening at all times. The DVD also has a very good menu.
You can replay any section over and over again--which is very easy with a DVD player--until you get it, and then move on. Although I have the companion music book (with CD)1988-1996 Metallica, which I recommend, a DVD picture is worth a thousand words in showing you HOW something is done. I also have the other DVD in this series: 1983-1988 Metallica, which is just as great as this 1988-1997 Metallica DVD. It too has a companion book (with CD) that you can purchase.
I can't say enough great things about this DVD. I wish Doug Boduch, the guitarist in this DVD, and the production crew would put out a series of these on Van Halen, U2, Def Leppard, ACDC, Joe Satriani, the Smithereens, etc.
