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Daniel Realpe22nd April 2010you captured the style here! nice lesson!
Gabriel Leopardi28th December 2008Nice wish i cud view the whole thing but like the freebie and that kinda had a touch of slash to me haha but 99.9% Sabbath!
Slash is one of my main influences in guitar playing so it's very possible that this lesson has 0.1% of it.. or maybe more... 
beebo27th December 2008Nice wish i cud view the whole thing but like the freebie and that kinda had a touch of slash to me haha but 99.9% Sabbath!
Matt233rd August 2008Great lesson Gabe.
CursedLefty789th July 2008awesome lesson dude!
- Gabriel Leopardi2nd June 2008
it would be awesome to hear this tune played by Sabbath!
sidewas lightning1st June 2008Another totally awesome lesson. Sounds just like something Black Sabbath would actually play, and actually think that if this was in one of their songs it would be one of my favorites.
Sideways Lightning strikes you on another job well done!- karsten malmquist12th May 2008
great lesson gabriel
manbearpig29th April 2008Cool lesson, made me pay for this site. Sabbath rules, my fav band!
Marcus Siepen25th April 2008Very cool Gabriel
seanM125th April 2008Amazing!!!
excellent lesson, you nailed the style!- Gabriel Leopardi24th April 2008
yeah Gera! 
Gerardo Siere24th April 2008Beavis and ButtHead are really proud of you
BIGD224th April 2008[quote]
Bigd2: Maybe... I have listened a lot to the Zakk's version of Sabbath songs so maybe I made a mix of Toni with Zakk. ohmy.gif [quote]
That's probably why I love it so much......- Gabriel Leopardi23rd April 2008
I plug the X3 directly to my soundcard.
thanks again for the comments! 
Carlos Carrillo23rd April 2008yeaaahhhhh!!!!!!!
audiopaal23rd April 2008
This is too awesome!!! 
Wow, awesome lesson Gabriel
krudtaa23rd April 2008This is just awsome dude and you really nailed Iommi style. Thanks.
- Adel Alsayed23rd April 2008
Great Lesson!
Do you plug your X3 into a soundcard or do you use it with USB ? 
Alejandro Pinero23rd April 2008Fantastic!!
QUe sonido GAby !!!!
Rock & Roll!!!!!- Gabriel Leopardi23rd April 2008
Bigd2: Maybe... I have listened a lot to the Zakk's version of Sabbath songs so maybe I made a mix of Toni with Zakk.
Juan M. Valero23rd April 2008you nail the Black Sabbath style !!! excelent mate
MickeM23rd April 2008Great lesson, it's Sabbath all the way.
SensE23rd April 2008This is really great. I'm not kidding
- BIGD223rd April 2008
Gabriel.......I gotta say that after listening more to the lead that I hear Zach Wylde in there......did he get inspiration from Toni?
- Gabriel Leopardi22nd April 2008
Thanks for the comments!
Stevie: I haven't used the X3's software yet so I can't upload patches but I'll did it when I have some time to explore the emonkey and the gearbox. (Don't worry, I saved the patch )
- BIGD222nd April 2008
Great as usual..........I would love to hear it a step or so down.......BD
Nemanja Filipovic22nd April 2008Great lesson Gabriel.
- Carlos Carrillo22nd April 2008
Hey gab!!!Great lesson!!!!!Awesome!Awesome!Vamos gaby nomas!!!!
Pablo Vazquez22nd April 2008...yes, I need say it again... WOW!!!!
- Pablo Vazquez22nd April 2008
Wow!!
Stevie-Ray-Vaughn22nd April 2008Could you please upload this tone so once I get my X3 I can use it?
rokchik22nd April 2008Iommi is one of my faves and you've nailed his style with this lesson. As usual Gabriel just a brilliant lesson. You never disappoint.
- Gabriel Leopardi22nd April 2008
JVM: I just can say...
Stevie·Ray·Vaughn: Yes, I used my new POD X3 live for this lesson. I used one of the Messa Boggie amp simulators (called treadplate). I know that Sabbath don't use messa boggie but I love how it sounds. - Stevie-Ray-Vaughn22nd April 2008
Did you use the X3 to get that tone?
- Stevie-Ray-Vaughn22nd April 2008 I love this! Inspired to write a song!
JVM22nd April 2008Awesome! As soon as I saw a black sabbath lesson on the site I got excited... then I saw it was by none other than gabriel, and i about wet myself
Nick32522nd April 2008sweet
Unleash-The-Shred22nd April 2008
This sounds incredible.
at lights end22nd April 2008awesome!
Dejan Farkas22nd April 2008Real Black Sabbath
Well done, you caught the spirit
Ivan Milenkovic22nd April 2008Very good Gab, sound is top notch too
PassionPlay22nd April 2008SWEEET
- Alex8722nd April 2008
This is very true to black sabbaths style, thanks Gab
Danilo Capezzuto22nd April 2008Nice lesson!
- Jon Lambo22nd April 2008
As always, a great lesson from one of guitarmasterclasses best instructors.
Fran22nd April 2008Nice one Gabriel, sounds like black sabbath for sure
Old School Rocker22nd April 2008Once again Gabriel Amazing lesson. lol it made me Lmao when i read you got decked in the head. But it was still probably a bad a** concert.
- Gabriel Leopardi22nd April 2008 I'll try to get a bat for the next Sabbath style lesson...
Sergio Dorado22nd April 2008Very interesting lesson! It sounds great!
- Martin la guitarra22nd April 2008
its GAB!! Yes finally, thanks you so much!
Pi3822nd April 2008Obviously the blows to the head didn't affect your playing.
It's completely in tune with how Black Sabbath plays. It would've been awesome if you had bitten the head off of a rubber bat at the end! - Gabriel Leopardi22nd April 2008 thank you for the comments! the punch was worth it!
kaznie_NL22nd April 2008Well the punch was worth it! Neat lesson
zoom22nd April 2008That's just absolutly s*** hot Gabe!
Edit for language - Smells- Adel Alsayed22nd April 2008
THIS IS IT !!
Awesome lesson ! 
kyldeee22nd April 2008Really nice lesson gabriel, nailed his style
Bogdan Radovic22nd April 2008Awesome in style lesson Gabriel! You nailed it perfectly!
Capt.Z22nd April 2008COOLAROONI!!
Joe Kataldo22nd April 2008Great Lesson
Marcus Lavendell22nd April 2008Brilliant Gabe!
Hisham Al-Sanea22nd April 2008great lesson Gabe ...very welldone
Nighthawk122nd April 2008Compliments for that lesson Gabriel..it sounds 100% Black Sabbath like...it s always amazing how you can nail the style of certain bands or guitarists by analyses and by inspiration...Thanks
Nick Kellie22nd April 2008great lesson
Kristofer Dahl22nd April 2008This so much Sabbath - awesome Gabriel!
Sorry to hear about the punh though 
they didn't realise it was the great Leopardi they were dealing with...
- Lesson
- My notes
Hello GMC! Welcome to this lesson that is dedicated to the early years (the Ozzy years) of Black Sabbath. I received many requests for lessons in the style of Toni Iommi and also in the style of Sabbath so here we go!
I had that in mind for many time but I find inspiration after seeing Ozzy’s concert in Argentina. He played War Pigs and Paranoid that night and it was magic. People went crazy and I received a punch and a head blow in my noise. However I really enjoyed it! lol.
In this lesson I tried to use the most used riff types, intervals and guitar techniques to show you their style. I hope that you feel the vibe of one of the most important Heavy Metal bands of all times.
Key: E minor
Scale: E minor
Tempo: 90 bpm
Enjoy it!
Gabriel.-
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