------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Fear Factory Song: "Zero Signal" Album: Demanufacture Label: Roadrunner Records, copyright 1995, (The All-Blacks B.V.) Dry Lung Vocal Martyr: Burton C. Bell Heavy Duty Scarifier: Dino Cazares Total Harmonic Distortion: Christian Olde Wolbers Maximum Effective Pulse Generator: Raymond Herrera Thanks a lot to Yani and Ray for giving me the opportunity to do this. My name is Dimitrije Kostic and any questions about this tab or any others in the Fear Factory Tablature Archive can be emailed to me at martyr@fearfactory.com I will gladly investigate any possible errors in any tablature on this site. ------------------------------------------------------------- This, I suppose, could be considered one of Fear Factory's "hit songs" as it appeared on the Mortal Kombat Soundtrack and won them some mainstream attention (I was among the converted =) ). It is one of my personal favorite tracks on "Demanufacture." It's eerie intro, upbeat midsection, and glistening keyboard usage make it a very powerful and memorable song. If your band lacks a keyboard player, you can perhaps compensate by using a second guitarist to focus on the melody line which the keyboard repeats throughout the song. It can be played on a guitar like this... |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |--(9)---------(7)-(9)-(7)-(6)-(7)--| |---7--(9)-(7)--5---7---5---4---5---| |-------7---5-----------------------| ...if your guitar is tuned down a perfect fourth (B, E, A, D, F#, B). A practical problem with playing so low is the low string tension, which may make it difficult to move at the necessary speed without the de-tuning the strings further. There are two main ways to address this problem. The first is to use heavier string gauges (I use .11's but if you use this tuning often, I would recommend something heavier, .12's or .13's). They tend to stay in tune a little longer and are easier to tremolo-pick on. From my experience, they also tend to last longer and give the guitar a thicker, more vibrant tone. The second (and probably more effective) option is to use a guitar with a locking bridge and "nutscrews" as I've heard them called. Floyd Rose makes a lot of these. For amp settings, use a lot of treble, but keep the bass close behind, and drain all midrange. This will give you the "scooped" sound responsible for that heavy crunch Dino gets. I might also recommmend a distortion pedal for extra gain, specifically the Boss MT-2 Metal Zone. All guitars tune down a perfect fourth (B, E, A, D, F#, B) LEGEND: * -- palm-mute H -- hit-on P -- pull-off ~~~~ -- vibrato A.H. -- Artificial Harmonic N.H. -- Natural Harmonic Intro with wind-like studio noises, and then the guitars crash in with this Riff A: This rhythm follows the snare hits of the drums |---------------------------| |---------------------------| |---------------------------| |--2-------(2)----(2)-(2)---| |--2-------(2)----(2)-(2)---| |--0-------(0)----(0)-(0)---| Riff B: Natural Harmonics throughout, rapid trill picking (Note: those are not "22"'s down there, they are "2"'s) |------------| |------------| |------------| |------------| |------------| |--22222222--| Riff C: (Note: As before, those are not "11"'s or "10"'s down there; they are "1"'s and "0"'s. |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |-11101110-0-0-0-11101110-0-0-0-11101110-0-0-0-11101110--| ******** * * * ******** * * * ******** * * * ******** Riff D: |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |-55555-55555-55555-55555-55555-55555-55555-55555--| ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** Riff E: |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------7---------------7---------------7---------------| |-0-11111-1-1-1-5-0-11111-1-1-1-5-0-11111-1-1-1-5-0-1111111111--| * ***** * * * * * ***** * * * * * ***** * * * * * ********** Riff F: Let all chords ring out clearly |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |-9-------------------------------------------| |-7----------9--------------------5555555555--| |------------7----------5555555555------------| ******************** |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |-9----------7----------6---------7-----------| |-7----------5----------4---------5-----------| |---------------------------------------------| Riff G: The section that is separated in the second line of tablature should be replaced with a rest on the second repeat of this riff. If you don't understand, listen to the recording and you'll hear what I'm talking about. |--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |-4-4-77777-4-66666-4-55555-4-4-5-4-4--| * * ***** * ***** * ***** * * * * * |-------------------------|------------| |-------------------------|------------| |-------------------------|------------| |-------------------------|------------| |-------------------------|------------| |-3-66666-3-55555-3-44444-|-3-3-4-3-3--| * ***** * ***** * ***** * * * * * Riff H Let chords ring |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |-6----------5----------6----------2-----4-------| |-4----------3----------4----------0-----2-------| Riff I Let last two chords ring out |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----6-----6---6-----6--------------5-----5---5-----5-----------| |-----6-----6---6-----6-66666666-----5-----5---5-----5-55555555--| |-4-4---4-4---4---4-4------------3-3---3-3---3---3-3-------------| * * * * * * * ******** * * * * * * * ******** |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----6-----6---6-----6--------------2-----2---4-----4-----------| |-----6-----6---6-----6-66666666-----2-----2---4-----4-44444444--| |-4-4---4-4---4---4-4------------0-0---0-0---2---2-2-------------| * * * * * * * ******** * * * * * * * ******** |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----6-----6---6-----6--------------5-----5---5-----5-----------| |-----6-----6---6-----6-66666666-----5-----5---5-----5-55555555--| |-4-4---4-4---4---4-4------------3-3---3-3---3---3-3-------------| * * * * * * * ******** * * * * * * * ******** |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----6-----6---6-----6------------------------------------------| |-----6-----6---6-----6-66666666--2----------4-------------------| |-4-4---4-4---4---4-4-------------0----------2-------------------| * * * * * * * ******** Riff J |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |-9-----------------7-----9-----7-----6-----7--------------------| |-9-----9-----7-----7-----9-----7-----6-----7--------------------| |-7-----9-----7-----5-----7-----5-----4-----5--------------------| |-------7-----5--------------------------------------------------| Riff K The first chord in this riff is actually played by the guitar. The other notes are the piano outro transcribed to the guitar (for those of you who don't have a keyboard player). |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |-9------------------------------------------------------------------| |-9----------------------------------------------------5---7---------| |-7------------5---7---5---4---5---7-----------5---7-----------9-----| |-0----7---5---------------------------7---5-----------------------0-| Song Structure: Intro-about 24 seconds of studio effects Riff A 4 times Riff B repeat as necessary Riff C 4 times Riff D 2 times Riff E 2 times Riff B repeat as necessary Riff E 2 times Riff F 2 times Riff G 6 times (after 2nd repeat, remember to omit the barred off section and replace it with a rest) Riff H 1 time Riff I 1 time Riff E 4 times Riff F 4 times Riff J 4 times Riff K 1 time and hold final note and fade out
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