---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SONG: Self Bias Resistor BAND: Fear Factory ALBUM: Demanufacture TRANSCRIBED BY: Dimitrije Kostic (martyr@fearfactory.com) DATE: Unknown ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Used with permission from www.fearfactory.com. TUNING: tune all strings down a perfect fourth (B,E,A,D,F#,B) This is the second track off "Demanufacture" and it was my favorite for a long time. It sounds a lot like the title track off that album, really aggressive and hardcore, with a lot of abrasive staccato riffing going on. When you play this song, try to vary the strength of the palm-muting. When I play this song, I do not use very much palm-muting (in fact, sometimes I use none at all, although there is some going on there) but I could see why somebody would want to use a lot of palm muting for a song like this. Riff C, which is the verse and general theme of the song, has a tricky rhythm that's hard to hear and perfect. Keep trying and don't get discouraged. Use trill picking on this riff and most of the other ones in the song. Hitting the G5 chord in Riff K can also be kind of tricky. If you play the first part of that riff by putting your middle finger on the second fret and your index finger on the first fret, it's going to be hard to get to that chord. Instead of trying to hit it with your index and ring fingers, try playing that chord with your middle and pinky fingers. If you use the latter set of fingers, it takes less time to reach the chord and so you can play it faster. Good luck (this song is on the harder side, in my opinion)! LEGEND: * -- palm-mute H -- hit-on P -- pull-off ~~~~ -- vibrato A.H. -- Artificial Harmonic N.H. -- Natural Harmonic / -- slide up \ -- slide down Upbeat, fairly fast speed Instruments break in suddenly... RIFF A: The easiest riff Fear Factory have EVER played =) ! Bass, guitar, and drums all jump in to begin the song on this note. |----| |----| |----| |----| |----| |-4--| * RIFF B: |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-44443-4---44443-4---444434444344443-4---| ***** * ***** * *************** * RIFF C: |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-2222-22-1-2--2222-22-1-2--2222-22-1-2--2222-22-1-2--| **** ** * * **** ** * * **** ** * * **** ** * * RIFF D: |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |-2222-22-1-2--2222-22-1-2--2222-22-1-2--3-444--3-444--| **** ** * * **** ** * * **** ** * * * *** * *** RIFF E: At the end of this measure (where the space is) Raymond hits the high hat four times on the first time the riff is played. On the second time, Burton shouts, "machines of hate!" |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-2222-22-1-2--2222-22-1-2--2222-22-1-2---------------| **** ** * * **** ** * * **** ** * * RIFF F: |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-444444-3-4--444444-3-4--444444-3-4--444444-3-4--| ****** * * ****** * * ****** * * ****** * * RIFF G: |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |-444444-3-4--444444-3-4--444444-3-4-3-444--3-444--| ****** * * ****** * * ****** * * * *** * *** RIFF H: This is the heavily keyboard-backed riff with Burton singing, "All these years.., etc." |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |-9--(9)-(9)---11--(11)-(11)---7--(7)-(7)---2--(2)-----------| |-9--(9)-(9)---11--(11)-(11)---7--(7)-(7)---2--(2)-----------| |-7--(7)-(7)---9---(9)--(9)----5--(5)-(5)---0--(0)-----------| |(0)-----------------------------------------------55555330--| ******* |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |-9--(9)-(9)---11--(11)-(11)---7--(7)-(7)---2--(2)-----------| |-9--(9)-(9)---11--(11)-(11)---7--(7)-(7)---2--(2)-----------| |-7--(7)-(7)---9---(9)--(9)----5--(5)-(5)---0--(0)-----------| |(0)-----------------------------------------------55555330--| ******* |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |-9--(9)-(9)---11--(11)-(11)---7--(7)-(7)---2--(2)-----------| |-9--(9)-(9)---11--(11)-(11)---7--(7)-(7)---2--(2)-----------| |-7--(7)-(7)---9---(9)--(9)----5--(5)-(5)---0--(0)-----------| |(0)-----------------------------------------------55555330--| ******* |--------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------10--(10)-(10)-------------------| |-9--(9)-(9)---11--(11)-(11)---9---(9)--(9)---9--(9)-----------| |-9--(9)-(9)---11--(11)-(11)---7---(7)--(7)---9--(9)-----------| |-7--(7)-(7)---9---(9)--(9)-------------------7--(7)-----------| |(0)-----------------------------------------(0)-----55555330--| ******* RIFF I: |----------------------| |----------------------| |----------------------| |----------------------| |-2---7-5-2-----7/8\7--| |-0---5-3-0-0-0-5/6\5--| * * RIFF J: |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |-2-------7---5---2---5---7/8\7--| |-0-0-0-0-5-0-3-0-0-0-3-0-5/6\5--| * * * * * * * RIFF K: |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------5--| |------------------------------------------------3--| |-222222-1-2--222222-1-2--222222-1-2--222222-1-2----| ****** * * ****** * * ****** * * ****** * * RIFF L: |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------3333--| |-222222-1-2--222222-1-2--222222-1-2--222222-1-2-------| ****** * * ****** * * ****** * * ****** * * **** RIFF M: |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------7-7-----------------------6-6--| |-5555-0-5-3-5555-0-5-3-5-5-5555-0-5-3-5555-0-5-3-4-4--| **** * * * **** * * * **** * * * **** * * * RIFF N: |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------2-| |-444444-3-4--444444-3-4--444444-3-4-3-444-3-444-3-444-0-| ****** * * ****** * * ****** * * * *** * *** * *** * RIFF O: This riff is underneath "They have tried to break you..etc." |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-9-9-9-9--11-11-11-11--7-7-7-7-----------| |-9-9-9-9--11-11-11-11--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--| |-7-7-7-7--9--9--9--9---5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7--| |(0)-----------------------------5-5-5-5--| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |-9-9-9-9--11-11-11-11--7-7-7-7------------| |-9-9-9-9--11-11-11-11--7-7-7-7------------| |-7-7-7-7--9--9--9--9---5-5-5-5--875-753---| |(0)-----------------------------653-531-0-| *** *** |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-9-9-9-9--11-11-11-11--7-7-7-7-----------| |-9-9-9-9--11-11-11-11--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--| |-7-7-7-7--9--9--9--9---5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7--| |(0)-----------------------------5-5-5-5--| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |-9-9-9-9--11-11-11-11--7-7-7-7----------------| |-9-9-9-9--11-11-11-11--7-7-7-7--7-7-----------| |-7-7-7-7--9--9--9--9---5-5-5-5--7-7-----------| |(0)-----------------------------5-5-55555330--| ******* SONG STRUCTURE: Riff A 1 time Riff B 2 times Riff C 1 time Riff D 1 time Riff C 1 time Riff E 1 time Riff C 2 times Riff F 1 time Riff G 1 time Riff C 1 time Riff E 1 time Riff H 1 time Riff G 2 times Riff C 2 times Riff H 1 time Riff I 4 times Riff J 4 times Riff K 3 times Riff L 1 time Riff K 2 times Riff M 1 time Riff K 2 times Riff M 2 times Riff G 2 times Riff N 1 time Riff H 1 time Riff O 1 time Riff I 4 times Riff J 16 times and end abruptly on final note