A Place for My Head - tabbed by Astat Guitar 1 - Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (Piezo pickup, clean w/delay and reverb) Guitar 2 - Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (Distorted w/lo-fi) Guitar 3 - Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (Distorted) Guitar 4 - Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (Distorted) Guitar 5 - Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (Distorted) Guitar 6 - Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (Distorted) *Note* Guitar 1 is an Ibanez RG2020X. Guitars 2 through 6 are PRS CE 24's. Use the bridge pickup unless otherwise noted. Brad really fell upon a kickass riff when writing this song, I think it's one of the most instantly recognizable riffs in LP's entire catalog. It's such a good riff, in fact, that most of the song is based around it! Guitar 1 plays the intro and beginning of the 2nd verse cleanly, while Guitar 2 picks up on the same riff for the distorted verses (note that Guitar 2 is panned somewhat to the right). One minor variation between Guitars 1 and 2, Guitar 2 has a small pause before the 10th fret note on the 5th string. Also, on the studio version of this song, I don't think Guitar 2 picks the 10th fret note twice, however Brad always does live, so I've put the second 10th fret note in parentheses. Guitars 3 through 6 are the typical rhythm guitars, although a couple interesting things happen with them. For the little fill before the first chorus, Guitar 3 comes in for a few notes before the downward slide (doubling the notes Guitar 2 plays before it drops out, just down a string), while Guitar 4 only plays the slide (Guitars 5 and 6 don't enter until the chorus actually starts). The pre-chorus section after the second verse is also played by Guitars 3 and 4 alone. Note the 3 open strings in the chorus/bridge, instead of reaching back for the open position Ab5 before quickly shifting to the 3rd fret for the F#5, Brad just lets the open strings take care of it (the open Eb and Ab strings create an inverted Ab5, and Db is a note that's in the following F#5 chord, so it works). The pre-chorus following the second verse has a quick little slide up to the 12th fret and back before you launch into the chorus riff again. Brad uses the lowest 3 strings open again in the second half of the outro, in order to have a little extra time to shift hand positions. Watch out for the added fifth on top of the Eb5 in the outro too, it's kind of unusual of Brad to play powerchords in this manner (the low B5's in the chorus of With You are the only other instance I can think of), but the 4th fret note on the Gb string is very clearly audible. One more thing, about the "piezo pickup" mentioned for Guitar 1: Brad used a piezo-equipped Ibanez guitar on the studio recording of this song, which he mentioned in an old interview from around the time Hybrid Theory was released. A piezo pickup essentially makes an electric guitar sound more like an acoustic, which is what was used for Guitar 1's parts. That's why the clean parts on this song sound so different tone-wise when played live. 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