TabCore

TabCore has a mission: to cover every single song in The Archive. One cover at a time, with accurate tabs on screen so you can learn to play them too.

By becoming a member, you're part of that journey. Your support helps me keep making covers, working out the guitar parts and bringing the next song from The Archive to life.

And along the way, you get plenty of extras! Depending on your tier, that includes early access, downloadable tabs, lessons, exclusive video series and a look behind the scenes.

Want to be part of it? Check out the different membership tiers here.

On YouTube, I usually release a new cover approximately every 5 to 6 weeks.

For members, TabCore is less about a strict upload schedule and more about extra access, bonus content and supporting the project. I still post member content regularly, but I do not want it to turn into a forced weekly quota. I want the stuff I make here to stay fun, useful and worth watching.

Member content can include, but is not limited to:

• early access to new covers
• extra footage and behind the scenes content
• exclusive video series for members
• tutorial and lesson videos
• your name in my covers/videos as a thank you *in videos released during your membership
• tabs for my guitar covers in GP and PDF files *for all the covers that have tabs on screen and some extra

As a member, you have a lot of influence! You can vote for your favorite songs in the regular polls I do, and the winner will be the song I cover next and of course make tabs for.

Yes! Everyone can join:

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TabCore members get an exclusive Discord role.

99% of CKY songs are in D Standard. There are a few exceptions like 96 Quite Bitter Beings, Lost in a Contraption, Testing / Test It Out and some other older stuff.

My personal favorite tuning is Dropped C though.

I made a full gear page for this now! You can check all the main stuff I use for guitars, audio, video and TabCore production here.

I get asked this so often haha! The guys in CKY have always used and still use the Boss OC 2 pedal. I use my Axe Fx II and made a preset that comes really close to that classic sound in my opinion. You can find and buy my CKY Axe Fx preset right here.

No generative AI is used to make TabCore videos, tabs, covers, animations or guitar parts.

Sad that this has to be said these days, but here we are. I’m a videographer, editor and guitarist. Making videos, animations, tabs and covers myself is the whole point of TabCore. Using AI to generate any of that would completely defeat the purpose.

Everything here is filmed, edited, animated, played, checked and put together by me.

For some songs, before recording the cover, I occasionally use Moises purely as a listening and reference tool when figuring out guitar parts by ear. I’m careful about this stuff. Moises uses AI to separate existing audio into stems, so musicians can practice, study and transcribe parts more clearly. I do not use it to create new music from artists’ work or replace the actual creative process.

That distinction matters a lot to me.

Hearing Rage Against the Machine around age 7 or 8 sparked my interest. Then I discovered a ton of punk, rock, and metal through video game soundtracks, like CKY's "96 Quite Bitter Beings" in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 and In Flames' "Embody the Invisible" in Tony Hawk's Underground. In Flames became my favorite band, and their melodic sound led me to discover Children of Bodom and Lamb of God. Ultimately, Children of Bodom's lead guitarist and vocalist, Alexi Laiho, inspired me to pick up the guitar.

I still listen to these bands, but my favorites have changed!

Haha, a lot of stuff! I'm REALLY into coffee, both making espresso and brewing filter coffee. Trying different beans and figuring out how to get the best out of them is a hobby in itself. For those of you who are interested, this is currently my main coffee setup:

I also love gaming and board games. Dragon Quest VIII is my favorite game of all time. The first time I played that back in the day on my PS2, oh man. I'd never had a gaming experience like that before, and I haven't since. And I can happily spend hours playing something like Stardew Valley. Turn based RPGs are my favorite kind of games.

Away from screens, I love walking and hiking. Getting outside and spending time with my son and wife in nature is something I really enjoy!

And even though videography, video editing and motion graphics are my job, they started as hobbies and still are. Making stuff is a big part of who I am, which probably explains a lot about TabCore haha!

While I love CKYCKY.LOGFavorite record: Carver CityFavorite song currently: Shock and Terror and they're a huge influence, they're not actually my absolute favorite. To be honest, I'm more of a metal guy at heart, especially into metalcore, deathcore, djent, technical metal, melodic death metal and some newer death metal.

Some of my favorite bands include:

• I, The BreatherI_THE_BREATHER.LOGFavorite record: These Are My SinsFavorite song currently: Conquer
• All Shall PerishALL_SHALL_PERISH.LOGFavorite record: Awaken the DreamersFavorite song currently: Black Gold Reign
• Veil of MayaVEIL_OF_MAYA.LOGFavorite record: The Common Man's CollapseFavorite song currently: We Bow In Its AuraExtra info: Specifically their older albums up to Eclipse. Not as keen on their newer material.
• After The BurialAFTER_THE_BURIAL.LOGFavorite record: RareformFavorite song currently: Rareform
• Born Of OsirisBORN_OF_OSIRIS.LOGFavorite record: The New Reign // The Eternal ReignFavorite song currently: Empires Erased
• IntervalsINTERVALS.LOGFavorite record: The Way ForwardFavorite song currently: Leave No Stone
• CurrentsCURRENTS.LOGFavorite record: The Place I Feel SafestFavorite song currently: Into Dispair
• UnprocessedUNPROCESSED.LOGFavorite record: Artificial VoidFavorite song currently: Lore
• Knocked LooseKNOCKED_LOOSE.LOGFavorite record: A Tear in the Fabric of LifeFavorite song currently: Where Light Divides the Holler
• PeripheryPERIPHERY.LOGFavorite record: Periphery II // A Pale White DotFavorite song currently: Heaven on High

And I'm probably forgetting a lot of bands, haha!

But if I have to pick one favorite band it has to be August Burns RedAUGUST_BURNS_RED.LOGFavorite record: Constellations. HANDS DOWNFavorite song forever: Meddler. I've been listening to them since they released Meddler as a single in 2009 and I've been a fan ever since. They never disappoint and the guys in the band are the nicest dudes in a band I've ever met.

I also listen to a lot of other genres of music including jazz, blues, Lo Fi and synthwave.

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