Sevendust: Animosity

Rating:
Summary: Somewhat helpful, but...
Review: First off, to respond to the reader from WA, you can't write a bad review for a book because you're not familiar with their tunings, well you can but it makes you look like an idiot. The strings are tuned down for the low, crunchy sound; and they are not floppy if you strum them the right way. Also, if you're just starting out, eventhough i know all you fans love and wanna play like Sevendust, their solos and progression are just too advanced for beginners, so you do need some guitar knowledge. Otherwise, this guitar book is like any other: musical notes, tabs underneath, lyrics placed for you, and all the notations. Best tracks: Shine, X-Mas Day, and Angel's Son.

Rating:
Summary: Sevendust- Animosity
Review: First off, to respond to the reader from WA, you can't write a bad review for a book because you're not familiar with their tunings, well you can but it makes you look like an idiot. The strings are tuned down for the low, crunchy sound; and they are not floppy if you strum them the right way. Also, if you're just starting out, eventhough i know all you fans love and wanna play like Sevendust, their solos and progression are just too advanced for beginners, so you do need some guitar knowledge. Otherwise, this guitar book is like any other: musical notes, tabs underneath, lyrics placed for you, and all the notations. Best tracks: Shine, X-Mas Day, and Angel's Son.

Rating:
Summary: Drop... Tuning
Review: I bought this book after buying the cd Animosity. I have liked Sevendust's music a lot, and I wanted to learn how to play it. First off, there are no chord examples in the book, so one must have an adequate knowledge of guitar chords, which I lack. But beyond that, the worst aspect of this book is the horrible tuning Sevendust uses. For example, in a song, the tuning is explained as "guitars tuned 2 steps down from drop D tuning" This way, the first and sixth strings are tuned down three whole steps. Tuning this way 1)is a pain ...2)makes the strings loose and floppy. Another bad point of this book is that the music is incomplete, and the transcription is not matching the recording when played in standard tuning... or something. Anyway, this book is not good for someone who just wants to play the music and not do all the work.

Rating:
Summary: Somewhat helpful, but...
Review: This book did help for some songs, especially in deciphering their sometimes indecipherable tunings, but there are too many inaccuracies throughout that keep this book from being credible. The first two books for the first two albums (Sevendust, and Home) were incredibly accurate and had awesome transcriptions. Animosity does not live up to the standard unfortunately. One interesting thing to note is that the "Sevendust" and "Home" books were published by Cherry Lane/Hal Leonard, and Animosity was suddenly published by Warner Bros. I don't know how much experience you all have with tab books, but I own quite a few, and I have to say regrettably that overall, MOST Warner Bros' books are mediocre at best, as far as accuracy in the transcriptions go. I say most, b/c not all their books are bad... some are just as good as CL/HL's books. Let's just say I'm hoping that the book for Sevendust's latest album Seasons, gets published by Cherry Lane!

Here's a breakdown by song to qualify my review:
T.O.A.B - Stated tuning is correct. The verses for this song are hard, if not impossible to transcribe, so I give him (Danny Begelman, the transcriber) credit there. Overall, this song is ok.
Praise - tuning is correct, but the transcription is missing a few obvious guitar parts.
Trust - Correct tuning. The Chorus is HORRIBLY transcribed for this one. Seems like he was taking a stab in the dark for it on this one.
Crucified - This one is a HUGE problem for me. There is so much missing in the Chorus on this one that I don't know where to start.
Xmas Day - Another debacle. To give credit where it's due, he did his best on this one, but the tuning of this song is so unorthodox that it's hard to transcribe. This transcription is probably the least accurate of the whole book, unfortunately.
Dead Set - This one is mostly accurate. He did a good job on this one.
Shine - Here he claims the song is "written in concert key." Does he even know what that means?!? The tuning here is simply WRONG. Since the tuning is screwed up, the entire transcription is too. This was a big disappointment, as this is probably my favorite song on the album.
Follow - This has ALOT going on in the chorus and I have to give Mr. Begelman credit for nearly nailing all the guitar parts, but there are still several inaccuracies here.
Damaged - Good transcription (not hard to pick up on your own though, either).
Live Again - Probably the most accurate transcription in the book.
Beautiful - Good job for the most part (thank god someone figured out the alternate tuning to prove that NATURAL HARMONICS are being played at the beginning, NOT high-positioned notes (sorry, I've just seen so many horiffic transcriptions of this online!!!), but the chorus is missing an essential guitar part.
Redefine - Good transcription.
Angel's Son - Good transcription (but he had help on this one!!! Sorry, not to sound negative here!)

That's it from me. I would recommend that if you want a general guideline for their songs, this book is an ok purchase. If you're looking for a portal into the amazing artistry and creativity of Sevendust through extremely accurate transcriptions, pass this one by.

Finally, whoever the reviewer from WA is... wow, I think the other guy already did justice by calling you an idiot.