Alive

By: Pearl Jam

Thanks for requesting this awesome Pearl Jam hit.  I haven’t recorded many 90’s videos so I figured I’d throw this out there!

Before I mention some notes about the song, I have to say that the guitar featured in this video is by far the best beginner guitar that I’ve played to date.  It’s a Donner DST-400 and it’s going to be my practicing guitar moving forward.  It has most everything that I need including the humbucker to single coil push/pull knob.  That way I can get the best of both worlds.  In fact, I used both settings for this video.  Single coil for most of the song and I used the humbucker setting for the outro solo which I felt gave it some extra shove.  The neck felt great, no rough edges on the frets, stayed in tune, action was perfect, and it was intonated.  Donner definitely makes the best instrument for either players on a budget or beginners.  If you are interested to know more, I have some links in the description to this awesome guitar.

When I began working on this tune, I noticed right away that I played the chorus completely wrong when I first learned this back in the late 90’s.  Stone Gossard’s part has definitely been over looked and I checked his finger positioning after combing through many live videos.  The reason why I hit some open strings in the second pre-chorus is because I heard that from an isolated track that I dug up.  If you choose to be cleaner in your approach, go for it.   

What are some other 90’s tunes you’d like to see on this page?  Leave a comment below!

Original Artist: 
Pearl Jam
Release Date:
1991
TITLE:
Alive
Tuning:
Standard

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Backing Track Video

Here is the backing track video for Alive, with my main rhythm and solo tracks removed. This will make it easier to jam along with the Pearl Jam cover recording lesson, and still be allow you to read the guitar tab. For even more control, check out the Alive isolated tracks below. 

Alive was recorded in Standard tuning.
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Tone Screenshots

Here are some of my screenshots, so that you can see exactly how I achieved my Alive guitar tones. I matching the solo and rhythm section tones from the Pearl Jam recording as closely as possible. Patrons can reach out with any tone questions you may have.

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Clean Guitar (Bridge)

Guitar Solo

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Isolated TRACKS (mp3)

Here are the drums, bass and other background tracks to jam along to Alive. I've also included all of my isolated guitar tracks in case you really want to hear what's going on. Isolated tracks are normally very difficult to find online, and can be very helpful in cracking a difficult solo tab.
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