Bleeding Through guitarist Dave Nassie, who embarked on a series of Charvel Desolation Clinics this week, recently offered a pre-clinic lesson via YouTube.

On behalf of nextlevelguitar.com, Nassie talked about how to get great sound out out of your guitar when it’s alternately tuned.

For players novice to pro, Nassie seems to be a pretty solid teacher.

Here’s the video:

Thinking about going to see the shredder yourself?

Nassie offered his sales pitch to get you to one of the five stops on his clinic tour: