[distressed_romeo]

e---12---
b---12---
G---18---
D---16---
A---14---
E---12---

Another Holdsworth one...this time from 'Road Games'. Not the hardest example in this thread, but it can be deceptively tricky to get the notes on the top two strings to ring.

[Emiliano]

hi there!
i used a very stretched chord in one of my song

e-0
b-0
g-8
d-6
a-4
E-2
B-0


alternated with a Bm7

it's a hell of a stretch!

[GuitarG2]

Originally Posted by distressed_romeo

e---12---
b---12---
G---18---
D---16---
A---14---
E---12---

Another Holdsworth one...this time from 'Road Games'. Not the hardest example in this thread, but it can be deceptively tricky to get the notes on the top two strings to ring.

Pretty cool, but I believe on the song, it's played 1 fret up

[distressed_romeo]

e---6---
b---1---
G---1---
D---1---
A-------
E---1---
B-------

Courtesy of Ron Eschete...

[telecaster90]

Originally Posted by TimSE

Also how would you play a "G7add13" i was asked it the other day and im yet to figure out a way to actaully play it? - in a way thats playable yaknow

Here's what I would use for that

-
5
4
3
x
3

It's R-7-3-13

[All_¥our_Bass]

I bet I could make some of you guys cringe at some of the things I've come up with on my fifths tuned guitar. If you try to play them on a mainly fourths tuned instrument and in their original configurations. They have some truly torturous stretches.

[MattyCakes]

Originally Posted by telecaster90

Here's what I would use for that

-
5
4
3
x
3

It's R-7-3-13

adding the 9th on the high e string sounds very fusiony too. the good thing about that shape is the fact that the 13 and 9 are adjacent on the two highest strings

[HellMinor]

-
-
2
3
7
-

Not too challenging, but the particular piece was incredibly slow and featured several more similar shapes.

Also playing in a jazz setting (big band / combo) does wonders for learning chords and the theory behind them.

[TonalArchitect]

Dmadd2
e--1
B--5
G--7
D--7
A--
E--

I found this horror on the www.guitarmasterclasses.com website. Just search "Holdsworth" (honestly, who else), and you'll find a gentleman who listed a lesson called "Strechminator."

Holdsworth did use the same chord in the same voicing in the song "White Line," although that was an Amadd2 in the 8th position, i.e.:

e--8
B--12
G--14
D--14
A--
E--

Even this, seven frets up, is just vile.

Two things make the concept of this chord structure even more maddening 1.) they are quite beautiful, especially when arpeggiated. 2.) Because of the close intervals (the minor second in the upper register) they are extremely easy on the piano by comparison.

[SchecterWhore]

e-3
B-4
G-5
D-6
A-x
E-6

Bb13sus, courtesy of Ted Greene's "Jazz Guitar: Single Note Soloing Vol. 1". The footnote reads, "This is possible and practical, with a little practice. The tip of your first finger goes on the Eb note and the side of your finger gets the G note."

Not that difficult, but the idea of curving the finger to meet different frets is highly practical. The Bb/6sus/17 is a bit harder to go to while playing, I think:

e-10
B-8
G-8
D-6
A-x
E-6