I am learning the solo from Hotel California note for note!!!

[edcancel]

I'm so excited about this, after learning every intro to every song now I'm actually learning the WHOLE song. It's a common mistake for beginners, I'm just happy I learned!!

BTW that solo has so many bends!!! It's a killer workout for my fingers!!!

 

[robelinda2]

Great solo, have fun!

 

[meenahga]

Very nice solo. Some players have incorporated some of the riffs into their own music.

Slash is one. Listen carefully to some of his playing in the G'n'R tune "Patience". One riff in particular comes to mind. Great music.

 

[MikeVt]

Hey Ed....welcome and congrats.

I just checked out your pics. Is that an OLP JP or a custom job? I don't recognize the bridge or knobs....

Mike

 

[roburado]

OLP, I bleeb.

 

[azazael]

Lets have a listen when you get it down

 

[Pundix]

The good thing about a solo like that is it can get you used to new playing ideas. The bad thing is that everyone knows it so well that if you miss anything they know immediately.

 

[paranoid70]

^^

You are right about that, most fans of that song know the solo pretty well. Same with Comfortably Numb!

Some songs you have to play the solo note for note to do it any kind of justice. That's why I usually avoid playing those songs.

 

[John Czajkowski]

That is such a perfect example of melodic and riff-based ideas that develop into a dramatic story. Have fun!

As far as playing other artist's classic solos note for note, I've heard Shawn Lane do it for Steve Morse's music, so I guess it must be ok sometimes! When we do some covers like Trademark and Cruise Control, I just do the original as well. Many of those solos are composed and the original players do them very similarly night after night. I think it is important just to do things a variety of ways - let some tunes be total free-fall solos while let others be more composed.

 

[roburado]

As far as playing other artist's classic solos note for note, I've heard Shawn Lane do it for Steve Morse's music, so I guess it must be ok sometimes! When we do some covers like Trademark and Cruise Control, I just do the original as well. Many of those solos are composed and the original players do them very similarly night after night. I think it is important just to do things a variety of ways - let some tunes be total free-fall solos while let others be more composed.

If only I had the chops and talent to do either... Okay. I can play one decent solo note-for-note. Just one.

 

[paranoid70]

If only I had the chops and talent to do either... Okay. I can play one decent solo note-for-note. Just one.

I can totally nail the solo for Heart Full of Soul.

 

[roburado]

I can only play the first solo from "Kid Charlemagne." I threw my hands up in despair trying to learn the second one.

 

[andynpeters]

Solos I can play....though probably not as well as the original!!

Hound dog (Elvis)
Kid (Pretenders)
Crazy Little thing Called Love(Queen)
Hideaway (Freddie King)
Goodbye To Love (Carpenters)
Heartbreak Hotel (Elvis)
Sharp Dressed Man & Gimme All your Loving (ZZ Top)
Rocking All Over The World (Status Quo)
Alright (Supergrass)

Everything else is just pentatonic bluffing........and no-one ever seems to notice

 

[roburado]

Everything else is just pentatonic bluffing........and no-one ever seems to notice

Yeah. That's my theory.