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Title: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: Cornelius Funk on February 04, 2011, 09:11:18 PM
...played on a Strat
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Post by: che on February 04, 2011, 09:19:45 PM
WTF is this shit ???
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Post by: dyslexic on February 04, 2011, 09:20:20 PM
You have got to be kidding.


I know Eric is a legend, but he basically sucks as far as lead guitar solos are concerned. He is a song-writer, composer, much like Zappa. Eddie Van Halen he is not.


I know, Eddie was "inspired" by him, but not in the way most would assume.


He is the last guy I would choose for a "best guitar solo ever" thread. If I had to choose "old-school" guitarists I would choose Alvin Lee, Dickie Betts, Hendrix, Jeff Beck...


I know lotta guys like Clapton for some reason. Watch his "Crossroads" double live DVD. He has a million guitarists on there. All of them blow his doors off.


Of course, that is only my humble opinion and I don't even play the guitar.  ;D
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Post by: Cornelius Funk on February 04, 2011, 09:25:32 PM
You have got to be kidding.


I know Eric is a legend, but he basically sucks as far as lead guitar solos are concerned. He is a song-writer, composer, much like Zappa. Eddie Van Halen he is not.


I know, Eddie was "inspired" by him, but not in the way most would assume.


He is the last guy I would choose for a "best guitar solo ever" thread. If I had to choose "old-school" guitarists I would choose Alvin Lee, Dickie Betts, Hendrix, Jeff Beck...


I know lotta guys like Clapton for some reason. Watch his "Crossroads" double live DVD. He has a million guitarists on there. All of them blow his doors off.


Of course, that is only my humble opinion and I don't even play the guitar.  ;D
True.
I agree with most of that. (I'm a huge Eddie VH fan.) But did you listen to this? Clapton stepped his game up here. Starts at about 5:09. And I don't think all of those guys were playing Fenders.
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Post by: outby43 on February 04, 2011, 09:27:45 PM
most overrated guitarist ever.  ::)

There are thousands of high school kids that would outplay him.  Most people that think he is great don't play any instruments.
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: Cornelius Funk on February 04, 2011, 09:30:44 PM
most overrated guitarist ever.  ::)

There are thousands of high school kids that would outplay him.  Most people that think he is great don't play any instruments.
::)
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Post by: outby43 on February 04, 2011, 09:35:51 PM
::)

Nothing wrong with enjoying good music but to proclaim this dude as a great guitarist is nonsense.  Just keep listening to your music while us real musicians weigh in on who is great.
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: The Showstoppa on February 04, 2011, 09:38:10 PM
Hendix, dipshits.
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: Cornelius Funk on February 04, 2011, 09:44:53 PM
Nothing wrong with enjoying good music but to proclaim this dude as a great guitarist is nonsense.  Just keep listening to your music while us real musicians weigh in on who is great.
I may be...fuckit, I am, a little drunk...but Clapton didn't make his bones being a composer. He is a great guitarist. And I'm pretty sure I could wipe the stage with you "outby43". Maybe, maybe not; but don't assume I don't play because I recognize the genius in this SOLO.

Fuck it I work with a LP anyway. The original idea was giving props to the whole Fender sound.
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Post by: YngiweRhoads on February 04, 2011, 09:46:13 PM
'Best', is subjective.

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Post by: isniffglue on February 04, 2011, 09:50:30 PM
I played an awesome solo on the flesh flute earlier
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Post by: The Showstoppa on February 04, 2011, 09:51:55 PM
I played an awesome solo on the flesh flute earlier

What was his name?
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Post by: churbro on February 04, 2011, 09:53:56 PM
Classic Fender players...

Stevie Ray Vaughan
Dave Gilmour
Mark Knopfler
Rory Gallagher
Jeff Beck
Ritchie Blackmore
Jimi Hendrix
Eddie Van Halen
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: isniffglue on February 04, 2011, 09:54:55 PM
What was his name?

Your mom
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Post by: outby43 on February 04, 2011, 10:02:47 PM

Fuck it I work with a LP anyway. The original idea was giving props to the whole Fender sound.

(LP) Little Penis?

I like Fender but I am really liking the Peavey Predator I borrowed it from this dude who left it in his car at a gas station.
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: Cornelius Funk on February 04, 2011, 10:08:40 PM
(LP) Little Penis?

I like Fender but I am really liking the Peavey Predator I borrowed it from this dude who left it in his car at a gas station.
hahaha ask your mom about my Les Paul ya thief.
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Post by: Voice of Doom on February 04, 2011, 10:12:39 PM
Comrades...there are many great players in the world...but there is only one truth, and that truth is simply that this is the baddest man to EVER touch a guitar.

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Post by: Voice of Doom on February 04, 2011, 10:16:00 PM
again....the baddest man to EVER touch a guitar

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Post by: Cornelius Funk on February 04, 2011, 10:25:08 PM
again....the baddest man to EVER touch a fender (subjective, indeed)


fixed
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Post by: Brixtonbulldog on February 04, 2011, 10:37:56 PM
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: IceCold on February 04, 2011, 11:03:48 PM
if you're talking strats, dont forget...


YNGWIE


steve ray v. was truly great.
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: dyslexic on February 04, 2011, 11:43:27 PM
Classic Fender players...

Stevie Ray Vaughan
Dave Gilmour
Mark Knopfler
Rory Gallagher
Jeff Beck
Ritchie Blackmore
Jimi Hendrix
Eddie Van Halen

QFT

Great list


I think I've actually played a Strat or two...








All three are different Strats, none of them "expensive..."
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: Bench115x1 on February 04, 2011, 11:46:11 PM
If you don't know Tommy Emmanuel, you don't know shit about guitar......
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: Moontrane on February 05, 2011, 12:04:40 AM
Heh, heh…



For giggles and grins, though, another of my favorite guitar solos (starts at 1:42)

Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: gh15 on February 05, 2011, 12:05:09 AM
QFT

Great list


I think I've actually played a Strat or two...








All three are different Strats, none of them "expensive..."

who is this fella who play the gitar? this is the best guitsarist out of all of them,,great potential,,is this you??? if it you you need to take bodybuilding out of lexicon  and go get into profesional music,,

GREAT GUITARIST,,maybe the best talent i have seen on getbig,,this fella shoudl make his money only from playing guitar,,this is pro

gh15 approved
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: gh15 on February 05, 2011, 12:08:55 AM
shit this is some serious talent fellas,, if this guy doesnt make money out of playing guitar then i dont knwo what else to say anymore,, very very great potential,,sad music suck today but good guitarist is always in need

gh15 approved
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: Moontrane on February 05, 2011, 12:13:49 AM
...played on a Strat


That was some mighty fine playing by Clapton, and he did something there that Hendrix never did - he played it in his shorts.

Thanks for sharing!  ;D
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: Bench115x1 on February 05, 2011, 12:17:52 AM
gh15 do you play g'tar?
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Post by: maxkane69 on February 05, 2011, 12:19:45 AM

This man started all!
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Post by: Bench115x1 on February 05, 2011, 12:23:16 AM
actually Bob Dylan wrote that....
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: gh15 on February 05, 2011, 12:25:52 AM
gh15 do you play g'tar?

c major,, d major,, c minor,, g,, lol

but this is seriosu talent that fella,,if practiced and got little more polish he can be pro,,maybe he already is who know

gh15 approved
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: maxkane69 on February 05, 2011, 12:26:14 AM
actually Bob Dylan wrote that....
I know, but Jimi guitar solo made the song special!
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: Bench115x1 on February 05, 2011, 12:27:05 AM
c major,, d major,, c minor,, g,, lol

but this is seriosu talent that fella,,if practiced and got little more polish he can be pro,,maybe he already is who know

gh15 approved

you never know mate, does gh effect fingter fatness thus fucking up g'tar playing?
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: gh15 on February 05, 2011, 12:29:24 AM
you never know mate, does gh effect fingter fatness thus fucking up g'tar playing?

nah ,,if you got it you got it,,that fella has it,,its come from the heart,,you can tie his hands and he will play same thing with the teeth

gh15 approved
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: Bench115x1 on February 05, 2011, 12:31:09 AM
nah ,,if you got it you got it,,that fella has it,,its come from the heart,,you can tie his hands and he will play same thing with the teeth

gh15 approved

sehr true, do you know Tommy E?
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: dyslexic on February 05, 2011, 02:16:50 AM
who is this fella who play the gitar? this is the best guitsarist out of all of them,,great potential,,is this you??? if it you you need to take bodybuilding out of lexicon  and go get into profesional music,,

GREAT GUITARIST,,maybe the best talent i have seen on getbig,,this fella shoudl make his money only from playing guitar,,this is pro

gh15 approved



Why, thank you!


I consider that a compliment from the highest level.
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: muscularny on February 05, 2011, 02:27:45 AM
amazing !!!
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: Dreadlifter on February 05, 2011, 02:32:10 AM

This man started all!


Best cover version ever by miles.

The second solo that starts at 1'42" is my all time favourite.
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Post by: wes on February 05, 2011, 02:39:35 AM
Good guitar thread for a change!!
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Post by: churbro on February 05, 2011, 02:57:43 AM


SRV and big bro Jimmie
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Post by: dj181 on February 05, 2011, 04:02:39 AM
Denny Dias
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Post by: Mr Anabolic on February 05, 2011, 05:14:05 AM
I like Clapton, but he's been playing the same licks and phrases since 1972. 

I started playing when I was 12 and I could play everything Clapton played by the time I was 16.
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: hrspwr on February 05, 2011, 05:43:03 AM
 Robin Trower, one seriously ugly mother f ucker but he can make a stratocaster sing.
Love jamming to this tune on my midnight rides on my HD.
 
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Post by: Thin Lizzy on February 05, 2011, 05:59:18 AM
Robin Trower, one seriously ugly mother f ucker but he can make a stratocaster sing.

Good stuff. Trower's singer, James Dewar, was great.

The cool thing about youtube is that you can put the greats side by side and compare them, and, from what I've seen, there is no acoustic guitarist better than Bert Jansch.

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Post by: Bad News Brown on February 05, 2011, 06:14:53 AM

Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: Thin Lizzy on February 05, 2011, 06:27:42 AM
shit this is some serious talent fellas,, if this guy doesnt make money out of playing guitar then i dont knwo what else to say anymore,, very very great potential,,sad music suck today but good guitarist is always in need

gh15 approved

The guy's got talent on  guitar, no doubt, but unless he can write ORIGINAL great songs, the money he'll be making is $50 on a Saturday night playing in a Journey tribute band.

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Post by: Nirvana on February 05, 2011, 06:42:16 AM
The guy's got talent on  guitar, no doubt, but unless he can write ORIGINAL great songs, the money he'll be making is $50 on a Saturday night
 playing in a Journey tribute band.


the painful truth

  too many guitarist and no enough musicians.  today you can just write a poem, steal a chord progression, and hope you get radio time.  musical talent is irrelevant to success.
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Post by: Nirvana on February 05, 2011, 06:44:14 AM


am I the only one who loves this guitar solo?

everybody likes the same shit: SRV, David Gilmoure, stairway to heaven, Dime, Wylde  ::) etc.
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Post by: ManBearPig... on February 05, 2011, 06:46:49 AM
The guy's got talent on  guitar, no doubt, but unless he can write ORIGINAL great songs, the money he'll be making is $50 on a Saturday night playing in a Journey tribute band.



exactly.  yes, there may be high schoolers out there who can "outplay" Clapton (and i seriously doubt that), but they can't write a 3 note progression if their life depended on it.

like this asshole:
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compare to this:
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Post by: dj181 on February 05, 2011, 07:08:14 AM
So are you saying that someone who has writing talent can make some decent cash selling their lyrics to make a song? I've got decent writing talent, but zero musical talent. Yeah, I've written lots of lyrics, but I'm not sure that they could be transformed into a song.
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Post by: YngiweRhoads on February 05, 2011, 07:18:34 AM
Here is a simple fact. If something is popular, it's generally worthless garbage due to the fact the general public is simple minded and lazy. They don't want to put in the effort it takes to understand and appreciate complex art forms, and prefer simplistic tripe instead as it takes less brain power.

The best music generally goes unheard, or heard and appreciated by few for the most part.



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Post by: PJim on February 05, 2011, 07:21:32 AM
LOL you've got to be kidding.
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Post by: Thin Lizzy on February 05, 2011, 07:23:11 AM
So are you saying that someone who has writing talent can make some decent cash selling their lyrics to make a song? I've got decent writing talent, but zero musical talent. Yeah, I've written lots of lyrics, but I'm not sure that they could be transformed into a song.

What I'm saying is that there's a wide gulf between being able to play SOMEONE ELSE'S stuff, and creating your own. This silliness about "I could play Clapton's solos when I was 3 months old." Let's hear YOUR song that's as good as "Layla."
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Post by: YngiweRhoads on February 05, 2011, 07:25:26 AM
LOL you've got to be kidding.

(http://pastorchrisowens.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/warm-milk.jpg)
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Post by: PJim on February 05, 2011, 07:56:32 AM
How to blow Clapton out of the water in just over a minute.
Yes, I know, diffferent styles...even so.
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Post by: PJim on February 05, 2011, 08:03:05 AM
(http://pastorchrisowens.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/warm-milk.jpg)

That comment was related to the thread title lad.
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Post by: Thespritz0 on February 05, 2011, 08:07:48 AM
What was his name?


L O L !!!!!!!!
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Post by: YngiweRhoads on February 05, 2011, 08:11:08 AM
That comment was related to the thread title lad.

Unless you were born in the 50's, 'lad' is rather inappropriate.  :)
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Post by: PJim on February 05, 2011, 08:13:22 AM
Unless you were born in the 50's, 'lad' is rather inappropriate.  :)

LOL, well most people use it where I'm from, guess we're backwards.
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Post by: YngiweRhoads on February 05, 2011, 08:27:20 AM
LOL, well most people use it where I'm from, guess we're backwards.

LOL...it's not a common term here, but it's generally used when referring to a child or youth. It also means 'fellow, chap etc' though.  :)
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Post by: smoothasf on February 05, 2011, 08:55:34 AM
He's right unless dyslexic .can write his own solos that also fit with the other instruments he could never be a pro. No offense I could listen to you rock that strat all day being a guitar player myself but technically your no better than I am, and you don't need to be. But you do need to be able to create world clahhss solos of your own t anything big.  G15
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: Cableguy on February 05, 2011, 10:41:53 AM
'Best', is subjective.



This.
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Post by: Cableguy on February 05, 2011, 10:47:50 AM
Here is a simple fact. If something is popular, it's generally worthless garbage due to the fact the general public is simple minded and lazy. They don't want to put in the effort it takes to understand and appreciate complex art forms, and prefer simplistic tripe instead as it takes less brain power.

The best music generally goes unheard, or heard and appreciated by few for the most part.





Spot on again. That's what I'm trying to explain to my 12 year old right now!
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: ozman on February 05, 2011, 10:49:17 AM
If you don't know Tommy Emmanuel, you don't know shit about guitar......

are you a Aussie ?
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Post by: dyslexic on February 05, 2011, 11:48:36 AM
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh...

My point was that a guitar solo is different than composition. Some here picked up on that, others didn't. As usual, the context of a subject gets skewed and twisted here "Oh so fucking easily..."


Can I write a song? Nobody here knows the answer to that.

Can I make a living at playing the guitar?

Do I possibly just teach guitar and not perform?

Am I capable of doing both?

Have I ever even considered trying to make a living at playing or teaching guitar?


Is it true, that all I am is a good copy cat of other people's original material while having "0" originality of my own?


Well, to tell you the truth, all you can gather from the videos is that I'm an O.K guitarist and that I'm playing three different cheap Fender Stratocasters.


I will let you all just 'wonder' about the rest.


I might be a Safety and Compliance director for a large trucking company.

I might own my own personal training business.

I might do professional computer graphics for movie making companies.

I might be bilingual and work in a government job.




It is what it is. I'm just a little jackass sitting around copying other peoples shit and then posting on Youtube hoping that somehow, someway, I become "magically" famous...


Now I can laugh (or cry) myself to sleep. Ha ha. Ja ja.


BTW, as long as it was 'gh15 approved' I mean, who really cares? I think there are a few blank stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame just waiting for me...

I may have just stepped on one at the corner of Hollywood and Cherokee... damn! Wait, I don't want my name stepped on by some rag head working in this P.O.S convenience store everyday... shit.
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: gh15 on February 05, 2011, 12:00:31 PM
the point is that this fella can bring his to a band or anything,,i talk only guiatr level performance,,the problem  for him is to find that eddie vedder,,kurt kobain,,and other equaly telented individual to take the all thing somewhere,,he can bring his own ,,listen to the level of playing its no amaturish,,no go find eddie vedder....lol music in general is not what it used to be,,today is all computer programing ,,you dont need to know shit,, but neverthe less he can be great studio guitarist ,,they get payed more than 50$ lol

gh15 approved
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Post by: Moontrane on February 05, 2011, 02:44:07 PM

Best cover version ever by miles.

The second solo that starts at 1'42" is my all time favourite.

There's that 1:42 again!!!  :o
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: Moontrane on February 05, 2011, 02:46:49 PM
Robin Trower, one seriously ugly mother f ucker but he can make a stratocaster sing.
Love jamming to this tune on my midnight rides on my HD.
 


Trower is a mighty fine player, too.  I've seen him numerous times in concert.
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Post by: basil on February 05, 2011, 02:49:34 PM
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh...

My point was that a guitar solo is different than composition. Some here picked up on that, others didn't. As usual, the context of a subject gets skewed and twisted here "Oh so fucking easily..."


Can I write a song? Nobody here knows the answer to that.

Can I make a living at playing the guitar?

Do I possibly just teach guitar and not perform?

Am I capable of doing both?

Have I ever even considered trying to make a living at playing or teaching guitar?


Is it true, that all I am is a good copy cat of other people's original material while having "0" originality of my own?


Well, to tell you the truth, all you can gather from the videos is that I'm an O.K guitarist and that I'm playing three different cheap Fender Stratocasters.


I will let you all just 'wonder' about the rest.


I might be a Safety and Compliance director for a large trucking company.

I might own my own personal training business.

I might do professional computer graphics for movie making companies.

I might be bilingual and work in a government job.




It is what it is. I'm just a little jackass sitting around copying other peoples shit and then posting on Youtube hoping that somehow, someway, I become "magically" famous...


Now I can laugh (or cry) myself to sleep. Ha ha. Ja ja.


BTW, as long as it was 'gh15 approved' I mean, who really cares? I think there are a few blank stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame just waiting for me...

I may have just stepped on one at the corner of Hollywood and Cherokee... damn! Wait, I don't want my name stepped on by some rag head working in this P.O.S convenience store everyday... shit.

I disagree.  While some may not consider an improvised solo 'composed' b/c it's made up on the spot, most solos are 'composed'.  If you're sitting down to develop and practice a solo before it's performed, that's considered composition.  
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Post by: dyslexic on February 05, 2011, 04:06:25 PM
I disagree.  While some may not consider an improvised solo 'composed' b/c it's made up on the spot, most solos are 'composed'.  If you're sitting down to develop and practice a solo before it's performed, that's considered composition.  


Good point, but kind of "over the top" for a 'bodybuilding forum'

Had I posted these vids on a music forum under the topic of 'composition'--well, we could go on for days.

The fact of the matter is, I do write original music. I also have numerous people that write for me. They are not musicians. Some people are natural "lyricists" much like poets.

Now, if you can do that, and be able to put it to music that is catchy enough to sell, well then, you are a "composer" and may have the capability of becoming something.

Getting a contract and continually creating music that is attractive is something that only few bands can do.

The ones that do it for a lifetime, like the Stones, are just beyond words to me. How can someone write hit after hit for decades? They have a knack for it.

How many songs has Bob Dylan written for others that became their biggest hits?


My heart is not in music. I have no desire to be "famous" in the music world. Music is a hobby for me, just like bodybuilding, or anything else that I do.

If I had to be realistic and say: "I must make money at this in order to survive"- I wouldn't plant myself on the strip and hit up every producer I could find. I would simply open up my own studio and make a name for myself as a guitar teacher, much like Randy Rhoades did. That is where his heart was. Unfortunately he died before he could get back to his mom's store in Pasadena and start teaching again.


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Post by: Palpatine Q on February 05, 2011, 04:07:56 PM
So are you saying that someone who has writing talent can make some decent cash selling their lyrics to make a song? I've got decent writing talent, but zero musical talent. Yeah, I've written lots of lyrics, but I'm not sure that they could be transformed into a song.


If what you do here with your dialect is your idea of "funny" ....I doubt you have much talent as a writer
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: heathen on February 05, 2011, 04:27:27 PM


IMHO this is the best guitar solo ever laid down in a studio. Here's a little back story...

The group all dropped acid before they started recording. George Clinton(the leader of Funkadelic) told Eddie Hazel(R.I.P.) to play as if he just found out his mother died. So he proceeded to play the most emotional heart wrenching solo you're likely to ever hear. It wasn't rehearsed. It was recorded in 1 take.
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Post by: dj181 on February 05, 2011, 05:22:51 PM
Well, my writing talent many has to do with romantic "verses" and some haiku. Believe it or not, I've had many people tell me that I have very good writing talent, particularly with creating a "beautiful picture" with my words. Believe me, I really do hate to admit that I'm such a "romantic" guy. Here are some of my fav romantic lyrics, "Love soft as an easy chair, love fresh as the morning air. Oh, love let us share that tune I have found in you" from Evergreen by Barbara Striesand
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Post by: Palpatine Q on February 05, 2011, 05:37:42 PM
Well, my writing talent many has to do with romantic "verses" and some haiku. Believe it or not, I've had many people tell me that I have very good writing talent, particularly with creating a "beautiful picture" with my words. Believe me, I really do hate to admit that I'm such a "romantic" guy. Here are some of my fav romantic lyrics, "Love soft as an easy chair, love fresh as the morning air. Oh, love let us share that tune I have found in you" from Evergreen by Barbara Striesand

are you kidding me? that is some corny shit.

Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: benchmstr on February 05, 2011, 05:40:35 PM
best solo ever.



bench
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Post by: CalvinH on February 05, 2011, 05:41:28 PM
Supposedly Jimmy Page's fav solo was Steely Dans "Realin in the years"
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: dj181 on February 05, 2011, 05:46:53 PM
Well, dat "corny shit" sure did make Babs and Paul Williams (the writer of those lyrics) some decent cash, seeing that "Evergreen" was a major hit back in the day ;D So I take it that you prefer more gritty lyrics like these ones, "You better stay home and do as you're told, get out of the road if you want to grow old" from Sheep by Pink Floyd
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: dj181 on February 05, 2011, 05:48:44 PM
And Denny Dias was the guitar man in the solo from Steely Dan's Reeling in the Years.
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: Palpatine Q on February 05, 2011, 06:01:22 PM
Well, dat "corny shit" sure did make Babs and Paul Williams (the writer of those lyrics) some decent cash, seeing that "Evergreen" was a major hit back in the day ;D So I take it that you prefer more gritty lyrics like these ones, "You better stay home and do as you're told, get out of the road if you want to grow old" from Sheep by Pink Floyd

Just because something is popular doesn't mean its good.....as I recall the Spice Girls sold a few records in their day.

Now I'm fully aware that Paul Williams was a very accomplished lyricist. ...but I'd take Burt Bacarach , Bernie Taupin or Carol King over him...if we are sticking to "maudlin love songs" for $500.
 ;D


But as far as what I like. ..its not an" either or" thing
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: V Man on February 05, 2011, 06:24:31 PM
not a strat but still one of my favorites, solo at 1:36,




Also some nice blues soloing in this:

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Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: dyslexic on February 05, 2011, 08:22:11 PM
Freddy Kreuger plays great guitar solos...


Don't know if he can write though.

Fast forward to 1:26

Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: dyslexic on February 05, 2011, 08:25:49 PM
More Kroogy...



Any of you anal experts recognize the drummer? Hint... he was supposed to be in one of my "cover" bands  ;D

Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: IrishMuscle84 on February 05, 2011, 08:39:14 PM


Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: Moontrane on February 05, 2011, 08:49:34 PM


IMHO this is the best guitar solo ever laid down in a studio. Here's a little back story...

The group all dropped acid before they started recording. George Clinton(the leader of Funkadelic) told Eddie Hazel(R.I.P.) to play as if he just found out his mother died. So he proceeded to play the most emotional heart wrenching solo you're likely to ever hear. It wasn't rehearsed. It was recorded in 1 take.

Truly a gem.  Love the album cover.
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: NordicNerd on February 06, 2011, 04:54:41 AM
...played on a Strat


Sorry, I don't hear it. To me that was musically uninteresting and there was not much technical skill involved either. Even the tone was not much,,,

NN
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: churbro on February 06, 2011, 05:50:31 AM


Love this track from Peter Green, a few years before he founded Fleetwood Mac.
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: dyslexic on February 06, 2011, 10:17:22 AM
And Denny Dias was the guitar man in the solo from Steely Dan's Reeling in the Years.

I thought there were two: Jeff "the Skunk" Baxter and Tommy Tedesco (at least on the studio cut)
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: dj181 on February 06, 2011, 10:42:58 AM
You could be right man, maybe it was Skunk's riff. I think that Dias played that wicked riff in "Do it again" though. And how about the riff in "Peg" from the Aja album, was that Skunk Baxter?
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: wild willie on February 11, 2011, 10:35:54 AM
Carlos Santana

Eddie Van Halen

Eric Clapton

Jimi Hendrix

Don't know his name......but he played in Focus (early 70s) the song was Hocus Pocus

Jeff Beck (in a league of his own)

Joe Satriani

Jimmy Page
Title: Re: Best guitar solo ever...
Post by: YoungBlood on February 13, 2011, 07:30:16 AM
And Denny Dias was the guitar man in the solo from Steely Dan's Reeling in the Years.

I thought there were two: Jeff "the Skunk" Baxter and Tommy Tedesco (at least on the studio cut)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_Randall


You're both wrong. The dyslexic is correct about line-up at one point of Steely Dan's career, Elliot Randall was more of a studio guy at one time so he really just played on a record and no tours. Tommy Tedesco was like this too. Why go on the road spending money and making little of it, when you can stay at home record and get session pay for 20 sessions a day (Tedesco did this fairly regularly) and you're not sleeping on a bench seat in a van somewhere?

As far as greatest solo ever? You cannot pinpoint that. You have your punk rock fan, and he'll discount a Jimmie Vaughan solo with 15 total notes because the JLV doesn't have an aggressive attack. Yngwie can play neo-classical and tear up Paganini like nobody else. But he can't (or hasn't released evidence) that he can be Joe Pass, Grant Green or the guy from Good Charlotte.

Different styles hold different values for everyone.