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klaasvakie

I wonder if there's a list of these solos in order from easiest to hardest? That would be useful for slowly attacking all these solos.

I'm sure this process is a helluva education in writing solos. There's something about learning a solo (or any part of a song) that opens your mind. Particularly if you choose artists or styles that you've never tried playing before.

Metal, for example: I've never bothered with trying to learn anything there but I listen to a lot of it. Learning some rhythm of that Megadeth tune really was interesting. Totally different to anything I might choose to try and play.

Anyway, still a great thread ? Love peeking in here from time to time, especially for the songs/solos I recognise and love. Great to read his input and also add our own ?

      9 days later

      Second honorable mention is up:
      Gary Moore, looks hard:

        6 days later

        No 79. is up with some EVH. So it's not just Gilmore doing those 2.5 step bends!

          No 78 is up with some Grateful Dead. He is right, not much of a solo, but there are some nice pentatoninc licks in there:

            4 days later

            No 77 with Alice In Chains. I didn't know this song before, but I quite like it. The solo is good, but not sure if it is Top 100 material in my book.

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              klaasvakie This guy is good, nailed that one - wah tone was great!

              Aaaannd those bends were all spot on... ?

                V8 Yeah, the bends were top notch. Especially the "pre-bends", for me those are the toughest since you can't use your ear to guide you, they have to be spot-on the moment you pick the string. Normal pick-then-bends are much easier (for me at least).

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                    klaasvakie Especially the "pre-bends", for me those are the toughest since you can't use your ear to guide you,

                    +a lot!

                    I can get to a one step bend fairly accurately (not 2 or more though)...but, I struggle with the timing of bending without playing the note, it always seems VERY weird to me!

                      No 76. Neil Young with Cinnamon Girl. No Comment

                        6 days later

                        No 75. with The Who. I love The Who so much, and I love this song, but this is not a complicated solo. I love the lick at 00:45.

                          No. 74 With Deep Purple - Man this looks hard.

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                            klaasvakie Enjoyed that, quite bluesy, with a dash of prog? Those bends had me grimacing in sympathy for his fingers, he did nail them - but it must of hurt eventually.

                            I dig the way he writes the background for the player/song - adds to it to have a bit of a backstory.

                              5 days later

                              No 73. with Phish - this one has a nice vibe to it, didn't know the song at all

                                6 days later

                                So apparently he learned the wrong Phish solo for No 73, here is 73 again with the correct solo:

                                  4 days later

                                  Quick, let me sneak this in before everyone dissapears for the weekend ?. No 72 with Aerosmith, these songs are damn catchy.

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                                    klaasvakie One of my all time favourites!

                                    Sacrilege...but I dig the Run DMC version, video is rather funny - solo's are a slightly different though. Impossible to beat the original played live - rawkin'!!! ?

                                      6 days later

                                      Slightly OT, but if you had to pick a top 100 (or even top 20) solos using only tracks from the 2000s onwards, which would be your top choices?

                                      5 days later

                                      An absolute unit of a solo here at no. 71. I've been waiting for this one to come up --- tough one to nail. Think he did really well.

                                        joeymakesmusic Slightly OT, but if you had to pick a top 100 (or even top 20) solos using only tracks from the 2000s onwards, which would be your top choices?

                                        Not sure about 20, or a 100, but my top pick for a post 2000 solo would be Guthrie Govan's Solo in the Steven Wilson song "Drive Home". Solo starts at 5:05

                                        Man just listened to that album again --- someone has been cutting onions in office --- I'm not crying I promise.