This song is basically like one giant guitar solo, which I thought was an appropriate tribute considering the album it originally hails from. It's probably my favorite guitar solo I've ever done.
Historically it's been a pretty equal mix of planned-out stuff that largely relies on pentatonic structures, maybe some full-on major or minor or whatever modal stuff, with bending (which is pretty generic), and then on the other side, maniacal tuneless shredding mixed with general unfocused noise. Never both in the same solo.
Lately I've been playing drills like a madman. Lots of finger exercises, lots of pushing my speed limit a little bit higher every day. My rhythm guitar picking and riffage has gotten quite fast, to the point where I casually played Fight Fire With Fire dead-on correct for the first time in my life, it was kinda effortless where before it had always been messy and rough and whatnot.
I'm going to have to put in a shitload of time to get my leads anywhere near that good, because I've always had what appears to be the prevailing attitude here (no surprise) that solos are lame. They can be totally lame, of course, and like 95% of the guys who are "master shredder" lead guitar douchebags only make solos seem that much worse. But within the next few months, if I can come anywhere near the lead guitar skillz of Denis D'Amour (aka "Piggy" from Voivod) I'll be a really, really, really happy guy.
Good solos fucking rule because they're hard as hell to play, it's hard as hell to be tasteful, and when it serves the song it can really serve the song.
What kind of guitar solo do you play?
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"The bastards have landed"
www.myspace.com/thechromerobes - now has a couple songs from the new album
www.myspace.com/thechromerobes - now has a couple songs from the new album