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03-18-2008, 09:46 AM
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I come to realize that there seems to be two types of guitar solos. One is the kind that sounds integral to the music and makes the song better. The other is the tacked on token solo that just sound like someone shredding. I hate the later type of solo. I hear them a lot in country music and they all sound the same.
Some songs with great solos include 25 or 6 to 4, Sweet Child of Mine and Layla.
The same goes for bass solos. Give me one that makes the song anyday over a shredder.
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03-18-2008, 09:49 AM
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I may be in the minority here, but I really don't care for bass being played like a six string guitar. Playing up high on the fretboad and shredding like Billy Sheehan just don't do it for me.
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03-18-2008, 09:53 AM
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03-18-2008, 09:54 AM
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03-18-2008, 09:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Central NJ | | | I agree. I don't like to be wailing away on my bass too often like another guitard...
However, tasteful and well placed solos (which can tread onto the upper frets) is definitely my cup of tea.
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03-18-2008, 10:13 AM
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Lots of good insight here...
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03-18-2008, 10:15 AM
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I was the bass player in the house band at a blues jam for years. Believe me brother, you are 100% right! |
03-19-2008, 05:11 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia | | | yea solos can be terrible and not fit the song, metal bands, especial ameture local ones make that mistake.
I am also not a fan of the cheesy guns n roses style solos though.
I love when they add power and another dimension to the song. Muse do amazing solos. |
03-19-2008, 05:23 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Bos, MA | | as a rule, i don't take solos. everyone else in the band does, i think i just want to be different. 
not a fan of the boodly-boodly solos either.
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