First solo(or solos) you learned

[khammett1]

I was just wondering what the first solos you fellows learned...

[Kevin Taylor]

Had to think about that one for a second...I think the first one I ever really put my mind to was In The Mood by Rush. It was the first time the concept of a rock scale and an actual solo kinda melded together in my head and made some sense.

[ekstasis16]

The first song I learned was 'Enter Sandman'. I used to be a huge Metallica fan, but I've toned it down a little now. Being a beginner, solos were much harder than riffs for me, and I tended to play them on the high E string only because that's the only string I felt comfortble with.

[magnus]

Paranoid!!! Great solo, still today.

[Bofatron]

Funny, in 20 years I never learned a solo per se. I always used that space for improv. Although I have analyzed solos on paper to see the logic of the phrasing and whatnot.

[Jon Broderick]

Something offa ted nugent, the cat scratch fever album.

oh yeah, it was that nugent song the beasty boys later covered, was a guitar instrumental, uhhhhh. can't remember the name.

[Uncle Istvan]

The first solos I learned were either Fade to Black by Metallica, or Paranoid... I'm not sure which came first...

[zepo]

The First 'solo' I learned was Billion Dollar Babies from Alice Cooper. It has teh pentatonic minor 'A' scale to start with I think it's a good one if your learning your scales.

[Willdridge]

I have a feeling it was Metallica's version of "Whiskey In The Jar"....it was that or the "God That Failed"....I've spent most of my time learning riffs...gonna start concentrating on a few solos though

[tous]

The first solo I ever mastered was probably
Zombie by the Cranberries...It's an easy solo, but I was proud as hell I could play it...

Hey here's another question...Which songs/bands are you currently studying?
(Maybe we can give eachother advice when someone's studying songs some of us already know...)

Lately i've been trying to improvise (kinda like knopfler)...Hard as hell, though!

[ekstasis16]

Right now I'm really into Vai, Satriani, and Rhoads. I've pretty much got Metallica down. If anyone wants to discuss them, cool.

ekstasis16@hotmail.com

[opl2000]

I`m into Buckethead and all the bands he plays in. I`m also a huge Primus fan.

[opl2000]

And... The first solo I learned was in Nirvana`s smells like teen spirit. It`s really easy but it was fun to play back then...

[Johan]

The first solo(if I may call it a solo) I ever learned was the intro in 'Johnny B. Goode'. It wasn´t the original version though.

[Jon Broderick]

Johan is right. I think Johnny B Goode was my first too. I'm so old I forget stuff. http://www.guitarforums.com/gtubb/wink.gif

[Bofatron]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Times, Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by opl2000:
I`m into Buckethead and all the bands he plays in. I`m also a huge Primus fan.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
http://www.guitarforums.com/gtubb/biggrin.gif Primus Sucks! Just kidding. Yeah, Buckethead is cool...I've been a 'fan' since the Praxis days in the early 90s. And you really gotta be on your toes to keep track of him too. I think he's been on something like 75 recordings in the last 10 years or so. Do you have Cobra Strike's 13th Scroll? Darn thing is out of print these days but cdconnection.com can still get copies for you.
http://www.guitarforums.com/gtubb/smile.gif

[karl]

Black Magic Woman by Santana. A pretty
simple intro and solo. I got into neoclassical after that(1986) but I always
keep up with the blues tone and improv .

[opl2000]

I don`t have cora strike: 13th scroll, but my friend said that it`s good. Praxis` transmutation is really good.

[jake sommers]

the first solo i ever learned was the solo to the acoustic version of Layla by EC.

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Jake Sommers

[Buzz]

Don't think I've ever actually "learned" a solo. I've learned a few lick from solos though. I think the first things I started picking up were Tony Iommi licks. I just loved his stuff. By todays standards his leads aren't that impressive. I just always lean more toward "feel" that technical expertise. For the most part I really hate learning other artists work. Sure I pick up a piece here or there. But I've just never been one to say "Cool I can play that song all the way through", I prefer to write.

[warchild]

Hmmmmm -

I think the first solo I ever learnt was happy birthday on the high E string!!! LOL!

Seriously now...I think the first 'extensive'
solo I sat down and set myself to learning was Randy Rhodes' "Revelation (Mother Earth)". I had been playing for about three or four years and really loved this solo. I practised it everyday for like 2 months and it never came together, so I just gave up... I'm like that, I've never really learnt a solo at one pop but this was the first I really worked towards getting right.

About half a year later, I was jamming with my mates when I started playing it and it just flowed dude...straight out of me. I was stoked!

Peace -
Damos

[Ace Duck]

First solo I learned was "God Gave Rock 'n Roll To You" by KISS.

http://www.guitarforums.com/gtubb/rolleyes.gif Bruce Kulick is my hero http://www.guitarforums.com/gtubb/rolleyes.gif

[Uncle Istvan]

How's about the solo to Police Truck by the Dead Kennedys, eh? That'll take about 2 minutes to figure out... It's really easy, but I enjoy playing it for some reason

[Rockinstrat]

First solo i learned was real easy, The solo in Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana.

[iamthe_eggman]

my first solo was "all i want" by offspring.

[BadHorsie]

Mine was the solo to Steve Vai's "The audience is listening,". http://www.guitarforums.com/gtubb/rolleyes.gif Yeah, right! Actually I used to be a total Metallifreak, so the first solo, or solos' I should say, was Sanitarium. To this day I still think that is a great song w/ good leads.

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I'm off like a herd of turtles in the moonlight!

[Zeppelin]

My first solo was You shook me all night long
by Acdc. i'm playing guitar for 2 years
but never managed to learn solo till this
which i learned 2 months ago.
Usualy it's more fun to improvise the solos http://www.guitarforums.com/gtubb/smile.gif

[James]

Kind of like bofatron, mostly I've concentrated on learning a few key riffs and improvising, and usually soloing along with the recording. I know tads of solos here and there, but the first solo I learned note for note would be Stairway To Heaven, I guess because it's kind of seen as a "right of passage" between rock-guitarists.

[metalisbest]

My very first song, which has a little solo in it that I learned was Purpose by 311.