Originally Posted by: Akira^ Not true.

well I meant within reason, for example playing an open d string and then playing the 24th fret on the high e obviously won't sound good but like playing back and forth between the 12th and 14th fret sounds good on most strings and sounds good in a solo if you play it really fast.

also I forgot to mention then using hammer ons and pull offs are a good idea in solos cause they can make it sound like you have more speed than you actually do.