Guitar solo?

I always want to know if someone plays a guitar solo exactly as it is..As it sounds from the cd!How do you play it..?Do you perform it as it is?Or you also add licks of yours?Also when you have the original tablature of a solo...Do you still add licks of yours?...IF YOU ADD...DO YOU?

When I try to learn a solo I play it exactly as the performer. Or I try to. When I know how it goes and I when I can play it in the right tempo I throw in a couple of my own licks. If I play the song with my band when we are training I play the original solo, but if we are performing I try to keep the same style in the solo as the original guitarist but I may add a couple of licks here and there trying to make the solo "sound like me".

Fretslug was right on. Trouble with me is I always get parts that end up sounding like me and nothing like the original. Been working on 2 instrumentals by Santana. Europa and Samba pa ti. I can get the better part of it note for note but to make it sound like Carlos is another story altogether. And, damn, would I like to get that one note in Europa to feed back forever like he does.
If you have never heard these two songs, you really should give them a listen.
grog must go now

For me, it depends what kind of solo I´m learning. If it´s a slower emotional solo than I learn it how it is but if it´s a fast solo like Malmsteen our so than I throw a lot of my own stuff because I find it impossible to figure out all tones when the solo is like speed of light and my theory is, as long it sounds fast as orginal and a bit close, it´s ok. But as I said earlier, learning slower solos and famous solos like Stairway, Final Countdown, Guns, Metallica... than it´s important to learn it as close as possible.

But if you just listen to Yngwies solos, honestly, can you somtimes hear the diference betwen solos in diferent song? Especially faster parts.

I have never been able to play a solo like it is on the CD, never, ever, even if I tried for months, 8 hours a day, never... And you know what, I don't give a flying crap about it!! :D

Lalimacefolle.. You are suck. :D

Nah.. Just kidding..

I ment that if you want to make a "better" solo to a song it helps you a lot if you know how the original performer did it, you don't have to know the exact notes but try to play it as the guitarist did. Damnit.. I keep repeating myself..I keep repeating myself...

Originally posted by FretSlug
Lalimacefolle.. You are suck. :D

I know, I just play so fast that it's hard to notice it ;)

Got me. Damnit.. :P

Originally Posted by: lalimacefolleI have never been able to play a solo like it is on the CD, never, ever, even if I tried for months, 8 hours a day, never... And you know what, I don't give a flying crap about it!! :D

maybe u have wrong set of strings o.O ? theres "light strings" normal"original"
ORRRRRRRR! heavy set of strings o.O

light from 0.008, .011, .014, .022, .030, .038
normal frrom 0.009, .011, .014, .022, .030, .038
Heavy from 0.010 , .011, .014, .022, .030, . 038 <- sets of strings

or >.> this is kinda dumb :P but maybe ur guitar is not the proper tone "tuned?"

I've found learning some solos by ear all the way through, I've come across tab that was the proper way to play it, and I had the right notes, but sometimes I was playing in a different position of the neck or something like that. Sometimes it's indistinguishable one way or the other, but sometimes it's gotta be played how they did it.

No, I never learn lead breaks - I use my Cd collection as backing tracks to develop my own licks and expressions for future recording projects