a (ONE) good approach is to take some solo you like. learn it. but not ust learn it the way you would learn a solo. learn it untill it sounds EXACTLY (and i mean E X A C T L Y) like the original. try to understand what the dude who originally played it thought or felt. or simply try to understand what he did. practice this to perfection. once you got a specific solo, forget it again. go ahead to the next. do this with as many different styles as possible. do this not only wiht solo but also with rythm and such. listen closely to what the original does. DO NOT USE TAB SITES FOR THIS - FIGURE IT OUT WITH YOUR EAR. listen to thw whole song. try to understand why for example jeff beck played solo X over song Y and not over song Z. this way you will develop a feel for what a song needs. some songs dont need a solo at all, some do need just 2 or 3 notes every now and then.

its all about trying to understand and listen closely. dont get this one wrong - its not about copying.

[Edited by Azrael on 11-10-2003 at 05:26 AM]