Does anyone have any advice for a person who is learning how to solo on an electric guitar?
I find it really difficult because I don't know where to start and I don't know many licks.

This post has been edited by TheWhacker: Sep 21 2006, 02:21 PM

Start learning your scales......
Major, Minor, Pentatonic, Arpeggio and the various variations like the Minor Harmonic and stuff like that.
Buy a scale book and start practising first.

learn scales, then use licks as ideas.

IMO, just wank the scale and get the feel........with some backing track.

learn SLOWLY

yeah i think i could use a backing track
where can i get them?

google them. But most of them are of crap quality (the free ones:p). Check out wholenote.com for all the scales and arpeggios.

Yeah.. like what they said above
oso do more finger exercises. like the chromatic...

from the low E to high E... 1 2 3 4
then followed by the other strings oso..

if u r just new.. dun go fast.. go slowly at first is okay.. most important is ur timing.. tempo must be balance...


yeah.. Pak Cik Salleh(Sham Kamikaze's dad) always tell me to do alot of chromatics when I went to c him last time when i was quite new to guitar that time... emm

Anyway, good luck. Correct Practise makes Perfect

Do you have Guitar Pro? i can send some finger exercising tabs for u. hope it helps u

This post has been edited by davidlow7: Sep 3 2006, 05:33 PM

plss send to me, i wanna learn too...

Also, get a Metronome. Playing fast isn't everything you know..... playing fast IN TIME is everything.....

Yes. It sounds scary....what with scales, timing, backing tracks.... but hey..... Being a guitar god isn't easy you know.....

those tips are useful but u all miss out on something

1. learn other peoples solo
unless u're a genius that can just magically come up with brilliant solos, theres nothing wrong copying from those u like

2. make ur own solo
using what u've learnt try playing a solo of ur own replacing the one u've known

3. solo over a backing track

i believe having more theory knowledge will give u a clearer idea where to go in ur solos.

If you have a recorder, record your improvisation. A cheap mp3 recorder will do, play back your solo and be extremely critical to yourself. Check if your bends are in tune, or if your vibrato sounds pleasant to the ears etc... Make sure you nail these basics before moving forward to more complicated stuff, otherwise you'ill have to take a step backwards later.

Most of all, enjoy yourself. That's what guitar playing should be, if you feel really down unable to near that Paul Gilbert lick, take out a Top 40 Green Day hit and play. If radio music isn't your thing, try learning the Beatles' songs. Lots of chord progressions and ideas you could get from their songs.

yeah, HAVE FUN!!!!

just look at our faces when we solo... orgasm expressions. lol.

no one could explain this better than the great led zep


a pic speaks a thousand words

Damn you...

Btw Fauzi was the one having orgasm. I was just plain high.

Oh man....... that's some funny s**t right there.......
I hope I won't look stupid when I ever get on stage and perform......

It looks stupid on photo only lar lol....

blacktrix, u seriously need to get on stage and perform. its the fastest way to learn and improve ur playing. not to mention the amount of fun we get.

led zep, no need to thank me.

Hook me up with a decent band, and then we'll talk.......

how to learn other ppl's solo?
get the tabs from the net?
most of them seem wrong and incomplete

Then fill in the blanks yourself. Like we said before, don't just COMPLETELY rely on tabs.

hmm but some of them are too fast to catch
i know the scale formations but lack ideas
and i'm also not familiar with the fretboard after the 5th fret for each string
does anyone know any method that can help me with this?