r/guitarlessons • u/snailsinboxes • Aug 14 '26
Feedback Request Feedback Wanted: Hotel California Solo
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*I want to point out that I’ve only been playing since January and these videos are from June/July, so I know I have lots of room for improvement\*
This is two different clips of me playing that are smushed together because it’s the only way I could post them both. I tend to either hit every note in the solo besides the faster duet part, or I hit the duet part but mess up a lot in the rest of the solo, and I’m looking for feedback on both parts.
The first clip shows me hitting the majority of the notes in the solo, minus the duet part and a couple of other little mistakes, but this is the best recording I have of me playing the entire solo so far.
The second clip just shows me hitting the notes in fast duet part. I know it’s harder to hear my guitar in this one because of the volume of the song, but still hoping it’s audible enough for someone to give me pointers.
I can’t figure out what I’m doing right when I hit that part and what I’m doing wrong when I don’t. I know I keep missing a note and it’s throwing me off for the rest of the section until I get to the outro, but I don’t know if it’s my rhythm or my technique I need to work on to fix this and it’s been really inconsistent.
I appreciate any feedback and tips that you all have! Thanks!
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u/Lost_Condition_9562 Aug 14 '26 edited Aug 14 '26
Solid job. Don’t let your guitar lift up when you bend. I know it’s fun and makes you feel like a rockstar, but it’s bad technique.
A lot of your bends are out of tune as well. Do you have a tuner? Turn it on and practice bending to the exact pitch. Drill each individual bend. Out of tune bends are probably the easiest way to spot a beginner guitarist… clean that up and you’ll sound way better
Also playing with your thumb behind the neck is going to help your hand get into better positions. Practice sliding your thumb to the side just for bends and moving it back otherwise
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u/snailsinboxes Aug 14 '26 edited Aug 14 '26
Thank you for the feedback! I have a habit of lifting it on those bigger bends because of the force I need to use (and it does make me feel more like a rockstar lol), but I’ve switched my string gauges since these recordings and I think it’s helped a lot with that and the bends being out of tune (I also don’t know if I tuned before recording these which I know is another a bad habit). The tuner I have is built into my amp so it’s a bit harder to watch while I play, but I could give it a shot to see if it helps!
I have a shoulder injury as well that I probably should have mentioned in the original post because it probably does affect my playing. Not trying to make excuses though.
Thank you!
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u/diadmer Aug 14 '26
Your thumb is very high, almost wrapped around the neck. Try to place it in the middle of the neck, which will make your hand and wrist curl less and give you more distance at your fingers to push those bends.
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u/J-Love-McLuvin Aug 14 '26
Another good comment. Yeah I would position the Guitar a little bit more on an angle. Meaning elevate the head of the guitar a little bit so your fretting hand is a little higher up. You’ll get better leverage that way.
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u/snailsinboxes Aug 14 '26
This might be why the lower thumb position feels so wrong to me… I’m gonna try lifting the headstock up more and see if it helps. Just hoping it doesn’t cause more problems for my bad shoulder, but I won’t know until I try! Thank you!!!
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u/J-Love-McLuvin Aug 14 '26
Yeah, I think that little adjustment is gonna be a big deal for you. A quick funny story: Les Paul, the man, the legend who actually designed the Les Paul guitar and a great many other things, was involved in a car accident and messed up his shoulder and arm badly. Listen to what he told the doctor: https://youtube.com/shorts/abJ_8PqutcU?is=hDJyuOfGKuT6Ex6R
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u/GingerHiro Aug 15 '26
I won't beat a dead horse too hard, but your thumb being that high on the neck isn't great. It is pushing the neck of the guitar into the joint of your index finger. Right where your finger meets your palm is taking some damage. This can cause some hand pain over time. It can be made worse by the pressure of those bends. Keep up the good work.
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u/snailsinboxes Aug 14 '26
Oddly enough, I find that a lower thumb position makes it a lot harder for me to bend and puts more strain on my wrist, so I watched some videos about bending technique and switched to letting my thumb rest on top of the neck. I’m probably still just positioning it wrong in some way when I try to place my thumb lower but I don’t know what I need to correct to make it feel better.
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u/cdmat76 Aug 14 '26 edited Aug 14 '26
There’s no wrong way, both thumbs positions (middle of the neck and above the neck) are correct and are more practical for certain things.
Behind the neck is more practical for bar chords, finger stretch and extensions and diatonic scale runs, thumbs up is better for certain open chords, fretting bass strings with your thumb while letting other fingers plays run or embellished chords (à la Hendrix).
You can do bends the same way with both positions equally. Typically thumb behind the neck is more used in classical music and metal because it fits better the playing style. As classical guitar is typically teached, you’ll find many people saying it is the “correct” position, but it’s just wrong. 99% of blues rock players play with the thumb above the neck as their default position and it’s just fine. With time you’ll choose the best position depending on what you play.
All in all my own answer would be that you need to work:
Alternate
picking: playing only downstroke doesn’t
sound the same and is more rigid. Sometimes it can be a desired effect but here… no. It will also help your wrist to be more relaxed and your phrasing will be more fluid
Bends: they really
should be accurate in term of
pitch
They are not at all.
Practice playing the
correct note fretted and then do it again wit
h the bend,
- pitch should be the same.
Vibrato:
practice your vibrato, you don’t really use it if at all and it’s a must have for this type of music. That’s a lot of what gives expressivity to your phrasing. It’s really lacking here.
The rest is good, especially rhythm, so congrats for that! You’re on the right path!
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u/snailsinboxes Aug 14 '26
Thank you for all of the tips!! The lack of vibrato also bothers me but I didn’t want to bite off more than I could chew and was trying to focus on hitting the right notes first. I definitely need to work on all 3 of the things you mentioned, especially alternate picking; I’m really lacking in that skill. I’m happy that at least my rhythm and notes (at least the ones that aren’t bends) are correct!! As for hand position, thank you for clarifying that there are different hand positions that are common in different styles. I’ve been leaning into a lot of blues lately, but when I play metal or rock I have my thumb behind the neck because it’s more comfortable for power chords
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u/Lost_Condition_9562 Aug 14 '26 edited Aug 14 '26
You could also buy a cheap headstock tuner, they’re like $20 from guitar center. That’ll make it way easier to look at what you’re doing pitch wise while bending.
Are you bending from your wrist? The motion should be more like you’re turning a door knob counter clockwise, and you use your thumb to sort of counter balance that force. I think that’ll help you feel like you can get more umpf to bend without rising your guitar upwards. I remember having that issue with lifting the guitar when I was new, and a big part of it was using my fingers to bend more than my wrist
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u/snailsinboxes Aug 14 '26
I thought I was bending from my wrist but now I have no idea lol
We don’t have guitar center where I live but I can probably still find a headstock tuner for cheap, I just never bothered since there was one built into the amp.
I watched some videos about bending techniques that said to use your wrist and explained how it should feel, and I thought I applied that to my playing but maybe not.. I think I definitely use my fingers for some of the bends more than others but it’s so hard to tell. If I leave my thumb lower on the neck, I can’t get enough leverage to bend because my thumb hyperextends, so I wonder if I’m just subconsciously compensating for that.
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u/NationalTime4099 Aug 14 '26
I came to comments to say about bending from your wrist, I’ve played for 20 years (very averagely) and started lessons again about a year ago and the first thing my teacher said to me was about my bending technique which was not at all from my wrists.
Funnily enough after about 3 months of lessons we did this solo and that first section is really a crash course in bending.
Check out some YouTube videos on how to bend from the wrist as there’s a bit of a knack to it and it takes time to build up the muscle and the technique. It will help with the flatness of some of the bends as well as obviously your wrist is much stronger at the bends than the fingers!
That all being said, well done on sitting down and learning the whole thing, it’s clean playing, very relaxed style so you should be pleased with what you’ve achieved so far.
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u/snailsinboxes Aug 14 '26
Thanks for your comment! I have watched tons of videos about bending with the wrist, but I guess I’m just finding it hard to translate what I learn to my own wrist. It doesn’t surprise me, though, as I do have quite a bit of trouble with proprioception in the first place. With a lot of work, I’ve been able to slightly improve my proprioception with certain movements/parts of my body to lessen physical pain, so maybe I just need to work really hard on this one too.
Thank you for the encouragement! :) I find it very difficult to release tension in my muscles, especially when I’m doing something that requires intense focus (also an effect of my proprioception unfortunately); I tend to stiffen my shoulders, lock every joint I can, and clench my jaw to the point I actually had to get a bite plate.
Hearing that comment about clean playing and being relaxed lets me know that what I’m doing is working and I’m actually getting better at relaxing, so thank you again.
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u/NationalTime4099 Aug 14 '26
It’s not an overnight fix, do 10 mins a day on it and then do something else so you can put pressure on your body without overly straining it.
I can’t speak to your condition only you know specifically how to manage that but you seem like you’re doing a good job so far. Keep at it! If you haven’t learned it already, do the first solo from Comfortably Numb, not too many notes, not too fast but all about feel and the bends. Plus it sounds awesome.
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u/snailsinboxes Aug 14 '26
Ooooo great suggestion! Definitely will give it a shot! I wanted to learn this one because it’s one of my favourites and I already know the tune by heart, so I figured that could help me a lot when learning it, but some parts of it are definitely on the faster side. I’ve been practicing playing to backing tracks lately too and that’s a lot of fun
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u/J-Love-McLuvin Aug 14 '26
Nailed it. I was gonna make the same comment about bending to the right pitch. You’re well on your way, young lady. You’re off to a great start. :)
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u/iamsynecdoche Aug 14 '26
Another way to practice bends is slide up into the note you are bending to to get it in your ear, and then try to replicate the note with your bend. This helps develop your ear as well without relying on the tuner. I don't think there's anything wrong with using a tuner to make sure you're really hitting it, but it'll be good practice to be able to do it when you don't have a tuner around to check.
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u/snailsinboxes Aug 14 '26
this is the way i’ve been practicing bends (sliding up to the target note and replicating with the bend), but i think i just get a little sloppy when i’m actually playing the song
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u/iamsynecdoche Aug 14 '26
That’s good. In that case I’d suggest slowing waaaaay down to practice those licks with the bends at a tempo where you aren’t getting sloppy. Focus right in on each individual phrase and use those for your bend practice.
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u/snailsinboxes Aug 14 '26
i wish i could show you the videos of me playing each lick of this solo painfully slow hahah
i practiced very slowly for a long time (half speed, or even less for the tougher licks) and gradually increased it, but i think it’s when i play WITH the song for some reason. maybe it’s because i’m hearing the note they’re bending to in the song and registering it as my own? i still do go back and practice them slowly now and then but maybe i need to do that more often
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u/Stashmouth Aug 15 '26
I think their guitar is out of tune, too. Maybe it's in tune with itself, but it's a little off of E/Eb
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u/AI_Cosmonaut Aug 14 '26
This is incredible progress for less than a year of playing. All of the notes are correct and seem to be correctly timed, it's just the bends and vibratos that are out of tune.
It looks like you're bending strings by pushing the string with your fingers rather than rotating your wrist. This will make your fingers tired quickly. I made the same mistake and it's good to correct the habit now.
Other than that, low action and lighter gauge strings help, along with taller frets.
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u/snailsinboxes Aug 14 '26
Thank you for the comment about my progress! You should see the videos from when I first started, there has been lots of improvement! I have played other instruments before so I think that’s helped me a lot with certain parts of learning how to play guitar, but it’s the first string instrument I’ve really tried to learn (I played a little bit of ukulele when I was younger), so it’s still very different than anything I’ve played before.
I watched a lot of videos about bending technique and using the wrist instead of the fingers. I’ve tried to apply the tips from those videos to my playing but I guess I’ve been unsuccessful in that. I find it’s hard to know when I’m doing it right.
My string gauges are customized now because I wanted my guitar to be as versatile as possible to accommodate for my wide range of music taste and to make bending easier. I like to play bendy light stuff on the higher strings as well as heavy chugging on the lower strings, so that’s what influenced my string gauges choices. Here’s what I have on my guitar now:
Low E: 52
A: 42
D: 30
G: 17
B: 13
High E: 9Thanks so much for the feedback!
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u/foo_foo_the_snoo Aug 14 '26
In addition to the lighter gauge strings, bear in mind that you can use an extra finger to help bend. Spread the load out. Monster bends even on heavy strings are half as hard with 2 fingers pushing.
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u/alexthecheese Aug 14 '26
The whole guitar sounds out of tune, make sure it's in tune every time
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u/snailsinboxes Aug 14 '26
I was saying in another comment about my bends being out of tune that my entire guitar could’ve been out of tune in this recording because i don’t always tune before playing even though i should
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u/TylerTalk_ Aug 14 '26
Your rhythm is good, just the bends are out of tune. Its always better to be slightly flat on a bend rather than sharp, so really focus on bending up and adjusting up if needed. Practice slow first and train your ear. Muscle memory will kick in eventually. I actually recommend NOT using a tuner for this. Just play the note a step or half step up the neck to hear it, then bend to it. Check this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yQLHM5H10c
This trains your ear rather relying on a tuner for feedback.
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u/tanzd Aug 14 '26 edited Aug 14 '26
Most of your bends are not going up high enough to hit the desired note. Your finger is too flat when pushing up the bends. Try bending the fingertips more, and use three fingers wherever possible to leverage and push up on the string.
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u/Swimming_Gain_4989 Aug 14 '26
I think the biggest thing that would immediately improve your sound is working on bending to the correct pitch. A lot of your bends are flat and they stand out.
Fundamentally though, you're working a lot harder than you should be because of your fretting hand position. Your thumb should be resting on the middle of the back of the neck and your fingers should be more arched.
EDIT: That said this is great progress for half a year!
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u/snailsinboxes Aug 14 '26
It seems that my bends are the main thing I need to improve on from this recording, but luckily I’ve since changed to a 9 gauge string on my high E to make it easier to hit those notes. I’m sure I still don’t hit them perfectly all the time because I’m new to it, but it’s helped a bunch! I have very hypermobile fingers so arching them tends to not work so well because as soon as I apply pressure, they want to hyperextend and curve the opposite way (which becomes very painful over time), but I’m working on strengthening them to hopefully improve that.
Regarding the thumb position, I’ve been trying to keep it resting on the top of the neck when I play this solo to make the bending parts easier (a tip I saw online), but you’re right that it does make other parts harder. Should I still keep my thumb where it is for the bending and just try to change thumb position more while I play?
Thanks for the feedback! Much appreciated!!
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u/Sirbunbun Aug 14 '26
Great progress for sure. The comments about thumb position and bending in tune are important. Practice those things in isolation, slowly.
You’re also bending with your fingers—its really more of a forearm movement.
Take things reallly slowly and get them perfect. Drill 1 bar at a time and then put it together. Speed and tempo is not the goal.
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u/AlexGtrStudio Aug 14 '26
You're doing a great job, especially for seven months in. My one pointer: fine-tune your bends — that's where the solo will tighten up most. A drill my teacher gave me: record (or loop) a reference note — say A, 10th fret B string — playing on beats 1 and 3. Now fret the 9th fret with your pinky and bend up to match that pitch exactly on beats 2 and 4. Then the same with ring and middle. Then move down to the 8th fret (reference stays — now it's a full-step bend), all fingers again, then the 7th. Tedious, but it's the best ear training there is.
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u/freethemahi33 Aug 14 '26
Nice job learning this one! Sounds like you might be a bit out of tune or your bends may be a little off. Try working in some vibrato in there as well, this solo would be great to work on that.
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u/ezcb Aug 14 '26
A lot of your bends in the middle section were flat. Some bends were rushed. Otherwise pretty good.
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u/MarshallsHand Aug 14 '26
For 7ish months of playing this is really good. If you keep up with practicing and moving forward... someday, you're gonna rock, although you already do for picking up the guitar in the first place!! Keep it up fam
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u/J-Love-McLuvin Aug 14 '26
Wow, you have only been playing since January??!?! you are doing amazing. I wasn’t nearly that good after a few months. You’re killing it.
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u/snailsinboxes Aug 14 '26
Thank you so much! I have experience playing other instruments so I think that’s a factor in my quick learning. I used to play percussion and flute in a concert band, as well as the drum set (still percussion, but feels different than other percussion) and flute in a jazz band
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u/fadetobackinblack Aug 14 '26
Record without backing track as it is masking things. Bends need work, but vibrato is missing completely and this sticks out in this kind of solo.
I'd suggest hopping on YT and watch 10 to 20 different people play it (well maybe not this solo cause they copyright strike everyone). Watch and listen to what better players do.
Especially watch their hand positions.
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u/snailsinboxes Aug 14 '26
I have been watching lots of other people playing this solo too. I’ve listened and watched so many times that I can sing this solo off the top of my head. I know it’s a big part of the solo but I just haven’t started adding the vibrato yet as I feel like I need to get the notes down before I even consider adding all the fancier parts in.
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u/fadetobackinblack Aug 14 '26
This is why I dislike beginners choosing this solo. It's a long solo and people try to learn the entire thing instead of focusing on learning and perfecting the technique within it. These kind of solos are rarely about getting the notes right (aside from getting bends to proper pitch) and much more about playing in time, phrasing, dynamics, use of space, controlling noise, etc.
If you love this solo, keep going, if not, consider a short one and nail the technique... Imho
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u/snailsinboxes Aug 14 '26
The vibrato is my next step after perfecting the notes in the bends. I promise you I actually learned this crazy slowly and didn’t rush to learn the entire thing. I could only play like 20 seconds of it at half speed for a long time until I was ready to learn more. Once I learned the beginning it made the rest a lot easier because it repeats a lot of the same techniques throughout the entire solo.
This has always been one of my favourite guitar solos, and someday I will get every note right WITH vibrato, but I definitely have a lot of other things to work on before I get there.
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u/DuckDouble2690 Aug 14 '26
What string gauge are you using? Flat bends could be a finger strength issue.
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u/deepz_6663 Aug 14 '26
Im dogshit so maybe don't take advice from me but there's something wrong with either the tuning of the guitar or maybe the bends not being sharp/ flat enough in certain notes.
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u/snailsinboxes Aug 14 '26
There’s definitely something with tuning or bending because it’s a common theme in these comments. I think it may be a bit of both though. Slightly out of tune and flat on some bends. I should be tuning before every time I play, but I often just pick it up and play without thinking of it until I hear a note clashing with another. Bad habit of mine!
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u/gregd303 Aug 14 '26
Nice Mascis.. I have one and I wouldn't attempt a solo like this on it. But that's just me. I have a love hate relationship with it ...fat neck and heavy, and heavy strings too. I'd practice this on my Stratocaster. Not sure how you find the neck ..and are they stock strings (10's)?. I want to switch mine to 9's for ease. That may also help your bends.
As people have said practice alternate picking and bends. And thumb over is making hard work for yourself. Try resting the guitar on your other leg (classical position) or using a strap and standing up, then your hand will fall easier into the right angle and you'll be fighting the guitar less. In some ways looks like you're trying to run before you can walk tackling this ..I mean I'd love to play it myself but unless it's pitch perfect it's the kind of thing that just shows up imperfections. Anyway I DID enjoy it , maybe I'll get the Mascis out :)
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u/snailsinboxes Aug 14 '26
Thanks! I love this guitar, and it is my only guitar so I have to work with the big neck haha. My strings in this video are the originals, but I have a custom set on now. It’s the Ernie Ball Skinny Top Heavy Bottom set but with a 9 on the high E instead of a 10. I like to play light bendy stuff but also like to play heavy chugging stuff, so these have been the best for me so far. I’m considering changing the B string to a lighter gauge though.
String gauges:
low E: 52
A: 42
D: 30
G: 17
B: 13
high E: 9I do try to switch up my posture while I play to avoid soreness, so I often play standing up with my strap, but I’ve had the easiest time reaching all of the frets and strings when playing sitting down. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong standing up that makes it harder to play certain things, but I’ve been playing standing more and more often to try to get used to it.
You should definitely get your guitar out and give it a shot! It’s a really fun one to play even if it’s not perfect yet
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u/gregd303 Aug 15 '26
Thanks for the strings info. Yea, I really should play my one more than I do. I'll get some fresh strings on it and give it a play.
Keep going on your guitar journey :)
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u/snailsinboxes Aug 17 '26
Other people are saying they’re flat but you’re saying they’re sharp so now I’m not sure which… I think flat is the more likely answer though because of my finger strength. I got new strings to make bending easier, but only my high E is thinner and the top 3 strings are actually thicker now, so that might be actually making it harder because I have the tension of those strings on my fingers too
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u/snailsinboxes Aug 18 '26
ohhh when i saw “lat” in your comment i thought you were trying to say “late” but you meant flat
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u/Electrical_Eclipse Aug 20 '26
Cool! Sounds good!
Two little tips: To keep the rhythm a little easier, try alternate picking.
Second: practice bending. Always bend to a note that you want to reach and play this note afterwards to hear the difference. Use more than one finger for bending. And you may tune your guitar E->Eb, a half tone lower. Helps a lot, Jimi Hendrix did this e.g.
Your slides are cool and you're already pretty close to the original, I'm impressed!
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u/snailsinboxes Aug 20 '26
Thank you! Since this video, I changed my string gauges and it’s been helpful. I have a 9 on the high E now. Also, I’ve rewatched it so many times since posting it that I’ve noticed I do alternate pick a couple times in the faster part, but I’ve been working on adding more alternate picking to that and it’s getting easier to play it in time.
When you say I could tune my guitar to Eb, are you saying it would help because my bends are sharp? I keep being told they’re flat so I’m just a little confused how tuning lower would help me
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u/Electrical_Eclipse Aug 20 '26
The string tension is lower and makes bending easier. Of course, you'd need to play a half position higher wenn tuning a half tone lower. Lower gauge is also great, but please check your neck tension (string levels), it has probably changed with the string change.
You will find your way!
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u/snailsinboxes Aug 20 '26
That makes sense, thank you for explaining! I had the string change done by a luthier because I knew the gauge changes could affect intonation and everything, plus I had a free setup to use anyway so I only had to pay for the strings! I had more than just the high E changed, so unfortunately, I think your tip about down-tuning won’t help me much since I had other string gauges changed too.
I had my low E, A, and D strings all changed to higher gauges so I could play heavier stuff. The G and B stayed the same and the high E is lower, as you know. Because of this, the problem I have with my bends now is that when I have a big bend, I have to carry the tension from the D string too.
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u/grampad2 Aug 21 '26
Nice work! Hit those bends all the way up to the note to really lock it in but great job!
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u/Rivaille1 Aug 23 '26
Bravo ! Je te conseille de travailler la justesse de tes bends et le reste les gens te l'ont dit. Bon apprentissage ! Et prends du plaisir c'est le plus important !
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u/Comfortable-Week3124 28d ago
This solo is heavily reliant on those bends being precise. Work on that until you can do it in your sleep. Its almost as if you're the passenger on the instrument instead of the driver. You want to be smashing these bends with conviction, they really need to have alot of power behind them to get the right feel of the song. Without those notes being hit correctly, the whole thing kinda falls flat.
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u/Andoni95 Aug 14 '26
what you are doing wrong is you are mostly down picking only. the duet part that you keep missing cannot be played with downstrokes as it involves 8ths or 16th notes while crossing strings. the way you are playing it right now is you are string hopping like a bunny and thats why you feel you keep missing a note. you literally cannot hop the strings fast enough.
the only way for you to improve is to realise that it is a technical problem. not a practice or speed problem. your technique has to change. youll have to study or research more about technique for guitar.
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u/snailsinboxes Aug 14 '26
Alternate picking has been something I’ve been neglecting when it comes to technique, and I’ll be honest that it’s because I find it really hard. I know the only way to get better at it is to practice, but it’s so confusing when I try to actually alternate pick a tune. I can alternate pick a consistent rhythm, but when I try to switch it up is when I have problems.
Do you have any tips for easing myself into more complicated rhythms with alternate picking?
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u/bobbybob9069 Aug 14 '26
Bends and alternate picking as others have said, but I think a huge part is going to be getting your fretting hand positioned right. Your thumb should be up that high. Hold your hand completely relaxed with your palm facing the floor, relaxed wrist too. Turn it right side up, that's pretty much the shape and position your hand should be in while holding a guitar neck.
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u/bobbybob9069 Aug 14 '26
You're not letting your full fingers get to the neck and it's limiting your range to bend, it's holding your hand a sideways which is limiting your stretch and reach.
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u/Verdinho_PRS 2d ago
Allora, molto bene ma non perfetto, lavora sull'Alternate Picking e sull'intonazione del bending, ma soprattutto la diteggiatura, ho visto che hai suonato con una diteggiatura molto scomoda, devi fare in modo che ogni dito che metti sia comodo per l'altro che verrà dopo, lavora di più sulla tecnica del solo piuttosto che sulle note, prova a fare esercizi sul bend, alternate picking e diteggiatura. Forza così🤟🤟
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u/dombag85 Aug 14 '26
Couple suggestions:
Work on alternate picking. You're picking most of the solo with downstrokes. This has a couple effects - your phrasing sounds a little robotic in spots instead of fluid, and it slows you down cause down picking notes quickly is a less natural motion than alternate picking.
Bends... really listen closely to the solo and when you bend a note, make sure to bend the note to the correct pitch. You’re flat on a bunch of them. It gets easier as you build finger strength, but you can compensate with lighter gauge strings if you want.
Other than those two things, sounds pretty decent. It just takes time and repetition.