Beat It Solo
- Thread starter philbagg
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buzzard bass
Terminated
Study EVH, he did the solo on Beat It. Never liked it though, didn't seem to fit in with the song for me. I'm guessing it's all finger tapping, EVH copied that from Steve Hackett and just went mental.
chamelious
www.thesunexplodes.com
Total Guitar tabbed it at some point so there should be accurate tabs out there if you're looking to reproduce it exactly. But yeah whammy work, pinched harmonics, tapping, tremolo picking. Or you could write your own spin on it. Like fall out boy tried to do, but try not to be as awful as they were at it.
philbagg
Just Killing Time
That's a hell of a thread title Philby...
Thought I'd wandered into The Cave for a mo'...
I didn't even f**king notice that
Well I could use Pro Tools or Guitar Rig, but I trust the tabs. Besides, I figure it's the kind of solo that you don't learn note-for-note. It's just impossible. Ya get the jist and play. Even still, it's the tappin that's getting me. It seems pretty effortless for him. And while I do know I'm not nearly on the same level as EVH, I'm using a lot more gain than him and still losing power.
The whammy work, pinches, and tremolo picking are all ok. I'm even gonna throw in one or two dive bombs when i get my whammy bar re-fitted. Til then I'm just lifting the bridge with my fingers while trilling
legionserial
New member
Just do it in a Kurt Cobain style.
muttley600
Banned
I think you'll find everybody copied it from Jimmie Webster.
DrewPeterson7
Sage of the Order
Start slow, practicing unplugged.
Seriously. I'm no EVH myself, but this is how I really got my legato technique clean. If you can get clean articulation on slurred techniques with zero compression from the amp, then you can do it with almost any gain level.
chamelious
www.thesunexplodes.com
I actually don't agree with this. Its not that hard to get a loud enough sound tapping, the hard part is dealing with all the string noise. Which is best done with distortion on to accentuate the noise
DrewPeterson7
Sage of the Order
I actually don't agree with this. Its not that hard to get a loud enough sound tapping, the hard part is dealing with all the string noise. Which is best done with distortion on to accentuate the noise
Hey, that's a totally valid part of tapping technique too, and something he'll want to look at down the line as well.
but, if the problem is he's having a hard time getting tapped notes to ring out more evenly, jacking up the gain is sort of like slapping on a band-aid after you've amputated your leg. It doesn't really do much to the underlying problem, which is that his tapped articulation isn't even.
philbagg
Just Killing Time
buzzard bass
Terminated
I stand corrected mah san.
That was a legit question.
mshilarious
Banned
He's Irish, it's either that or a Dexys Midnight Runners cover band--and no, they don't play "Come On Eileen", they play the early Dexys Midnight Runners tunes, *before* they got fiddles and got popular
legionserial
New member
"What was that groupie's name?"
"Eileen I think."
"Hmm, I have an idea for a song about what we just did to her."
He's Irish, it's either that or a Dexys Midnight Runners cover band--and no, they don't play "Come On Eileen", they play the early Dexys Midnight Runners tunes, *before* they got fiddles and got popular
They might as well mix in some U2 and Sinead O'Conner.
legionserial
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They might as well mix in some U2 and Sinead O'Conner.
With a touch of Riverdance.