Best pentatonic classic rock solo to learn

stavrose

Hi All

I want to invest some time learning a really great classic rock or rock blues solo (using only pentatonic scale) that contains lots of really great but simple little licks and phrases that can be stripped out of the solo and easily recalled and ‘recycled’ when improvising/jamming.  

Some songs seem to ‘give’ more of these than others... Are there solos that you’ve learned that have helped you develop your stock pentatonic ‘moves’ more than others? 

Am I talking crap or do you guys know what I’m looking for?

BTW, ideally the solos need to be available and  broken down on youtube for me to learn them effectively. Tab is a bit laborious for me. 

guitartango

The best one i can think of is from some retired rock star in Bm. Plenty of licks to be re-used 

David Gilmour - Comfortably Numb 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=LTseTg48568

Any excuse to post the Lord of Tone  

stavrose

Good call. Could be a contender. Certainly plenty to learn in that one!! So do you find yourself using licks you learned from that solo? 

sixwheeltyrrel

How about the first guitar break on the Cream version of Crossroads?  I think that's a good example of a really well structured solo packed full of reuseable ideas/licks.  It's one which I think sits as well as any over the rhythm part and there's a lot you can get from  they way it flows and transitions over the changes. 

danishbacon

Jesse Ed Davis' solo at end of ain't that a lot of love

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3raod3

Tenebrous

That riff at 1:40 and the descent a little bit after are just so useful to get under the fingers.

mudslide73

Badge. Masterclass in Maj/Min pentatonic.

HAL9000

All Along The Watchtower by Hendrix. Mostly C#m pentatonic with loads of memorable licks and a fair amount of invention - and really not that difficult. Also loads of YouTube tutorials for it.

Dontgiveupyourdayjob

Plenty of AC/DC solos would probably fit that bill. Easy starting points would probably be 'Back In Black' and '' You Shook Me All Night Long'. 

stavrose

Thanks guys. Some good choices so far! 

fastonebaz

Any acdc song from thre Bon Scott era.  Esp off the High Voltage album. Such a classic. 

guitartango

stavrose said:

Good call. Could be a contender. Certainly plenty to learn in that one!! So do you find yourself using licks you learned from that solo? 

sometimes I play some of the licks back to front or just grab a few notes from each bar

stratman3142

sixwheeltyrrel said:

How about the first guitar break on the Cream version of Crossroads?  I think that's a good example of a really well structured solo packed full of reuseable ideas/licks.  It's one which I think sits as well as any over the rhythm part and there's a lot you can get from  they way it flows and transitions over the changes. 

Agreed. A great example of combining the major and minor pentatonics. My favourite tutorial is at the link below, which importantly captures the feel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eHtmazTMrc

abw1989

Zakk Wylde's solo in Desire (Ozzy) is all pentatonic licks. Start them slow build up the speed.

bbill335

Crossroads is a bit widdly widdly, try Sunshine of Your Love and practice bends/vibrato

robgilmo

Easy one to play, fun to play along to, lots of changes throughout the song.

strummer

Alright Now easy and great licks you can use elsewhere..

steven70

Steppin' Out (Clapton 'Beano' album) is good to get stuck into. Been learning that for 30 years...

Also any ZZ Top, 'Eliminator' has a load of simple but deceptively cool licks to rip off (he seemed to slow down his lead playing around this time)

Lesgrandepotato

Hey joe?

hollywoodrox

Highway to Hell

soma1975

Alright Now.  Slowish and easy and iconic.