Solo of the Month (SotM) #33

markv

Sent mine in.

Approach: I originally tried to do something more melodic and, well, sweet sounding on the upper frets, in the vein of the track that nobody's mentioning. That wasn't working very well, so I decided to make everything the opposite. I selected the scuzziest tone I could (a Fredric Effects Unpleasant Companion helped greatly here) and worked on the bottom string only, looking for something more riff-y than solo-y. Scale is D-minor pentatonic.

Now I'm done and I listen back to, er, y'know, that track ... well, it's not all as clean as I remember actually, so maybe I'm not that far off after all.

Modellista

Mine's in.

Similar to @Brad 's description, I ended up using three scales/keys based around D major, G major, and G minor, with some chordy bits in as well, along with some favourite double stops.

I guess the option to use a few different scales does prove the "keyless wonder" theory!

This was recorded using the bridge pickup of an '85 Japanese Fender Tele into a Zoom MS50G.  Overdrive into Fender amp with spring reverb and a bit of delay.  All modelled of course.

stratman3142

That makes 10 entries so far, which is a good turn out again. The latest entries have been added to the playlist in the original post.

Also, thanks for the descriptions of the approaches used.

stratman3142

... and another one, so that makes 11 entries.

I've updated the playlist in the original post to contain all the entries so far.

sticker

I went for overlapping guitars in kinda the same way that happens in Hotel California. 
Im not a lead guitar player in the slightest and have only ever played a handful of solos.
my approach was to put together a handful of twiddles and slides and some half forgotten things from an old Albert Lee Starlicks VHS and hope for the best . 

SteveF

I had a bash - not sure it's up to the same standard as some of yours though.  It's been a long time since I did any recording and I forgot how enjoyable (but frustrating!) it can be.  I couldn't resist the little reference in there.  

stratman3142

SteveF said:

I had a bash - not sure it's up to the same standard as some of yours though.  It's been a long time since I did any recording and I forgot how enjoyable (but frustrating!) it can be.  I couldn't resist the little reference in there.  

Added to the playlist along with one I got from @FINBAR2004 ;

So that's a total of 13 entries so far. A very good turn out this month

FINBAR2004

I tend to lurk in the shadows and read the forum rather than join in, so I thought this might be a chance to take part proper.

My approach was to think in phrases, starting low on the neck and working up. Could have released a double album of out takes by the end.

stratman3142

Not much time left. Submission deadline is 11:30pm tonight.

I'll start a new thread for the voting tomorrow.

stratman3142

Entry closed.