Cool electric guitar instrumentals to learn?

axisus

I can play one!

• Focus - Sylvia

I have spent many years failing to master several:

• Satch - AWMAWY
• Vai - The Crying machine
• Thomas Blug - Beauty
• Vinai T - Amen (obscure but very nice)
• Nudy22 - he binds the broken hearted (obscure but cool)
• Top gun theme

The one I gave up before even starting due to serious widdle:

• Andy James - The wind that shakes the heart

I need to try something different, what are other cool ones to have a go at? Obviously looking at my list I'm a bit crap, but happy to consider anything!

MrTee

Been enjoying working my way through Mateus Asato's 'Time' lately 

sxard

Elliott Smith - Kiwi Maddog 20/20 is one that I've enjoyed playing for a while now.

flying_pie

Drag Racer by The Doug Wood Band

It's better known as the BBC snooker theme 

digitalkettle

Pete Thorn's 'Promise' is nice/short/manageable...go for it!

Switch625

Apache by The Shadows

Switch 625 by Def Leppard

Albatross by Fleetwood Mac

And this of course

flying_pie said:

Drag Racer by The Doug Wood Band

It's better known as the BBC snooker theme 

Winny_Pooh

Here's a few melodic and not too shreddy ones I dig

Little Wing by SRV
Santana Samba pa Ti
Eric Johnson/alien love child - the boogie king 
Khruangbin Dern Kala
Jim Campilongo the prettiest girl in New York 
Julian Lage Nocturne 

ElectricXII

I've been playing Buckaroo today!

Jalapeno

Winny_Pooh said:

Little Wing by SRV

Lenny - SRV

Sabre Dance - Love Culture / Dave Edmonds

The Supernatural - John Mayall / Peter Green

Beck's Bolero

? Tubular Bells ?

distressed

Larry Coryell with Alphonse Mouzon:

axisus

Thanks for the suggestions people, I shall give them all a listen and pick one or two. Ta!

Gassage

Marooned
5am
One of These Days.

YYZ
Leave That Thing Alone
La Villa Strangiato

Sleepwalk

flying_pie

There's also a blues classic

Hideaway (either Blues breakers with Eric Clapton or Freddie King)

BillDL

The Fleetwood Mac (Danny Kirwan) rendition of Jigsaw Puzzle Blues.  Good (but long) tutorial here.

The Chet Atkins rendition of the original harmonica tune (by Eric Spear) Meet Mister Callaghan.  It was also done by Les Paul.  The ventures did a "surf" version of the song, and a lot of other artists have done guitar covers of the song.  Chet played it differently on a few recordings and live.

flying_pie

If we're taking Chet Atkins then Jerry's Breakdown is with a mention

were it not for the fact it's ridiculously difficult. It's in the pile of instrumental songs you try every few years and give up on after a couple of bars like Eugene's Trick Bag and Cliffs Of Dover

Snap

just about anything by Mogwai really. 

Dontgiveupyourdayjob

Hide Away - Freddie King

fnpt

For the Love of God - Vai

axisus

fnpt said:

For the Love of God - Vai

I love that one! Some serious widdle though!

Littlejonny

How about

I’m Buzzed - Michael Landau
The Night Rider - Jimmy Bryant
Anything by Jim Campilongo
anything by Khruangbin
anything by Bill Frisell…albums to check out: Gone, Just Like a Train, The Bill Frisell Quartet, Ghost Town
dick dale
plectrum style arrangements of songs eg Beatles, Dylan…pick out the melody and fill the harmony in where you can

Littlejonny

I’m also like playing Follow Your Heart by John McLaughlin