Voting for Solo of the Month (SotM) #94

stratman3142

Welcome to the voting thread for Solo of the Month (SotM) #94. Feel free to vote and comment in this thread.

Thanks to @flying_pie for providing the backing track for this one.

Vote for your top 3 entries. If you're an entrant you can't vote for yourself.

1st choice gets 5 points

2nd choice gets 3 points

3rd choice gets 1 point

Voting will end at midnight 31st May 2023.

The top three will be announced after the voting closes. No prizes. It's just for fun.

You can find all the entries the playlist below:

https://soundcloud.com/thefretboard/sets/sotm94-2023-05?si=4045c3d566d24aa6ba07bacc85dd9976&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

DigitalDave

Having 'phoned in sick' this month, I enjoyed checking these solos out immensely.
Well done to all - a tough challenge squeezing ideas into 30 seconds. 
Even harder trying to pick 3 !

5 points: @Bellycaster -  great tone, loved the intro and the jaunty lines
3 points: @stratman3142 - for what sounded like a diminished scale line
1 points: @digitalkettle - great groovy 60's sound and ending lick

 @fastonebaz and @flying_pie , great stuff i simply ran out of points

stratman3142

DigitalDave said:

@stratman3142 - for what sounded like a diminished scale line

Well spotted. A 'half step, whole step' scale line, which was an idea that I nicked from Robben Ford.

flying_pie

Great playing all round to a short but professionally mixed backing track (not my words). Difficult to separate but:

5 points @digitalkettle for the best fit to the backing for me. Great 60s vibes and nice and lively

3 points @Bellycaster for great playing, tasty licks and another well constructed solo

1 point @stratman3142 - very creative albeit a rich polite. Would sound killer on panpipes 

Sorry @fastonebaz but the others just pipped it for me. If the first solo had a tpuch of the second solo in it then it could well have changed the order

digitalkettle

Multi-entries! This is getting confusing

5pts - @fastonebaz for the 'Pulp Fact' entry...vintage vibe, tastefully played...no slippage of the mask (until Randy Rhoads turned up for 'slight return' )
3pts - @flying_pie for the 'Pentasonic' entry...very Kinks-esque...even the title sounds like a Burns guitar name
1pt - @Bellycaster - the usual inventive kind of playing...not sure that the title scans (geddit?)

Damn: five entrants = one person left out...sorry @stratman3142 there was clearly lots of thought in there...it just needed a bit more sass!

fastonebaz

5pts @stratman3142 like it was translated from Italian text info guitar and played.  V cool. 

3 pts @flying_pie Pentasonic. Both versions were most likely to result in girls taking their tops off at a rock festival I thought.   Splendid. 

1pts @digitalkettle very accomplished playing, way more that Angus could manage,  but I felt the backing required a drier tone.  Splendid licks. 

LastMantra

1st #02 @digitalkettle ;;

2nd #03 @flying_pie ;;

3rd #07 @Bellycaster ;;

All good, but these were my faves. 

stratman3142

@fastonebaz and @LastMantra could you say which of the two @flying_pie entries was your favourite.

fastonebaz

stratman3142 said:

@fastonebaz and @LastMantra could you say which of the two @flying_pie entries was your favourite.

Ah yes,  updated now.  

LastMantra

stratman3142 said:

@fastonebaz and @LastMantra could you say which of the two @flying_pie entries was your favourite.

Oops, soz!
I've added track numbers to my answer. 

Bellycaster

5 Points @digitalkettle - A bit Surfy in tone and Bluesy in Style, nice work and loved the run up at the end.

3 Points @flying_pie - Mr Pink Track. Nice phrasing and effective tone, another one with a Bluesy feel to it.

1 Point @stratman3142 - Very creative idea and slightly left field. Executed very well as usual.

stratman3142

I went with the entries that (I felt) best suited the backing track for style and sound.

5 points: @digitalkettle : Rockabilly vibes. A great fit to the backing

3 points: @fastonebaz for Pulp Fact : Rock n' roll surf guitar sits well with the backing.

1 point: @flying_pie for Pentasonic : A style and tone that slots in well.

stratman3142

Voting closes tonight at midnight.

stratman3142

Voting closed.