07-03-2006, 01:23 PM
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Local Artist
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Solo - Journey's "Who's Crying Now?"
This is the solo from the Journey hit "Who's Crying Now". I learned it from an old Marc Seal "Guitar Mania" lesson which I have on CD.
I played it with my Ibanez Artist and a patch I made on my GT-6. I use the neck humbucker for the beginning and end, and the neck for the middle.
Please critique....and happy 4th of July everyone!
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07-03-2006, 01:30 PM
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Ear Candy Distributor
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You've got the core of the solo pretty much perfect but watch those high bends; they are what makes the song. Also listen to the vibrato Neal puts on the end of some of the lines where he is bending a semi-tome in and out at VERY slow pace (ala John Sykes but John prolly nicked it from Neal!).
Tone was pretty close alos...good stuff.  |
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07-03-2006, 01:37 PM
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Valhalla is coming !!!!!
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I like the edge to this solo , more bite than the original , and i like it , like Wah said , the bends are the trademark of Schon quite hard to do really , but this is very nice !!!!!
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07-03-2006, 02:05 PM
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Hell. I don't know the original and I am not familiar with the band either. But it sounds pretty cool to me 
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07-03-2006, 02:09 PM
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Local Artist
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Thanks - I'll keep working on the bends when the skin grows back on my fingertips 
With 10's - those are painful!
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07-03-2006, 02:26 PM
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Ear Candy Distributor
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Try Hybrid Slinkies...they go 9 to 46...tone without pain! |
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07-03-2006, 03:29 PM
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Jeff McDonald
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Well, I doubt Simon Cowell would praise it, but I thought it was pretty good and I enjoyed your version. I thought the bends were alright, but not perfect (I have heard this song a gazillion times though, so I am comparing it to what has been burned onto my brain). They have a ways to go before reaching perfect replication, but none remotely bordered on painful. Overall it sounded pretty good to me.
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Hell. I don't know the original and I am not familiar with the band either. But it sounds pretty cool to me |
I can't believe you have not even heard of Journey or Neal Schon before!!!  Neal is one of my faves of all time, as he is really good at conceptual phrasing (you can almost always follow his musical thought patterns, as opposed to a lot of various rubbish to fill space).
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07-03-2006, 03:42 PM
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this is one of my favorite neil solos. you got the notes, tone and phrasing pretty close but you overlooked one of the most important parts. neil schon has one killer vibrato and it totally makes the solo. you have to learn his vibrato thats all there is to it. once you add the vibrato it will be almost perfect |
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07-07-2006, 01:11 PM
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Famous Artist
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Yeah, some of the bends aren't high enough and you need the vibrato too but I love this solo. I was playing along to you as I was listening.
Maybe I'll post my version one day but it won't be much better. Glad to see Journey covered!
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