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9 hours ago, Thunderquip said:

 

 

In my opinion this is the best he played 'this I love' live. He gave it some space and seemed to be feeling it, unlike what he usually does, which is to 'think' it and try and fit as many new little tricks he has leaned into it (probably to try and show that he is just as good as any technical shredder) but slash was always best when he played from the heart and I think these days he far too often just mails his solos in, rips of his latest little tricks and twiddly bits and then gives an interview saying 'yeah, we recorded the album in under a week, really quick! My solos are sloppy but totally from the heart and full of energy! Bullshit. He is just painting by numbers, anyway...

 

I'll make another thread about my thoughts there. What this thread is about is what do you think are his greatest moments live? I would like to make a collection of his best improvisations, because I know he still does produce the magic at times! 

 

CheerS!

If you're looking for the best This I Love solo by Slash, I'd say it was from one of the very first shows that he played it in (8th April 2016 Las Vegas). 

If you're looking for his best live improv ever, I'd probably nominate Anastasia Sydney 2012 like @Free Bird said or his blues jam from Bruxelles 2012: 

That said, a lot of his live improv from UYI era is also amazing. 

13 hours ago, LA_0013 said:

Perfect ranking. although personally I’d switch LTD and 4 but the rest is spot on

Am I the only one who likes Slash's self-titled album a lot? It has some of the most diverse playing by Slash IMO. Don't understand why it's rated the lowest. 

7 minutes ago, StrangerInThisTown said:

I need to process this more, but what I just heard sounds like a step up from LTD, so many good songs. (I haven't listened to the album yet, I was waiting to hear it this way). Especially Whatever Gets You By struck a chord with me, fuck that was like a long lost 1995 It's Five O Clock Somewhere song.

Exactly what I thought when I first heard it as well. Straight up early Snakepit Era. 

6 minutes ago, kingcanyon said:

now how good will Fall Back to the Earth be

Much better than the album version! 

Some of the intricate guitar work that was hidden in the album mix really shines here. 

The mix is so much better! Really enjoying what I'm hearing so far. 

This makes me wonder why they dropped the ball with the mix in the album. They probably should have just released a higher quality version of the livestream audio as the album instead. 

3 minutes ago, MaskingApathy said:

I think some of these they played several times for video purposes, in Whatever Gets You By there was a part where what Fitzy is playing and what we're hearing isn't the same.

Yeah. Seems to be the case. I noticed Slash's hands magically change positions on the fretboard between consecutive cuts. 

Just listened to the entire album. Not impressed with this record. There are some good songs let down by the shoddy production and somewhat sloppy solos. 

I mainly listen to SMKC songs for Slash's guitar work but the guitars in this album are too muffled and lost in the mix. Same goes for the vocals as well. Probably the worst SMKC record for me but I'm sure I'll dig a few songs after a few listens like I always do. 

1 hour ago, Towlie said:

The audio quality just makes it hard for me to get in to.

Wish they had've just done a normal studio recording and done a live album as a bonus.

Same here. Not really digging the mix.

Also, I'm finding Slash's playing to be a bit less polished/sloppy in the tracks released so far, which I guess is because of the live recording process. His playing in the previous SMKC albums was much more tighter. 

1 minute ago, Gibson87 said:

What song are we on?

YCBM

8 hours ago, Gibbo said:

Guns N' Roses - Locomotive - Live At Wichita 2019 [Fransad] ://bittubers.com/post/59d8f255-6db9-428b-b9e8-97f90cbbe8f1

Thanks a lot, mate! Was searching for this everywhere. 

Liking this album quite a bit. Some riffs are quite different from what Slash usually plays which makes it interesting. Nothing stood out like Anastasia or Wicked Stone so far but maybe something will emerge after a few more listens.

On 11/08/2018 at 5:00 AM, DK6 said:

Nice one mate. Sounds great.

Thanks a lot. Appreciate it! 

GnR and Slash are the primary reasons which drove me to take up guitar. Been trying to learn on my own for the past two and a half years and finally managed to learn a solo which I can play well enough to my satisfaction.

Still can't play the outro solo at full speed. XD

But I guess loads of practice will eventually get me there. 

Do let me know your thoughts after watching the video. 

24 minutes ago, Kelmi said:

Wow. Frank messed up Estanged last solo and also Double Talkin Jive. Thanks Frank.

I think Slash jumped the tempo during the Estranged solo. I agree Frank's drumming has always been bad in Estranged but he was holding tempo just fine. I've noticed that Slash has been going off tempo more often in this leg of the tour. Not sure if it's related to Frank or not. 

I think they lowered the tempo on November Rain a bit. Sounds great now!

Don't really like Finck's tone or style of playing that much but I voted for him. The album version of this solo is the best I've heard so far for this song.

I'm sure Slash could write a better solo for this song if he sat down and composed one. What he's currently doing doesn't impress me that much. 

Ashba isn't even competition...

I know what you are talking about and this is something I noticed as well. It is probably just feedback in the studio version adding up harmonics and making the note sound higher pitched that is hard to replicate live. People on YouTube who cover the song tend to play that part on higher frets to make it sound like that. But yeah, Slash usually doesn't stick to what he exactly plays in the studio version most of the time and relies more on improvising various parts. 

I really wish he plays the studio version of the November Rain outro someday because I'm learning it right now and it's got some amazing licks which he doesn't play in the live versions.

12 minutes ago, WhenYou'reTalkinToYourself said:

Yes. He's also done this with SMKC. Always on Paradise City.

Now that I've checked out a few SMKC performances of PC, yeah he does it there too. Don't know how I missed that! I had only watched 2-3 SMKC performances of PC before and never noticed him doing that.

1 hour ago, IncitingChaos said:

high energy PC

Is Slash playing the outro holding his guitar behind his head? Damn! 

Has he done this in any of the previous shows? 

Nightrain 

YCBM

OTGM

Rocket Queen 

Civil War 

As much as a Slash fan that I am, I have to admit that Slash did mess up a bit over there. He played the slide solo too far behind the tempo and with long gaps between each note. Not sure what that was and why it happened, but probably just an IEM problem or something like that. Or maybe just an off day.  

Amazing man! Your attention to detail is great! I'm learning the solos currently and I'm able to notice how accurate this cover is with respect to the original. Also, your tone is heavenly and is probably the best NR tone in YouTube I've heard so far.  

Can you please share your amp settings? Also, what guitar do you have and how long have you been playing? 

Great playing! Hope even I can get to the point where I can play like you someday. 

You could have done the pinch harmonics though, like the album version. Sounds really great with them. 

Great tone man! And good playing too. I liked it! 

I discovered GNR sometime close to the year 2008. I used to play GTA: San Andreas and WTTJ was a part of the radio soundtrack. I felt that it was a cool song but didn't give too much thought about it initially.

Later, a friend of mine came to my home and wanted to search on YouTube on my computer for a new song that he had heard somewhere. It was "By the Sword". When he looked it up, he realized that it was Slash's song and I came to know about this guy called Slash. 

A few days later, we watched the music video of WTTJ and I realized the same Slash guy was here too! Also, I was amazed by Axl's voice and his wildness in the video that I decided to look GNR up. I watched SCOM next and became an instant fan! The solo just bowled me over! 

So, I downloaded a few popular GNR songs: WTTJ,  SCOM, Nightrain, Paradise City, NR, Estranged, Don't Cry and Patience and kept listening to them a whole lot. Slash's style of playing and Axl's vocals appealed to me a lot and kept me repeating the songs again and again.

At the beginning I liked SCOM the most followed by Estranged but now my most favorite songs are NR, Coma, Nightrain, RQ. I like many Slash's solo/SMKC/VR songs too. I also got myself a Les Paul style guitar recently because I very badly wanted learn how to play the guitar for a long time after listening to GNR tunes! 

3 hours ago, IncitingChaos said:

 

Axl's energy and rasp is off the charts!! Makes me almost forget mickey even existed!