Towelie Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 For me, I'm pretty good at: Rocket Queen (except the slide part) Jungle SCOM It's So Easy Nightrain Mr Brownstone Currently working on You're Crazy acoustic version and my own acoustic rendition of Civil War. Used to play the TWAT and TIL solo, but haven't for a few years now. Also, Chinese is a pretty fun one to play, but I mostly enjoy playing the older stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeonKinight Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Silkworms. I've been diggin' it since the day it leaked. And i've made tabs for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towelie Posted July 1, 2018 Author Share Posted July 1, 2018 Would love to see some tab for Shadow Of Your Love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 (edited) Been meaning to try and learn some stuff on electric, currently I've only learned Civil War, Patience and UTLH. Really want to learn I.R.S., watched a video of some kid doing it on YouTube, I kept thinking to myself "I'll never be able to do that" Edited July 1, 2018 by Dean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvanG Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Don't Damn Me is quite fun to play. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvanG Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 4 hours ago, Towelie said: Would love to see some tab for Shadow Of Your Love. https://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/guns-n-roses-shadow-of-your-love-tab-s443397t0 Don't know how accurate it is though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson87 Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Catcher in the Rye Nightrain ISE TWAT (I can nail Robin's solo but have to improvise Bucket's) Estranged TIL OTGM Patience LALD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towelie Posted July 3, 2018 Author Share Posted July 3, 2018 4 hours ago, Gibson_Guy87 said: Catcher in the Rye Nightrain ISE TWAT (I can nail Robin's solo but have to improvise Bucket's) Estranged TIL OTGM Patience LALD Can you play Ron's Catcher lead work note for note? If so, very impressed.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson87 Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 59 minutes ago, Towelie said: Can you play Ron's Catcher lead work note for note? If so, very impressed.. Not every last note but I get pretty damn close 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soon Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 (edited) I havent played any in a while. But Guns songs were always ones I had to be extra careful to play in the correct ways. I dont know how to explain, but this video explains how sometimes we play what we think we hear, even if using tab, and we inject our own habits and style without realizing it, at the expense of the style elements of the actual player. I was very guilty of playing my version rather then the actual nuances of things like the turn arounds in RQ or the rhythmic patterns in Locomotives main riff. Or the Izzy part in DDM main riff - I always failed to get outta my zone and into that riffs headspace. Kinda inspired to dust em off now! Edited July 4, 2018 by soon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Cantona Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Whole of Appetite, but haven't played Anything Goes and Think About You in a long time, so I'm sure I'm rusty as fuck on them. There Was A Time, Coma, Locomotive, Don't Damn Me, Dead Horse, Used To Love Her, Better, Chinese Democracy, Bad Apples, Dust N' Bones, Right Next Door To Hell, Don't Cry, Shadow Of Your Love, Silkworms, Perfect Crime... There are a bunch of other Illusion and other GNR songs I can play but I need a list to pick them out 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson87 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 A few more I left out Yesterdays Civil War CD Better (rhythm) The Blues My Michelle Don't Cry 13 hours ago, AslatIE said: Whole of Appetite, but haven't played Anything Goes and Think About You in a long time, so I'm sure I'm rusty as fuck on them. I've been trying for quite a while to learn Think About You. The verse riff is tricky as fuck for me despite being a basic blues pattern 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
action Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 the power chord tracks (fun and easy to play): right next door to hell i don't care about you reckless life I can also play the solo at the beginning of paradise city, and a part of the long november rain solo. I find GNR tracks to be a pain in the ass sometimes. there is that little insane run in that last november rain solo that will probably forever be out of my reach. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew032302 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 (edited) Never tried the solos, so for rhythm: Better Chinese Democracy ISE Shadow (sorta) Nightrain Move to the City My Michelle Edited August 12, 2018 by andrew032302 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mendez Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 (edited) I can play Better on rhythm perfectly. I can play Prostitute nearly perfect. The verse guitar work isnt really complicated, but I can play both Robins and Buckets verses parts. I also know the overdubs during the "chorus". I cant solo for shit though lol. I can play Izzy's WTTJ part farily accurate Edited August 13, 2018 by Mendez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 I'm an extremely lazy guitarist. I never sit down and learn new songs. I learn the bones of them by ear. Like some riffs or some major leads or chord progressions, but never perfectly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DK6 Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 On 04/07/2018 at 9:45 PM, soon said: I havent played any in a while. But Guns songs were always ones I had to be extra careful to play in the correct ways. I dont know how to explain, but this video explains how sometimes we play what we think we hear, even if using tab, and we inject our own habits and style without realizing it, at the expense of the style elements of the actual player. I was very guilty of playing my version rather then the actual nuances of things like the turn arounds in RQ or the rhythmic patterns in Locomotives main riff. Or the Izzy part in DDM main riff - I always failed to get outta my zone and into that riffs headspace. Kinda inspired to dust em off now! I've always thought the idea is to add your own style to your playing. It's a lot of fun to play slash solos using the main hooks and improvising in between. I don't necessarily want to learn every solo note for note because then you're not really actually creating anything. Isn't that why Slash got pissed off at Paul Huge - for just copying his guitar leads on SFTD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soon Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 3 hours ago, DK6 said: I've always thought the idea is to add your own style to your playing. It's a lot of fun to play slash solos using the main hooks and improvising in between. I don't necessarily want to learn every solo note for note because then you're not really actually creating anything. Isn't that why Slash got pissed off at Paul Huge - for just copying his guitar leads on SFTD? For me I like to study the way the greats play and try to completely immerse myself in their approach. I dont see this exercise as being creative necessarily, but more that it makes me a better player and gives me more freedom when I am creating my own music and being expressive. And if Im playing Dont Cry live, I know the audience would love to hear the iconic solo. But other songs definitely lend themselves to some improve, like the outro solo of NR. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sosso Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 I can play Mr. Brownstone on the bass guitar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DK6 Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 2 hours ago, soon said: For me I like to study the way the greats play and try to completely immerse myself in their approach. I dont see this exercise as being creative necessarily, but more that it makes me a better player and gives me more freedom when I am creating my own music and being expressive. And if Im playing Dont Cry live, I know the audience would love to hear the iconic solo. But other songs definitely lend themselves to some improve, like the outro solo of NR. Yeah that sounds fair enough. I know what you mean about the iconic solos. You can't be improvising over SCOM, Don't cry or november rain (1+2) that's for sure! When you copy a solo you're always learning new licks which will help out your own playing of course. I guess the improvising is fun to do at home when your messing around more so than on stage when people are expecting a certain thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soon Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 40 minutes ago, DK6 said: Yeah that sounds fair enough. I know what you mean about the iconic solos. You can't be improvising over SCOM, Don't cry or november rain (1+2) that's for sure! When you copy a solo you're always learning new licks which will help out your own playing of course. I guess the improvising is fun to do at home when your messing around more so than on stage when people are expecting a certain thing. Yeah, learning the licks is a huge pay off, in my experience. I was actually in a band with a guy who could name who first played certain blues licks. And then if the lick became a mainstay in blues he could also play the lick in all the subtly different ways that different players played it! I called bullshit on him a few times and each time he could bring out the recordings and prove it! I dont know licks nearly like that, but I respect him for it. There was a period of time when Id go to watch some gnr live footage and I could never get more then a few songs in without turning it off and just ripping on my guitar, inspired by Slash. Id just go off in his style, and no doubt his licks. Got a lot outta that too - just jamming and improvising off his style and inspiration. Its probably all good for us, no matter what way we connect to the craft and improve as players? And it was super fun too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DK6 Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 30 minutes ago, soon said: Yeah, learning the licks is a huge pay off, in my experience. I was actually in a band with a guy who could name who first played certain blues licks. And then if the lick became a mainstay in blues he could also play the lick in all the subtly different ways that different players played it! I called bullshit on him a few times and each time he could bring out the recordings and prove it! I dont know licks nearly like that, but I respect him for it. There was a period of time when Id go to watch some gnr live footage and I could never get more then a few songs in without turning it off and just ripping on my guitar, inspired by Slash. Id just go off in his style, and no doubt his licks. Got a lot outta that too - just jamming and improvising off his style and inspiration. Its probably all good for us, no matter what way we connect to the craft and improve as players? And it was super fun too! My guitar playing definitely begins to sound like the guitar player I'm into at a particular time! I agree mate - as long as your playing your guitar you're getting something out of it. The most important thing is that you're doing what you love to do because otherwise it's not going to stick. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvanG Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 (edited) It's not a GnR song, but that new "Driving Rain'' song has a cool and typical Slash riff. Everyone on youtube seems to play it a little bit differently, but I've slowed it down to hear every note, and I think I'm playing it exactly like Slash now. Edited August 14, 2018 by EvanG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucketOtrouble Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 playing through whole Appetite (excl YC) and lots of the illusion stuff works quite well, I would never call it perfectly played though. especially some of Izzy's rhythm work I find hard to copy perfectly. not sure if Izzy ever repeated the way he plays a song. Slash's solos are generally challenging but I rarely tried to do them note by note. recently I found ain't it fun, get in the ring and new rose fun to play. next I'll try garden of eden. don't know why I never did that, the bridge riff is killer IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvanG Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 (edited) What would you say is the hardest GnR (or Slash solo) riff to learn? Not talking solos, too much time figuring them out note for note, but riff wise? Edited August 14, 2018 by EvanG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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