Cream Crossroads Guitar Solo

[geoff101001]

couple off spots and you gotta work on the main riff,

[btflash55]

close but not quite right.

[MrACDC1997]

is that the sg G-400

[TEgnoto89]

got vibrato? that was the best thing about clapton's playing in this era

[guitardog0]

wheres the feeling? no feeling no blues. it feels like a 11 yr old asians recital

[TL250Rider]

Good Job

Long live the Gibson Solid Guitar ever it cousin Epiphone

[Wiixyy]

Nice Playing, but this is note for note try to improvise a little. It shows your unique playing of guitar.

---Wiixyy

[stratomanster]

Nice note for note nail dude...missing the vital vibrato though.

[michauui]

not bad - but you have to add a nice vibrato, then it would be perfect. sound fits. keep on rockin!

[mnsno1]

wow i have the same guitar and did the same song at my graduation haha

[silfeus]

keep on rocking is all i wanna say!!!

[dirtysoles]

Keep up the good work ...The great thing about the Clapton solo is the vibrato...You need to work on that...its all about the vibrato but the rest of it I enjoyed

[stephenaleake]

Nice

[volumepast10]

work on the bending and vibrato and the tone will come

[FazlokAaAaAaA]

some sharp playing man!

[Ericclapton325]

good job but bad quality 5/5 though

[mystro810]

its somewhat srange that a guitar player can peak at the age of 22

[ColtonSaylor713]

clapton didnt peak at 22, look up: eric clapton: groaning the blues

[baronacebass]

yes! that vid pwns me everytime i watch it!

[PBALLER1995]

which solo is harder the first or second?

[Yearst]

2nd.

[ChrisLeeBear]

yep, the 2nd

[tucktimosprime]

ive just stuck the guitar backing track for this, in my vids,,enjoy..

[MikeInTheValley]

To be quite fair, it is almost impossible to get the liquid flow of an inspired EC-when he was full on. (Even for EC)

Also just hearing the naked lead guitar-you are bound to hear even fretsqueak overtone. I give you top marks-Keep it up.

[Ropepope]

Really well played, now just try to add more feeling to it! After all it's blues, even Clapton himself said that feeling is the most important thing :)

It's probably hard to play something that hard with extra feeling though if hitting the notes is problematic enough,(who am I to say anyways I can only manage the beginning ;)

[electrikfox]

nice work!

please take a look at mine that I responded above

[DominickFontana]

Bravo! I thought you were great. Fantastic job. I consider Crossroads to have the #1 guitar solo of all time and you nailed it. Very impressive. Keep up the great work.

[jawor100]

Just great job,

[LokahiBand]

Pretty good execution. Just think how much faster you could be with up and down or even circular picking. Looks like you are using down strokes and pull offs. Hey paisan, whatever way you can get it done. Damn, dude, you pinkie is huge! That is a major advantage in playing the guitfiddle. Take a look at Greg Howe's pinkie, kinda the same. Well good luck and good licks! Johnny

[geodinamicz]

Its ok, but you should try to give it more feeling...

[epiphonesebbe]

Where have you learnt this solo? Book, internet or what. Sounds good!

// SH

[davidanthonyross]

You need to learn how to incorporate up strokes into your picking pattern, rather than strictly down strokes. Also, play with some feeling, man. Simply knowing the right notes to play is not enough.

[element5333]

omg..dude epiphone makes all things gibson 'cept v's.. come on man get with it

[reidcole17]

epiphone is made by gibson

[element5333]

duh. i knew that stupid. I just stated a fact.

[mart92xbox360]

thats awesome man. nice guibson, i alwas wanted an SG like that but the cheap'st i saw yet is $1500

[Torfinnmadssen]

That's an Epiphone.

[mart92xbox360]

your sure thats an epiphone? it looks like an SG, but u can still be right

[Torfinnmadssen]

It says so in the description-box ;)

[evan181]

epiphone makes sg

look in the description;)

[ascheier]

You nailed the bends, but why don't you use vibrato? That's why Clapton's solos are so great. Either way, good job.

[Widespreadpanic41]

Pretty damn good!!!!!!

[luukjuh49]

good job dude!

[luisgarzap]

Clap, clap,clap..well done men ..

is near than the original, I play but at my own style and improvisation anyway well done ..

sweet inspiration..congratulations..

[linegeripptist]

you earned the 2nd solo. its very fast do you now have some variations initialised threw learning this second solo. i for one keep parts from such solos for my own improvisations, new licks and combinations, inspiration, delicacy.

[TEgnoto89]

throw some hefty vibrato in there man. other than that sounds sweet

[jokrasa]

Sounds like you nailed it, right on!

How long it take to learn it ?

[guitarnlax36]

you need to work on more vibrato. That would add so much more to those solos and your playing in general

[Dynamitezone]

Fantastic I play the drums but I love this solo 10/10

[guitarheroaddict365]

FUCK! That's some good playing dude. That's considered the best live solo in history. Good goin'. If you could, please keep this video 'cause I'm trying to learn the song. I got the first solo down but still need to work on the second one. Anyway, once again, good playin'.

Keep it rockin' dude.

Later

[Giupy3]

It's an Epiphone SG ppl it's written in the description -_-

[theskinswxm]

great playing man, the guitar is an epiphone g400 if im not mistaken.

same as my first guitar.

[deepislandboy]

At first you were rushing a little bit but it all worked out. Sounds great!

[TheBeatlesWolfgirl17]

not that nice guitar but brilliant cover!

[rishflab]

i blistered my fingers trying to learn the first solo in 1.5 days

btw nice job dude

u play it like 10 times better than me

[romancitoG]

bravo dude!

[aXegat]

sounds cool!!

[mancsmoveseast]

Who cares which guitar you've got,can you play it? you can.Good stuff.

[petertorro]

sounds good can you send me tabs please

[drgnfrce69er]

hey man im learning htis solo can u mail me the tabs

[yescure6]

sorry i mean gibson sg guitar

[yescure6]

it looks like a '61 Reissue gibson bass

[yescure6]

it is a gibson SG this vid i found it on gibson page on an article about cream

[bobirt]

SG ROCKSSSSSSSS

[INDLIS]

GIBSON SG good choice.

[Longhornfan54]

its not a gibson

[INDLIS]

Then what kind of SG is it?

[Longhornfan54]

eiphone. read description

[INDLIS]

Ok I get it. You are right it is an Eiphone.

[galope22]

god job men, and ugly fingers

[lawriepop]

How do you get away with playing fast runs without economy picking? :|

[winknr20]

hammer-ons and pull-offs

[Alliston89]

dude sweet ass gibson.....na just kidding, nice epiphone and nice playen!

[mugiQ]

I proud of always enjoying together on studio.

someday,I'll be great guitarist like enough

your pupil.

[StopTheMoti0n]

lol, why does everyone on youtube playing this song have an SG? :) seriously though, nice. epic song, epic skills

[Foinman]

Because on the live version on "Wheels of Fire" Clapton plays with his painted SG :)

[BadMunckY]

Yea and the neck has no binding (that's a bit odd) so you can tell it's not a gibby... anyway with such great skills I wonder why not switching to an other axe then. :)

[slimbuttermilk]

good job man.

[gueug95]

haha, every1 thinks it is a gibson, but it is a epiphone sg

[rodcrippler]

you can tell by the sound

[darylhall4president]

i guess they didnt read the vid description

[evanfrmheaven]

Yes, good job! do you know the bluesbreakers Have you herd about my Baby guitar solo? I have been trying to cop that for years!

[DarkerEyes008]

Nice Gibson SG and I love the gold hardware. By the way nice job!

[guitarluc1234]

its an epiphone, read description

[thefanster87]

By playing it live maybe? Lol, jk. On some amps their is a reverb option.

[moheuropea]

real gibby sg?

[vra456]

Every time I watch this, it seems more amazing than the last time.

Bloody awesome!!

Maybe I should come to Japan sometime, take some guitar lessons from you and jun626!

[awesley1]

Wow. I think you nailed it. Love the SG.

[ftyfty123]

Thank you.

[vra456]

Absolutely brilliant.

Outstanding!!

[ftyfty123]

Thank you.

[aichan86]

awesome work!

[ftyfty123]

Thank you.

[crosbystillsnash68]

thank YOU nice playin but the guitar sounds like shit man way too much distortion why drown out the natural depth of those humbuckers in a wall of fuzz and shit plus roll back that tone knob homie it could use some "woman tone" ya know what im sayin??/

[nyggerkiller]

who the fuck cares if his guitar doesn't sound exactly to your preference? the man can PLAY!!! I have been playing for almost 5 years and i can't even remotely play that well. Good job ftyfty123!!

[crosbystillsnash68]

well now "nyggerkiller" you would know about the blues now wouldnt you, an african american art form....if you are really only 20 years old thats extremely sad that you're so ignorant and racist im 21 and i consider myself a man of peace but if i ever met you id slit your fucking hillbilly throat ear to ear do us all a favour and just take your E string and hang yourself right now

[crosbystillsnash68]

see there you go again why would you use that word you know obama is gunna win and your beloved commander in chief, the president of the united states, will be a black guy and you'll still be pig shit

[nyggerkiller]

yep and that won't change my love toward the darkies who almost fucking killed my brother

[sanders4617]

Please. You sound just as racist. "hillbilly"

Grow up. You don't have to be black to play the blues either. If that was the case, then it would not be right for blacks to be in America because white people were here before blacks. I am not trying to be an ass, but when you call someone out on being racist, while your being racist yourself, it just gets annoying. And your the reason black people get a bad rap for being violent. Your going to kill someone over a youtube name. LOL. LOL.

[WHO9ER]

dude, you defenitely need your ears checked mr. musician. The overdrive/distortion sounds fine. The treble pickup for SG's is more "scratchy" than the Les Paul, plus it could be an epiphone not a gibson. He sounds pretty good homie. Know what I'm sayin bra

[gibsonsg42]

go easy on the thank yous, great job dude

[ftyfty123]

Thank you.

[Tanikaze2]

Your welcome!

[ftyfty123]

Thank you.

[kzearo]

Great job. From a guitarist's perspective how difficult is this legendary solo of Clapton's to play?

Unfortunately I know know nothing about guitar playing. I just love listening =p

[ftyfty123]

Thank you.

[stigletto]

You have excellent taste in solos. That's one of the best original solos EVER recorded.

Well done..c

[roby62gtr]

Good job!

[Daedge15]

is something wrong with your pinkey, otherwise great job :)

[MiddlemanJ]

great!

[ftyfty123]

Thank you.

[evanfrmheaven]

good job, that song take guts to play!

[ftyfty123]

Thank you.

[NY773]

Jolly good show

[ftyfty123]

Thank you.

[maoven]

Nice!!!

[Flopalot]

a little out of sync but still a gd vid