Stairway To Heaven Solo (tutorial) (new version)

[matthewthejugglersa]

awesome lesson

[MikeLikesTele]

I have the exact same guitar and I love playing this song too haha. Nice playin btw!

[Luukeeeehh]

the only hard part is 0:22

[mugnoom]

damn it looks sooo easy)

[nickeax]

@mugnoom It's not difficult with some practice. Getting smooth takes a little while.

[5150stephen]

*humbucker

[nickeax]

@5150stephen No, it's a Fender Vintage Noiseless. They come standard.

[5150stephen]

@nickeax kl, its a nice tone u get out of them

[5150stephen]

u got a humbecker in that tele ?

[Avialah1]

Thank you so much:)

[nickeax]

@Avialah1 You're welcome!

[Blueskyj1]

that looks so cool, sounds great.! :)

[nickeax]

@Blueskyj1 Thanks!

[AndSal93]

nice tele, i got the same:D

guys if you wan't watch also my version of the solo:)hope you enjoy

[crokochacho]

its fake! look at that bend at 0:06

[nickeax]

@crokochacho I agree, this guy is fucking full of shit!

[brent7109]

@crokochacho i know i noticed that too haha

[nickeax]

@brent7109 ha ha!

[kgillum]

@crokochacho then how do you explain the clam at 0:43?

[nickeax]

@kgillum Digital trickery I say!! ;)

[TheRockyourself]

@crokochacho All his Bend are wrong lol

[nickeax]

@TheRockyourself 彎它舒展它，所有方式您想要它。

[epochoso]

I was just thinking today as a matter of fact why no one showed an angle like this as if you were playing. Been trying this solo for a while not sure I will ever get it that fluidly but keep trying.

[nickeax]

There's nothing in this solo that you won't find in heaps of blues solos. I'd recommend picking a nice laid back blues solo and learning it note for note. Break it into licks and focus on them and what they are trying to say to you.

That's how you'll become fluid.

[epochoso]

Excellent Angle

[nickeax]

Cheers!

[ahhGroovymangroovy]

lol awesome man...If I could do this..My neighbors would never sleep.

[nickeax]

Do it on an acoustic then. ;)

[christocaster]

Hey!!! cool angle to watch soli!!!

Great great job!!!

[nickeax]

I'm very happy you liked it!

[Chopstixz5]

wow... thats realy tripy to watch guitar from that angle in most videos theres like a strait on veiw its completly impostible for me to pick that shit up from and angle =p

[nickeax]

Ha ha, cool.

[LedZepplin3853]

hey wat amp are u using it sounds so good

[nickeax]

I really don't know.

[LedZepplin3853]

Wat amp are u using please tell me

[nickeax]

I don't know.

[iggvf]

you dont know what amp you are using?!?!?

[nickeax]

It was nearly two years ago. And what does it really matter? I doubt someone would go and buy an amp based on a YouTube clip. :)

[awol2602]

Brilliant. Also you get a certain note right in the second phrase that I've noticed many play incorrectly.

[7ornge]

nice guitar. I love tele :)

[EzzieBobo]

It helps your playing this one Telecaster (or similar), as the original solo was recorded on a Telecaster...

[ventusthewind]

what kind of effect you use dude?

sound fuckin sick,i love that!

[nickeax]

As I recall, I think it's just a Marshall JMP-1 with no effects.

[nknejad]

nice job dude but you sorta misled some of us by saying its a tutorial. w/e it was cool 5 stars

[nickeax]

I figured that you should already know the Minor Pentatonic scale if you're attempting to learn this.

[UnpredictablyRandom]

i would've rated it 5 stars but instead 3 for it being upside down and not even having the slightest hint of being a "TUTORIAL" which it says in the title

[tehmadcap]

Being upside down makes it easier to follow.

[nickeax]

Especially if you're Tom Tucker's son.

[UrSkulled]

LOL OMG

[ProphetOnmyodo]

HAHAHA i love the family guy reference, that made my night man.

[micellis11]

sounds perfect. tone and everything. I totally like!

[abual06]

le son est meilleurs sur l'autre version

[fireemblem555]

Which of the telecaster's pickups do you have it switched to?

[nickeax]

That's a weird question. I mean, if you have a Telecaster, it's only a matter of trying three possible positions!

[fireemblem555]

And I wondered which of the three you used.

[wowzersoffun210]

nice that was great not scratchy like that 15 year old girls

[nickeax]

That's nice to know!

[Guiitaristt]

FINALLY!

fuck, jacqueline mannering sucks some big fucking cock.

i don't often say that about guitarists, because i respect the instrument and the people who play it. but she is genuinely shit. she just makes me angry. maybe i have some psychological problem in which i can't deal with women playing guitars.

[SnipinG1337]

I have that problem to.

[PDXguitarfreak]

This is really cool man! The first vid I have seen on YouTube with the guitar viewed in first person angle... and I have been watching vids here for years. I just posted a lesson on this tune too (with tabs)... I hope you like it. At least you will have a laugh at my hair :)

[nickeax]

No worries mate, I'll check out your version and your hair. It better be good!

[IvoCro1053]

can you link the tabs

[nickeax]

Yes.

[bb4II3r]

Pretty nice, thanks.

[nickeax]

You're welcome and thanks.

[zbyszekskibinski]

certainly the best s.t.heaven solo performance on you tube ever seen! sounds perfect. Now that I have picked it up correctly, I'm gonna remove my shit version and upload it all over again with better playing. thanks mate.

[extremeguitargod]

listen to the one by markmusicman

[extremeguitargod]

great playing man, love the tone you have achieved from your tele.

[nickeax]

Thank you!

[vignesh675opo]

dude ur really good..but i cant get d beggining riff..i can see that many ppl hav problems with it..

[nickeax]

Probably because they have not learnt properly.

[nickeax]

It's not a straight sequential run down.

[kuylock]

Wow

[selby06]

the guitar is right, the tone is right. the notes are wrong. In several places. 4 stars, though, cuz right now i can't do any better.

[nickeax]

Poo to you!!!

:-)

[joelhenryjr]

is that an American Deluxe?

[nickeax]

Yes, you are correct.

[mamaperker]

yup. its the best fender out there

[SinsOfTheAutumn]

you should try and add tabs to the video using annotations, its kind of hard to see upside down. and if some less advanced players see this, they will know what to it, and how it should sound

[nickeax]

I have limited time, like most people. Maybe you could add them to my video?

[mcshanksta]

lol

[ensay151]

i find it easier to follow like this

[cougarcreme]

Good Show Mate!

[nickeax]

Danke.

[AAATrigger]

has it ever occured to u that some ppl might not know the struming?

[nickeax]

LOL

[IverMix13]

has it ever occured to u that you are an idiot?

[AAATrigger]

how so?

[nickeax]

You know, one day you just realise that you're an idiot?

[LordRavenX8]

there is no open strumming in this solo. so pretty much play the strings you are holding down.

[thewickerman90]

that helped me a lot mate! 10x!!! you rock! \m/

[nickeax]

I'm glad and you're welcome!

[maikay1403]

Nickeax, thanks again for taken time posting the awesome riff.

[nickeax]

No worries mate, cheers.

[peternixon]

really good idea to to a tutorial from the POV of the player. why didnt i think of that?

[nickeax]

Thank you. And I'm sure you have had MANY more good ideas than I ever have or will. :-)

[bartelioranje]

AWESOME!

[nickeax]

Thanks!

[JBfonseca88]

You made two mistakes, 0:13 and 0:47...

but still, great one! check out mine

[nickeax]

I was just seeing if you were awake. ;)

I'll check out yours when I get the chance mate.

Cheers.

[robocop1993]

i like how you hanged the ending riff a little. it sounds nice

[MalquiLans]

Good angle!! There are some real bad "lessons" of this fine solo. This is one of the better ones & that camera angle makes it extra helpful :)

[nickeax]

Cheers mate!

[DJFlatrate]

interesting angle but I don't like it

[nickeax]

It speaks very highly of you!

[Cgolfsoccerguy]

great playing !!!

[nickeax]

Gee, thanks!

[skatergas]

too fast

[nickeax]

That's what my girlfriend said!

[jmanofawesome]

...

[manbearpigkiller]

how long did it take you to learn the solo?

[nickeax]

That's meaningless.

[nickeax]

Good to hear mate! And you're very welcome. :-)

[futebalmakedonia]

it says stuff anout purchasing

[nickeax]

Those are the blues backing tracks. I only charge for them as a way to help cover my site costs.

You are after the free backing tracks that can be found in the forums section under 'general guitar' or something similar.

Cheers!

[futebalmakedonia]

dooes the back track cost money?

[nickeax]

Of course not. It is my gift to you.

[futebalmakedonia]

but its not letting me litsen to it

[futebalmakedonia]

dud where do you get the music in the background of the solo?????

[nickeax]

I found it on my website!

[futebalmakedonia]

realy? i used ur site to do the solo lol

[julster160]

great, though i loved the older one better XD

[nickeax]

So I did all that for NOTHING?!?! Ha ha.. :-)

[massapproach]

awesome

[sitar007]

good video....no talking....good viewpoint....thanks

[extremeguitargod]

holy crap you are amazing

nice tele

[nickeax]

Thanks, it's an LCD.

[yfc2008]

thnx by the way dude...i'm halfway through!! hahahah!!! i owe you one!

[nickeax]

I know. And I always collect.

>8]

[nickvids4u]

that is sweet

[thehippys]

god that must be hard

[boyojack7898]

nice one!!!

[VinceInChains]

That was sweet, bro!

[jnagle1971]

That was very nice!

[nickeax]

Thanks, I hope it helped you?

[gait90]

you play this different than the tab at your website. What´s the best version?

[nickeax]

I think this version is slightly more accurate. You know, the more you study something, the more you learn about it!

The TABs are getting on a bit now days...