"Iron Man" Guitar Lesson, first solo with Tab

Black Sabbath guitar lesson. How to play Tony Iommi's FIRST guitar solo in the classic Black Sabbath track "Iron Man". Download TAB and backing track from http://www.didkovsky.com/tabs/ Includes the solo, a lick-by-lick breakdown, and a backing track so you can play along...and some pics of Tony's "Monkey" SG which he used from 1967-77, Sabbath's best period. Lesson by Nick Didkovsky.

Equipment used:
1967 Gibson SG Special
Krank Distortus Maximus
Line 6 Flextone II

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Music

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• black
• sabbath
• Iron
• Man
• guitar
• lesson
• heavy
• metal
• tony
• iommi
• nick
• didkovsky
• vintage
• gibson
• sg
• special
• Krank
• Distortus
• Maximus

[effzee]

Great stuff, thank you! Listening to this right after your Cosmic Debris lesson... I never realized how much some of Iomi's solos like like FZ when he sticks to blues patterns

[doctornerve]

@effzee I agree, both soloing styles deeply rooted in the blues, there's a lot of overlap. Frank greatly admired Sabbath and came close to joining them on a tune live once, but it never happened.

[victorpagebach]

Well I´m not good at speeches but I just have to tell you THAANkS A LOT, youpre not a man, YOU´RE THE MAN!!

[doctornerve]

@victorpagebach made MY day. Thanks!

[MrPlatinumZzHD]

Brilliant Lesson!! Almost got it now! And you're tone is just quality, never quite gonna get it from a fat strat though am i?? -_-

[doctornerve]

@MrPlatinumZzHD Well.. Tony supposedly used a strat on Wicked World on their first record... then pickup died and he switched to the SG mid session

[DeadHermes]

thank you man I learned both first an second solo of the song in less than one week with these videos :) really

useful, rock on!

[lukevella97]

i am 14 years old and have been playing guitar for a while. When i heard iron man i had to learn the solo by any means necessary. Never thought i could learn the solo but your video helped me. Thank you and rock on!

[erikmena95]

Thanks, I can't learn this solo, but your video make me understand the solo and it is easy

Thanks Thanks Really !!!!!!

[effzee]

@doctornerve and this sounds more specifically a LOT like Muffin Man, lol :D

[thevenom83]

Thanks, really :)

[guitargodfreack]

i cant be fucked learning this, its all just sorta on a scale..

[ClosetGoth64]

Nick, thanks for the great lesson. I like how you point out all the subtleties.