Blues Solo guitar Texas style on a Fender Stratocaster

Blues solo on a Texas Blues backingtrack. The guitar is a Richie Sambora signature and the amp a Fender Hotrod with a Maxon OD-808 Tubescreamer. The entire solo is played on the neck pickup (Fender Texas special single coil) The Texas specials captures THE sound very good imo. The bend on 17 seconds is a bit sloppy, sorry for that ;-)The backingtrack was downloaded from guitarbt.com, a great site for backingtracks

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Music

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• Blues
• guitar
• Tubescreamer
• fender
• solo
• Sambora
• stratocaster
• backing
• track
• stevie
• ray
• vaughan
• blueslicks
• blueslick
• Maxon

[ruprup69bang]

Love that fender........i want it right now please.

[xxxxxxpppppaaaaaa]

long live the pentatonic scale

[fragman08]

@randomtwit You actually are a random twit. This guy was offering constructive criticism, something that if you are ANY good, will have considered and accepted at some point in your playing. If all he did was slag him off I'd be with you, but he's offering input to make the video poster better. So learn the difference between being a jackass, and being a teacher.

[clarkewi]

@travismiller77 Don't get me wrong, this guitarist plays a kick ass Texas style. What I am talking about gets into an issue of respect for the roots (which also frees a musician from catagories).. In the art world its called "Mannerism" that follows the "Baroque" (which is the catagory Jimi and Stevie fall into). Don't get me wrong, there are many great examples of "Mannerist" art and these led into other periods ie. impressionism, expressionism etc. But baroque is the highest after classical.

[travismiller77]

@clarkewi Maybe your idea is to study the craft. Not mine. If he lacks originality and inventiveness, i guess that makes him just like you and me :)

[clarkewi]

@travismiller77 Yeah, millions of clones like polywogs. But the idea is to study the craft - where did these licks come from? There's a history behind it. Players need to know where it came from. They owe it to these old greats who never achieved the fame that Jimi or Stevie Ray did. That is how we honour them. They provided the foundation that these players built on. Including the clone on this videotape. I'm not saying he isn't technically flawless, but he lacks originality and inventiveness.

[travismiller77]

@clarkewi You've got it all wrong man. There are TONS of us players out there that don't strive to "create" musically. The fun for us is playing some of the thousands of riffs, licks, and songs that we love. Louweell didn'd say "check out my original style" He's simply laying down a jam... take it or leave it. Just because we are not all Hendrix's doesn't mean we aren't having a blast belting out the tunes or styles of some very gifted musicians.

[clarkewi]

@travismiller77 Yes its an awesome copy. Listen to Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters oh and a guy named Hendrix - the guy Stevie Ray was copying. I guess you've got to start somewhere but try and go beyond the surface mimicing like a parrot..

[travismiller77]

@clarkewi Yea Clarky... Shud-up-a-you-face! Awesome playing Louweell!

[randomtwit]

@clarkewi

where are your videos? stfu then

[fngrpkn06]

Great solo!

[clarkewi]

You play great, technically perfect. But......it sounds like a million other Stevie copies. Do you want to develop an original sound that keeps within a Texas blues tradition? Then ask yourself  who did Stevie copy? Answer: Albert Collins, Albert King, Jimi, Freddy King etc. To advance dig into the pure sources and find new interpretations. Use your IMAGINATION.