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AIN'T NO SUNSHINE - guitar solo

Texas Picker
August 3rd, 2012, 08:38 PM
This is a solo I played over AIN'T NO SUNSHINE by Bill Withers at a gig awhile back. A friend caught it on her iPhone. Not my best solo ever, but its one of the few that was captured and I can go back an listen to.

I was playing a G&L Legacy Special thru a '68 Bassman head and a Dr Z 2x12 cabinet.

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Jostein
August 3rd, 2012, 09:59 PM
Sounds very good! Very tasteful and nice phrasing, great feel.

Lunchie
August 4th, 2012, 12:29 AM
Sounds good... what speakers are in the Dr Z Cab? I am not familiar with Dr Z...

thorton077
August 4th, 2012, 12:50 AM
Sounds really cool.

Albertwang
August 4th, 2012, 03:22 AM
great playing, great taste, great tone...I also play this song and I decided with the rest of the band to not stop playing at the end of the chorus during the solo...this is the only thing I dislike...your playing is absolutely great

rusty adam
August 4th, 2012, 03:26 AM
Very nice - great sounding tone, really love that subtle delay on there.

Texas Picker
August 6th, 2012, 05:50 PM
Sounds good... what speakers are in the Dr Z Cab? I am not familiar with Dr Z...

I've got a couple Celestion blue back speakers in mine.

DR Z 2x12 (http://www.drzamps.com/products/2x12.html)

waparker4
August 6th, 2012, 06:06 PM
What stratting! Sounds great!

redstringuitar
August 6th, 2012, 06:39 PM
Nice! It's always great to hear different approaches to the old favourites.

When covering "Ain't No Sunshine" years ago I used to start the solo by duplicating the first two bars of the vocal melody and swelling into feedback before dropping into my own improvisation....made me feel like I was "saying something".

Not a criticism, I really liked what you did, but sticking to a scale that works with every chord in the riff can start to sound a little amateurish after a while.

H. Mac
August 7th, 2012, 06:07 PM
Really nice.

Texas Picker
August 27th, 2012, 07:24 AM
Thanks guys.

Hearing seeing this clip makes me realize I sound a lot better when I leave more space between phrasing. Makes me want to record more of my live playing - so I can hear what works & what doesn't. If my daughters or wife come to future gigs, I may try to get them to record as many solos as they can on their phones so I can go back and hear what it is I'm doing. "The tape don't lie"

djphelan01
September 1st, 2012, 11:29 AM
Sounds good and I really liked your tone. Good job!

dtermined2play
September 1st, 2012, 12:08 PM
Great job. I like what you did with it.

AccusedNut
September 1st, 2012, 03:41 PM
Very very nice. Loved the solo and loved the tone.