charlie brown Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 This was asked, on the Gibson Forum, so...I thought I'd bring it up here. What is/are you favorite SG solos? Mine are (to name just two): Longer: Crossroads (Cream..Wheels of Fire) Shorter: Hey Bulldog (Beatles, Yellow Submarine) How about you all? CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostindesert Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Carlos Santana's first album is full of Gibson SG with P-90's solo's. Frank Zappa also plays some nice solo's on a SG. Cream and ACDC, don't know any particular solo's i but like the guitar sounds of all these players/bands. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkwire Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Pete Townshend on 'Live at Leeds' springs to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansmitchell Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Layla by eric clapton was recorded on an SG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layboomo Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Frank Marino played some tasty stuff on an SG.....and Clapton,Santana,Harrison,Duane,Derek Trucks,Gary Rossington,Zappa,Angus...and on and on...but favorite solo would probably be "Sunshine of your Love"....still love it after hearing it a million times! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Obscure Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 THIS: Recognize that guitar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluezOldy Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 If you haven't seen this video of Derek Trucks playing on an SG when he was just 16, you're in for a treat: Derek Trucks performing in Brazil, 1995 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layboomo Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 THIS: Recognize that guitar? I think it souded alot better in the hands of the original owner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloyDZeD Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Sunshine of Your Love and Tales of Brave Ulysses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookelputz Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 This was asked' date=' on the Gibson Forum, so...I thoughtI'd bring it up here. What is/are you favorite SG solos? Mine are (to name just two): Longer: Crossroads (Cream..Wheels of Fire) Shorter: Hey Bulldog (Beatles, Yellow Submarine) How about you all? CB[/quote'] Would it be greedy to say, "All of them!"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layboomo Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 If you haven't seen this video of Derek Trucks playing on an SG when he was just 16' date=' you're in for a treat: Derek Trucks performing in Brazil, 1995 I know this will spark alot of debate...but I think Derek is a better slide player technically speaking than Duane ever was.....and I love em both. He's freakin' great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricochet Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 If you haven't seen this video of Derek Trucks playing on an SG when he was just 16' date=' you're in for a treat: Derek Trucks performing in Brazil, 1995 Awesome... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digger Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Sunshine of Your Love and Tales of Brave Ulysses. Geeze thought I'd already posted this but don't know where it has gone...gremlins? I wasn't aware that "Sunshine of your love" was played on an SG...how interesting. I love that song...where's my G400? Dig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Sentry Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Angus Young ("Ride On", "Let There Be Rock", "Back in Black") Tony Iommi ("Electric Funeral", "War Pigs", "Paranoid") Eh, I'm easy about this.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suicidehummer Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 You want an SG solo, you got it! AC/DC's Ride On, 2nd solo (gotta love that tone!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFY8YF7_y1E Although I'd say it's a tie with Have a Drink on Me (the song as a whole more so): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfcnoIkBdjc&feature=related [EDIT]I see The_Sentry beat me to Ride On... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenrirlupus Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 stairway to heaven is the only favorite sg solo i have. nothing else comes close for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkwire Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 stairway to heaven is the only favorite sg solo i have. nothing else comes close for me. Fail. The studio version was recorded on a Tele, and the live version was played on the EDS-1275...based on the SG shape, but NOT an SG. But it IS a great solo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blues20161281734067 Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Sunshine of your love- Cream Great solo along with Crossroads. Man I wish I could play like Clapton! Practice, practice, practice right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennW Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byrds1965 Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 White Room or And Your Bird Can Sing. I know Harrison and Lennon played it together so it would be an SG-Casino solo, or the few moments in Got To Get You Into My Life when Harrison finally gets to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted August 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 "Beatles" solos are so...."Iconic!" Deceptively simple...or is it simply deceptive?! And always "just right!" Some of those sounds/tones are deceptive, too. Amazing, even now! CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28v6r Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Has to be "Thunderstruck" - AC/DC surely... I mean ya has to try it... (Same notes 39 times fast in the intro..a little bit tricky...):) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layboomo Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 "Beatles" solos are so...."Iconic!" Deceptively simple...or is it simply deceptive?!And always "just right!" Some of those sounds/tones are deceptive' date=' too. Amazing, even now! CB[/quote'] I agree and since you have Harrison as your avatar......I'm always learning that he played some little tasty part that I never knew. For example he played the rhythm guitar part on "Badge"........never knew that until just recently and that's one of my favorite songs to play. He was always like that ...not pretentious at all...just there playing the "right" thing always! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabar Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 John Cipollina's solo on "The Fool" from the first Quicksilver Messenger Service album --- chill inducing! Clapton's live "Crossroads" --- one of the best-constructed solos of all time. Carlos Santana "Incident at Neshabur" from Abraxas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted August 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 John Cipollina's solo on "The Fool" from the first Quicksilver Messenger Service album --- chill inducing!Clapton's live "Crossroads" --- one of the best-constructed solos of all time. Carlos Santana "Incident at Neshabur" from Abraxas Crossroads always gets that comment, and from a musical point, it's quite true. However, EC played it from his heart...as always...improvised on the spot, and we were lucky enough, that someone recorded it! He's never played it that way, again/since. I've seen him countless times, and his solo for that song is always different. Always great...sometimes unbelievable, but never the same! It's actually one of the things I love about Clapton, best! His brilliant improvisation(s). CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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