added some slight drive & reverb vst. sorry for the horrid tone haha.
Loving that tone. Creamy, smooth, and actually, suits your playing.
Might want to dial back a wee bit on the reverb to get a bit more presence, but that's a preference. I liked that tone. Serious. Really.
One thing I'll say again, weak or inaccurate bends can severely kill the mood of your solos. Bend and hold, or bend and release, or bend and vibrato, or even worse, stretch your bend. Bend a note over a whole bar, never reaching the intended not until the LAST beat. Even if you CAN'T bend well yet, try to make use of slides to connect your notes. Slide up to a nite, or slide down to a note.
If you can't do 1.5 steps, then do 1 step. If you can't so 1 step, then use half bends creatively, and sparingly. If you can't even do half bends, then lower your string gauge. :mrgreen: If your fingers are killing you, then your string gauge is too heavy.
Listen to Vai, Satriani, and the like. Note how they lead up to a melody passage by sliding down. Vai does this a lot.
One thing to note about not being able to play fast. (I can say this, because I can't play fast for nuts) Play slow, and focus on a melody. A nice effective SLOW and smooth melody is much more fulfilling to play and to listen to rather than a fumbled half baked shred like what I do.
Here's something I did recently. Low gain (which was a pain to play), and SLOW. I tried to capture that laid back gospel like church feel of the original track. I think I lost the point somewhere.:mrgreen: But see how important bends can fit into making a piece smooth, slinky and delicate?
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=7068581
Here's something with a little FASTER tempo, but also lotsa bends. If you try to learn these solos, you'll benefit from finger strength development. Hahahahhaa...
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=5824413
I really like your tone man, really soothing and smooth! Nice playing too~~
