Kristofer Dahl1st September 2018Cool, and that tapping lick is my one of my personal favorites as well!
MisterM2nd September 2018Yessss - Thank you Darius
Monica Gheorghevici3rd September 2018Awesome lesson, as usual. BTW it's great to see you using the whammy bar
Darius Wave3rd September 2018MisterM...should I expect a take over it ?
Monica - I was generally using whammy bar for Jeff related playing. I'm still not much of a fan of it but goofing around situations where it's use is quite common- MisterM3rd September 2018
I like very much your lesson, the 80s have a good taste.
I have some lessons has to end but I shall work this one later.
Maybe a take, the vibrato part which asks for a lot of work 
Guido Bungenstock5th September 2018Great lesson as usual, Darius! ;-)
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Welcome to the 80's Made Easy lesson!
80's were a kind of Golden Age for guitar soloing. Everything was allowed - the more the better. Solos from that period were full of different techniques, fancy tricks, whammy bar and speed runs. No matter if your target is to be a shredder or you prefer a kind of "grown up" playing more..., going through some 80's stuff will definitely help bring your technique to the point where you will be able to play whatever your mind brings. Let this lesson be your introduction to this awesome playing period :)
Gear used (in order of connection chain placement):
1. Fender Jeff Beck Stratocaster guitar (Seymour Duncan JB Junior bridge pickup)
2. Presonus Inspire 1394 firewire audio interface (input gain 40%)
3. Poulin LeXtac vst plug-in:
- Channel - blue
- Input 50%
- Gain 70%
- Pre EQ - brighter
- Bass 50%
- Middle 40%
- Treble 50%
- Contour 100%
4. Kefir impulse loader (mix 100%)
5. Impulse - Catharsis s-preshigh
Tuning - Standard E
Backing track progression:
4/4
Em D | A D | Em D | G D |
Em D | A D | A | G D |
Em D | A D | Em D | G D |
Em D | A D | A | G D |
Em D | A D | Em D | G D |
Em D | A D | A | G D |
Em D | A D | Em D | G D |
Em D | A D | A | G D |
Tempo: Main song tempo is 120 bpm. There are backing tracks available at 50, 60, 80, 100 and 120 bpm.
Time signature: 4/4
Scales used in this lesson:
E-minor
E-dorian mode
