Hi Shane,
Great job. Super clean. Fit well with the backing track.
Digger
Hi Darrell,
Lovely job.
Nice work on the tone - got the balance of clean with that thick/slightly wet sound.
Digger
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Well done Shane, that was really great. You’re right on track to perfecting this classic solo.
Had another listen, Darrell. Fabulous recording, the solos and the arpeggiated rhythm and gorgeous tone on both.
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I think this is an older post Darrell and I might have replied to it before but that was terrific. You got the tone spot on too. Well done.
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OK had enough of the finger picking so had a go and trashed my e string but here’s what I got so far…
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Out walking the dog Rob so I’ll take a listen later great that you’re having a go as well.
Sounding good Rob somehow wasn’t expecting acoustic. Look forward to hearing the rest of it when you get there. I’ll be keeping mine in my learning log for now rather than move it over.
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I should probably shift it over to my learning log for now too, it’s not exactly finished…
Yeah but that’s where things get buried. Maybe a mod’s view required on this one, as it is the lesson thread. Not bothered either way.
Making good progress, Rob. Brave to be doing all the bends on an acoustic … I struggle with the 9s on my LP.
Great start, Rob, sounds sweet on an acoustic!
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Keep going with that Rob, it’s coming along nicely. I would suggest playing along with a backing track to get the timing spot on. It’s extremely difficult to make it work on acoustic, the sustain volume makes it very difficult if not impossible.
The only thing that I’ve tried which sort of works is playing it faster than the original, but it looses some of the feel by doing that.
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The day 1 first attempt:
OK so why we talk about where to put things, I’ll drop this here and quickly run away. 
Day 2: Today’s quick efforts in between other bits and pieces. Already had a Pete Green Black Magic Woman FX/Pre-set on the Mustang, so used that and the neck pup, with the tone rolled off.
WIP as timing still questionable. 
Will add to the LL as rolling progress as well.
Peter’s pool is Green n cool. Come on in folks take a dip !
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Sounds quite good already. First bend + vibrato is totally on point (actually great vibrato!) - the 1.5 tone bend is a little flat 
My comments on muting from the Sultans of Swing discussion also applies a little bit here, although the unwanted string noise is not that loud… would perhaps not even be hear if you played over the BT. Awesome!
Thanks Kasper.
First version in my Learning Log was on the Gretsch and there was less unwanted string noise and maybe a better 1.5 bend. Different amp model as well today (Gain is set to 9) but muting is still an area I struggle with. Today was more about slightly better timing, as it was quite slow at the first attempt. All the same more to come but thanks for the feedback.
Yes for sure. Just replayed the vid and that is sour 
Great effort guys, Darrell put the bar high but I think you are all on a good path here! Rob and Toby once you nail down tabs in your brain and you can focus on the feel and more fine details I think musting strings as much as you can will be an important step. Rob you are a brave man trying to nail it on an acoustic, good luck with a 1.5 tone bend I would definitely fail even though I don’t have problems on electric with 10s strings 
You guys definitely have my attention, perhaps one day I will join however I am off tomorrow for a weekend so will need to catch up probably when the flame goes out (as usual) in the meantime I would like to see David and how is he cooking up the good stuff 
I would perhaps suggest an additional topic in challenges section with links only to performances? And keeping this one alive for discussions?
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We’ll just have to keep stoking the fire then !! Thanks and have a great break.
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@TheMadman_tobyjenner sounds good, Toby.
I’ve had a first nibble at the first couple of licks. Going to take me some time to just learn the notes, let alone play them 
But I’ll get there in my own sweet time.
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