Nothing Else Matters - Solo

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Here’s my take at one of my favourite guitar solos from Metallica’s Nothing Else Matters

Edit: Added version with a different tone (neck pickup, more reverb, a bit closer to the original):

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Erion,

That was great. You always get such good tones out of that Hagstrom.

Ian

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That was great Erion, it sounds very tight. That unison bend at the start was perfect - difficult to do that nicely.

I think you need more delay/reverb, your notes come a bit too clear (separated) compared to original where they kind of run into each other. That is impression I got, might be completely wrong. :slightly_smiling_face:

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@Prof_Thunder , @Boris1565 Ian, Boris, thanks.

Thanks Boris, I’ll try adding more delay.

@Richard_close2u I noticed you moved this topic from the guitar challenge category to AVOYP. Is this where these types of videos should be posted? Thanks.

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Sounds good to me, great tone and sustain, Erion

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Erion - your solo deserves some love and attention. I appreciate you may have thought it a good topic for a challenge but we have found narrowly-focussed challenges on say a single song (even narrower, a solo from a song) go unnoticed and fade away without much interaction. :slight_smile:

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I’ve added a second version where I’m using the neck pickup and more reverb. I think this is a bit closer to the original tone.

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Sounded good!

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It sounds closer definitely. I prefer the second take, apart from the unison bend which I prefer from the first take. These are really fine details and subjective, but you are definitely nailing this solo.

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Sounds great Erion! I love this song.

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Thanks all.
I forgot to mention that I performed an acoustic version of Nothing Else Matters in my first JG Open Mic last November.
There’s a recording of it here

(around 01:06:15)

I guess I should do a recording of that + the solo at some point.

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Aaah anrtifact from my teenage years.

Hommage to a cornerstone of what kind of things pull us into playing guitar.

Metal purist diss Metallica but they’re probably ashamed to admit that this solo is a masterpiece in phrasing, “less is more” and impact. It became memorable right away bcause the careful listener knows every note and subtlety after only a few listens and that is the clue of a good solo… “singability”

You sang it with such care and love.
I don’t think you need more reverb/delay and it’s mostly the attack of your pick on your string making them more articulated than the original.

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Thanks Lieven. I’m still unaware of my pick attack technique. I’m happy when I manage to play the right notes currently :grinning_face:. I’ll add it to my long list of things to learn.

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Great!
I prefer the first version.

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