1:08 David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) 1:29 Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme) 1:50 Rocky George (Suicidal Tendencies) 2:30 Roland Olazabal (Tears for Fears) 2:56 Tom Morello (RATM) 3:24 Paul McCartney (The Beatles) 3:39 Craig Ross (Lenny Kravitz) 4:03 Joe Satriani 4:46 Kirk Hammett (Metallica) 5:18 Eddie Van Halen 5:39 Prince 6:23 Marty Friedman (Megadeth) 6:52 Roger Fisher (Heart) 7:09 Howard Leese (Heart) 7:34 Steve Vai 8:05 Joe Satriani 8:23 John Petrucci (Dream Theater) 8:42 Jimi Hendrix / SRV 9:08 Slash (Guns & Roses) 9:37 Ace Frehley (Kiss) 9:57 Dimebag Darrell (Pantera) 10:27 Vince Gill Witchhazel Spray on my fingers after gig!! Thanks for the video!!
It's cool to me that he just goes into for The Love of God without saying anything. Goes to show that there's simply no explaining the expression of that beautiful masterpiece and legendary guitar player.
I think it may be because of the pickups that he's using. Though don't quote me on this. I'm not quite sure what they are, but I know that if they are sustained for a certain amount of time, more than likely a sustainer pickup is being used. Also, funny seeing you here, man. You're a fantastic chef and I love your methods of cooking certain dishes. The family definitely enjoys it.
It mainly comes from being gentle. That’s one thing that makes it difficult. Is all of a sudden having a baby-like touch in the middle of a ballsy metal riff for example.
Petruccis under a glass moon solo is just one of the best ever. So many techniques squeezed into one solo, but they all make sense and dont feel shoehorned into it just to show off. I was hoping youd do more of it lol
Absolutely amazing. And it's so awesome that you're not just playing the notes, but actually feeling the emotion of the notes. Double kudos for having Deuce and Liza Jane in there. Great music and strong coffee to start my morning off right 😊😊
My number one lick is the opening one of Johnny B. Goode, it’s always been one of my go-to’s and it’s definitely up there for one of the best guitar licks
Wow! I've never heard someone getting that close to the squeal in the Master of Puppets solo 👌 BTW really glad about your take on Orzabal's solo in Shout
Very Enjoyable Mike. I'm a Solo Nut like, "Caught up in You" & "Runnin' Down a Dream" but Riffs & Licks are a Wonderment in How they get Developed. Hours of thought in some cases I'm guessing.
I love the beginning solo of You Can’t Bring Me Down! Nice Jem btw, I’ve always wanted one 🙌🏼. I do however have one of Steve’s AxeFx II units that he used on tour, (long story!)
So glad you have Prince on the list. The average music listener has no idea of what an amazing guitar player Prince was. Completely underrated by the general population and by the vast majority of new guitar players, unless they have a guitar teacher, i.g. Mike (TAofG), who is well versed in many genre's.
Some licks that I love are: The noisy guitar in Higher by A7X at the 3:00 mark The soloy bit after the second chorus of Hail to the King by A7X The opening of the solo to the Judas Kiss by Metallica The part of the Cure solo where Kirk Hammett uses a kill switch The ending of My Friend of Misery where Kirk doubled the chorus riff The opening of the Snowblind solo by Black Sabbath The slide guitar in Descending by Tool The guitar solo after the second chorus of Climbing up the Walls by Radiohead The bluegrass solo in Wynonas Big Brown Beaver by Primus The short solo after the first chorus of Sleep On It by the Living End The opening to the solo of Paradise City The solo from Get Off Your Ass and Jam by Funkadelic The solo from If You Have To Ask by RHCP
The solos in whitesnakes’ is this love always get me so so so good and the solo in big goodbye by great white just both filled with so much groove and passion
I love this. It reminds me of what's important. Sometimes I get too caught up and tempted to just focus on "technique". This reminds me that skill-wise, I actually have all the technique I need. I don't need to reach Batio levels just to enjoy 99% of what I really do enjoy. :)
First of all I cant believe I asked what your dream guitar was and you said I have all of them...no shit. You are very talented Mike keep this one up I liked it!
Loved the riff series. Going to love this one too. Always appreciate when you include KISS. The youths might not realize how much fun guitar stuff there is there. A few I'd highlight are when Paul comes in on the Detroit Rock City solo and the "Smashes Thrashes and Hits" version of the Love Gun solo where they get rid of the vocals so you can hear it.
Great video. There is just something about these videos it just makes me happy to watch them. I am no guitarist but the hardest songs on drums for me are 1.Pneauma-tool(in the process of learning) 2.Dance of eternity-Dream theater(Already leanred) 3.La villa strangiato:Rush(Already leanred) 4...and justice for all-Metallica(Already leanred)(the time signature changes in this song and things you have to remember are crazy) 5.Master of puppets;Metallica (Already leanred) this song isn’t to hard really to execute it is just a matter of what goes where 6.Blackened.Metallica(Already leanred) again this song for me at least isn’t too hard to execute because I play it all the time but again just a case of what goes where 7.People=Sh**-slipknot(Already learned) the blast beats in this song at crazy. I am used to it now though and use it as my warmup song sometimes 8.welcome home sanitarium-Metallica (already learned) man this song has some of the weirdest stuff I have ever heard. The cymbal hits and what goes where.
Amazing job! Turned me on to a few solos too! I like Dream Theater solo. Those Heart solos are classics. Good choice on the Ace. Love that Vince Gill solo. You nailed them all. Amazing! Great job!
I always played the Another Brick In The Wall solo with a double bend at the beginning there, I don't know if that's wrong, but doing 2 full-step bends has become a big part of my solo vocabulary since I learned it that way.
Two things...the solo in Alone has always been a favorite of mine, thanks for doing that. And two, I had no idea you had the chicken pickin' skill in ya, nice job!
It would be killer to see if for every one of these licks lessons you post, you do a follow up where you choose one lick from the previous post that would most benefit a struggling play and break it down for us.
You missed one in the Riffs video. Beethoven's 5th. DUM DUM DOOOM! DUM DUM DOOM! Oh man you lead with Gilmour. I've ripped that D dorian/pentatonic lick and adapted it for almost everything I play in that key/mode. Brian May "It's a Kind of Magic" gets me everytime. I can't play it that well..a couple of runs close enough. Taxman was gnarly! Kudos.
The first riff I ever learned was black dog and then like a month later I learned the solo and I would play it all the time because it was the reason I wanted to even play guitar in the first place. I’m sure everyone hated me back then because I sounded terrible lmao
It’s weird, but solos rarely do it for me. There are some standouts like Dave Gilmour who has so much expression, but I tend to like weird solos like in The Pixies where they make the guitar sound like it’s being murdered instead of played inside a melodic pentatonic lol. I love punk and post punk music though, so as an ethos it doesn’t really strive for that. When it comes to technical prowess, I also zone in on fingerstyle guitar playing, and get much more of a rush from a master like John Fahey playing an instrumental piece than anything Joe Bonamassa, Steve Vai, Eric Clapton, John Mayer or any of those other guys could possibly dish out... But it’s all just different strokes for different folks I guess...
Yo mike- if you get any time can you make a quick short video on a part in the stone temple pilots song “plush”? There is a bridge section about 2.5 mins in that’s buried in the mix a bit but is incredible - almost a jimmy page inspired Beatles progression thing happening. You can hear it very well on the isolated guitar track. Thanks
Tbh all of Fade To Black gives me chills. Especially when the outro solo rises out of that riff
yes!! it’s just so good
the internet is full of douchebags that hate on Kurt, but that outro solo is up there w/ Comfortably Numb
1:08 David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
1:29 Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme)
1:50 Rocky George (Suicidal Tendencies)
2:30 Roland Olazabal (Tears for Fears)
2:56 Tom Morello (RATM)
3:24 Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
3:39 Craig Ross (Lenny Kravitz)
4:03 Joe Satriani
4:46 Kirk Hammett (Metallica)
5:18 Eddie Van Halen
5:39 Prince
6:23 Marty Friedman (Megadeth)
6:52 Roger Fisher (Heart)
7:09 Howard Leese (Heart)
7:34 Steve Vai
8:05 Joe Satriani
8:23 John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
8:42 Jimi Hendrix / SRV
9:08 Slash (Guns & Roses)
9:37 Ace Frehley (Kiss)
9:57 Dimebag Darrell (Pantera)
10:27 Vince Gill
Witchhazel Spray on my fingers after gig!!
Thanks for the video!!
It's cool to me that he just goes into for The Love of God without saying anything. Goes to show that there's simply no explaining the expression of that beautiful masterpiece and legendary guitar player.
Damn, even Vince Gill!
I thought for a second that you were saying that Paul McCartney played the Killing in the Name of solo :-D
Wouldn’t that just be the s*^t. Haha.
Also, god-damn you played your ass off in this vid. Awesome stuff.
Yeah, that part got a kick out of me
Love seeing the 'Shout' solo get some love. And it's even more epic in the video cuz he plays it wearing a duster overlooking a cliff 😎 🤠
So glad this series is back! But with the licks variation
How do you get natural harmonics to come out like that? Is there a good video on the technique?
Thanks for this, nice video.
Man I was blown away by that part... He made them come out just like on the original solo
wow I never in a million years expected to see you here. wtf.
Wow! You play guitar AND cook! I've been learning from your cooking tests for years. Pleasantly surprised to see you here! :)
I think it may be because of the pickups that he's using. Though don't quote me on this.
I'm not quite sure what they are, but I know that if they are sustained for a certain amount of time, more than likely a sustainer pickup is being used. Also, funny seeing you here, man. You're a fantastic chef and I love your methods of cooking certain dishes. The family definitely enjoys it.
It mainly comes from being gentle. That’s one thing that makes it difficult. Is all of a sudden having a baby-like touch in the middle of a ballsy metal riff for example.
I got the biggest chills by the beginning of the solo for Judas Priest: Painkiller. Also the beginning of War Pigs final solo is nuts!
Love how you were able to capture the soul of each solo. Please do more!
Petruccis under a glass moon solo is just one of the best ever. So many techniques squeezed into one solo, but they all make sense and dont feel shoehorned into it just to show off. I was hoping youd do more of it lol
Shit dude. You played that Dream Theater like it was nothing. Impressive!
That another brick in the wall lick in the solo always forces a guitar face even though I don't play yet.
this dude is WICKED at playing holy crap
I love the Rocky George Lick. That guy needs to be played more on youtube. He was an amazing player
Yeah. You Can't Bring Me Down has 2 amazing solos in it.
Absolutely amazing. And it's so awesome that you're not just playing the notes, but actually feeling the emotion of the notes. Double kudos for having Deuce and Liza Jane in there. Great music and strong coffee to start my morning off right 😊😊
The Walk solo was played so smoothly, it sounded amazing.
My number one lick is the opening one of Johnny B. Goode, it’s always been one of my go-to’s and it’s definitely up there for one of the best guitar licks
Billy Gibbons
That lick in the chorus of Got Me Under Pressure and the verse of Planet Of Women 😎
Wow! I've never heard someone getting that close to the squeal in the Master of Puppets solo 👌 BTW really glad about your take on Orzabal's solo in Shout
The wah on Shout sounded great, Tears for Fears are from my home city.
The Ending of the second Solo in Master of Puppets is just perfect.
this series needs some Zakk Wylde! (maybe from the solo in Mama I'm Coming Home?)
Very Enjoyable Mike. I'm a Solo Nut like, "Caught up in You" & "Runnin' Down a Dream" but Riffs & Licks are a Wonderment in How they get Developed. Hours of thought in some cases I'm guessing.
The ending of the buddy holly solo by weezer just does it for me man so fkn catchy
I love the beginning solo of You Can’t Bring Me Down! Nice Jem btw, I’ve always wanted one 🙌🏼. I do however have one of Steve’s AxeFx II units that he used on tour, (long story!)
Prince, SRV, and Dime all in one video! Fuggin awesome! 🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟
That was tremendous! Can't wait for part 2!!
Absolutely incredible! Great chops! I could only wish to play half as well as you do! Can’t wait for more!!
damn .that voodoo child solo at 08:42 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
So glad you have Prince on the list. The average music listener has no idea of what an amazing guitar player Prince was. Completely underrated by the general population and by the vast majority of new guitar players, unless they have a guitar teacher, i.g. Mike (TAofG), who is well versed in many genre's.
3:11 heyyy, that's my "nail a tricky bend with feels" face!
That Nuno lick! When I was a kid , and heard that on Bill and Teds I was blown away! Nice 🤘🏻🤘🏻
The lick always gives me chills
Youre awesome, i feel like you take every guitarists thoughts and just explain them with theory annd knowledge and shit. great channel
Amazing playing. I'm so impressed (a week into learning!)
Some licks that I love are:
The noisy guitar in Higher by A7X at the 3:00 mark
The soloy bit after the second chorus of Hail to the King by A7X
The opening of the solo to the Judas Kiss by Metallica
The part of the Cure solo where Kirk Hammett uses a kill switch
The ending of My Friend of Misery where Kirk doubled the chorus riff
The opening of the Snowblind solo by Black Sabbath
The slide guitar in Descending by Tool
The guitar solo after the second chorus of Climbing up the Walls by Radiohead
The bluegrass solo in Wynonas Big Brown Beaver by Primus
The short solo after the first chorus of Sleep On It by the Living End
The opening to the solo of Paradise City
The solo from Get Off Your Ass and Jam by Funkadelic
The solo from If You Have To Ask by RHCP
Absolute classic!!!! Keep ROCKIN'!! ~Evan
Surely we'll see Randy Rhoads pop up in the next installment. His solos on the two Ozzy albums are some of the best rock solo/licks ever.
awesome video thanks again mike! a lot of my favorites on here too particularly the jimi/prince/eddie/metallica/megadeth
The solos in whitesnakes’ is this love always get me so so so good and the solo in big goodbye by great white just both filled with so much groove and passion
I love this. It reminds me of what's important. Sometimes I get too caught up and tempted to just focus on "technique". This reminds me that skill-wise, I actually have all the technique I need. I don't need to reach Batio levels just to enjoy 99% of what I really do enjoy. :)
First of all I cant believe I asked what your dream guitar was and you said I have all of them...no shit. You are very talented Mike keep this one up I liked it!
Beat it and Master of puppets were pretty cool.
Loved those, always classic.
You mix these tracks really well
The Shout solo is great... really fits the song well
Loved this video . I got excited for the “Alone” solo as well
Loved the riff series. Going to love this one too. Always appreciate when you include KISS. The youths might not realize how much fun guitar stuff there is there. A few I'd highlight are when Paul comes in on the Detroit Rock City solo and the "Smashes Thrashes and Hits" version of the Love Gun solo where they get rid of the vocals so you can hear it.
So glad to see Bettencourt on here!
Great video. There is just something about these videos it just makes me happy to watch them.
I am no guitarist but the hardest songs on drums for me are
1.Pneauma-tool(in the process of learning)
2.Dance of eternity-Dream theater(Already leanred)
3.La villa strangiato:Rush(Already leanred)
4...and justice for all-Metallica(Already leanred)(the time signature changes in this song and things you have to remember are crazy)
5.Master of puppets;Metallica (Already leanred) this song isn’t to hard really to execute it is just a matter of what goes where
6.Blackened.Metallica(Already leanred) again this song for me at least isn’t too hard to execute because I play it all the time but again just a case of what goes where
7.People=Sh**-slipknot(Already learned) the blast beats in this song at crazy. I am used to it now though and use it as my warmup song sometimes
8.welcome home sanitarium-Metallica (already learned) man this song has some of the weirdest stuff I have ever heard. The cymbal hits and what goes where.
A lick that gives me a big rush is the end decending part of the Ride The Lightning solo. :)) Great vid btw
Amazing job! Turned me on to a few solos too! I like Dream Theater solo. Those Heart solos are classics. Good choice on the Ace. Love that Vince Gill solo. You nailed them all. Amazing! Great job!
Man you and Steve Vie love that guitar. Great licks,
playing and tones
Love this series!!
I've played for 31 years and still can't come close to this. Always inspired after your videos, but never take enough time to practice.
the solo in Descending by Tool gives me the chills 🥶
Thanks for the inspiration Mike ❤️🤘🏼
Love it man, can’t wait to hear more 🤘🏻
I always played the Another Brick In The Wall solo with a double bend at the beginning there, I don't know if that's wrong, but doing 2 full-step bends has become a big part of my solo vocabulary since I learned it that way.
Two things...the solo in Alone has always been a favorite of mine, thanks for doing that. And two, I had no idea you had the chicken pickin' skill in ya, nice job!
Kirk's solo on Disposable Heroes gets me every time.
Great video but can you please include the first bit of the solo in white lighting by Def Leppard. Thanks.
A expecting series ! Thank u, you’re amazing !!! 🇫🇷👍🏼🍒
The first time I heard _For the Love of God_ it changed my life. Definitely one of my favorites.
Great video. You have to add something from Gary Richrath. Such an underrated guitarist, but when I was growing up he made me want to play.
My soul has goosebumps
Tornado of souls just gives me the biggest rush ever.
That was awesome 👍 mad skills 🤘
For me a lot of riffs or the songs really that give that feeling would be stratovarious I love the stuff they have
Got that shirt from Target, too!
Such a nice surprise to hear Sucidle Tendancies, they have some really underrated guitar parts!!
Now this is what I'm talking about man!!!!
It would be killer to see if for every one of these licks lessons you post, you do a follow up where you choose one lick from the previous post that would most benefit a struggling play and break it down for us.
Tendencies Rocky George,,, the best...
One for me is the middle lick in the when the curtain falls solo (gvf) or the fast part of the sweet child solo
You missed one in the Riffs video.
Beethoven's 5th.
DUM DUM DOOOM!
DUM DUM DOOM!
Oh man you lead with Gilmour. I've ripped that D dorian/pentatonic lick and adapted it for almost everything I play in that key/mode.
Brian May "It's a Kind of Magic" gets me everytime. I can't play it that well..a couple of runs close enough.
Taxman was gnarly! Kudos.
Y E S the series is back🙏🙏
This is so good!
How SRV could bend those 13 guage strings, truly amazes me
The first riff I ever learned was black dog and then like a month later I learned the solo and I would play it all the time because it was the reason I wanted to even play guitar in the first place. I’m sure everyone hated me back then because I sounded terrible lmao
you can't bring me down!!!! thank you
Good licks nice video!
One of the coolest licks for me is the call and response lick(s) at the end of the solo in Annihilator's Alison Hell. Still can't play it tho lol
Nice!
Love it that the great David Gilmour got in first.
Amazing!
The Intro to "Killed by Death" by Motorhead. AND its very hard to play. I challenge you to do it justice.
Nice little hybrid picking in that last one.
I think I screamed when he played the solo for WALK
I know you’re not into country music so much, but check out the solo in Maybe it Was Memphis by Pam Tillis.
Very cool!
The licks that give the kicks🤘
Great video! I frigging love suicidal
That Ibanez you have sounds great, really rips
Your fingertips are sore from shredding... mine are sore from your spider walking exercises. Pain is apparently a critical part of artistry. 😇
Great video. Detailed annotations with time stamps would be helpful. Especially to help your view count. We'd come back more when practicing.
Inspiring.
OHH YEEESS, PLAY WITH ME, I REALLY LOVE THAT SOLO
You have a beautiful guitar
I never realized how much Rontrose Heathman was influenced by Vince Gill in his country playing but it’s very apparent in that solo!
Cliffs of Dover does it for me every time
It’s weird, but solos rarely do it for me. There are some standouts like Dave Gilmour who has so much expression, but I tend to like weird solos like in The Pixies where they make the guitar sound like it’s being murdered instead of played inside a melodic pentatonic lol. I love punk and post punk music though, so as an ethos it doesn’t really strive for that. When it comes to technical prowess, I also zone in on fingerstyle guitar playing, and get much more of a rush from a master like John Fahey playing an instrumental piece than anything Joe Bonamassa, Steve Vai, Eric Clapton, John Mayer or any of those other guys could possibly dish out... But it’s all just different strokes for different folks I guess...
Yo mike- if you get any time can you make a quick short video on a part in the stone temple pilots song “plush”? There is a bridge section about 2.5 mins in that’s buried in the mix a bit but is incredible - almost a jimmy page inspired Beatles progression thing happening. You can hear it very well on the isolated guitar track. Thanks