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I don't know too much about SRV but I do know I want to learn at least one SRV song before my guitaring lifetime is over, which one would would you recommend for technique and for listening pleasure?
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and something that sounds good with only one guitar -
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I don't know much of his stuff, but my dad has a nice live version of him playing Hendrix's little wing that goes for about 5 minutes. That's a real cool solo, and he add's some extra stuff in there on top of the normal hendrixy stuff. But that's probably not what you're looking for.
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All of his stuff sounds good with only one guitar. But do you mean as a solo piece or as the only guitar in a band?
Tightrope is a good one for playing by yourself, rockin' riff and some cool 9th chord vamping. But if you want something to play with a band, Crossfire is great. It's really driven by the bassline, and the guitar is fairly sparse until he tears into the solo. Good lesson in restraint. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
Or there's one of my favourites, Couldn't Stand the Weather. I should learn that one myself some day.
A nice solo piece to sing along with is Life By The Drop. He played that one on a lone 12 string acoustic on Sky Is Crying. I also have a great 6 string acoustic version of Pride & Joy that he played on MTV Unplugged.
For technique, I'd love to learn Scuttlebuttin'Hail yesterdayComment
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I would recommend 'Lenny'Comment
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BK, I was thinking the same thing.Comment
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Yeah, Scuttlebuttin' !!!! I can't do it, but I'm trying!
Pride and joy is nice and fun to learn.
And I totally love Tin Pan Alley.Comment
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VitamnG, I saw that episode of "Unplugged" with SRV, and it was awesome, to say the least. When he played "Pride and joy", I don't think he opened his eyes once, until the song was over. That man knew his fretboard.
One of the more recent guitar mags has an SRV song in it, and I think it's "Pride and joy" if I remember correctly.Comment
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ironhead, do you have the tab for skuttlebuttin? All the ones i've seen are wrong, including one in a book! [img]graemlins/band.gif[/img]Comment
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I recommed "Lenny", too.Comment
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@ Suck my Kiss No I don't have a correct tab of scuttle buttin' either. All the ones i've found have tons of mistakes in 'em. Somebody? Please? [img]graemlins/help.gif[/img]
Damn I wanna learn to play that song so bad!Comment
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I love SRV ^.^ some good songs to learn that'll get you into his feel are:
o Rude Mood (liked it so much i tabbed it out!)
o Tight Roap
o Love Struck Baby
o Pride And Joy
o Hideaway (easy, and fun)
o Crossfire (for lil solo bursts)
o Marry Had a Little Lamb (easiest song)
He did a lotta string raking, and he picked really hard (with his whole arm, not just his wrist), and had those nice Fender Texas Special pickups. Soooooo if ur tone doesn't come out exactly like his, don't worry about it ^.^ no one sounds like he did. Not even his brother!
[ January 17, 2003, 09:11 PM: Message edited by: LinaV ]Comment
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Stevie didn't use Texas Special pickups.Comment
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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Don't leave us hanging, man! What pickups DID he use?Originally posted by Boxcar Willie 84:
Stevie didn't use Texas Special pickups.Ron is the MAN!!!!Comment
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His pickups in #1 were stock '59s which had been re-wound.Comment
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