What was the first guitar solo you could play

[Hardrock69]

I would have to say something off of Kiss Alive!

I got my first electric guitar Dec. 4, 1976, and by the time I joined the army 6 months later, I could decently play the solo from 100,000 Years, as well as some other bits and pieces from Alive!. And also the solo from Detroit Rock City.

[Terry]

Iron Man, by Sabbath.

The whole song was pretty basic. In fact, a lot of the rock tunes I wanted to learn when I first started to play were off the Paranoid album. I learned all the non-solo parts of Paranoid and War Pigs, but Iron Man was the first tune where I was able to learn all the riffs AND the solos and play them all note-for-note and play them well.

I never really got into copying too many solos note-for-note, though. I'd learn the main riffs, verse and chorus parts the way they were recorded and I liked to learn bits and pieces of various solos (like, memorable parts or intro/outro) but I always liked winging the solos.

[VAiN]

Within my first year of playing, when I was about 15, I got the book to VHI.. the first thing i learned was the RWTD solo... that book was like a goldmine!

[ashstralia]

The bridge was built like a tank. It was a chunk of metal.

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[Nitro Express]

The guy who inspired me to play guitar was not EVH, nor was it Jimmy Page or Jimmy Hendrix. It was Ace Frehley. To this day I listen to the man's licks and I go, yeah, they were tasty. The man was a true rock star in every sense of the word and you had to love that laugh of his.

[Nitro Express]

I think this was the second solo I got down. Still a good song.

[VHscraps]

First I really thought I nailed, but probably was nowhere near close, was 'Rockin' at Midnight' by The Honeydrippers - who remembers that?! Great solo by Jeff Beck.

The first 'solo' I could actually play for sure and on the money was '316' by EVH.

I could never really play, though.

[vandeleur]

On reflection the two prohibitive factors in me learning solo's or learning them late in guitar playing were:

A. Talent or lack of

B. Attention span .

C. Er What was I talking about .

I was a walking radio station , I could play every riff every catchy bit of any song but that was it , am not even sure I could play a full song before I joined a band.
I just wanted to play the hook or the intro , which ever bit caught mine or more importantly my potential audience's attention.
I just wanted to show off to my mates .
Plus I was into punk in my formative years and I didnt hear a lot of solo's played except the variety that copied the vocal melody. Obviously when I look back now there were loads.

[VHscraps]

On reflection the two prohibitive factors in me learning solo's or learning them late in guitar playing were:

A. Talent or lack of

B. Attention span .

C. Er What was I talking about .

That was pretty much it for me. I had some mates who started at the same time and were advancing quicker, and realised there were way too many good players out there to think that I could make it as a musician.

[Seshmeister]

Was listening to the radio earlier and a song came on that reminded me of the first solo I learnt.

When I was young I had loads of guitar lessons and one of the first Solo's I had to learn was

Alone by Heart .

I heard it today its still a canny little solo to start with and doesnt sound to bad even now.

'Alone'?

Sounds like a mackem quilt has got a hold of your password...

[vandeleur]

Yeah , it was a test from my guitar teacher . He had me playing loads of more melodic stuff .
It taught me a valuable lesson , the one with the pretty face is usually the fat one

[Green Manalishi]

Don't laugh....O-kay , go ahead...the first solo I could play was.....get this...." Wipe Out " by the Surfari's when I was about 11 . I had a big old fat bodied electric by KAY guitars . It was a large and bulky hollow body but...it was electric . My instructor - Kelly Haefner and I worked on this for I don't know how long but , yes , I proudly nailed it .