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Steve Savicki
11-04-2005, 08:46 AM
Is 2 finger tapping all that considering Rik Emmett was able to do the solo without using that technique? Heck, I could've sworn the two artists were the same when hearing the solo for the first time!

Did Rik have a special technique of his own?
ThrillsNSpills
11-04-2005, 09:25 AM
this is all that (http://www.therealallanholdsworth.com/)

Don't know about rik Emmet but my fingers aren't happy with me for working on this move.
Diamondjimi
11-05-2005, 03:05 PM
Originally posted by Steve Savicki
Is 2 finger tapping all that considering Rik Emmett was able to do the solo without using that technique? Heck, I could've sworn the two artists were the same when hearing the solo for the first time!

Did Rik have a special technique of his own?

In Triumph's early days Rik was a major Jimmy Page fan. Go figure Rik's R&R Machine solo and Page's "Heartbreaker"solos are in G !
There is no tapping in either solos. only pull-offs.....
Had both solos nailed when I was 15. Fun stuff !

Thanks for the Holdsworth link Steve. He's the most under appreciated and scarriest guitarist on the face of the Earth !
Steve Savicki
11-06-2005, 11:55 AM
Originally posted by diamondjimi
He's the most under appreciated and scarriest guitarist on the face of the Earth !
Straight from allmusic:

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:995k8qztbtm4~T1

"Guitarist Allan Holdsworth is widely considered to be one of the finest instrumentalists in all of jazz fusion, yet has never truly received the recognition that he so rightfully deserves."
BrownSound1
11-06-2005, 03:28 PM
Two handed tapping is the easy part of Ed's playing...it's all the other shit that is difficult. ;)
Diamondjimi
11-06-2005, 04:46 PM
EVH's phrasing is amazing. In tabliture , some of his licks look very
traditional blues/Clapton-ish. But it's the way he blazes through them
is what makes them unmistakably him.
Steve Savicki
11-07-2005, 08:56 AM
Hey Brownie, do you have Triumph's solo nailed down?
ThrillsNSpills
11-09-2005, 03:25 PM
Steve is there a link to this solo online.??
Steve Savicki
11-09-2005, 03:45 PM
A list of their tabs is at http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/triumph_tabs.htm .
ThrillsNSpills
11-09-2005, 04:13 PM
I've never heard the solo.

Have you a file of him playing it?

I'll tell ya if it's a bugger to do or not if you want.
ThrillsNSpills
11-09-2005, 04:14 PM
by that I meant hard to play
Steve Savicki
11-09-2005, 04:41 PM
So you picked up on the solo immediately?
ThrillsNSpills
11-09-2005, 06:40 PM
No I've never heard the solo.
I was asking you to post a link to it so I could check it out, then tell you if it's hard to do.
I was curious to hear it.
I can't find it online.
Steve Savicki
11-09-2005, 10:03 PM
Sorry, don't know any off the top of my head; I just did the search for "Triumph Rock and Roll machine solo tabs."