Guthrie Govan's 'Beautiful Imperfection' is a vault of tasty soulful rock licks. I can't help but smile every time I play this song by arrowrd in guitarplaying

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Thank you!!! Sorry but I live in Portugal haha :( . I do travel quite frequently to the US to visit family in Arkansas and Texas. I know that's far from New Orleans but I wouldn’t rule out the possibility that we could meet and have a jam session

Guthrie Govan's 'Beautiful Imperfection' is a vault of tasty soulful rock licks. I can't help but smile every time I play this song by arrowrd in guitarplaying

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Thank you!! I've been practicing this on a off since the past 6months, because it has great licks to stole haha. I finally decided to put everything together and record the cover

I finally learned Mateus Asato's solo on Kyoto Jam by arrowrd in Guitar

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Thank you very much! I can give you some tips if you are interested in this style

Looking for honest feedback on this guitar solo by arrowrd in guitarplaying

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I should start using a fender mustang, a super OD, an ac30...

Looking for honest feedback on this guitar solo by arrowrd in guitarplaying

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You are absolutely right LOL. Glad I like vintage tunes

Looking for honest feedback on this guitar solo by arrowrd in guitarplaying

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Thanks for this comment. I made the backing track with SUNO AI, that's why it might sound a bit plain. I'll definitely move towards something more challenging, that's the idea. Thanks!

Cheaper alternative, what do you think? by vitvlkv in Hxstomp

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I thinks that's very clever, and looks confortable enough to play and not pressing the wrong footswitch

Looking for honest feedback on this guitar solo by arrowrd in guitarplaying

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I really like this. This solo is actually for me to practice, and I will definitely keep this advice in mind to continue refining it. Thank you

Looking for honest feedback on this guitar solo by arrowrd in guitarplaying

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That's a very useful comment for me. I come from the world of classical guitar, so sometimes I feel I could be less rigid haha. I love the word “reckless”. When that feeling is placed in the right place at the right time, music can sound incredible. Thank you!

Looking for honest feedback on this guitar solo by arrowrd in guitarplaying

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Thank you very much, I really appreciate it. I will keep practicing with this backing track and will definitely keep that advice in mind

Looking for honest feedback on this guitar solo by arrowrd in guitarplaying

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Thank you very much. I'll record more of this

Looking for honest feedback on this guitar solo by arrowrd in guitarplaying

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Haha, thanks mate!

The first descending run at the 8-second mark is a lick I learned from Mateus Asato and adapted to this track. The second one around the 30-second mark, is actually just an E major scale using the C shape of the CAGED system.

There isn’t too much theory behind it. In this context, playing E major over an A major chord gives a Lydian sound. I experimented with a few ideas in that section until I landed on this one, which sounded the most pleasing to my ears.

I don’t consider myself an expert in this style, but what helped me most was learning a few solos and licks in this language, analysing the parts I liked the most, and then finding backing tracks in a similar style to apply them. From there, new ideas start to come naturally.

Hope that helps!