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Picking up where we left off, this month I’ll present the remainder of an original rock guitar solo I composed called “Loop Appeal,” which is played over a funky groove and “i-IV Dorian vamp” and inspired by the Red Hot Chili Peppers song “Aeroplane.”
There’s something about this tempo’s “pocket” (around 100 beats per minute), the key of G minor and, specifically, the Gm7-to-C chord vamp that feels ideally suited to the timbre of an overdriven electric guitar and the way the notes ring, as well as the feel of the string tension for bending.
“I would say he’s underrated in the echelons of guitar. Honestly, there’s no-one close”: Steve Vai reveals what it’s like to work side by side with fellow Frank Zappa alum Adrian Belew on the BEAT tour
“I think Eddie got rubbed up the wrong way because we had another superstar guitar player in our lineup”: Eddie Van Halen apparently left Peavey because it signed a second standout shredder – Joe Satriani
