Guitar Soloing Quotes

I'm more of a rhythmic player. My soloing is pretty much limited to playing slide guitar.

I'm into playing guitars, not into figuring out what else goes on with them.

No matter how long you play the guitar, there's always something else to learn.

God created whammy bars for people who don't know how to solo.

Most people can do what I do - they can do guitar solos - but they can't do a good, hard rhythm guitar and be dedicated to it.

One of my favorite guitar players and musicians is a guy named Jimmy Herring.

You can approach the guitar like a voice. That's the best way of looking at it. If you are singing, you can't keep going a million miles an hour. You can only fit so many syllables in, so think about what you can sing through your guitar. Players like David Gilmour and Neal Schon are great at that kind of thing.

Early on in my career, I was really into the volume pedal techniques that somebody like Steve Howe or Alex Lifeson would use.

My guitar setup is inspired by Stevie Ray Vaughan.

For an electric guitarist to solo effectively on an acoustic guitar you need to develop tricks to avoid the expectation of sustain that comes from playing electrics. Try cascades, for example. Drop arpeggios over open strings, and let the open strings sing as you pick with your fingers. It's kind of a country style of playing, but it works very well in-between heavily strummed parts and fingered lead lines.