Stuff You'd Like To Play But Just Can't Seem To Nail

[Triangle Going Sick]

which means that when the inspiration comes, the technical ability is there on standby to effortlessly give it effect.

Bingo, it's just that we don't want to admit that practicing is boring.

[Noel]

+1 on Jeff Watson's "Don't tell me you love me" solo. Slow temp sure, but speed it up, and my picking hand isn't clean enough.
Have also been watching some doug Aldrih YouTubes and talk about frustrating.

I do agree with what many have said though. Technique should be a servant and not a master.

[g60_dave]

This is where it gets interesting, is improving simply a matter of time and repetition?

I'm not so sure it is...

Musically, perhaps not. Jaco Pastorious supposedly never practiced the same thing twice.

Maybe thats why Ive never Heard of Him....

[AC15ER]

Anyone use "Best Practice"

A neat little program to slow stuff down without changing pitch.

Heres a link if you haven't seen it before: http://www.xs4all.nl/~mp2004/bp/

Kind of cheating but if you want to learn it.

[Suproman77]

Whew, truth be told, I can't nail probably 90% of the songs I try to play. I hold myself to really high standards of what 'nailing it' means. When it comes to a lot of the material by the greats like Page, Hendrix, and EVH, the best I can do is close approximations.

Especially difficult for me though are a lot of EVH's techniques. I'm dreadfully terrible when it comes to using a tremolo bar.

[thirdman333]

most everything jimmy page related though i never try to "nail" anything anymore more just capture the basic feel for each song close ive never tried to completly copy a song note for note song for sound personnaly i think its just boring i like to let my own style through a bit when playing other songs nothing to drastic but enough so im comfortable

[MichaelE]

I have a heck of a time at the end of the outro solo on 'Go Your Own Way' as Buckingham plays it. I've heard him play it several ways, and the version I like is the most difficult for me. I've never seen a video of anyone playing it this way so I'm pretty much winging it by ear. I can hear it, I just have a difficult time playing it fluently.

Many solos by Neil Giraldo give me fits as well. Many are more difficult for me to play than Buckingham's.

[DocRocz]

This is where it gets interesting, is improving simply a matter of time and repetition?

I'm not so sure it is...

Musically, perhaps not. Jaco Pastorious supposedly never practiced the same thing twice.

Maybe thats why Ive never Heard of Him....

I find this truly amazing someone who has never heard of what most consider the best bass player that ever lived.
He is to bass what Hendrix is to guitar!

[JustAGuy]

I seem to recall reading or hearing somewhere that Buddy Rich never practiced and never warmed up before a gig. I could google that, I guess, but then I might find out that it's not true...(heh)...