Help on a Solo...Night Ranger

[MrDowntown]

I hate to do this...but there is a piece of a solo i just can't figure...I've slowed it down, but there's parts of it that i just can't hear in front of the mix to discern the notes (it's kind of jumbled/messy sounding) so i'm guessing, and guessing poorly.

Anyone know the outro to Goodbye, by Night Ranger? Specifically the run BG does toward the end. after the high bend on B/21 (i believe). Then the run starts (well i start it) on B/17,19,21...

any help...i'd dance at ya'wedding!

 

[Detroit1973]

Check Youtube. I used to have the BG Instructional video....There may be a copy of that video on YT.

 

[Findthetone1]

I know he's using tremolo (of course, its BG :-0) I'm pretty sure he's doing some two handed stuff as well.

 

[Tone Ranger]

I don't think that solo is on his Star licks video. I know Jeff played the main solo.

 

[ke2]

I looked it up on YouTube, and it sounds... messy ?
I have the utmost respect for BG and his accomplishments, but it sounds like wanking...? ?

 

[MrDowntown]

? yea it’s a little jumbly, my word, there at the end but, but...it really is melodic, to my ear anyways.

Didn’t Eddie say something like solos were like falling down steps but somehow landing on your feet. I’ve got the first few notes and the last few notes lol...close enough for waking

 

[ke2]

That’s what he said, yes ?

 

[Exo-metal]

Mark Day where are you!?!?

 

[splatter]

can you be more specific about which part of the outro? like what time sig on the YT vid. I don't know the song but I listened to it and other than not being prominent the mix it doesn't sound to bad.

 

[MrDowntown]

...yea...Mark could play that whilst making cornbread and make it all look EZ...

anyways...it's at about the 3:48/3:49 mark of this video...

 

[splatter]

...yea...Mark could play that whilst making cornbread and make it all look EZ...

anyways...it's at about the 3:48/3:49 mark of this video...

If I have time I'll work on it tomorrow, maybe Tuesday before I can get to it. What key is it in?

It sounds like he's just running down the scale and changing his start point as he descends.
I'm no expert but I'm happy to try and Figure out a BG lick and 2 heads are better than one.

I think its similar to this lick around 3:04
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeZKAVUyKQc

 

[MrDowntown]

hey man...thanks for any help...im sure it's some very simple scale structure...i'm just missing the proper notes somewhere in the middle...

it's licks like that and the one you linked that make me want to burn my shit and chuck it in the river

 

[Tone Ranger]

https://youtu.be/D0zWa5sVhdc

 

[MrDowntown]

Is that you playing that TonRanger?

Anyways...this is “where I’m at” ...fwiw.. I ran by the house at lunch and did a crummy iPhone recording.

 

[Tone Ranger]

No that's not me, just a video I found. Never much good at Goodbye.

 

[splatter]

I worked on it some last night. The fact that it's so low in the mix doesn't help also I'm sick as a dog so that doesn't help.
Anyway I came up with something that sounds close.
He is doing some hammer on's in there that I don't quite know what he is doing .
I will listen to it some more later and see what I can come up with. At this point I'm basically walking down the scale and changing the starting point as I go by dropping it one note at the time Don't really know how to explain it any other way.

 

[MrDowntown]

yea man...i know what you're talking about..no big deal

feel well soon!