I forgot how good Vito Bratta was...

[mystixboi]

Bratta was a good player, no doubt. It is laughable to compare him to Eddie. Not even close to being in the same league.....crazy fucking talk

As much as i love evh(more than Vito), I've never heard a solo of his as melodic and technique filled than a lot of Vito solos.

 

[SFW]

Vito is in my top five favorite players. Killer legato player.

 

[NaturalBornBoy]

I agree Darren. Little Fighter is one of my favorite solos from that era.

This!

The 'Little Fighter' solo and the solo from Extreme's 'Rest In Peace' are my 2, all-time fave solos

 

[paulyc]

I loved the video for Wait, that big room. Always wanted a practice space like that...big room on the top floor of an old low rise office building with big windows and wood floors...and that 2 color sunburst ESP strat and the old Marshalls wouldn't hurt either !

 

[fuzzyguitars]

Dont forget that he was also a ripping rhythm player too

 

[AndyK]

I listen to tunes from Pride almost daily. I always thought Vito's style was more similar to Nuno's - sounding like there were more guitars than there were, fusing chords with melodic fills. The big difference is tone - Vito's tone was way dark compared to Nuno (and early EVH). But very chewy!

 

[Kapo_Polenton]

I learned the Wait solo the other day and man is it a lot harder than it seems.. those tap slides and bends/releases have to be spot on or you sound like a hack who is too sharp or too flat. that guy had tremendous control and he actually composed his solos vs just spitting anything out. Where Eddie digs in and rips you a new one, Bratta kind of flows through everything with precision. If you go toe to toe on melodic phrasing, Bratta is definitely a better VH. I also laugh at constantly hearing that he was a VH clone just because he tapped. Not one of his solos sounds like anything VH did apart from the fact that he uses tapping.

 

[jabps]

Vito took what he could from Ed and put his own stamp on it...in a big way.

The man oozed melody in his solo's, very composed and almost always on the mark. As some have said...Ed is very off the cuff in many of his solo's. Nothing wrong with either. Kudo's to Vito though, not many of his solo's that I didn't enjoy and a lot more interesting to me compared to say Steve Lynch who was very much in that same vein.

 

[Enjolras56]

Dont forget that he was also a ripping rhythm player too

THIS! Busy, yet tasteful and always complemented the vocal.

 

[paulyc]

The SICK thing to me is that when I listen to Pride, I'm NOT hearing a lot of preamp gain...it seems like it's all EL34 grind. His hands must be strong as hell to play what he plays with a sound that clean...

 

[Enjolras56]

The SICK thing to me is that when I listen to Pride, I'm NOT hearing a lot of preamp gain...it seems like it's all EL34 grind. His hands must be strong as hell to play what he plays with a sound that clean...

If I'm not mistaken, in his "coming out of hiding" interview with Eddie Trunk a few years back, he said that back in the day, he'd even practice for several hours AFTER getting home from a late nite gig.

 

[paulyc]

Yeah, I heard that...and also that he had training in classical guitar...back in the White Lion days he would ONLY play acoustic on the bus because he wanted to be psyched up for the distorted electric sound as much as the audience was...imagine riding around all day fingerpicking acoustic guitar....ya, your hands would get strong real fast.