WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
✔ String bending
✔ Doublestops
✔ F major and minor
A new Guns n’ Roses track is always a special occasion, so this month we break from our ‘riff’ mission to. To learn the solo, it makes sense to break it down into three four-bar sections. Play the first section with your first finger stationed at the 3rd fret and use your third finger to bend the G note up a full-tone bend, then a semitone bend to switch from the major to minor sound. For section two shift your first finger up to 10th fret and play doublestops on the second and third strings while adding slight bends and vibrato to the 12th fret notes. The final section climbs up the first string with bends from the 13th fret, up to the 18th fret, before finishing on a sustained doublestop at the 20th fret. We’ve played slowly through the solo in our video so you can check out the finer details.
