Rick Lee James breaks down Lincoln Brewster's guitar solo from Today Is The Day, slowed down and explained step by step. The hardest part is a rapid hammer-on/pull-off sequence with a bend on the 17th fret, which paradoxically feels easier when played fast.
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So the Lincoln Brewster "Today's the Day" guitar solo, if you break it down a little slower than what he does on the album, it's a very intricate solo, very interesting, a lot of stuff he's doing. There's a lot of kind of echo to what he's doing, so he's kind of replying to himself on the guitar. So you start up with this, the beginning of the solo is like this walk-up. And then it's like a series of pull-offs, and you walk down.
Messed that up a little bit. So it's—
kind of a— it's a stretch between the 12th and the 15th fret, or the 17th fret actually. And it drops down to— so it's— so it drops up to the 4th string and the 12th fret. And then probably the most challenging part of the song, and I'll probably mess it up, I'm trying to play it a little slower here, but it's like you start up here on the 15th fret and you make this stretch. This may not be exact, but it's close to what he does. So you're actually hitting each string. You're going— And that's a very challenging part too, because it's— hang on, it's easier to play fast. So it's a hammer-on pull-off thing, then a bend up here way high on the 17th fret.
So that's—
So anyway, I hope that helps a little bit. It's a pretty hard solo to play. Maybe that'll break it down for you just a little bit when you're trying. Thanks!
