below you'll find two rehearsal recordings from my Band JUMP! (8-tracks recording - drums with one mic). The Recordings are done in ONE Take - no fake, with some mixing afterwords.
The Van Halen Guitar Solo is really a challenge for the whole band - tricky beat and awesome soloing. It took a while for us to make it smooth. The keyboarder and I nearly have broken our fingers some how :-)
For the Van Halen Soloing a use a hair tie which is settled directly behind the fretboard. I overdraw the hair tie directly before the solo on the fretboard. This helps to reduce unwanted dissonances, because the Solo is in Bb-Minor and therefore slightly hitting the open strings is causing very dissonant tunes.
On the Hold the Line Solo, there are very wide vibratos (which I am still working on ...) I like that solo very much. At the end of the solo I am using a Pitch Harmonizer for the polyphonic guitar licks.
Hold The Line / Toto:
http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=11547124&q=hi&newref=1
Jump / Van Halen:
http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=11683324&q=hi&newref=1
Enjoy listening, wolbai.
