how to play "Walk This Way" by Aerosmith - 1st guitar solo lesson video free download


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Uploaded: 2013/10/29

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An electric guitar lesson on how to play the first solo in Walk This Way by Aerosmith. Really great playing here by Joe Perry mixing minor and major pentatonic scales. I consider this one of the most recognizable rock guitar solos of all time.

I get a lot of questions about my sound so here's what I'm using:

My amp is an Egnater Renegade head through a Marshall 1960b cabinet. I use a TC Electronics Nova System through the loop for effects. On almost all songs I just use a digital delay, roughly 400ms, but some stuff I use tap tempo to set the delay. I also use a BB preamp on most lead tones and sometimes (rarely) a Boss CS-3 compressor. The reverb is from the amp. My wah is a Dunlop MC404 CAE Dual Inductor, REALLY great pedal! I also use a Polytune tuner which is fantastic.

My guitar is a 1975 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe. I have Suhr Aldrich pickups on it. I have them coil split, but for this tune I had them running in full humbucker mode.

Folks may be surprised at how much time and effort goes into creating these videos. If you're getting something out of the lessons and can afford to contribute to the cause, I've setup a Paypal link. If you can't afford it no worries, but if you can, any amount is appreciated and will help me to continue to make the videos.

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Thanks for all the comments, and questions and of course for subscribing. I really appreciate the support. Good luck to everyone with their guitar playing.

cheers everyone

Comments

9 years ago

Luke Bianchi

you should have gone through it slower just saying but besides that good job.

10 years ago

Jon S

Thanks for the great tutorial!

10 years ago

Targaxel

Bravo Maestro.Your talents extend beyond your beautiful riffs.You are also a wonderful instructor.

10 years ago

Ali Handal

Thanks SO much for this! I'm learning this song for an upcoming show and you're saving me loads of time I can dedicate to learning how to sing the lead while playing that bitchin' verse guitar part! (scary hard to be Perry/Tyler!) Here's a sample of one of my Page/Plant performances, in case you're curious :) Ali Handal - Whole Lotta Love (Cover)

10 years ago

Salt and lime life Pcbflausa

Joe Perry didn't have TABS..LOL

10 years ago

Claus O'Polowy

too fast to be a lesson men...

10 years ago

MisterB4x

thank you, nice tutorial.just by the way, that "blues note" is called a flat 5 (b5)

10 years ago

SV Wenger

I am done looking for good tutorials on YouTube. I have found the man!! You are as good as the original artists, for sure. Very nicely done without a lot of unneeded verb-age and nonsense. Way to go!!

11 years ago

jim f

Thanks............ this is a vey helpful video!, much appreciated. Sorry I don't have the money to donate at this time :-( I love Aerosmith! Brad Whitford is a great guitar player too, he is often overlooked, but I think he is as good as JoePerry just a different kind of player he seems to have a more bluesy feel then Joe, and is a few points behind Joe and Steven in the cool department, but hey it's not easy to try and be as cool as those guys lol. Part of the reason Aerosmith is so good is they have two awesome lead guitar players, Brad may not do as much in this song, but he sure rips it up in Nobody's Fault, and a lot of other Aerosmith songs! Ok I'll stop rambling now, but I had to throw Bard a little love, Aerosmith wouldn't be nearly as good without his guitar playing!

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