MattBowman
FAS Social Media Advocate
I was challenged by my old bandmate to play David Lee Roth’s song “It’s Showtime!” featuring the incredible Jason Becker. I didn’t think it was going to be possible, his playing is just so ridiculously good, but I made an attempt anyway. There were no backing tracks so I had to record over the original and just turn the track down and myself up. My rhythm guitar is panned all the way to the left, and the solo is down the center and they are louder than the original track. The recording, playing etc are not complete and I left in the mistakes, this is meant more as a demo version but I figured I’d share anyway. I stopped right after the solo, so I’ll finish it soon! The original recording is tuned down a 1/2 step, so I used a pitch block on my Axe-Fx III to do that, and you can hear a few places where it’s slightly off from Jason’s track, I’ll fix that another time. Used my Charvel Pro-Mod DK24 and again my Axe-Fx III, into Logic with no post processing. I used the same preset from @ProgressiveRocco that I used for the Megadeth cover I posted last week, just added a pitch block to tune down 1/2 step.
Man that middle section before the solo is probably the hardest part, just a tongue twister for your fingers! Have you ever attempted this one?
Man that middle section before the solo is probably the hardest part, just a tongue twister for your fingers! Have you ever attempted this one?
