How Prince Played Bambi | Guitar Tutorial including Solo | How to Master Difficult Licks | Tabs

#Prince #Bambi
What a rippin' song! What a boss performance!
The kid was always gonna blow our minds and leave us wanting more.
This week's clip breaks down the 6th track off Prince's self-titled 2nd album.
But I also take some time out to deliver my zen approach to learning challenging passages.
Played on that (still) borrowed Hohner Madcat Tele.
Direct into Logic - guitar sounds created within.
Bass played on another borrowed instrument - my son's wicked Greco Beatle Bass.
Drums played by some soulless stickman in Logic.

[@grooveiny2k]

Thanks for giving so much respect to the guitar skills of Prince. As a fan from the early days, it was always disappointing and downright upsetting that he didn't receive his due recognition, especially on the guitar. Your attention and analysis of his work goes a long way in making his oldest and earliest fans beam with pride at how amazing Prince was! Especially when you consider how young he was when he accomplished much of his catalog. You have an amazing ear! Thank you.

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Wow, thanks so much! I'm so humbled by comments like yours!

[@grippynips2813]

The attention to detail in this video is incredible, I never had any idea how brilliant Prince's composition was. You've both helped me learn a great song and technical skills while simultaneously opening my eyes to the genius of this whole album. Thanks for the great video!

[@kelleykelley3153]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@margi6035]

He heard his music in his head and he was fluid in his interpretation of what he heard and his music also came through him making it look so easy that nobody understood how complex his skill was. Nobody can play him with that essence of how his music flowed. Wendy said that sometimes she wondered if he knew what he was doing on the guitar on stage because he was self taught and not trained as she was. To be spiritual, his music came from God through him to us and we haven’t even began to understand the messages and music. He was a messenger and when he said “times were going to get rougher and we will need each other more than ever”, he was also a prophet.

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Wonderful words, Margi. Thanks so much for sharing. Great insight about Wendy's thoughts!

[@scottmcgovern8242]

This is by far the best Bambi tutorial available online. More Prince please! Endorphinmachine would be great thanks

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Thanks Scott! I'm planning so more Prince. I'll check out Endorphinmachine...

[@briancanfield2968]

Agreed! "Chaos & Disorder" would also be great, even if you were to just go through the main riff itself.

[@PushSueAside]

What blew me away as a kid (and still does) is, to be prince… after you break down all the fascinating guitar insanity. You then do the same with the rest of the instruments. Its not like he “phoned it in”, he played them like they were his main instrument. Once you get that done, you play them, all the way through, perfectly!!! You don’t “record, drag, drop, repeat”. This is the time of tape. You need to preform the song, to record the song. Prince was amazing, for a long time. Thank you for sharing this and all the videos you make Danny, there is a ton of work you put in to them. That work is appreciated, and i hope you know that. Sorry for leaving such long comments. Cheers

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Great comment, Tommy! Yes, that's so true - he not only played, but MASTERED everything! An incredible genius, gone way too soon.

[@PushSueAside]

@@dannyeddyguitar indeed. I was souped to see him in 85. My parents gave me a card saying “we are getting you prince tickets” for my 15th birthday, when the tickets went on sale, they were sold out in minutes. That was back when you had to go to a ticket “box office”. When they saw what the tickets were going for by “scalpers”… they said, “sorry no prince ticket, maybe next time. Unfortunately I never ended up seeing him live, but thankfully the internet made it easy to see live performances. Things really have changed, anyway…Cheers Danny

[@JT-wt2zt]

Hell yes! This song RIPS! Thanks for the in-depth lesson, Danny.

[@dannyeddyguitar]

My pleasure, JT!!

[@MorrisMills]

Now. You're ust showinng off with solo ! love it!!!

[@dannyeddyguitar]

haha! Thanks Morris. I see you possess a Hohner, my friend!

[@zephyroswest7622]

Never heard of this song before, what a masterpiece! Great, great video Danny

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Thanks Zephyros. Great to hear from you!

[@kgsvvgla2i]

The main riff is so badass that I wonder how I've never heard anyone mention it. Perhaps it's because Prince's first albums didn't make it to the mainstream and consequently they are relatively obscure to the wider audience even though Prince attained superstar status.

[@JazzSparky]

Great video. Interesting to hear you talk about your process. The real value of slowing it down is that you never play it incorrectly. My degree was in jazz, and I was taught early on by a really incredible guitarist that if you make a mistake, you're quite likely to make that same mistake again because you've essentially just practiced making it. He taught us to leave the guitar in the bag and read the sheet, visualising exactly how best to play it. It's really amazing how you instantly play it correctly as soon as you pick up the guitar, even at full speed. That's supposedly how concert pianists learn such complex pieces. What I think you've done here is essentially learnt it in your mind through the process of transcribing it to tab as well as notation, therefore figuring out the fingering before you played it. That's my take anyway. Hopefully it's interesting to someone.

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Thanks so much Chris. That's a great insight - reading the sheet before attempting - I must try it! And yes, I tell my students the same thing "If you've made the mistake twice - you're practicing a mistake. And it's getting easier and easier to repeat!" Thanks again mate.

[@Mr7Poz]

Wow, only person in the world who does it right after Prince.

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Hahaha, thank you!

[@kensong1]

Excellent lesson! Ive wanted to play this song for so long!!!!

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Thanks! Glad to help!

[@WF-zr4tf]

AWESOME! This is one Prince song I could never nail and pissed me off because it was one of my favorites..TY

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Glad to help!

[@allanscullion]

Hold onto that Madcat and keep making these videos. I’m sure Grant won’t mind. I thought I had this song down pat, but you soon burst that bubble. Loving what you are giving the world.

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Thanks Allan! Hopefully you're nailing it again now though, yeah?

[@Cpt.Sparrow]

Another fantastic video, I learned a lot in this one. Thank you Danny, hopefully you keep this as an ongoing series dedicated to prince songs, would love to see a breakdown of some of his live solos. Great video Danny 👍

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Thanks again, Sparrow. I love the idea of breaking down some of his live takes. Will work on that!

[@SomeKindOfMadman]

Awesome breakdown, it’s very helpful. Any Prince lesson is much appreciated

[@dannyeddyguitar]

There's more Prince to come...

[@kgsvvgla2i]

Man, I can't believe you've only got a little more than 7k subscribers.

[@dannyeddyguitar]

And that's taken a couple of years of constant vids! Haha. Thanks so much for visiting and commenting Daniel - it all helps, mate!

[@gmsneed1]

Danny you are awesome. I have never heard anyone figure out this song, all of it down to the solo. Rock on😎🎵!!

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Cheers Gary! Thank you so much, mate.

[@markosmi81]

Im glad you tell that most people play it wrong.only u and 1 other guy on utub play main guitar riff correct.there is that dead note that every 1 skipps and it's the essencial part.but u got it.great stuff :)

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Thanks Marko.

[@ganazby]

Excellent!

[@josim7389]

Danny, your solo is amazing……your sound so close to the original….woo….great! Big up from Paris!….and congrats!!!

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Thanks Jo! I had heaps of fun recreating this one!

[@austinstyles6393]

Love it! Great lesson.

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Thanks kindly, Austin!

[@marqosmarqos1201]

One of my favorite Prince'ssong.I still keep this somng in heavy rotation.

[@dannyeddyguitar]

It's timeless!

[@DevinDieselD]

You killed this!!!!

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Thanks so much Devin.

[@drobinson2745]

Best Bambi video on the KZbin hands on. Plays and explains it perfectly with all the little forgotten details that other videos miss. Sounds just like it. One of the best guitar solos ever. Prince could never duplicate the solo again live though whenever he played it.

[@cameron6249]

pretty ignorant to say he could never duplicate the solo, he "didn't" duplicate the solo just like he never duplicated any of his recorded solos! 🙄

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Thanks for noticing all those little things that make Prince stand out - even when he just plays blues licks!

[@drobinson2745]

@@cameron6249 you had to be that guy didn't you? So let me be more clear since you seem to be ignorant of guitar playing and studio recording. Bambi was either a studio one shot or spliced together. Either way he could not get close to the solo on the record.... whether you like it or not. In fact, every live version of Bambi kinda sucks. Unless Prince took the time to transcribe and re-learn what he played.... like Danny.... It wasn't happening and it didn't! Always a fanatic Prince apologist lurking 😂

[@cameron6249]

@@drobinson2745 "one shot or spliced", yeah sure dude, just make it up as you go. prince didn't even allow engineers in the studio when he recorded but somehow you managed to be that fly on the wall 🤣. every live version sucked... that wouldn't happen to be your opinion would it? i had to ask because comin' from such a great guitarist like you (🙄) it just may be a fact.

[@drobinson2745]

@@cameron6249 yes it is my opinion. Every live performance of Bambi sucks....deal with it. Danny could play it better than Prince live lol. Prince could fart on a record and you'd be trying to smell it. Typical Prince weirdo. Not only are you ignorant, but you're an idiot if you think Prince mixed and engineered most of his songs 😂. Look at the credits on his albums dude, look up Bambi and see who engineered/mixed it. You Prince weirdos have no clue what you're talking about or who you're talking to. Stay in your fanatic lane, cause you're sounding dumb.

[@megaman1332]

This is so awesome now i can finally learn to play this. You got an awesome ear for the details man.. Another great song for a tutorial would be I'm Yours from his debut album, For You. Cheers!

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Thanks Andre! Great suggestion. That song always sounds like an Iron Maiden intro to me haha. Played with lashings of super funk of course.

[@darkghoulrecords]

Check out his version of Bambi from The Undertaker, it's badass, especially with Michael Bland on drums!

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Yeah! Checked that out when I was making this vid. Wicked!

[@ChienJaune01]

About your phrase practice routine : 90% what I do, 100% correct! My only suggestion : it's good to build tempo bottom up, but also from time to time, from the from the top down, and see where you start to almost have it.

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Yes true. I also like the idea of trying to play something WAY too fast - after thoroughly learning the patterns of course. Then the correct target tempo doesn't seem so insurmountable.

[@timothyboles2521]

Thank u 4 the respect & it was an excellent video...

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Thanks so much, Tim!

[@craig061002]

Hey Danny great video as always. Maybe in the future you could do a breakdown of "Why you wanna treat me so Bad ." Which is also on Prince's second album called "Prince." Both the song and the solo. THX.

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Thanks Craig. Great suggestion! I love that solo!

[@tepidtooth8539]

Awesome video. You my friend have earned a sub, looking forward to more!

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Thanks heaps for the sub! More Prince coming verrrrry soon!

[@bromack3]

Excellent. There is a live performance of Bambi from his Rio tour on youtube. That song was one of many that really sold me early on Prince's talent.

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Thanks for that, will have a look.

[@bromack3]

@@dannyeddyguitar kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWTShqOAr5uto7M

[@laurencelhoest9420]

That guitar sounds great...

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Yeah!! Wonderful bit of gear! I had to return eventually, though.

[@josim7389]

God, Danny…..a real madcat guitar! Great bro! Your studio looks like Paysley Park…..wish you the same creations! Hug from Paris and thanks for all you give us. 🤘🎸🤘

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Thanks, Jo! I wish that were my studio, but it's just a green screen. :( And I also had to return the Madcat, haha!

[@ItsJonty1975]

Nice work

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@sanzmantra]

Oh yeah! Bambi! Let’s go!

[@deanstewart27]

Brilliant Danny! He was a god.

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Gracias! Good to see you back!

[@MrFYoung]

I'm a big Prince fan and I love your instructional videos. Keep 'em coming. Here's a request. Can you show us what effects you use to get the tones?

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Thanks Frank! Both the rhythm and lead parts are totally created within Logic, based upon the "Seventies Rock" preset. Then, for the lead I gave the EQ a very narrow spike at 1120Hz and dropped out 3880Hz, which I think made it sound really close to Prince's tone. But it's even more important to copy his attack and vibrato etc.

[@briancanfield2968]

As others have already commented, definitely the best version of this on YT (at least from what I've what seen). P.S.: assuming that's your own home studio in the background, I'm incredibly jealous.

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Thanks heaps, Brian! Oh, I WISH that was my studio, mate! That's a pick from Paisley Park. I just green screened myself in there hahaha.

[@briancanfield2968]

@@dannyeddyguitar Hah! What a dope I am for not realizing that. If that was your actual home studio, I was going to ask to borrow some money, so now you're off the hook. 😂😂

[@kelonefartheree6959]

man you're the best i always wanted to learn that since was i little im 48 now been a prince fan since six this was the first album i really studied from prince also my personal favorite, much luv man

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Much luv in return! So happy to help people continue to find joy in great music!

[@curtiswoodssr4131]

Nice

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Thanks, Curtis

[@rodrigarciamusic]

OH YEAH!!! HI DANNY!!! THANKS A LOT!!! This is the video I've been waiting for since I discovered Prince Music, long time ago!! And you did a really good job in this video!! Thanks so much!!! Now I have a new Guitar Teacher!!! Gracias from Spain!! I'm gonna watch all your vídeos!! And practice a lot!! Thanks!! BTW, Could you PLEASE make the vídeo of the Prince's Song "She is always in my hair" ?? But the live version in the Arsenio TV Show?? It would be GREAT!! I think that version is the best, and the 2 solos are just perfect!! I've been trying to play it, but I'm not good at it yet. I have to learn more and keep practicing to be able to play it one day!! Thanks to your videos, I believe, I gonna make it!! Thanks a lot!!! Cheers My friend!!! Have a good day!! Thanks!!

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Thanks so, so much for your kind words and for joining my channel! I'll look forward to checking out She is Always in my Hair.

[@markknoop777]

Dude these videos are great!

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Cheers, Mark!

[@DsJourneyNPG]

Good Stuff.

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Thanks!

[@mattdavis9711]

Farout Man….Where have you been all my freaking life? Your explanations are on point & you talk just like I do. Very easy to follow. Anyway, I’m watching your videos now. Cheers.

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Thanks heaps Matt. Appreciate the support!

[@WF-zr4tf]

Merry Christmas Danny. I thought you should break down HouseQuake. Probably one of the best examples of 3-4 instruments filling space in a funk jam. Sign O the Times Live in Utrecht

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Thanks so much - yes! Housequake!!

[@stevensondwayne]

Spot on Danny

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Thanks!

[@leonbmanabouttown3128]

Sounds right!!!!

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Thanks Leon

[@Muziq4tune]

He had a Gibson L6s at the time of the recording and it had 24 frets

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Ah huh! Thanks.

[@privatejoy7587]

@18:00 try using a pinched harmonic, that's what i did to achieve that on a music man axis with 22 frets.

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Thanks PJ.

[@gfanarakos]

fantastic

[@peihualiu2686]

‘Why You Wanna Treat Me so Bad?’ next tutorial on the agenda?

[@dannyeddyguitar]

My 'To-do-list' is getting quite lengthy, haha!

[@fabiocecchelli9662]

Amazing…i’ve played this intro on my IG channel: what a great riff ❤️

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Such a great intro!!

[@funkguitarworld1313]

PERFECT! U DA MAN!

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Thanks!!

[@Bangkokguitar]

Don't feel bad! I am almost 10 times his age when he wrote that! I could always be seen walking through the neighborhood in my long robe, pointed hat and extremely large wooden walking stick, with a Fender Strat strapped to my back, and I still don't have a fraction of his talent. But, no one walks like me either, or has the fashion sense for walking like I do. Or so I've been told by an Oenophile of Mad Dog 20/20, and no front teeth, who guards our condo's garbage bin,

[@dannyeddyguitar]

BAHAHAHAHAHAA! Best comment yet! Hey, do you still have that One Ring?

[@Bangkokguitar]

@@dannyeddyguitar Why Of coursed I do young man!

[@anthonyfunderburk7871]

😎🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Thanks so much Anthony. Cool name! 'Funderburk' sounds like the long form name for 'Funk'!

[@klaxoncow]

"Where the band goes..." Yeah, except, in Prince's case, he was also "the band" as well. But we know what you mean...

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Haha! Yes, good point!

[@MBMB-sz1ye]

Hi Danny Fantastic video! You recreate Prince’s music beautifully. Do you have the sheet music shown in the video clips available? Thanks

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Thanks! Yes, Tabs/Notation are available either via my Patreon, or Soundslice.com channel.

[@MBMB-sz1ye]

@@dannyeddyguitarMuch appreciated. Still in the B & E string ‘blues box’ but aspiring to play along to all your content! Thank you.

[@BreadSlocum]

Great vid./tutorial. 👍 I am a guitar luthier/tech and all I can focus on is that terrible 60 cycle buzz on that guitar. I notice you keep your hand on the strings to stop it. Needs work to fix that grounding issue! 😉✌️

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Help me understand - I always understood that the guitar is grounded through the player's hands? I've never held a guitar with any amount of gain where I've been able to let go of the strings unless the volume is down. After a lifetime of gigs and recording I'm not even aware of keeping my hand in contact at this stage lol.

[@BreadSlocum]

@@dannyeddyguitar Hello Danny. Well, the problems could be many. Myself or a tech would need to have the guitar in hand to be sure. But to give you a list, it could be that there is no ground wire to the bridge. The pots may not be grounded, could need shielding in the cavity (what is referred to as a Farrady cage) Many possibilities... these are to name a few. Also, your cable and the type of lights or other electrical devices where you play can cause 60 cycle hum.. But what I am.hearing sounds more like a grounding issue buzz rather than 60 cycle hum! You can also consider swapping the pickups pit for noiseless ones but that is usually very personal from player to player. To be honest, your buzz sounds like it is most likely one of the lesser type fixes that zi mentioned and any descent tech should br able to address it for you in that or any other guitars with this problem. You should not have to continue playing with that buzz...! Cheers my friend! ✌️👍 🎸

[@im_shimondavis]

Can you make a Tutorial on the solos from “Can’t Stop” by Rick James … no one has made a video yet

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Ooh nice solo! Who do reckon that was? Tom McDermott?

[@im_shimondavis]

@@dannyeddyguitar I never could find any information it. I always come back to watch your videos and I didn't noticed you responded to my comment 8 months ago.

[@hakeemperring2699]

Wow incredible!! Do you ever share the little backing tracks to in make? Would love to jam to it

[@dannyeddyguitar]

I haven't done simply because I only ever create the section I need. For instance, this one doesn't have the verse pattern, just choruses. :(

[@DirtyMuggsTV]

He had a 24 feet guitar because I have the guitar brother 💯✌🏽

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Wait - the ACTUAL guitar?

[@AKIRTV9]

main riff @ 5:00

[@leonbmanabouttown3128]

I got a question 4 u, with his tone changing in his career can you decipher what he was using during the Sign O the Times Era??

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Hi Leon. I have to admit that I'm pretty terrible at figuring out what gear people use. I'm always getting great feedback from people saying "You really nailed that tone" but I think it's more down to trying to PLAY like the person. For me anyway.

[@mikelmarion]

How do you request more Prince tutorials???

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Hi Mikel. Well, there are a couple of ways to make requests. One is to say "Could you please do a tutorial on [insert song] by Prince. The other way is to say the same thing, but only after throwing something in my tip jar, or becoming a Patron on my Patreon, thus making it harder for me to say no, lol!

[@mikelmarion]

@@dannyeddyguitar ohh I didn’t see that you responded. I just asked again you can ignore. Okay I have a couple specifics so I will hit that tip jar. I tried going to the patreon page not sure if it’s working correctly. Are you Durath? There’s nothing on there if so

[@mikelmarion]

I need to put time stamps on theses vids I would like you to go over. For some specific things. 2 in particular to your last video I just watched on Prince style funk

[@Kobechiben]

💟☮️

[@cripplegrub6608]

Can you do computer blue hallway speech please

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Oh wow! I had no idea this existed. Thank you, thank you THANK YOU! Definitely on my list to break down.

[@leeroger1471]

danny check out prince song call everywhere the bass at the end is something if u can play that bass part

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Will definitely have a listen Lee, thanks!

[@funkymonk7]

Where do you get the Funk t-shirt?

[@dannyeddyguitar]

I've had that shirt for almost 20 years I reckon! Got it from Jeans West here in Oz

[@chuckw.3623]

Can you tech can't stop by prince guitar lesson?

[@dannyeddyguitar]

I'll add it to the list Chuck!

[@chuckw.3623]

Thank you thank you

[@tasosdiaforetico7377]

Great work , man how do you do this editing, I'd say where nearly same age,. But I can't do this editing/recording on my vic-20 , upgraded too Commodore 64 still can't

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Hahaha! I networked my Vic-20 to my Commodore-64 and also my little brother's Dick Smith Wizard. THAT'S how I do it!

[@Musicology1975]

THATWASCRAZY👀

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@cheboy]

💜🐾

[@OldWaveKid]

I think he used an octave pedal to get that very high note at the end...

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Maybe. But to me it sounds like the tone doesn't change like it usually would with an octave unit - especially back in the 70s. And the fact that he only plays one particular note repeatedly suggests that he's being limited or restricted somehow... Thanks for watching and commenting though.

[@jacksheaff9369]

you fucking rue man youre fucking awesome thank you so much i just picked up a delay pedal and now playing sounds like how it should.... youre a legend man... i BEG you to listen to the undertaker album by prince and see what comes of that... thats prince at peak guitar dopeness lol

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Thanks so much for your praise Jack! So glad you got something out of it. I'll definitely go back to the Undertaker - I've hardly listened to that at all!

[@shadimuhammad6585]

THIZ IZ NICE, NOW U SHOULD DO , I'M YOURS, MORE GREAT GUITAR WORK, BY THA PURPLE BADNESS HIMSELF! !!!

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Thanks, Shadi. I'll check out I'm Yours, for sure!

[@darek2116]

please go for sticky like glue :D

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Ohhhhhhh SO funky!

[@darek2116]

@@dannyeddyguitar maybe not so popular like oldest hits but very very funky groovy R&B - mnnnniaaam;)

[@sanzmantra]

It was DI’d I reckon ...

[@dannyeddyguitar]

His fuzzy tone on the original?

[@sanzmantra]

@@dannyeddyguitar the guitar solo I mean, sounds DI’d to me. I reckon maybe for some reason he couldn’t mic up an amp when it was time to do the solo and couldn’t wait. What do you reckon?

[@dannyeddyguitar]

Good call! It has that 'too close', in your face sort of attack, but also the sound of desk compression doesn't it.

[@sanzmantra]

@@dannyeddyguitar Yeah the “too close” vibe sums it up! It hit me a few years ago and I thought -yeah I bet he couldn’t wait, for whatever reason!

[@thesolitaryadventurer]

Very likely. He DI'd his whole career. Even sang his vocals into a mic above the console.