Prince - Let's Go Crazy Guitar Solo Tutorial

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[@DelDuio]

One of the best guitar solos of all time for me (the ending one, of course!)

[@thejaseguitar]

DelDuio very true :)

[@kenrutherford1109]

@@thejaseguitar The ending guitar solo is long and, IMO, boring as hell

[@robbaphett]

Awesome bud. I've wanted to be able to play this for sooo long. I've always struggled to find Prince tabs.

[@thejaseguitar]

Cheers :)

[@stevenswisher4339]

robbaphett dude I've got a prince specific tab book and its wrong on half the songs including this one..... its nearly impossible

[@sonsoffunk4437]

WHEN U SAY HAY GUITAR BUDDIES MAKES FEEL LIKE I CAN ANY GUITAR PART IN THE WORLD 🌎 U SIR ARE A GREAT TEACHER

[@memyself4ever1]

Thanks a million! You are an excellent guitarists. You took the mystery out of his licks!

[@thejaseguitar]

+memyself4ever1 Thank you :)

[@ryandidomenico5506]

Can't believe it's taken me this long to find a video with ALL the solo parts. Amazing breakdown and lesson, thank you! 🤘🏼

[@malcolmmills7663]

Loved the way you broke this down! Thank You!!

[@it412]

You’re an incredible player. But I can you haven’t done a lot of teaching. But I thank you so much for spending got time and effort for doing this sort of thing.

[@siberian5564]

Your instructions are always on point. Thanks for your time and talent.

[@swirlingfudge]

Phenomenal, down to earth lesson - and an absolute pleasure to listen to! Not a request for a tutorial, but I'd love to hear you play 'Bambi' mate

[@thejaseguitar]

+Andy Dodds Thanks Andy! Bambi is on my Prince lessons playlist :)

[@mikebinder745]

Well played. Useful tutorial. Saved me some time. Thanks bro!!!

[@antoniomarine1567]

Love this! Thanks for breaking it down!

[@modernguitarist1992]

Just discovered your channel. Thanks a lot, your lessons are amazing. Looking forward to more of your lessons.

[@thejaseguitar]

You're welcome :)

[@charliezxi]

Yay!! I'm a rhythm player just graduating to leads, and was bashing my head and bleeding my fingers. Very nice tutorial, and I like how you say to play your own variations, and how you might be a bit off, but you have the guts of it for sure. I'm playing this in a show next week, my first time doing a solo, and this has been a big help!!

[@thejaseguitar]

+Charlie Zxi Glad to be of assistance. Good luck with the show. This is a great live song, here we are doing it in about 2009 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qovIaZmKq9amjrc.

[@archetrave]

Thanks for doing the hard work!

[@eoindolin2528]

this is great .lessons on how to play. Prince song's waited so long. to learn them.cant thank you enough .for these lessons .when do we get purple rain solo? anyway thank for these it's enough to learn for now.

[@thejaseguitar]

Thanks :)

[@jodagold5481]

Yes !!!!! Thank you ever so greatful xx

[@lenoretheshredder]

I have always wanted to learn this! Thanks so much.

[@thejaseguitar]

You're welcome :)

[@Pete_Sam]

Brilliant. Love it - thanks for sharing. You sir are a scholar and a gent. :)

[@thejaseguitar]

+Pete Sam Thank you. Much appreciated.

[@Studio55DavidV]

This man is doing the lords work 🤣🔥🔥🔥 thank you!

[@Studio55DavidV]

So what’s the theory behind this? He’s going from minor pentatonic to major at the end?

[@thejaseguitar]

Prince would shift between the two a lot.

[@jesse_cole]

tip: point the microphone you're using away from your strings and at the amplifier... that way the sound of your strings being picked isn't interfering with what the viewers are supposed to be hearing.

[@jacksoncrate]

fab thank you !

[@MsShaolin777]

Excellent!!!

[@thejaseguitar]

Thanks.

[@montagedrift]

Thank you so much dude, rock on

[@thejaseguitar]

You're welcome :)

[@montagedrift]

You have done so much work on this channel, Cheers to you on that...After seeing some of your vids I realize I really have to work on my wiggling techniques, your wiggling is historical and intense. I was wondering if you have done any guitar videos displaying Dave Navarro or Steve Vais work??? Well I've said enough, thanks for the postings again, I hope to pick up some of what you got Take care...CYA@@thejaseguitar

[@thejaseguitar]

Happy wiggling buddy :)

[@Danags87]

Hey man, I really dig your Prince Tutorials. Do you think you can do these one's from his Dirty mind album, Uptown and Party up. Once again I really dig all your stuff. I have learned a lot. Thank you for you insight. Yo the man.. Peace

[@thejaseguitar]

+Danags87 Thanks. Great songs, I've got a lot of requests to try and get through at the moment but I've added them to the list :)

[@joshuatrusler]

Great tutorial! What strings do you use? Thanks!

[@matthewdean3189]

Any advice on the picking pattern here?

[@Soulsaman]

Thanks Jason! Quick question, when you see Prince playing this live, you can hear the wah pedal doing its thing but he's running around dancing. Do you think someone was working the wah pedal backstage? I've never seen him actually stepping and working the wah pedal. Thanks!

[@thejaseguitar]

+Alberto Diaz You know, I saw Prince live 4 times and asked myself the same question. Was it an auto wah he was using or was someone on the sound desk rocking a pedal in time with his licks?

[@Soulsaman]

+Jason Read Hey Jason, thanks for replying! I read in an interview a long time ago that he used an Auto Wah pedal. Knowing that he loved Boss pedals, I found that Boss makes an Auto Wah pedal. I bought one and tried it but the pedal sweep works with a knob that you turn up for faster sweeps and lower for slower. So if you have 2 songs with different tempos, it won't work on both. I remember I couldn't really get it sound like what I was hearing live from him. I'm gonna agree with you and say that maybe he had someone working his pedals behind the scenes. It makes sense since he did so many things live (singing, dancing, and playing guitar).

[@OldWaveKid]

Since you started the solo with a E note is the solo in the key of E ?

[@antoninturgeon7769]

Solo starts with a C#. It's in F# minor pentatonic, though.

[@tonygunk7600]

I counted 141 so’s. Lol. Thanks for the lesson

[@OldWaveKid]

I'm having trouble with trying to mute the other strings when play this solo. Any help ?

[@thejaseguitar]

I tend to rest my palm lightly on the bridge :)

[@OldWaveKid]

Jason Read thanks Mr. Read you give great help. love your vids

[@thejaseguitar]

You're welcome :)

[@memyself4ever1]

Can you also do his song: DMSR? Dance, Music, Sex, Romance

[@thejaseguitar]

+memyself4ever1 I'll add it to my ever growing list!!!

[@memyself4ever1]

Jason Read Thank you sir.

[@thejaseguitar]

memyself4ever1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/gH-upqmZd9qjqdE

[@samuelthomson1858]

Hia, could ya slow down a bit please

[@reademandsweep]

Great playing but a little confusing

[@richardwilliams2853]

The outro solo is similar to how he's played it live a few times but just like the other attempts on KZbin it's nothing like the album version, no I don't need to be bombarded with "you do better" bla bla bla I'm just saying it's not the same as the record.

[@CaptainKirkDiggler]

Ummm... what the hell are you blathering about? Less caffeine sir haha! Good vid. Close enough for rock n' roll. Cheers!

[@hkat321]

This is great but I wanted to know how to play the insane stuff near the end of the song. Guess I'll have to just use my ears.

[@hkat321]

nvm it's there I should have watched to the end hahaha thank you

[@hkat321]

Ohhhh, the part near the end sounds so full because the same f# is being played on the e string and bent up on the a string. That's what I missed.

[@AnthonyBurrito1313]

good idea

[@youngfly6632]

Your vibrato kinda irratic lol but i loved the lesson thanks for showing this :)

[@DeaMatrona]

Thanks so much for this tutorial, we just covered this song including the solo on our page. We're three girls in a band and would be so grateful if you checked out our video and subscribed

[@jspartacus]

Dude, lay off the vibrato. It's irritating.

[@DaPoopIsInDaPudding]

jspartacus 🖕🏻