Tom DeLonge's Best Live Guitar Solos!

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[@jackfootemoji9077]

That A Letter to Elise cover is one of my favourite blink performances ever, so glad you included it

[@rhysjones3867]

Was gonna write the same thing. I remember when I first watched it many years ago and honestly it was one of those times when a song hits you emotionally

[@fouried96]

I wish they recorded a studio version of it

[@rhysjones3867]

@@fouried96 yea man I would have loved that but only when blink was in their prime. I'm not sure that the song would be as we would want of they recorded it now

[@greggdarby6610]

Amen

[@zrg999]

Agree but why didn't you do the slide? It's the best bit..

[@Allrounder182nd]

Awesome idea! Here's the timeline of the covers! 00:19 - Down (Reading/Leeds 2014) 01:21 - A Letter to Elise (MTV Icon 2004) 01:59 - The Rock Show (Pepsi Smash 2004) 02:59 - Stay Together for the Kids (Camden 2004) 05:07 - I Miss You (Las Vegas 2011) Good job dude!

[@m1k3l1f3]

Glad the Miss You, Vegas one was in here

[@maripatmcglynn9309]

Dude...his solos always get me and give me chills and I can’t believe someone made a video on them. I wish we could have a whole song of just the solo parts. Thank you Jesus!

[@wtdorlack]

I can listen to that RockShow guitar part for hours, over and over and over. I wish they would play it like that again, just one more time live.

[@maripatmcglynn9309]

@@wtdorlackthe rock show one I literally have recorded on my phone - the way he moves during it and all the emotion he put into it gets me everytime. I wish there was a whole album of just his solos

[@matias298]

amazing job! this is one of the reasons why nobody can replace tom delonge on blink 182

[@bankyhayes596]

Bro I'm glad Tom discovered the Flanger. The Stay Together For The Kids solo never fails to give me chills.

[@lilstjimmy]

3 of these solos are 2004, Tom's guitar work was insane then. Awesome tone, legendary solos and energetic shows

[@justinTime077]

It’s funny because it really is like child’s playing with how simple it is, but he has style and knows how to work it. He keeps it simple and makes simple sound and look amazing. That’s why I love him and his music. He simultaneously makes me believe I can do it too while making me ask myself how does he come up with this amazing stuff. I haven’t heard a Tom song that I needed to skip. Never ever. Mark too, really, which is why they belong together.

[@MAY21051990]

Да, это Фишка Тома! Он нашёл свой стиль игры и соло! Очень просто И Красиво! 👍

[@wtfmimshag]

@@justinTime077 Its just ridiculous how he always knows exactly what note my head/heart wants to hear after the next.

[@joaquin2299]

That "i miss you" solo breaks my soul. Good Job!

[@Teebone-lw6yb]

Ikr. It’s insane

[@pasi8800]

As a huge fan of Tom and a guitarist i've got to say, this is one of the best ideas for a video ever!

[@armorykittington]

I wouldn't be the person I am today at all without Tom and his guitar. Soundtrack of like half my life.

[@justinTime077]

Same. We should be friends. I need more people like me to play music with.

[@armorykittington]

@@justinTime077 but you have to call me Dragon.

[@justinTime077]

@@armorykittington roar.

[@justinTime077]

@@armorykittington dude your picture 😂

[@andrewprahlow]

Angels & Airwaves "It Hurts" Live At Guitar Center's 19th Annual Drum-Off 2007 solo at 3:10 is some of the sickest guitar tone ever.

[@jolonidhi_bk]

Agree so much. Give me chills 😁

[@brothermajid]

It sounds like The Bouncing Souls - Gone

[@snowblindburd]

Ahhh it's so awesome to hear these so clean. I cranked it up. Thanks!

[@AllHallows1000]

Letter to Elise was such a great cover! So happy you did that one !

[@RGOWAL]

I’ve seen the Down outro at Reading 2014 so many times that somehow I can recognize every sound and every note Tom plays in it, you were crazy close to it, never thought anyone would ever make a video about Tom’s solos. Cheers man

[@smithyownage]

I saw Blink at Leeds festival 2014 and this just reminded me of how incredible that was, especially the Down solo! Keep making awesome content bro!

[@guillaumecossette3838]

Minimalist and repetitive yet nobody plays like him! Thanks for the covers! You played everything i thought you would except maybe all that we are but then again it's pretty much on the record the way it's played live. Keep up the excellent work

[@bxbbyxx]

Love TD

[@dimtheblender2120]

@@bxbbyxx i love total drama too it's a great show

[@TheRealDanielMartin]

You’re sick man! You by far have the best covers of Toms career on youtube 👌🏽

[@TheRealDanielMartin]

Do you have the tabs for these live solos?

[@ZlordHUN]

OMG the first one is my all time favorite! So simple yet so beautiful!

[@heric_]

AMAZING !!! I LOVE this Video ! 😍😍😍 I've always listened to his live performance enjoying a lot his "solos" ! It's great ! Thanks ! Cheers from Italy

[@OMoyeen17]

Been searching for a video like this my whole life.

[@niicooliinhoo]

Dude, that’s so impressive! 100% the riffs that I watched over and over again. Perfectly played, great work!

[@gcb22]

The Reading concert from 2014 was amazing and super underrated. Any fan should watch it on KZbin right now! Had jokes and amazing live renditions of every song. What’s not to love?

[@johnlouiedelarosa2825]

i agree, always loved that show

[@user-vc5rp7nf8f]

nice work. good guitar tone. and you even re-created all the drum parts pretty accurately, which as a drummer, i appreciate

[@willm3027]

I miss you live in Las Vegas is such an amazing solo. Glad to see what he’s doing because in the live video they cut Tom off 😕

[@gcb22]

The solo from Down at the Reading Festival is one of my all time favs

[@rodrigofransosi9298]

Awesome. The best riffs ever, it's beautiful!

[@nachobeerhunter8713]

You killed it! Ant wait to try these myself. Love the I Miss You solo and A letter to Elise.🤘

[@andrewpappas9311]

Tom honestly needs to do more solos, they all sound awesome and I really like his style of how he goes about them

[@peterw2880]

I just found the Camden NJ video a couple of weeks ago, and ohmygod that was peak DeLonge for sure. You can feel a lot of the underlying tension there but holy shit the music was so good. I absolutely love the STFTK performance

[@Meech320]

This is legit unreal that you found all of these small solos and programmed Traviss drums haha Jesus buddy great job this was amazing

[@denisuntoro]

3:49 I've been searching since blink performance in wembley 2004, thanks mate!

[@j.m-g]

Guy, you totally ROCK! Tu me régales depuis la France avec tes reprises et tes arrangements. Keep up the good work dude Blink182 foreverandafter

[@fabiocostadesouza3995]

O love your work ! Brazil 🇧🇷 loves you!!! Thanks for yours videos

[@ryanrichards3564]

Awesome man! I love the way tom plays, thanks

[@MolliOlli182]

That rock show one is still my favourite blink182 live piece ever. Always gives me the chills.

[@depletedmind7138]

I’ve seen all these live performances. Great job

[@-DARK]

Thank you very much! In your videos, you keep the message from Blink and Ava.

[@levimckinley5822]

Great video! Was hoping to see one of his After Midnight Solos, those are consistently so good. Still enjoyed very much!

[@michalmarkovic4074]

This is just amazing man 😯

[@ASRforeverASR]

Really good. Easy riffs with soul and heart. All this is dead without Tom.

[@Nollaroid]

2004 Blink was on a whole other level

[@fouried96]

Could you record a fully instrumental version of their version of a letter to Elise and then Download the mp3 of their live version and somehow get their vocals from it while cutting out the instrumentations (as much as you can) and match it with your studio version. Then we could technically have a somewhat close to studio version of their version of a letter to Elise 🙏🏻

[@JoshuaBananas]

I think the closest you'll get to a studio version is the cover of A Letter to Elise by Future Idiots (they did a cover based off blink-182's performance)

[@metcalfemedia7512]

Nailed every single one. Spot on, perfect!

[@robertcoleman9628]

Amazing. Well done!

[@climbuptothestars]

Dude I loved your video! Dude, you were the first one to make a video with this incredible solos that blink-182 did, no one ever made a cover like that !!! This is amazing !! Loved it, this video guy !!! ♥ I loved them all but my favorite of your selection was "I MISS YOU" that makes the heart vibrate strongly.♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

[@headcheesee]

God I remember learning all this stuff from wembly and Pepsi smash in like 2006. With my vox 30 watt amp simulator and that multi effects pedal everyone had back then... Miss those days

[@user-sd9ei9he3b]

Thank you! It's a lot of study and it's cool! ︎ From Japan🤘

[@fouried96]

Loved this!!

[@ziyueyoung5461]

That's why I love Tom! Nice cover!

[@GjK92]

Amazing job! 👏

[@imagiboomericrobison7908]

You are awesome dude!!

[@kintaro_f]

sounds fantastic! 🤘

[@zema123456789]

Awesome, thank you

[@yazzy9276]

Thank's man, good joob. Miss Tom do that.

[@eridinthevirgin4191]

Flanger era tom = best tom

[@2010Greendayfan]

Eridin The Virgin easily the best era

[@2010Greendayfan]

I miss flanger tom

[@danarock8278]

The best cover ❤️

[@eldyko]

Sick guitar tone!

[@philjohnston828]

Say what you want about Tom live vocally but he is a very under rated guitarist. He comes up with great riffs and little guitar pieces. That’s what I loved live with him in blink, he added cool solos and little extra guitar pieces during songs and would improvise and it was cool.

[@jacksonarguello3309]

I miss you las vegas 2011 all concert was emotional but this solo absoluly magic 🎸👍😃🎧

[@Jorge30877]

I love it!

[@brianfuentes6442]

You did it great man! Please do the same but in bass 🙏

[@bonnjohnson5189]

So good

[@lucidthoughts4948]

The other down solo he did in like 2006 was fantastic. The one you chose was awesome too

[@ultimatewebshooterer]

The I Miss You solo is so good

[@ezmez6985]

Tom and You are genius

[@spippy2901]

The stay together for the kids one is really something else. Does anyone know a band with this sort of sound

[@lilstjimmy]

Angels And Airwaves. You can really hear Tom's appreciation for that sound in these solos

[@maripatmcglynn9309]

Have you heard the Camden 2004 rock show solo? That’s my fave. The whole thing gives me chills especially the end of it. Would love to hear you play it!

[@diddyfaplord]

It's the exact same as the rock show Pepsi smash that he performed

[@maripatmcglynn9309]

Diddy Faplord i figured that but I wasn’t positive because he cut off the end of the solo and it’s one of the best parts.

[@thedawgz1507]

@@maripatmcglynn9309 yea i agree its different

[@joshs5135]

Man the Camden one is my favorite. I still watch that performance damn near weekly

[@2010Greendayfan]

That honestly, hands down is my favorite blink performance of all time. It’s a shame they didn’t make a live album from it

[@Hurricane9146]

This was a genius idea!

[@ashcosmo3854]

Any advice on how to get that spanky sound? I have the boss katana amp with a good ibanez even with single coils but still can't get that sweet spanky tone out of it

[@Atticus1701]

Would love to see the live solos from carousel!! Intro/& solo

[@TexasNativee]

The one I really liked is the (Down - Camden, NJ 2004) sounds amazing.

[@rambrobro3232]

Quality Guitar Player👍🏼

[@syue6544]

Can you do cat like thief? Always love to hear tom’s guitar solo in that one

[@lukeingham6817]

Dude these are perfect!!! Where did you get the tabs for the Pepsi smash solo?

[@nes182]

Hi, awesome video, do you know how did tom make that sound almost at the end of the a letter to elise solo?

[@alanf1f116]

Can i get a tab from down solo? 😍 I want to try it but will it be sound better on accoustic? I dont have any electric guitar 😅

[@hendrixhartono5148]

The rock show my favorite

[@2moist2meaty]

Pepsi smash is my absolute favorite live performance of blink, one of the few things that makes me regret having not found them earlier, I would’ve totally traveled to go

[@HouseDaddyHouse]

Besides flanger and delay what other effects so u use on the rock show bridge!?!? I can never get it to sound perfect like yours does.

[@lanovbudka564]

"Down" is the best guitar solo from Tom Delonge

[@jeanhona3477]

Great

[@macnumb2557]

This is fucking amazing!

[@ShinjukuSensei]

Please can you add chapters so we can see which clip were on when we scrub through? Thanks!!

[@user-vc5rp7nf8f]

the stay together for the kids one is my fav

[@johnnyway8667]

Nice video. What amp/plugins did you use for guitar tones?

[@clfnole]

Great tone...are you using some Chorus with your clean tone? Also real amps or digital?

[@michaelhossack754]

Dude! So fucking good!

[@blink182love96]

You have to do a full “A letter to Elise” cover my dude!!! Love the video 😃

[@milkthathasspoiled]

kazuyoshi Suzuki he already did, like 2 years ago

[@blink182love96]

Caleb Theisens Awesome!! Thanks man 👍

[@HostileBelief]

The I miss you riff is probably the best one he did.

[@Johan-og4ru]

that effect that kicks in at 2:15 is that Flanger, or a combination of more pedals ??

[@tinyj4520]

What amp did he use for the irl intro to Down?

[@coryshirden3635]

How are you getting these tones? Bias fx/amp? Fractal? Or your vox?

[@placebochemistry97]

letter to elise deserves a whole video just for it... but wait, the rock show too...and STFK, damn they are all hits

[@user-vy7cj8zf6w]

Ok. I saw enough. I saw many videos of Tom Delonges riffs, now, I see a video about his solo's. What about Tom Delonges bridges? I just asked, because I like bridge from the "first date". I love this song and I'll listen it forever. Maby, I'll give you some idea for video, who knows)

[@SaffronThurkettle-sm8mo]

Tom Delonge is not only a great voclaist but a great musician too

[@rodrigosilveir.a]

What do you use for have this tone?

[@bonawah876]

That I Miss You solo is as epic as it gets. Holy shit!

[@ItzJake619]

Are there tabs for these?

[@rodrigofransosi9298]

You should've played beyond in the "down" live reading festival, that song is beautiful until the end.