TOTO - Hold the Line - guitar solo lesson with tabs!

[@_007B]

When solos were wrote from shredding emotion, just feeling the vibe and letting the fingers fly

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Those are my favorites... where you can tell the player was just going for it, and then the magic happens :)

[@nunyabeezwax1929]

Great comment :)

[@lloydmenzel3531]

I'm a fan of your playing. How in the world do you do it. You are a fantastic player. Thank You.

[@lloydmenzel3531]

Do those famous guys ever ask you to teach them their own song. I would. Hahaha.

[@PDXguitarfreak]

LOL thanks bro. It's funny you say that because back in the '80s, I had the Steve Lukather instructional video tape from Star Licks, where he teaches you a bunch of his licks from various songs. While I was doing my research and working on my transcription for this solo, I noticed someone posted a copy of that old video tape here on KZbin. Lukather tries to explain part of this solo, and it sounded off to me. Then I found an interview online with him where he was talking about how he was totally unprepared for that video shoot, and just winged it LOL. What he teaches still sounds cool though :)

[@kingbidenmypres]

Dude...wow..that made my day. Im picking my jaw up off the floor. Unbelievably awesome

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Thanks David! Rock on! :)

[@chrisgraves4561]

Luke and SRV....Masters of shutting up and letting the guitar preach. Great lesson Freak, appreciate it.

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

Ta be that great at 19 is God given talent. That isn't taught/learned, ya born with it. Ya the sameway! You can nail every solo perfectly! This is one of the top hard rock solos of all time.

[@jbastin9365]

Dave...Another great solo ! You are the best...keep em comin !

[@theguitaruss]

This guy is perfect and a perfect teacher. If you want to learn- this is your place.

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Hi everyone! Are there any other Steve Lukather solos that you would like to hear? On that topic, I also have a lesson on how to play the solo from Rosanna: kzbin.info/www/bejne/boHRqnRtqbWCqNk I hope you are all doing great!

[@stratcat9432]

The second solo that fades out the song "Gypsy Train" from the album Kingdom of Desire is a frickin monster of a solo! That would be a great one to tackle.

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

Since you asked, His killer solo on, talk to you later by The Tubes and or, Shes a Beauty.

[@shocker5981]

I'll be over you... the live 1991 montreux version, including the outro would be great!

[@tomhathaway4941]

That guitar !!!! What a nice top!!! Love those tops!! So glad you did this solo as there are so many WRONG transcriptions,when I saw you were doing it I was like" finally" it's gonna be done right!!! Your the BEST pdx!! Bar none! Ty

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Hey thanks Tom! I appreciate that! :)

[@sotirios6882]

Awesome vibrato Dave 🤘 Great job. One of my favorite Luke solos. Well done my friend 👍

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Hey bro, thanks as always. Luke's vibrato makes this solo! :)

[@paulschaeffer2879]

I love this guitar solo! I was trying to play it form other tabs but they were super unclear but you always just simplify it all. Thank you!! Also can you teach us Poundcake or Feels So Good form Van Halen?

[@steverago2050]

Love how you do this. Thank you for putting in the time.

[@tomhathaway4941]

Hey Pdx,how about the " Dirty Laundry " solo by Lukather and I think Joe Walsh on the slower parts,but it's an awesome solo and haven't seen it transcribed anywhere, that would be double awesome!!!! Do it !! Do it!!

[@jbastin9365]

I...2nd that request !

[@EarthAltar]

One of the greatest solos of all time. Great lesson, Dave!

[@pb12661]

you nailed it.

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Thank you! :)

[@in2livinit]

SMOKIN 🔥 !!! One of the 1st songs I learned by ear at 14 on the guitar, though I was lost on the correct Solo, WAY out of my league, so I improvised. 🎸 🎶

[@KoitsumiFlippy180]

23:35

[@GlennLecus]

Nice Job Mr Tard first name Bas.. wish I could do that. You give me incentive to learn thanks.

[@jmata4237]

That's a sick top! Love this solo!

[@laurentkestel92]

As usual, great video Dave ! Awesome lesson.

[@Guto-df3hq]

Muito obrigado por compartilhar! Toto é um clássico do rock!

[@SuperSpear2009]

Great solo, great lesson as always.

[@mistygrey6211]

Great and iconic solo. Thanks again Dave

[@Greg-rd8qr]

Awesome lesson!

[@harrisonmiller5807]

Even at 80% speed that middle part is fast as hell. I got the whole solo once at 75% and felt so accomplished haha. Long work in progress ahead of me

[@ethan-oc9ef]

yo! You're an insane guitarist!

[@CleAnMa]

Section 5: At 11:03 I keep making unwanted noises with D string while bending the G.

[@SM-ly7tn]

excellent video!

[@ianbarnes1406]

Running with the night- Lionel Richie

[@DaveJohnsonGroup]

Great lesson! Next lesson, I hope Goodbye Elenore.

[@RichardGraveman]

you are best, man!

[@RickOrtizArt]

So amazing...

[@MarkPritchardGuitar]

Awesome lesson man and great tone. What are you playing through? Sounds great 👍🏼

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Hey thanks Mark! Starting with the Les Paul, it has Super Distortion pickups (I'm using just the bridge pup for this solo). From there, I run the guitar through a Line 6 Helix, and then into my PC where I mix audio/video. I mix using Vegas Movie Studio, and often will do some audio EQ tweaking via Vegas too.

[@MarkPritchardGuitar]

@@PDXguitarfreak great thanks for the reply man 👍🏼

[@tl1455]

'Now here's the harmony part...' 25:36

[@ryanlee2546]

Noice! 😀

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Thanks! :)

[@guitarzen7080]

Sick

[@lloydmenzel3531]

Me personally I need to be able to play the guitar solo to Gimme

[@johnvirga6181]

Steve was 21 in 78

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Not according to multiple interviews with him, where he specifically says he was 19 when recording it. Unless, he was doing the "let's lie about our age" thing like Van Halen did :)

[@johnvirga6181]

@@PDXguitarfreak He/They may have wrote the song in 76 as they were playing together just not officially as Toto, who knows then but all accounts today he states his age that would have made him 21, he was killer then and still to this day. Can't imagine how many songs this guy played on that few would even know it was him. Late 70's throughout the 80's he was on everyone's albums.

[@PDXguitarfreak]

I hear you regarding his age... I initially thought he was 20 based on my math. As for the recordings, Wikipedia says he has played on over 1500 recordings. I know we can't necessarily trust that source, but its the only number I can find :)

[@johnvirga6181]

@@PDXguitarfreak He is a Monster, Loved his playing with Larry Carlton also..

[@vstags]

The moment that Toto peaked.