Baby Come Back (Player) Note for Note Guitar Solo Lesson with tabs 

It's a tough solo and great song. BTW, I have the tabs linked in the descriptions of the videos now. So you don't have to email me any more to get them. :)

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Great!

Hello Mark. You had asked if anyone knew who the guitar player was for this song. Wikipedia say's that Peter Beckett was the lead guitarist for player. Hope this helps, Russ.

@@0372mr335 Thanks!

Thank you!!

Wonderful!

Glad you enjoy it!

Thanks so much!

Thank you so much Larkin!

+Arturo Sandoval Wow, thank you for such a kind comment. I really appreciate it ... and also the subscription! Tell me what else you'd like to hear.

Awesome ... that makes me feel great. I love this one too! Thanks for listening!!

Thanks Joe!!

You're welcome. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Wow, thank you Terry!

Thanks Ross. Glad you liked it. Thanks for watching!

My pleasure. Thanks for listening!

Glad you enjoyed! Plenty more where that came from!! 1970s - the *BEST* guitar solo decade IMHO. Perfect mix of melodic ideas.

Thanks Travis! Love the emoticons!!

Awesome, thank you!

Wow, that's so great. You really made my day. Thanks for watching and for the kind comment too!

Glad you enjoyed it.

Why thank you John!

Glad you enjoyed it Bob!

Thank you so much!

D Hill Thanks for the listen and the kind comments!

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My pleasure. Thanks for watching!

You are very welcome

Thank you - and thanks for watching!!

Thanks Paul!

Thanks! This covers all the way up to that end point in the song. There is one additional lick the guitarist is playing, but it's somewhat inaudible. It's along the lines of the fast minor pentatonic lick that I cover at 0:26 and 8:35.

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Mark Zabel Okay, this one has little to no tutorials on RU-vid. It’s a tricky one. (The Party’s Over) Journey. Neal Schon is one National Treasure on the music front.

Charles Tomlinson Thanks Charles!

No doubt about it!

Thanks. As a player I'm much more interested in improvising and composing my own solos, but I do learn other's solos to understand how other players approach melody, playing over particular chord progressions, phrase their lines, etc. I find most of my work in learning a solo is listening. I listen to the solo at least 5-10 times depending on how long and/or complex it is. When I can "sing" the solo, then I can start to play it. I do know some theory - a good amount - but developing your ear to finger relationship with your guitar is at least as important. In any event, that's how I do it. If I can't sing the solo, I don't know it.

Thank you so much! I would say it would be quite difficult for a beginner. A few easier solos would be better to learn first. Maybe Tuesday's Gone or Main street or even "Easy" by the Commodores.

Thanks James. I assure you it's practice that does it!

You're very welcome! Thank you for watching!

Thanks! It takes a bit of work to make it look like it's not work! :)

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!

Thanks! I don't hear a flanger on the solo guitar at the end. A good amount of reverb I think. There's heavy chorus on the beginning part for sure, but I don't hear much "goop" on the solo guitar at the end.

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Thanks for the listen. Glad you liked it and it helped!!

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Great question!! I'm not 100% positive, as I use smaller picks today. (Jazz III size or John Petrucci size) At that time I'm guessing that I used a standard size Dunlop Ultex 1.5mm or 1.2 mm.

+Steve Perriello Thanks!!

Mervin Myvett Hi Mervin. Thanks for the nice words! I'm happy to send the tab. Send an email to mzabel2781@gmail.com and I'll reply with the tab. I may not be able to until Saturday, as I'm traveling in multiple cities the next 2 days. MZ

You're welcome. Thanks for listening!!

Thanks for the suggestion!

Thanks!

Thanks Julio. Send me a message to my personal channel with your email address and I'll send the tab out right away!

Thanks! You should try to do what I explain at 8:18 in the video. The 11th on the b-string should be pre-bent a whole step. Then you release and pull off to the 8th. The note on the 10th is on the G-string. When played it should immediately start the bend (whole step) for the rest of the lick. Hope that helps!

Yes it does!

Most welcome!

S. Bhaddharaja Thank you!!!

Thanks. I always put the Tab link in the description now (if I have them), but here's the link for your convenience. When I started I didn't know how many requests I'd get! www.dropbox.com/s/xzfrr6k65vvruyt/Baby%20Come%20Back.pdf?dl=0

LOL! Careful there. Don't listen to the new stuff if you're on my carpet. I just had it cleaned!

Thanks! No, I don't have the harmonic analysis, but that's a great suggestion!

Thanks!!

You nailed it! That is a fancy lead and a beautiful one. I am glad to have found you so I can learn it.

Thanks Jason!

Noel Reynoso Thanks for the nice comment Noel!

Thanks you! I'll have a look at what you suggest. Take care!

Yes, send me the info for the backing track please. I appreciate it. Thanks for the listen!

I found this on a Karaoke site - it has 4 versions with/without guitar/vocals - the guitar version is the original recording sans lead - $1.99: www.karaoke-version.com/guitar-backing-track/player/baby-come-back.html Thanks!

Malminator1 Thanks!

Hi David. You should take the approach that works best for you. I just picked up my guitar and the most natural picking for me is to play - 3rd string 10-8 (Pick down on 10, pull off to 8) - 4th string 10-8-10 (pick all notes: down, up, down) -3rd string 8-10 and bend into "Chuck Berry" lick (up on 8, down on 10 and bend) If you have trouble playing up to speed on the 4th string, omit the upstroke on fret 8. Personally, I find it easier and better sounding to pick it. Of course, this is all pentatonic picking, so picking each note is possible. Again, I personally feel the first hammer-on (10 to 8 on the 3rd) is what was done and also that it sounds better than picking.

Mark, thank you for this detailed reply! It is definitely your tutorial above that got me started on learning this solo. It's a great solo and you are a great player! I was a little afraid that you were going to say that you pick all three notes on the 4th string... it sounds great when you play it, and I think that Beckett could definitely be picking all three notes on the 4th string from listening to the recording. I gave it a shot and, well, you're a lot faster than me. I can almost do it at speed with a pull-off to the 8 and a quick pick on the 10th (4th string) on the way back up to the 3rd string, as you suggest, so I'm going to try to get that first. I'm determined to make this lick sound good, so I'll give it a shot with both approaches. One thing that surprised me is that you might be picking the 10th fret on the 3rd string going into the Chuck Berry bend. I have just be picking the 8 and bending up from the 10 without another pick on that string. That sounds pretty good too, and close to the recording to me. However, I just tried it your way, and it does sound different - potentially better! Without picking the 10 before the bend it's more of a "Ta-hooooom" versus a more pronounced "TA-Vrooom" where you really hear the F going into the bend up to G. I may need to re-wire that too! Now I wish I had asked you about how you pick this lick a while back. ;)

You're welcome. I tend to pick more often than not. It's probably from my years of playing bluegrass! Glad you enjoyed and learned from the video. Thanks for your questions!

6 days later, I can do it at full speed! The only caveat is that I ended up with a sort of economy picking rather than strict alternating, but I'm picking all the same notes as you now. It sounds 100% better! I need to clean up my string noise and I'll finally be feeling good about this lick. I guess I just needed to know what to practice... thanks a lot again Mark!

Awesome! Way to stick at it!

You think? I don't know, sounds normal for the bridge on a strat, but you may be right on your headphones or whatever. YMMV.

Obrigado!

Eric Tr You're very welcome Eric.

Thanks!

Hi Gianna! What a wonderful note. I didn't notice the similarity of those licks. I'll give Smoke on the Water a listen tonight. It has been a while since I've heard that great solo! And thank you so much for your kind words. Please let me know if you have any suggestions for me! (songs, techniques ... whatever you're interested in)

Hi Mark, thank you. currently I am doing some clips on YT for solo's which were never published, p.e. Dutch bands from my country with great solo guitar work. I should work on the pureness of my playing. at this moment I am mostly interested how to mute the strings and some sweep picking, though that is not really my thing but I should learn it. Kind regards, Janet

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@@MarkZabel trying to learn this, big help buddy

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Thanks Peter. If you google "Guitarbackingtrack" you'll find a treasure trove!

Mark Zabel Thank You sir!

"This Time I'm In It For Love" is a pretty song and the solo is nice. I'll put it on my to-do list for the future. Thanks for the suggestion!

@@MarkZabel thanks a lot my dear friend bleesings to you

I'll put it on the list of lessons to consider. Thanks for the suggestion.

It's a G&L Legacy Tribute. Based on a Fender Stratocaster. The maker, Leo Fender, left Fender to start his own company (G&L) and the "Legacy" was one of his first G&L guitars.

Thanks!!

Thanks! Here's the tab: www.dropbox.com/s/xzfrr6k65vvruyt/baby%20come%20back.pdf?dl=0

Hi Nicky. I don't know what brand I used back then. Probably they were 009's.

Hi. I'm not sure what he used, but it sounds like moderate gain with a whole bunch of reverb on it.

Mark Zabel Thanks for your info.

Kind of has an Eagles feel. I'm not much of a slide player, but let me put it on the list. I'll give it a shot.

+Mark Zabel Yes it does, as Joe Walsh played the slide on the album. That would be great to see you do this one, as it gives me fits! Thanks for giving it consideration.

+Claudia Meneguz Hi Claudia. I put the link in the description. Let me know whether that works for you. Glad you found it helpful!

Mr. X-Ray Man Sure. I just sent it to you. Thanks for watching!

Mark Zabel Thanks for sending it, but I think I may have accidentally deleted it! Could you resend it? Sorry for the inconvenience.

Mr. X-Ray Man Hi. Here's a link to the tab. www.dropbox.com/s/xzfrr6k65vvruyt/baby%20come%20back.pdf?dl=0

Mark Zabel Thanks!

BloodyMossyRoc Just like the early Les Paul solos, eh?

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+miguel angel perez pelcastre Good to know. Thanks!

Peter Beckett

Just the solo - as advertised in the title. This is the actual lesson of that.

I'm talking about like the whole song not just the solo

I have not done a lesson on the rest of the song. Sorry.

Is ok thanks for your time

Okay, thanks!

Rodolfo872 Tab is on its way. Thanks for watching!

Not sure what you mean. Guessing you want amp settings, pedals, etc. 1. Give your guitar a slightly overdriven sound. (Either pedal or amp with decent gain.0 2. Add a touch of chorus - or if you don't have that, a little flanger or phaser 3. Add a little reverb 4. Play out of bridge position 5. Add or subtract bass/mid/treble for your taste

I'm pretty sure it's a Tube Screamer ... but with very little gain. You don't want to put too much distortion ... just a little bit.

So long ago I can only speculate. I'm guessing that I'm using a Marshall Plexi emulator here with the Treble, Mid, and Bass at 50% and the gain at maybe 6.5 or 7 ... a little reverb and a bit of compression. Your mileage may vary. I find so much is dependent upon the specific guitar. But I'd guess this will get you close and you can tweak from there.

Any pedals?

Nothing other than what I said above; a little reverb and a little compression.

Mark Zabe

Beautiful country! I'm not sure what you're asking though. Sorry :(

Hi Dick. I get a few, yeah. Many from you, which is great! :) I can play a lot of things, but I'm not very good at metal or jazz ... or whammy bar stuff ... or Vai/Satriani/Eric Johnson ... or classical. But that's life ... music is the real master and we're all just learning and trying to connect to the flow. (Wow, that sounded like I should be living in California!) As an FYI, I hear my guitar hero - Robben Ford and I think, "Man I'll never play like that." Then I remember he has been playing full time for 40 years. I started early enough (8 years old ... ask me to demo Mary Had a Little Lamb ... I'm great at that!! :), but I stopped playing a couple of times ... lost 20 years of playing essentially. So I'm having fun getting back into the groove. Anyway, I'm happy to do "And Your Bird Can Sing." It's a great song. I think you've got the Shania song (Man, I Feel Like ...) and Brown Eyed Girl and I'll add the Beatles tune too. Keep the suggestions coming!

I listened to the song and this video again. I'm pretty sure the guitar notes are right there - all 1/4 notes. On the record the band is playing all 1/4 notes with cymbal hits on all of them. The backing track isn't right there, but it's what I had. The demo is just to set up the teaching. I try to use anything but the album track, because then there's a good chance the video will get blocked. Plus it's harder to hear when playing over the actual track. ... and my dog is a girl. :)

Yeah you're right it's the backing track that's wrong there. It's meant to change up on that 3rd rundown but doesn't. Shame cos would sound perfect otherwise