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DarkSlash
July 23rd, 2007, 06:17 AM
this is me tryin' to play the first part of europa by santana, i learned that by ear

http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fm9sIix0Vc
Da3m0n
July 23rd, 2007, 08:58 AM
For learning that by ear that sounds really good!
DarkSlash
July 23rd, 2007, 12:48 PM
thank you!
I'm happy you appreciated it :D
raymix
July 24th, 2007, 02:41 PM
Good stuff !

I'm working on that one too and I found that you must have a
lot of sustain to get the notes like Carlos ... looks simple but when I push
the gain too far, I always end up with a lot of "garbage".

This was good for learning by ears mate ( It seem I don't play at the same places on the neck as you do ! I learn this one by ears too).

:)

Ray.
ro438
September 29th, 2007, 09:53 AM
mmmmmmmm that Santana goodness:)
Nice job man...dual cool.
custom24
December 6th, 2007, 12:45 PM
Good stuff !

I'm working on that one too and I found that you must have a
lot of sustain to get the notes like Carlos ... looks simple but when I push
the gain too far, I always end up with a lot of "garbage".

This was good for learning by ears mate ( It seem I don't play at the same places on the neck as you do ! I learn this one by ears too).

:)

Ray.

I've read that Carlos likes to crank the volume to really warm the tubes (tube amp of course) and will mark an X on the floor at the point where his notes really "sing" and that's how he gets his sustain. He really only uses a wah wah and delay for effects, and has recently started experimenting with a TS9 Tubescreamer, but his sustain is mainly from his PRS guitars and his amps up high. It's not really the gain so much as the volume that gives the sustain, as that song is pretty clean.

You should go to Santana.com and check the "players area" and he has somewhat lesson videos of himself showing you Europa (among others) and he gives some backstory about it, and how he gets his tone. Well worth a look.
raymix
December 18th, 2007, 10:11 AM
As for the tone ... I don't have a PRS and tube amp.
I just try to mimick his tone with Guitar Rig and a cheap axe.

I can get a lot of sustain but need to use a lot of "noise gate" too in order to stay clean ... and this is where David's lessons are useful, playing clean, muting all the unwanted strings.

I'll take a look at the link u gave my friend .. thanks a lot ! :)

Friendly, Ray.