100 Greatest Guitar Solos: 50) "Shock Me" (Ace Frehley)
“I basically did the same solo every night on that tour, with minor alterations, so I had it kind of planned out when I did it the night we recorded it for Alive II album,” says Ace Frehley.
“But if you listen carefully to the ‘Shock Me’ solo you can hear me make a mistake about two thirds of the way through. Instead of tapping a B at the 19th fret of the high E string, I accidentally hit the A# note at the 18th fret—that’s definitely a wrong note for the scale I’m using. We could have fixed it in the mix, but I said to Eddie [Kramer, Alive II producer], ‘Screw it! Leave it in. The run sounds cool, so who cares—it’s rock and roll!’ ”
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57trouble
September 03, 2011 at 4:16am
I believe that solo was recorded BEFORE the show at the LA forum. I read that alot of alive 2 is live but not the actual show. I think the article is at Kissasylum...straight from the mouth or producer Eddie Kramer. Still, it is up there with eruption. If you listen to it it has the same kind of vibe and construction as eruption. Love it. ACE is good. The solo on the Huston Texas 77 show sucks though. ACE is either on or off. He was off and the recording of his tone sucked. But yeah, ALIVE 2 solo kicks ass !
jibran_pcc
May 28, 2011 at 3:49am
I basically did the same solo every night on that tour, with minor alterations, so I had it kind of planned out when I did it the night we recorded it for Alive II album,” says Ace Frehley.kim
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