i was wondering if any one out there could give me a hand with playing "Bambi" from princes self titled album, everything thing i looked at tab wise seems to be all wrong and confusing

any help would be great

Very easy.


Pick any key that suits your voice. Preferably E for example. Start with playing it in barre (like Asus2, but only play the A and D string [avoid, of course, the E-string when playing A-barre]), the "off-beat" chord is two semi-tones higher (F#) and the chord on the "three" is another semi-tone higher (G). Then slide down until you'd get to play the G barre over the E chord and slam that mutherfucker. That little part inbetween is simply sliding between the diminished dominant and the dominant (Bb and B).

The rest should be even easier, once you understand those basics.

Dave1992 said:

Thanks man. Imma try that.

what a about the two solos that he plays in the song what scales is it based on

squirrelgrease said:

Welcome.

Never happened.
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Dave1992 said:

I can't watch it. "Private video".

Oh, I'm an idiot.




Does it work now or must I repost it?
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yeah it don't work Private video, you must change your privacy setting on your youtube account

Never happened either.
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^ Still no go. Same message.

But that guitar looks badass.

Fuck the internet I'm too old for this high-tech shit! It's something for the youngsters!




Alright, I'll start again. I'll delete all my posts about that vid and so will you; we'll pretend nothing had happened and then I'll post a perfectly scrappy, short, shitty video which was all worth it. 'kay?

AFAIK most of the tabs/chords online for Bambi give a pretty good idea of the main gist of the song...

This: http://www.ultimate-guita...bi_tab.htm ...is a good starting point, but don't play the full chords like this guy wrote it. Instead, use power chords.

It's still being converted - that was the problem. How long does that usually take?

thanks for the tips if anyone wants to add something keep the posts coming

One day in distant future I'll come back and post this damn video.









I swear to you, my youtube heroics will eventually set this thread on fire.

OK. In the meantime... here's Lil Wayne showin' how it's dun.

squirrelgrease said:

Alright, here is what we wanted to see all our lives.











Sorry for the sloppy guitar playing at times; I had so smash those strings, because otherwise it wouldn't have been loud enough for my camera
And sorry I didn't tune my guitar first. Like I said, I just picked it up and played it to clarify what I meant before.

Thank you Dave. The visual helps out a ton. I watched it about 10 times and downloaded it for further study. It was really cool of you to take the time to do that vid. Aces!

Here's what my baby actually sounds like.

squirrelgrease said:

No problem, mate. I didn't think it would be that mutch of a help, but it's nice to hear that from you!

Dave1992 said:

Way cool. That was quite impressive. I love Gibson SGs... I'm always drawn to the rack of 'em at the guitar stores. What particular Wah pedal are you using? I have an old Dunlop Crybaby, but the sweep has never been as wide as I would like.

squirrelgrease said:

Cheers! Although I'm not really as quick and "clean" on guitar as I'd like to be.

Yep, there are many SGs out there which have a great, great sound. Mine is from the late 70s and unfortunately that was a time when they weren't as constantly good as the earlier and later versions, but I still love that girl.


Mine is a part of the DigiTech RP-21D foot switch. I'd love to get seperate effect pedals (preferably Boss), but I lack the money!




I showed you mine, now you show me yours.

Dave1992 said:

I'm a huge fan of dual humbucker guitars - in fact I've taken out some single coils and replaced them with stacked Duncan humbuckers with pretty good results. I then rewire 'em to switch between splitting and combining the stack. I have an Epiphone Les Paul that I love, but it's a back breaker. I thought your pedal was a separate, but it sounds pretty good. I have a bunch of Boss and DOD effects and a couple of home made distortion boxes I put together for shits and giggles.

Check out this thread for some orger gear: http://prince.org/msg/15/...sg_7316962

Dave1992 said:

nice cover do you have tabs for it that i can look at, cause id like to do this for my music class solo

squirrelgrease said:

x 1,439

"Turn the fucking guitar on!"

Dave1992 said:

Awesome!

Thanks, all!




No, I don't have tabs, but I did explain how to play that part in the earlier video. It's quite simple, actually...


The verse consists of only two chords - F# and E, like I played in that video.
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