... can be a  quite challenging adventure.

We  recently started to play Hotel California in our Band. As I am the only  guitar player in the Band, this initially has caused quite a headache  to me.

After some discussions with my Keyboarder, we found a working reconciliation of the never ending guitar tracks in that song. And they are awesome! As most parts are signature, I have tried to be very close to the original, with the exceptation of some Acoustic parts. These parts I have played more or less close.

Without  my Line6 Dream Rig (DT50/212, HD500, JTV59 + 69) I would not be able to perform this song in this way. On the following playback (Vocals, Bass, Drums) I recorded all guitar tracks I am  playing in my band (with the exception of the reggae rhytmn and the  acoustic parts starting with the 2. verse - this is done by the  keyboarder in our Band). I am used to do recordings for exercising songs  I am playing in my band.

The  Acoustic guitar is passed over the FX Send Block to a FR-system and the  PA. I am using an alternate Tuning (7th fret) for the Acoustic parts  (stored in the HD500 preset) so I can play them in open chord position.  The E-Guitars are amplified by my DT50/212 for live performance.

For  the polyphonic guitars starting with 2.verse I used the smart Harmony  pitch in harmonic minor with a +3 shift (this works for nearly all the  phrases).

For  the most E-guitar parts I have used the Strat guitar model in my JTV69.  The Lead part is played in the first half in the neck position. For the  second half of the solo I have used the Gibson ES335. It is quite  amazing how much this guitar model is changing the overall sounds while  other components remains the same.

For  E-Guitars I used the Marshall Plexi 100 Brit Full amp model. This is  going to be one of my favourite amps, because this amp nicely cleans & breaks up just the way I hit the strings - awesome to me.

The recording was done directly from the HD500 to an audiointerface (my DT50/212 stays in the rehearsal room - just too heavy ):

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All the best, wolbai