Guitartricks How to Play Tobacco Road by David Lee Roth TUTORIAL
Dave will show you the guitar parts in this song, from the squealing intro licks, to the power chord riffs in a boogie rhythm, to the whammy bar filled solo. “Tobacco Road” is in the key of D minor and 4/4 time at a tempo of about 140 BPM.
The guitar tone is classic 80’s – a super Strat equipped with a floating whammy bar with locking nut, ideally a Floyd Rose style, and a hot humbucker pickup in the bridge position. The amp is a hot-rodded Marshall with loads of high gain and for EQ, set the bass at 2 o’clock, mid at 12 o’clock, and treble at 2 o’clock, and overdrive at 1 o’clock. These settings should get you pretty close to the desired tones using whatever gear you have, but feel free to adjust accordingly.
For the single guitar performance, play Guitar 1 for the entire song except the solo, where you’ll switch to Guitar 2.
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