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Great guitar duel from the movie Crossroads (1986) between Steve Vai and an aspiring guitarist (Ralph Macchio). The movie itself is alright, but the duel is superb.

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  • Date 10/11/2005 7:04:56 PM
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dehcatspjs : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

dehcatspjs

0 votes NegativePositive

1505 days 19 hours ago...

damn...

dehcatspjs : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

dehcatspjs

-3 votes NegativePositive

1505 days 19 hours ago...

oh yeah, first post... :)

btkduke : LVL 8: VP 1.7: said:

btkduke

-2 votes NegativePositive

1498 days 22 hours ago...

no u got second

TommyT : LVL 21: VP 3: said:

TommyT

1 votes NegativePositive

1498 days 4 hours ago...

i love that movie

Kronos747 : LVL 15: VP 2.4: said:

Kronos747

1 votes NegativePositive

1496 days 14 hours ago...

is that the karate kid? damn didn't know he could play guitar and kick ass.

curtis_mitchell_11 : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

curtis_mitchell_11

0 votes NegativePositive

1491 days 15 hours ago...

That solo was pretty sick... but it would've been better in real time. You can tell that what he was playing was sped up. It probably wasn't his audio either... I wanna see the real guitar player not the actor.

ufos : LVL 11: VP 2: said:

ufos

0 votes NegativePositive

1491 days 14 hours ago...

curtis- the played part is played by the another black tall haired guy in the duell. he is steve vai and is a great player..by the way this is my maiden flight here!

liltimmy88 : LVL 28: VP 3.7: said:

liltimmy88

0 votes NegativePositive

1483 days 23 hours ago...

Ok. The part the kid is playing is called Eugenes Trick Bag, Written By Steve Vai. This is an amazing piece, and the playing in the video is not sped up, they are using a technique called hammerons, you simply quickly apple pressure and release. You can also use a more advanced technique, refered to as Fret Tapping.

megadeth456 : LVL 24: VP 3.3: said:

megadeth456

0 votes NegativePositive

1474 days ago...

to bad they didnt show the whole duel.

timbo.e.t.c : LVL 24: VP 3.3: said:

timbo.e.t.c

0 votes NegativePositive

1473 days 18 hours ago...

liltimmy i hate you so much right now, ur explination of guitar techniques is and insult to anyone reading it ever and whoeversaid it was sped up i hate too


GO STEVE VAI

lEcheloNl : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

lEcheloNl

0 votes NegativePositive

1463 days 20 hours ago...

actually to let you guys know For starters. THe karate kid guy quite clearly faked that solo...
The beginning is totally wrong
its actually a technique called sweeping
where you hold chords but you make it so only one note plays at the same time
its pretty freakin hard.
he plays it all up and down the neck and well thats totally worng therein the beginning. ALso you pretty much could never play that without a pick as he did.
Its clearly vai in both parts.
ok have fun


oh yea btw to the guy earlier who asid vai wrote that. That is Eugene's trick bag, however that is just Paganini's 5th. It's a classical piece not written by vai.

oncallhero : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

oncallhero

0 votes NegativePositive

1463 days 8 hours ago...

The guy that did the soundtrack for the entire movie is named Ry Cooder. Awesome guitarist as well. He is the one actually playing Eugenes guitar parts in the duel opposite of Steve.

xxxYNGWIExxx : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

xxxYNGWIExxx

0 votes NegativePositive

1460 days 1 hour ago...

steve vai owns

Harry Pothead : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

Harry Pothead

0 votes NegativePositive

1457 days 16 hours ago...

Go Ralf Maccio (karate kid)

xxxYNGWIExxx : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

xxxYNGWIExxx

0 votes NegativePositive

1457 days 3 hours ago...

well most of the people posting dont know shit about guitar playing the technique played in the very first part are hammer ons and pull offs the second is NOT sweep picking steve alternate picks those arpeggios not sweep pick them. the faster picking bit is a rip off of pagininis 5th caprice.

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