Anyone know anything about guitars please help?

Question

Ok I have two main questions I want to ask 1.) Would I need a better guitar for soloing?; I'm trying to learn how to do big kick butt solos and hammerons and pull offs and licks and all that. I have an Ibanez which I bought with a small amp for $900 Australian which in America is probably only $500. Would I need a heaps better guitar to solo properly I can't seem to get the noses that I want out of the guitar when I'm learning from the books

2). As for second question what is the best way I can learn to solo properly? I'm talking play like queen or big rock bands. I'm learning from the books at the moment with a book called lead progression although I'm just not nailing it right. Do you think that I would be better off with leasons? If someone showed that's what I've been contiplating? Thanx for your help.

Answer 1

Your guitar should be fine, you need to look into buying some different effects pedals! You cannot get a good lead sound from guitar and amp alone. I would recommend buying a flanger, chorus, delay, distortion, or compressor pedals. And i recommend taking lessons. A good instructor can help you learn more about different styles of playing, and you need to learn about different scales and modes if you are trying to be a lead player. Also your instructor can help you learn how to get the different sounds i was speaking about above. Hope this helps!

Answer 2

1) depends on how many frets u want, how much u will to spend. it really personal preference pickups and amp make a big part of it

2)i taught myself from ultimate-guitar.com they have a lesson section but work on the solo and work your way up if u don't u will form bad habits and bed technique

Answer 3

to answer number 2...
A) learn and memorize all the scales from all over the fretboard
B) listen to hendrix over and over and over then listen again
when you can play his stuff fluently you're on the right track