wimpiest lead guitar

[Will Shade]

Now mind you, I do like the Beatles (unlike some of the garage nazis), but I was struck recently by how godawful the lead guitar in "Get Back" was... from the tone to the attack (or lack thereof)... noodle city a la Grateful Dead almost... just wretched... it's not rock 'n' roll... more like Muzak... what are some other famous wimpy guitars? Take care that it's wimpy... not technically "bad" or something wanky... just lacking cojones...

[Psychiatric Consultations]

Here is a classic lead guitar solo, beyond wimpiest. In a cool n funny way!

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http://youtu.be/3hcZ4s9cvpw

[John Battles]

It's kind of like when Jack Benny played the violin , you HAD to be a good violinist to do bad violin so well. Neil Innes , of course , is a fine Guitarist . This whole song was a walking , talking parody , even by The Bonzos' standards , but the Guitar Solo is a parody of a bad Guitar solo....It's like when The Deviants did that extended acid Guitar solo on their first album, It's a put - on , but , it sounds great. Someone in the background says "WOOOOW , JUST LIKE JIMI HENDRIX !!".
 
Psychiatric Consultations said:

Here is a classic lead guitar solo, beyond wimpiest. In a cool n funny way!

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3hcZ4s9cvpw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

http://youtu.be/3hcZ4s9cvpw

[James Porter]

"I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore" by the Young Rascals.

Listening to a lot of garage-era singles, you can understand why effects boxes were invented, because those guitars had a THIN sound. Even if it was a professional like Gene Cornish from the Rascals. Not his fault, but the music was growing so fast that sometimes the equipment couldn't keep up...

[John Battles]

You know , as much as I love that song , I can't really make out the guitar solo in my mind , right now that you mention it.

[James Porter]

Just gave this a quick relisten via Youtube (didn't feel like digging thru the record/CD crates!).

I dunno - something about that solo sounds really tentative, like he was still warming up or something.

 

[John Battles]

 I thought Mick Ronson's non - solo on "Jack and Diane" was sad.  This hideously awful two note intro that goes from electric to acoustic Guitar. When I first heard it , I thought the acoustic part was going to go somewhere. It does'nt. When I learned , after his death , that that was Mick Ronson , I was deeply saddened that that would go on to be one of his most famous musical moments, when "Width of a Circle" pours napalm all over that unfortunate mess.