Just What I Needed - The Cars | Guitar Lesson

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Learn how to play Just What I needed as performed by The Cars from their self-titled debut album from 1978. Great power pop / rock tune with an interesting verse a/b section and a super-hooky solo from Elliot Easton. He is amazing and crafts great solos that are "singable" and interesting. In this lesson I'll cover the rhythm and lead parts and talk a little about his approach to the guitar solo.

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00:00 What to expect from this lesson
03:33 Lesson - Verse section - rhythm guitar
05:46 Lesson - Chorus section - rhythm guitar
06:59 Lesson - Verse section - lead guitar parts
10:31 Lesson - Chorus section - lead guitar parts
12:30 Elliot's approach to guitar solos
13:33 Lesson - Guitar solo parts
19:22 Demo of guitar solo with charts
19:58 I play it left-handed like Elliot!!!
20:29 Lesson - outro sections
22:30 Final Thoughts