Anyone try Mayer's "Neon"?

NJPearce22 · Unread post by **NJPearce22** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 10:20 pm

This song could be the roughest song to learn ever. It's pure crazyness! It's like how people used to play "Stairway" to impress people, but everyone knows that song now.

I'm thinking if I could play Neon, people would be amazed! I mean the acoustic version with the thumb/index only fingerpicking and the slaps!

Can anyone here play it? If so...any tips or maybe a transcribed tab w/ fingerings? That'd be greatly appreciated!

Ranting Thespian · Unread post by **Ranting Thespian** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 10:36 pm

I was learning it, but found no fun in playing it, so I stopped.

Thomas · Unread post by **Thomas** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 10:38 pm

i've been trying for the past 2 weeks and this song is kicking my butt.

i memorized all of the chords and can do them all fairly easy now but i just can't do that slapping fingerpicking thing

i would appreciate some help too

gravesRR7 · Unread post by **gravesRR7** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 10:39 pm

i tried learning it for a long time. i made a lot of progress and i can play it crappily right now.
it is a very very hard song, but if you can get it down, people who can appreciate it for its difficulty will worship you

but be warned....it is rediculously hard to make it sound good, and if you try to learn it and perform it and it isn't good, it'll look horrible and you will be laughed at like a moo-cow.

good luck. it's a toughy

jsgksu · Unread post by **jsgksu** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 10:41 pm

I used to be able to play it, decently. I wouldnt say its like, the song to learn, theres a lot harder ones but it is deffinatley a tough one.

You_Enjoy_Myself · Unread post by **You_Enjoy_Myself** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 10:57 pm

I learned the verse and little pre-chorus part pretty quickly, but then the chorus gave me some troubles. In the last issue of GWA, John's column covers the chorus, so that really helped me. I can now sing and play it at the same time.

gcom007 · Unread post by **gcom007** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 12:17 am

I find the song pretty easy but it's because I learned the technique behind the song and not the song itself...it's basically just a bass slapping technique that's not too hard to pick up on, atleast it wasn't for me. Once I got that the song became quite easy to play. I'd work on the technique if you really want to nail this song. Too many guys out there try to play this song but they don't even have the right technique down so it sounds, well, gumpy...

ericwormann · Unread post by **ericwormann** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 12:19 am

gcom007 wrote:I find the song pretty easy but it's because I learned the technique behind the song and not the song itself...it's basically just a bass slapping technique that's not too hard to pick up on, atleast it wasn't for me. Once I got that the song became quite easy to play. I'd work on the technique if you really want to nail this song. Too many guys out there try to play this song but they don't even have the right technique down so it sounds, well, gumpy...

you sound gumpy

OH SNAP! YOU JUST GOT SERVED!

You_Enjoy_Myself · Unread post by **You_Enjoy_Myself** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 12:31 am

gcom007 wrote:I find the song pretty easy but it's because I learned the technique behind the song and not the song itself...it's basically just a bass slapping technique that's not too hard to pick up on, atleast it wasn't for me. Once I got that the song became quite easy to play. I'd work on the technique if you really want to nail this song. Too many guys out there try to play this song but they don't even have the right technique down so it sounds, well, gumpy...

Exactly, once you can keep the steady bassline while playing the other part on the upper strings, you've got it. John said he wrote the sond with that in mind, and that it was based on the playing style of a great jazz guitarist. Wes Montgomery maybe?

gcom007 · Unread post by **gcom007** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 12:39 am

winglet82 wrote:
gcom007 wrote:I find the song pretty easy but it's because I learned the technique behind the song and not the song itself...it's basically just a bass slapping technique that's not too hard to pick up on, atleast it wasn't for me. Once I got that the song became quite easy to play. I'd work on the technique if you really want to nail this song. Too many guys out there try to play this song but they don't even have the right technique down so it sounds, well, gumpy...
you sound gumpy

OH SNAP! YOU JUST GOT SERVED!

ahh...not really...

ericwormann · Unread post by **ericwormann** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 12:45 am

gcom007 wrote:
winglet82 wrote:
gcom007 wrote:I find the song pretty easy but it's because I learned the technique behind the song and not the song itself...it's basically just a bass slapping technique that's not too hard to pick up on, atleast it wasn't for me. Once I got that the song became quite easy to play. I'd work on the technique if you really want to nail this song. Too many guys out there try to play this song but they don't even have the right technique down so it sounds, well, gumpy...
you sound gumpy

OH SNAP! YOU JUST GOT SERVED!
ahh...not really...

well played

Beauford33 · Unread post by **Beauford33** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 1:14 am

winglet82 wrote:
gcom007 wrote:
winglet82 wrote:
gcom007 wrote:I find the song pretty easy but it's because I learned the technique behind the song and not the song itself...it's basically just a bass slapping technique that's not too hard to pick up on, atleast it wasn't for me. Once I got that the song became quite easy to play. I'd work on the technique if you really want to nail this song. Too many guys out there try to play this song but they don't even have the right technique down so it sounds, well, gumpy...
you sound gumpy

OH SNAP! YOU JUST GOT SERVED!
ahh...not really...
well played

touche

GSR · Unread post by **GSR** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 1:22 am

Beauford33 wrote:
winglet82 wrote:
gcom007 wrote:
winglet82 wrote:
gcom007 wrote:I find the song pretty easy but it's because I learned the technique behind the song and not the song itself...it's basically just a bass slapping technique that's not too hard to pick up on, atleast it wasn't for me. Once I got that the song became quite easy to play. I'd work on the technique if you really want to nail this song. Too many guys out there try to play this song but they don't even have the right technique down so it sounds, well, gumpy...
you sound gumpy

OH SNAP! YOU JUST GOT SERVED!
ahh...not really...
well played
touche

en guard

jared · Unread post by **jared** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 7:02 am

jmtabs.com has a video for neon if you haven't seen it already

CWMCALL · Unread post by **CWMCALL** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 9:33 am

If you haven't seen it yet this site has great tabs and audio and video of "Neon"....

http://www.jmtabs.com/tabs.php?p=1004

DMBTabs.com

Anyone try Mayer's "Neon"?

Anyone try Mayer's "Neon"?

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