Shredding 'Hotel California' Solo

Can you tell the difference between The Eagles' classic guitar solos on Hotel California and a fake? Listen to guitarist, Tim Marco, re-create the identical guitar solos on Hotel California using only a Les Paul, Telecaster, Dynamic Distortion, and Fender amp to see if you do better than our panel of expert contestants. Skip ahead to 3:54 and see if you can tell the phony from the original.

TIM'S FULL SOLO MIXES W/BACKING TRACK:

PEDALS:

MICROPHONES

OTHER EQUIPMENT:
Fender Princeton Reverb
Fender Nocaster Reissue
Gibson Les Paul R8

PERSONEL:
Tim Marco - Guitar
Jared Scharff - Contestant
Dillan Witherow - Contestant
Mason Stoops - Contestant
Matt Voelker - Engineer
Andrew Harris - Videographer
Victor San Pedro - Editor
Patty Stewart - Voice Over
Mason Marangella - Director/Producer

LOCATION:
Zoo Labs Recording - Oakland, California

B-ROLL:
Excerpts from The Eagles Live at the Capital Center 1977

THEME MUSIC:
Kfir Ochaion

#Vertexeffects #Gameoftones #Dynamicdistortion

[VertexEffectsInc]

Hey Guys, thanks so much for watching the video! Here are the results, A: Tim Marco, B: The Eagles! How'd you guys do? We have more Game of Tones coming!

[VertexEffectsInc]

Skip ahead to 3:54 to see if you can tell the difference between the Eagles’ original recording with Don Felder and Joe Walsh versus Tim! Leave your answer in the comments below. 10 lucky winners will receive a free Dynamic Distortion who guess correctly which is the original and which is the fake. Plus, we’ll choose an additional 10 winners to receive free Vertex swag. Winners will be announced February 11.  

For reference, here are the full solo tracks played by Tim Marco:

[bpabustan]

One thing Tim Marco forgot, Joe Walsh's guitar solo tone has a bit of a phaser, while Tim's just the overdrive.

[andreww]

A- Tim
B- Eagles
Phaser on the B track gives it away, but truly an excellent product; I love this series!

[jerrettroberts]

A - Tim
B - The Eagles
Great video and contest guys!
Keep it going!

[cplumstead]

I was at that Eagles concert. The footage is from 1976 at the Capital Center in Largo, MD. One of Tim’s notes in A is a little flat and the Eagles clip B has some sort of modulation pedal—so definitely not just a plain Princeton with your excellent overdrive.

[travisweigand]

A: Tim B: Eagles. Another great video guys!

[scriptosaurusrex]

Going to buck the trend and say
A) Eagles
B) Tim.

Harder than the last two, which each had some clear 'give aways' (Clipping in the knopfler vid, and just the sweep of the vibrato in the Jeff Beck one).

[rcdubya]

Tim did a great job with one of my absolute favorite solos, and my favorite lead sound. If you can share the settings he used on the pedal (I realize the video is five years old), I will buy one. I won’t sound like Tim (or Don or Joe), but it’ll be as close as I’ll ever get.

[melius]

A - Tim
B - The Eagles
Damn that is a sweet distortion though😍😍😍😍

[bluejaysbaseball]

A is Tim no doubt B is Eagles. I know Hotel California like the back of my hand.

[thistleham]

A is Tim
B is Eagles

However the pedal sounds great and this is a super unique way to advertise. I watched the whole video in an ad clip so good job guys.

[JRandallS]

A: Tim
B: Eagles

Nice pedal by the way. Hadn't heard of it, now I'm looking for one.

[thanosvovouras]

A = Tim Marco
B = The Eagles
Great tone

[turquatto]

A. Tim
B. Eagles

Did I win!!! I’ve already made space on my pedalboard for this!!!

[faridzayish]

A - Tim
B - Eagles

Im still waiting for my Vertex Dynamic Distortion all the to here Malaysia 😋

[lucamoqi]

A: Tim
B: The Eagles
Both sound great, though.

[michaelinglis]

Clip A: Tim
Clip B: O'l Life's been good to me walsh with the Eagles

That pedal sounded great though and would sound excellent through my marshall. I'll have to watch a demo of it next I was seriously impressed.

[jon.wilson]

A: Tim
B: The Eagles

That's a tough one!

[RileyTech]

A: Tim
B: Eagles
Tim's bends don't stay at the peak quite long enough as Felder and Walsh. There is also a slight tonal variation because Fender took the humbucker covers off his EDS-1275. But that Dynamic Distortion is SPOT-ON!