Author Topic: 5 Reasons why you love your Guitar hero (Read 16963 times)

Jonesy76 · « **Reply #30 on:** November 25, 2007, 05:48:54 PM »

Quote from: Pierre

Anybody but Slash:

1) not Slash
2) Not Slash...

ok sorry :lol: couldn't resist

That's cool Pierre........he obviously isn't your guitar hero. I like Ritchie Blackmore but I wasn't really listening to anything but nursery rhymes when Ritchie Blackmore was initially strutting his stuff. Slash was my hero and no matter who else I listen to and adore, Slash was the man who made me pick up my first guitar.

JDC · « **Reply #31 on:** November 25, 2007, 07:46:23 PM »

hey Nadz1lla, I've stood next to Rob Flynn :)

I'm not that mad on Machine Head so I wasn't that bothered, lol

people next to me were jumping around like monkeys

Pierre · « **Reply #32 on:** November 25, 2007, 09:05:16 PM »

Quote from: Jonesy76

Quote from: Pierre
Anybody but Slash:

1) not Slash
2) Not Slash...

ok sorry :lol: couldn't resist

That's cool Pierre........he obviously isn't your guitar hero. I like Ritchie Blackmore but I wasn't really listening to anything but nursery rhymes when Ritchie Blackmore was initially strutting his stuff. Slash was my hero and no matter who else I listen to and adore, Slash was the man who made me pick up my first guitar.

That's a damn good reason for liking him I'll give you that hehe... I hope you took no offence, he's just easy to make fun of, image and hat and all :lol: I perfectly see what you mean about whoever made you pick the guitar, though I guess my own 'heroes' I got once I started playing mostly, no one really made me pickup the guitar.

waves · « **Reply #33 on:** November 25, 2007, 09:38:58 PM »

Quote from: noodleplugerine

Guthrie

Ahh +1!

Erotic cakes is the perfect instrumental album, i haven't got bored of it yet.

And live he is just sublime (although for those who know him, he did mess up that lick in wonderful slippery thing at just over 1 minute in. oh and someone shouldve taken his pedal board off him, he tried to do some clever things with it and it just didn't happen a few times. should've kept it simple like his bro seth, who is the best player i've seen live, except maybe myung but at that gig i sort of forgot to look at him :oops: )

But otherwise, he is my fav too.

Philly Q · « **Reply #34 on:** November 25, 2007, 10:41:44 PM »

Quote from: Pierre

Mhmm... Ritchie Blackmore:

3) Always himself. No image to speak of (unlike sl... I mean others). Just a guy playing guitar in a band.

Well, apart from the fact he always wears black... to the extent that he's actually known as "The Man In Black".

But I'm not arguing about Blackmore. He's my hero too.

Nadz1lla · « **Reply #35 on:** November 26, 2007, 12:37:45 AM »

Quote from: JDC

hey Nadz1lla, I've stood next to Rob Flynn :)

I'm not that mad on Machine Head so I wasn't that bothered, lol

people next to me were jumping around like monkeys

Doh! Well at Ozzfest '98 Logan Mader basically asked if I could go backstage for a beer cos being the wide eyed in-awe kid back then I went crazy at the signing stand. Security didn't allow it though, lol. That's the closest I ever got to Machine Head, and Logan had been chucked out / left MH by then and was playing for Soulfly at the time. But still, thought Logan was the bees knees for once being lead guitarist of MH. :D

noodleplugerine · « **Reply #36 on:** November 26, 2007, 12:52:04 AM »

Quote from: waves

Quote from: noodleplugerine
Guthrie

Ahh +1!

Erotic cakes is the perfect instrumental album, i haven't got bored of it yet.

And live he is just sublime (although for those who know him, he did mess up that lick in wonderful slippery thing at just over 1 minute in. oh and someone shouldve taken his pedal board off him, he tried to do some clever things with it and it just didn't happen a few times. should've kept it simple like his bro seth, who is the best player i've seen live, except maybe myung but at that gig i sort of forgot to look at him :oops: )

But otherwise, he is my fav too.

I thought you might be a GG fan - Hence the name :p

MDV · « **Reply #37 on:** November 26, 2007, 01:05:08 AM »

Reasons why I love not having a guitar hero:

I can learn from anyone without any bias

I sound like myself because of diverse influences and a smattering of creativity

I have no inclination to get signature gear, so I save money and get whats right for me

noodleplugerine · « **Reply #38 on:** November 26, 2007, 02:08:20 AM »

Quote from: MDV

Reasons why I love not having a guitar hero:

I can learn from anyone without any bias

I sound like myself because of diverse influences and a smattering of creativity

I have no inclination to get signature gear, so I save money and get whats right for me

I was thinking the same when I first read this thread - But hey, it's a bit of fun. You can't say you've never aspired to Paul Gilbert, or Al Di Meola, or somebody!

MDV · « **Reply #39 on:** November 26, 2007, 02:14:53 AM »

Dont get me wrong, there are sooooooo many guitarists that have a buttload of musicality and skill that have been an influence on me.

But none of them (or anyone else) are heroes to me.

I hear cool things, and if they're cool enough I learn them. Thats pretty much it.

Pierre · « **Reply #40 on:** November 26, 2007, 08:27:29 PM »

Quote from: MDV

Reasons why I love not having a guitar hero:

I can learn from anyone without any bias

I sound like myself because of diverse influences and a smattering of creativity

I have no inclination to get signature gear, so I save money and get whats right for me

Same here. I NEVER learn songs, solos, licks or anything. My playing is 100%, not exaggerating, improv. I don't want to sound like anyone else.

It doesn't mean there aren't players I really appreciate.

A guitar hero isn't who you wanna be or play like. Just someone whose playing moves you or you appreciate.

I'm more like the opposite of you. I have a lot of players I love and appreciate, but NO INFLUENCE whatsoever. I play like myself. No one else.

Orkestra · « **Reply #41 on:** November 26, 2007, 08:36:30 PM »

Quote from: HEAVIER THAN HELL

Kerry King...

(1) some of the best metal riffs ever written
(2) tone that can rip your face off
(3) soon as you hear a Hanneman solo you know it's not King solo and you're pleased because of that... oh wait now it's a King solo, what a let down, it's just the same $%&#ing thing over and o... wait Hanneman's back... THIS IS SOME AWESOME SHI... oh wait Kings back, shame.
(4) makes those JCM800s sound more evil than anyone else
(5) an arm with some Heiniken at the end of it

yeah... I think you mean Jeff Hanneman

headtheball · « **Reply #42 on:** November 29, 2007, 01:47:08 AM »

I'll go with my dear departed countryman on this one:

Rory Gallagher:

1: took visible, palpable joy in playing his ass off and seeing people dig it. No po-faced smugness from Rory. He was as into it as the Audience.

2: Could play any damned thing with strings on it. Really, really bloody well.

3: Helped kill showbands. Not sure how big these mohair-suited gangs of shiteehawks were outside of Ireland, but, if you're unfamiliar, trust me, this was a good thing.

4: Assimilated techniques from everywhere he saw them. He could, and did, throw together techniques as diverse as slide, harp-picking, taps, slaps etc. in the space of a song. Sometimes, in the space of a bar.

5: Loved that strat so much he even kept using it after it was stolen, and recovered lying in a shuck for three days. And it still sounded ungodly.

Bird · « **Reply #43 on:** November 29, 2007, 03:47:49 AM »

Quote

Same here. I NEVER learn songs, solos, licks or anything. My playing is 100%, not exaggerating, improv. I don't want to sound like anyone else.

It doesn't mean there aren't players I really appreciate.

A guitar hero isn't who you wanna be or play like. Just someone whose playing moves you or you appreciate.

I'm more like the opposite of you. I have a lot of players I love and appreciate, but NO INFLUENCE whatsoever. I play like myself. No one else.

Sorry, but statements like this seem a bit ridiculous. How do you think the greats got where they are? By studying and learning from those that came before them. Vai, for example, spent hundreds of hours learning Zappa songs and then transcribing them. Apparently Heartbreaker (solo) got him started so he probably learned a bunch of Led Zep as well. He took that foundation and from it molded his own unique style. There's a lot to learn from a lot of great players. Sorry for the rant :oops:

noodleplugerine · « **Reply #44 on:** November 29, 2007, 07:42:28 AM »

Quote from: Pierre

Quote from: MDV
Reasons why I love not having a guitar hero:

I can learn from anyone without any bias

I sound like myself because of diverse influences and a smattering of creativity

I have no inclination to get signature gear, so I save money and get whats right for me

Same here. I NEVER learn songs, solos, licks or anything. My playing is 100%, not exaggerating, improv. I don't want to sound like anyone else.

It doesn't mean there aren't players I really appreciate.

A guitar hero isn't who you wanna be or play like. Just someone whose playing moves you or you appreciate.

I'm more like the opposite of you. I have a lot of players I love and appreciate, but NO INFLUENCE whatsoever. I play like myself. No one else.

All guitarists are the product of their experience - Be it practicing, listening writing or learning.

Even if you're unaware of it - I guarantee you're influenced by all the bands you listen to in some way or another.