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Mr. Air

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Re: Guitarists you just don't get!
« Reply #165 on: October 28, 2011, 03:02:01 PM »
Seems the thread has derailed a bit so here we're back on track.

I don't get the following.

Pat Metheny
The Edge
Shredders in general
Kirk Hammet

Probably more, but I can't really think of any at the moment.
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Re: Guitarists you just don't get!
« Reply #166 on: October 28, 2011, 03:19:03 PM »
Quote from: HTH AMPS on October 28, 2011, 10:21:35 AM
Quote from: MDV on October 26, 2011, 01:39:32 AM
Quote from: Frank on October 26, 2011, 01:23:35 AM
Quote from: nfe on October 26, 2011, 12:55:41 AM
Quote from: dave_mc on October 25, 2011, 08:27:23 PM
^ +1 (assuming by eddie you mean evh). That's a bit like saying you like football but don't like pele or george best.

Well, except that musical taste is subjective and success at a sporting activity is objective.

I find that the faster a guitarist plays, the less I like him/her. That's kind of objective isn't it?


New favourite band for you!
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtnG6EHh1N4

I've been whistling that tune ever since you posted this, can't get it out of my head  :roll:

Must say, I draw the line at Sunn - THAT I don't get, certainly not in the recorded form.  At a live show, it would likely make more sense as the dramatic aspect of the band would come into play.

Give me Britney videos any day  :lol:

I gather that the shear volume and low end at sunn o))) shows is part of the major appeal. More like your skeleton listens to it than your ears. I'm told at least, never been; one note every 10 seconds is still dull to me no matter the volume.
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Re: Guitarists you just don't get!
« Reply #167 on: October 28, 2011, 03:36:45 PM »
Anyone who has ever played a guitar solo.
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Re: Guitarists you just don't get!
« Reply #168 on: October 28, 2011, 03:38:07 PM »
Quote from: Lucifuge on October 28, 2011, 03:36:45 PM
Anyone who has ever played a guitar solo.

you mean guitar solos in general, or those long, unaccompanied wankfests you used to always get at concerts?
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Re: Guitarists you just don't get!
« Reply #169 on: October 28, 2011, 04:36:52 PM »
Quote from: MDV on October 27, 2011, 11:20:18 PM
(a) Much as I have no love for oasis (anymore at least), noel can be a funny $%&#er.

(b) Clapton can be a ####!! as well - I forgot about that racism lark. Double $%&# him then, especially as my dads from india (I'm practically vampirically white to look at, but genetically am not; I'm like a stealth imigrant/minority, fun to unleash on people that get a little bit secure in what they think to be all-white company that start mouthing off about britain being british/white/whatever).

(a) +1

(b) Yeah I'd never heard that before about EC, it's messed up :(
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Re: Guitarists you just don't get!
« Reply #170 on: October 29, 2011, 06:44:25 PM »
Jack White- I don't even know where to begin. This guy thinks he's some prodigy. I once read a comment somewhere that said he refuses to buy new gear because it has "no soul" (it might have been here), come on, get over yourself. He drives me insane.

Steve Vai- I don't know, i just couldn't get into his playing.

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Re: Guitarists you just don't get!
« Reply #171 on: October 29, 2011, 07:29:48 PM »
Quote from: Frank on October 27, 2011, 11:14:09 PM
Just saw this bloke on stratoblogster and immediately thought of this thread

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JRZS6XGd8KI

Jazz, it's a whole musical genre I don't get. As far as I can tell it's a few blokes in a room, all wanking away at the same time, oblivious of what the others are doing. I really don't get Jazz.
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Re: Guitarists you just don't get!
« Reply #172 on: October 29, 2011, 10:03:09 PM »
@ MDV: I totally forgot about John Frusciante (sp?), or maybe I just supress those thoughts... SO many people talk about his playing style and whatnot, but I can't see past his "solos." He basically just rides a note or two, maybe three. Can't do it.

The one that came to mind first was Vai. I can't get into his music, too "out there" with a combination of joking around and stuff.

Pat Metheny. His phrasing just sounds wonky to me.

@ElectricTurkey: I've youtubed lots of live White Stripes sets just to see what's up with that, and he can actually come up with some cool sounding stuff. I wouldn't say "prodigy" at all, but cool nonetheless.

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Re: Guitarists you just don't get!
« Reply #173 on: October 29, 2011, 10:08:40 PM »
Jeff Beck. Always leaves me cold. Technically great but pretty darn boring.

Philly - I've still not listened to his earlier solo stuff yet so reserve the right to change my opinion!
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Re: Guitarists you just don't get!
« Reply #174 on: October 30, 2011, 01:24:59 AM »
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Re: Guitarists you just don't get!
« Reply #175 on: October 30, 2011, 01:27:49 AM »
Quote from: HTH AMPS on October 30, 2011, 01:24:59 AM
Quote from: Frank on October 27, 2011, 11:14:09 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JRZS6XGd8KI

sh*it like that always reminds me of this guy...



unlistenable turd.

It's the bit 30 seconds in where he stops and then there's like a farty quacking noise before he starts up again that really gets me
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Re: Guitarists you just don't get!
« Reply #176 on: October 30, 2011, 01:31:29 AM »
Quote from: Frank on October 30, 2011, 01:27:49 AM
Quote from: HTH AMPS on October 30, 2011, 01:24:59 AM
Quote from: Frank on October 27, 2011, 11:14:09 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JRZS6XGd8KI

sh*it like that always reminds me of this guy...



unlistenable turd.

It's the bit 30 seconds in where he stops and then there's like a farty quacking noise before he starts up again that really gets me

I preferred this...  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KaOrSuWZeM

Especially the bit at 10 hours, 1 minute and 45 seconds in - devastating  :D
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Re: Guitarists you just don't get!
« Reply #177 on: October 30, 2011, 01:40:02 AM »
Quote from: HTH AMPS on October 30, 2011, 01:31:29 AM
I preferred this...  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KaOrSuWZeM

Especially the bit at 10 hours, 1 minute and 45 seconds in - devastating  :D

Definitely had more of a tune to it.
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Re: Guitarists you just don't get!
« Reply #178 on: October 30, 2011, 01:01:49 AM »
This just had me laughing... the dude later bought some BKPs so I'm sure his "tone" has improved.  :lol: :lol:

http://youtu.be/-XY1nkd9CqI


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Re: Guitarists you just don't get!
« Reply #179 on: October 30, 2011, 04:07:07 AM »
Quote from: Afghan Dave on October 30, 2011, 01:01:49 AM
This just had me laughing... the dude later bought some BKPs so I'm sure his "tone" has improved.  :lol: :lol:

http://youtu.be/-XY1nkd9CqI

That's almost the exact tone I had in 1979 playing my Hondo Les Paul copy through the mic input of my parents' Sanyo hifi.
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