Tombstone pete, local guitar guru

Manfred-Klose

i haven't watched a show of him yet, but he seems to be the talk of the town in cape town, so i checked him out, pretty damn good:

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epictring

damn!

sharonzaz

pretty damn good

pretty damn good what? percussionist? ?

LooneyAtTheGate

He is totally awesome! Definitely the most entertaining guitarist on the scene.

Greg

The steel-string sound super solid when it's plugged in and going through a system! We're playing with him at Ragazzi Live bar this Saturday, I should be able to organise a comp if anyone is keen to come watch. Just drop me a PM.

deefstes

That's a very interesting drum he has there, it has strings strung across it. Almost like a guitar...

Look, he obviously has the chops (the bit there at 2:50 proves it) but I can't say that I find this kind of "music" very enjoyable, maybe for the primary reason that it isn't really music. It's more like a study of a certain technique or an exercise. Would have gone down great as part of a song but to build an entire song around it is a bit much.

What guitar is that though? Looks like a Maton?

Squonk

I have seen better clips of Tombstone Pete. He is a great player but this example is not a great reflection of percussive guitar playing.

And you have to be careful in this type of acoustic playing as it does come across as gimmicky or a study of a technique as Deefstes mentioned.

There are some great Percussive players out there, but a lot of it is pure technique and not much else.

One guitarist that sticks out for me in this field is Antoine Dufour, he has a lot more than just technique.

Look him up on Youtube

http://www.antoinedufourmusic.com/

Bob-Dubery

deefstes wrote: That's a very interesting drum he has there, it has strings strung across it. Almost like a guitar...

Look, he obviously has the chops (the bit there at 2:50 proves it) but I can't say that I find this kind of "music" very enjoyable, maybe for the primary reason that it isn't really music. It's more like a study of a certain technique or an exercise. Would have gone down great as part of a song but to build an entire song around it is a bit much.

Composition is king. There are a lot of hotshot guitar players around, but they're not always good composers.

I think the chops on display thing works better in a live situation. At home with a CD or watching a youtube clip we tend to get more logical, more analytical, we don't have the buzz of the audience and the kick of seeing whatever it is rolled out before your very eyes in real time. I find quite a lot of things enjoyable live that I would not enjoy on CD.

With limits though. I eventually get bored by chops, chops, more chops and nothing but chops in a live situation, but it takes longer.