Fingerpicker
Whoa that's serious stuff. He loses his timing now and again but it's given me plenty ideas.
I could see Keira doing a version of this as there seems to be some flamenco technique there. She would need a cutaway classical for this. (I can hear her saying ..mmmmm...yeah....hehhehheh)
A very very exciting version, thanks, I think I am a Monte Montgomery convert now. Similar vein to Doyle Dykes, not as precise as Doyle, but the flamenco touch adds that edge and real excitement.
Hope this attaches for those who want to have a look
3ight8all
Sho...this is one of the longest running posts I've seen and still no mention of Duane Allman ??? I put him in my top 5, along with a few others that have been continuously repeated.
gtrnoise
Interesting question! I will divide my list into three categories and I think that you will understand why!
1) Jimi Hendrix
1) Richie Blackmore
2) Eric Clapton
3) Jimmy Page
1) Joe Satriani
2) Steve Vai
3) Yngwie Malmsteen
Sebastian
Hahahaha gtrnoise has been watching the G3 dvds??? ?
Jack-Flash-Jr
gtrnoise wrote:
Interesting question! I will divide my list into three categories and I think that you will understand why!
1) Jimi Hendrix
1) Richie Blackmore
2) Eric Clapton
3) Jimmy Page
1) Joe Satriani
2) Steve Vai
3) Yngwie Malmsteen
I like the way you think.
Ray
Well, I may have mentioned it before but I am quite a fan of John Fogerty. I get this little mail every so often from acoustic guitar mag I think and they did a little interview with him which I pasted down here and it's quite relevant for me. I dont have his background and only just been playing about a year now but ya, I found some of the things that he said pretty relevant.
Is recording these classic songs a way for you to refuel as a songwriter?
FOGERTY I’m sure there’s some of that. But I’ve been working on my guitar playing for a long time. I got the guitar bug as a very small boy, and then because of all the baloney that happened in my career, I wasn’t moving forward in my playing for a long time. But somewhere in the early ’90s, I discovered Jerry Douglas, the dobro player, and that was the catalyst for me. And one day that little molecule of consciousness in my brain that was the moment when I was 14 or so and thinking, “I’m going to grow up and be really good like Chet Atkins” . . . Well, that little molecule got light shone on it again, and here I was 48 years old, all because of Jerry Douglas. It was one of those moments when you either wave a hand across your face, like swatting a fly, “Nah,” or you receive it as a gauntlet being thrown down: “I’d better get busy,” which is what I did. So I’ve been serious about my own daily improvement ever since.
Are you talking specifically about dobro or any kind of guitar?
FOGERTY At first it was slide guitar on a traditional acoustic in various tunings. And after about a year of that I decided the sound I really wanted was dobro—so I did that for about three and a half years, working my way up to Blue Moon Swamp. But then somewhere after that I transferred that desire back to guitar, meaning acoustic and electric. Around 1998 it finally occurred to me what I was trying to do. I wanted to be able to do the free-hand thing that bluegrass guys, flatpickers, and jazz guys do, where you can just roll your hand and all these notes come out of your hand. And I was nowhere near that.
So I got real busy, because I couldn’t do that to save my life. I started practicing open C position and G position scales, that kind of stuff. Rock ’n’ roll position scales, but not just blues boxes, in other words—much more like what flatpickers play. And it was so slow going. It was horrible. When your ears are professional but your ability is amateurish, it’s really hard to get through, but I stayed with it. I thought it might take me two or three years—it took ten to 11 years to get fluid. I am able to do a lot of really cool stuff on electric now, but I’d give my eyeteeth to be able to [flatpick] like Bryan Sutton. I have a lot of company.
By Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers
Bob-Dubery
Ray wrote:
But somewhere in the early ’90s, I discovered Jerry Douglas, the dobro player, and that was the catalyst for me. And one day that little molecule of consciousness in my brain that was the moment when I was 14 or so and thinking, “I’m going to grow up and be really good like Chet Atkins” . . . Well, that little molecule got light shone on it again, and here I was 48 years old, all because of Jerry Douglas.
Well there's one of
my favourite players. Jerry Douglas is such a fab player.
His web site lists 765 albums by him or featuring him, and notes "this does not represent Jerry's complete discography." Ja.
Marsi
Rhandy Rhoads.
Not only was he a pioneer ,but he was a good and impressive pioneer.
Allot better than Tony Iommi. Tommy might have started it, but Rhandy perfected it!!!!!
Tamago
My favourite guitarists are, (in some order)
Tom Scholz (Boston)
Gordon Sumner (aka Sting, The Police)
Andy Summers (The Police)
Ron Strykert (Men At Work)
Phil Collen (Def Leppard)
Vivian Campbell (Def Leppard)
Noel Hogan (Cranberries)
Mark Knopfler
Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac)
SpeedStar
Steve Vai
Godspeed
Kurikinton Fox
Hellman Jigogotouku
A2C (Mintjam)
Sizna (Sugar)
Paul Gilbert
All Japanese except Gilbert and Vai of course
josh
JIM ROOT & JOHN MAYER!!!
singemonkey
SpeedStar wrote:
Steve Vai
Godspeed
Kurikinton Fox
Hellman Jigogotouku
A2C (Mintjam)
Sizna (Sugar)
Paul Gilbert
All Japanese except Gilbert and Vai of course
Hey SpeedStar, maybe you should post a topic with a little introduction to Visual Kei. I doubt I, or many forum members will go nuts for it, but there must be some people out there just waiting for this style - and yet most of us know next to nothing about it. What's the history? Who are the artists? Who are the bands? What are the hits?
Even if a few of us scoff, it'd be really good to be brought up to speed(star). ?
Switch-Munky7
My favourite guitarists, not in order:
Jeff Loomis
Paul Gilbert
Mark Morton
Willie Adler
Dimebag Darrell
John Petrucci
dee
I don't see John Lowery, a.k.a. John 5 mentioned enough here.
Any guy who plays in a metal band one day (Rob Zombie), writes for Pop Idol the next, and has songs featuring country style chicken picking on his solo album is ok by me...
O, and he has a love for Tele's that puts most Fender lovers to shame.
Stuart-Goodwin
In no particular order:
Jeff Beck
Joe Bonamassa
John Mayer
Guthrie Govan
Ritchie Kotzen
Joe Satriani
SRV
Jimmy Page
Steve Vai
Johnny Marr
Johnny Winter
Geez...look at all the John's, Johnny's or Joe's ha ha ha
Locally: Chris Geden, Gerrie Pansegrouw, Johan Meiring, Jonathan Crossley, Coakley, Patlansky,
Bob-Dubery
Stuart Goodwin wrote:
Locally: Chris Geden, Gerrie Pansegrouw, Johan Meiring, Jonathan Crossley, Coakley, Patlansky,
I recently saw Alaistair Coakley playing with Terrence Reis and Kate Normington. I was moer of impressed. Not just by his skills but by the taste and judgement with which he played. Reis got most of the solos, Coakley played complementary parts and fills. He has that gift (not to be underestimated) of knowing when to not play, or of just playing one note when he could get in several but the one will work better.
rich365
There is a very noticeable lack of South African guitarists in this thread. Surely there must have been South African guitarists that have been inspiring to local players, present and past.
I am aware that there are many great guitarists in SA but not all have recorded music that has been inspiring from a guitar playing perspective, but what about the guitarist from the band Factory, already mentioned in another thread, who's music, although old now, still features excellent rock guitar playing and great solos. I've downloaded these songs and played it to friends who were amazed and couldn't believe that he was a local player. Check it out at
http://www.myspace.com/factory247
Come on guys, there has to be other recorded guitarists in South Africa who have inspired you. Surely we don't have to always go back to the usual international suspects like Clapton, Page, Van Halen, Santana etc etc etc.
............................and don't forget about
Al Di Meola! ?
Xroadkid
rich365 wrote:
There is a very noticeable lack of South African guitarists in this thread. Surely there must have been South African guitarists that have been inspiring to local players, present and past.
I am aware that there are many great guitarists in SA but not all have recorded music that has been inspiring from a guitar playing perspective, but what about the guitarist from the band Factory, already mentioned in another thread, who's music, although old now, still features excellent rock guitar playing and great solos. I've downloaded these songs and played it to friends who were amazed and couldn't believe that he was a local player. Check it out at
http://www.myspace.com/factory247
My vote for SA is Andre Meyer too - he's cool! (and my dad knows him) ?
Then there is
Eric Johnson and
Yngwie Malmsteen! Have they been mentioned?
StephenG
rich365 wrote:
There is a very noticeable lack of South African guitarists in this thread. Surely there must have been South African guitarists that have been inspiring to local players, present and past.
Allan Faull - local cape townian....
BobC
When it comes to Blues, Dan Patlansky is the Man!! Cleaner, more flawless playing I have not seen or heard in a long, long time, but he is by no means rigid or mechanical and plays with soul and feeling. Dan is my Blues Hero and in my opinion, in his lifetime, Dan will earn his place amongst the greats.
