[quote]Marshallman wrote:
Jack_Dempsey wrote:
There seems to be new rumors of a reunion with one lineup or another and nothing ever materializing. I’m not the hugest VH fan, but it would be nice to see Eddie releasing new music one in a while.
Good clips toward the top of the thread – most I’d never seen before.
^^ Leo is my personal favorite being I’m an acoustic player, although not a very good one.
I had totally forgotten about that guy. I haven’t heard of him in years. Good clip.
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Yes Kottke fer sher and how bout this monster who broke and or rewrote all the rules for acoustic guitar. - YouTube
[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
Marshallman wrote:
Jack_Dempsey wrote:
There seems to be new rumors of a reunion with one lineup or another and nothing ever materializing. I’m not the hugest VH fan, but it would be nice to see Eddie releasing new music one in a while.
Good clips toward the top of the thread – most I’d never seen before.
^^ Leo is my personal favorite being I’m an acoustic player, although not a very good one.
I had totally forgotten about that guy. I haven’t heard of him in years. Good clip.
Yes Kottke fer sher and how bout this monster who broke and or rewrote all the rules for acoustic guitar. - YouTube [/quote]
[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
swivel wrote:
don’t underestimate guys because what they play is “simple”. ac/dc created hit songs again and again using very basic elements and refining them with real rhythmic precision. they are tight. they are solid. and their hits aren’t a flash in a pan or tied to a stylistic era… THEY ENDURE !
Being popular doesn’t make you good any more than not being popular means you can’t play. You proved that yourself by introducing Morse to this discussion who by that standard would be a worthless non musician.
AC-DC is tight, but who couldn’t be with music that simple. What they were masters of was writing songs that are fun to listen to which gives them a certain quality that isn’t necessarily defined by raw musicianship. They also give you a good time live despite the fact any kid could play anything they ever wrote after about their 4th lesson.
One thing my father taught me was that my liking or not liking somebody has nothing necessarily to do with how good they are as musicians.
I loved the Scorpions, simple metal with some decent leads from Micheal Schenker through Ulrich Roth and then Matthias Jabs. I couldn’t stand YES for the most part who had undeniably 100 times more musical ability than the Scorpions ever had.
How bout Robert Fripp, Adrien Belew, Allan Holdsworth or even Akira Takasaki from Loudness among many others who most people never even heard of, but were world class musicians.
However my all time favorite band is still RUSH who I’ve had tatooed across the knuckles of my left hand for the last 20 + years. Those guys are better now than they were when they were younger. Even Lifeson who is sometimes considered the weak link is amazing despite his lack of flashy trickery. Talk about tight.
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I agree with you specifically about RUSH and Alex Lifeson. Alex is an unkown to many who I would consider the “uninitiated” to guitar and to RUSH’s music. They are all some of the real pioneers of muscianship in rock/progressive music and have stood the test of time unlike most other bands nowdays. Alex specifically has played so many styles with SO many types of guitars that any serious discussion of guitar that leaves him out is pure uneducated babble.
I KNOW that Joe Satriani stands as THE MAN for the instrumental guitarist for our time. As far as Eddie goes, he was novel for his time but I shook my head at his unrealized potential. Joe Satriani IS the man that many of us thought and maybe wished that Eddie had grown to had it been for his “high school” mentality co-band members!
Joe IS more than an outrageously talented guitarist: He is an incredible MUSCICIAN and songwriter who just HAPPENS to be an unbelievable guitarist. If you don’t believe, just as his for pupil Steve Vai! among many others!!
Yes…Pat Metheny’s music brings back many fond memories.
That’s an interesting instrument he’s playing. Notice how all the chord changes are executed on the main fretboard, even when he is playing on the “secondary” strings. Can any of y’all gee-tar types 'splain that?
lifeson is awesome. my fav solo is the one he cuts on digital man.
speaking of unknown guitarists i’m often so many people are unaware that les paul is a real guy , who still plays today @ 91 years old. i mean i’ve met guys who own les pauls who didn’t know he could play !
[quote]swivel wrote:
lifeson is awesome. my fav solo is the one he cuts on digital man.
speaking of unknown guitarists i’m often so many people are unaware that les paul is a real guy , who still plays today @ 91 years old. i mean i’ve met guys who own les pauls who didn’t know he could play !
Rush’s towering masterpieces are too numerous to name, but as far as Lifeson’s solos I still love the Exit Stage Left version of La Villa Strangiato, but then again Freewill rips it up too along with many others, actually that lead break is lead band more than a simple guitar solo.
Oh yes we cannot forget Mr. Paul for whom was named one of the sweetest sounding, best sustaining and most playable guitars ever, not to mention damn heavy too. My Dad had some live Les Paul stuff he recorded himself in the sixties.
[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
swivel wrote:
lifeson is awesome. my fav solo is the one he cuts on digital man.
speaking of unknown guitarists i’m often so many people are unaware that les paul is a real guy , who still plays today @ 91 years old. i mean i’ve met guys who own les pauls who didn’t know he could play !
Rush’s towering masterpieces are too numerous to name, but as far as Lifeson’s solos I still love the Exit Stage Left version of La Villa Strangiato, but then again Freewill rips it up too along with many others, actually that lead break is lead band more than a simple guitar solo.
Oh yes we cannot forget Mr. Paul for whom was named one of the sweetest sounding, best sustaining and most playable guitars ever, not to mention damn heavy too. My Dad had some live Les Paul stuff he recorded himself in the sixties.[/quote]
les paul invented the electric guitar. he also invented multi-track recording.
[quote]swivel wrote:
les paul invented the electric guitar. he also invented multi-track recording.[/quote]
“Invented” may be a bit overstated. There were electric guitars, but he was instrumental (pun?) in pioneering solid body technology. Not to mention he was/is a natural born player who was impressively good in his pre teen years.
[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
swivel wrote:
les paul invented the electric guitar. he also invented multi-track recording.
“Invented” may be a bit overstated. There were electric guitars, but he was instrumental (pun?) in pioneering solid body technology. Not to mention he was/is a natural born player who was impressively good in his pre teen years.[/quote]
Let’s not forget Leo Fender, who independently invented his own solid body guitar around the same time. I am partial to Fender guitars, but then again, I’m just the bass player.
[quote]Yo Momma wrote:
Tiribulus wrote:
swivel wrote:
les paul invented the electric guitar. he also invented multi-track recording.
“Invented” may be a bit overstated. There were electric guitars, but he was instrumental (pun?) in pioneering solid body technology. Not to mention he was/is a natural born player who was impressively good in his pre teen years.
Let’s not forget Leo Fender, who independently invented his own solid body guitar around the same time. I am partial to Fender guitars, but then again, I’m just the bass player.
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what’s the difference between a dead snake in the road and a dead bass player in the road ?
[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
swivel wrote:
les paul invented the electric guitar. he also invented multi-track recording.
“Invented” may be a bit overstated. There were electric guitars, but he was instrumental (pun?) in pioneering solid body technology. Not to mention he was/is a natural born player who was impressively good in his pre teen years.[/quote]
ok he invented the solid body electric guitar. and he also invented reverb !
[quote]swivel wrote:
Tiribulus wrote:
swivel wrote:
les paul invented the electric guitar. he also invented multi-track recording.
“Invented” may be a bit overstated. There were electric guitars, but he was instrumental (pun?) in pioneering solid body technology. Not to mention he was/is a natural born player who was impressively good in his pre teen years.
ok he invented the solid body electric guitar. and he also invented reverb !
[quote]Yo Momma wrote:
Let’s not forget Leo Fender, who independently invented his own solid body guitar around the same time. I am partial to Fender guitars, but then again, I’m just the bass player.
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My Dad owned 3 P basses, one of them he won in a poker game with the bass player from Spirit which was woodtone with a cool opaque swirly psychedelic airbrush job done by Tony Carlini of custom car and motorcycle fame.
Let’s see if anybody remembers either of them. =]
C,mon Yo Momma, I know you remember the 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus.
My Dad owned 3 P basses, one of them he won in a poker game with the bass player from Spirit which was woodtone with a cool opaque swirly psychedelic airbrush job done by Tony Carlini of custom car and motorcycle fame.
Let’s see if anybody remembers either of them. =]
C,mon Yo Momma, I know you remember the 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus.[/quote]
I’ve got the 1970 release on vinyl. I’ve also got my original Telecaster bass from the 70’s in my profile pics. Hell yeah, I’m old, and I’ve been everywhere.
[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
How bout possibly the tastiest blues player in history who made the most utilitarian use of the pentatonic scale I’ve ever heard of.
I ripped, edited, recompressed and uploaded it just for you guys.[/quote]
[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
How bout possibly the tastiest blues player in history who made the most utilitarian use of the pentatonic scale I’ve ever heard of.
I ripped, edited, recompressed and uploaded it just for you guys.[/quote]
Wow, I thought for sure you were talking about B.B. King. Gary Moore? excellent, sure, but no B.B. I betcha Gary would be the first to admit it, too. I’m a blues/jazz player, and if I could sound like anybody, it would be BB. Or maybe Robben Ford, Well, there’s Duane Allman, and . . .Oh hell, nevermind.
[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
How bout possibly the tastiest blues player in history who made the most utilitarian use of the pentatonic scale I’ve ever heard of.
I ripped, edited, recompressed and uploaded it just for you guys.[/quote]
that’s great . i’ve never heard of that guy… that’s a freddie king tune isn’t it ?
