Wazzup?? I'll Open Up With Something Controversial: What Guitarist Don't You "Get"?

[SKU]

I admit, you'll wait forever. Clapton is obviously a seasoned performer - a master of what he does. The zillion dudes I knew who played Clapton licks and nothing else... obviously, none of them could do it with Clapton's panache or reliability in front of big crowds night after night. All I'm saying is there was a ubiquity there that became very dull to me, personally. (And somehow I never grew tired of hearing e.g. all of the Malmsteen-alikes that emerged a decade later in the same way.)

Yep, in terms of music or style I agree that there's tons of people who do the same things. What I like about him though is his phrasing, his tone, his technique. Those things, especially his phrasing, his bends, his vibrato, are harder to achieve than it would seem.
So I guess it depends on whether you look at him from a technical point of view or from an artistic point of view.

 

[Achilles]

I'll add one.
The guitarist and the band. Not just don't get, but really, really dislike.

 

[Achilles]

Those things, especially his phrasing, his bends, his vibrato, are harder to achieve than it would seem.

If someone doesn't think so, have them sit down with the solo from Sunshine of Your Love and REALLY learn it.

 

[JiveTurkey]

If someone doesn't think so, have them sit down with the solo from Sunshine of Your Love and REALLY learn it.

Dude can play. But who honestly wants to hear that song in the year 2024?

 

[Achilles]

Dude can play. But who honestly wants to hear that song in the year 2024?

Agreed, but it's a masterclass in why folks put him on so high a pedestal in the late 60s. Millions of white boy rockers were ripping off blues licks back then, but he put his own spin on them and it took me working out that solo to realize it.

 

[SKU]

Dude can play. But who honestly wants to hear that song in the year 2024?

The point is he has some qualities that everyone would love to have in 2024 and for as long as the guitar will exist. Or at least should strive to have..

 

[mbenigni]

I'll add one.
The guitarist and the band. Not just don't get, but really, really dislike.

OMG HOW DID I FORGET THIS GUY. :O

Worse meedley mee-ing than any shred guitarist has ever unleashed. And in annoyingly major-ish modes to boot. Also, those songs.

 

[JiveTurkey]

OMG HOW DID I FORGET THIS GUY. :O

Worse meedley mee-ing than any shred guitarist has ever unleashed. And in annoyingly major-ish modes to boot. Also, those songs.

The songs are really what it comes down too. Despite what we might tell ourselves.

 

[SKU]

One other I don't get although I kinda get is Santana. Technically, the guy sounds like someone who picked the guitar one year ago - sometimes...

 

[mbenigni]

Dude can play. But who honestly wants to hear that song in the year 2024?

(It's a Jack Bruce thing...)

 

[Achilles]

Worse meedley mee-ing than any shred guitarist has ever unleashed. And in annoyingly major-ish modes to boot. Also, those songs.

But he did have the most glorious tone......

 

[mbenigni]

The songs are really what it comes down too. Despite what we might tell ourselves.

Almost universally true, but there is something about Garcia's phrasing during solos that makes my skin crawl. I can't even explain it. It's like it was formulated in a lab specifically to make me angry.

 

[Enchilada Jones]

i appreciate the skills and apparent mastery of theory but dont get Tim Henson. to me its like he found the way to take all the blood sweat and soul out of guitar and replaced it with nanobots. He is like an organic version of an advanced guitar synth sequencer.

 

[Achilles]

One other I don't get although I kinda get is Santana. Technically, the guy sounds like someone who picked the guitar one year ago - sometimes...

The problem with Santana is that he kept putting out music after the first 4 Santana albums.
He should have quit after Caravanserai.

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[mbenigni]

He is like an organic version of an advanced guitar synth sequencer.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

(And I say that having barely heard Tim Henson LOL.)

 

[metropolis_4]

Dude can play. But who honestly wants to hear that song in the year 2024?

Me thinking “surely nobody wants to hear this song in the year 20xx”

We start playing the song…

Everyone cheers and rushes to the dance floor

Me: “well I guess it’s staying on the setlist”

 

[JiveTurkey]

Me thinking “surely nobody wants to hear this song in the year 20xx”

We start playing the song…

Everyone cheers and rushes to the dance floor

Me: “well I guess it’s staying on the setlist”

Laughs in every song on our list

 

[megametal7]

For me its
Ac/ Dc
Jimmy Page

 

[HomespunEffects]

The first chord stabs of this:



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Thanks. Tabs and all. :)

 

[HomespunEffects]

Blanche wishes her perm were this fabulous.

The only thing better was when he shaved his head. What a nut!