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re: Your favorite guitar solo of all time?
Posted on 6/2/16 at 10:01 pm to Ace Midnight
Posted on 6/2/16 at 10:01 pm to Ace Midnight
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Knopfler reminds me of Gilmour to a degree he uses space and the blues scale in innovative ways.
No doubt in my mind,that Knopfler is a Huge Gilmore fan,but his approach to writing songs,is more conventional,and it doesn't allow him the same freedom on the guitar.
He is really my favorite(well known) guitar player though.
Tony Rice is a bad MoFo too,but he only plays acoustic. Check out his Bluegrass journey" Shenendoah" on youtube if you like..just him picking,no vocals,nobody backing him up.
He mixes 3(maybe more) songs together and plays it all at the same time,and makes it tasteful and beautiful. I admire the hell out of that ability.
That is true command of the instrument IMHO.
This post was edited on 6/2/16 at 10:16 pm
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Posted on 6/3/16 at 12:49 am to OldSchoolAlpha
Off the top of my head
I could've lied
Right place, wrong time
ETA: Not technically a solo but I love the way Untitled Love Song starts off
LINK
I could've lied
Right place, wrong time
ETA: Not technically a solo but I love the way Untitled Love Song starts off
LINK
This post was edited on 6/3/16 at 1:00 am
Posted on 6/3/16 at 12:52 am to Ace Midnight
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Switch 625 is the best rock instrumental of all time.
Always loved it.
Posted on 6/3/16 at 7:21 am to TouchedTheAxeIn82
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In a band with Geddy and Neil, I think Alex is a bit overlooked
I've said in other Rush threads - Alex probably isn't the same level of virtuoso as his bandmates, but he definitely holds his own with the 2 of them. If that doesn't make him at least a great guitar player, I don't know what does.
Posted on 6/3/16 at 8:54 am to LSU alum wannabe
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Or more simply, who does he consider great? That's like somebody saying "the godfather sucks!" Ok what do you consider a great movie.
Gilmour
Page
Beck
Blackmore
Hendrix
SRV
Dimebag
Lifeson
Rik Emmett
Eddie Van halen
Paul Gilbert
Steve Vai
Satriani
Petrucci
Adrian Belew
Iommi
George Lynch
Greg Wright
Bryan Lee
All of these guys I consider wonderful guitarists.
Posted on 6/3/16 at 9:22 am to OldSchoolAlpha
The Messiah Will Come Again - Roy Buchanan Played without any effects pedals.
Posted on 6/3/16 at 10:23 am to randybobandy
Wanna include Mick Taylor in that illustrious list? Lol
Posted on 6/3/16 at 10:30 am to ThePTExperience1969
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Wanna include Mick Taylor in that illustrious list? Lol
no stones or beatles on my list. Wonderful songs and performances, just not my cup of guitar playing.
Posted on 6/3/16 at 10:34 am to Ace Midnight
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Alex probably isn't the same level of virtuoso as his bandmates, but he definitely holds his own with the 2 of them. If that doesn't make him at least a great guitar player, I don't know what does.
I definitely think he's overlooked. La Villa Strangiato was Alex at his finest.
Posted on 6/3/16 at 10:48 am to Poodlebrain
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The Messiah Will Come Again - Roy Buchanan Played without any effects pedals
Until those last few years, when he had finally broken through to a wider audience, pretty much a 1953 Tele through Fender Vibrolux (or equivalent). Roy liked to roll all the amp knobs to the right and controlled everything from the guitar. He used light strings and changed them "when they broke."
As with all these discussions, it is ultimately about the player, not the gear. I would have sounded terrible on Roy's set up and he could have shredded a child's toy guitar. It is what it is.
Posted on 6/3/16 at 10:52 am to randybobandy
Mick Taylor was the best guitar player in both those bands, listen to Ya-Yas, Sticky Fingers and Goats Head Soup if any doubts linger.
He replaced Peter Green in John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers before joining the Stones.
He replaced Peter Green in John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers before joining the Stones.
This post was edited on 6/3/16 at 11:02 am
Posted on 6/3/16 at 11:19 am to ThePTExperience1969
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Mick Taylor was the best guitar player in both those bands
This is a popular opinion in hindsight - I'll say this, like a lot of things, Keith was "right" for the Stones. From a composition standpoint, from a "vibe" standpoint, his contributions stand out as much or more than Jagger's lyrics and leadership over the decades.
But, while Keith would have had more trouble fitting in with other musicians (IMHO), Taylor could/did play a much wider variety of stuff and is inarguably a better technical player.
This post was edited on 6/3/16 at 11:20 am
Posted on 6/3/16 at 12:01 pm to Ace Midnight
I think Buck Dharma is under valued. His extended solo on the live version of Then Came the Last Days of May. is awesome.
Kicks arse on Veteran of the Psychic Wars too.
Kicks arse on Veteran of the Psychic Wars too.
This post was edited on 6/4/16 at 1:13 am
Posted on 6/3/16 at 12:51 pm to Ace Midnight
It really never got better for the Stones than when they had Mick Taylor on lead and Keith providing some of the greatest ever riffs(much better and more creative than Brian Jones-era Stones). It was with Taylor the band soared to the stratosphere of the all-time greats in rock music and his playing was Hendrix-esque much of the time.
A caveat: in watching Mick Taylor play live in the early 70s, I never got the impression he wanted to send a message while soloing that conveyed "I'm the greatest fricking guitarist on the planet." I think he just played the guitar, like breathing.
A caveat: in watching Mick Taylor play live in the early 70s, I never got the impression he wanted to send a message while soloing that conveyed "I'm the greatest fricking guitarist on the planet." I think he just played the guitar, like breathing.
Posted on 6/3/16 at 1:27 pm to OldSchoolAlpha
Not sure if it's considered a solo, but I've always loved the guitar into in Neil Young & Crazy Horse's Cortez the Killer.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 12:57 am to OldSchoolAlpha
Davy O'List on Bryan Ferry's "The In Crowd"
Posted on 6/4/16 at 10:26 pm to Tiger in Texas
Anything by Jeff Healey
Posted on 6/4/16 at 10:50 pm to ThePTExperience1969
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I think he just played the guitar, like breathing.
Just flowed like water. I saw a documentary on the Stones during the era he was in the band, and he was just amazing. I forget the name.
On Get Yer Ya-Yas out, his solo on Midnight Rambler was freaking Jagger out and you can hear him whooping in the background.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 11:21 pm to WhopperDawg
I think the proper album or the bootleg of Brussels Affair '73 is a better example of Taylor's ability.
Posted on 6/5/16 at 1:37 am to OldSchoolAlpha
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