Best guitarist - Technique and speed...

Actually, MikeEnRegalia linked me to their myspace page yesterday. I quite enjoyed what I heard

^ Nice video, hilarious too! Always loved his signature 'Apple Horn' Carparision guitar, although being Australia i doubt I'll ever get to try one out I first heard of him in a Guitar Techniques magazine issue from June 2005, which he featured in a column by Jamie Humphries, although the track itself featured EKlundh playing on it. I put the accompanying CD with the magazine on, gave it a whirl on his track, and I read the magazine later, and my jaw dropped when I read the part about Eklundh using nothing but his guitar and amp Plus his absolutely unique phrasing impressed me as well. Mind you, in despite the transcription for his track right there in front of me, that was only 3 months after I began on my quest to play virtuoso guitar (and at the time I only had a 21 fret Samick Strat copy with Single coils in all 3 positions), but was severely put off from trying it, as well as the fact he uses the 26th fret for a tapping lick. Now that I've been playing a bit longer, I would have the chops to handle a lot of the stuff in there (minus the 26 fret parts, and the insane harmonic/floyd rose antics). It was refreshing to get back in EKlundh after all this time, thanks for the video link MikeEnRegalia

akiko wrote: 2 words: Allan Holdsworth

unclemeat69 wrote: what about this guy? Tuck Andress playing Santana's Europe http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=NtljYur4_T8&feature=related

My wife turned me on to Tuck and Patti, not strictly prog but still quite good.

Santana's Europa gets my vote as one of the most beautiful prog songs of all time.


Edited by Slartibartfast - February 04 2008 at 14:14

I think John Petrucci can piss pretty damned high 

MikeEnRegalia wrote: Most of my favorite guitarists are able to play very fast or even have a reputation for frequently doing so, yet they also play slowly or generally have an eclectic style. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QO_Q4l8ynA (Steve Vai, playing slowly) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8eouDOsUOM  (Eric Johnson, who normally doesn't play ultra-fast - yet this song is one of the most difficult ones to play because of the speed)

BaldFriede wrote: MikeEnRegalia wrote: ^ If that's not the greatest insult you could possibly make to the musicians, then I don't know what is. BTW: The flaw in your analogy is of course that double bass drumming is not like the salt in a dish. Change it to pepper or chili, and it suddenly makes much more sense. Some people will not eat hot meals at all ... as soon as they taste the chili, they complain about it being too hot. Other might drink Tabasco sauce with delight ... and if you go to India their food is on an entirely different level compared to our Tabasco sauce. It is meant as an insult, Mike, since they insult my ears. Little boys exercising puberty rites. As to liking a great bandwith of music: I certainly do; I listen to Gamelan music, classic Indian music, African music, Chinese music - I definitely am not narrow-minded. I even found the odd Prog Metal I like. But as a drummer I find it extremely tasteless to use double bass drum; you will never convince me of it. It is nothing but a gimmick. Gimmicks are ok if they are used with scarcity, which means once or twice over the years. A Micky Mouse voice is a gimmick too. But just as one would not want to listen to a Micky Mouse voice all the time, I detest the permanent use of double bass drumming.

When double bass drum kits came available a lot of impressive rock and jazz drummers bought and used them: Moon, Baker, Hiseman, Mitchell - not a gimmick rather fulfilling a need at that time?


Edited by Dick Heath - February 03 2008 at 08:57

^ quite true. A good example of what you're describing is Joe Satriani's Satch Boogie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzQb79IhoRE

What I mean is the fast tapping middle section. To some it may just be a flurry mess, but in fact there's a simple underlying melody (played by the tapping finger) which gives meaning to the part. The key is to be able to play the whole section with the focus on that melody, with the additional notes as an "embellishment", sort of like a combination of pedal tone and arpeggio.





Edited by MikeEnRegalia - February 03 2008 at 07:58

MikeEnRegalia wrote: @Angelo: Yes you're right, it makes no sense to continue the discussion on that level ... it's off topic anyway. @BaldFriede: I'm not trying to convince you of double bass drumming or any other technique you don't like. I'm merely digusted by your hateful and insulting attitude towards the musicians and their fans. Please remember that they're not responsible for what happened to you. And FYI: I don't think that open-mindedness is defined by how many different styles we enjoy ... it's defined by how we deal with the styles we don't like.

I am not hateful towards the musicians, I just can't take them seriously if they repeat a gimmick over and over again. And I am definitely not hateful towards their fans. I may wonder about their taste, but I am pretty sure people wonder about mine too.
But I agree: The discussion is fruitless, so I will refrain from it.

Friede. Mike - as valuable as your opinions are, please keep the discussion civilized. 'Little boys' read this forum as well. There's always the choice of not having your ears insulted by simply pressing the stop button. Thanks.