Gilmour vs Fripp

pale moon wrote: David Gilmour can make you cry by playing just one note.

Exactly. I love both guitarists, but I have to go with Gilmour on this one. Fripps playing is almost anti-emotional sometimes, like a mathematical approach to playing. I love the way Gilmour can incorporate his playing into space rock/prog and retain his blues roots while never sacrificing feeling.

Fripp is a true legend and innovator.  His style might not be the warmest, but he's definitely in a league of his own.  Gilmour is good, but more of an ordinary guitarist.  I don't find that his style makes him stand out like with Fripp.  You can hear Fripp and instantly identify him.

romanm wrote: I love both styles but technically Fripp is better by far, in different ways they have a lot of feeling and creativity  Technic: Fripp Feeling: Both  Creativity: Both Fripp 3 Gilmour 2

For technicality it is by FAR David Gilmour, he's the worlds biggest GENIUS when it comes to effects, and the way he can manipulate a chord until it is almost unrecognisable!!!!! the man is a genius on all levels! Not to mention you can really FEEL his playing, there is more emotion, more heart, more times in Floyd's music when you know Gilmour is about to do something special, something that always fills the listener with emotion, this happens less in crimsons music. (love the Fripp man though). Gilmour is more than just a guitarist.

dralan wrote: pale moon wrote: David Gilmour can make you cry by playing just one note.   Exactly. I love both guitarists, but I have to go with Gilmour on this one. Fripps playing is almost anti-emotional sometimes, like a mathematical approach to playing.

David for me, but I would say he is actually more "mathematical" and even robotic in his playing since he never really plays a "random" note. Ever listened to him live? His solo's are almost exactly the same, which can be boring for me sometimes. Fripp is the "King"     of improvision and NEVER plays any solo the same. So when it comes to technicality Fripp is the deffinite winner. But when it comes to feeling and emotion, both have just as much, Gilmour is the best at playing with a sad feeling while Fripp is the best at playing with an angry feeling. 

I just happen to be the person that preferes sadder solo's more than angry ones, but just barely though.

Gimour is more preferable by, but only by a hair.

Dave Gilmour along with Steve Hackett the best, Fripp is overrated IMO.

Iván

Stargazer wrote: Winter Wine wrote: romanm wrote: I love both styles but technically Fripp is better by far, in different ways they have a lot of feeling and creativity  Technic: Fripp Feeling: Both  Creativity: Both Fripp 3 Gilmour 2 For technicality it is by FAR David Gilmour, he's the worlds biggest GENIUS when it comes to effects, and the way he can manipulate a chord until it is almost unrecognisable!!!!! the man is a genius on all levels! Not to mention you can really FEEL his playing, there is more emotion, more heart, more times in Floyd's music when you know Gilmour is about to do something special, something that always fills the listener with emotion, this happens less in crimsons music. (love the Fripp man though). Gilmour is more than just a guitarist. You pretty much said it all right there. It doesn't really matter if Gilmour has played every genre ever or not, he feels the music so much more than so many other guitarists. Music isn't about mathematics or experimenting for the sake of experimenting, it's for feeling something, and for expressing yourself. Dave does a way better job at that, if you ask me.

I don't think Dave does a "way" better job of expressing himself on the guitar, Fripp expresses his anger and saddness very well. Listen to almost any Fripp solo and you can tell he has an angry attitude, he expresses himself very well, it just's a matter of tastes, neither is all that much better than the other, both are preety even to eachother if you ask me.

i think Gilmours skilled, but i really cant stand his style on alot of songs. i'd say fripp.

you all should listen to 'tremelo study in a minor' by giles giles and fripp.

Fripp is a lot better in his style and is music.