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Poll Question: Who do you like better as a guitar player?
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    Posted: May 19 2012 at 23:45
OK, I guess the result of this poll will be very predictable, but who do you like better as a guitar player, David Gilmour or George Harrison?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 19 2012 at 23:47
Gilmour, is it even close?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 20 2012 at 00:56
^ Yeah there is a tie right now!

But actually no it's not close.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 20 2012 at 01:42
Gilmour can do more than Harrison.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 20 2012 at 03:51
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 20 2012 at 05:08
I looooove George Harrison and his All things must pass exceeds anything Gilmour did as a solo artist, even within Floyd, but he never had those butter fingers that could scoop you up and bend the very veins in your heart.
So mind guru or sonic guru? Voted for the latter here.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 20 2012 at 05:12
Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

I looooove George Harrison and his All things must pass exceeds anything Gilmour did as a solo artist, even within Floyd, but he never had those butter fingers that could scoop you up and bend the very veins in your heart.
So mind guru or sonic guru? Voted for the latter here.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 20 2012 at 05:31
Originally posted by Ambient Hurricanes Ambient Hurricanes wrote:

Gilmour, is it even close?


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 20 2012 at 06:32
Harrisson is a very good guitar player, but I like Gilmour's guitar style even better.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 20 2012 at 07:28
Originally posted by Ambient Hurricanes Ambient Hurricanes wrote:

Gilmour, is it even close?

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 20 2012 at 07:36
Gilmour has gone on record admitting that he was influenced by Harrison's playing. Listen to "Us and Them" and "Breathe," those are clearly influenced by Harrison's use of arpeggios. I'm going with Gilmour, but Harrison was a great guitarist in his own right.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 20 2012 at 07:37
Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

I looooove George Harrison and his All things must pass exceeds anything Gilmour did as a solo artist, even within Floyd, but he never had those butter fingers that could scoop you up and bend the very veins in your heart.
So mind guru or sonic guru? Voted for the latter here.


Well put!

Another thing: Gilmour's guitar playing was hugely more important to the sound and musical build of Floyd than Harrison's was to The Beatles.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 20 2012 at 11:34
Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

I looooove George Harrison and his All things must pass exceeds anything Gilmour did as a solo artist, even within Floyd, but he never had those butter fingers that could scoop you up and bend the very veins in your heart.
So mind guru or sonic guru? Voted for the latter here.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 20 2012 at 11:47
Gilmour.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 20 2012 at 21:52
I must say Gilmour myself. He may not be the most flashy guitar player out there, but he might just as well be my favourite guitar player all the same.
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