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MortSahlFan
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Some are humble, or know they're capable of better, but then sometimes it's simply a matter of timing. Guys grow up together, suddenly get big, and don't have the heart to kick one guy out who isn't great. But sometimes bringing in a bass player ruins the chemistry. I've seen bands where the ones who don't write might focus on other things, like making sure they aren't being ripped off, the one who talks to the "suits", has good ideas for the band, etc.. Personally, the older I get, the technical stuff (or how difficult something is) means nothing to me if it doesn't sound good. And most of the things that do sound good are easy to play. A guy like David Gilmour might not have great technique, so he uses those economic notes for emotion, and I think he's probably my favorite along with Jimmy Page, who had technique (although very sloppy live by the mid-70s)
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Davesax1965
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"Good" at guitar sadly got equated to "fast at guitar" in the 80's. And any idiot can play fast.
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The Anders
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I can't play fast, so I assume I am not an idiot
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Davesax1965
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Incidentally. ;-)
This is on another thread somewhere on PA, but I've just finished building this Partscaster. Yep, Seymour Duncan SS-1's and an SS-5 in the bridge with a mod switch to get extra tones out of it in position 1 and 2 - it's a Dave Gilmour copy. Again, someone with great technique but "not very good" if you measure him in notes per second or the use of different scales. But. What's the measure of "good", anyway ? |
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Davesax1965
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Anders, you are definitely no idiot. ;-) |
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The Anders
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In general, expression means more to me than technique. What made Jimi Hendrix stand out wasn't so much his ability to move fast on the fingerboard, it was his originality. Many fast guitarists bore me (Eddie Van Halen, Slash, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani etc.). Of course, if you can use good technical skills in a creative and interesting way, everything is fine, and indeed it requires more techniques to play music like Toto than to play f.e. Beatles type of music. But then, some of these big virtuosos might suck at playing like the Beatles because they don't have the right feel.
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Gordy
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