Lfalex v1.1 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 (edited) As per the title, divided up loosely into technique, theory and other musings. As stated by the individuals in question. I found it quite an interesting exercise in self-analysis. https://www-guitarworld-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.guitarworld.com/amp/features/12-mind-blowing-guitarists-reveal-the-techniques-they-struggled-to-master-and-how-you-can-improve-your-guitar-playing-faster?amp_js_v=a6&_gsa=1#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From %1%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.guitarworld.com%2Ffeatures%2F12-mind-blowing-guitarists-reveal-the-techniques-they-struggled-to-master-and-how-you-can-improve-your-guitar-playing-faster Edited October 7, 2020 by wateroftyne 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Ritchie Blackmore's tendency to always eat the last jaffa cake. Does that count? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Les Paul headstocks 😉 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 In fairness and to play the game: Jimmy Page frequently losing his way during solos 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 1 minute ago, skankdelvar said: Ritchie Blackmore's tendency to always eat the last jaffa cake. Does that count? If so may I offer up Django Reinhardt‘s inability to walk past a graveyard without popping in to clear up a bit, an activity that could take up to fourteen hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Yngwie Malmsteen cannot pronounce the word biscuits. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky 4000 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 (edited) To be fair, any guitarist wearing long hair, an earring, or a stout neckchain, is giving away a weak point in unarmed combat. Or a scarf, neck tie or neckerchief. Or loose clothing such as a heavy jacket, particularly if up against a judo expert. Edited October 4, 2020 by Ricky 4000 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 10 hours ago, skankdelvar said: In fairness and to play the game: Jimmy Page frequently losing his way during solos Probably spotted an underage girl in the crowd. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted October 5, 2020 Author Share Posted October 5, 2020 3 hours ago, Burns-bass said: Probably spotted an underage girl in the crowd. I thought that was a Rolling Stones bassist.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 22 minutes ago, Lfalex v1.1 said: I thought that was a Rolling Stones bassist.. What, Keef..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Lfalex v1.1 said: I thought that was a Rolling Stones bassist.. Both - and Bowie too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Stevie Ray Vaughan was allergic to Portugal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2112 Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 I notice Paul Gilbert is in that list, I really wish he would address his ongoing obsession with blues and the pentatonic scale! I had read that Paul was not pleased with his performance on Jeff Berlin's 1986 album 'Pump it!', where he notably played on a cover of 'Crossroads'. Now it should be noted that Jeff took the two solos that you'd usually hear played in guitar, but Paul laid on some absolutely great shred licks in the background in a fashion that is inimitably his - the definition on each picked note is second to none! However, although I can't find the exact quote or source now, Paul had said he was a little embarrassed by what he could offer there as it showed him how little he knew of the 'blues language' and he put himself to study. I do rather think in the intervening 30-odd years he has gone too far with that. He can still play his derrière off and he does write the occasional banger still but I have found that the blues feel and sound became overpowering in his sound as the years went on. For a guy of that technical talent, I would have loved to hear him if he had chosen to study jazz harmony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 (edited) - Edited March 8, 2022 by Jus Lukin 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftybassman392 Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 55 minutes ago, Jus Lukin said: Spending quite a bit of time playing 40's and 50's blues, I know lots of folks who think that Gary Moore never grasped what the blues was about, too. Not too sure I agree with that, but I can see the argument. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftybassman392 Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 (edited) John Lee Hooker couldn't count to four. Some would say he chose not to now and again, but I've never bought that argument. Edited October 6, 2020 by leftybassman392 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudewheresmybass Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 “Yngwie don’t eat donuts” on a semi serious note- zakk wylde’s inability to know when to stop playing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 I'd say that if you are successful guitarist then you don't have weak points as such. There's probably stuff theycan't do, but you have incorperated that inability into their style and it works. Or did I miss the point? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Barking Spiders Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Noel Gallagher - playing the guitar 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon. Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, Jus Lukin said: Spending quite a bit of time playing 40's and 50's blues, I know lots of folks who think that Gary Moore never grasped what the blues was about, too. Not just me then! I think Moore was a technically gifted player and his stuff with Thin Lizzy is great, but his blues work always leaves me cold. For a genre that's all about emotion and feel, I find his input to be really sterile. Edited October 6, 2020 by Simon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 5 hours ago, Jus Lukin said: Spending quite a bit of time playing 40's and 50's blues, I know lots of folks who think that Gary Moore never grasped what the blues was about, too. I guess Gary is not the only one. That's the trouble with blues..... it might seem like it's a technical genre, but really it's not.... you need the feel first, the nyou can extend it with technique. Someone with the right feel can play a great blues with an open E chord and a couple of simple emelishments. Many years ago, my parents bought me a place at residential "Blues Guitar" weekend workshop as a birthday present.... the guy teaching it had absolutely no concept that playing blues was anything other than technical excercise. I was really dissapointed as I was hoping for some who would help us tap into our inner blues-person! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidder652003 Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Guthrie Govan weak points...Nil Points.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 11 hours ago, Nail Soup said: I guess Gary is not the only one. That's the trouble with blues..... it might seem like it's a technical genre, but really it's not.... you need the feel first, the nyou can extend it with technique. Someone with the right feel can play a great blues with an open E chord and a couple of simple emelishments. Many years ago, my parents bought me a place at residential "Blues Guitar" weekend workshop as a birthday present.... the guy teaching it had absolutely no concept that playing blues was anything other than technical excercise. I was really dissapointed as I was hoping for some who would help us tap into our inner blues-person! Maybe he could have arranged for your wife or partner to have left you before the course started. That might have inspired you! ”if I didn’t have bad luck I wouldn’t have no luck at all...” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 (edited) - Edited March 8, 2022 by Jus Lukin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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