Guitarists
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@dogmeat said in Guitarists:
@MN5 said in Guitarists:
1 Larry Graham ( invented slap bass, enough said )
No he didn't.
He popularised it, he re-invented it, he arguably invented modern slap bass, but he didn't invent slap bass.
He was about 50 years too late to have invented it. Jazz, swing, rockabilly all used slap.
Still have Graham in my top 10 though. Along with I Jack Bruce, Carol Kaye and James Jamerson
debatable, on a bass guitar he did. But yes I get that some guys did a form of slapping on double basses prior to him doing it.
Jack Bruce was pretty overrated IMHO but the other two deserve a mention, both played extremely well on a truckload of well known songs.
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@Tim said in Guitarists:
@voodoo said in Guitarists:
Well I went to the Sum41/Offspring concert last night, and Noodles said he was the best guitarist in history. Looks like you guys all got it wrong
Speaking of ...
I have no idea how you can listen to those clowns Tim!
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@voodoo said in Guitarists:
@Tim said in Guitarists:
@voodoo said in Guitarists:
Well I went to the Sum41/Offspring concert last night, and Noodles said he was the best guitarist in history. Looks like you guys all got it wrong
Speaking of ...
I have no idea how you can listen to those clowns Tim!
Nothing Tim does surprises me
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@Victor-Meldrew Based on that crowd you must like Knopfler then? He did some work with Chet Atkins which is fun to listen to. He is exceptional but probably misses the guitar God category because he is not really a rocker. But the way he strings together notes with different volumes is fantastic.
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the bass player from Korn
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@Crucial said in Guitarists:
Bass
Jamerson
Pastorius
Kaye
Entwhistle
Dunn
Bootsy
Macca
Louis Johnson
JPJ
ShakespeareEdit: honourable mention of Lemmy because….well Lemmy
All worth mentioning apart from a couple who would be absolutely no where near my list.
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@MN5 said in Guitarists:
@Crucial said in Guitarists:
Bass
Jamerson
Pastorius
Kaye
Entwhistle
Dunn
Bootsy
Macca
Louis Johnson
JPJ
ShakespeareEdit: honourable mention of Lemmy because….well Lemmy
All worth mentioning apart from a couple who would be absolutely no where near my list.
I’m guessing Thunder Thumbs and Robbie S?
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@Crucial said in Guitarists:
@MN5 said in Guitarists:
@Crucial said in Guitarists:
Bass
Jamerson
Pastorius
Kaye
Entwhistle
Dunn
Bootsy
Macca
Louis Johnson
JPJ
ShakespeareEdit: honourable mention of Lemmy because….well Lemmy
All worth mentioning apart from a couple who would be absolutely no where near my list.
I’m guessing Thunder Thumbs and Robbie S?
No…..
The Beatle ( seriously, they wrote what people consider great pop songs, but NONE of them were musical prodigies )
…..and “Duck” Dunn ( just a solid blues bassist, nothing more )
Louis Johnson was a fucken awesome player. I learnt a fair bit from his hot licks video…..
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@MN5 you probably noticed that my list had a fair leaning toward creating big selling songs.
Jaco is only there as if he wasn’t someone would scream at the lack of credibility and Bootsy because I love his early playing with James Brown.I thought about whether Macca deserved to be there but when he started experimenting in later Beatles records he showed some very inventive layering to the songs. Plus I had to have a Rickenbacker in there.
Duck Dunn wasn’t flashy but like Kaye you can’t dispute the results.
Favs that I haven’t put on are Pallidino, Watt-Roy, Hook and Foxton
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@Crucial said in Guitarists:
@MN5 you probably noticed that my list had a fair leaning toward creating big selling songs.
Jaco is only there as if he wasn’t someone would scream at the lack of credibility and Bootsy because I love his early playing with James Brown.I thought about whether Macca deserved to be there but when he started experimenting in later Beatles records he showed some very inventive layering to the songs. Plus I had to have a Rickenbacker in there.
Duck Dunn wasn’t flashy but like Kaye you can’t dispute the results.
Favs that I haven’t put on are Pallidino, Watt-Roy, Hook and Foxton
Kaye did this cool bassline which I always admired ( the music is as iconic as the film )
Watt Roy ? Weird looking fucker but shit he did some brilliant lines.
Bootsy was actually pretty restrained with James Brown, he came into his own later on.
The Beatles as I’ve said on here repeatedly aren’t really to my taste overall but I certainly can’t deny their legacy…..but that is as lyricists and song crafters, not musos.
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@broughie said in Guitarists:
@Victor-Meldrew Based on that crowd you must like Knopfler then? He did some work with Chet Atkins which is fun to listen to. He is exceptional but probably misses the guitar God category because he is not really a rocker. But the way he strings together notes with different volumes is fantastic.
Yep. He's great and there's some fantastic videos of the two together on YT. I really don't have any preference (enjoy Clapton, Peter Green et, al) , but it's just that I've only recently discovered some of the ones I've mentioned. As for Rock, do a YT search & check out Glen Campbell ripping it up on "McArthur Park"
A family member is a semi-pro guitarist and it's great to hear his take on people and their abilities & pointing out players, technique and skills I never knew existed. He rates Alan Holdsworth and Roy Clark as the two greatest guitarists he's heard/seen and regards Mr Chet as being arguably the most influential of them all across the genres
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@Crucial said in Guitarists:
Duck Dunn wasn’t flashy but like Kaye you can’t dispute the results.
Yep. You don't have to be flashy to be a great musician - understatement is a great virtue. Clapton rarely over-plays.
Carol Kaye played on 10,000 recordings and over 1.000 hit records & was amazingly inventive in song after song over a 40 year career. That she played bass on Pet Sounds and the the Mission Impossible TV theme is, I guess, all you need to know.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Guitarists:
@Crucial said in Guitarists:
Duck Dunn wasn’t flashy but like Kaye you can’t dispute the results.
Yep. You don't have to be flashy to be a great musician - understatement is a great virtue. Clapton rarely over-plays.
Carol Kaye played on 10,000 recordings and over 1.000 hit records & was amazingly inventive in song after song over a 40 year career. That she played bass on Pet Sounds and the the Mission Impossible TV theme is, I guess, all you need to know.
I’m not sure I’d stay awake long enough to notice.
Clapton hasn’t done anything brilliant with the guitar since the early 70s.
Very good at stealing other peoples songs though.
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@MN5 said in Guitarists:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Guitarists:
@Crucial said in Guitarists:
Duck Dunn wasn’t flashy but like Kaye you can’t dispute the results.
Yep. You don't have to be flashy to be a great musician - understatement is a great virtue. Clapton rarely over-plays.
Carol Kaye played on 10,000 recordings and over 1.000 hit records & was amazingly inventive in song after song over a 40 year career. That she played bass on Pet Sounds and the the Mission Impossible TV theme is, I guess, all you need to know.
I’m not sure I’d stay awake long enough to notice.
Clapton hasn’t done anything brilliant with the guitar since the early 70s.
Very good at stealing other peoples songs though.
That's brutal. Never gravitated to Clapton stuff but he is talented and his guitar solos are smooth and fit in with whatever he plays. But not guitar god material since I think that means in a rock band with notoriety.
Really are so many great guitarists out there. I appreciate them in the context of the songs they play. Like Roberts Plants guitarist in the 29 palms era. Love his style. Or, this will set off the locals, Miranda Lamberts guitarist over the years with great rock country licks. All talent I envy.
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@broughie said in Guitarists:
@MN5 said in Guitarists:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Guitarists:
@Crucial said in Guitarists:
Duck Dunn wasn’t flashy but like Kaye you can’t dispute the results.
Yep. You don't have to be flashy to be a great musician - understatement is a great virtue. Clapton rarely over-plays.
Carol Kaye played on 10,000 recordings and over 1.000 hit records & was amazingly inventive in song after song over a 40 year career. That she played bass on Pet Sounds and the the Mission Impossible TV theme is, I guess, all you need to know.
I’m not sure I’d stay awake long enough to notice.
Clapton hasn’t done anything brilliant with the guitar since the early 70s.
Very good at stealing other peoples songs though.
That's brutal. Never gravitated to Clapton stuff but he is talented and his guitar solos are smooth and fit in with whatever he plays. But not guitar god material since I think that means in a rock band with notoriety.
Really are so many great guitarists out there. I appreciate them in the context of the songs they play. Like Roberts Plants guitarist in the 29 palms era. Love his style. Or, this will set off the locals, Miranda Lamberts guitarist over the years with great rock country licks. All talent I envy.
A bit tongue in cheek, I genuinely dig some of his songs….a lot. Let it Grow, Motherless Children, Behind the Mask ( jeez Eric, you stole this one too ), Forever Man etc are bangers.
It’s just the guitar god status he has for whatever reason that grinds. He does some nice stuff but there’s others who impress me much more.
