What skills do you respect most about a guitarist?

Post by **Capt. Black** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 12:51 am

What I respect most in a guitarist is an awareness of their own groinal exposure.

willow13 · Post by **willow13** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 5:27 am

Vince wrote:I like people that can play something I've never heard before.

like dimmu borgir or something

sirvill · Post by **sirvill** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 5:28 am

willow13 wrote:
Vince wrote:I like people that can play something I've never heard before.
like dimmu borgir or something

Hhahahaha

Post by **Slowy** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 6:09 am

Bg wrote:
Slowy wrote:
Bg wrote:humility
ability to drink many beers without seeming to be affected
fondness of cats
2 outta 3 ain't bad.
I reckon I'm the most humile person you've met.
and the other 2 are just natural too me

Post by **Slowy** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 6:17 am

People who can add colour and texture to a song without being, "Look, I'm the Guitar player."

A favourite exponent of this for me is Neil Finn.

calling card · Post by **calling card** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 7:02 am

Singing it and a feeling of suspense like you could crash any moment.

Danger Mouse · Post by **Danger Mouse** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 7:09 am

I've found eating lots of unhealthy food has really helped me become a much more of a well-rounded guitarist.

Vince · Post by **Vince** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 7:26 am

sirvill wrote:
willow13 wrote:
Vince wrote:I like people that can play something I've never heard before.
like dimmu borgir or something
Hhahahaha

I don't get it, are they meant to be original or something?

mttn3 · Post by **mttn3** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 7:38 am

Slowy wrote:People who can add colour and texture to a song without being, "Look, I'm the Guitar player."

A favourite exponent of this for me is Neil Finn.

I'm pretty sure he was actually a Split Enz, not an Exponent.

Rog · Post by **Rog** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 7:44 am

I used to marvel at people who could just be pointed at and instantly take a lead break. I used to near crap myself when that first happened to me (I have always had a fear of failure and to me even one incorrect note in a solo was a fail). Nowadays I have learned a bunch of fills and licks that I can cobble together instantly into a break to fool anyone who is tone deaf and thinks that Stairway to Heaven was actually a good song (thus proving the first point).

MattH · Post by **MattH** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 8:19 am

Fearlessness. I don't mean aggression. People that have the balls to stand behind what they're saying on the instrument - regardless of whether or not someone else might like it. Probably because I think it's the thing I lack the most.

I'm thinking of guys like Nels Cline or Blake Mills. Both of those guys are technically pretty astounding, but even Mark Hollis's stuff on the later Talk Talk records is pretty amazing, without being technical in the slightest.

MattH · Post by **MattH** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 8:20 am

Slowy wrote:A favourite exponent of this for me is Neil Finn.

He's a great guitarist.

Danger Mouse · Post by **Danger Mouse** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 8:21 am

mttn3 wrote:
Slowy wrote:People who can add colour and texture to a song without being, "Look, I'm the Guitar player."

A favourite exponent of this for me is Neil Finn.
I'm pretty sure he was actually a Split Enz, not an Exponent.

This needs more recognition...

sirvill · Post by **sirvill** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 8:52 am

Vince wrote: I don't get it, are they meant to be original or something?

That's up to you - but I'm guessing you haven't heard them then Vince unless behind that Latin inspired acoustic bass lies a closet black metal fan:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAmMcBQavKE[/youtube]

Note: I'm not a black metal guy either so if this isn't a good DB song, apologies :p

HackSaw · Post by **HackSaw** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 8:54 am

Songwriting and creativity. In the late 80s it was all kinds of other things, and I ended up admiring Vai, Satch etc. Ended up putting me off playing for years, once I realised I could never do that stuff. Now I don't care how "good" a guitarist is or not, if they can do shit in a musical way that makes for a great tune, then awesome. Now the realisation that I have the songwriting & creativity ability of a brick is putting me off. So I am going to start admiring the ability to just make noise and not giving a flying f....

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