Blues Rock Guitar history

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[NapLajoieonSteroids]

Not quite blues rock history but guitar history in general:

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Part 1

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Part 2

[NapLajoieonSteroids]

Near the end of part 1, they have an illustration of the first amplifier for guitar- 1829.

[Simple Minded]

I love Stairway to Heaven. I might have a different attitude about it though.

There's only a Stairway to Heaven, but there's a Highway to Hell.

Tells you something about anticipated capacity requirements.

I heard it is easier to get in to Heaven if you leave your camel at home......

[Mr. Perfect]

Near the end of part 1, they have an illustration of the first amplifier for guitar- 1829.

Wow.

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Bit of guitar porn from Mark Knopfler, focused on learning and folk/blues. He isnt really in my list of favourites but after watching this you get reminded what a phenomenal player he is.

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the bonus extra porn bit is him moving through his collection of guitars extracting perfect tone from each, a summary of why they all are what they are.

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Hat tip to Mr.P, he told me to check out Neal Schon a long time ago. And he was right.

That guy can do it all with guitar- lead, rhythm, composition, tone...at least for a good chunk of his career.

Overall, still not my cup of tea when it comes to music but definitely someone overlooked in general "big commercial guitar guys" categories.

[Mr. Perfect]

Those solo albums are unmatched. He indeed could do it all.

[Mr. Perfect]

This is old dude blues rock but a great showcase for Neal, however brief, his fills and solo are pure electric guitar.

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[Mr. Perfect]

My current guitar list.

Shawn Lane
Panos Arvanitas
Jimmy Hendrix
Neal Schon
Jimmy Page
David Gilmour

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This is old dude blues rock but a great showcase for Neal, however brief, his fills and solo are pure electric guitar.

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blues rock with JB is better than journey, i know, im a heathen.

Jimmy Barnes is redneck rock royalty in australia - second only to AC/DC perhaps.

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Can't stand Gilmour and Pink Floyd in the main.( Really like the dreamy delay tone and thoughtful melodicism though)

[NapLajoieonSteroids]

It has to be Joey Santiago would have to be near the top of my list for guitarists:

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His Musical Style

Santiago describes his guitar playing as "angular and bent," "all derived from guitar moments that perk my ears up". Notable in his style is how he uses distortion and feedback to leave spaces open. A good example is the intro of There Goes My Gun.[4] He attributes much of his style to songs he enjoyed when first learning the guitar, such as The Beatles' "Savoy Truffle", where "George Harrison played that bent note that I fell in love with and later milked it for all it was worth." He used such techniques with the Pixies: Doolittle's "Dead" begins with Santiago's guitar "squawking" on an E-flat like "a wounded animal".[30] As Santiago was learning the guitar, he saw himself as a self-conscious amateur, and still speaks of a lack of confidence in his playing.[31]

Santiago, rather than listening to popular radio, borrowed rock and roll records from the public library as he was growing up; he first discovered Les Paul and Jimi Hendrix, who led to jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery. Santiago later commented on Montgomery's influence: "And that's when I said, 'Ah, that's a hook. That's some hooky stuff in the jazz world'". He discovered jazz and country artists such as Joe Pass and Chet Atkins after studying the liner notes of albums.[4] Santiago was directly influenced by the "Hendrix chord", the sharp 9th dominant chord which, in the words of author Ben Sisario, "tapped a hidden rage that matched the horror of Thompson's scream".[31] As a teenager, Santiago also listened to classic rock and protopunk artists such as The Who, The Rolling Stones, The Velvet Underground and Iggy Pop.[32]

It's all in how he uses "distortion and feedback to leave spaces open"

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my social group are all completely pink floyd fans, and love everything they put out, i nod and smile and wait for it to finish.

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which is one of the best riff hooks that ever riffed and hooked.

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with the pixies and the other art noise groups like sonic youth , i can really appreciate the ones that work and get utterly bored by the 90% that dont.

[Mr. Perfect]

Gilmour can really bend. Time is a top 5 solo for me, C Numb is one of the funnest solos to play.

Pink Floyd I rarely listen to.

[NapLajoieonSteroids]

Gilmour can really bend. Time is a top 5 solo for me, C Numb is one of the funnest solos to play.

Pink Floyd I rarely listen to.

yes. Gilmour has a wonderful sense for a bend.

The Comfortably Numb solo drives me nuts though. To my ear, it sounds incomplete like an unfinished sentence.

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it could be argued if you dont sound melodic on a strat, neck pickup, moderate overdrive and a bit of reverb then you really should reconsider your profession!

gilmour is brilliant, i could never deny that - id personally put knoppfler on if i wanted a bit of british melodic class but im in the minority i have no doubt.

[NapLajoieonSteroids]

it could be argued if you dont sound melodic on a strat, neck pickup, moderate overdrive and a bit of reverb then you really should reconsider your profession!

gilmour is brilliant, i could never deny that - id personally put knoppfler on if i wanted a bit of british melodic class but im in the minority i have no doubt.

No, you are not in the minority on that one!

I love Mark Knoppfler's playing, leagues ahead of Mr.Gilmour.

And in terms of guitar moves, I feel more in league with the former than the latter.

From the folk-y base, to finger picking (which I find much more comfortable) and thinking of the guitar in terms of the piano.

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For more blues-based rock type stuff, I borrow a les paul from a pal.

If I ever found the money and expertise, I'd like to try the Peter Frampton set up with the shaved neck and three pickups.

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[NapLajoieonSteroids]

But really, in my heart of hearts, I prefer acoustic guitars. There's no hiding a bad song behind spectacle acoustically.

It took me a while to really appreciate electric guitar and I still have a bit of the cavalier "whatsoever at hand" attitude.

[Mr. Perfect]

yes. Gilmour has a wonderful sense for a bend.

The Comfortably Numb solo drives me nuts though. To my ear, it sounds incomplete like an unfinished sentence.

Could be. All I know is that over my lifetime all my other soloing combined gets less reaction from people than playing C Numb. People really, really, really love that thing.

Also, I should have mentioned, try playing the Gilmour instrumental sections from Crazy Diamond. As simple as it is, if there is anything missing in your ability to play musically it will expose you in a manner most cruel.

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[Mr. Perfect]

it could be argued if you dont sound melodic on a strat, neck pickup, moderate overdrive and a bit of reverb then you really should reconsider your profession!

gilmour is brilliant, i could never deny that - id personally put knoppfler on if i wanted a bit of british melodic class but im in the minority i have no doubt.

Gilmour gets credit because of his musicality and bending technique. Not a shredder by any stretch, and Knopfler is far more well rounded in what he can do.

People just tend to listen when Gilmour is playing, and that counts for something. I used to count him higher on my list, but other guys are just better.