Members Ferdinandstrat Posted January 21, 2009 Members Share Posted January 21, 2009 "You look booty-licious in these bell bottoms" Bell bottoms are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hilikus8 Posted January 21, 2009 Members Share Posted January 21, 2009 Best compliment I ever received as a guitar player: "When I walked into the club and couldn't see the stage, I heard the tune you were playing and thought there were two guitar players in the band. I was shocked to see that you are a three-piece band." Awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hilikus8 Posted January 21, 2009 Members Share Posted January 21, 2009 "You make it look easy" This.And one time this girl told me she wished I could be her guitar teacher, that was cool as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aliensporebomb Posted January 21, 2009 Members Share Posted January 21, 2009 Some good ones: I was playing in a band whose schtick was complicated fast hard rockverging on metal, mostly instrumental and we were playing at 7th streetentry in the First Avenue Club in Minneapolis. We were soundcheckingand we did one track full of changes and snarling sound and fury and then we quickly jumped into a cover of "Brand New Cadillac" by the Clash with me on vocals. The song stops and we start putting our stuff away.. Billy Batson of the Mighty Mofos (a Minneapolis garage punk institution) was doing sound at 7th Street Entry that night and comes running upand said "holy {censored}, that was great! Do you guys do that instead of beating off?" We all crack up. He apparently really dug it for some reason. At a gig I had a guy come up to me and said "I love the way you play the guitar mate, I used to play guitar too until I accidentallysmashed my hands with a hammer at work...." (um, okay!) Best compliments from anyone unsolicited? I received two e-mails from "names", both I researched and appearedto be legitimate in both cases. The first said he'd been spinning my mp3s and digging them and just wanted to say hello and thanks. Iwas stunned. We had a couple nice exchanges about gear after that. The second was out of the blue too and had played on a number of records I actually own and he said "thank god someoneGETS it...." which to me was amazing... Sort of some vindication for slugging away for years without a lot ofreal notice... I got some kudos from various places at my myspace that I've put upas quotes too. Recently when doing an ambient looping gig someone said I sounded likea "one man Pink Floyd" which was kind of cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members strtdv Posted January 21, 2009 Members Share Posted January 21, 2009 Nicest compliment I got was when a touring professional said he'd picked up a thing or two from me watching me play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tomtraubert Posted January 21, 2009 Members Share Posted January 21, 2009 i always thought this compliment from Dylan about Robbie Robertson was a good one........"the only mathematical guitar genius I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hard Truth Posted January 21, 2009 Members Share Posted January 21, 2009 The best back-handed compliment I got was from someone loathe to ever say anything nice. He said something like "Hard Truth has actually gotten pretty good lately........Which shows that anyone can be good if you give them enough time." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grantus Posted January 21, 2009 Members Share Posted January 21, 2009 "Gee, that relic looks really authentic." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BeanoBoy Posted January 22, 2009 Members Share Posted January 22, 2009 My favorite players hint at having serious chops, but play with economy, taste and most importantly feeling. They also possess great tone(s). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Portland1 Posted January 22, 2009 Members Share Posted January 22, 2009 dude ur almost as good as kurt cobain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Patuney Posted January 22, 2009 Members Share Posted January 22, 2009 "You really played off the other band members well and supported the vocalist, rather than overshadowing him" This is what I try to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members David E H Posted January 22, 2009 Members Share Posted January 22, 2009 "Gee, that relic looks really authentic." Hahaha....... it's scary to comment on players' guitars.......it might actually be off limits this kid showed my friend his new ibanez guitar, which was plain black, and my friend jokingly asked him if he was going to put any stickers or anything on it....the kid took it seriously, and got all defensive.....ha, it made me laugh.....at least, since I know who the kid is..... but with compliments, any compliment from another guitar player/musician is a compliment to me..........I don't really acknowledge non-musician comments as compliments..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members oryan Posted January 22, 2009 Members Share Posted January 22, 2009 the G string over your nut is sexy:love: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brown Rug Posted January 22, 2009 Members Share Posted January 22, 2009 from any ol' person? telling me i sounded great. if i can impress the average person, then i'll rest easy. from some asshole elitest guitarist? same thing. then i'll turn into an asshole elitest guitarist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mysterymonger Posted January 22, 2009 Members Share Posted January 22, 2009 After finishing a set with my band, I was packing up my gear and dragging it offstage when some dude who was standing on my side of the stage for the whole set walked up to me (smiling with beer in hand) and said..."yeah, here's the guy with the killer guitar and monster hands." Another compliment (I call it a compliment anyway) was getting free tix to G3. Steve vai was doing a autograph signing at a local music shop and the line was a block long. When you got inside the store there was a contest goin on where you play for 20 sec.'s and if you got a good response from the crowd you get a pair of tix to the concert that night. A friend and I signed up thinking nothing of it. right before we got to Vai they announced the winners and both mine, my friends, and some other dude's name were called out of 10 contestants. I was so happy for winning free tix I almost forgot to get an autograph from Steve Vai LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jerry_picker Posted January 22, 2009 Members Share Posted January 22, 2009 It may sound racist, but when the black children are dancing with total abandon, I count it a great success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitardoodsez Posted January 22, 2009 Members Share Posted January 22, 2009 I had a salesdrone at GC walk by as I was playing and stopped to listen to me play and said, That sounds really good. Wasn't an attempt at making a sale either, cause he walked away after that. I don't know if a salesdrone at guitar center's opinion has any value though, but i did see him jamming on a guitar later that day and he definitely knew what he was doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hilikus8 Posted January 22, 2009 Members Share Posted January 22, 2009 I had a salesdrone at GC walk by as I was playing and stopped to listen to me play and said, That sounds really good. Wasn't an attempt at making a sale either, cause he walked away after that. I don't know if a salesdrone at guitar center's opinion has any value though, but i did see him jamming on a guitar later that day and he definitely knew what he was doing. That has happened to me, and one time there was this kid just looking at guitars with his dad, the dad heard my playing and asked who taught me how to play, when I told him I was self taught, he looked at his son and said "maybe you could be as good as him, one day". I was 15 or 16, and it was like winning the lottery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BradshawVHT Posted January 22, 2009 Members Share Posted January 22, 2009 For women it would be "Oh God, {censored} me right now." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members photon9 Posted January 22, 2009 Members Share Posted January 22, 2009 I actually prefer constructive criticism to compliments because it shows they know about music, were paying attention and cared enough to let me know their true feelings. It's much better than the compulsory "good job" butt kissing kinda stuff where you can never really tell if they are being sincere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members terryd5150 Posted January 22, 2009 Members Share Posted January 22, 2009 I thought to myself that this is about as good a compliment as you can pay a guitar player... can you top that? "That was great! That's almost as good as I can do it". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jerry_picker Posted January 22, 2009 Members Share Posted January 22, 2009 "Boy, you got a kinda purty mouth..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members evh1984 Posted January 22, 2009 Members Share Posted January 22, 2009 I think the best compliment, and the rarest perhaps, is when someone tells you that you sound unique, not like everyone else. With so many guitarists out there today,a s well as past players, it's hard to not sound like everyone else. Have you ever noticed that all the players who make the "best" guitarists lists are the ones who have an individual, unique sound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members paulojcduarte Posted January 22, 2009 Members Share Posted January 22, 2009 dude ur almost as good as kurt cobain I'd kill myself with a shotgun if someone told me that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jbviper4 Posted January 22, 2009 Members Share Posted January 22, 2009 "You must practice a TON." "You sound SO MUCH better than you did last year." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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