Guthrie Govan does.....everybody!

[guitarman3001]

Not sure if it's been posted. If it has, sorry....I'm late to the party as usual. If not, enjoy. This guys is a badass!!!

 

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Best chord voicings - Eric Johnson

Best use of capo - James Taylor

Best strumming - Pete Townsend

Best use of E-Bow or sustaining device - The Edge

Best vibrato - BB King

Best string bending - David Gilmour

Best finger picking - Mark Knopfler

Best hybrid picking - Albert Lee

Best tapping - Eddie Van Halen

Best palm muting - Al Di Meola

Best sweep picking - Yngwie

Best speed, Best alternate picking, Best string skipping - Pablo Giblerto

Best pinched harmonics - Zakk Wylde

Best use of an effect - Tom Morello

Best legato - Satch

Best fretting hand reach, Best use of harmonics - Steve Vai

Best use of slide - Sonny Landreth

Best feel - Jeff Beck

Best timing - John Schofield

Most creative/experimental player, Best use of whammy bar, Overall winner - Jimi.

[guitarman3001]

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1) Eric Clapton

2) BB King

3) Albert Collins

4) Stevie Ray Vaughan

5) Gary Moore

6) Larry Carlton

7) Robben Ford

8) Eric Johnson

9) Paul Gilbert

10) Richie Kotzen

[Ferdinandstrat]

Guthrie is unbelievable.

[paulskirocks]

Thanks!

[richey888]

Pretty cool how it's all in one song too! Dude has some chopz!

[Virgman]

It doesn't sound like Hendrix.

[Ferdinandstrat]

 

It doesn't sound like Hendrix.

 

 

Nothing sounds like Hendrix.

[strtdv]

Guthrie is at his best when he's playing backing guitar for another artist. I find his solo stuff technically brilliant but boring.

[Rekel]

 

I find his solo stuff technically brilliant but boring.

 

 

I was about to say the same thing. His technique is superb but imo, he still lacks a certain feel. That may improve when he gets a little older, though.

 

I was thinking about posting a few clips by Alex Hutchings in this thread but decided it was better in another one. In case you may have missed it: http://acapella.harmony-central.com/showpost.php?p=39662131&postcount=36

[The Rossness]

 

I was about to say the same thing. His technique is superb but imo, he still lacks a certain feel. That may improve when he gets a little older, though.

 

 

I don't feel he lacks feel. He's got crazy chops and isn't shred crazy like MAB. I find his playing to be sweet and melodic. As far as age goes, I feel he and Rob Marcello are the best 2 younger guitarists out there.

[CrackerD]

That was great!

 

The only one that didn't really nail it was Jimi.

 

Still totally awesome skilz.

[Rekel]

 

I don't feel he lacks feel.

 

 

Neither do I and that's not what I said. That's why I intentionally used the word "certain".

 

I just wish Govan would learn to breath a little more between licks. I think he's putting too much emphasis on technique for my taste and communicating his message across suffers from that, imho.

 

I also think that his dynamics aren't as expressive as they could be. This breathing and dynamics is what sets players like BB King, Brent Mason, SRV, Vince Gill and Clint Strong (to name a few) apart from others. For me, Hutchings is in that same ball park.

 

But yeah, Govan IS a monster player who knows his way around the instrument without a doubt.

[strtdv]

 

That was great! The only one that didn't really nail it was Jimi. Still totally awesome skilz.

 

 

I disagree. He didn't really nail the feel of any of them. Pete is much more in your face than that, the Edge is much more rhythmic, BB King much more soulful etc.

 

It sounded like someone doing an impression, but nothing more.

 

He is a great player though.

[Ferdinandstrat]

 

I disagree. He didn't really nail the feel of any of them. Pete is much more in your face than that, the Edge is much more rhythmic, BB King much more soulful etc. It sounded like someone doing an impression, but nothing more. He is a great player though.

 

 

You know, this is HCEG, not Guitar Jam.

[Rekel]

You know, this is HCEG, not Guitar Jam.

 

What's your point exactly, Ferdinand?

[foppy]

Yeah, this guy's been getting a lot of adulation around here lately. I do my duty and listen to the clips, am impressed by the technique, and then it's over.

 

I never wish the clips are longer than they are.

 

The music he plays I don't like. His own stuff--when he's not doing "impressions"--is nothing I'd ever want to listen to. It sounds like musak at the mall with some technically dazzling guitar playing stuck on top of it.

[mnewb1]

cool stuff!

[CrackerD]

I disagree. He didn't really nail the feel of any of them. Pete is much more in your face than that, the Edge is much more rhythmic, BB King much more soulful etc. It sounded like someone doing an impression, but nothing more. He is a great player though.

 

That's exactly what he is: someone doing an impression.

 

Christ.

[metallica_00]

 

I don't feel he lacks feel. He's got crazy chops and isn't shred crazy like MAB. I find his playing to be sweet and melodic. As far as age goes, I feel he and Rob Marcello are the best 2 younger guitarists out there.

 

 

I agree. He does display a lot of technique, but he's very musical, and he can be very melodic in a traditional sense but also ventures into some more chromatic fusion type stuff, and you'll see a lot of interesting rhythm/time stuff too in his own pieces. It's guitar heavy instrumental music. So if you don't like that kind of stuff, you probably won't like his solo work.

 

Okay, he might not nail every single one of those impression dead on either, but not too many guys who can pull a BB sound like that (I thought he really had that vibrato and tone down) and then jump right in EVH...not many guys can do that.

[Ferdinandstrat]

What's your point exactly, Ferdinand?

 

I dunno, this comment made me think of guitar jam with the "Everything sucks about X" attitude.

[Ferdinandstrat]

Yeah, this guy's been getting a lot of adulation around here lately. I do my duty and listen to the clips, am impressed by the technique, and then it's over. I never wish the clips are longer than they are. The music he plays I don't like. His own stuff--when he's not doing "impressions"--is nothing I'd ever want to listen to. It sounds like musak at the mall with some technically dazzling guitar playing stuck on top of it.

 

"Elevator musak"

[mcmurray]

"Elevator musak"

 

indeed.

 

"Elevator musak" - the typical response from people that can't wrap their head around good instrumental music.

[paulojcduarte]

Elevator musik , the elevators I use only have that Kenny G crap.

 

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[foppy]

Actually that "Wonderful Slippery Thing" (a Kenny G title if I ever heard one) was one of the ones I have in mind. Can't you guys hear how nerdy and middle-aged that title is?

 

And the song itself, yeesh. I'm walking through the mall on my way to buy socks, and it's actually a relief to hear whatever vocals crap they're playing inside Banana Republic.

 

Then again I just got out of my car which was blaring the Stooges' "1970" which makes a lot of stuff sound like elevator music.

 

To each his own, of course. I just have never heard one scrap of the attitude in this guy's music that made me like listening to guitar in the first place.

 

And I'm not just talking about Stooges type stuff. I love a few virtuosos like Django, Jimmy Bryant, Danny Gatton i.e. people who play with fire, attitude, and personality.

[wok]

Actually that "Wonderful Slippery Thing" (a Kenny G title if I ever heard one) was one of the ones I have in mind. Can't you guys hear how nerdy and middle-aged that title is? And the song itself, yeesh. I'm walking through the mall on my way to buy socks, and it's actually a relief to hear whatever vocals crap they're playing inside Banana Republic. Then again I just got out of my car which was blaring the Stooges' "1970" which makes a lot of stuff sound like elevator music. To each his own, of course. I just have never heard one scrap of the attitude in this guy's music that made me like listening to guitar in the first place. And I'm not just talking about Stooges type stuff. I love a few virtuosos like Django, Jimmy Bryant, Danny Gatton i.e. people who play with fire, attitude, and personality.