Versatile Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 It has been said that people hearing Charlie Christian for the first time mistook his sound for a sax Probably due to unfamiliarity with the electric guitar in general, and not expecting a guitar to be capable of lead lines My first aural memories are of Paul Desmond playing smooth ethereal lines with Dave Brubeck IMX there is a tendency to over-listen to great pop tunes at the time of release So hearing them on the radio once every blue moon is sufficient to refresh the original joy.... V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duende Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 I haven't got a guitarist that I have gone off, but I did used to love Mozart when I was about 13/14 and collected every piece he had written and loved it. Now, with a couple of exceptions I cannot stand his music -I find it very predictable and sometimes even annoying LMAO Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbabig Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 On the opposite side of the spectrum, I used to think Jimi Hendrix wasn't that great. That was until I saw him for the amazing rhythm player that he was, and the things he could do on stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobB Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Johnny Winter! My first good guitar was an original reverse body cardinal red Firebird V. I wish I still had that guitar. Once I noticed that Johnny Winter played a Firebird, I started buying his albums and learning his licks. Other major guitar player influences I had when I started playing were Eric Clapton w Cream, Jimi Hendrix and Phil Keaggy w Glass Harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roxymusic Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 My favorite guitarist when i started playing was the late Marc Bolan, imo a very underated guitarist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzoboy Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 The guitarists who were my favourites when I started playing are still at the top on my list and always will be because it was them who drew me to guitar and to whom I 'll always be indebted That is of course John Lennon and George Harrison. I can't see how anyone could just drop a huge influence from their list unless the influence of course was a poseur who wasn't as good as he was professed to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky4 Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Page has been my favorite from day 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manse Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 ...as a boy, I loved Ritchie Blackmore's style.......and listened to Purple and Rainbow all the time, every day. now, I doubt if I hear anything by RB from one month to another.....and don't miss a thing,,,,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stein Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Yure right... A sax has different dynamics and attack than a guitar with lotza "fuzz" stuff on it, and I enjoy hearing a good sax player playing sax. A fuzzed guitar tone - which seemed to me when it first came out was an intent to emulate the sax by a guitar band - isn't my schtick. If I were younger it probably would be, at least to an extent. There are so many people who play different kinds of guitar and make them sound like wonderful guitar music that... that's where my head is. m This is interesting. I get where you are coming from and agree with you for the most part, but I find in my own playing I behave just the opposite. So, it makes me question how I view it. Not that my Jazz playing is anything I consider worthwhile, but when I do I find myself having a desire to play horn lines. Particularly Nat Adderly or Cannonball. Miles Davis also plays some sweet lines I just can't resist wanting to play. Going into the electric blues playing, I am attracted to the expression that can be done playing flat out bold vocal type things. Like Clapton does. Sounds very "guitar" like. But, I find a LOT of inspiration from the way horn players play. It is like a combination of notes that fit that are easily played on the guitar, but perhaps aren't thought of to play. Every instrument lends itself to playing certain things-partly from technique required and partly from the tone or timbre. Having never played a horn (successfully) I often wonder how and why certain horn players choose their notes. Is it the fingering that lends to it, or is it purely musical reasons? For example, Miles Davis created his "sound" and style by attempting to play the trumpet in a different way than other trumpet players were doing. Sometimes, technique/timbre follows the music in the head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lungimsam Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 My favorite when I first started playing was Toni Iommi. And I was seriously into his playing. Though I don't like Black Sabbath anymore and the image they have always been trying to evoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon S. Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Kurt Cobain and Jimi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.