Guitarists you didn't like/get until you heard/watched/saw them live.

menamestom

Rich Robinson. Not that i didn't get him before, but when I saw the Black Crowes live I realised how much of the sound came from his Rhythm playing.

EricTheWeary

not_the_dj said:

rsvmark said:

Laurence Jones. Listened to the album, and I could take it or leave it. Saw him support Kenny Wayne Shepherd earlier this year and he was chuffing awesome

This...although to be honest I hadn't heard of him before the KWS gig. I'm seeing Laurence play again this week, supporting King King.

is that at Leamington? Our bass player is going, he's quite excited about it.

not_the_dj

It is indeed @EricTheWeary. Great venue and only about 10mins up the road from me.

mudslide73

Robin Trower. Also Jeff Beck - I really liked him before but watching him from the 5th row made me appreciate how good he is. Properly blew me away.

rsvmark

EricTheWeary said:

not_the_dj said:

rsvmark said:

Laurence Jones. Listened to the album, and I could take it or leave it. Saw him support Kenny Wayne Shepherd earlier this year and he was chuffing awesome

This...although to be honest I hadn't heard of him before the KWS gig. I'm seeing Laurence play again this week, supporting King King.

is that at Leamington? Our bass player is going, he's quite excited about it.

Good shout. Hadn't spotted that. I shall go along myself. Are King King ok?

rsvmark

EricTheWeary said:

not_the_dj said:

rsvmark said:

Laurence Jones. Listened to the album, and I could take it or leave it. Saw him support Kenny Wayne Shepherd earlier this year and he was chuffing awesome

This...although to be honest I hadn't heard of him before the KWS gig. I'm seeing Laurence play again this week, supporting King King.

is that at Leamington? Our bass player is going, he's quite excited about it.

Good shout. Hadn't spotted that. I shall go along myself. Are King King ok?

siremoon

Gassage said:

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5. Glenn Tilbrook- amazing
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Definitely with you there.  I just hadn't realised how good the guy was until I saw them.

not_the_dj

@rsvmark I hope so, I must admit I don't really know much by them (King King) but I've watched a few youtube clips to convince me it's worth getting a ticket for, and it's local for me.

shaunm

King king are pretty good, they supported John Mayal recently at a gig I was at. Good guitarist in the band

impmann

Robbie McKintosh

He blew my mind at a Macca warm up gig back in the early 90s. He played an Esquire all evening and managed to cover all the Beatles and Wings bases without guitar changes or fancy pedals/amps. I revised my opinion of Telecasters that night and owned my own within a week of that gig.

His playing on the later Talk Talk albums (some of my fave albums ever) is so wonderfully clever and understated. I only realised it was him *after* that gig.

Gassage

siremoon said:

Gassage said:

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5. Glenn Tilbrook- amazing
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Definitely with you there.  I just hadn't realised how good the guy was until I saw them.

As noted before, one of my best ever nights was playing an acoustic gig with Glenn at a Corporate gig I got for him and him letting me take the outro solo on Tempted.

I even have pics somewhere.

We did Some Fantastic Place and he was shouting out the chord changes!

He has two of the finest Taylors I've ever seen- a red 12 string and a Koa 6 string. Flattest/lowest actions ever.

His sound check had to be seen to be believed. He talks in Khz.

p90fool

Most of them really, I'm usually impressed by professionalism and stage presence, even if I wouldn't necessarily buy their music.

Some surprising standouts over the years though have been Huey Morgan, Nils Lofgren and Francis Rossi.

breakstuff

Jesse Tobias,Morrissey's guitarist.Was never impressed until I saw him live.His live playing on This Charming Man is still bobbins but in the rest if the set he was flawless.Came away with a new found respect.

Samgb

Ché;529081" said:

There's something about Jeff Beck I just can't stand. Might be the hair, the bitter attitude to his guitar peers....

This. He's obviously a great player but he always comes across as difficult and bitter at the success of the likes of Page and Clapton. Maybe that's why he could never keep a band together for more than 5 minutes? And his recorded output in no way reflects the size of his reputation. Slim pickings indeed.

richardhomer

Samgb;529900" said:

[quote="Ché;529081"]He's obviously a great player but he always comes across as difficult and bitter at the success of the likes of Page and Clapton. Maybe that's why he could never keep a band together for more than 5 minutes? And his recorded output in no way reflects the size of his reputation. Slim pickings indeed.

I'm not sure I'd characterise him as 'bitter'. I agree he can come across as slightly dismissive of other players - but he chose a highly idiocyncratic career path - to be a 'guitar star' who doesn't sing.

Virtuoso instrumentalists generally struggle with none-muso audiences. I bet at an average Jeff Beck gig, more than 50% of the people who go to see him are players.

I saw him on the Guitar Shop tour (the loudest gig I've ever been too incidentally) and with just a Strat Plus, a Rat and a Marshall, he created the most amazing sounds.

That said, I'd struggle to want to listen to a whole album at home.

ThePrettyDamned

meltedbuzzbox;529189" said:

stimpsonslostson said:

Wes Borland of Limp Bizkit. The man knows how to play a HUGE riff!





I really thought I would be the only one to post that. Wes is a beast!

and obviously Wes Borland is my entry too. 

Same here. Take him away from the band and it's nothing.

I'd also give merit to the boys from trivium. I was a big fan of the band already, but live they're just a force to be reckoned with and you realise just how brilliant they are. I did already like them, though, so wes comes first.

Lastly, jonny buckland from Coldplay. I know, perhaps not a fashionable choice, but he's a really great player with a nice sense of touch and does exactly what the song needs.

Neil

richardhomer said:

Samgb;529900" said:

[quote="Ché;529081"]He's obviously a great player but he always comes across as difficult and bitter at the success of the likes of Page and Clapton. Maybe that's why he could never keep a band together for more than 5 minutes? And his recorded output in no way reflects the size of his reputation. Slim pickings indeed.

I'm not sure I'd characterise him as 'bitter'. I agree he can come across as slightly dismissive of other players - but he chose a highly idiocyncratic career path - to be a 'guitar star' who doesn't sing.

Virtuoso instrumentalists generally struggle with none-muso audiences. I bet at an average Jeff Beck gig, more than 50% of the people who go to see him are players.

I saw him on the Guitar Shop tour (the loudest gig I've ever been too incidentally) and with just a Strat Plus, a Rat and a Marshall, he created the most amazing sounds.

That said, I'd struggle to want to listen to a whole album at home.

Same here.

Saw Beck some years back and his virtuosity was amazing but it got me very bored in fairly short order.

I want songs and he hasn't got any.

The best part of the evening was when he did Hi Ho Silver Lining.

I'll be honest I am not much of a guitar virtuoso worshipper, it has to be in the context of a great song which is why I rate somebody like Mick Jones over Beck.

thomasross20

Never appreciate Lyndsey Buckingham - haven't seen him live - but just from youtube vids, he has an amazing feel. 

stimpsonslostson

Gates and Vengeance from A7X. I always knew they were excellent players, but seeing ease with which they play those lines is jaw dropping... Then you notice that they're playing in almost perfect sync. It's unbelievable.

Samgb

richardhomer;529973" said:

[quote="Samgb;529900"][quote="Ché;529081"]He's obviously a great player but he always comes across as difficult and bitter at the success of the likes of Page and Clapton. Maybe that's why he could never keep a band together for more than 5 minutes? And his recorded output in no way reflects the size of his reputation. Slim pickings indeed.

I'm not sure I'd characterise him as 'bitter'. I agree he can come across as slightly dismissive of other players - but he chose a highly idiocyncratic career path - to be a 'guitar star' who doesn't sing.

Virtuoso instrumentalists generally struggle with none-muso audiences. I bet at an average Jeff Beck gig, more than 50% of the people who go to see him are players.

I saw him on the Guitar Shop tour (the loudest gig I've ever been too incidentally) and with just a Strat Plus, a Rat and a Marshall, he created the most amazing sounds.

That said, I'd struggle to want to listen to a whole album at home.[/quote]

You could put together a sensational 10-12 track solo Best Of and that would be all anyone ever needed. A few more tracks from the Yard birds and that'd be it. So bearing that in mind he has no business being dismissive of either Clapton(one of the all time great stylists - a character actor in guitar form) or Page(producer/writer/fucking Riff Machine par excellence).
Having said that, go on YouTube and watch a few bits and bobs and he's sensational!