So, you think you can play guitar, do you?

jumpy · 01-25-07, 08:49 PM

I'm not very up to date with this youtube thing, but after having had an exploratory browse I thought you lot would like to see these vids. I can see some record purchases in the near future...

Anyways, enough of me, watch and listen then see all your dreams of being a musician crumble to dust in the face of such talent as these...

I understand one of the comments for the last link above:

Quote:

Originally Posted by faelun

i sold my bass on ebay after watching him...

ASWnut101 · 01-25-07, 08:59 PM

very excellent work, but I have my doubts on the second to last one.

CCIP · 01-25-07, 09:18 PM

That's a really cool technique! Thumbs up to the guy, I'd like to get one of his records now

To contribute to the thread, I raise you...

My dad :p
(he's an acoustic guitarist for a living (and has been for 25 years), if that says anything)

Onkel Neal · 01-25-07, 09:29 PM

Your dad

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Frenssen · 01-26-07, 08:15 AM

Don`t be alarmed, you don`t have to be a virtuoso. If you have a decent singing voice, keep a steady rhythmn and can entertain people it`s more than enough to get joy of your playing. Guitar for me is all about having fun and playing/singing with other people. No need to sell our guitars even if we get impressed and appreciate virtuosos like these.

Kapitan_Phillips · 01-26-07, 11:04 AM

I see your acoustic, traditional types, and raise you:

Bow before the feet of Jan and Jeff

Ramius · 01-26-07, 11:14 AM

I can still watch and listen to this one over and over again

Nightmare · 01-26-07, 11:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ramius

I can still watch and listen to this one over and over again

JerryC was the original guy who did that song (a cover of Pachelbel's Canon). He used to hang out on the Line6 forums for a while. Here's his vid (he has several other up on YouTube as well):

Sailor Steve · 01-26-07, 12:05 PM

There are always going to be players better than you or I, unless your name happens to be Andres Segovia, Chet Atkins or Stanley Jordan. And yet how many have never heard of three of the greatest who ever played. Jordan especially; he playes the guitar like it's a piano, tapping with all eight fingers.

And more
http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...stanley+jordan

On the other hand, as Frenssen said, sometimes being adequate is better than being great. Has anyone ever accused any of the Beatles of being truly great solo musicians? Good, yes; great, no.

fredbass · 01-26-07, 12:09 PM

This thread

XabbaRus · 01-26-07, 04:57 PM

Hey Steve have to agree with you there. I remember Stanley Jordon. Brother had an LP I was only 9 or so, and thought wow. the way he tuned his guitar so it plays more like a piano.

I might just get my guitar from my folks house, tune it up and start learning to play it again.

01-25-07, 08:59 PM	#2
ASWnut101 Admiral Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: USA Posts: 2,021 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	very excellent work, but I have my doubts on the second to last one. __________________

01-25-07, 09:18 PM	#3
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	That's a really cool technique! Thumbs up to the guy, I'd like to get one of his records now To contribute to the thread, I raise you... My dad :p (he's an acoustic guitarist for a living (and has been for 25 years), if that says anything) __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

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Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Your dad . __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

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Kapitan_Phillips Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Swansea Posts: 3,903 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	I see your acoustic, traditional types, and raise you: Bow before the feet of Jan and Jeff __________________ Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into.

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Ramius Commander Join Date: May 2001 Location: At sea (again) Posts: 457 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	I can still watch and listen to this one over and over again __________________ There is a forgotten, nay even forbidden word, which means more to me than any other. That word is England

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Frenssen Sparky Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 155 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Don`t be alarmed, you don`t have to be a virtuoso. If you have a decent singing voice, keep a steady rhythmn and can entertain people it`s more than enough to get joy of your playing. Guitar for me is all about having fun and playing/singing with other people. No need to sell our guitars even if we get impressed and appreciate virtuosos like these.

01-26-07, 12:05 PM	#9
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	There are always going to be players better than you or I, unless your name happens to be Andres Segovia, Chet Atkins or Stanley Jordan. And yet how many have never heard of three of the greatest who ever played. Jordan especially; he playes the guitar like it's a piano, tapping with all eight fingers. And more http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...stanley+jordan On the other hand, as Frenssen said, sometimes being adequate is better than being great. Has anyone ever accused any of the Beatles of being truly great solo musicians? Good, yes; great, no. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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fredbass Ace of the Deep Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Port Richey, Fl, USA Posts: 1,066 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	This thread __________________

01-26-07, 04:57 PM	#11
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Hey Steve have to agree with you there. I remember Stanley Jordon. Brother had an LP I was only 9 or so, and thought wow. the way he tuned his guitar so it plays more like a piano. I might just get my guitar from my folks house, tune it up and start learning to play it again. __________________