(October 18, 2016 at 8:06 pm)Whateverist Wrote: Impressive.  I wonder if he can switch between playing this and something 'normal'.

Here he is fooling around on a fret-less...still not normal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtIJTiH65cE

I never knew a guitar could be played like this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddn4MGaS...QY&index=6

Well if you're just gonna slap it around better get Rodrigo and Gabriella up here.

https://youtu.be/L0CsLefLisE

Nice!

If I could only tap-dance like this....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcZ7Deu0V9A

I see you the Chapman stick and raise you whatever to hell this guy is playing.

https://youtu.be/hov2dVzE18M

(October 18, 2016 at 8:26 pm)Whateverist Wrote: I see you the Chapman stick and raise you whatever to hell this guy is playing.

https://youtu.be/hov2dVzE18M

Pretty sure that's one of the ladle's of the gods.

(October 18, 2016 at 7:36 pm)johan Wrote: Why do so many of your brethren seem to feel that being in tune is optional?

You'd have to ask them -- I'm a tuning fanatic. I'm also fanatical about intonation, and have done my own setups on all my guitars for the last 25 years.

(October 18, 2016 at 7:54 pm)Whateverist Wrote: 1)  Top three guitar riffs (is that the word?) in a rock tune?  (Top ten if you find that too confining.  Make it between 1970 and 2000 if it isn't confining enough.)

My three favorite riffs (tonight, at least -- this is the kind of stuff that changes with moods):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtRk1YSpcKU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQUXuQ6Zd9w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBZs_Py-1_0

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(October 18, 2016 at 7:54 pm)Whateverist Wrote: 2)  Which is better, Joe Satriani's slow stuff or Surfing With The Alien?

https://youtu.be/tznoCmVkmXc


Possible slow alternative:

https://youtu.be/b1DzRb4DHGw

I love most of Joe's stuff. For his fast stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEIHWTxjEJw

For his slow stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U3GkXWJTSk

(October 18, 2016 at 7:54 pm)Whateverist Wrote: 3)  Does it get any better than Johnny Winter doing Bob Dylan's Hiway 61?

https://youtu.be/yclRjptWlW8?list=RDyclRjptWlW8


But not this version, yuck.  The one he did for that big Dylan concert .. that one.

Johnny's a badass, and a fellow Texan, to boot. There ain't many who can do a slow blues better than him, and his slide playing is great too. I don't care for his tone in that clip -- a little thin and wiry for my taste. To answer your question -- there are songs I prefer, but "better" is in the ear of the listener.

(October 18, 2016 at 8:03 pm)Arkilogue Wrote: What do you think of this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo5mvTfYSQY

Pretty goddamned amazing. Nice hypnotic feel, and reminds me a little of Bert Jansch with its Celtic modality. Anyone who can manage that many strings gets my vote.

Just wanted thank y'all for the great Qs and vids, this is great brainfood.

Lots of good leads of stuff to listen to here. Thanks!