Guitars anyone???

[SKT]

Speaking of kids…I bought guitars to commemorate the birth of both my kids with the hope they would like to play someday and I could gift them a birth-year guitar down the road. But both kids, being inclined to horrific levels of obstinance, decided to be left handed piano players. Joke’s on them because now I’ll probably sell the guitars to buy more IH gear. Here is my 2011 Collings CJ35 prototype. It’s my most played and most loved guitar.

[Graeme]

:o

[EvilTwin]

[LewisStonehouse]

New little practice amp, sounds pretty great 

[SKT]

@LewisStonehouse  Damn, that looks really nice!  I’ve never played through a PRS amp and I’ll bet it sounds amazing.  (As an aside, I have that exact Hercules guitar stand in the background…love it)  Nice pick up!

[mikebarhoot]

MBH ‘liked’ new practice rig!

[Jett129]

Question for you guitar players… Where are you guys at on Eddie Van Halen? Top 5? Top 10? He’d be in my top 5.

[SKT]

@Jett129

You really got me thinking about guitarists with your last post. I love EVH and think he’s one of the greatest guitar players of all time. But my list of favorites is more a stylistic thing and not necessarily a technical proficiency thing. Here are my top ten (no order):

SRV
Tommy Emmanuel
Tony Rice
Keith Richards
Jimmy Page
Julien Lage
George Harrison
Blake Mills
Ry Cooder
Mark Knophler

Honorable Mention
Hendrix
Clapton
EVH
Billy Strings

[xtcclassic]

For sure he’s in the top five. Gotta be IMHO just because of his impact on how the guitar is played. Hugely innovative and influential so that’s gotta qualify him for a pretty high spot on the list. I personally think his rhythm playing is seriously underrated.

[popvulture]

I'm not a big Van Halen guy, but I do of course think he was a hugely important guitarist.

SKT and I def have some crossover — I'm a huge fan of Ry Cooder, and love Blake Mills and Mark Knopfler.

Some other faves that come immediately to mind (I'm sure there are countless others I'll wanna add):

Neil Young
Mike Campbell
Bill Frisell
Aarto Lindsay
Marc Ribot
Jonny Greenwood
Hubert Sumlin
Prince
Grant Green
Andy Gill
Graham Coxon
Jason Isbell

I could talk about guitars and guitarists forever haha… careful getting me started

[Jett129]

Some Hubert Sumlin for you.

[popvulture]

@Jett129 yes SIR! His playing sounds so springy and electric to me, really cuts.

[Jett129]

Saw Hubert Sumlin a couple of times with the Allman Bros,and they would usually do 44 Blues,but by that time he could barely play. There was a great tribute concert called Howlin for Hubert,a lot which can be found on YouTube. Speaking of the Allman Bros, Duane Allman would be in my top 5 or 10. Feel like he’s been forgotten.

[Jett129]

Loved 300 Pounds of Joy. What a great groove.

[popvulture]

Duane would be on my list. Dickey too. My dad’s an Allmans nut, so I was raised on that stuff — their first album is my fave, particularly love the Beginnings mix. Don’t Want You No More into It’s Not My Cross to Bear is one of my favorite musical performances, ever. Unbelievably good.

[Jett129]

Years ago I made friends with one of the tapers at The Beacon Theater,and have tons of outrageous quality tapes from the shows. If you’d like I’d be happy to send you some.

[popvulture]

Oh man, very cool! Old stuff?

[Jett129]

Probably between 2006 and 2012.

[Jett129]

I have the Tune into Hep C Show that David Crosby,Phil Lesh and several others did with them.Have the 200th show,some of the Live at Fillmore East Anniversary shows. Have the Clapton/Brothers show.

[popvulture]

Oh man I'm sure I'd love to check some of those out sometime. I wonder if any of them have Jack Pearson on them — I'm not sure when exactly he played with them, but it was for a short stint, might've been in the 90s, even. Anyway, he's insanely good, really one of the best guitarists I've ever seen. If you've ever seen that Gregg Allman tribute concert that airs on AXS sometimes, Jack's his band leader. Really understated looking guy, playing a cheap Fender Squier and blowing everyone else off the stage.