Loved the Pixies too, mate. Not technical players, but sometimes it's just good to turn the fucker up and smash out a few powerchords!brazilianGOONER wrote:very good stuff mate. i'm into classic rock'n'roll like ac/dc but in the last few years i've been listening to a lot of ska as well, some great stuff like toots and the maytals, hepcat, the specials, early 'the wailers' and etc out there. and ska does something that i don't feel with any other style of music - it makes you draw a smile no matter what the fuck is going around.DB10GOONER wrote:brazilianGOONER wrote:fucking hell db10 that's awesome. it's like you're one of those metal players from the eighties, i wonder if you hace that 'twisted sister' lookDB10GOONER wrote: I’m modifying/upgrading and repainting/carving 4 different guitars at the mo;
1. An Epiphone II LP copy that’s getting skulls carved all over it.
2. A BC Rich Warlock that is getting re-carved into more “sinister” lines.
3. A stock (unknown manufacturer) shark’s fin Flying V that’s getting skulls painted all over it.
4. And my Kramanez bad boy.
seriously, great gear mate. what type of metal do you play, or is it more rock'n'roll?
Twisted Sister – loved them when I was a kid!
I play a good range of stuff (been in Maiden-style metal bands and a kind of grunge-style band at one stage too) but I mostly play technical neo-classical stuff. I remember the first time I finally got the sweep picking thing down tight. I just sat there all day sweep picking scale after scale!
I’m heavily influenced by Randy Rhoads and George Lynch as well as Richie Blackmore. Just love guitar and most guitar music really. Just love playing, mate. Did you check out George Lynch yet BG? Amazingly fluid and melodic player.
You’re right; I’m probably a bit more into the 80’s metal guitar thing than the modern Drop D, 7 string stuff or the Vai/Satriani thing – although I do like some of their stuff too. But also love the straight out balls rock stuff like AC/DC.
Strangely, even though I don’t play it, I just fucking LOVE Ska music too. Early Madness (before they became a pop band) The Specials and The Selector.
anyway i've been playing since i was a kid, but never gave enough effort to become very good at it - funny how it does not matter for how long you play, to become good you really have to put some good hours working on your technique. anyway since i played mostly alternative rock stuff like The Pixies for most of my life, technique was never that necessary anyway
didn't know george lynch, so listened to some stuff on youtube a few minutes back. top class, incredible technique
I also love listening to the guitar playing on The Sex Pistols' Never Mind The Bollocks album on headphones. There are multitracked melody and harmony parts in there you don't really hear without phones, which is why when you hear a one guitar band cover them they sound thinny and a bit wrong! The playing on NMTB was surprisingly quite good tbh.