SH73 Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 https://www.guitarworld.com/news/steve-vai-and-nuno-bettencourt-react-to-brian-may-being-crowned-greatest-rock-guitarist 🤔 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Meh. “Man who hasn’t made a record for 20 years is better than other, dead man” Slow news day. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 So a magazine with a readership of four, one of who is a small dachshund named Colin, vote and that somehow supposed to be world changing news? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Bassists in glass houses and all that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidder652003 Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Blimey there’s 30 seconds of my sad meaningless existence I’ll never get back..! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 For me, Brian would unquestionably be up there in my personal top 5. Utterly unique and always unfailingly musical. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Basschat needs a "who's the best guitarist" thread as much as the ozone layer needs another hole. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 I also dont need another hole, ta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 I think we need a 'best worst guitarist' thread. I nominate Dave Davies. Or Paul Weller. Either will do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytoad Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 1 hour ago, skankdelvar said: I think we need a 'best worst guitarist' thread. I nominate Dave Davies. Or Paul Weller. Either will do. Oh come on dear boy, you can do better than that! https://images.app.goo.gl/4GYydkJzZwmuB7rK6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH73 Posted June 12, 2020 Author Share Posted June 12, 2020 I was expecting Jimmy Hendrix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SICbass Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 5 hours ago, skankdelvar said: I think we need a 'best worst guitarist' thread. I nominate Dave Davies. Or Paul Weller. Either will do. ....walks away whistling tunelessly and trying to look disinterested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 57 minutes ago, SICbass said: ....walks away whistling tunelessly and trying to look disinterested. Aaaargh! lt's only early morning and my brain isn't ready for this 18 rated horror Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicVibes Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 1 hour ago, SH73 said: I was expecting Jimmy Hendrix That's the only answer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Robin Trower 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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skankdelvar Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 12 hours ago, andytoad said: Oh come on dear boy, you can do better than that! https://images.app.goo.gl/4GYydkJzZwmuB7rK6 I take your point but would respectfully add that Mr O'Range was merely an insipid strummer whereas Messrs Weller and Davies were frenzied chord-manglers whose right hand's velocity exceeded their left hand's dexterity. For example: a cursory listen to any Jam live album will reveal that in his pomp Granny Weller sounded like an angry scaffolder trying to remove a clamp with a lump hammer yet this presented no impediment to his career. It was only when he embraced his feminine side and did that Wildwoody sort of stuff that people could hear just how stiff and forced his technique really was. All rock, no roll. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Brian who? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Blimey! Lockdown getting to ya all? 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merello Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 19 hours ago, SICbass said: ....walks away whistling tunelessly and trying to look disinterested. Johnny Depp? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Each to their own but from my personal perspective he'd struggle to get in my top ten. Then again Queen wouldn't get in my top ten greatest rock bands, might not even make top 20 so my view is naturally biased. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Wy,Aye,Man Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 I read a poll for the all time top twenty basslines, after going past the likes of Geddy, Jaco, Jack Bruce and Chris Squire, we arrived at the number one spot, John Deacon's Another One Bites The Dust, three notes with '3 On The E'. Howay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 I'd have thought that bass players would appreciate Brian May's talent, as it's based on musicality and inventiveness rather than how many notes you can play in a second. There will always be somebody who can play faster than you, but crafting the kind of solos that Brian May produced is much more worthy of respect, IMO. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inthedoghouse Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 On 12/06/2020 at 09:27, ClassicVibes said: That's the only answer. +100000 ... as long as we spell his name correctly 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 On 12/06/2020 at 07:37, SH73 said: I was expecting Jimmy Hendrix Is he related to Jimi Hendrix?😉😂 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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