That guy is amazing. Best in the world, imo.

Check out Classical Gas on Youtube, too.

Oh yea... look up 'The Hunt' while you're there.

I hate you. There was a time when this would've made me grab my guitar & practice for hours. Now I just grunt in disgust & grab a beer.

WOW - nice find subby

meh

Here (new window) ya go

MilesTeg: meh

Here (new window) ya go

Dragonforce sucks.

*Reverse troll complete*

Tommy Emmanuel rocks! but he's no Sungha Jung Link (new window)


but only cos his guitar is bigger than he is

Joints

I humbly present my guitar goddess.

Link (new window)

Wow. I wrote this guy off as one of them annoying acoustic new age tap guys that are popular since Micheal Hedges. This guy can rock out.

orsonwagon: I humbly present my guitar goddess.

Link (new window)

it is awesome, but only cos you are so humble and only if she can be a woman as well as she can play guitar

MilesTeg: meh

Here (new window) ya go

Respectfully, technique aside, when he is playing those harmonic minor scales over and over, it would be more interesting hearing the sound the guitar would make if it fell over.

A few moments there he plays some very short classical movements which are beautiful. He should stick to that.

Damned good guitar player but not impressed that subby and poster are impressed.

The guy is only doing what any damned good guitarist can do; what's with all the accolades?

I can do that.


/stares at fingers
//stares at my hd-28
///cries silently inside

i can do that

/stares at fingers
//stares at my yamaha
///please shut up

mfaby:
The guy is only doing what any damned good guitarist can do; what's with all the accolades?

Maybe it's that we don't get to see that many damned good guitarists anymore. It's one thing to play fast. It's another to make music out if it.

But also agree with others - couple of a handful of great passages, but most of it fairly standard (but accomplished) blues.

I can do that

/stares at fingers
//stares at Martin 00-17
///drinks bottle of wine
////plays in her dreams

mfaby: The guy is only doing what any damned good guitarist can do; what's with all the accolades?

This may be the funniest sentence I've seen in a fark music thread.

+1

Cue "[Guy in submitted link] sucks compared to [guy in my post]!" thread.

The Dynamite Monkey: MilesTeg: meh

Here (new window) ya go

Respectfully, technique aside, when he is playing those harmonic minor scales over and over, it would be more interesting hearing the sound the guitar would make if it fell over.

A few moments there he plays some very short classical movements which are beautiful. He should stick to that.

As opposed to the submitted vid where the guy is just finger puking all over the pentatonic? Takes a bit more technique to actually add some modality.

Not terrible mind you, just not all that impressive either.

Nice link, and many nice sub-links, thanks people.

MilesTeg: As opposed to the submitted vid where the guy is just finger puking all over the pentatonic? Takes a bit more technique to actually add some modality.

Not terrible mind you, just not all that impressive either.

Did you and I watch the same video? Cause I just saw a guy rip up an ACOUSTIC guitar, and he used the chromatic scale plenty. Maybe it's your ears.

Tommy Emmanuel's an amazing guitarist and he puts on a great show according to anyone I've ever heard that's seen him. It's not necessarily my favorite style, but the guy can flat out play.

I would break something trying to air guitar that!

Aldo the Wonder Dog 2009-06-24 08:46:15 AM
mfaby:
The guy is only doing what any damned good guitarist can do; what's with all the accolades?

Maybe it's that we don't get to see that many damned good guitarists anymore. It's one thing to play fast. It's another to make music out if it.

But also agree with others - couple of a handful of great passages, but most of it fairly standard (but accomplished) blues.

Agreed.

And this:The Dynamite Monkey 2009-06-24 09:41:46 AM
mfaby: The guy is only doing what any damned good guitarist can do; what's with all the accolades?

This may be the funniest sentence I've seen in a fark music thread.

+1

Thanks!

I Like Bread: MilesTeg: As opposed to the submitted vid where the guy is just finger puking all over the pentatonic? Takes a bit more technique to actually add some modality.

Not terrible mind you, just not all that impressive either.

Did you and I watch the same video? Cause I just saw a guy rip up an ACOUSTIC guitar, and he used the chromatic scale plenty. Maybe it's your ears.

The important thing to know is that now, like always, people on Fark are not impressed by anything and live to sh*t on others' accomplishments. Headline in the newspaper tomorrow:

"Tommy Emmanuel: Unimpressive on Guitar"

Riiiiiiggght.

MilesTeg: meh

Here (new window) ya go

Seriously? You're seriously presenting Yngwie Malmsteen?

Really?

No to add any snark to a snarky page already, but I've said this about myself when unfairly lauded about my playing: good guitar players are a dime a dozen - I've known many fine players in my 58 spins around the Sun. He's a good guitar player; I'm a good guitar player; we are a dime a dozen.

dhudd: No to add any snark to a snarky page already, but I've said this about myself when unfairly lauded about my playing: good guitar players are a dime a dozen - I've known many fine players in my 58 spins around the Sun. He's a good guitar player; I'm a good guitar player; we are a dime a dozen.

Good enough to write tunes that SRV would embrace? We must have a lot of luminaries on here on Fark. If Tommy Emmanuel is a "dime a dozen" picker, then that puts most guitarists at the "dime a gross" or "dime a great gross" level, which really means that your dime is worth far more than you think.

mfaby: The guy is only doing what any damned good guitarist can do; what's with all the accolades?

If we can't give accolades to damn good guitarists, who CAN we give accolades to?

dhudd: No to add any snark to a snarky page already, but I've said this about myself when unfairly lauded about my playing: good guitar players are a dime a dozen - I've known many fine players in my 58 spins around the Sun. He's a good guitar player; I'm a good guitar player; we are a dime a dozen.

Can we have a link to a dhudd video so we can decide for ourselves?

Thing thing I hate most about musicians and being involved in music for 35 years is the "I can do that too, but better" syndrome. I find it repulsive.

Examples:

"Bob Dylan can't sing for shiat"
"Chuck Berry only plays Chuck Berry riffs"
"Springsteen is not talented, that is 3 chords going back and forth"
"AC/DC plays the same song over and over"
"I stopped playing pentatonics my first week at Berklee"
"Sun Ra Plays with his elbows" (yes I actually got that one from a semifamous jazzer)
etc etc etc

He's good and so are you? Good guitar players are a dime a dozen? Well then as Zappa would say, "Shut up and play yer guitar". But I disagree.

When an artist can entertain, inspire or even move an audience it is a beautiful thing. It's everything, actually. It's the only way to measure art.

factoryconnection: dhudd: No to add any snark to a snarky page already, but I've said this about myself when unfairly lauded about my playing: good guitar players are a dime a dozen - I've known many fine players in my 58 spins around the Sun. He's a good guitar player; I'm a good guitar player; we are a dime a dozen.

Good enough to write tunes that SRV would embrace? We must have a lot of luminaries on here on Fark. If Tommy Emmanuel is a "dime a dozen" picker, then that puts most guitarists at the "dime a gross" or "dime a great gross" level, which really means that your dime is worth far more than you think.

Actually, I play better than that. I make money at it as well. I get commission checks all the time from the guy I send my shiat to. I, however, DO NOT WANT TO BE FAMOUS. You lose all your freedom in life when you become famous. I use a nom de plume. I hate playing for live audiences - they make noise and ruin the experience. And I don't put free stuff on the internet.

dhudd: Actually, I play better than that. I make money at it as well. I get commission checks all the time from the guy I send my shiat to. I, however, DO NOT WANT TO BE FAMOUS. You lose all your freedom in life when you become famous. I use a nom de plume. I hate playing for live audiences - they make noise and ruin the experience. And I don't put free stuff on the internet.

Shenanigans. -1.

dhudd: No to add any snark to a snarky page already, but I've said this about myself when unfairly lauded about my playing: good guitar players are a dime a dozen - I've known many fine players in my 58 spins around the Sun. He's a good guitar player; I'm a good guitar player; we are a dime a dozen.

Uh-huh...that's why we're fawning over your video.

MilesTeg: meh

Here (new window) ya go

Oh great, now you've unleashed the farkin' fury.

So I've been noodling around with some new blues lines lately on my busted-ass old Strat copy, been feeling pretty good about how it sounds, been thinking 'hey, I'm getting better!' for a couple of weeks, even got a couple of songs generating out of it.

I see this, I start thinking I should take up the kazoo.

Thanks a lot, Subby.

Does anyone else smell burning rosewood?

94 Sylvan Hills Lane, Fredricksburg, VA 540-752-9620. Call me, arrange a time and come and jam. I have a very very nice home studio. However, it will cost you some money. Be prepared to pay. I don't suffer arseholes and if you aren't any good and waste my time I'll be very very pissed.

Anyone on fark ever give you their home phone, address and invite you to play - still think I'm a faker? Try me.

dhudd: 94 Sylvan Hills Lane, Fredricksburg, VA 540-752-9620. Call me, arrange a time and come and jam. I have a very very nice home studio. However, it will cost you some money. Be prepared to pay. I don't suffer arseholes and if you aren't any good and waste my time I'll be very very pissed.

Anyone on fark ever give you their home phone, address and invite you to play - still think I'm a faker? Try me.

Not sure if you're a faker or not. Not interested enough to do the forensics.

I do know you are someone I would never want to play with, for pay or for free.

And posting your personal information -- even in a fit of righteous indignation -- is never a good idea.

I don't know whats more impressive, that Fredricksburg is relatively close or that you put your home phone number on Fark. I can see people calling and then just blasting their favorite guitar player into the phone.

dhudd: Actually, I play better than that. I make money at it as well. I get commission checks all the time from the guy I send my shiat to. I, however, DO NOT WANT TO BE FAMOUS. You lose all your freedom in life when you become famous. I use a nom de plume. I hate playing for live audiences - they make noise and ruin the experience. And I don't put free stuff on the internet.

The Editors of "Internet Tough Guy Magazine" are proud to announce their new publication: "Internet Guitar Virtuoso." This month's stories:

• "I could totally make Richard Thompson my biatch!"

• True Life Tales of Horror: "I couldn't shred because the nut on Terry's crappy Stratocaster is like, all farked up and stuff."

• 6 Great Replies to "If you're so good, how come you're not famous?"

• Metal or Jazz: Which genre is right for you ... to piss on?

Wow! Who says that guitarslinger mentality is dead? Not only do we have "I'm so good" syndrome, it's followed up with an outbreak of "I have no common sense, here's my address and phone number" disease.

/I smell an epic thread
//goes to get popcorn

Uzzah: dhudd: Actually, I play better than that. I make money at it as well. I get commission checks all the time from the guy I send my shiat to. I, however, DO NOT WANT TO BE FAMOUS. You lose all your freedom in life when you become famous. I use a nom de plume. I hate playing for live audiences - they make noise and ruin the experience. And I don't put free stuff on the internet.

The Editors of "Internet Tough Guy Magazine" are proud to announce their new publication: "Internet Guitar Virtuoso." This month's stories:

• "I could totally make Richard Thompson my biatch!"

• True Life Tales of Horror: "I couldn't shred because the nut on Terry's crappy Stratocaster is like, all farked up and stuff."

• 6 Great Replies to "If you're so good, how come you're not famous?"

• Metal or Jazz: Which genre is right for you ... to piss on?

+5

Ol' Tommy can play. Not necessarily my thing, but no doubt about his ability. Even if I don't necessarily 'like' these types of songs, I do enjoy watching them play.

I guess I'll keep with the thread and post my current favorite ditty - Mark Knopfler and Song for Sonny Liston (new window). Just a simple hook on the Les Paul with excellent lyrics. Classic Mark.

bglove25: I don't know whats more impressive, that Fredricksburg is relatively close or that you put your home phone number on Fark. I can see people calling and then just blasting their favorite guitar player into the phone.

Right - let me know how that works for you.

dhudd: However, it will cost you some money. Be prepared to pay.

Oh man, this is great. Your proof is to get paid money?

/maybe you should be paying ME when we get together, because I sing better than Freddy Mercury when he was alive

The Dynamite Monkey: dhudd: 94 Sylvan Hills Lane, Fredricksburg, VA 540-752-9620. Call me, arrange a time and come and jam. I have a very very nice home studio. However, it will cost you some money. Be prepared to pay. I don't suffer arseholes and if you aren't any good and waste my time I'll be very very pissed.

Anyone on fark ever give you their home phone, address and invite you to play - still think I'm a faker? Try me.

Not sure if you're a faker or not. Not interested enough to do the forensics.

I do know you are someone I would never want to play with, for pay or for free.

And posting your personal information -- even in a fit of righteous indignation -- is never a good idea.

You wouldn't get invited - I don't jam with chumps. And if you show up, you probably won't get very far up the very long driveway before my father in law shoots you. But, go ahead, give it a try.

My producer sells my stuff to Bill Pettaway. He chops it up into little bits and makes beats out of it. I hate the music he makes, but I love the royalty check. I play with finger picks. Flat picks are too limited.

dhudd: 94 Sylvan Hills Lane, Fredricksburg, VA 540-752-9620. Call me, arrange a time and come and jam. I have a very very nice home studio. However, it will cost you some money. Be prepared to pay. I don't suffer arseholes and if you aren't any good and waste my time I'll be very very pissed.

Anyone on fark ever give you their home phone, address and invite you to play - still think I'm a faker? Try me.

I've heard your stuff. It's shiat. I could play way better than you.

dhudd: And if you show up, you probably won't get very far up the very long driveway before my father in law shoots you.

Must... not... use... father-in-law's basement... jokes.... [aaarrghh!]

You really need to continue. You may not have wanted to be famous, but it is happening for you today. This is your Marine Core moment. Shine, baby, shine!

I Like Bread: I've heard your stuff. It's shiat. I could play way better than you.

Fark! SO much better than my responses. Awesome work Bread.