Response to a forum question: How can I become a good lead guitarist?
One thing I remember doing, (about 6 years old) was choosing a phrase, making up my own scales I suppose, and working out a pattern, way before…
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I often see a thread on Facebook or Google that asks the question
"Who is the best guitarist in the world?"
Well my answer is that there isn't one. There are so many genres and great guitarists within those genres. Great guitarists each have something special, a unique style. However, my list of great guitarists, in no particular order, and sadly many of them are no longer with us, would be as follows:
Jimi Hendrix, Gary Moore, John McLaughlin, Joe Pass, Frank Marino, Paco de Lucia, Santana, Alvin Lee, Robin Trower, Manitas de Plata, Jeff Beck, Andre Segovia
Chris Dair 20 July 2020
Ultimate Guitar Book
I was delighted to be asked if my Gibson RD Artist could be photographed for the Ultimate Guitar Book. The RD is an amazing guitar with active electrics designed by Bob Moog. It's a tremendously powerful and versatile guitar. The sustain capability on this guitar is phenomenal. It's a stunning instrument to play, and of course Gibson make one of the fastest fretboards in Ebony, ever made. A truly amazing instrument.
Chris Dair 20 July 2020
Musician and times
Mar 8 2020
Just saying...
Just want to say...
I want to make the point that with my music I use very few electronic techniques. I do not use any looping or sampling and all of the instruments are played live by me for the…
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Bukka White Remembrance of Charley Patton
Bukka White Remembrance of Charley Patton
Always wanted to be like old Charley Patton.
Long ago when I was a kid, I hear him an' play those numbers about I'll hitch up my buggy and saddle up my black mare.
…
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Rory Gallagher
I was just a kid when I met Rory. I can't remember the venue (I really wish I could). It was a bar in Manchester sometime in either '73 or '74.
A friend of mine introduced me to…
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Meeting Bukka White
Meeting Bukka White
I met Bukka White when I was a very young guitarist, he was doing a tour with several other great jazz/blues players - I am pretty sure it was in Leek, Staffordshire in the UK - I…
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Playing Jimi's Martin Guitar
Playing New Rising Sun on Jimi's Martin Acoustic Guitar
Playing Jimi's guitar...It's hard to pinpoint the exact date...it was maybe around 1998 /1999, I was at Noel Redding's house just outside Clonakilty, Ireland.
First of all Noel said "I…
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