Robelinks Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 The first time I saw Carlos Santana live was at a "Day on the Green" at the Oakland Colosseum (presented by Bill Graham), a long, long time ago (mid -'70?). Santana did a 1 1/2 to 2 hour set and was just astounding. There were some other fantastic bands playing that day, but no one could hold a candle to Santana. He was so creative and captivating. Just a stellar performance. The live concerts that Eric Clapton did with Derek and the Dominoes were equally outstanding. Just spellbinding perfection from beginning to end. The only other live performance I saw that equaled those two was Bruce Springsteen around 1980. He went non-stop for four hours and just killed it. I don't know how he could do it, but it was a great show! Link to comment
semente Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 "Science draws the wave, poetry fills it with water" Teixeira de Pascoaes HQPlayer Desktop / Mac mini → Intona 7054 → RME ADI-2 DAC FS (DSD256) Link to comment
sphinxsix Posted July 3, 2018 Author Share Posted July 3, 2018 3 hours ago, semente said: This whole BBC documentary (watched it some time ago) is worth checking out, thanks On 7/3/2018 at 12:59 AM, Robelinks said: The only other live performance I saw that equaled those two was Bruce Springsteen around 1980. He went non-stop for four hours and just killed it. I don't know how he could do it, but it was a great show! That's why some called him the hardest working man in the show business, I think. Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 James Brown was the hardest working man in the show business but that brings up... Bootsie Link to comment
Allan F Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 On 6/27/2017 at 12:27 PM, alfamatt said: I seem to remember reading that someone once asked Clapton what it's like to be the best guitarist in the world & his reply was " I don't know...Ask Prince" An example of why, starting at 3:23: While My Guitar Gently Weeps "Relax, it's only hi-fi. There's never been a hi-fi emergency." - Roy Hall "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." - William Bruce Cameron Link to comment
sphinxsix Posted July 8, 2018 Author Share Posted July 8, 2018 On 7/4/2018 at 2:59 AM, Allan F said: On 6/27/2017 at 9:27 PM, alfamatt said: I seem to remember reading that someone once asked Clapton what it's like to be the best guitarist in the world & his reply was " I don't know...Ask Prince" An example of why, starting at 3:23: While My Guitar Gently Weeps I posted this video on CA some time ago being impressed by Prince's solo, IMO it's very good indeed. As for Clapton saying " I don't know...Ask Prince" - I don't know - did he really valued him so highly or maybe this sentence referred to some Prince's claim that he was the best guitarist in the world.. (it's not that I depreciate him as a guitarist) Link to comment
Sonic77 Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Neal Schon of Journey and Neil Giraldo husband of Pat Benatar, are a couple of my favorite players, besides all the ones already mentioned. Link to comment
sphinxsix Posted October 7, 2018 Author Share Posted October 7, 2018 Don't want to start another thread. Could be interesting for guitar music fans. semente 1 Link to comment
HIFI Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 Eric Johnson Joe Satriano My System : TWO SPEAKERS AND A CHAIR Link to comment
Ralf11 Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 Dr. May may be worthy of consideration Link to comment
Sal1950 Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 Pink Floyd - Pulse - Comfortably Numb AKA, The Worlds Greatest Guitar Solo. One poster called it "The moment God picked up a guitar and began to play" "The gullibility of audiophiles is what astonishes me the most, even after all these years. How is it possible, how did it ever happen, that they trust fairy-tale purveyors and mystic gurus more than reliable sources of scientific information?" Peter Aczel - The Audio Critic R.I.P. MQA 2014-2023: Hyped product thanks to uneducated, uncritical advocates & captured press. Link to comment
sphinxsix Posted November 22, 2018 Author Share Posted November 22, 2018 1 hour ago, Sal1950 said: The moment God picked up a guitar and began to play I understand that for the first time a vote goes to God. I like it Link to comment
AnotherSpin Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 4 hours ago, Sal1950 said: Pink Floyd - Pulse - Comfortably Numb AKA, The Worlds Greatest Guitar Solo. One poster called it "The moment God picked up a guitar and began to play" Joe Walsh went this route in Hotel California earlier Link to comment
fas42 Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 This Aussie 12 year old might send out a few ripples ... Link to comment
sphinxsix Posted June 7, 2019 Author Share Posted June 7, 2019 Slightly but not entirely OT. I mentioned Guthrie Govan's name on this thread. Here is his tribute to 20 guitarists including many heroes of this thread. Written and recorded for the Winter 2005 edition of UK Guitar magazine 'Guitar Techniques' best players according to a readers poll: Best chord voicings - Eric Johnson, Best use of capo - James Taylor, Best strumming - Pete Townsend, Best use of E-Bow or sustaining device - The Edge, Best vibrato - BB King, Best string bending - David Gilmour, Best finger picking - Mark Knopfler, Best hybrid picking - Albert Lee, Best tapping - Eddie Van Halen, Best palm muting - Al Di Meola, Best sweep picking - Yngwie Malmsteen, Best speed, Best alternate picking, Best string skipping - Paul Gilbert, Best pinched harmonics - Zakk Wylde, Best use of an effect - Tom Morello, Best legato - Satch, Best fretting hand reach, Best use of harmonics - Steve Vai, Best use of slide - Sonny Landreth, Best feel - Jeff Beck, Best timing - John Scofield, Most creative/experimental player, Best use of whammy bar, Overall winner - Jimi Hendrix. beetlemania 1 Link to comment
Allan F Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 On 7/8/2018 at 6:03 AM, sphinxsix said: As for Clapton saying " I don't know...Ask Prince" - I don't know - did he really valued him so highly or maybe this sentence referred to some Prince's claim that he was the best guitarist in the world.. (it's not that I depreciate him as a guitarist) The story about Clapton replying, "Ask Prince" is apparently not true: FACT CHECK "Relax, it's only hi-fi. There's never been a hi-fi emergency." - Roy Hall "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." - William Bruce Cameron Link to comment
sphinxsix Posted July 3, 2019 Author Share Posted July 3, 2019 15 hours ago, Allan F said: The story about Clapton replying, "Ask Prince" is apparently not true: FACT CHECK To me it sounded quite unbelievable from the very first time I heard it which took place here on AS. It's not that I don't respect Prince as a guitar player but it was actually hard to imagine Clapton pointing in this direction.Thanks! Allan F 1 Link to comment
sphinxsix Posted January 28, 2020 Author Share Posted January 28, 2020 I'm very happy to announce that without any doubt the winner guitarist according to CA/AS community is: (especially since I had promised myself to stop posting on this forum if he hadn't proved to be the obvious winner since the very beginning of the thread ) Link to comment
Popular Post beetlemania Posted January 28, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 28, 2020 Quote Written and recorded for the Winter 2005 edition of UK Guitar magazine 'Guitar Techniques' best players according to a readers poll: It's missing "best use of stillness/silence between the notes": Peter Green. Some early Peter Green leaves me yearning for the next note. For me, evokes a very compelling emotional connection to the music. sphinxsix and fas42 1 1 Roon ROCK (Roon 1.7; NUC7i3) > Ayre QB-9 Twenty > Ayre AX-5 Twenty > Thiel CS2.4SE (crossovers rebuilt with Clarity CSA and Multicap RTX caps, Mills MRA-12 resistors; ERSE and Jantzen coils; Cardas binding posts and hookup wire); Cardas and OEM power cables, interconnects, and speaker cables Link to comment
sphinxsix Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 It's 50'th anniversary of Hendrix death today, would he live he'd be 77 now.. Some musicians' memories of him from the today Guardian: 'Colourful, vibrant, sensual!' Stars on Jimi Hendrix, 50 years gone Link to comment
57gold Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Not sure if he's been mentioned, but the player who has made the little hairs on the back of my neck stand up, playing passionately musical electric guitar solos, the most frequently is Derek Trucks. You may have seen EC bow to him in the "I am not worthy" gesture when he smokes a Dominos tune. Or, if you check out this video, where the guy with the sweetest and most recognizably beautiful electric guitar tone that has ever graced this planet, BB King, says that Derek playing the blues "is the best I have ever heard it." And Derek blushes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4zapXPrWt0 Attended multiple EC, Santana, Jeff Beck, Eric Johnson, Di Meola, Metheny, Scofield, Mike Stern, Bill Frisell...performances, and loved them all, but Derek has on multiple occasions has left me speechless with his musicality, melodic lines, swinging timing all working perfectly in the context of the tune. See his band when they come to town after the pandemic passes if you are an electric guitar fan. Have to say that the jazz players like Metheny, Sco and Stern bring more complex harmony to the table and are masters that exceed the musical depth of any of the rock and blues players on the planet. (IMHO, the shredder metal guys have significant technique and sometimes theory in their work, but after listening to and appreciating their fretboard mastery, generally not interested in listening to their songs again.) I guess, I'll qualify my response, the player I'd most want to not miss if he came to town that is playing today, is Derek. That being said, I'd be buying tickets to a performance of any of the guys mentioned about. christopher3393 1 Tone with Soul Link to comment
sphinxsix Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 Here's the proof that the winner of Audiophiles' Greatest Guitarist thread not only revolutionized the language of the guitar but also invented hip hop in 1969 Just heard it for the first time, the single is out on Celluloid. Link to comment
firedog Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 56 minutes ago, sphinxsix said: Here's the proof that the winner of Audiophiles' Greatest Guitarist thread not only revolutionized the language of the guitar but also invented hip hop in 1969 Just heard it for the first time, the single is out on Celluloid. You do realize that kind of vocalizing had been around for awhile before that: even Muhammad Ali was doing it in the early 60's with his poems/verses - and he didn't invent it. Simply was part of black culture and whites weren't very aware of it. I'm sure there's a study somewhere outlining the development. That said, one of the great things about Hendrix is that even his bad stuff was good. All those posthumously released tapes that he never meant to see the light of day - even much of the failures and noodling is pretty interesting and worth listening to. Simply really talented. It's a shame we didn't get to hear what he could have developed if he hadn't died so young. That said Main listening (small home office): Main setup: Surge protector +>Isol-8 Mini sub Axis Power Strip/Isolation>QuietPC Low Noise Server>Roon (Audiolense DRC)>Stack Audio Link II>Kii Control>Kii Three (on their own electric circuit) >GIK Room Treatments. Secondary Path: Server with Audiolense RC>RPi4 or analog>Cayin iDAC6 MKII (tube mode) (XLR)>Kii Three . Bedroom: SBTouch to Cambridge Soundworks Desktop Setup. Living Room/Kitchen: Ropieee (RPi3b+ with touchscreen) + Schiit Modi3E to a pair of Morel Hogtalare. All absolute statements about audio are false Link to comment
barrows Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 58 minutes ago, firedog said: Simply really talented. It's a shame we didn't get to hear what he could have developed if he hadn't died so young. So so true... whenever I listen to Hendrix I must say it is hard not to be saddened to think about what could have been had he survived the tumultuousness of youth. When one listens to the more R&B (and even some jazz) approaches of the Band of Gypsys, it seems inevitable that Jimi Hendrix would have eventually stepped out beyond the blues and into the more open ended world of jazz. Given the connections between him and Miles Davis, it also seems inevitable that they would have made some music together. No one knows where this could have gone, but musically, it is not hard to imagine a stretching of music in ways which just has not happened, given Jimi's natural talents and desire to grow. How about the Charles Lloyd/Jimi Hendrix Experience! Just dreaming... ssh 1 SO/ROON/HQPe: DSD 512-Sonore opticalModuleDeluxe-Signature Rendu optical with Well Tempered Clock--DIY DSC-2 DAC with SC Pure Clock--DIY Purifi Amplifier-Focus Audio FS888 speakers-JL E 112 sub-Nordost Tyr USB, DIY EventHorizon AC cables, Iconoclast XLR & speaker cables, Synergistic Purple Fuses, Spacetime system clarifiers. ISOAcoustics Oreas footers. SONORE computer audio | opticalRendu | ultraRendu | microRendu | Signature Rendu SE | Accessories | Software | Link to comment
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