Guitar Genius-Guthrie Govan

**Consultant** · 07-10-08, 12:59 PM

Im no guitar player, but is he plucking with his pinky? Most people I've seen just let the pinky finger rest...that guy is insane.

Give him a flying V, a grunge pedal, some feedback and he'd be a speed metal superstar, lol.

**jabberwock** · 07-10-08, 01:22 PM

He used an odd style of picking... Took what he learned in the flamenco, and country schools, and applied it to jazz. He does indeed use his pinky, and freeing up that index finger using a thumb pick is the way to go! Don't knock it 'till you get the hang of it.

**DJ Ms. White** · 07-10-08, 02:41 PM

Originally Posted by Kraker Jak

when wil you people learn

Its not about how fast you can play....its about technique.....

The technique you use while you play in my opinion determines difficulty.....memorizing scales is not hard....and running them up and down is not hard....but you when ad a technique of chickin pickin, finger picking, bends, harmonics etc....thats when the difficulty level goes up....

Did you actually watch them play? Did you see her technique?

**Gonzo0100** · 07-10-08, 03:03 PM

John Entwistle of The Who (The Ox has left the building)
http://www.youtube.com/v/meu9rERnTf8&hl=en&fs=1

No one can touch Jaco (RIP)
http://www.youtube.com/v/1QlP3I_l1i4&hl=en&fs=1

If anyone posts a vid of Victor Wooten or Les Claypool I will smash your face. They have nothing on these two innovators.

**jabberwock** · 07-10-08, 03:08 PM

I've got that Jaco instructional DVD, and live at leeds is one of my faves!

Wooten does some pretty crazy shit, though... I hate his 80's style tone, mind you

Come to think of it, I know a lot of Primus tunes on the ol' bass.

**Gonzo0100** · 07-10-08, 03:41 PM

!!! Another Bass Player!~!

The Ox was the reason I started playing bass, The real me changed my life.

The first time I heard Donna Lee and Used to be (A cha-cha) it blew my mind.

WHat do you play? I play a warwick Corvette Bubinga with some tasty EMG in it.

**jabberwock** · 07-10-08, 04:26 PM

I was given a '71 custom fender jazz bass with ebony inlays by this great guy I play bass with sometimes, and gave my old Samick away. I started as a guitar player, but took up the bass when everybody else started playing guitar. I get more gigs as a bass player or banjo player than I do guitar, so go figure! 10 guitarists for ever bass, really, and every guitar player wants their own band

The bass has been around the block, and looks pretty (finish stripped) until you get close... Then you can see traces of the old robin's egg blue spray paint that was applied at one time :P I leave it as is just for the history. I've already worn three sizable divots into the body where I anchor my thumb at the neck, neck pickup, and bridge pickup.

Here's my bass with Tom (who gave it to me) from 'The Grapes of Wrath' in Montreal circa '88.

Donna Lee blew my damn head off when I heard it... I'm about 1/2 way through learning it, with most of the first half up to speed, but don't know the last bit to save my life :P It's a great tune to get the blood flowing, and I tend to repeat what I know of it in an endless loop just before gigs.

My favorite ox moment is on live at leeds when he's hitting the falsetto in the end of "a quick one while he's away". Love the guy!

The stuff I enjoy playing the most is R&B and jazz, but I play in any field possible just to learn more.

**joe!** · 07-10-08, 04:37 PM

when will you all learn
it's pretty plain and simple
the greatest guitar player of all time is Joe Pass

there is no doubt in my mind that this is a true statement

**jabberwock** · 07-10-08, 04:52 PM

Joe Pass kicks ass, but there's no clear victory

**Gonzo0100** · 07-10-08, 05:38 PM

Haha! Shes a beauti jabber! I started on an American Standard P, still have it and love it, but she twangs like a tele out of a twin reverb! I never dared to learn Donna Lee. I do play cha-cha and 6/4 with my band. Other stuff is a bit beyond me. I love to play pretty much anything, I started out playing with a metal band. Megadeth to slayer to pantera. I kinda out grew that because it is so limited on bass for a certain sound. I picked up in a new band, we did a whole lot of rock and jazz. The band has transformed quite a bit, we were playing shows etc.. but since the second guitar player left we picked up a sax player. We are almost 100% jazz/fusion now, with a gtar, bass, drum, sax. We did a rough demo not too long ago, ill try and dig it up!

Me bass (not mine, but exactly it)