[kj] Advice on picking up guitar

[Brian Whitehead]

>>Andrew Ridgeley

Innovative, cutting edge and years before his time.

Brian.

On 26/09/2007, Phillipps Marc <Marc.Phillipps at enfield.nhs.uk> wrote:

>

>  >Is there somebody missing from that list of favourite guitarists?

>

> I agree, nobody gives Andrew Ridgeley enough praise any more . .

>

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> *From:* gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]

> *On Behalf Of *Brian Whitehead

> *Sent:* 26 September 2007 09:09

> *To:* A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)

> *Subject:* Re: [kj] Advice on picking up guitar

>

> Brendan,

>

> Is there somebody missing from that list of favourite guitarists?

>

> Brian.

>

>

> On 25/09/2007, Brendan < bq at soundgardener.co.nz> wrote:

> >

> > Cheers all for your advice, appreciate it.

> >

> > I'll ask for some advice from two of my sisters' boyfriends (different

> > sisters, both boyfriends called John, both musicians, go figure), one is

> > a

> > drummer and fellow Soundgarden freak, the other was lead guitarist in a

> > moderately popular NZ band from back in the day (The Warners, remember

> > them Bongo?) and he's a bit of a demon on the guitar, to my ear. Both

> > owe

> > me favours for computer and gym help but would help me anyways.

> >

> > My favourite guitarist is Kim Thayil from Soundgarden, other favourites

> > are Hendrix, Page, Frank Zappa, Brian May, Pepper Keenan, Jerry

> > Cantrell,

> > Dimebag, Steve Morse, Slash, Joe Satch, Petrucci, Steve Vai,  Josh

> > Homme,

> > Jack White,  Angus Young, Adam Jones, Kirk Hammet, SRV, David

> > Gilmour...a

> > lot of whom would be regarded as sounding great but not technically the

> > greatest.

> >

> > PS: (Not my words):

> >

> > My favorite Kim Thayil quote:

> > "I can play guitar better than 95% of the guitarists out there.

> > Unfortunately, the top 5% are in the music business, so that puts me at

> > the bottom!"

> >

> > My favorite quote about Kim:

> > "I learned a lot from Kim- like how to win an argument without being

> > right

> > (laughs)."- Chris Cornell.

> >

> > > On 25 Sep 2007, at 15:20, powens wrote:

> > >

> > >> Chuck Prophet has played the same Squire Telecaster all his life so

> > >> nothing wrong with (the right one of) those

> > >

> > > someone was telling me that apparently early Squires are quite sought

> > > after.

> > > mark burgess played a Squire Precision when I saw the Chamelons a

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