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If you could play guitar like anyone, but still be you, who would you choose?

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starguitar
starguitar|1765

Imagine you could instantly acquire any guitarist's skill and style, but you would still be you. That is, I'm not asking what guitarist you would wanna become, but if you could absorb just their skill, style, chops... who would u choose??

I'll start. John Frusciante for me.

His feel, his improvisational skills... second to none. I love his Hendrix-inspired style. Only thing is I'm not a huge Strat fan, but if I had his collection, life wouldn't be too bad... :P

http://whisperofamemory.com/blog/http://whisperofamemory.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/John33.png

gchiaren
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Ok, I'll bite. I'd want Matthew Bellamy's skills. Frusciante is a close second.

Dat piano to dat guitar. I know I know, not the most earth shatteringly difficult thing to play, but his swagger... I mean, c'mon...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvqMTxpxsN4

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jimbob54
jimbob54|48
In reply to starguitar:

Doc Watson

http://www.docsguitar.com/photos/homepage.jpg

starguitar
starguitar|1765
In reply to jimbob54:

Nice! Ok but why specifically

sulaw89
sulaw89|43
In reply to jimbob54:

Amazing player

nutritiouspig
nutritiouspig|785

I'd love to be able to play bass like Les Claypool or Bootsy Collins. They've got so much funk it hurts.

jefft
jefft|74

Brad Gillis.

Right now I sound like Ace Frehley trying to sound like Brad or Eddie Van Halen.

I do play to my strengths and have come to accept it LOL

andychannelle
andychannelle|67
In reply to jefft:

I am not a great guitarist (better on the drums, actually), but I have twin ambitions on this front. Nile Rogers Johnny Marr

Fortunately, their styles have some similarities, but playing along to Chic songs is easier than The Smiths technically, but there is a precision to Rogers' right hand which is quite amazing. The big revelation about Marr for me was discovering his use of capo on almost everything. In the UK, The Smiths were often on Top of the Pops, and because they always mimed, the guitars never had a capo (I suppose they are a visual distraction), so I always tried to play without one - bloody hard. Thanks to Youtube and endless discussions on style, I know where to start and some of the songs, even the ones with complex picking like the solo on Big Mouth Strikes Again) are quite simple. They still demand pretty quick fingers to get to some of the more unusual chord shapes though.

And here they are together. (I think Johnny Marr named his son Nile...) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyMb3yqWEOc

corrmon
corrmon|149

I would also like to have Matthew Belllamy's mad guitar/piano skills, he is truly talented.

glassofwhiskey
glassofwhiskey|1580

I definitly would want John 5 skills, he can do any style, from country to spanish, to flamenco, metal. Then he plays with his fingers awesome..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdc7u4MUYYo

glassofwhiskey
glassofwhiskey|1580

asd

neodymium
neodymium|160

This gentleman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqv1WqRpqtI

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In reply to glassofwhiskey:

Funky!

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gchiaren
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In reply to neodymium:

This gentleman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqv1WqRpqtI

That's really nice. His fingers are dancing on that massive fretboard, it's kinda mesmerizing to watch.

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diegorodrigues|124

For me, it has to be the King of Gristle, Greg Koch. Un-f***ing-believable.

It's the whole show

http://www.premierguitar.com/ext/resources/archives/36c8e382-6931-4801-94a9-de40e7471c3a.JPG?1371672861

horse_to_water
horse_to_water|183

Jack White. I can play some of his stuff note for note (Icky thump, Sixteen saltines) but his innate understanding of how to get the most out each strumming pattern or run is nothing short of inspiring.

Not sure about the theremin, though ;)

tycann2001
tycann2001|71

SRV or John Frusciante

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aircondick|3

Gotta be Danny Gatton

qman39
qman39|53

jimi

gabrielking210
gabrielking210|120

Alex Lifeson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa9g49yeFms

http://edtech.mcc.edu/~spainter/comw100/finalproject/images/Alex/alex.jpg

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