horse_to_water's forum posts 7

Hi Gchiaren,

I like some of his work on open chord riffing. I never liked Oasis though. I found their music very samey. Beatles + distortion, rinse and repeat. I'll check out the link, but doubt his style has changed much.

Cheers.

Thanks ;) - Ed Sheeran's probably perceived more as a singer/songwriter than a guitarist. He can play electric well enough, but more commonly seen just strumming along on a elec/acoustic.

For me, his older stuff pre-success was quite good. Now, it just comes across as very over produced. For example, that awful track where he sings in falsetto while a puppet that looks more like Simon Cowell jigs all over the place.

Nothing against the guy personally, he does seem like a genuinely nice person.

Hi Guys,

If you're taking suggestions, how about a minimum review length of 100 words? I've seen many reviews that barely make it to the end of a sentence...!

Cheers

It's been awhile, particularly over here in the UK. But finally, we're seeing some talented guitarists and bassists getting the attention they deserve. Examples:

Jake Bugg, Royal Blood's Mike Kerr, George Ezra.

(No, I didn't forget Ed Sheeran ... shudder!)

What about in your neck of the woods?

This is more of a general statement; but what's up with all these videos with female singers dressing up in very little and writhing against other female singers?

Take Shakira and Rhianna for example; it's not like they don't have decent voices.

C'mon ladies - More sass and less ass!

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 ;)

Rob Chapman's guitars have been getting some decent professional reviews - for example: http://performermag.com/the-best-value-guitar-of-2014-chapman-guitars-ml1/ http://www.musicradar.com/reviews/guitars/chapman-ml-2-578678

My go to music store is Andertons in Guildford, England. They carry the whole line, Rob being fast friends with the co- owner Lee Anderton. (In fact, it might be a co-venture!) this is not a great surprise.

They are essentially, quality Korean built instruments. This is all good, but Rob's biggest problem gaining momentum in my humble opinion is that his higher priced stuff intrudes on the Korean made branch of a certain birds on the fretboard guitar manufacturer that we're all familiar with.

I like Teles and I rather like his signature ML3 T-type, the ingredients on which look top notch - but at the same price as a PRS SE Tremonti custom....