Obscured by a plume of cigarette smoke, hosting a couple of furry Nikki Sixx-esque has-beens, ye olde village guitar shop is fast becoming an archaic institution. Not just because of the monopoly of larger online outfits (as is the case in other retail sectors), but because we’re buying less electric guitars. 500, 000 less per year, to be precise according to a 2018 Washington post article .
This dramatic recession of interest in the traditional bread and butter stock of music retailers perhaps reflects a deeper mass disaffection with (electric) guitar music. Let’s be honest, does the virtuoso guitar god of yesteryear have a place in contemporary music?
Knowing your way around waves plugins and the nuances of sidechain compression is far more useful - kids these days just don’t care how fast you can shred. I mean, how was Steve Vai ever taken seriously? He’s a ridiculous ridiculous man. Skilful, there’s no doubt about that, but in a sort of whimsical way, like a roadside juggler or a horse whisperer.
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The electric guitar has been relegated to a backing instrument, merely a side dish to accompany analogue electronic wizardry and the boundless sonic opportunities of digital workstations and plugins. Some say it’s a cumbersome antique which belongs on the late George Bush Senior’s wall alongside his musty taxidermy collection, occasionally taken down at Christmas to show the grandchildren what the olden-days sounded like. I mean, why waste your time learning Metallica tabs when you can learn production and actually pursue an existent career? It’s just not enough to be a really good electric guitarist anymore.
Another factor in the decline of the axe is the lack of players pushing the envelope, some argue that everything has been done. Who’s actually broken the rules since Tom Morello? To paraphrase celebrated chef Marco-Pierre White - we live in a world of refinement, not invention.
Matt Bellamy of Muse recently shared his view, ‘The guitar has become a textural instrument rather than a lead instrument, ’ he told the BBC . ‘And I think that's probably a good thing.’
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Let’s be fair though, he probably is secretly just saying that to avoid being branded a Luddite - terrified of being outed as the antediluvian Richard & Judy he is. As the frontman of a white all-male band whose material has been described using such risqué locutions as ‘stadium’ and ‘anthemic’, he’s probably painfully aware that he looks like a bit of a plonker most of the time and makes a living peddling dad music .
Of course, there’s no doubt that there is still plenty of scope for novel creation using an electric guitar, but really, why bother when the same sounds can be achieved more easily electronically? Electric guitar playing is a little like horse riding - at one time it had practical application, now it’s largely eccentric fanfare for lonely teenagers and countryside folk.
Electric guitar playing is classically a testosterone-fuelled pursuit. Catsuits and bravado are the Stratocaster's stablemates. Finding a self-aware lead guitarist is about as easy as justifying the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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Truthfully, the guitar solo has become a taboo, and rightfully so. It’s an exhibitionist vestige of a colonial past; a phallic celebration of self, a mating call turned swansong for all those blissfully incarcerated within their tumescent egos. Keep your soloing to the bedroom/Premier Inn please. Along with the rest of your self-gratifying activities.
Unfortunately it’s always the same old blues scales played through a different series of pedals. The only contemporary electric guitarists who actually manage to be cool are those who embrace the above. Those who embrace antiquity. Mac DeMarco described his own instrumental album Some Other Ones as a ‘BBQ soundtrack’. He’s not pretending to break boundaries, he just knows the truth. The problem is, any guitar bands which try to escape the above truth end up looking like even bigger plonkers than the average electric guitarist. Take Tool for example. They present themselves as intellectual psychonauts, toting realisations of sacred geometry and synchronicity as their prime inspirations. Ultimately they are perpetually stuck in the phase teenage white males go through when they’re 17 and popping acid in their mates’ dad’s garage. Ouija boards and skanky henrys. They think they’ve found the answer on the back of their eyelids. It’s mostly delusional privilege-assisted white spirituality packaged as something real.
Let’s not feel guilty about slandering Tool though. They charge 100 euros a ticket to see them live. Would you pay 100 euros to see a bunch of 50-something bald American men regurgitate their last DMT experience in sonic form? Nah.
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The venues where guitar music will continue to thrive are pubs and dive bars. Smoky subterranean ones where the average age is 50. Mainstream radio has long realised that kids don’t wanna listen to Pink Floyd and its derivatives. But if you want to go get your Dave Gilmour kicks, rest assured you can always make your way down to the local boozer to talk Les Paul necks and whether super or extra slinky strings are better for shredding. , Ohio -- It's the instrument most associated with rock and roll. It's also one of the handful of things on Earth that's undeniably cool as hell.
The guitar has been the centerpiece of music since the early days, from acoustic-driven folk and blues to British rock and heavy metal. And one place to celebrate the best axe men of all time is, not surprisingly, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
For this list, we only considered guitarists that have been INDUCTED into the Rock Hall. That rules out players whose bands aren't quite eligible yet (Tom Morello, Jonny Greenwood, Jack White, etc.) and snubs like Link Wray, Robert Fripp of King Crimsons, Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits.
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We present our picks for the 50 greatest guitarists among the Rock Hall's inductees based on influence, skill, musicality and showmanship. Judge us if you must.
There isn’t a guitarist on this list that wasn’t influenced by T-Bone Walker. Simply put, the art of the guitar solo didn’t exist before him.
Pearl Jam has been one of the most consistent bands of the past 25 years. Its backbone is McCready’s guitar playing. A clear disciple of Mike Bloomfield, McCready can (and has) take any Pearl Jam track and elevate it to soaring heights.
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With roots in Chicago sound, Mayfield stood out from the pack with six-string playing that was downright mesmerizing. His fusion of funk and soul can still be heard in some of the best guitar bands of today.
Walsh joining the Eagles completely reshaped the band, giving them an edge that wasn’t there before. And while he’s most identified with the Eagles, go back to James Gang and Barnstorm to hear some of his most inventive material.
Women are often underrepresented when it comes to listing the great guitar players of all time (We admit this list is guilty of it as well). Raitt is one of the few who routinely gets credit for her slide guitar playing, which compliments her brilliant songwriting ability.
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With his primary band Chic often being associated with the disco era, it’s easy to forget just how magical Nile Rodgers’ guitar work was. There’s a reason his riffs have been sampled time and time again.
To realize Frusciante’s impact on Red Hot Chili Peppers after he joined the band, all you have to do is listen to the band’s landmark album “Blood Sugar Sex Magik.” His first run with RHCP lasted just four years, but it was magical. It’s worth noting he returned for what many consider the Chili Peppers’ second best album “Californication.”
While Jimi Hendrix re-invented the guitar sound, he was influenced by his predecessors. The chief among them was Muddy Waters, whose style was the bridge between Delta blues and rock music.
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For mainstream music fans, Green might be one of the lesser known members of Fleetwood Mac. But before leaving the band, Green became an essential part of the British blues movement. Few players ever had better tone.
Wilson could deliver stadium guitar work that would hold its own with the big bands of the 1970s and 1980s. No wonder Heart drew comparisons to Led Zeppelin.
Perhaps the most underrated guitarist on this list, Schon showcased his skill long before he became the leader of Journey. This is a guy who held his own in Santana. Schon became known for his melodic riffs that would aid some of the catchiest songs of all time.
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Young has never been a master technician on guitar. But he plays with emotion that has come to define some of his best songs. If guitar parts were measured in passion (maybe they should be), Young would be higher up on this list.
Rolling Stone once called Mike Bloomfield the world’s greatest forgotten guitar hero. Bloomfield was essential to bringing blues to suburban audience through his amazing work with Paul Butterfield Blues Band as well as Bob Dylan’s “Highway 61 Revisited.”
Atkins was one of the most influential instrumentalists of all time. Not only did he master the guitar, but also the banjo, fiddle and ukulele. He
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