Yeah, yeah, we’ve all seen a million top ten guitarist lists. Yes, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, etc., etc. But this top ten list by Adam Jones of Tool is a bit different. And I like it because it includes two of my favorites (who I’m lucky enough to have seen several times each)–Buzz Osborne of The Melvins and Paul Leary of the Butthole Surfers. You can see the full list at Guitar World.
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You just have to watch this. And yes, that’s the guy from Police Academy.
This week Adam from Falls Rock Shop in Ohio e-mailed to say some nice things about Guitar Idiot and asked me to write a guest blog for their site and talk about my “guitar learning journey.” You may have clicked the About link on this site and read why I started Guitar Idiot. But while I was writing the blog for Adam, I thought: why do I play guitar? What makes me keep at it? Well, here are my top ten reasons.
But first, one huge caveat: I’m well aware that one of the best things about playing guitar is playing with others. I loved my very short stint playing in a band when I was younger. But because of my tinnitus I need to keep the volume way down. So I pretty much play alone. Anyway, this is my top ten as of today. I may update the list later.
Read my full list after the jump!
Another fun one.
Ok, this is next up in my queue.
James has a new signature ESP guitar and he visited the San Francisco Guitar Center to talk about it and also about what playing guitar has meant to him all these years.
I’ve started playing to some backing tracks off YouTube. Right now this one by Phil Lewis Guitar is my favorite. Super cool using my iPhone plugged into my Yamaha THR10C amp.
This was filmed on March 17, 1969 in Denmark. Led Zeppelin had just released their first album and Jimmy Page was still playing his 1959 Telecaster (a gift from Jeff Beck). Via Guitar World
Looks like maybe it’s meant to be displayed more than played, still, I like it. For sale at Amazon