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Guitar Moves

mellowinman

mellowinman

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Oct 19, 2011
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#1
So we have a guitar player who is about 6'2", and looks great for the part. He has a few moves; he does the Jimi behind-the-head and teeth thing when we play Voodoo Child (slight return,) and the only other move he has is the Angus Young Jump, which we encourage him not to do for the following reasons:

  • He weighs almost 300 pounds, and at one time was well over that, so
  • It scares the crap out of people
  • He has bad knees, and it can't be good for him
What are some moves that might like cool for him? Remember, we're a Classic Rock/tiny bit of Modern Rock cover band, that doesn't play Metal.

Just throw stuff out there. He has a tendency to just stand there and play most of the night, because he just doesn't have many ideas about stage moves.

I will share your suggestions with him, unless they sound dangerous. He's big, but he's pretty athletic.
 
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mellowinman said:
So we have a guitar player who is about 6'2", and looks great for the part. He has a few moves; he does the Jimi behind-the-head and teeth thing when we play Voodoo Child (slight return,) and the only other move he has is the Angus Young Jump, which we encourage him not to do for the following reasons:

  • He weighs almost 300 pounds, and at one time was well over that, so
  • It scares the crap out of people
  • He has bad knees, and it can't be good for him
What are some moves that might like cool for him? Remember, we're a Classic Rock/tiny bit of Modern Rock cover band, that doesn't play Metal.

Just throw stuff out there. He has a tendency to just stand there and play most of the night, because he just doesn't have many ideas about stage moves.

I will share your suggestions with him, unless they sound dangerous. He's big, but he's pretty athletic.
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Dang, he LOOKS a LOT bigger than that in the photo {elsewhere}.
Must be scale relevance.
I am 6'1" 265lbs. so he is about my size. a tad bigger,
but in the pic. he looks like Andre the Giant.
 
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xgator4u said:
Dang, he LOOKS a LOT bigger than that in the photo {elsewhere}.
Must be scale relevance.
I am 6'1" 265lbs. so he is about my size. a tad bigger,
but in the pic. he looks like Andre the Giant.
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+1. Are you a Munchkin, Mellow?

How about setting the guitar on fire like Jimi? Pick up a cheap Squier strat or a strat knock off.

I always loved the way that Yngwie Malmsteen would spin his guitar around his neck/shoulder. Probably another use for a cheap guitar, not his lovely LP.

Failing any of that, baby steps. See if he can tap his toe in time, lol.
 
#7
he could do tapping solos with a drill, that can be pretty cool. Jumping off the top of an amp/cab can be cool for getting some serious height, and being taller he'd look cool doing it. Buying cheap guitars from pawn shops to destroy is pretty good too, smashing a guitar to bits is pretty damn fun, and being a big dude it's really get people interested.
 
#8
Breaking off all but one string kinda awesome, you grab them with your hand and rip em off then you can do rad noise with the remaining string (usually your low E). With some distortion and feedback it can be totally bad ass. I used to do this one in tandem with my guitarist at the end of our shows
 
#11
When he stands, stand legs apart so he looks like a tall mountain of a person rather than a giant egg balanced on end. I'm a large guy too, this is something I taught myself from video footage.

Be cautious of stage construction. Jumping and running can cause bad things to happen on certain shoddily built platforms. Running can exert sideways forces, which is something some builders forget about. (if you are supported by concrete blocks or stilts without x-bracing)

Much can be done with arms, and eyes.
 
#18
mactac said:
You have 2 bass players?
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Our real lineup is as follows:

Arthur - Lead guitar
Scott - Drums (dude holding the Dean Flying V clone)
Krystal - Lead Vocals, Bass, Guitar
Me - Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Bass, Harmonica, Rhythm

We have two bassists, but we never are both playing bass at the same time.

And Scott couldn't play a guitar if his life depended on it.
 

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