Who Actually LIKES Their Guitarists?

[timber22]

I like both guitarists in my band, but sometimes they drive me nuts.

 

[stingray2112]

I joined a band a couple weeks ago and I actually get along great with my guitarists. They're really down to earth and easy to work with.

 

[Blue Moose]

Mine is not only a great player, but a heck of a leader and tireless devotee to the band. I consider myself lucky to be surrounded by musicians much better than myself.

 

[john turner]

the guitarist i'm working with now, ben, is a great guy - very creative and musical while also being very humble, and secure enough in himself to not only be truly open to new ideas, but also i don't think i've ever heard him utter a "i'm better than that guy"-type criticism of anyone, which boggles my mind.

i just wish we were doing more at the moment - recording tends to make things move forward slower than i'd like.

 

[TheDialog]

Love my guitarists.

 

[anthowl]

right now i'm working with the best guitarists i have to date. they're both nice guys, play well, have good tone and gear and write good music.

 

[IbanezBass69]

I like my guitarist, but he is cheating, seeing as he is my little brother. Still has to grow out of the "i am going to shred the living piss out of my guitar while you are trying to talk about something serious then tell you i wasn't doing anything wrong" stage, but he is a surprisingly mature and talented (and dedicated) musician for being 15.

 

[wmheilma]

This is a silly thread. If you don't like your guitarist, you should go play with someone else!

 

[Unrepresented]

My guitarist, who recently made a departure from our band was actually a good guy to work with for the most part. He complained that my tone was too punchy, and that I liked effects too much. I complained that his tone was too low-mid oriented and that he didn't like effects enough, but those minor issues aside, he had high standards, understood enough music theory to communicate with the rest of the band, and was tasteful in his playing and dynamics.

Really didn't fit into the "guitard" mold at all.

Unfortunately, filling his shoes has been a challenge.

 

[BananaKing]

In both of my bands, the guitar players write good music (i.e. The kind of stuff that I think makes good music).

In one, the guitar player prefers to play rhythm parts. He never plays too loud and trys to make sure that everything is eq'd. More often that not, he'll ask after the first couple of songs if people want to hear more bass, regardless of how loud I actually am. His belief about my bass parts is that they should serve as a melody as much as the voice or guitar parts should. He also doesn't mind it (Makes extra space in the set list for it too) if I want to play some solo bass stuff during our set at any point (I usually keep that for times when I know that there are lots of musicians and friends in the audience and, even then, I only play one song unless they ask for more.)

In the other, The guitar player plays a bit more in the way of melodic lines in addition to rhythm. If there is a spot for a solo, we discuss whether the drums, bass, keyboard or guitar gets it, and he usually doesn't take it. When I asked him why, he said that "Every song already has enough guitar in it. It would sound like too much if I played too many guitar solos. Some of the songs already sound like guitar solos anyways so I'm happy."

I love my bands, although, I would eventually like to lead a band myself.

 

[Pilgrim]

I've played with one guitarist in my band for 10 years. Super guy, helpful, thoughtful, always ready to cooperate or take a minute to work out a detail in music. One time when I ran out of gas he rescued me and gave me a 2-gal carry-along gas can just to help me make sure it wouldn't happen again.

The other guitarist has more of an edge, but he has a fantastic ear and helps me with intonation and chord patterns.

I feel quite comfortable with both of them. No ego issues, no drama.

 

[OPBASSMAN1994]

My guitarist has been my best friend since 2nd grade. In addition, He's not a shred happy-van halen wannabee. His focus is always on fitting the structure of a song, and crafting a creative solo based on tecnique, not on speed or show. The music really matters to him, and I respect that immensely. He also comes up with guitar parts that become the basis for some of our best pieces of original music. Combined with my lead-oriented, Punchy, heavily progressive bass, and our skilled drummer (who can play double bass, but uses it with very appropriate and tasteful caution, and doesn't just drum solo every thing.), we've developed a pretty good sound, and are getting more and more gigs.

 

[Psycho]

I've got one main guitarist, my buddy Mike.

He's not highly talented, but he's a very great writer and very good at integrating himself and letting other instruments have the lime light. He personally loves bass, when I get a new bass I think he actually might be more excited than me about it.

 

[Johnny Crab]

I LOVE both guitarists I'm with.
One is my brother, when I went to engineering school he went to GIT in LA. Prior to that we'd been in various bands together.
The other toured for more than a decade out of Nashville with a big name act(road band) playing guitar, keyboards, and bass for a short while. He even points out bass lines he likes in some songs we do.
Both are great people.

 

[Sneathbass]

I like both of my guitarists. We go through drummers in a Spinal Tap way, though!

 

[fingertap]

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I do not know if I like, hate, or love my guitarist.

I guess we are co-dependent.

My guitarist could be my enabler.

I could be his enabler!

We could be 'co-dependent' co-independently! I almost never thought of that.

Yeah, I guess, I like him...

He just might be in my new band.

And, of course, even if not, he could sub anytime...



~

 

[gkbass13]

Love my guitarist! he has the best ear of any musician I've ever played with and usually insists on me dictating the direction we take with our adaptations of tunes. Very cool.

 

[Growly Lytes]

Our Guiarist sounds like Zakk Wylde or Randy or even Slash but he seems to think that his not that good & thinks that he has alot to learn yet.When he does something we are all trying to pickup our jaws off the floor !!
He`s great.

 

[Rocks]

I'm playing in a 5 piece, two guitarists, drums, singer and me on bass. Both my guitarists are great guys, actually I like everyone in the band. We have great chemistry and quickly put together enough material to play paying gigs. The band has only been together a matter of months and 3/4's of the songs we are playing are new to all of us. We've got gigs booked for the next few months with more being added.

The best part is we are able to cover each others mistakes and adjust if something happens quickly. For example we were in the middle of a blistering tune at a gig when someone kicked out the power strip that was powering the PA and the one guitarists amps. All of a sudden vocals, FOH, monitors and one guitar was gone and the other guitarist, drummer and myself finished off the song jamming our a$$es off till the end. The crowd knew something happened and they really applauded how we pulled it off anyhow.

 

[Lizooki]

I like mine. In fact all of the folks I play with are like family. In fact they are. The two singers, the piano player, and both gits are related ( Mom & Dad, their daughters, one of the daughters husband). The mando player and me are the only non-family members, but she' a great, long-time friend.
The only problem ..... the gits both mostly just play rythm or a slight variation. Not prob .... we're the only southern-ish gospel group I've ever seen with lead bass!
Well, not really lead bass .... but I definitely play more than the 1-5 root note norm in gospel.
Matt