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MadassAlex:
But covering Hendrix doesn't require creativity, because you're simply replicating what's come before (unless you're doing a cross-genre cover. Celtic Hendrix, anyone?).
I think what you're trying to say is that Hendrix had a very unique style of note articulation, which is true. He was a batshit insane guitarist and that's not up for debate. He'd constantly switch between pick and fingerstyle, bend the neck of his guitar (despite having a whammy bar) and disregard being out of tune ("Only prissy boys play in tune", he once said).
Fun tidbit:
Interviewer: I wouldn't exactly call you a country guitarist.
Hendrix: Thank you.
David_Dovey:
--- Quote from: MadassAlex on 21 May 2009, 00:35 ---So, while there is a quantity of unknown guitarists that match or surpass any of these players, they remain overrated.
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Perhaps I am misinterpreting your point but surely some credit has to be given based on primacy of arrival? Sure, there are plenty of guitarists out there today who match or better Hendrix and other innovative guitarists but only because there were guys like Jimi back in the day to blaze the path first. Much in the same way that an album like Sgt. Pepper's... sounds rather tame these days. Standing on the shoulders of giants and all that stuff.
MadassAlex:
In some aspects, that is certainly correct. In others, not so much.
Technical skill is something that isn't as defined by other musical aspects, for instance. A certain level of technical skill is impressive, no matter where in the history of a genre one is placed.
Let's also consider that Hendrix, Page, Clapton, Iommi, Blackmore and co. also based their phrasing off other musicians, so the same question stands against them. The primary difference is that, during the time period, musical technology was progressing very fast and allowed more phrasing options. Power chords no longer sounded hollow and meek like they did with a clean tone. Solos didn't sing anymore; they wailed.
Circumstance dictates that young contemporary guitarists don't have the massive technology boom to aid their creativity.
zerobar:
--- Quote from: MadassAlex on 21 May 2009, 00:35 ---And that's a part of what I love about the guitar community these days. There are arrogant fools who place all their ego in the instrument and belittle the playing of others whenever possible, but there's an army of kids out there that don't care about anything but rocking as hard and as skillfully as possible. When the current teenage generation hits their late 20s-40s, we are going to see some amazing shit hitting the fan.
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Agreed. I feel, in some part that this happened in the 80's. I always felt that the 60's and the 80's showcased the most talent that guitar had to offer. It seems like there's about a 20 year span where everyone canonizes the previous generations work to the point where no one can improve on it, and thus stagnates themselves, while the young creative individuals who don't buy into the worship that their older peers have sneak in and do something completely different and innovate which completely dumbfounds the older generation, because their too hung up on their past generation's work. I hope that's the case, and I'm looking forward to hearing the next Hendrix/Page/VanHalen.
Patrick:
--- Quote from: MadassAlex on 21 May 2009, 19:28 ---Interviewer: I wouldn't exactly call you a country guitarist.
Hendrix: Thank you.
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Brent Mason and Albert Lee are crying themselves to sleep right now. Fortunately, Brent Mason's such a fucking badass that he's the most-recorded guitarist in the history of music, ever. Strat Boy can suck on that for a while.
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