Polyphia - potentially the most interesting thing happening in the guitar world at the moment?

WiresDreamDisasters

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roberty said:

ham fisted

SidNewton

Potentially the most boring thing happening in the guitar world at the moment.

prlgmnr

WiresDreamDisasters said:

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roberty said:

ham fisted

What do you think "ham fisted" means?

WiresDreamDisasters

prlgmnr said:

WiresDreamDisasters said:

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roberty said:

ham fisted

What do you think "ham fisted" means?

midlifecrisis

i actually enjoyed the first two tracks havnt listened to the others yet. technically very skilful and makes me feel very old and inadequate but refreshing. anyway im off shortly to play a pub gig where i will be playing mr brightside, sex on fire  and i wanna break free and all your other favourites

johnl

Schnozz

Jethro Tull shit on Polyphia from great heights.

prlgmnr

Schnozz said:

Jethro Tull shit on Polyphia from great heights.

If you've got a video of that that potentially is the most interesting thing happening in the guitar world.

lysander

I liked the Muse album - quite melodic and fun, but the mix is horrible, over processed and ear fatiguing.
All their stuff since then sounds bland and uninspired to me and their new ‘tone’ makes me want to cleanse my eardrums.

Schnozz

prlgmnr said:

Schnozz said:

Jethro Tull shit on Polyphia from great heights.

If you've got a video of that that potentially is the most interesting thing happening in the guitar world.

From 1976 - TV Documen-gine makers...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_lQ0H4zZEA

guitarblaster

Anyone reading this thread thinking 'oh shit these guys are great and my playing is crap' 

Watch this and you'll feel a bit better ...

carlos

guitarblaster said:

Anyone reading this thread thinking 'oh shit these guys are great and my playing is crap' 

Watch this and you'll feel a bit better ...

Great, but can Steve Vai do plin plin plon skweesha skweesha plon plon plin like the Poly guys?

imalrightjack

It sounds like a computer trying sound like a guitar, almost MIDI-like. Incredible technique but it transits no passion to me. 

fandango

carlos said:

guitarblaster said:

Anyone reading this thread thinking 'oh shit these guys are great and my playing is crap' 

Watch this and you'll feel a bit better ...

Great, but can Steve Vai do plin plin plon skweesha skweesha plon plon plin like the Poly guys?

Actually, if you pay attention to the solo between 7:40 to 8:20, that’s one of the Poly guys right there! But you all spotted that didn't you?

shaunm

fandango said:

carlos said:

guitarblaster said:

Anyone reading this thread thinking 'oh shit these guys are great and my playing is crap' 

Watch this and you'll feel a bit better ...

Great, but can Steve Vai do plin plin plon skweesha skweesha plon plon plin like the Poly guys?

Actually, if you pay attention to the solo between 7:40 to 8:20, that’s one of the Poly guys right there! But you all spotted that didn't you?

What I got from this video is that Paul Gilbert has more taste in his soloing than the others on this stage

axisus

Seems most people here don't like the band, but that isn't necessarily relevant to the initial point which suggested that they are potentially the most interesting thing happening in the guitar world. I think that there is an argument that it is a different type of guitar playing and therefore potentially up there in that category, irrespective of whether liked or not. 

Jackson Pollock was an important painter and he just threw paint at a canvas.

EricTheWeary

johnl said:

I've been vaguely aware of these guys for a long time but back then they were just some incredibly talented kids shredding their hearts out (which the internet is pretty much full of). That said they've recently shifted to a completely different style of music with incredibly complex, interesting riffs. Just thought I'd post a couple of them here in case others haven't heard of them:

This first one was a solo that's part of a larger compilation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL0dxX_z2qc

The main riff from this next one is well worth a listen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_gkpYORQLU

Slowed down version of the riff above so you can see what's going on:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-U4hyKOPe0

At the Birmingham show I thought wow that's a nice looking Ibanez, just watched that first video and it's that one. One of their signature models presumably? 

Jez6345789

Music for the post-Covid 19 survivors all us old jazz blues & funk rockers will go the way of the dinosaurs in the mass extinction event of our generation. 

Still sounds like some form of dubstep for guitar and I can only hear the riff played on NI Massive

johnl

EricTheWeary said:

At the Birmingham show I thought wow that's a nice looking Ibanez, just watched that first video and it's that one. One of their signature models presumably? 

It is indeed - it's this one:

https://www.andertons.co.uk/guitar-dept/electric-guitars/modern-body-guitars/ibanez-sig-tim-henson-thbb10-in-black-w-gold-hardware

johnl

axisus said:

Seems most people here don't like the band, but that isn't necessarily relevant to the initial point which suggested that they are potentially the most interesting thing happening in the guitar world. I think that there is an argument that it is a different type of guitar playing and therefore potentially up there in that category, irrespective of whether liked or not. 

Jackson Pollock was an important painter and he just threw paint at a canvas.

Exactly that. As per the other thread at the moment I really enjoy Josh Smith's playing but he's not doing anything new, likewise Gary Clark Jr, Ariel Posen, Jared James whatshisface or any of the others of the new breed. Hearing Polyphia was the first time I heard someone doing something on guitar that I hadn't already heard.