One technique will be banished from guitar history which is it?

merlin

Fretboard binding. Nah, scratch that. Nibs. 

ToneControl

percussion using the guitar body as some kind of cajon
99% of the time it sounds crap

Jonathangus

scrumhalf said:

People who thump, slap and otherwise whack their acoustics. The strings are on there for a reason, mate. 

Yeah, but:

Loobs

Tapping I don't mind really. But slap bass instantly naffs up any track it's used on and reeks of music trade show demo guys. Which isn't a good thing. 

Barney

Flicking the switch mid solo cos musically it has got boring

PolarityMan

Loobs said:

Tapping I don't mind really. But slap bass instantly naffs up any track it's used on and reeks of music trade show demo guys. Which isn't a good thing. 

What about brr brr DENG?

PolarityMan

Barney said:

Flicking the switch mid solo cos musically it has got boring

Thats like a goto for me

bar 1-4 neck pickup
bar 5-8 bridge pickup
bar 9-12 wah
bar 13-16 pitchshift + tremelo pick

jobs a good'un

Barney

PolarityMan said:

Barney said:

Flicking the switch mid solo cos musically it has got boring

Thats like a goto for me

bar 1-4 neck pickup
bar 5-8 bridge pickup
bar 9-12 wah
bar 13-16 pitchshift + tremelo pick

jobs a good'un

I maybe should try it then

LastMantra

Getting rid of the minor pent would be getting rid of pretty much all rock music, all the great guitarists....and me! 

I'd rather get rid of everything but. 

ICBM

Loobs said:

Tapping I don't mind really. But slap bass instantly naffs up any track it's used on and reeks of music trade show demo guys. Which isn't a good thing. 

Slap is OK if used in moderation, it's just when a bassist does it all the time that's the problem - just one or two notes slapped can add a great bit of emphasis to a part. Which is actually a lot like of the techniques mentioned.

(Apart from guitar face .)

PolarityMan

LastMantra said:

Getting rid of the minor pent would be getting rid of pretty much all rock music, all the great guitarists....and me! 

I'd rather get rid of everything but. 

Unless you learn in a very unusual and specific way the minor pentatonic isnt a technique

Barnezy

Tapping for sure.... sounds sh!t and is just done to showoff. This is closely followed by twats that play harmonics at the end of their tune.

LastMantra

PolarityMan said:

LastMantra said:

Getting rid of the minor pent would be getting rid of pretty much all rock music, all the great guitarists....and me! 

I'd rather get rid of everything but. 

Unless you learn in a very unusual and specific way the minor pentatonic isnt a technique

That too 

Greatape

Playing solos faster than you can think. 

PolarityMan

I clearly should have titled this thread "what rock star moves piss you off"

Personally Ive never really got the point of high kicks...you jsut look like a bellend.

octatonic

Wilful ignorance.

Those players who present their ignorance as somehow being an advantage, and anyone who has had musical training is some sort of soulless musical robot.

Barnezy

PolarityMan said:

I clearly should have titled this thread "what rock star moves piss you off"

Personally Ive never really got the point of high kicks...you jsut look like a bellend.

Let's face it, no one who plays guitar was a cool kid. Most Rock Stars spent their teens in their bedroom practicing. Then they go from geek to ultra cool at 100mph.... but inside, they are still geeks. They just don't know how to handle it. A karate kick probably seems a cool thing to do. 


http://imgur.com/a/T1EtYkQ

brojangles

The good thing about eliminating tapping is that it's likely to to eliminate a bunch of sweep pickers, pinch harmonicists, drive bombers etc too. Many birds with one stone. 

rocktron

Good Lord, . . what do we have here?

Vinnie Vincent with all the self indulgent rock star guitarist cliches.

He was fired from KISS soon after by Gene Simmons. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYbd1CtoDos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4orXwHdK2Q

pintspiller

Diminished chords and anything that needs more than two fingers