Iommi is the RIFF KING. No one will ever come close.
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I own two electric guitars (cheapo versions). I can't play a note but I bought them to hang on my wall.
Black Sabbath was my second ever gig. Supported by Badger and Necramandus at the Capitol for the princely sum of 75p.
A bit of a hike compared with my first gig: Budgie supported by Judas Priest at Barry Memorial Hall at 50p.
Went back to Barry Memorial Hall for my third gig: Man supported by Deke Leonard's Iceberg.
I'm boring myself now..........
That presumes a great deal.
What pick-ups and amp was he using?
It's so easy to simulate a Les Paul sound - even more so these days with plug-ins and FX processors.
I've given a lot of thought to how to define great guitarists and concluded that it's a very individual choice (no surprise there!) and you can tell who you think is great by how often you listen to them playing.
I acknowledge that Hendrix was a trail-blazer, but I can't listen to him playing for long.
Blackmore: I can listen to in his early Purple days, but he loses his neo-classical touch for several of his Rainbow solos.
Thinly veiled OP can’t spell getar
I'd forgotten you had a great collection of guitars.
Excuse me being slightly disbelieving, but could you take a reading of the impedence outputs of both PUs, please.
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I've recently bought two Yamaha Revstars - a 620 and a 720. They are brilliant and sound just like a Les Paul!
I noticed Mick Robson hits the strings quite hard and uses a lot of vibrato, so it's not so easy to sound like him with all his unique energy going into his playing. His Bowie era stuff was fantastic.
Open G or drop D tuning?
If you want to listen to a genius guitar player and be able to tell you're listening to a genius guitar player you could do a lot worse than listening to Johhny Maar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JU3bogr4oc
Great call with Koss 👏
I think Peter Green's tone and playing was simply beautiful.
Jimi Hendrix always stated that he loved Steve Cropper as a rhythm guitarist and certainly can see why.
However, I think Jimi was truly on another planet.
A very brief excerpt of Machine Gun from 50 years ago, in the opinions of many of the greatest guitarists is as good as it gets.
I really can't disagree with all of them.
https://youtu.be/0lPQb7aVdvw
Lady Axers, all outstanding
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Crw9X_hW-bE
A band my lad played in, the lead AXE had a Line 6, a footswitch, with loadsa pre-set sounds dialled in, he basically could make his Strat sound like what he wanted via this set-up, whilst Ronno wouldn't have had the gizmos back then, modern guitarists have a wealth of tools to make their set-ups sound to whatever they wish.
Mick Robson dimed his amps, hit the strings fairly hard and used vibrato. In his setup all the sound is coming from his fingers. I always use clean amps with the Tele, and Marshall type amps for the Lester, but I am looking for contrast instead of consistent sound. I play them differently too.