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Post subject: Which guitarist do you sound like?
Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 9:41 am
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I have never really been one to learn licks and riffs from famous guitarists. Sure, I've learned my share of cover songs, but I never learn them note for note and I hardly ever learn the solos. I learn scales and just find my way around the neck by messing around. I'm not a huge Booker T and the MGs fan, but I do like some of their stuff. Recently I've noticed that my playing style is a lot like Steve Cropper, especially on the song Melting Pot.
Which guitar player would you say you sound most like?


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Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 11:37 am
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yoda, great video, thanks for posting! Those "kids" dancing look older than most parents of today :D . What a great band, that first generation of "new" music is priceless and timeless.
Sounding like Steve Cropper is a good thing for sure. Who do I sound like? Me, I guess :lol:

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Post subject: Re: Which guitarist do you sound like?
Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 11:44 am
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yoda, great video, thanks for posting! Those "kids" dancing look older than most parents of today :D . What a great band, that first generation of "new" music is priceless and timeless.
Sounding like Steve Cropper is a good thing for sure. Who do I sound like? Me, I guess :lol:


Yeah, I always said I sound like me, because I never tried to emulate someones elses sound. It was just weird to be listening to this song and go " man, that sounds a lot like the way I play!".

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Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 12:02 pm
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I've taken inspiration from James Burton, Eric Clapton, and a few others but whether I sound like any of them, I don't know. I agree with SBLS, no matter how hard I try, I think I still come out sounding like me.


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Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 12:07 pm
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 12:27 pm
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It's hard to sound like someone else unless you not only capture their style, but their guitar's tone as well. That said, I like to emulate Albert Lee and Gary Moore - two very different styles AND tones. In the end, I am somewhere in between, depending on the day and the song.

I was watching a Gary Moore DVD just this morning while I cut out CD inserts for some of my latest productions. I love his bluesy stuff.


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Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 12:50 pm
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When I was learning guitar in the late 1980s I discovered Arlen Roth's tuition videos. There I heard the most important piece of advice to any guitarist, he pretty much said don't try too hard to sound like anyone else. Concentrate instead on finding your own sound. I took that advice onboard and stopped trying to be Eric Clapton, now I've got my own very personal sound and feel.

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Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 4:03 pm
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Someone actually told me once that I sounded like Eric Clapton. I suggested they get their ears checked.

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Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 4:55 pm
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 6:41 pm
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I have been told that my guitar playing sounds just like Eddie Van Halen ... when he is fast asleep and snoring.

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Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 6:51 pm
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2014 7:59 pm
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I sound exactly like Clapton. :wink: Or this guy....
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Posted: Sat May 17, 2014 10:20 am
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My guitar playing sounds like Bob Dylan......singing. :lol:

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