[Instrumental guitar] Guthrie Govan

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Quickly becoming my favorite guitarist. He's been around for a while, but pretty unknown.



1 minute 05 in is pretty cool.

Thought some of you would like this.
 
Good. Now who can tell me why the song is named Sevens?
Better video here. He's a savant at that level.
 
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I was more impressed with same of the bass solos around 2:40 than any of his playing, tbh

when he did anything technical it was either arpeggiated or easy fretting... I didn't see anything truly impressive tbh. and it's almost all legato. I didn't find a good blend of alternative picking and hammer-ons/pull-offs. and the basic progression, despite it being in 7/4, was still simple and not necessarily hard to solo to. I'll give credit where credit is due, though; he picks much faster than I can and moves his fingers faster, too. He sweep picks very well, when he does it.

nothing really wowed me.
 
I like john petrucci. mostly because I really enjoy the way he picks, and what he plays tends to fall nicely on my ears. I'm also a dream theater nut.

in terms of musicality I like eric johnson a lot. again, something about his phrasing is pleasing to me.

but neither of them really wow me, I guess you could say. I really like their styles and it impresses me how they play, but I'm not really crazy about them or anyone else.
 
Newmz said:
I like john petrucci. mostly because I really enjoy the way he picks, and what he plays tends to fall nicely on my ears. I'm also a dream theater nut.

in terms of musicality I like eric johnson a lot. again, something about his phrasing is pleasing to me.

but neither of them really wow me, I guess you could say. I really like their styles and it impresses me how they play, but I'm not really crazy about them or anyone else.
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John Petrucci is my favorite guitarist. Same deal on DT nut. Shattered fortress solo is epic. Though, I find his solo album very lack luster. This isn't the case for Govan, imo.


 
T-Refried-455 said:
are you some kind of weird self-hating guitarist

"i'm not crazy about anyone" is a copout
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or it's me honestly saying that I'm very impressed with their ability but guitar playing isn't something that will ever really make me rave...

the G3 tours are awesome. I think JP has been on it 6 times now?

also: I love the solo for The Spirit Carries On. really great if you ask me, it was the first DT song I ever learned
 
i would have liked DT a lot better if they had strangled the singer during their first practice

liquid tension experiment is the most listenable thing they have imo
 
Yeah Guthrie Govan rules. He seems like a really nice guy and good instructor too. There are a lot of instructional videos of his on Youtube.
 
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