Metropoulos Forum

Posted: **Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:46 pm**

my new love.......... this dude can play ANY style better then the specialist themseft, blue, country, rock, jazz, metal, gili gili, bla, bla, .....this guy is just sick in the brains, screw Vai, Satriani, this guy has more groove then any of those "G3" mafioso(s)..... He has riffs also....

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_q ... rch=Search

Posted: **Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:51 pm**

He definately plays outside the box. very interesting

Posted: **Sun Feb 11, 2007 8:20 am**

You should give Greg Koch a listen to as well....very entertaining player.

Posted: **Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:09 pm**

Guthrie Govan writes for English guitar mags,and writes transcriptions and plays the tracks for the attached cd-roms.
I have some tracks that i will try to post here,from a tonefest type appearance.He is brilliant,that's for sure!
yngwie308

Posted: **Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:37 pm**

That would be cool Malmsteen.... I mean that guy can play country, or fusion, jazz, blues, etc... as good... most versatile player out there....any style he will blast you out to space, that is what is so freaking unbelivable with him...

Posted: **Sun Feb 11, 2007 5:54 pm**

yeah he is a killer player discovered him alittle while ago.

Posted: **Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:06 pm**

Thanks for sharing...this clip really caught my attention "Bad Asteriod"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YpF7k2j ... ed&search=

Posted: **Tue Feb 13, 2007 9:01 am**

Great player for sure, but better than the g3 guys.....I dont know about that. Sounds alot like old RTF, Beck, and Jan Hammer....a true fusion junkie. His tone and dynamics left a little to be desired. I think he would fare well in most playing situations, though from what I heard, not all.

Posted: **Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:38 am**

I got a kick out of his Benny Hill theme too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76TQUY4sIF0

The original Benny Hill theme is probably my 4 years old son's favorite song. He calls it "The Benny song". You should see him dance when I play it. Cute would be an understatement.

Posted: **Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:03 pm**

Here's another one,he has a combination of techniques,plays legato style well,ect.I have a lot of his transcriptions from my English guitar mags and he can make the most unlikely guitar and amp setup sound like a classic tune,recorded with completely opposite equipment!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoIqzXG-344

yngwie308

Posted: **Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:32 pm**

I stumbled across this guy at NAMM. He was jamming in one of the little 10x10 booths on the aisle.

Really impressive..........for about 3 minutes.
Then got real boring real fast...zzzzzzzzzzzz

BTW, the place that he's playing at in the vids, The Tone Merchants is located not far from me. I went to stop in one day after work. They are OPEN BY APPOINTMENT ONLY DURING THE WEEK AND ONLY OPEN TO THE WALK IN PUBLIC ON SATURDAY. How f'n pompous is that???

You would think it's gonna be a pretty heavy place when you do get in, right?

It's bullshit. They have a couple of amps, couple of guitars, couple of effects. I think Govan was even there that day. I won't be back.

Posted: **Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:50 pm**

Boring, I agree. Not to overly categorize the dude, but those "technical" type player's really miss the point of what music is to me after, you said it, about 3 minutes. I really love some of Guthrie's soloing, but he is all the time to smooth and undynamic. Greg Howe is real good at over playing. He knows how to communicate better, I believe.

Posted: **Tue Feb 13, 2007 7:47 pm**

I used to know how to play Greg Howe's "Pepper Shake".

Posted: **Wed Feb 14, 2007 12:44 pm**

Funny that you guys mention Greg Howe. He is teaching at this Tone Merchants place in Orange County, CA.

http://www.tonemerchants.com