It Might Get Loud - Name a substitute for The Edge

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  1. thxphotog

    thxphotog Camera Nerd Cycling Nerd Guitar Nerd Dietary Nerd

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    Brian Setzer. Taking that big ol' Eddie Cochran Gretsch and playing jazz chords like a virtuoso at age 19. Be interesting to hear him talk about it.

    But like others, I don't mind Edge at all here. I also love how he's not the slightest bit shy about talking about how effects-driven his sound is and demonstrating how 'boring' it can be without.
     
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  2. giantleech

    giantleech Lord of all fevers and plagues

    Derek Bailey.
     
  3. Say It Right

    Say It Right Not for the Hearing Impaired

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    What a joke. First two responses are shredders.
     
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  4. Deaf_in_ LA_1974

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    Angus Young or Thurston Mooore, since the title is what is, the guitarist should all be loud. not Edgy or twiddly
     
  5. slop101

    slop101 Guitar Geek

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    As opposed to the more talented (as in "ability") guitar players, the movie showcased three of the more creative guitar players, each representing a different decade/generation. Not guys who are masters technically, but guys who approach the instrument in their own unique ways that pushed the guitar-rock genre further from when each one found it. With that in mind, all three players were great choices, especially when compared to some of the more robotic players who are technically perfect, but have little to no creativity in them.
     
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  6. dkmonroe

    dkmonroe A completely self-taught idiot

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    Yeah, I actually felt quite nervous for The Edge in that jam at the end - wondered whether he could keep up! :laugh:
     
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  7. Paully

    Paully De gustibus non est disputandum

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    You wouldn't say that Jimmy Page was a very technically talented guitar player? I always thought of him that way given he was a studio musician and was tapped to play on a lot of records before Led Zeppelin. But I wouldn't know in any real sense never having played the instruement myself. I wouldn't argue the creative point for all three at all.
     
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  9. HotelYorba101

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    That is what old people said back in the day about Hendrix too! :D

    I really like Morello as a guitar player, he can shred but at the same time I dig the "noise" solos. I think that for those solos people have to understand that they aren't meant to serve the same purpose as "traditional" guitar solos, they accentuate and add rhythmic patterns or sonic textures to the songs
     
  10. Bren

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    Exactly, it's a film and the contrast makes it work. Regardless of my views on the three as players; they're all passionate and accomplished, and the "story" throughline is solid, which makes for a great experience.
     
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  11. misteranderson

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    At the top of his game, Jimmy was fairly adept at many things, and at his very best, one of the fastest rock players around. His electric work always had a bit of roughness about it -- Jeff Beck was cleaner, and even faster. Clapton was always really smooth. I guess Blackmore could be considered a better technical player too. Jimmy's acoustic work was always great, and set him apart from the other iconic rock players.
     
  12. misteranderson

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    If Jack has to go, then I would have wanted Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead, a player who uses pedals and electronics (a la The Edge, but in a totally different way), and is a well-rounded musician who is as different and creative as Jack.

    Billy Duffy would have made no sense at all.

    EVH would have been very interesting.

    A Jimmy Page who was a practicing, working guitarist at the time the film was made would have been fantastic, but you know.....

    But I love what The Edge brought to the table. Always loved his approach to the instrument.
     
  13. Brian Doherty

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    "So, blues guys, wanna act like three camp counselors in their fifties around the fire and stumble thru an acoustic take on "The Weight"? "Uh....not really....."
     
  14. Havoc

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    No....no....no....he's all wrong, never could he produce the fine guitar work on all those more guitarish albums from Achtung on. You're having a loff. ;)
     
  15. eddiel

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    If the remit was, pick someone else other than the Edge so even less people watch this music, this thread would have achieved it's goal well before page 4 :)
     
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  16. mick_sh

    mick_sh Hackney diamond Thread Starter

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    Why? He’s got the riffs, the textures, the solos... he has developed a unique guitar sound... and he looks like David Beckham. What else do you need?
     
  17. Havoc

    Havoc Forum Resident

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    Johnny Buckland seems to be his prodigal son...........no?
     
  18. Classicolin

    Classicolin ‘60s/‘70s Rock Fanatic/Crown Kingdom Guitarist

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    I'm not particularly a fan, but I respect Jack White's unconventional approach to the instrument, and find him to be one of the more innovative non-hard rock/heavy metal guitarists in rock since the 21st Century (so far, a very bland millennium for the mainstream genre). It was a good mix of wildly varying M.O.s and represented three generations pretty well, with White showcasing the more lo-fi, iconoclastic-yet-reverent, primitivist, indie approach of the '00s, The Edge - the textured, immaculately-crafted soundscapes and tones of the '80s, Jimmy Page - the melodic, adventurous blues-based, heavy metal pioneering of the late '60s/'70s).

    Personally, I'm glad a neo-classical 'shredder' virtuoso wasn't chosen to represent either the '80s or '00s, as they largely derived from [​IMG] and their peers' style, and a 'shred-fest' of Page, Malmsteen, etc. wouldn't have been appealing to audiences outside of the metal/hard-rock acolyte crowd.

    A fourth guitarist would have been a nice addition, though, particularly someone older and earlier than Page, like Dave Davies, Pete Townshend, or even a '50s or earlier icon like Chuck Berry or Les Paul (who were both still alive at the time), etc. That was the real missed opportunity with It Might Get Loud. Why have Jimmy play the records that inspired him when they could have included a living guitarist who had in the flesh?
     
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  19. bluejimbop

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    Wicked!
     
  20. eddiel

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    Not sure why people keep mentioning Noel. No offence to the guy, I like him but I don't think he really cares enough to actually discuss his technique or anything about guitar playing in general. I remember one doc where he basically said a guitar is a plank of wood with strings on it and that's it (paraphrasing). He always came across, to me, as a guy who played guitar simply because he could and it helped him write songs, rather than someone who wanted to be a guitar player. Which is fine.
     
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  21. misteranderson

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    Billy's great. But U2 vs. The Cult, it's no contest, impact-wise. I mean, I like The Cult, but they split up at some point, and U2 started playing stadiums in 1987 and never stopped. Well, maybe they stopped a few years ago, I haven't kept up.

    Now I think need to hear some Cult to refresh my memory.
     
  22. mick_sh

    mick_sh Hackney diamond Thread Starter

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    Do it. The last two albums are really fantastic.
     
  23. I mention him just because he’s so quotable and would surely be entertaining in a movie like this - which, despite its ostensible angle, wasn’t as technically focused as I was expecting. But you’re right, perhaps you could swap him out here for, say, Johnny Marr. Or, per the below post, Pete Buck.
     
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  24. HoundsOBurkittsville

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  25. mdent

    mdent Forum Resident

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    Rik Emmett. He's well matured and can play percussively - it's easy to adopt a delay pedal in the formula.
     
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