Guthrie Govan Discussion

how do you get the material colored like that? i am trying to make a few picks right now, and they sound good, but i'd like to get them to look like that.

just got the big jazzer in tortoiseshell as well as the tufftone material. both picks are amazing, though i am definitely leaning toward the original red bear pick. very slick to the touch, but does ...

i use mogami cables man. great all-around sound, and there is no real frequency loss. very "even" sounding cables. i use the mogami gold 20 footer straight into the amp. best cable i've ...

WHAT?!?! no pics of guthers with a guitar?! hahaha great pics ed!

Would you mind if you opened this up to other people on the blog (as in other approaches to phrasing)? I have some cool ideas behind this too... I'll pm them to ya when I get out of classes tonight

What you said is exactly what I do. I find that, when executing fast single note lines, keeping the thumb behind the neck facilitates ease of motion (it also helps keeping a consistent downward press ...

i would love to try a red bear pick, but i'm using the ultex jazz iii's at the moment. give planet waves black ice picks a try; they are a very similar shape to the jazz iii's (in between a regular a ...

any estimates on price? i'm looking for a guitar as a grad gift to meself... also, ed, is it still possible for you guys to come by pennsylvania in the fall? i asked the head of the music department ...

just relax your wrist, and whip it in the groove. work with a metronome; most people tighten up when doing this, but i find that loosening the grip makes it much easier to perform. an exercise you c ...

but that's richie kotzen's solo!!!!!!!! it's probably built around something like this (i'm not listening to ner ner right now, so i don't know if this is the exact shape used)-

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hey ed-

i believe i could get the faculty at my school behind guthrie to do a master class / show kind of deal. it would definitely be much appreciated!!! also, you would be playing in a nice-siz ...

you definitely want to be able to do both at any given time.

here's a scenario for ya-

you're playing in front of a few thousand people, and a great idea comes to your mind while soloing. you s ...

OMG PLEASE GET ON THESE!!! HOW I WANT TO JAM ON THEM!!!!!!!

he seems to still be using the red bear picks, eh?!? are they worth it? because i am just thinking about ordering a crapload of jazz III xl's... but if those are worth it...

hmmm...

and do you ...

this is a situation where we'd have to apply some chord scale theory. now, the motion of Em to Cmaj7 implies a G major tonality (or an E aeolian, depending on what you want to do). now this is a VER ...