Guthrie Govan Discussion

Hi all - this is a nice topical thread for me, as I'm playing (foolishly) WST for a Recital at the start of May...it's not quite as scary as I once thought - it's much harder to make it look as easy a ...

I think Guthrie's natural tone is fantastic - the sound he produces with his fingers. But his overall amplified sound isn't quite to my tastes, yet. I think he tends to use much less distortion than t ...

Guthrie transcribed Manhattan a few years back for Guitar Techniques. I can't find the issue to confirm the date, but I'd wager it was 1999.

Thanks! I'll definitely try and get to that - my only problem is I'm playing a rather heavy concert the night before, and travelling down to London might be a problem, but I'll certainly give it a sho ...

Sounds great! I agree, Antonio Sanchez is mindblowing - you must watch his solo performance on Modern Drummer 2003 DVD, it's phenomonal.
Thanks for the show review - it's just making me more frustrat ...

I'm going to see Glasgow play in Asia.
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I think that's right...
So if anyone wants to talk shred and 'forbidden music'(tm), I'll be there!
Best,
John.

Aloha one and all!
8-finger tapping's something I've been working on for a while now. The scary stuff Guthrie does, especially in 'Wonderful Slippery Thing', isn't strictly 8-finger, but involves cop ...