May 10, 201511 yr Playing myself for close to 30 years. I love me some jimmy page. But technically he is very sloppy. His intonation is way off, his string bending the same, and his vibrato is a mess. But the feeling is still great!!
May 10, 201511 yr Playing myself for close to 30 years. I love me some jimmy page. But technically he is very sloppy. His intonation is way off, his string bending the same, and his vibrato is a mess. But the feeling is still great!! Somebody's a big Yngvie Malmsteen fan. Steve Vai as well, right?
May 10, 201511 yr Author Somebody's a big Yngvie Malmsteen fan. Steve Vai as well, right? I like both. I like Jimmy more. Why? I can tell Its Jimmy with only a few notes. Lol.
May 10, 201511 yr I like both��. I like Jimmy more. Why? I can tell Its Jimmy with only a few notes. Lol. Some players have sloppy or ragged styles from a technical standpoint. But they own those styles, and that can also make them great. Nobody would accuse Cobain of being particularly technically perfect and such. But we loved to hear him shred.
May 10, 201511 yr The Song Remains The Same concert is a classic example of Page at his sloppy finest.
May 10, 201511 yr Author The Song Remains The Same concert is a classic example of Page at his sloppy finest. Yes it is. it's like eating a sloppy Joe. It's messy but taste real good.
May 10, 201511 yr Author Some players have sloppy or ragged styles from a technical standpoint. But they own those styles, and that can also make them great. Nobody would accuse Cobain of being particularly technically perfect and such. But we loved to hear him shred. I would call cobain. Dirty. Great heavy riffs. Simple, but very effective!! Love it.
May 10, 201511 yr Author Mustang, I have a question for you: Are you familiar with the term "math rock?" No. My ear stops in the late 70s. I tend to stick with what I like.
May 10, 201511 yr I would not not say he is a great guitarist from a technical perspective. However, he is great from carving a lick and blending it into a listenable song that does not sound the same as the last song. This is what separates him from the Joe Bonnamassa's of the music world.
May 10, 201511 yr Author I would not not say he is a great guitarist from a technical perspective. However, he is great from carving a lick and blending it into a listenable song that does not sound the same as the last song. This is what separates him from the Joe Bonnamassa's of the music world. Jimmy in the studio is differnt from Jimmy live. Some of the bootleg stuff is bad. Hes all over the place. Still Led Zeppelin 1, still sounds fresh to me. Doesn't sound like it was recorded in 1968. Put on the alumb for the first time and Good Times Bad times had me hooked. The solo in that song are fingers on a chalkboard but it works! It seems to pain him to bend the stings to the corect pitch. Too flat or to sharp.
May 10, 201511 yr While always digging him, I recently gained a newer respect for Jimmy Page after watching "It Might Get Loud". Interesting documentary, but after seeing it, and nothing against them, but The Edge and Jack White came off as merely imitation wannabe guitar players by comparison. Jimmy plays with such real and raw feeling, and it's apparent that he was rooted with some early childhood formal instruction that the other two didn't have. Jimmy is so freakin' cool that I could never get tired of chatting music with him if given the chance. It's apparent that he eats, sleeps, and breaths the guitar and although perhaps technically not perfect, he was such an innovator in the world of guitar rock song creation that can't be ignored. I consider him a virtuoso in complex song composition, and he has a serious knack for understanding dynamics. After seeing the movie all I wanted to do was pick up my guitar, but knew that I could never come close to making it talk the way he does. Jimmy is the deal, and his contribution to forever altering guitar driven rock cannot be overstated. He takes me back to my childhood where sitting surrounded by my album collection and listening to every note to every song was about as close to Heaven as one could get.
May 10, 201511 yr Author While always digging him, I recently gained a newer respect for Jimmy Page after watching "It Might Get Loud". Interesting documentary, but after seeing it, and nothing against them, but The Edge and Jack White came off as merely imitation wannabe guitar players by comparison. Jimmy plays with such real and raw feeling, and it's apparent that he was rooted with some early childhood formal instruction that the other two didn't have. Jimmy is so freakin' cool that I could never get tired of chatting music with him if given the chance. It's apparent that he eats, sleeps, and breaths the guitar and although perhaps technically not perfect, he was such an innovator in the world of guitar rock song creation that can't be ignored. I consider him a virtuoso in complex song composition, and he has a serious knack for understanding dynamics. After seeing the movie all I wanted to do was pick up my guitar, but knew that I could never come close to making it talk the way he does. Jimmy is the deal, and his contribution to forever altering guitar driven rock cannot be overstated. He takes me back to my childhood where sitting surrounded by my album collection and listening to every note to every song was about as close to Heaven as one could get. Very cool Doc. Seen it. Jimmy is the real deal. Jimmi and Jimmy made me ask for that cheap guitar when I was 12. When I heard them play it was like something from another planet. Page has his own style. Flat sharp solos, sloopy but tight. He starts off on spot gets sloopy as the tempo increases then brings it back home on spot. A thing of beauty and art.
May 10, 201511 yr Page is like a great watercolor artist. The watercolor artist really cannot control his medium, he lets it flow where it wants and improvises. Page just paints with his guitar.
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