Wanted: Guitar Heroes

[Risto the Great]

Was having a discussion with a fellow the other day regarding rack mounted rigs (I think he was trying to get me to sell him my old VHT power amp) and he was ranting and raving about the new pre-amp/effects processor he just purchased by Fractal (Axe FX II), looks like a whole bunch of artists have jumped on board with endorsements (Vai, Petrucci, and Dweezil Zappa just to name a few). Anyway when trying to find me an example of what it could do we came across these video’s apparently done by a guitar teacher which I think are pretty cool so I thought I might share

(R)evolution of Rock Guitar-Fractal Audio Axe-Fx Ultra Preamp/Effects processor-Part I -Ketil Strand - YouTube
(R)evolution of Rock Guitar-Fractal Audio Axe-Fx Ultra Preamp/Effects processor-Part II-Ketil Strand - YouTube
(R)evolution of Rock Guitar-Fractal Audio Axe-Fx Ultra Preamp/Effects processor-Part 3-Ketil Strand - YouTube
(R)evolution of Rock Guitar-Fractal Audio Axe-Fx Ultra Preamp/Effects processor-Part 4-Ketil Strand - YouTube

God damn!
I want one!

Great guitarist btw. (Always helps)

[DraganOfStip]

Dragi
Re: Iron Maiden - Gotta say I’m more of an old school Maiden fan (still think their debut album with Di’Anno on vocals is their best work), although I must admit I enjoyed most of their work up to 85, I think that was the height of Smith and Harris’ work.

I was also pleased to see it when Dickinson and Smith rejoined the band in 2000 and they returned to Brazil to headlined Rock in Rio again. Found this clip from the 2001 Rock in Rio, I get shivers down my spine every time I hear this intro, 250,000 Brazilians singing a guitar melody in unison, the South American’s sure love their metal

Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark (Live Rock In Rio 2001) HD - YouTube

Tome
Paul Di'Anno is a great vocal,it's his alcoholism that got him fired from the band.Blaze Bayley wasn't bad either,his vocals in songs like Futureal,Virus,The Clansman,The sign of the cross etc. are mind-blowing,it was the poor sales of "The X factor" and "Virtual XI" that got him fired.In my opinion,their best albums include (Killers and Iron Maiden are there by default) Powerslave,Somewhere in time,Seventh son of a seventh son and Fear of the dark.
Iron Maiden-Power Slave - YouTube

[DraganOfStip]

Yes, a guy I jammed with a while back was telling me about his Fractal rig the other day. He swears by it. But truthfully, he never had a great ear for tone in my opinion. Can't beat a real valve amplifier in my opinion.

More importantly, perhaps a minutes silence to mourn the passing of the great John Lord of Deep Purple fame.

RIP,John Lord wrote and performed the organ riff in one of the greatest songs of all-time,Child In Time.His keyboard skills can only be compared (to some extent) with The Doors' Ray Manzarek.Child In Time is one of only three songs EVER that managed to wet my eyes whenever I hear them (in a positive way).In his honor,10 minutes of pure pleasure

Deep Purple - Child Time - YouTube

[Risto the Great]

Yes, a guy I jammed with a while back was telling me about his Fractal rig the other day. He swears by it. But truthfully, he never had a great ear for tone in my opinion. Can't beat a real valve amplifier in my opinion.

More importantly, perhaps a minutes silence to mourn the passing of the great John Lord of Deep Purple fame.

[Tomche Makedonche]

Was having a discussion with a fellow the other day regarding rack mounted rigs (I think he was trying to get me to sell him my old VHT power amp) and he was ranting and raving about the new pre-amp/effects processor he just purchased by Fractal (Axe FX II), looks like a whole bunch of artists have jumped on board with endorsements (Vai, Petrucci, and Dweezil Zappa just to name a few). Anyway when trying to find me an example of what it could do we came across these video’s apparently done by a guitar teacher which I think are pretty cool so I thought I might share

(R)evolution of Rock Guitar-Fractal Audio Axe-Fx Ultra Preamp/Effects processor-Part I -Ketil Strand - YouTube
(R)evolution of Rock Guitar-Fractal Audio Axe-Fx Ultra Preamp/Effects processor-Part II-Ketil Strand - YouTube
(R)evolution of Rock Guitar-Fractal Audio Axe-Fx Ultra Preamp/Effects processor-Part 3-Ketil Strand - YouTube
(R)evolution of Rock Guitar-Fractal Audio Axe-Fx Ultra Preamp/Effects processor-Part 4-Ketil Strand - YouTube

[Tomche Makedonche]

Dragi
Re: Iron Maiden - Gotta say I’m more of an old school Maiden fan (still think their debut album with Di’Anno on vocals is their best work), although I must admit I enjoyed most of their work up to 85, I think that was the height of Smith and Harris’ work.

I was also pleased to see it when Dickinson and Smith rejoined the band in 2000 and they returned to Brazil to headlined Rock in Rio again. Found this clip from the 2001 Rock in Rio, I get shivers down my spine every time I hear this intro, 250,000 Brazilians singing a guitar melody in unison, the South American’s sure love their metal

Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark (Live Rock In Rio 2001) HD - YouTube

[Tomche Makedonche]

Izvini fella’s, been meaning to get back to your posts

Riste
Re: Roth –Haha, I haven’t seen that clip in a long time, Roth was definitely all about having a good time and not taking things too seriously, I remember when I first heard that bit when Vai was making his guitar "talk", I was blown away

Re: Lynyrd Skynyrd - Well since we’ve both mentioned it, might as well put it up here for the record, the electrification begins at about 4:55...
Lynyrd Skynyrd-Free bird - YouTube


Origin
Ahhhh Zappa, every guitarists favourite extra terrestrial, if I had to pick a favourite piece from that album it would likely be a toss up between Fifty-Fifty and Zombie Woof, the man himself though was insane (in a brilliant way), I remember hearing that the total count for the number of albums he produced was something like 60?, now that’s a collection only for the die hard fans

[Risto the Great]

Yes, the famous Zappa album. Now where did I hear it first ;-)

[Origin]

While im at it, here's Zappa from one of his best (read: accessible to non Zappa fans) albums, 'Over Nite Sensation'

Frank Zappa - I'm The Slime (with lyrics) - YouTube

[Origin]

Alot of names have been thrown into the pot, but i can't help but keep coming back to the mack daddy - skip to 2:40ish to have your face melted
Jimi Hendrix - catfish blues - YouTube

[Phoenix]

This day marks 41 years since the death of The Doors' Jim Morrison in the Paris hotel.In his honor one of their most memorable songs,a true blues classic.Glory to you,my man.

It's amazing how many successful bands were influenced by 'The Doors', including my all time favourite, 'Joy Division' ...

[DraganOfStip]

This day marks 41 years since the death of The Doors' Jim Morrison in the Paris hotel.In his honor one of their most memorable songs,a true blues classic.Glory to you,my man.

The Doors - Roadhouse Blues - YouTube

[Risto the Great]

Guys, I am convinced the South Park guys broke into my house and witnessed me doing something very much like this:


South Park Guitar Queer-O - YouTube

[Risto the Great]

Speaking of Deep purple, got to give the spotlight to Ritchie Blackmore as well, some of the riffs he’s created have become guitar dogma, Black Night is a personal favourite, but I’d love to have a statistic on the number of guitarists who learnt the following chord progression as their first ever riff
Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water HD 1973 (Live in USA) - YouTube

Never seen this video before.
What a powerhouse of a band! Every musician a legend.

I didn't realise Gillan was such a handsome young fella in his youth. I saw them quite a few years later and they all looked very seedy by that stage.

I loved Rainbow (with Dio) just as much as Deep Purple when I was younger. Ritchie had that classical/blues thing which was quite unique for his time. We used to play Maybe I'm a Leo in a band I was in once upon a time. It was fun to play with a quirky time signature and it really opened up for the guitar solo ... good fun. As far as Deep Purple goes, the quintessential album is Machine Head in my mind.

[Risto the Great]

@Tomche

Ian Gillan is arguably THE best vocal in rock history.I mean,many singers have tried to catch up his glass-shattering high tone screams in "Child in time" and failed.And totally agree with "Black Night",a memorable riff indeed.

Awesome tune. I loved that as a kid. I saw Deep Purple in concert in the 1980's and Gillan relied on the delay/echo to keep that scream going. I felt a little disappointed to be honest.