OT: Broomer5

[richard rendos]

Legendary guitar players? Where's Satriani?

 

[broomer5]

Richard,
No doubt Joe Satriani is one of the great legendary guitar players, although he does not necessarily fit into my theme here.
Here's another hint.

 

[wrassecal]

Bonnie Raitt and her dad Buddy Holly.roflmao I thought it was rather creative the way I answered the Jeff Beck question, by makin my own Jeff Beck avatar.....

 

[wrassecal]

At least I' figured out how to find pics and make them into avatars and so far the theme is still "music I used to own before Brian stole it to make avatars"

 

[broomer5]

LOL
I did not steal anything debi !!!!
And you making the Beck avatar was a real mind thumper - took me awhile to figure that one out ( don't have the CD LOL ) !
So far you guys are really good - getting them all right !
But ... there's still a commonality among these musicians.
Here's a new avatar

 

[nacl-h2o]

Finaly, I see one before the others. Jimmy was the man.

 

[arkman]

darn - just missed the "experience" --- learning something every day on this board --- didnt know Raitt was Holly spawn

 

[worm]

Jimmy Hendricks - hes left handed playing a right handed guitar. now that's talent!!

 

[broomer5]

You guys are good !
I'm still hoping that someone will pick up on the common thing among all these great guitar players.
Here's one of my favorites as some of you I'm sure already know

 

[wrassecal]

That's Jimi, not Jimmy and oh man am I dating myself but when I was little kid, my aunt booked all the talent for the concerts around here and I got to see Jimi Hendrix, too bad I was too young to appreciate it at the time. I'll come back and play later, got stuff to do now.
Brian, I thought you'd catch on to my "avatar answer" real quick

 

[entice59]

im a beginning guitarist, the man who inspired me to get a guitar, from system of a down the guitarist Daron Malakian, you either love or hate this band
but he's no jimi or joe =), i saw videos of them live, wish i was there to see them, the video of joe... didnt know you could do that many things with the guitar...

 

[entice59]

heres a picture of another guitarist, Mick from slipknot, he brings out the sound of hell with his guitar....
it says 'hate' on the fret thing, on his lovely warlock guitar.. drool..

 

[wrassecal]

OK a quick thought.....Is Dark Side of the Moon part of the common thread?.....if not and I was going for something fairly obscure, I might say all muscians that have played with The Band.
Entice - common theme = most rented rock star halloween costumes ????

 

[entice59]

on another note, does anyone know how to tune a guitar properly to: C,G,C,F,A,D aka drop it to lower C or was it D i forgot... ive been having trouble trying to figure out how, my crappy yamaha tunner doesnt have those letters
sorry if this is really off topic but i forgot some people actually play guitar in these board

 

[mossad327]

So far it looks like they're all playing Fenders, but I can't quite tell if they're all Strats. I know Jimi, SRV, Clapton, and Bonnie Raitt in her picture play them, but I don't remember what Buddy Holly was playing in that picture. But a Fender theme, and more specifically, a Strat theme is my guess.

 

[broomer5]

Standard tuning is E A D G B E right ?
E----thinnest----1st string

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B

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2nd string

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G

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3rd string

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D

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4th string

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A

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5th string

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E--6th string

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thickest----
So first DROP each string down ONE full step
This will give you
D
A
F
C
G
D
Then just drop your thickest sting ( 6th ) down one more full step to a C
This will give you the "drop C" tuning that you're looking for.
D
A
F
C
G
C

 

[broomer5]

very good Mossad327
Yes ! The common theme ~ Fender Stratocaster guitar is the instrument of choice by many of these fine guitar players.
Richie Sambora and Buddy Guy were my next hints LOL
I've wanted a "real" Strat for so long - longer than you can imagine.
This year my wife gave me one for Christmas
An American Strat - so it certainly has been on my mind.
Nice job
And now - an appropriate avatar

 

[broomer5]

The "Who Am I" black and white photo is
Leo Fender

 

[mossad327]

Wrassecal - I just remembered. Broomer, correct me if this is just a coincidence with the rest of the hints, but Dark Side of the Moon was part of the game because David Gilmour played a Strat.

 

[wrassecal]

Mossad327- you are pretty smart for a longhorn. How do you like my new avatar?
LOL - Brian, spongebob and his strat. Does he play as well as you? That's great you got one for Christmas....how bout a little "Pride and Joy" ?