My Les Paul Forums - View Single Post - Elliot Easton Talks About The History Of The Gibson SG

Harpozep · 01-23-2008, 02:16 AM

Elliot Easton is a fine enough player. Fun and to the point on studio albums, and he can string out some nice longer solos in concert. Playing for the song is a manner very under appreciated by folks who want guitar gods.

I gotta agree too that Page is put on such a pedestal here that it is almost embarrassing.

Same with Clapton.

But they are both important players that molded our times. Neither move me much, but I love a Page riff now and then and really do love Clapton with a Gibson, not so much his last thirty years with a Strat though.

So many more players out there. Heck, one of the best, Danny Gatton killed himself in despair. Lots of personalities out there and some get crushed by the business and just don't last.
Danny Gatton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I grew up outside Boston and knew plenty of Berklee people in the '70's. Too many of them were aloof, while some were the most talented grounded musicians I've ever met.

My Jazz teacher in high school was a Berklee grad and he definitely tried to make us turn from rock and go bebop. I loved him introducing Charlie Parker to us. Good times there

He was a bit of an opinionated one though ( He was from Berklee after all, where it was sink or swim as he'd say ). He told us bending notes was a weakness and a sign of an immature player. To him a player bending and sustaining was wasting space and out of ideas. He never said that of Miles Davis though........just us lowly guitar players with our Univox Les Pauls

01-23-2008, 02:16 AM	#25 (permalink)
Harpozep V.I.P. Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Near the Casinos...... Posts: 5,154 Thanks: 48 Thanked 28 Times in 11 Posts	Re: Elliot Easton Talks About The History Of The Gibson SG Elliot Easton is a fine enough player. Fun and to the point on studio albums, and he can string out some nice longer solos in concert. Playing for the song is a manner very under appreciated by folks who want guitar gods. I gotta agree too that Page is put on such a pedestal here that it is almost embarrassing. Same with Clapton. But they are both important players that molded our times. Neither move me much, but I love a Page riff now and then and really do love Clapton with a Gibson, not so much his last thirty years with a Strat though. So many more players out there. Heck, one of the best, Danny Gatton killed himself in despair. Lots of personalities out there and some get crushed by the business and just don't last. Danny Gatton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I grew up outside Boston and knew plenty of Berklee people in the '70's. Too many of them were aloof, while some were the most talented grounded musicians I've ever met. My Jazz teacher in high school was a Berklee grad and he definitely tried to make us turn from rock and go bebop. I loved him introducing Charlie Parker to us. Good times there He was a bit of an opinionated one though ( He was from Berklee after all, where it was sink or swim as he'd say ). He told us bending notes was a weakness and a sign of an immature player. To him a player bending and sustaining was wasting space and out of ideas. He never said that of Miles Davis though........just us lowly guitar players with our Univox Les Pauls __________________ Behave all, Harpozep I'b' Use'bd' WB'bd' Pick'ups'b'"Lyrics: Time wasted between solos"