What type of guitarist are you?!?!?!?!?!??!?!

[Forbes]

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I much prefere playing rhythm, especially in a band situation, if the set had alot of solo's maybe i'd take one, but i feel much more confortable and at home playing rhythm, plus most of the stuff i play is much more rhythm based anyway.

 

[Mincer]

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are these my only choices? hehe
in my band, i play rhythm/lead/textures with loops, guitar synth, and sounds that sound nothing like a guitar..oh I also play bass pedals (lowww notes below the bass guitar) with my feet.

 

[strat_master]

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OOPs this is in the wrong forum!!!! my bad!

 

[strat_master]

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Oh well being as its too late to repost this, what do you guys think about skill? I personally think that it takes an equal amount of skills to play rhyth, guitar as it does t play lead, it is just the lead guitar is more noticable. Ive seen people butcher the rhythm section of a song and i cant help but say what happened to the fourth beat?!??! A really good rhythm guitarist can keep a good solid rhythm and in fact make the melody alot more prominent ..its all in the strumming mix it up! Of course soloing takes skill as well

 

[Mincer]

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yeah, well, you should have enough skill to play in time and count to 4. Most songs, you play rhythm most of the time, and being a great rhythm player, you can get a job in any band.
However, a good guitarist can do anything the song requires, rhythm, lead, etc.

 

[duke]

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I voted for lead guitarist because that's pretty much what i do (or wanna do at any rate). As it is im the sole guitarist in my band so i play both but my rhythm actually sounds like lead riffs cause i put a lot of squeals, bends and pretty much everything i can in them to make them sound cool cause i enjoy playing more complicated and challenging riffs than plain chord work. As for solos i try to put feeling in them and let that guide me whether it's shredding or good old blues feeling or whatever feels right at that particular moment.

 

[ex-250]

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im definately a rhythm guitarist. i like doin slower more melodic kinda leads, but the shred **** just isnt fun to me. i love listening to really crazy leads though, just aint what i like to play

 

[Gearjoneser]

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Realistically, both, although I checked lead guitarist. Most music requires a lot more rhythm guitar than anything, but I've always been the lead player in my situations.
What I'm best at is writing/arranging music and vocal melodies, but leaving the lyrics to the guy who sings them. I'm more of a Joe Perry, Mark Knopfler, Gary Moore, or Neil Schon type player.

 

[SpeedDemon]

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i am rhythm and lead, but i am not into ultra fast shreds, as far as i am concerned those solos have no soul, no feeling.
i mostly play rhythm, but i like to solo and there's nothing like the feel of a nice tight lead riff, add all that together and i guess i am both.

 

[Metalman_666]

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I voted both, but it's hard to distinguish because the other guitarist is our bass until we find a replacement bass. I generally play lead, because I am (not to be c0cky) actually much better than the other guitarist. I feel like I can hold my own as rhythm though.

As for leads, I don't go for the fast shred stuff (mostly because I cant yet :laugh2: ), but I like to tear up the fretboard relatively quickly. Melody and technique are more important to me than speed though.

 

[Leveller]

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Well I play a bit of both since in our band we take it in turns to play solos so to speak... I play most of them though since our other guy aint that good yet =)

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

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I love playing riffs, and soloing ... so, both

 

[nuntius]

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Realistically, both, although I checked lead guitarist. Most music requires a lot more rhythm guitar than anything, but I've always been the lead player in my situations.
What I'm best at is writing/arranging music and vocal melodies, but leaving the lyrics to the guy who sings them.

Same. Except I checked both

I tend to take very few solos when playing with bands however, as I only take one if I feel a song needs one. Playing rhythm is just as much fun for me, and I spend as much if not more time trying to get my rhythm chops sorted.

At home... meh, every song needs a solo :laugh2:

 

[Nightburst]

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I guess I'm pretty all round.
In my current band I play mostly rythm because I'm also the singer. Depending on the song I play solo's too.

 

[loudriver23]

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I've been known to noodle a solo or two, but I also enjoy vamping chords for a good Tenor Sax player.
Harmony+Melody+Mojo=Music
Serious Chopps+Huge Ego=Musical Masturbation
But what da heck to I know.
Loudriver

 

[nuntius]

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Serious Chopps+Huge Ego=Musical Masturbation

Thats strange, I always thought the answer to that equation was Yngwie Malmsteen

 

[Old Ghost]

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More Lead than Rhythm but i play both. I've played in three different bands for 6 years ( Pro ) as a lead guitarist but also played rhythm as well. We never had a rhythm guitarist in any of the Bands i played.

 

[Hot _Grits]

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Both. I'm primarily a rhythm player in my gig, but if there's a guitar solo to be had, it's my job to do it.

I consider it all to be interconnected. Sometimes great rhythm playing can be playing a single note or a double stop, so lead skills blend with rhythm skills.

 

[Guitarist]

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Definetely lead. I can't get over what a powerful melodic lead can do to a song.

Then again, it's not like I'm not a contributor to rhythm sections either, like it may suggest. It's just that I know that I'm a lead player, I don't come home and practice wierd barre chords, I go home and work on scale fragments baby!

 

[V-Spot]

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I do a bit of both. Right now, I'm only in a jam band, so I'm usually the one setting the rhythm, and the other guitarist comes in with whatever. We always make sure to change it up for everything, for a bit of variety. So most of the time you'll see me playing a bluesy riff, and the other half of the time I'll be playing a solo.