Best female guitarist in the world?

[Sanx]

Triple J had an interview / mini-session with Kaki King this morning, who's currently touring Aussie with the Foo Fighters. What this chick can do with an acoustic guitar is simply amazing. She can also sing and play the drums, apparently.

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[Mikkel]

Amazing stuff! :niceone:

Reminds me of Andy McKee's Driftin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddn4MGaS3N4

But I guess Joe Satriani's Midnight (Surfing with the Alien - 1987) was one of the pioneering works of that particular playing style:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGNj34GSjs4

[BadCompany]

I fucking love Satriani's music. But I've found that the poeple who have heard of him are gutarists themselves. So, do you play Mikkel?

[Gubb]

t's all about Yengowie Malstreem or whatever the fuck his name is.

[Mikkel]

I fucking love Satriani's music. But I've found that the poeple who have heard of him are gutarists themselves. So, do you play Mikkel?

Can't run away from that fact. Although I wish I had become slightly better in my 15+ years of damaging my hearing ;)


t's all about Yengowie Malstreem or whatever the fuck his name is.

Yngwie Malmsteen - yes he's good, but I wouldn't say the best. Best is such an impossible thing to establish - what characterises the really good guitarists are their individual style and sound more than being technically superior. These days there are so many awesome guitarists around it's not even funny...

[mstriumph]

ok
she's a BRILLIANT guitarist




so please tell me




WHAT THE FUCK HAS HER GENDER GOT TO DO WITH THAT????????

[Sanx]

ok
she's a BRILLIANT guitarist




so please tell me

WHAT THE FUCK HAS HER GENDER GOT TO DO WITH THAT????????

First off. Calm the fuck down.

Secondly. her gender has very little to do with it, other than the fact it is a lot harder for a female to break into the business on sheer instrumental talent, especially on the guitar which is a male-dominated instrument for some reason. How many female guitarists do you hear about? Very few. She seems to have little problem with being referred to as the best female guitarist in the world, based upon her reactions to a question asked on the interview I heard today (the interviewer was female too)

Thirdly. She's the only female in Rolling Stone's Top 50 guitarists list.

Lastly. Thank you very much for giving a demonstration of the sort of over-the-top self-righteous behaviour that uptight feminists are famous for, but always deny. FFS.

[DarkLord]

t's all about Yengowie Malstreem or whatever the fuck his name is.

That's Yngwie. Almost :cool:

I reckon Michael Angelo Batio is the greatest guitarist ever. Inventor of the double guitar and labeled by Guitar World (I think) as the fastest shredder of all time.

:headbang:

[riffer]

That's Yngwie. Almost :cool:

I reckon Michael Angelo Batio is the greatest guitarist ever. Inventor of the double guitar and labeled by Guitar World (I think) as the fastest shredder of all time.

:headbang:

Sorry man. Herman Li and Sam Totman have him beat.

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[smoky]

Kinda old school but I still have a lot of appreciation for Jeff Beck
and I have fond memories of going to a jazz club in New York and listening to Les Paul playing.

[MisterD]

Call me a curmudgeon, but I don't think speed and widdly-diddlyness is everything - IMO the greatest guitarists are the ones that get the feel into their playing, and for some reason that means blues guitarists...

Bonny Raitt, if we're still talking trying to piss off Ms T, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Billy Gibbons (incidentally one time rated as the best young guitarist in the world by some bloke called Jimi Hendrix)

[Gubb]

Sorry man. Herman Li and Sam Totman have him beat.

Hard to believe that such an am amazing guitarist comes from Masterton of all places.

[BadCompany]

Call me a curmudgeon, but I don't think speed and widdly-diddlyness is everything - IMO the greatest guitarists are the ones that get the feel into their playing.

I rather agree, its also about the song writing though. Eric Clapton and Neil Young are two of my favorite musicians who are excellent guitarists and also write some awesome songs.

[riffer]

Hard to believe that such an am amazing guitarist comes from Masterton of all places.

??? Herman Li comes from Honk Kong. Sam Totman comes from Hertfordshire, England.

What you talking 'bout Willis?

[firefighter]

watching that makes me feel like a 5 year old that's only just picked up a guitar!

[GaZBur]

Jennifer Batten - best two hand tapping ever heard when she did the flight of the bumblebee. Wow!
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Edit: Can't seem to get youtube link to work - you may have to copy and paste it yourself!

[smoky]

Jennifer Batten - best two hand tapping ever heard when she did the flight of the bumblebee. Wow!


Do you think she's actually playing that? I heard she use to mime a lot of that stuff, so she was free to artistically create the image
Do a search on utube for John Williams - you'll be impressed even if you don't appreciate his medium

[mstriumph]

.......................... Thank you very much for giving a demonstration of the sort of over-the-top self-righteous behaviour that uptight feminists are famous for, but always deny. FFS.

you are welcome :rolleyes: admittedly over the top but it's not just 'for a woman' remarks that get me uptight you know - the guy making the 'Masterton' remark nearly got an earful [eyeful?] too .... until i read on ...:lol:

good is good, irrespective of where it comes from, no?

[Gubb]

??? Herman Li comes from Honk Kong. Sam Totman comes from Hertfordshire, England.

What you talking 'bout Willis?

Born there, but raised here. (http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-172387196.html)

the guy making the 'Masterton' remark nearly got an earful [eyeful?] too .... until i read on ...:lol:

good is good, irrespective of where it comes from, no?
How so? It's not often you associate one of the most amazing guitarists with small town NZ.

[Mikkel]

Personally I have a great appreciation for Mark Knopfler - he can play fast (albeit not shredder-like-fast), it's nearly always very melodic and he doesn't use a pick. That aside he's both a great compose and a great lyricist - the wit in most of his lyrics is mindblowing.


Jennifer Batten - best two hand tapping ever heard when she did the flight of the bumblebee. Wow!

Jennifer Batten rocks - no doubt about it. :punk:

[Luckylegs]

The Great Kat

[riffer]

Born there, but raised here. (http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-172387196.html)

How so? It's not often you associate one of the most amazing guitarists with small town NZ.


Far out. I stand corrected. Interesting. I spent a lot of time in Masterton - lived there for a few years, and played with a number of guys who came from there - same musical genre too - and I never met or heard of Sam until Dragonforce.

The 'rapa has a habit of breeding a few fast guys though - a certain ex-Superbike racer comes to mind too.

[Gubb]

Maybe it's just a case of 'there's nothing else to do, so just practice, practice, practice'.

[Mikkel]

Maybe it's just a case of 'there's nothing else to do, so just practice, practice, practice'.

Well, talent has to enter the equation somewhere along the line :yes:

[idb]

watching that makes me feel like a 5 year old that's only just picked up a guitar!

Yeah, me too, but where are you going to find one at this time of night?

[idb]

Phoebe, from 'Friends'.
Smelly Cat is a modern classic.

[Gubb]

Well, talent has to enter the equation somewhere along the line :yes:

Dunno, it's really the nature vs nurture debate all over again.

I'm not sure if I really believe in "talent" some people are good at things because they practice a lot, others don't have the discipline to stick it iout to become good at it.

People with good hand-eye co-ordination probably picked it up while they were young, and it's served them well into later life.

Interesting debate though.

[riffer]

You a player Hubba Gubba? I've been playing guitar since 1974.

[Gubb]

Unfortunately not, I fall into the "too lazy to practice column"
I bought a Guitar and Amp (Remember Head Like A Hole? It's Booger Beazley's old guitar, as seen in the "I'm On Fire" video) A mate has promised to teach me, i've just got to take him up on it now.

Huge respect for the people that can work the magic on the frets though.

[riffer]

Unfortunately not, I fall into the "too lazy to practice column"
I bought a Guitar and Amp (Remember Head Like A Hole? It's Booger Beazley's old guitar, as seen in the "I'm On Fire" video) A mate has promised to teach me, i've just got to take him up on it now.

Huge respect for the people that can work the magic on the frets though.

Yeah, I remember HLAH. We used to share practice rooms with them and Shihad back in the day. Haven't seen the HLAH boys in yonks - last I saw Mark he was doing live sound work.

Here's a thread I created previously regarding some old tunes of mine. (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=30583)

[Mikkel]

Dunno, it's really the nature vs nurture debate all over again.

I'm not sure if I really believe in "talent" some people are good at things because they practice a lot, others don't have the discipline to stick it iout to become good at it.

People with good hand-eye co-ordination probably picked it up while they were young, and it's served them well into later life.

Interesting debate though.

I disagree.

I have well above average (tough luck, that's modesty out the window) hand-eye coordination. However, I could have practiced day and night and I don't believe I would have become a great guitarist anyway. Sure I could have learned to play really really fucking fast - but IMHO there's so much more than that to being a good guitar player. Sure you can become a technically skilled player - but that won't make your playing inspirational.

On the other hand I have met several outstanding players, some of whom does not practice a whole lot but just have the flair. That said talent won't make you a guitar god - you need to practice as well of course.

[madandy]

Talent is indeed a prerequisite for awesomeness.

[MaxB]

She is good.

Liz Phair is a good player and plays a lot of diiferent guitars, Ani DiFranco is OK if you can stand the politics but the ones I like are Nancy Wilson from Heart and Kelly Johnson (RIP) from Girlschool because they understood that rock and roll is loud and proud.

[Mikkel]

She is good.

Liz Phair is a good player and plays a lot of diiferent guitars, Ani DiFranco is OK if you can stand the politics but the ones I like are Nancy Wilson from Heart and Kelly Johnson (RIP) from Girlschool because they understood that rock and roll is loud and proud.

Oooooh BARRACUDA!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bt_-R5LInU&feature=related
They don't make rock like that these days...

That said I'm not thinking guitar virtuosity when I'm thinking Heart.