Hello everyone and welcome to another Guitar Duel, a battle of legendary guitarists wits, stamina and skills. These contests provide blood, sweat and tears from our guitar heroes but I'm afraid they have to be done. Well done for everyone who voted on the last guitar duel between Chuck Berry and BB King, it was close at the start but then King started to pull away and he was the winner in the end. Anyway now on to this weeks fascinating encounter between two of the best British guitarists of the 70s and 80s and two guitarists that are still[...]
Ahhhhh well back to life, back to reality.
It seems about a month since I last did a Hero Worship post, but in truth it's probably much longer than that. So, for that, I am sorry.
But enough of me waffling on! Let's get to worshipping some guitar greats. And this weeks guitar god is the one and only Johnny Marr.
What Total Guitar Said:
You Know Him By His: Bittersweet symphonies and inspired songwriting, usually thrashed out on a Rickenbacker, Gibson SG or ES-355
Greatest Moment: The outro of 'the Boy With The Thorn In His[...]
Ahhhh we're now in December. I can usually tell from a few things; The bitterly cold wind whilst walking home from the pub, the television is immersed with 'that' Coca-Cola advert, there are various LED Christmas lights being put up around my area. But all of these are just little signs. The main give away that we're nearing close to Christmas is more of a personal one. My sudden want, no need, for a new guitar!
I don't know if it's just me or if it is all guitarists, but I could really do with a new guitar this Christmas. In fact one of my[...]