Frosty. this guy is unreal.-plays, lead/rhythm/bass at once!

[taabru45]

John Phil Wayne..Here are his 'lessons', playing 3 three ways to center. amazing :shock:
He also invented the 1st guitar synth. in the 70s.........but didn't patent it. :shock: :?
http://www.johnphilwayne.com/misc.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN5U6ppHpgw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX8UgBDuNck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlI7r03rrO4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDeCyl1UMA8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_3HQ9UQzNw

Live performances....this guy in action, plus a nice 'how high the moon'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdfTuMKt ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5jgekeIAIw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twz3BhqC6Y0

Now good people, get back to me when you have mastered all of the above, and watch me eat a Guild...... :lol: :lol: Steffan

 

[Jeff_L]

Re: For you Frosty. this guy is unreal.lead/rhythm/bass, at once

That man is not human - he's an alien from some kind of parallel universe, with four extra (invisible) hands playing two extra (invisible) guitars.

Just unbelievable. I can only wish I was anywhere near that good.

Thanks for the links - I really enjoyed them.

Jeff

 

[taabru45]

Re: For you Frosty. this guy is unreal.lead/rhythm/bass, at once

Jeff, you are quite right....and the DeArmond used in the 1st couple of vids, was unplugged, according to one of the feedback letters.just recorded with a microphone...I don't think that is true, but it doesn't matter. :shock: He seems to do more with less. He doesn't use much besides a guitar and an amp, and he only seems to have 3 guitars, and one of them is a DeArmond X-155 :!: He has quite the bio, and I'm still in shock....There are some amazing players out there but this guy is a league, all by him self...just incredible :shock: Steffan

 

[Graham]

Re: Frosty. this guy is unreal.-playing,ead/rhythm/bass at once!

:shock: WTH :shock:

 

[walrus]

Wow...I'm not sure if I should go practice more, or just give up playing altogether...

Great stuff!

walrus

 

[taabru45]

Walrus, keep playing....read Jeffs' post above....it explains it all. :lol: :lol: :lol: Steffan

 

[Pike]

Thanks for the heads up and links Steffan, his Bio and Misc links are quite impressive also. Kudos to John Phil Wayne, what a fantastic player!

 

[Ross]

Maybe it's actually 3 guys: John, Phil and Wayne :wink:

 

[fab467]

Maybe it's actually 3 guys: John, Phil and Wayne :wink:

:lol: :lol: :lol: Best explanation so far!

 

[jp]

I guess that conceptually this kind of playing is not foreign to musicians. Keyboard players pull this off intellectually. As far as the guitar is concerned, Stanley Jordan and lots of contemporaries who play in the "tapboard" style can also do this.

What's interesting is that he's pulling it off using a somewhat "traditional" approach, except for that crazy right hand doing three jobs. That's the mind-blowing part! Really impressive! Thanks for the links Steffan.

 

[taabru45]

Guy seems pretty humble...played with some great artists, player of the year, 2 years in a row. Plays a DeArmond X-155. Mostly stays away from petals, and encourages us to play what you see is what you get...and also plays several other instruments, and had conducted symphony orchestras....damn glad he didn't go into baseball.... :lol: but how many people here ever heard of him? I sold my DeArmond and was doing a search to send a link to the guy who bought it. I did, but told him to just watch this guy.....and keep on playing anyway....Thats how I discovered him....not a clue, and aside from Lenny Breau. this guy does stuff I've never heard any one do. :lol: Steffan