Was John Lennon a good guitarist?
>>122923715He was literally better as songwriter than he ever was at playing guitar
Maybe but I reckon he could really slap the shit out of a bass guitar.
>>122923715He was good at everything
>>122923715He was a walrus.
>>122923715I know the answer but I'm not going to tell you OP..
>>122923715Not even the best guitarist in the beatles
>>122923752I'll do you one better. Not even the best male guitarist from Liverpool in the Beatles.
>>122923715for a guitarist in a boyband that never left the key of c? i guess
>>122923744The walrus was Paul
>>122923715Probably not overall, but he played my favorite Beatles guitar solohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PK21u7YzmI
he had enough drugs in his system that he used distortion in ways that were unsavory at the time, during that Let it Be docseries it shows him jamming with distortion back then in 69 and you can tell at the time people wouldve thought it sounded like nonsense but hearing it 50 years later it sounded like proto grunge/alternative
>>122923715to a non-guitarist, he is good. but to a dedicated guitar player, he’s probably somewhere between intermediate and novice.he could play chords and knew a bit of fingerstyle technique, but as a lead guitarist he lacked theory knowledge and technical capability.if 1/10 is “he can’t play the guitar”, 5/10 is “he’s an okay guitarist” and 10/10 is “he’s the greatest guitar player ever”, john hovers around 5/10.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrsEBW9_GUk&t=3swhich of the 3 beatles guitarists do you think had the best solo phrasing in this song?
if he’s so good then why is he dead??
>>122923962>he lacked theory knowledge
>>122923974George’s > John’s > Paul’s
>>122923985in the specific context of lead guitar, yes i believe he lacked knowledge about scales, modes, chord positions etc
>>122923715he had the most rock and roll guitar parts
>>122923974the real best guitarist in the Beatles, Tyler Larson
>>122923904agreed
>>122923727>unnecessary use of "literally" into the trash it goes
his guitar playing, like everything with the beatles, was shaped so as to serve the song. what a concept, imagine that. you edgelord dummies
>>122924223being a reductionist faggot doesn't make you smart
>>122923715When you're a good songwriter that makes up for being mediocre at your instrument.
>>122923715Better than harrison
>>122923715Not really. Both Paul and George were better guitar players than John. John’s main assets were that he was a far better lyric writer than the others and he was the only one with the right attitude to be a frontman. Paul was too accommodating to the fans and the press, and George was too preachy and withdrawn.
>>122923762Why are you such a prick?! God no other schizo on here pisses me off more than you!
>>122923742Except not getting shot
>>122923715he could play the notes and chords he needed to make great music, so yes
>>122923727oh, he wasnt figuratively better at songwriting then?
>>122923946> he was the first le genius to turn the knobs on his amp a certain way, thereby LE INVENTING A GENRE
>>122927967Yes.
>>122923946More like he made the record companies enough money that they would let him record anything. If other people tried it earlier, they wouldn't be allowed near a studio without financing it themselves.
>>122923762The Beatles actually use some fairly sophisticated harmony. Did you hear the key of C is bad and this is your parroted criticism now? It’s easier for guitar based bands to play in G or D anyway so I’d call this one a miss chief
>>122923962“Dedicated Guitarists” usually have their head up their ass and miss the forest for the trees. Case in point.
>>122923974Paul > John > Georrge
>>122923715He could play some power chords and bend some strings in the style of 50s rock'n'roll (Chuck Berry et al). So he could do a passing job at playing guitar enough to appear competent to someone who couldn't play a guitar.But his guitar parts were neither innovative nor virtuosic. They were basic rock'n'blue filler: power chords and bluesy motifs.His strong points were having the balls to do things that would be experimental in the 60s but package it in such a way as to sound normie-digestible. Like going on a rollercoaster of leaping through different keys in the course of a melody without making it sound like jazz. Very surreal imaginative lyrics. And he was their most outgoing assertive big-dude frontman that didn't look like a fragile showbiz puppy, like the other three.So he didn't need to be a great guitarist, he was the band leader inspiring that energy that emanated from them and was one of the big reasons why they got famous.
>>122923974they're all basic bitches but john had the rockstar sound
>>122923974George has the nimblest execution and the best tone.John is kinda basic but playing those fillers forcefully.Paul is the worst on guitar. Careless and dirty way of playing.
>>122923962Depends on what you define as "good" I reckon. He played the right chords at the right time, had a good blues shuffle feel, and could control his pitch-bends well. George's playing was like a pretty little bow on top, but John laid a lot of the foundation.
