what does this mean?

[fletch88]

I was just wondering what does the term 'sloppy guitarist' mean? i just read it on some site i lol

me

 

[ermghoti]

They play sloppily, with imprecision. Missing notes, or playing incompletely fretted notes, or letting open strings ring. Playing out of time. Basically, a bad technical player.

Or his bathroom is gross, depends on the context.

 

[metalhead28]

They were talking about me

 

[ermghoti]

In which case, both definitions apply.

 

[blueroommusic]

what does the term 'sloppy guitarist' mean?

it means Jimmy Page...although he made sloppy, technically unsound playing sound REALLY good..

 

[legionserial]

Sloppy guitarist is a literal translation of Kurt Cobain...not that thats really a bad thing...sloppy works a lot of the time IMHO

 

[metalhead28]

In which case, both definitions apply.

Yeah, I can't play, plus I'm always shitting on the toilet seat.

 

[Dogman]

Yeah, I can't play, plus I'm always shitting on the toilet seat.

Well, I shit in my pants, and play sloppy guitar.....

 

[legionserial]

Well, I shit on my guitar, and use my toilet as a drum...

 

[Anfontan]

I have great respect for him, but Neil Young is definitely a sloppy guitar player

 

[ggunn]

They play sloppily, with imprecision. Missing notes, or playing incompletely fretted notes, or letting open strings ring. Playing out of time. Basically, a bad technical player.

Some would have you believe that precision trumps artistry. I do not happen to agree; Louis Armstrong was a "sloppy" trumpet player.

 

[travelin travis]

some of my favorite guitar players are/were sloppy players.

 

[fletch88]

so basically its a guitar player who never plays perfectly lol i was asking because i saw a video of green day playing minority and some random guy said billie joe is a sloppy guitar player hes only good at singing lol, i dont agree but thats just what he said lol

 

[Purge]

Think Vernon Reid: "Cult of Personality".

 

[TelePaul]

I have great respect for him, but Neil Young is definitely a sloppy guitar player

Oh man, I dunno about that....dont you love the way he can play 2 notes and make it sound better than anybody else? Thats not sloppy, I think he puts alot of effort into his Coltrane inspired one-noters. Like Cinnamon Girl. He does go kinda crazy with a whammy bar, but his acoustic stuff is spot on, precision-wise.

 

[Anfontan]

Oh man, I dunno about that....dont you love the way he can play 2 notes and make it sound better than anybody else? Thats not sloppy, I think he puts alot of effort into his Coltrane inspired one-noters. Like Cinnamon Girl. He does go kinda crazy with a whammy bar, but his acoustic stuff is spot on, precision-wise.

Im talking about some of the long jams, like "Cowgirl in the sand" or "Down by the River"on the Everyone knows this is Nowhere album. You will definitely hear some sloppy spots, sometimes its as if he's having a tough time with the guitar itself. The whammy bar stuff is also a device he had built that effects the signal as well as his Bigby vibrato. And the electric playing is all I was commenting on, I agree the acoustic playing is magnificent!
Neil was and still is a great infuence on my playing, but I stick with my opinion.

 

[travelin travis]

neil young sounds kind of sloppy to me......but still good. maybe it's just that he does'nt have a tight sound.

 

[Anfontan]

neil young sounds kind of sloppy to me......but still good. maybe it's just that he does'nt have a tight sound.

That states it pretty well, very much of a garage rock sound.

 

[TelePaul]

Im talking about some of the long jams, like "Cowgirl in the sand" or "Down by the River"on the Everyone knows this is Nowhere album. You will definitely hear some sloppy spots, sometimes its as if he's having a tough time with the guitar itself. The whammy bar stuff is also a device he had built that effects the signal as well as his Bigby vibrato. And the electric playing is all I was commenting on, I agree the acoustic playing is magnificent!
Neil was and still is a great infuence on my playing, but I stick with my opinion.

yah he has influenced me alot too...I knw what you're saying about that sloppy stuff, but I think ''Down by the River'' and those earlier ones were a product of the Whiskey and Filmore East jams. I blame Crosby! I like Cinnamon Girl, its a pretty tight riff. Speaking of effects he had built, his tech built him a small robot that physically turns his amp effects; how cool is that? And did you know his black les paul is a actually a refinshed Goldtop? Neil, so very crazy.

 

[travelin travis]

Speaking of effects he had built, his tech built him a small robot that physically turns his amp effects; how cool is that?

that's awesome. i want one.