tazmaniaco65 Says:

Oct 3, 2008 - I don't think there's anything wrong with Paul Gilbert. He's actually pretty good with the technique involved in playing guitar.But if you want to develop phrasing skills, listening to Mike Stern is not a bad option

ksmithdc Says:

Oct 4, 2008 - I'm ready to go through my guitars into the river.

gsoe Says:

Oct 6, 2008 - Its cool. just never dude the whole chorus effect or any effects when you're jamming jazz

Philtertip Says:

Oct 6, 2008 - Great thing to pick up from this.... short slides into and out of notes... smoooooth!

alainkes Says:

Oct 8, 2008 - mike .. mike .. mike ..

bordgais88 Says:

Oct 10, 2008 - I agree totally with you and I have that guitar

MagicRain505 Says:

Oct 28, 2008 - It's a basic F blues, and he just proves the basic fucking fact that Mike Stern is just too damn creative and GOOD.

stratojetb47 Says:

Nov 8, 2008 - I totally agree. When you attend a show, this is what you hear all the time; no change in the sound palette, monotonous. You get bored very fast. I hate chorus except for special 80's top 40 sound (Police). The only guitar player I like using the same sound all the time are the ones who have an harmonically very rich language like Tal Farlow, Kessel, Joe Pass for ex. I don't understand this fascination for a Telecaster. IMHO , unfit for jazz .

willietango Says:

Nov 12, 2008 - cool, srato...get bona in your band or franceschini or jaco, kim hunter, chambers! we'll come hear you be "boring" too. imho, cat's a DIRECT link!

willietango Says:

Nov 12, 2008 - kim thompson, willie, kim hunter would be cool for a different reason! Peace

VaiJedi Says:

Nov 12, 2008 - I love Upside Downside, this is too far out there for me.

coltranelovetrain Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - Take your point on the chorus but the tele not fit 4 jazz? Check out Ted Greene playing Autumn Leaves, (on utube) Joe Pass used fender jags and made em sound like a 175. Check Pete Callard out also. Bill Frisell too. To each their own I suppose.

Maugister Says:

Nov 19, 2008 - I've always enjoyed Mike's style, he manages to combine blues, jazz and funk in a really smooth way. Some might say that his solos sound quite similar to each other, but I don't mind, I could listen to these kind of lines for all eternity :)

Raph755 Says:

Nov 20, 2008 - Not fit for jazz? Are you serious? You're complaining about him sounding the same all the time and you want him to do what? Play with an archtop? Get the "jazz sound"? I respect your opinion on his playing (even though I disagree), but giving relevance to instrument choice in jazz (when it comes to electric guitars anyway) is pretty narrow minded. Also if you think Mike Stern doesn't have a "rich harmonic language" you need to get a clue. Find Pat Metheny someday and ask him what he thinks.

robertolobo Says:

Nov 21, 2008 - You don't find Mike Stern's vocabulary to be harmonically rich?

mrstrings2006 Says:

Nov 23, 2008 - He's a real horizontal player I see.

stratojetb47 Says:

Nov 23, 2008 - When I say rich, I mean more in the sense of Chord Melody. Stern is a horizontal player. Pat Methany is in the same kind of lines I feel. When you listen to Kessel, Farlow or other great chord melody players, you hear a song, a melody, something beautiful. It is just a question of taste. As I said, I attended Stern's and Methany's show and while virtuoso, it did not compel me to stay for the encore.

stratojetb47 Says:

Nov 23, 2008 - What I am talking about is called, in a way, orchestration and use of color in your play. Use different pickup selection; change the sound to get a different texture. Hendrix was a real master at this, with the very limited technology he had in his era. It makes things interesting and, like a painter, it creates different shades and contrasts. By the way, I like Telecasters but it's just not for me. I had at least 5 of them and I never really fell in love with it.

rodri55555 Says:

Nov 23, 2008 - Es una super reata del fusion. Es el mejopr guitarrista que conozco en su género.

GuitarHewer Says:

Nov 23, 2008 - I get what your saying; I wouldn't call Metheney and Stern monotonous players, but I guess their harder to really dig in to and listen to. That said, I've found once I really start to listen, I can get a lot out of them, but it is just harder than players like Martin Taylor, Joe Pass, and Wes Montgomery. I guess some more texture is what would make it much more listenable, but that said, I think that Stern is an incredibly dynamic and heartfelt player, though he doesn't change his sound overly

tallmunchkin Says:

Nov 25, 2008 - Stern & Metheney, hmm. Have CDs, seen both live many times. Prefer Stern live (always great) and Metheney on record. The ninja roadies handing him a different guitar every 30 seconds wears out fast. Stern not jazz? Please. Jazz is not static, never has been. I love Christian, Farlow, Ellis... Great jazz, but different jazz. Enjoy what you enjoy; there's so much out there.

DannyDesperate Says:

Nov 30, 2008 - Does this have anything to do with college musicians missing the point that music is about ENTERTAINMENT and NOT cutting and pasting a book of scales and modes onto the right pick up? The older guys appreciated melody and swing, that's what their audiences wanted to hear. Now the audience is mainly guitarists it's technofest, self perpetuating or self consuming depending on POV. Ever seen the snake eating itself? MS has a nice touch but gimme Slim Gaillard anyday, oh reety?

pauljcat Says:

Dec 1, 2008 - If you take his soloing and pretend the sound is coming out of a horn or a piano it has lots and lots of color and syncopation. It makes the guitar sound like a real instrument. With a lot of guitar solos or players I thought I liked over the years if I just listen to them as a different instrument or basicly just take the note being played and sort of tune out tone, I find that Mike Stern is probably the best guitar player I've ever heard. He's jazz, rock, blues, classical, etc. Who's better?

pgv2007 Says:

Dec 2, 2008 - Mike Stern Live is just perfect!

ann2shoes Says:

Dec 2, 2008 - Saw him at Ronnie Scott's recently, just brilliant.