curmudgeonrose Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Only have Slash & Richard so far. But GnR needs 3 guitar players live or else songs would sound very diluted in comparison to the post 2000 shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Drama Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 No one, probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjejuju Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 it depends on what songs they are playing, appetite for destruction songs only need 2 guitarists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agno Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 I really hope it will be 2 guitarists and not 3. Sounds much better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Slash, Izzy, Fortus? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 None Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigpoop Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 A third guitarist is just too nu gnr. Hopefully Slash wasn't willing to compromise on that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bran Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 fernando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsfanoldie Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 A third guitarist is just too nu gnr. Hopefully Slash wasn't willing to compromise on that.I could very much believe this was one of the compromises. Either three guitars with Slash, Izzy, and Fortus, or if Izzy won't do it you JUST have Slash and Fortus. But not a second hired gun guitar wouldn't surprise me if that was a demand from Slash. Its completely unneeded. Even the first scenario I said with Izzy is dumb, cause you don't need more than him and Slash. Just as a compromise to Axl who seems to like 3 guitars, I could see it being said that only happens if Izzy returns.Seriously, there was always a guitar player doing NOTHING when they had 3. I'm not against the idea, but its just so unneeded. Slash is loud enough that a rhythm player is all thats needed. And when and if Izzy shows up, you have a third guitar there, even though it essentially makes Fortus invisible. But yeah, I'm of the opinion there's no third guitarist. They won't hire someone new, I think the Kushner thing was a huge rumor made up from jokes, and two is really all thats needed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juventino Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Hopefully there isn't one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhazUp Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Only have Slash & Richard so far. But GnR needs 3 guitar players live or else songs would sound very diluted in comparison to the post 2000 shows.Or rather it would make the songs have more air and room to breatheThat is one issue I had when I saw GNR in 2011 and 2012. You couldn't tell who was playing what besides solos, it was this wall of guitar sound. With two guitarists there is more air, space, and room to hear the interplay between parts a lot better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercool Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 two guitars is enough 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtle Signs Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 (edited) Michael Lee FirkinsJason Becker (a well known guitarist sadly now paralyzed) gave an interview for Metal Sludge back in 2009(?) and said "Michael Lee Firkins told me he auditioned for GNR. Axl was sit-ting in the dark. He told Firkins that he used the whammy bar too much. HA HA! That made me lose a lot of respect for Axl. He obviously has no ear for brilliant and unique guitar playing. I think he blew it by not hiring Firkins. Edited January 22, 2016 by Subtle Signs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ak1nney Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Michael Lee FirkinsJason Becker (a well known guitarist sadly now paralyzed) gave an interview for Metal Sludge back in 2009(?) and said "Michael Lee Firkins told me he auditioned for GNR. Axl was sit-ting in the dark. He told Firkins that he used the whammy bar too much. HA HA! That made me lose a lot of respect for Axl. He obviously has no ear for brilliant and unique guitar playing. I think he blew it by not hiring Firkins.Based on that photo, Axl was right. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axl_morris Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 have the dave kushner rumours died? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
life_247 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 I've seen some stuff about Dave Kushner to make the band into a wierd Nu-Guns / Velvet Revolver hybrid. Which if they do it that way it could make for an interesting tour of old guns, new guns and VR stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 2 or 3 guitarists. No big deal. Will sound good either way, only a bit different of course. Germany 2006 Rock Am Ring sounded very good with 3 guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lies They Tell Posted January 22, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2016 Enough with the Dave Kushner talk already. Absolutely nothing suggests that he'd be a part of GNR. It's one of the stupidest rumors I've heard on this site and that's saying a lot. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stress Fracture Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Unless it's Izzy, there's little point in adding anyone else to the mix. Richard will just get to do more. Rightly so. He and Slash will be a killer combo. Considering it used to be Slash and a turned down Gilby at their biggest stadium shows, adding another salary to the bill seems unecessary. I always thought Axl had three guitarists so there was never a 'new Slash' who got to do all the lead work. Buckethead in particular was wasted for large chunks of the 2002 shows. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nulla Lex Ink. Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Probably nobody, which is honestly kind of a good thing. GNR doesn't use the third guitarist all that much, not enough to justify having them around usually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LikeADog93 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Hopefully no one. 3 guitars is too much. Just look at the Foo Fighters as an example, their live guitar sound is a cluttered mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russel Nash Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 this will be a power trio. Axl on drums and on vocals. Slash guitar and Duff some percussion and bass guitar.In some songs , Duff will be on drums while axl plays the piano. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11dayempire Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Unless it's Izzy, there's little point in adding anyone else to the mix. Richard will just get to do more. Rightly so. He and Slash will be a killer combo.Considering it used to be Slash and a turned down Gilby at their biggest stadium shows, adding another salary to the bill seems unecessary. I always thought Axl had three guitarists so there was never a 'new Slash' who got to do all the lead work. Buckethead in particular was wasted for large chunks of the 2002 shows.Yeah, I always got the impression that the three-guitar set-up was as much to do with stopping any one guitarist from becoming a Slash-style icon who could become a rival to Axl as it was to do with the band's sound. Which came back to bite him, in a way – it led to people saying, "It takes three guitarists to replace Slash." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixx Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 (edited) Don't Know Edited January 22, 2016 by Sixx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofnazareth Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Jimi Hendrix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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