Living Legends - Rolling Stones: 5 Strings

Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones answers the question "When did start using a 5 string guitar and why?"

Original Question:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_Alk5hizSg

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• rolling
• stones
• living
• legend
• keith
• richards
• mick
• jagger

[GLeNss]

joe satriani is a great technical guitarist but his music is so shit compared to the stones.

skill does not always make u better

[RalphCramdenJr]

Kieth wasn't the fastest player in the world, but many

many guitar lines he created were brilliant.

Very hard to recreate.

[leapsplashafrog]

Such a legend for bringing alot of us white boys into the blues sounds and open tunings. They call him, and us all i think, the tumbling dice...

[beamerZ]

Only few guitarists are always recognisable in sound and way of playing. Keith's always is. Thát's what makes him so good in my book.

[MrRobin14669]

Keith's intro's to Stones songs like Gimme Shelter is pure genius songwriting.

[jackw7878]

I tried that today with my strat when I changed my strings, and it's friggin awesome

[clfetter]

good

[305bigdad]

Man when he laughs, those lungs don't sound too good.

[hershysquirts187]

@GLeNss well said

[LillyCandyCane]

Anyone can do a 'technically good' diddly long fast boring guitar riff as long as they practise playing to within an inch of their life. But where is the fun in that? Like I said, it's boring. The same cannot be said for the Stones or much of the guitar work Keith has put down over the years. His music is based in the blues. It's emotional by definition. If you don't understand that, why are you even watching this video?

[GhostmakerX]

On the whole "technical vs emotional playing" thing, I think of it this way: There's a difference between writing and storytelling, but each skill is useless without the other.

[Brasscaribou]

People don't realize that playing fast dosn't necesarily make it "good". You can play the fastest riff or solo in the world and it can still sound like total shit.