3 guitarists in a band?

[hellmurderer]

Do you think that 3 guitarists in a band is too many? 2 will be playing the electric and the other will be playing semi acoustic...

Is this a good idea? And what type of songs can we play? Cos' we're forming a band and don't know whether it is appropriate... Thanks for the advises dudes!

 

[imcorn]

there's no right or wrong.. just whether all 3 of u feel good playing together.. if u can gel together.. then u can basically play ani kind of music.. .. mibe can start with eagles' hotel cali.?

 

[Mobius]

Well bands like Radiohead,Pearl Jam have 3 guitarist...both have their lead singer playing guitar some times...their songs will be a good choice...Havin 3 guitarist also make u more creative in comin up with parts that compliment each other...So in the long run its good as it nutures ur creativity..... 8)

 

[Newbie]

IRON MAIDEEENNNN =D but the guitarist dont sing

 

[dhalif]

preference.. and also roles.. if everyone playing the same thing might as well use 1 guitar player

 

[mulyadi]

my band has 3 guitarist! haha..one lead, one rythm and one plays acoustic. you can get quite a varying sound..but may have problem when you go jamming..most of the studios are only equipped for 2 guitarist...yeah...

 

[popeye]

saw The Eagles clip singing Hotel California? How many guitarists were there on the stage?

 

[stillwater]

collective soul had 3 guitarists too... but personally i think 3 is truely... a crowd :lol:

 

[blahblah]

think g3 :lol:

 

[pooo]

Iron Maiden is another with 3 guitarists.

 

[dhalif]

diam ah pooo.

 

[AsphaltMK]

my band has 3 guitarists too... haha...
at first when we first started it was really hard to coordinate everybody...
but now, we're a much tighter guitar section now...
and with 1 lead, 1 rhythm and another guitarist available... we have a very wide range of tonal options...

 

[hellmurderer]

If thats the case... If you guys wanna play some songs which only requires 2 guitarists, what would the other one do?

 

[atee]

Add on.

The 3rd can always come up with something to further help make the song sound better, whether it's just rhythm or a small riff here and there with a chorus/phaser/whatever effect he wants. But the amount has to be moderate though, if he tries to overpower the rest then the song will just turn out crappy - overcrowded.

 

[blackductape]

there's a local band "A Vacant Affair".. the ;ast time i saw them they got 3 guitarists(all electric). and they play emocore.

 

[wetsoil]

yea, ava, a local band. they are great. 1 vocal, 3 guitarist, 1 bassist, 1 drummer. cool band.

 

[pooo]

diam ah pooo.

:smt071 :smt070 :smt068 :smt076

 

[dhalif]

:smt032

 

[hellmurderer]

Hahaha cool man where do you guys get all these emoticons? :lol:

 

[HearseDriver]

wow...i pitty ur bassist then...