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Guitar Move: Windmill

Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 11:13 pm
by rocco_Archive
What do you think? Is it bad for the rotator cuff? Its gotta be better than jumping in the air and bending your knees.

Guitar Move: Windmill

Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 1:00 am
by sndo_Archive
it hurts my hands and my strings.

Guitar Move: Windmill

Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2004 1:40 am
by wiggins_Archive
i wear my guitar at nearly nosebleed levels so i couldnt pull it off without bending the elbow and shoving guitar picks up my nose.

..but hey, it works for pete townsend.


. . .that old fucker. . .

n/c

Guitar Move: Windmill

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2004 11:15 am
by Dylan_Archive
I don't get it - usually you play guitar with up or down strokes, right? So how do you attack strings effectively by swooping past them? Why don't people just pound on the guitar with their fists? Isn't that about the same? And doesn't it strike anyone as just a move, not signifying anything more than "hey, I learned this move"?

CRAP

Guitar Move: Windmill

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2004 12:17 pm
by placeholder_Archive
not crap, for the comedic value, just like all guitar trickery and generally stupid onstage antics.

Guitar Move: Windmill

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2004 12:27 pm
by Christopher_Archive
Crap.

Although I vaguely remember hearing that Pedo Townsend once put his hand through the tremolo bar while doing the windmill. Can anyone confirm this?

So then...

Hand through the tremolo bar while doing the windmill = Not Crap.

Guitar Move: Windmill

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2004 4:08 pm
by tmidgett_Archive
not crap

it looks awesome, and in my experience it's very hard to do, so it's got that going for it

townshend did impale his hand on his tremolo arm, as i recall

Guitar Move: Windmill

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2004 4:40 pm
by Dylan_Archive
tmidgett wrote:townshend did impale his hand on his tremolo arm, as i recall


Good, serves him right. I hate that move!

Guitar Move: Windmill

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2004 5:27 pm
by rocco_Archive
townshend did impale his hand on his tremolo arm


Excluding the Windmill, Townshend does a lot of stupid shit- like standing in front of exploding kick drums and sending computers in for repair without deleting the kiddie porn.

Guitar Move: Windmill

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 4:03 am
by cal_Archive
Not crap if it's Pete Townshend. Crap if it's anyone else.