Judging MTM Based On Guitar

[FORTsunrise]

Here's a question I ask of you all. Do any of you feel like despite the change in sound a lot more people would have liked MTM if the guitar were a lot more heavy/distorted/present? Please discuss.

[Legend]

Nah, people would have liked MTM more if ATL was on it.

[LPxDC]

Nah, people would have liked MTM more if ATL was on it.

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[FearOfTheDuck]

Nah, people would have liked MTM more if ATL was on it.

+1

 

And No Roads Left. They could have made it a 14 track album, then the balance between guitar-oriented songs and synth-oriented songs would be far better.

[Pez]

Nope, disagree. If the album was missing those soft Guitar riffs which actually use a clean channel, then it would be a waist. Seriously if one band is going to stick to one guitar channel every single album its going to sound repeative. Personally as an guitarist, I love the clean smoothing guitar riffs over big chunky power chords.

[1996_LP]

Personaly, i think this is brad's most diverse/unquie album yet.

 

Standout tracks: Valentines day, In Pieces, TLTGYA

 

& Heavier doesn't always mean better. To be honest, its the heavy songs that are the weaskest tracks guitar wise (except GU's bridge & NMS' ebow part)

 

true some of the really soft songs like LOATR, HHH & In between that are a bit weak and missing better guitar work but overall its a good album that really relies mostly on the layering of the instrumentals and how each complements one another.

 

Tho IMO the HTEP still stands as benchmark of what brad can acchieve as a guitarist. A great mix of distorted and clean riffs with terrific effects and unquie chord proggressions and structures. In fact, apart from Technique each track one after the other is brads most creative work to date.

[rsw2010]

Tho IMO the HTEP still stands as benchmark of what brad can acchieve as a guitarist. A great mix of distorted and clean riffs with terrific effects and unquie chord proggressions and structures. In fact, apart from Technique each track one after the other is brads most creative work to date.

 

This. I think that Part of Me is one of the best LP songs from that era, guitar wise.

[Lotsa_spaghetti]

Brad's guitar playing during the bridge of And One is pretty awesome.

 

On Topic: I think MTM's guitars should just stay the same.

[MONDREUS240]

MTM has some of the best and worst guitar work on an LP album, IMO it's a mixed bag.

 

Songs like In Pieces and TLTGYA are amazing, while songs like HHH and LOATR are just down right lazy. They both are just the same part over and over and over again, he could at least change the parts up just a tiny bit.

[gorast]

needs moar solos

 

But no seriously MTM's guitar work was quite an improvement over the previous two albums.

[Ashwhisker]

Take In Pieces. It is definitely not a heavy song, but the guitar part is a much better display of skill than a heavy song like Given Up. I like the softer stuff better because in some cases it does let Brad show that he actually can play guitar.

[libyanhead]

I think brad should start to show his talent for a bit here...something that should stand out like TLTGYA or faint outro.

 

From my understanding, brad should start playing intros-outros-interludes in STUDIO ALBUMS, not live, so he cant be criticized as a "bad" or "n00b" player.

 

Guitar wise, for his type of playing, he should start using Schecter Guitars, a good example is this C-1 Custom:::

Why?

it has literally everything, Seymour Duncan JB Pick-ups, 24 frets and a Floyd rose..which brings me to another story here...

 

Why cant brad use more elements for his guitar like a tremolo? that would be epic!

 

 

Gah..im going off topic...long story short....MTM was sure the most revealing of brads talent, but lets wait on the new one.