Who's your favorite Offset player?

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Who's your favorite Offset player?

Post by TvontheRadiohead » Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:53 pm

Mine is Russell Marsden... The Best sounds in the world comes from his jazzmaster. Image
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Re: Who's your favorite Offset player?

Post by egosheep » Wed Jun 15, 2011 8:25 pm

If it's favorite guitarist who happens to recently play offsets, Johnny Marr.

If it's favorite guitarist known, born and bred on offsets, Kurt Cobain.

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Re: Who's your favorite Offset player?

Post by Sha » Wed Jun 15, 2011 8:36 pm

I gotta go with the SY boys.

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Re: Who's your favorite Offset player?

Post by fisonic » Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:09 pm

Adam Franklin

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Re: Who's your favorite Offset player?

Post by Telliot » Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:11 pm

Nels Cline.

Honorable Mention:

Thom Yorke
Elvis Costello
Jeff Tweedy
Johnny Marr
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Re: Who's your favorite Offset player?

Post by Maggieo » Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:41 pm

Another vote for Nels Cline, with Tom Verlaine a close second.
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Re: Who's your favorite Offset player?

Post by winterfrost » Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:53 pm

this guy+)
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Re: Who's your favorite Offset player?

Post by electric12 » Wed Jun 15, 2011 11:43 pm

Will Sergeant
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Re: Who's your favorite Offset player?

Post by fakeplasticdreams » Thu Jun 16, 2011 12:31 am

Nels Cline
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Re: Who's your favorite Offset player?

Post by slavemaster » Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:28 am

Mascis and Malkmus.
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Re: Who's your favorite Offset player?

Post by antisymmetric » Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:38 am

Tom Verlaine. There are others, but for me, he's always been head and shoulders above.
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Re: Who's your favorite Offset player?

Post by PJazzmaster » Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:51 am

these 2 dudes

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Re: Who's your favorite Offset player?

Post by Darcy-Noir » Thu Jun 16, 2011 3:10 am

PJazzmaster wrote:these 2 dudes
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Re: Who's your favorite Offset player?

Post by weed_killer » Thu Jun 16, 2011 3:51 am

if i'm going by who I've been listening to frequently, then:

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Re: Who's your favorite Offset player?

Post by SonicVI » Thu Jun 16, 2011 6:27 am

Mascis, Cline and Tweedy.

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