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Guitar Method: Pink Floyd [VHS] | ![Guitar Method: Pink Floyd [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GQJBVG0RL._SL160_.jpg) | Actor: Curt Mitchell
Studio: Music. Video Prod.
Category: Video
List Price: $17.95
Buy New: $4.87
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Seller: proam_music
Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 26747
Format: Color, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 4.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 6304480210
UPC: 785855030739
EAN: 9786304480212
ASIN: 6304480210
Release Date: April 24, 1997
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 A Good Overview of Floyd January 1, 2009
S. Drake (Western, NY USA)
I was quite satisfied with this video, especially considering how little I paid for it (I bought it new on Amazon and it was very cheap). Kurt doesn't spell everything out for you and I disagree with some of the things he played but between the video and the tabs I had NO trouble picking up the licks from the songs. In todays environment every new guitarist wants learning the guitar to be like the movie the Matrix. They want to be able to download everything into themselves and have instant guitarist. How can you learn anything with this attitude? Playing the guitar is still something that takes skill and time to develop. Any fan of Floyd will know what songs are being played. Any serious guitarist can take what is shown in the video and use it to learn the rest of the song. Kurt doesn't have the greatest presentation skills but he is a good guitarist and I am satisfied with this product.
 Depends on what you want November 21, 2005
anoyn
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Much of my thoughts are summed up by others. But maybe we should be fair. This tape does appear to be on the low end of the production scale and Curt doesn't really teach anything. Basiclly this tape is showing you the notes and you can see how he plays them.
If your looking to learn some cool pink floyd stuff, you can get some of the cool riffs on this tape. This tape isn't about teaching you to be a David Gilmore or anything other than to learn some good licks. If you want theory, stay away. If you want to learn song structure, stay away. If your a pink floyd nut, stay away. But if you like floyd and just want to pick up a few chops and not neccesarily play the entire floyd catalog from begining to end (or even a complete song for that matter), then this tape might be worth while.
As for the acuracy? I am not that good on guitar so I can't comment. But I have found over the years that players tend not to play what was recorded on the record for may reasons, so I wouldn't fret too much about it. It sounds like what Floyd does (except for his sound on his equipement is NOT like floyds). It is close enough unless your a purest, which ironically much of Floyd's work seems to be. Hmmm....
 High Hopes March 16, 2004
V. Michel (Anytown USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this movie for $5 from cd warehouse. It came without the tabulature (if you can call it that) yet I still found it as equally worthless as the Beatles Curt Mitchell tape I have WITH the tabulature. Hes not fooling anyone with his lavish box with no picture of the band and EXTREME CLOSEUPS in bold print. This basement tape was most likely made for under $100. As you know he refers to the songs as "Riff 1, 2" ect. Its as if he is avoiding the songs name and playing just a few measures to avoid copyright laws. I have many favorite parts such as "Its a late 60s stratocastor, actually I dont know what year it is?" he says with that pateneted Curt Mitchell Dumb stare. He is poorly groomed and to be honest quite pathetic. Yet again my high hopes were dashed by the best 3 second riff player ever, CURT MITCHELL
Run Like Hell!!! Bad, shameless product! January 12, 2004
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have been playing guitar for over 20 years, mostly acoustic, and recently started getting more and more into electric. I bought this tape because I was hoping to find a professional step-by-step analysis of some of my favorite guitar solos, along with the useful tips. There is absolutely nothing useful on this tape! Yes, "run like hell" if you see anything with the name of Curt Mitchel on it! The rating of this video should be 0 (ZERO), not 1... This is the worst and the most embarassing "instructional" tape anyone can possibly imagine. DO NOT BUY IT!!! Don't accept it even if someone offers it for free. It is garbage. Just wasting 30 min of your time on watching it is not worth it. Don't believe the guy whose 8-year-old liked it. The 8-year-old may have liked it - for whatever reason, but there is nothing on that tape that will help you learn anything useful. If you are an advanced player already, you are better off figuring out the solos by just listening to the original Pink Floyd recordings. If you are a novice guitarist, you will not learn anything from this tape - or from any other tape by Curt Mitchel. I have made a mistake of purchasing two of his videos without reading the reviews first. The tapes are poor-quality home videos filmed in some kind of basement. The image is grainy and blurry, the lighting is outrageously bad and unprofessional. The instructor is quite a character, I must say... He looks (and sounds!) as if he has just stepped out of "Wayne's World", except he's not even trying to be funny. Sad, sad, sad! Curt is totally incoherent, speaks gibberish, and does not comment on anything he does. Yes, it is not a typo. There is absolutely NO HELPFUL COMMENTARY accompanying the exersises. None of the solos are complete. He just plays the first few notes of a solo, often hardly recognizable, repeats it with a very over-exposed and blurry close-up of the left hand only, then moves on to another lick. You can't see the right hand so you have to guess which strings are actually being played. You may as well watch the original Pink Floyd's live performances and hope to catch a glimpse of Dave Gilmour's fingers. The instructional value of that will still be higher than the one of this tape. Shame! Oh, and if you really want to see guys like Curt, you certainly do not need to buy a video. Every Guitar Center in the US has at least half a dozen of curt mitchels at any given moment - driving the other visitors crazy by playing the intros to the songs they can't finish. I am not saying that Curt can't finish his solos. It's just that he certainly doesn't bother to do it on this tape.
 Good value for the money October 22, 2001
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Some reviewers want a $10,000 education in a music tape...this is not it. But what's the value of the many, many hours you save to get the basics? The sound you make is up to you...this tape gets you started. I liked it, and I recommend it. My kids (8 & 9) liked it...I think they got a lot from it...probably because it simplifies a difficult subject.
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