Christoph Lindner - Groovin' Bone Guitar

“Groovin’ Bone Guitar”, the highly impressive debut studio disc by German axemaster Christoph Lindner, features 12 tracks (53 minutes) of extraordinary, top-shelf, diverse, dynamic, bluesy, instrumental guitar riffage that burns, shines and grooves deeply. Christoph Lindner is an amazing, gifted guitarist who plays the instrument with vast amounts of technique combined with an incredible bluesy feel that sets him apart from the rest. Combining strong, outstanding, memorable songs/material and blazing virtuosity, a multitude of awesome organic guitar tones complete with an excellent production, “Groovin’ Bone Guitar” is the perfect marriage of studied dynamics, smoldering grooves and hard-hitting musicality. A true rarity amongst instrumental guitar discs these days. Christoph Lindner is the Real deal on the guitar and exposes his soul on some of the best fret work you will hear today. He is as good or better than most of the famous guitar shredders out there. “Groovin’ Bone Guitar” is a truly interesting and creative classic heavy guitar statement that lives up to its name and definitely delivers the “six string goods”. Drown yourself in Christoph Lindner’s big, electric “Groovin’ Bone” Guitar” tone fest and learn the true meaning of outstanding “Total Guitar” music.

Highly recommended to fans of Michael Landau, Steve Lukather, Andy Timmons, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, Shawn Lane, Greg Howe, Vinnie Moore, Greg Koch, Plankton and other outstanding heavy guitar axemasters who rule the “Guitar World”.

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The best-kept secret "guitar wars" weapon from Germany should be considered a national treasure, if only by virtue of the strength of "Groovin' Bone Guitar." Christoph Lindner delivers innovation, creativity, proportion and deep-seated control of all tones, feels, techniques and grooves in this mouth-watering smorgasbord of musical tastes, colors and textures.
Tunes like "Foonk" explores in detail the ground broken by Tribal Tech-era Scott Henderson, while "A." nods with a wink to Blow By Blow-period Jeff Beck. "Ragggy" features a multi-layered patchwork quilt alternating an uptempo hard rocking pulse with east Indian sitar breaks focused through a reggae lens with a jazz-infused solo excursion...unique, to say the least, and an absolute gas all the way through. "Armadillo Run" takes the route of the Hellcasters riding slideways on their way to Satchland via Vaiville, while "Austin Powered" throws SRV a reverent bow with a Texas tube-toned "bump and run" workout featuring a short but extremely sweet wahed-out Hendrix-fueled string-shaker of a solo. Sure tastes good...
Every track grooves to the bone (hence the title) - each in a different and distinct way - and the grooves dig deep...from Yellowjacketed jazz-inflected Bela Flecktified fusion...to dangerous "S-Curve" arrangements that widely swing between hot full bore scream to minimalistic moodscapes and back to the "slam" without missing a single twisting turn...to suprise-attack quadrachord syncopation...to adrenalized solo flurries with ninja chops...everywhere delivered with precision, feel and reverence to the groove on which each tune is built.
"Groovin' Bone Guitar" is a "personal best" award-winning guitar-based musical recipe from Christoph Lindner: start with single-coil hot/cool sweetness, greased up and served simmering in a tight groove, sprinkle with exotic ingredients including (but not limited to) octaviafied solo excursions, endless EBow-sustained long tones and backwards guitar figures; layer with univibed swells and feedbacked swirls; blend in precision hyperclean progressive chordology, and top off with echo-drenched ambience infused within the multiple melodic patterns like psychedelic visuals transcribed to music. A true gourmet feast for the ears, and highly recommended for more adventurous musical tastes...all the way down to the groovin' bone.
JIMMY RYAN (TRUTH SQUAD) (9.08)