francesco18

In the ''total hack'' category = Jack White hands down.

Also Kirk Hammett... he's wrote some memorable solos in the studio, but live is often sloppy as hell and his tone is just terrible.

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I highly disagree with you. Name another guitarist as influential, original, and innovative. The guy directly and indirectly influenced an entire generation of guitarists. Oh yeah, and his music kicked ass. Saying Jimi Hendrix is overrated is overrated.

Cobain is overrated as a player. However, he is highly influential thats why he usually gets ranked pretty high.

I think Santana is overrated. Granted he's completely original, influential, has a very distinct sound and made great music but he's not very versatile.

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Kurt cobain

romencer17

yes, and slash's playing is boring and not tasteful at all.

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Well, I kind of agree with that Randy thing. But you can hear some classical influences on his playing ("Dee", "Revelation" and "Mr. Crowley") that I can't hear in Tony Iommi's playing. He mostly plays E-pentatonic, which sounds great, but I wouldn't consider him as a neo-classical guitarist. Maybe I just haven't heard that much of his playing, but all the solos I have heard him playing have been pretty much pentatonic/blues kind of solos (except "Planet Caravan" that is pretty Jazzy).

But more about Randy... I have started to appreciate his guitar work on the two Ozzy albums after listening to them. I think he is pretty good. But yeah, I agree that he's a bit overrated. Like the solo of "Crazy Train" is nothing special IMO. It's a good solo but it just has that ordinary tapping arpeggios and stuff. Nothing I haven't heard before.


Slash's solos might not be extremely difficult but why should they? The solos that guitarists of big bands (like Guns N' Roses and AC/DC) play aren't difficult for them. They must be able to play the solo live without any difficulties. Because if you struggle with playing the solo in the studio, there's no way you could play it live. They don't play the hardest solo they could. Slash is so much better guitarist than almost anybody here in UG (so is Kirk Hammett, Angus Young, etc... almost any guitarist in the well known bands). People must realize that no guitarist shows all of his skills when playing solos. And if you think that you're better than Slash because you can play the solo of "Paradise City" and have been playing for like 4 years, I can only say that you have a lot to learn about guitar. (Yeah, I know, I have been playing for three years but that's why I don't say stupid things like that. I'm not saying that somebody here would say things like that but just had to point out.) I like Slash's groovy playing style but calling him "the best guitarist in the world" is a bit overrated. But I like his guitar work on AFD album.

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jac254

paul gilbert, he's all about speed, not soul

Foxfan0318

Definitely Yngwie Malmsteen. The first thing I ever heard from him was called "Arpeggios From Hell". I listen to a couple more tracks and realized that "Arpeggios From Hell" could really describe most of what he does. Technically close to perfect, but that's a skill, not music.

john2223

Kurt cobain.

Dr Sixstring

Slash. He hasn't had a good album since AFD. He isn't a bad guitarist, but people act like he's some guitar legend.

Steve Vai. he WAY over uses his tremolo.

Yngwie Malmsteen, alot of his stuff sounds the same, plus he sounds really bad now. Also, he hasn't had a good album since Rising Force, or whatever his first album was called.

Angus Young.

Kirk Hammett, he's just meh.

John Petrucci his alternate picking's amazing, but his music is just bleh.

Edit: Zakk Wylde. He's not that great. His picking hand is horrible.

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Pete Townshend

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master

Wha-wha-what?! I think creating your own unique tone, sound, and way of handling the guitar is the hardest part of learning guitar. And Jack did this without even leaving the simplicity of the blues. That's pretty sick imo.

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pursuit

^This

Never understood all the hubub about Jack White, he's a good player and singer, but you can hear 99% of what he does guitar-wise done better by other older bands.

It irks me that in that "It Might Get Loud Movie" they picked him and the edge to share the spot with Jimmy Page -__- out of ALL the guitarist in the world, them?

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Killsocket

Who? Not sarcastic, but who reminds you in the past of Jack White today?

pursuit

Any blues-based classic rock band or blues artists. It's all derivative of that Zeppelin-esque hard blues rock, things that guys like Hendrix did 30 years before his time. Which isn't a bad thing I'm not knocking the guys playing ability, it's just that none of his stuff is really all that innovative, just modern takes on pre-established musical notions.

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eric f***in clapton. I don't have anything bad to say about him. Just tired of hearing about him.

Mr Y

The Edge, without a doubt, he#s nothing without his effects and pedals. Did you see 'It Might Get Loud', He couldn't even play his own song, he was playing a DM when he was suppose to play a C, and in front of Mr White and Mr Page....embarassing.

AussiePage

I want to hit you with a brick.

metaljaguar

Slash

metaljaguar

Cobain wasnt looked at as a great guitarist, its guitar playing is very intermediate, but his message was his legacy. Lyrically he was a genius.