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Top 100 Guitarists Of All Time:
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Daddyskaggs
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That only accounts for roughly 20% of their output and is a weak answer.
Navo Senthil
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Eddie Van Halen took what little emotion was left in guitar playing at the time and destroyed every last bit of it. He is the master of guitar wankery IMO. Satriani and Malmsteen look like Gilmour in his presence.
Itachi587 (Bud)
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Neal Schon is on the list... #37
Really awful list, there's guitarists on there that aren't that good AND have next to no influence, like Adam Jones and Dan Donegan.
Really awful list, there's guitarists on there that aren't that good AND have next to no influence, like Adam Jones and Dan Donegan.
I'm going have to side with Mr. Dave here. Eddie Van Halen hasn't done anything worthwhile in several decades but I have to admit I actually like the first few Van Halen albums. I also think it is true that he was pretty unique when he started out and has been extremely influential. Unfortunately 99.9% of the banRAB he influenced completely suck ass and at this point the overwhelming majority of his own band's output also sucks ass so his legacy certainly leaves a lot to be desired.
Most great rock guitarists are blues based.
I didn't say it was hard, but it's not sloppy either, every note does it's job. Heartbreaker is universally agreed upon as Pages worst solo, it dosen't help your argument when you call him a bad guitarist and use that as an example.
One thing you didn't even try to argue is this, he's sloppy and, so what?
So is Hendrix, Townshend and anyone who's ever been in the Rolling Stones (Brian Jones especially), maybe not to the same extent as Page. But rock n roll has never been about precision.
One thing that shouldn't be denied is that Page, when he wanted to be, was a very technically accomplished guitarist, but that was not the reason he became popular, because you have guys like Beck and Blackmore who are undeniably more skilled than Page, what Page had was the tremendous amount of energy and balls, coupled with the talent that he had, that's what everyone looks for in a rock god.
I didn't say it was hard, but it's not sloppy either, every note does it's job. Heartbreaker is universally agreed upon as Pages worst solo, it dosen't help your argument when you call him a bad guitarist and use that as an example.
One thing you didn't even try to argue is this, he's sloppy and, so what?
So is Hendrix, Townshend and anyone who's ever been in the Rolling Stones (Brian Jones especially), maybe not to the same extent as Page. But rock n roll has never been about precision.
One thing that shouldn't be denied is that Page, when he wanted to be, was a very technically accomplished guitarist, but that was not the reason he became popular, because you have guys like Beck and Blackmore who are undeniably more skilled than Page, what Page had was the tremendous amount of energy and balls, coupled with the talent that he had, that's what everyone looks for in a rock god.
Super_Duper_Star 26
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right... but who else corabined it the way he did? who else incorporated those elements of speed and virtuosity into contemporary pop rock tunes?
who else was tapping like him before he started? i know he got the idea from seeing led zeppelin in concert after watching page fake harmonics by tapping 12 frets higher on the neck. i've seen footage of hendrix in the studio while recording 'electric ladyland' doing the same. yet neither tapped like 'eruption' or made it a standard part of their musical vocabulary.
so just who was it that innovated two hand tapping beyond the point of faking a harmonic?
it's a list about guitarists not musicians.
who else was tapping like him before he started? i know he got the idea from seeing led zeppelin in concert after watching page fake harmonics by tapping 12 frets higher on the neck. i've seen footage of hendrix in the studio while recording 'electric ladyland' doing the same. yet neither tapped like 'eruption' or made it a standard part of their musical vocabulary.
so just who was it that innovated two hand tapping beyond the point of faking a harmonic?
it's a list about guitarists not musicians.
That's fair.
Did I say bad? I more meant that he does not belong on the top of a list like this as he so often does. It's not that he is bad, more that he is overrated.
Are you of the vintage to have seen them live?
My uncle did in the mid 70's
apparently they were utterly atrocious.
Did I say bad? I more meant that he does not belong on the top of a list like this as he so often does. It's not that he is bad, more that he is overrated.
Are you of the vintage to have seen them live?
My uncle did in the mid 70's
apparently they were utterly atrocious.