Top 100 Guitarists Of All Time:
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sosurprized1
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i'm still curious to know who was doing two hand tapping first. 
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:Ms. Sutton
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I've seen a fair deal of Zeppelin live, as with any band, they had their good nights and bad ones, Page could be amazing one show and horrible the next.
I guess it depended on how wasted he was.
Zeppelin were best live in their earlier years.
I guess it depended on how wasted he was.
Zeppelin were best live in their earlier years.
iluvcrazeekats2
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1. Eruption is the most boring piece of sh*t ever, so don't bring that up.
2. Just because he brought wankery to the mainstream doesn't make him one of the best ever.
Don't guitarists qualify as musicians?
2. Just because he brought wankery to the mainstream doesn't make him one of the best ever.
Don't guitarists qualify as musicians?
Robotics nerd
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72/73 was when they started going downhill live.
Though I think personally, at that same time, they were improving as a studio band, funny how that works.
Though I think personally, at that same time, they were improving as a studio band, funny how that works.
I'm not saying he wasn't one or that Dave was the only factor in their popularity. Personally I think what made Van Halen the success they were was a corabination of both. All i'm saying is that it's kind of ironic for the amount of praise EVH gets it was the guy with the least musical talent leaving that was their downfall.
I look at it as Roth being the public face of the band & EVH being the muso face of the band. Once Roth left all of EVH guitar trickery & technique may have appealed to musos & die hard fans but without it being backed up with Roth's charisma it was left lacking.
I look at it as Roth being the public face of the band & EVH being the muso face of the band. Once Roth left all of EVH guitar trickery & technique may have appealed to musos & die hard fans but without it being backed up with Roth's charisma it was left lacking.
I really don't see how sales is an intrinsically valid criterion for evaluating guitarists. Anyway, while this list is generic and one dimensional, it's also nothing I didn't expect. Well ok, I'll admit I wasn't expecting to see the Disturbed guitarist in any top 100 list. :laughing:
Hetfield doesn't suck... Hammett's the one you should be complaining about.
Hetfield doesn't suck... Hammett's the one you should be complaining about.
♫canto♫Italian♬
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So Jonny Greenwood isn't no 1 then.
Lol yes!
No but seriously it's a boring list that sucks off classic rock. Eddie Van Halen has no business being near the top of any list, same goes for Angus Young. Talented as they may be, they were two of the most unoriginal jokes of all time. I like how Buckethead is listed as being with GNR even though he recorded like 3 songs and left. Way to give some credit to his solo stuff... There's a couple more big time blemishes as well. Satriani, Mick Mars, Slash, etc... I could go on and on.
No but seriously it's a boring list that sucks off classic rock. Eddie Van Halen has no business being near the top of any list, same goes for Angus Young. Talented as they may be, they were two of the most unoriginal jokes of all time. I like how Buckethead is listed as being with GNR even though he recorded like 3 songs and left. Way to give some credit to his solo stuff... There's a couple more big time blemishes as well. Satriani, Mick Mars, Slash, etc... I could go on and on.
Endlessley wanking on a fretboard denotes technical prowess. However it doesnt make it more palatable. EVH is a technically brilliant guitarist but that seems to me the antithesis of what the guitar brings to a musical venture. For all EVH's 'brilliance' they are still rarely classed as a groundbreaking rock act and regularly recieve praise through DLR's persona instead of the guitar work. If he was that good then why are Van Halen so average?
Actually, yes he does, in fact, he's too low.
What you think of him or the guitarists he influenced means absolutely nothing, because it's undeniable that EVH was one of the most original and influencial guitar players of all time.
The fact that you go as far as to call him unoriginal clarifies that you don't know what you're talking about, 1978 he was the only guitarist of his kind. You can wiki some ridiculously obscure examples of other guitarists playing as fast as he did or doing two hand tapping, but he was the first to corabine the two and spawn a whole generation of guitarists, as loathesome as they may be, his impact is unrivaled by no one but Hendrix.
The only other guitarist I can think of who used two handed tapping before EVH btw, is Steve Hackett, though he used it in a completely different way.
Bad reasoning is bad, you're stating the obvious, and do you think anyone honestly cares?
Page wasn't a great guitarist despite the fact that he was sloppy. It was a big part of his appeal, same with Hendrix, he played like he just didn't give a f*ck, isn't this what all the music snobs say rock n roll "should" be when they write off progressive rock or any band with a great amount of technical know how?
Page sucks because he's sloppy, EVH sucks because he's technical, make up your damn mind.
What you think of him or the guitarists he influenced means absolutely nothing, because it's undeniable that EVH was one of the most original and influencial guitar players of all time.
The fact that you go as far as to call him unoriginal clarifies that you don't know what you're talking about, 1978 he was the only guitarist of his kind. You can wiki some ridiculously obscure examples of other guitarists playing as fast as he did or doing two hand tapping, but he was the first to corabine the two and spawn a whole generation of guitarists, as loathesome as they may be, his impact is unrivaled by no one but Hendrix.
The only other guitarist I can think of who used two handed tapping before EVH btw, is Steve Hackett, though he used it in a completely different way.
Bad reasoning is bad, you're stating the obvious, and do you think anyone honestly cares?
Page wasn't a great guitarist despite the fact that he was sloppy. It was a big part of his appeal, same with Hendrix, he played like he just didn't give a f*ck, isn't this what all the music snobs say rock n roll "should" be when they write off progressive rock or any band with a great amount of technical know how?
Page sucks because he's sloppy, EVH sucks because he's technical, make up your damn mind.
unoriginal jokes? find me anyone who played like EVH prior to 1978. anyone at all. i think he's a cheeseball who hasn't done anything of note in the last 20+ years but to claim he's one of the most unoriginal jokes of all time just shows how narrow of a scope you have in regarRAB to guitar playing.
i don't think sales should have been a criteria in compiling the list but whatever, EVH would have high marks on pretty all the others. having said that i really don't like his guitars, his style, or even his face, but i'm not going to let my personal bias cloud my critical judgement. the guy 'can' play, he was unique and original in his day, and he had a massive influence on a generation of guitarists.
and yes.... i know technically top spots should have gone to charlie christian or django reinhardt but that list wasn't made up by a bunch of elitists snobs who just want to one up themselves with their extensive knowledge gleaned from wikipedia and allmusic.com. it was a list compiled for a rock show and website, it stanRAB to reason that it would be a bunch rock guys from the last 4 decades.
i don't think sales should have been a criteria in compiling the list but whatever, EVH would have high marks on pretty all the others. having said that i really don't like his guitars, his style, or even his face, but i'm not going to let my personal bias cloud my critical judgement. the guy 'can' play, he was unique and original in his day, and he had a massive influence on a generation of guitarists.
and yes.... i know technically top spots should have gone to charlie christian or django reinhardt but that list wasn't made up by a bunch of elitists snobs who just want to one up themselves with their extensive knowledge gleaned from wikipedia and allmusic.com. it was a list compiled for a rock show and website, it stanRAB to reason that it would be a bunch rock guys from the last 4 decades.
I heard from a bird....
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way to avoid my questions.
notice the way i've already claimed to not like EVHs guitar, his style, and even his face in my first post in this thread. i ABHOR eddie van halen. cheeseball to the max.
but i'm not up my own ego's anus so far as to deny his ability with the instrument or the influence he had on a generation.... so tell me WHO was tapping like EVH before him? his style of two hand tapping is so distant from the examples i listed to be its own technique. so who did the innovation if EVH is just a copycat?
i guess my musician / guitarist comment can be misinterpreted. the list is focused on the instrument, not the emotional quotient of the music created by the instrument. it's the difference between picking up a guitar and thinking 'i'm gonna play guitar' and 'i'm gonna make music'. it's like the difference between effing and making love.
sammy hagar
notice the way i've already claimed to not like EVHs guitar, his style, and even his face in my first post in this thread. i ABHOR eddie van halen. cheeseball to the max.
but i'm not up my own ego's anus so far as to deny his ability with the instrument or the influence he had on a generation.... so tell me WHO was tapping like EVH before him? his style of two hand tapping is so distant from the examples i listed to be its own technique. so who did the innovation if EVH is just a copycat?
i guess my musician / guitarist comment can be misinterpreted. the list is focused on the instrument, not the emotional quotient of the music created by the instrument. it's the difference between picking up a guitar and thinking 'i'm gonna play guitar' and 'i'm gonna make music'. it's like the difference between effing and making love.
sammy hagar
chickennugget128
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Oh, I don't know about that. I would say the only meraber of Van Halen that didn't give off an image of egotism was Michael Anthony.
How about you read the original post... soul/emotion is one of the factors.
Maybe he was the first to do two handed tapping, but so what? The sound of his solos were so unoriginal. He played the same god damn scales that people had been playing for decades. He just figured out how to play them faster. Congratufuckinglations, he figured out how to jack of his guitar faster.
Maybe he was the first to do two handed tapping, but so what? The sound of his solos were so unoriginal. He played the same god damn scales that people had been playing for decades. He just figured out how to play them faster. Congratufuckinglations, he figured out how to jack of his guitar faster.
Thats a horrible example.
Thats like saying, well Paul McCartney must not be talented or influencial in anyway because you know, he sucks without the other guys.
With any band, chemestry is important, if you think DLR is the only reason Van Halen found success, then you're obviously crazy.
DLR's vocals did give Van Halen a distinct sound though which was lost when they got Sammy. But it goes without saying that what made Van Halen get peoples attention was the way EVH played, in 1978 every rock band had bluesy guitarists that were indistinguishable from another. EVH did something entirely different and thus inspired tons of musicians as a result, and yet, he's unoriginal and had no impact, based of course, on absolutely nothing.
Hilarious.
And no, I don't care about what you think about most of the guitarists he influenced, since I already know, and in fact, I dislike 90% of all the guitarists in the world who owe their existance to Eddie. But it dosen't change the fact that he inspired people, which as a music lover I have to respect.
If I were to go by an objective criteria I'd have to say that EVH is at least in the top 3 great guitarists of all time.
Thats like saying, well Paul McCartney must not be talented or influencial in anyway because you know, he sucks without the other guys.
With any band, chemestry is important, if you think DLR is the only reason Van Halen found success, then you're obviously crazy.
DLR's vocals did give Van Halen a distinct sound though which was lost when they got Sammy. But it goes without saying that what made Van Halen get peoples attention was the way EVH played, in 1978 every rock band had bluesy guitarists that were indistinguishable from another. EVH did something entirely different and thus inspired tons of musicians as a result, and yet, he's unoriginal and had no impact, based of course, on absolutely nothing.
Hilarious.
And no, I don't care about what you think about most of the guitarists he influenced, since I already know, and in fact, I dislike 90% of all the guitarists in the world who owe their existance to Eddie. But it dosen't change the fact that he inspired people, which as a music lover I have to respect.
If I were to go by an objective criteria I'd have to say that EVH is at least in the top 3 great guitarists of all time.