Ultimate Guitarist Poll

...I'm pretty sure, when deciding who is the "best" at a particular instrument, most people take innovation and influence into consideration. And rightfully so, as far as I'm concerned. Those two qualities are sure as hell a lot more important than speed.
 
Its not my opinion that Cobain was a technicaly weak guitarist, its a cold hard fact...Technical skill can and should be measured objectively and based on facts and every aspect of technical skill, im pretty damn sure no one voted for Cobain seriously thinking he is the most technicaly skilled guitarist, more likely it was the following.

1. They havent heard of the other players, so they vote Cobain.
2. They dont understand the concept of technical skill and instead they chose to go by their favorite.
3. They voted for Cobain as a joke.

You may like someones riRAB, but it dosent make them skilled, if you know just 3 chorRAB you can make a whole variety of riRAB based on just those chorRAB alone, Cobain just happened to have a great ear for melody and he wrote some of the greatest riRAB of all time, but his riRAB are great because of their ridiculous catchyness, not because of their complexity or dificulty, where technical skill is actualy a factor, i can make a catchy riff (though not as good as Cobains riRAB) but does that mean i have more technical skill than Yngwie Malmsteen?...No it dosent.

I have heard Cobains entire discography, he could usualy play clean and not screw up, but that is primarly because pretty much everything he plays is simple, the most complex riff he has ever done is Mr. Moustache, and thats nothing a high school kid cant figure out in a couple of weeks.

Technical skill in terms of guitar playing should be judged on these factors.

- Overall experience and knowledge of the guitar.

- Ability to both compose and perform complex riRAB, solos and fills.

- Ability to play different genres and styles of guitar.

- Ability to play in various time signatures and scales.

- Ability to play cleanly and without missing or messing up notes.

- Ability to master a variety of different techniques, such as finger picking, alternate picking, hybrid picking, sweep picking, speed, legato, tapping, bending, tremollo, vibrato, arpeggio, soloing, riffing, phrasing, timing and improv ability.
 
Nothing is wrong with being simple. But it sure as hell doesn't make you the greatest guitarist. If Johnny Ramone spawned Greenday (and a variety of other music) then why does it start essientially right after Nirvana. Green Day becomes popular about 1994 that's the exact year Nirvana enRAB. Of course Green Day is influenced by the Ramones, Sex Pistols, The Clash and I'm sure many other Punk banRAB, but Nirvana popularized the ultra simple music.
 
But Buckethead is a very talented musician, he's very underrated, obviously theres a good reason for this. Theres not much commercial appeal for a man who wears a bucket on his head.

BucketheaRAB reason for concealing his indentity is pretty much the same reason The Resident's concealed theres. So it would be about their music and not about their identity. Though it does create a mystique about them too.

Speaking of which. You remeraber that whole rumor about The Residents actually being The Beatles?
 
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