Worlds Best Guitarist???

**IronReload04** · 05-08-2009, 03:07 PM

I am listening to malmsteen right now....and Icarus has got to be the coolest F'ing song I have heard in several months. That and some songs off Friedman's first solo album.

**scerpico22** · 05-08-2009, 03:13 PM

**Iron_Pig** · 05-08-2009, 03:28 PM

His sister is Roxy Petrucci the drummer for Vixen not bad

Originally Posted by Phate

i like john petrucci, the stream of consciousness solo from dream theater is amazing, lol

**Chode Logan** · 05-08-2009, 03:31 PM

Originally Posted by Reed

chode logan

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**WARMachine** · 05-08-2009, 03:39 PM

^^^^ Its gettin DSM in here...

**Chode Logan** · 05-08-2009, 03:42 PM

it hurts less if you don't fight it.

**jimmyinkedup** · 05-08-2009, 03:50 PM

Originally Posted by IronReload04

Is anybody else with me that Kirk Hammett an average to good guitarist.......and not the Super Godly status that most tally fans believe he is?

^^^all time great..... no .....but much better than average to good...lets be honest here!
ie: im sure there are plenty of avg to good guitarists here...id like to see any one of them easily rip through four horsemen start to finish...... not happening....

**jimmyinkedup** · 05-08-2009, 03:52 PM

Originally Posted by scerpico22

no no NO!! CMon now!

**Chode Logan** · 05-08-2009, 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by jimmyinkedup

^^^all time great..... no .....but much better than average to good...lets be honest here!
ie: im sure there are plenty of avg to good guitarists here...id like to see any one of them easily rip through four horsemen start to finish...... not happening....

I honestly hate learning songs but I think if I actually wanted to sit and learn it I could.

**jimmyinkedup** · 05-08-2009, 04:03 PM

^^^ ive been playing for over 20 years...Tell me how your hand feels after playing it note for note at r/t speed...... Then call Kirk Avg to good......
Oh and keep in mind ...he also came up with it ....

**Chode Logan** · 05-08-2009, 04:13 PM

Originally Posted by jimmyinkedup

^^^ ive been playing for over 20 years...Tell me how your hand feels after playing it note for note at r/t speed...... Then call Kirk Avg to good......
Oh and keep in mind ...he also came up with it ....

To be honest I find it's actually a lot easier to come up with it then it is to learn it all and try to remember it, if you are a creative musician. If you know your scales, improvisation is easier than learning a solo note for note.

So I would not want to try to play someone elses solo note for note as I prefer to be creative. BUT chops wise, it's just fast blues licks, Hammett might have skill but he is NOT versatile or very creative.

And Dave Mustaine wrote that song

**Chode Logan** · 05-08-2009, 04:24 PM

PS metallica is the reason I picked up a guitar, and I spent the first 2 or 3 years just learning their songs. Hammett is better than an "Average" guitar player, if you include all the people who just play at home and upload shitty youtube videos. But he doesn't belong anywhere near a list of the top in the world. PS the solos on Death magnetic are garbage. He has no creativity it's just pentatonic wankery.

**jimmyinkedup** · 05-08-2009, 04:24 PM

^^^ we are talking about the music not the song right? I agree with what u are saying re: composing vs compying ...and almost all his stuff is just "fast blues licks" ...either way ....its not for the avg to good guitarist and calling him that is selling him short IMO ...but hey everyone has their own opinions.....

**jimmyinkedup** · 05-08-2009, 04:25 PM

Originally Posted by Chode Logan

PS metallica is the reason I picked up a guitar, and I spent the first 2 or 3 years just learning their songs. Hammett is better than an "Average" guitar player, if you include all the people who just play at home and upload shitty youtube videos. But he doesn't belong anywhere near a list of the top in the world. PS the solos on Death magnetic are garbage. He has no creativity it's just pentatonic wankery.

I think we agree...i do ...my point was avg to good doesnt do him justice...in my first post i sadi no where near an all time great but......

**Chode Logan** · 05-08-2009, 04:26 PM

Originally Posted by jimmyinkedup

^^^ we are talking about the music not the song right? I agree with what u are saying re: composing vs compying ...and almost all his stuff is just "fast blues licks" ...either way ....its not for the avg to good guitarist and calling him that is selling him short IMO ...but hey everyone has their own opinions.....

Yah I think we're in agreeance. He's better than most the world, but let's be real he doesn't belong in a top 10 list, there's some monsters out there who push the boundries a lot more.

**Chode Logan** · 05-08-2009, 04:28 PM

Ha funny I never even claimed he was average to good, I just jumped in. Nice.

**jimmyinkedup** · 05-08-2009, 04:28 PM

^^ agreed.....
btw i personally find some of his work on accoustic remakes of metallica stuff more impressive than the original versions ....

**Chode Logan** · 05-08-2009, 04:31 PM

Yeah for sure, I havn't heard a lot of remakes but it forces him out of his comfortable box and it's good, he can't just slam the same 3 notes really fast with a wah haha

**jimmyinkedup** · 05-08-2009, 04:33 PM

^^^^^Not to beat a dead horse but u bring up a good point Bob Rock was very frustrated with him on the Black Album and said he had to "push him like hell" to try to get him out of that box.....so good points...and again - i think we agree for the most part....

**mho** · 05-08-2009, 04:39 PM

Yngwie, of course.

**dedic8ed1** · 05-08-2009, 04:56 PM

There can only be "ONE" Get you some dime time bro.I've never heard a crowd go more nuts then they did for dime."Dime Bag Darrell"The man was a god amongst gods Why he was taken from us I'll never understand but the story behind why is even more ridiculous.

**CptAmericaX** · 05-08-2009, 06:41 PM

Im not gona read all these post to find if someone already said it BUT GUITAR HERO WOO YAH! thats why im the best ever! I joke

**oneshot** · 05-08-2009, 07:09 PM

Definitely the Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield combo!!! tis why metallica will ALWAYS reign supreme.

**Chode Logan** · 05-08-2009, 07:24 PM

Originally Posted by oneshot

Definitely the Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield combo!!! tis why metallica will ALWAYS reign supreme.

They stopped reigning supreme the very second Load was released haha, and if you liked that, well then St.Anger was the nail in the coffin. They definitely made metal what it is today though.

**DCI** · 05-08-2009, 07:24 PM

Dimebag clearly is up there with the great. It's not just his playing ability I think that comes into it for me for being the best or greatest guitarist. I think it is the riffs and the sound they have, that makes them great. And to be honest Pantera and dimebag are the only band that I listen to over and over and over again without ever getting bored of them. They are my motivation music for the gym.

But in saying that their is loads that I like and think are great, AC/DC, Morbid Angels Trey(can't spell his surname), Slayers Kerry King, Obituary etc.

**Chode Logan** · 05-08-2009, 07:25 PM

Originally Posted by dedic8ed1

There can only be "ONE" Get you some dime time bro.I've never heard a crowd go more nuts then they did for dime."Dime Bag Darrell"The man was a god amongst gods Why he was taken from us I'll never understand but the story behind why is even more ridiculous.

Dimebag was absolutely sick, his technique was ridiculous and he cranked out classic riffs endlessly.

**IronReload04** · 05-08-2009, 07:56 PM

has anyone ever listened to the album "dragon kiss" by marty friedman.....ex megadeth lead guitarist?

**Chode Logan** · 05-08-2009, 08:08 PM

Never heard that album but I love friedman, he's amazing. I'll check it out.

**jbm** · 05-08-2009, 10:39 PM

jbm
DSM
chode
brown ninja
prone

**xlxBigSexyxlx** · 05-08-2009, 11:16 PM

Hands down Jimi Hendrix, followed closely by
Eddie Van Halen,
Randy Rhoads,
and Jimmy Page

/thread

**Chode Logan** · 05-08-2009, 11:50 PM

my list is different why does yours get to end the thread

**Darksyde** · 05-09-2009, 03:02 AM

marty friedman is the shit.

**jbm** · 05-09-2009, 03:04 AM

**jbm** · 05-09-2009, 03:05 AM

**quarry206** · 05-09-2009, 03:06 AM

i'm the champ at guitar hero does that mean anything???

**jbm** · 05-09-2009, 03:15 AM

Originally Posted by quarry206

i'm the champ at guitar hero does that mean anything???

Of course bro! You are the best guitar hero!

**countrybhoy** · 05-09-2009, 03:19 AM

Junior Brown . BRILLIANT .

**jimmyinkedup** · 05-09-2009, 09:53 AM

id like to throw Steve Howe into the mix.....

**ghettoboyd** · 05-09-2009, 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by Chode Logan

They stopped reigning supreme the very second Load was released haha, and if you liked that, well then St.Anger was the nail in the coffin. They definitely made metal what it is today though.

i think the black album was the end for me. it was a good album and all but i loved them back in the early eightys for ther first few albums and i prefer the longer less radio friendly metalica songs. but like chode logan metalica was what popped my musical cherry and got me into playing guitar.

**oneshot** · 05-09-2009, 04:43 PM

Originally Posted by Chode Logan

They stopped reigning supreme the very second Load was released haha, and if you liked that, well then St.Anger was the nail in the coffin. They definitely made metal what it is today though.

alright, St. Anger sucked balls for sure i'll give ya that. you heard their new album Death Magnetic? tis comparible to their old style (like master of puppets and justice for all) rather their 90's sound