Overrated Guitarists

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Slash. If he was twice as good as he is, he'd still be way overated. He could start by learning to tune the instrument.

Brian May. The cool man himself. Not really my cup of joe, but tasteful all the time (well, almost)
 
foo said:
Slash. If he was twice as good as he is, he'd still be way overated. He could start by learning to tune the instrument.

Brian May. The cool man himself. Not really my cup of joe, but tasteful all the time (well, almost)
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SLASH is perfect. And if you can give me an example of him being out of tune on any recording I'll be a monkey or some fuckface's uncle.
 
capnkid said:
I saw [Eric Johnson] in concert opening for Sammy Hagar in 06' I personally thought, as did my friend that he lacked emotion, feel, etc. Honestly.
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I've seen him a few times. Technically, he is a guitar god; no question there. I personally don't particularly care for his music, though. I liked him better as a member of the Electromagnets. DSFDF...
 
I KNOW I'll get slammed for this/:D

Randy Rhoads.

I just never got much emotion from his playing. I know he's fast with all the neo-classical stuff but I much prefer players that bring more feeling and emotion into their playing.

When I hear what he did with Ozzy then listen to old Sabbath I feel so much more emotion listening to Iommi and that's just what "I" prefer.

But Rhoads was quite young when he died and perhaps getting away from Ozzy would have done him good, who knows.
 
Here's one destined to be slammed....B.B. King...I just don't get how someone can play one or two notes every so often and be crowned the King of Blues.
 
capnkid said:
I think that SRV is going to be forgotten a little seeing as he died almost 20 years ago. Which is a shame. I bet there are people in thier 20's who don't even know.
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Seeing him live was one of the best experiences I have ever had. He played a white Strat, wore all white w/ a white feather in his hat. His presence on stage was nearly as amazing as his chops. I still get chills thinking about that show..
 
FeastOfFriends said:
SLASH is perfect. And if you can give me an example of him being out of tune on any recording I'll be a monkey or some fuckface's uncle.
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Ahhhh - listen "Patience". There's a note in the solo I believe that is WAY out of tune. I was shocked the engineer let that slide.
 
Max_Kincaide said:
Here's one destined to be slammed....B.B. King...I just don't get how someone can play one or two notes every so often and be crowned the King of Blues.
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Well he does get some emotion out of them two notes.

I've never bought into that bullshit he's the king of blues.
 
Underrated: Andre Segovia...without him, we wouldn't be playing any of the stuff we play at all....the guitar would still pretty much be an oversized boat paddle with handy fishing line attached.
 
gvarko said:
Seeing him live was one of the best experiences I have ever had. He played a white Strat, wore all white w/ a white feather in his hat. His presence on stage was nearly as amazing as his chops. I still get chills thinking about that show..
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I may have told this story in here before, but so be it.

The year was 1981. I was in the process of moving to Austin from south Louisiana, and I was here with my bro bringing over my first load of stuff. After we finished unloading the truck and cleaning up, we decided to go out and listen to some music. We didn't know where to go (I only knew one person in Austin at the time, and she did NOT want to see me), but we had heard that there was a pretty good music scene here.

I had been in bands back in Louisiana, and I figured it would be pretty easy to get hooked up here. Our going out that night was to catch a local act or two to get a feel for what the home town bands were like.

Anyway, we were driving around at random and spied a club advertising a live band (the old Third Coast, for those who remember it). We went in and grabbed a table right in front of the stage; the band was set up but hadn't started yet. We ordered a couple of beers and sat back, waiting to see what the local yokels had to offer. Did I mention that I thought of myself as a medium hot guitar slinger at the time?

The band came out and started to play. It was Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble.

Holy shit.
 
Kramer said:
Dude, have you listened to all of his albums hundreds of times like I have? :D

Have you ever seen his first Austin City Limits appearance back in the 80's? He's got plenty of emotion and feel, he's just not a "showman". He's the definition of a musician IMHO.
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No. I guess I'll have to get a couple of his c.d.'s. Maybe he was just off that night or something. His bands volume was too loud, overshadowing his guitar playing also.
 
NL5 said:
Check out this list -

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5937559/the_100_greatest_guitarists_of_all_time/

No Albert King ANYWHERE. Of course the whole list is a pretty big joke....
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...:confused:

17 Jack White of the White Stripes
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27 Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits
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Guess I like Knopfler too much, perhaps, but this doesn't seem right at all.

I think Knopfler is Underrated mainly because most non-musicians know him, and many young players don't know him either. Within the subset of people who do, he is widely known as the "Money For Nothing" guy. Far better player than what can be heard in that song, or in some of the other hits Dire Straits had, and even that was some excellent guitar playing.
 
Max_Kincaide said:
Here's one destined to be slammed....B.B. King...I just don't get how someone can play one or two notes every so often and be crowned the King of Blues.
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I'm not sure why some people can't go back and read the prior posts in a thread :confused: :D
 
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