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That would be Junior Brown, and the instrument in question (which he made) he calls a Guit-Steel. Good call, 64.

I voted Rhoads with absolutely no hesitation. I respect the other guitarists (except Holmes, whom I know nothing about), but none of them have the magical something that Randy had. His sheer musicianship and writing skill is awe-inspiring. I'm surprised that so many of y'all hate his tone. I...

King Elvis — Yeah, that instrument is something he calls a Guit-Steel, and he works it like it's part of his body or something! Aaron Cheney — I agree. I think there's a confusion of terms in these discussions, one which I'm definitely prone to committing. A guitarist's rating — how is that...

clifchamb — Definitely on target with MA's playing on Fair Warning, especially "Mean Street," possibly VH's finest recorded moment. Also kudos for mentioning Eddie Jackson and his tone on "Jet City Woman." Great stuff. PFDarkside — I agree with you regarding Cliff Burton as being not...

sheppard, you're dead on with Junior Brown. Saw him on Austin City Limits and was floored. He looks so geeky, but he can bust out the Hendrix-ish licks with the best of them. Speaking of geeky players, another underrated guitarist is Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick. He mostly plays within the...

I feel the same way, KE. And truth be told, Metallica simply can't play their material live. On the Damaged Justice tour they were energetic but rather sloppy. I saw Megadeth on the Clash of the Titans tour (w/Alice In Chains, Anthrax, and Slayer) and again on their tour supporting Countdown...

Hear, hear! Several of these dudes are still pretty high-profile, or they have been for significant stretches of time. But some pretty good calls, too: B. Sabbath — Ty Tabor is great at filling the sonic space in a song, and doing it in an "under the radar" kind of way. His playing smoothly...

Did they really say that? Because Stephen Stills is a fine player, and he did all the guitar work on their first album. In fact, he played everything except the drums for that one. I haven't read their biography in a while, but I thought they brought Young in as a solid guitarist to help...

Yeah, and that's too bad. If all those folks knew how awful Young's lead playing is, they'd feel better about themselves. I know I do. :D :p :D Okay, so I don't think Neil's such a hot lead player, but he sure can write songs and pick an acoustic (shades of Jimmy Page, maybe?), so I'll give...

Re: darknailblue Not to get in the middle of an argument about KH, but if you disregard his leads in Metallica songs you pretty much disregard KH, period. I'm pretty sure that James Hetfield plays virtually all the rhythm guitar parts that appear on Metallica's albums, in addition to a lead...

Yeah, eyeslikefire, I sometimes have a hard time believing it's the same guy playing "Tangerine" and "Communication Breakdown." But then who am I to say he's sloppy, eh? It's just that I prefer a Leslie West, who is very clean and very underrated, to Page.

I disagree about his effectiveness. His sheer musicianship pulled Ozzy's nuts out of the fire. And I don't think his guitar sound was horrible, although I tend to think that Max Norman's engineering/production could have been better. I think he is underrated if anything; he made it cool to...

Amen. Not only is he sloppy, his leadwork is unoriginal. Remember when the self-titled Whitesnake album came out in the 80s and Robert Plant got all indignant about how David Coverdale had ripped off LZ's essence? I thought that was some funny shit, considering how LZ took riffs and parts...

By the way, I incorrectly listed the title of Ralph Denyer's book as The Guitarist's Handbook, when in fact it is The Guitar Handbook. Carry on, wayward sons. :D

Hey EpiSGpl8r, JR#97 made me think of another set of books that might be helpful in your situation (and mine too): http://www.guitargrimoire.com/index.htm I myself need to buy some of these volumes, and I really like the idea of lessons on DVD. I bought the Keyboard volume to help with...

Thanks, JR#97, for the info on FL. I'll have to check them out and maybe add them to my book collection. I'm kinda in the same place as EpiSGpl8r, so I've been going through the chord charts in the back of my copy of The Guitarist's Handbook by Ralph Denyer. So any extra help would be good...

thequietcity — Great advice, IMO. Knowing why chords sound the way they do is a biggie to me. Aaron Cheney — Thanks for the suggestion. Gonna try it when I get home! matty_boy — I completely agree with the "touch o' dissonance" idea. And flatted fifths, to use a phrase from those crazy kids...

"Exciter" by Judas Priest (the studio version, not the live one)

Yet another forgotten gem or two "This Town Rocks" by Saxon (Nigel Glockner kickin' it) Oh, and "Low Rider" by War

Yoo Hoo! Hey Alex, I sent you a personal message a day or two ago. Did you receive it?