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Elmo Lewis
Buddy Guy - Very fast, not much emotion
Elmo ducks for cover
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Single Malt
Eric Clapton. His solo works are quite boring. He was better when he was in the Bluesbreakers, Cream and Blind Faith. I admit that I haven't that much listened to his albums. There might be some hidden gems that main stream radio stations never play.
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mickscarey
Hendrix, easy one
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dcba
Kirk Hammett?
Certainly not. He co-wrote Metallica's best songs (the Hetfield/Ulrich-only tunes are often far too one-dimensional imo) he's a virtuoso (but not in bad way à la Satriani) and lKH's nowadays the only reason you'd be temped to buy a ticket for a Met show : Ulrich's drumming sucks and Hetfield's voice is badly shot.
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black n blueYour insane! Last CD was fantastic.Quote
Elmo Lewis
Buddy Guy - Very fast, not much emotion
Elmo ducks for cover
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Koen
And I am really drawing a blank now on naming a guitarist that can be considered overrated.
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buffalo7478
As solo players, neither Ronnie, Blondie, Keith nor Brian is very good. (quote)
Is there some weird idea here among some people that solos on slide guitar are not solos? Or are somehow not as valuable or technically on the level of 'real' solos? Brian's electric slide solo on 'I Wanna Be Your Man' was groundbreaking. I've never heard a more expressive player on slide. I guess Duane Allman should have thrown away his coricidin bottle. And Ron Wood's slide playing on 'Rough Justice' was pretty damn good.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2011-05-17 20:28 by 24FPS.
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Claire_M
Slash is popular sure, but was he really ever highly rated as a guitarist? He's adequate but, as someone else here aptly described, pedestrian.
For those of you who said The Edge: try to he'p me understand. We all know that he's not a Yngwie Malmsteen-type player who dazzles with his technique. He's an emotional musician, he's going to hit you in the heart, preferably with a minimum number of notes and avoiding the major third like the plague. When you listen to the solos in "Even Better than the Real Thing" "New Year's Day" "Until the End of the World" (please listen to that last one, from Achtung, Baby), don't you hear what he's trying to do? I think he plays beautifully, always has.
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black n blueYour insane! Last CD was fantastic.Quote
Elmo Lewis
Buddy Guy - Very fast, not much emotion
Elmo ducks for cover
At least he´s one of the most over-aged guitarists...
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jamesfdouglas
but what has it to do with guir=tar technique?
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mickscarey
Hendrix, easy one
Your nuts. He is one of the best if not the best in rock.