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TropicalDisease75
Dig the topic.
1. Eric Clapton - Long on technique and short on passion. Hasn't recorded anything close to exceptional since 1970. And even his supposed solo classics (461 Ocean Blvd, Slowhand, From The Cradle) are wildly overrated. Seems to be more interested in fashion than living up to his considerable talent. Plastic blues and soul. When was the last time you listened to an entire Clapton album? And enjoyed it?
2. The Edge - Good lord, he might be the single most boring guitar player in history. Has anyone ever relied more on effects and less on ability than this supposed guitar legend? Without the studio fairydust and the multitude of effects he's not left with much. U2....ugh.
3. Joe Satriani/Steve Vai - Might as well be the same person as far as I'm concerned. Mindless and soulless. For me, it's about what's not played as well as the notes played. Somebody never told these guys that. Not to mention the fact that they forgot music is also about composition, not just a flury of notes played as fast as possible. Musical masterbation.
4. Tom Morello
5. Kirk Hammet
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George Harrison
Isn't the solo on "All You Need Is Love" one of the most amateurish, inexplicably inept ever?
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Isn't the solo on "All You Need Is Love" one of the most amateurish, inexplicably inept ever?
I've been saying that for years. What was he thinking? Everytime I hear it I have to shake my head.
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It's a bit spacey and weird. In other words, it fits the song perfectly.
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Does anybody else sound like Gilmour?
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dcba
Translation in correct English : "I don't like him"...
Hendrix is up there with C. Parker and Django Reinhardt : era-marking musicians.
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Joe Bonamassa #1 everybody else is tied for #2
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Kind of since Clapton were the one that played his most famous solo...
It works against Harrison too, as Lennon gets credit for the Let it Be solo.
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Joe Bonamassa #1 everybody else is tied for #2
cool - i didn't think i was in that kind of company. maybe one of these days i can give joe a run for his top spot. let's see....there's the e chord...now the a....where's d again?
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Joe Bonamassa #1 everybody else is tied for #2
cool - i didn't think i was in that kind of company. maybe one of these days i can give joe a run for his top spot. let's see....there's the e chord...now the a....where's d again?
StonesTod that means your tied for last place.
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lapaz62
Harrison recorded all the guitar solos for Let It Be, some in January 1969 and more overdubs in January 1970. Phil Spector decided to use it, George Martin chose not to for the single version. If anything there was a rumour of McCartney doing the overdubs.People just like to believe its Lennon because of the rawness of the solo but its Harrison.
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On the Album version, if you listen closely you can hear the other Leslie solo as well but its deep in the mix.
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Bingo
I haven't read all of this thread, but being an amateur guitarist, I'm sure everyone who has been mentioned are more qualified then I'll ever be. That being said, I'm going to say guitarists that never moved my soul are...Eric Clapton and Bruce Springsteen.
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Joe Bonamassa #1 everybody else is tied for #2
cool - i didn't think i was in that kind of company. maybe one of these days i can give joe a run for his top spot. let's see....there's the e chord...now the a....where's d again?
StonesTod that means your tied for last place.
you're a kinda glass half empty type, i see.
for me, i don't care if the glass is half-empty or half-full, as long as there's whisky in it...