mandan: Overrated Guitarists

Artuma 05.03.13	does anyone except scene kids even think 2 is great? agreed about 5
YoYoMancuso 05.03.13	disagree with 3, although I preferred Jeff's soloing
MeatSalad 05.03.13	This is the first time ive seen slash mentioned in several years
rockandmetaljunkie 05.03.13	I agree with 1,3,5. I've never heard 2 or 4.
bloc 05.03.13	Tbh, Slayer solos are usually nonsense. They fit with the band's songs, but in any other thrash they would get old fast.
MeatSalad 05.03.13	same could be said about metallica
theacademy 05.03.13	list needs more hendrix and less synsyster gates
Necrotica 05.03.13	I agree with 1, 3, and 4
mandan 05.04.13	@theacademy: I really don't think Hendrix was a bad guitarist, though I don't think he was the all-time best.
MikeC26 05.04.13	If you think hendrix is overrated your ignorant about the history of electric guitar. Plain and simple.
MikeC26 05.04.13	Nobody is or ever will be better than Hendrix. Jimmy Page is the only dude who comes remotely close
SupercolliderMusic 05.04.13	Most underrated guitarist... Jonny Greenwood
Devastator 05.04.13	Hendrix makes all of these guys look like idiots.
beefshoes 05.04.13	Jimmy Page is overrated imo. He's versatile and distinctive, but I prefer Steve Howe.
beefshoes 05.04.13	And note that by saying something is overrated doesn't mean they suck, it only means they're overrated. 4 is the only one I'd go as far as saying actually sucks.
Devastator 05.04.13	@FourthReich Ya man I haven't been posting a lot recently. This though was a list that needed my input!
JamieTwort 05.04.13	"Jimmy Page is overrated imo." Yeah I've always thought Page is slightly overrated too. Still an excellent guitarist, don't get me wrong, but he's nowhere near the greatest of all time like a lot of people seem to proclaim.
JamieTwort 05.04.13	All 5 of these are fairly overrated I guess. Although I don't think 4 gets that much praise anyway and he's not terrible.
DrGonzo1937 05.04.13	I agree with this a lot. Fucking Slash...
NightProwler 05.04.13	Fucking love Page.
DrGonzo1937 05.04.13	Page is the man.
Zeneren 05.04.13	Page is overrated yeah
manosg 05.04.13	I don't think any of those is perceived as an all-time great by knowledgeable people. Just to add another point to the discussion; apart from technique we always have to bear in mind how good of a composer is someone.
mandan 05.04.13	I like and respect Page, but I think Blackmore owned him when it came to soloing.
ChuckyTruant 05.04.13	i agree
JamieTwort 05.04.13	"I like and respect Page, but I think Blackmore owned him when it came to soloing." Yeah, without a doubt.
DominionMM1 05.04.13	"Yeah I've always thought Page is slightly overrated too. Still an excellent guitarist, don't get me wrong, but he's nowhere near the greatest of all time like a lot of people seem to proclaim." how would you define a great guitar player?
JamieTwort 05.04.13	Jimmy Page is basically the definition of a 'great' guitarist for me. He's versatile (to an extent), composes good solos and has a knack for coming up with great riffs but that's as far as it goes. I've already said he's an excellent guitarist, I'm not denying that. A special guitarist, i.e. one that I consider to be one of the all time greats, manages to have all the above talents but with the addition of the ability to convey emotion through their playing and at the same time have a distinctive style or sound all of their own. This is just my opinion of course but Page has never given me chills like a lot of my favourite guitarists have. Also he's sometimes rather sloppy when playing live (based on live recordings).
kitsch 05.04.13	malmsteen everyone
kitsch 05.04.13	hendrix def clapton too
TheSpirit 05.04.13	c.c. deville is actually great
InbredJed 05.29.13	^ queef
Cygnatti 05.29.13	List has slash therefore list rules.
ncguitar 05.29.13	It's funny how guitar players who say he sucks, are...shit x).And guitar players who are good say he is good.I mean, c'mon- Synyster Gates from Avenged Sevenfold and Jack White from The White Stripes say that Slash is his biggest influence.Slash gave Guns N' Roses(who sold 100 million records with 6 years worth of material,something that no band has done) its distinctive hard rock sound that is hardcore-blues rock n' roll.He plays with PASSION and its the SOUND and HOW MEMORABLE the playing is.
InbredJed 12.26.13	Wow, k GnR sucked, Slash is a moderatly talented guitarist and a mediocre songwriter at best, so get off his dick, boyo.
manosg 12.26.13	"Slash gave Guns N' Roses its distinctive hard rock sound" Actually it was more Izzy Stradlin than Slash who shaped GnR sound. Izzy wrote more stuff but at the same time he wanted to be out of the spotlight whereas Slash's image was what the audience sought for at the time.
InbredJed 12.26.13	Yee, Manosg with the truth-bomb!
SitarHero 12.26.13	Woah. Izzy, was a terribly underrated songwriter and probably GnR's ace in the hole, but saying one or the other "shaped GnR's sound" is far from the truth. Those cats were practically telepathic in the way they riffed and always playing around each other. They created GnR's original sound TOGETHER.
hikingmetalpunk 12.26.13	slashtastic list
JamieTwort 12.26.13	Slash is overrated but GnR ruled.
zakalwe 12.26.13	No, they really were shit.
JamieTwort 12.26.13	No they weren't. If you hate hard rock that's actually good fun then maybe yeah.
zakalwe 12.26.13	Hard rock rules. GnR were overblown LA cocaine nonsense. Although they did do some good tunes.
JamieTwort 12.26.13	They weren't overblown until the Use Your Illusion albums. Appetite is just straight up hard rock, it's hardly overblown.
SitarHero 12.26.13	"GnR were overblown LA cocaine nonsense." This is the sputnik equivalent of valley-girl speak. "Like, GnR are sooooo lame. Ohmagawd".
zakalwe 12.26.13	But them illusion albums put everything else to ridicule such is there overwhelming overblowness.
JamieTwort 12.26.13	I dunno about that, there's still some great tracks on those albums. There's even some straight up rockers that wouldn't have sounded out of place on Appetite.
zakalwe 12.26.13	Perfect crime, could be mine. Yep yep your bringing me round JT!
ResidentNihilist 12.26.13	Chuck Schuldiner; excellent guitar player with some great chops but seems to have fallen into the old adage of his death amplifying his work beyond the stratosphere into realms where he's untouchable which isn't true. Great guitar player but far from the best. Dave Mustaine; Excellent and influential guitar player but again there are far better.
demigod! 12.26.13	agreed about Dave, Marty is pretty much what made Rust so amazing and is the reason why it's so much better than their other records.
Underflow 12.26.13	Al di Meola is unbelievably good.
rockandmetaljunkie 12.26.13	AFD is the only worthy GNR album. Every great track on UYI's (such as November Rain, Don't Cry, The Garden, Back Off Bitch) were written during the recording sessions of AFD or before.
rockandmetaljunkie 12.26.13	"Actually it was more Izzy Stradlin than Slash who shaped GnR sound." Manos is right.
InbredJed 12.26.13	Marty played on Rust? I thought that was Chris Poland
Amphoteric 12.26.13	3 would be 1 on my list, though Slash would be a close 2nd
SitarHero 12.26.13	"AFD is the only worthy GNR album." True, but only because Axl's ego got large enough for him to think EVERY thing he wrote was worthy of being on an album. The best cuts on the UYIs would've been enough for one great album rather than two inconsistent ones. Don't damn me is the muhfuggin jam!
UnnamedOcean 12.26.13	"Most underrated guitarist... Jonny Greenwood" I wouldn't say underrated, just not well-known. Personally I prefer Ed O'Brien.
MikeC26 12.26.13	Marty Friedman played on Rust and Poland played on Peace Sells
MoosechriS 12.26.13	not a guitarist myself, but fuck me kerry king is shite. Jeff carried his ass for years.
DominionMM1 12.26.13	"Marty is pretty much what made Rust so amazing and is the reason why it's so much better than their other records." i'd say dave's songwriting had something to do with it. i mean yeah marty's solos on that record are like the best thing ever but it's not like the leads MADE that album.
Killerhit 12.26.13	take that shit back
NapalmCrusader 12.26.13	Enjoy 1,2,3 and 5. 4 really sucks, is the crappiest guitar player of the L.A. glam metal scene
Killerhit 12.26.13	"4 really sucks, is the crappiest guitar player of the L.A. glam metal scene" That's saying a lot
Ire 12.26.13	page stole his style and his licks from other much better guitarists so i have to agree with whoever brought him up. hendrix, nah he gave a lot to psychedelic music.
MikeC26 12.26.13	Okay page stole a lot of shit but his riffs speak for themselves
JamieTwort 12.26.13	Page is great but kinda overrated yeah.
NordicMindset 12.26.13	Hammett is fine
DominionMM1 12.26.13	what exactly did page steal and from whom? (Aside from dazed and confused?)
rockandmetaljunkie 12.27.13	"hendrix, nah he gave a lot to psychedelic music" not only to Psych music
Trebor. 12.27.13	It's funny how guitar players who say he sucks, are...shit x).And guitar players who are good say he is good.I mean, c'mon- Synyster Gates from Avenged Sevenfold and Jack White from The White Stripes say that Slash is his biggest influence.Slash gave Guns N' Roses(who sold 100 million records with 6 years worth of material,something that no band has done) its distinctive hard rock sound that is hardcore-blues rock n' roll.He plays with PASSION and its the SOUND and HOW MEMORABLE the playing is.
Spec 12.27.13	Synyster Gates is actually a really good guitar player. Just in a not so good band.
DrGonzo1937 12.27.13	Avenged are all great musicians. But it's just a horrible band. lol
InbredJed 12.27.13	Hendrix is still ahead of where most guitarists are today
evilford 12.27.13	"list needs more hendrix and less synsyster gates" lol
Penlord 12.27.13	lol all these people suck, I agree. Kirk was cool in the 80s tho
InbredJed 12.27.13	List needs some Matt Heafy
manosg 12.27.13	I'm pleasantly surprised that nobody has mentioned Angus Young.
Iamthe Nightstars 12.27.13	Lol. 1 was the first person to come to my head when I saw the title.
evilford 12.27.13	Slash is good but yeah overrated hard agreed