Unbelievable guitar skills

SidewinderINC · 3 Jun 2006 at 20:46

PikeyPriest said:
Not sure if this will be to everyones taste, but i think

livin on a prayer

is wicked

same sort of thing as "nothing else matters" theres a continous bassline throughout it and then you have to play the "lead" in this case the vocal part.

pretty damn hard to do

raz0rr · 3 Jun 2006 at 20:55

Phalanx said:
Satriani is the man, loads say Vai is better than him but Vai pales in comparison to Satch

Malmsteen > both of them

Also, to those of you bashing 5+ sting basses, and 7+ string guitars, why deny yourself extra range?

A piano has a larger range than either of them, yet you don't see people saying that they're too big.

Chronos-X · 3 Jun 2006 at 23:09

This is the best version imo, played on a nice guitar with a nice tone.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1629339200909749970
http://www.siliconeswamp.co.uk/video/canon.wmv

Nitefly · 3 Jun 2006 at 23:22

raz0rr said:
Malmsteen > both of them

I wasn't going to join this arguement... but... nooo way :confused:

Thats just..... well....

Hopefully people are with me on this.

I'm pretty bored of instrumental music. I remmember hearing SWTA by Satriani for the first time about 2 years into learning the guitar and I thought it was excellent. Now it sounds cheesey and dated.

The thing that really got me loathing some shred tracks is that when ever I see anyone play something like that, the majority of the time I think 'Ewww they are just trying to show off', which they are. Which kind of made me realise that deep down I'm proberly doing the same, so although I still like a widdle now and again, its not very important to me anymore.

The above is why I think malmseen is the absolute WORST of the shred heads, Vai seems like he's very full of himself when I listen to Satriani I occationally cringe.

Saying all of this, I think Bad Horsie and Always with me Always with you are both amazing

sinister_stu · 5 Jun 2006 at 22:22

Unfortunately, Paco de Lucia is much better than everyone so far mooted in this thread. Flamenco is where really "unbelievable guitar skills" are to be found. Mediterranean Sundance by Al di Meola and Paco de Lucia is to be found on youtube, as are a few other videos.

benjo plz. · 5 Jun 2006 at 22:23

I still say Django Reinhardt > * tbh.