Steve Vai is possibly the greatest guitarist!

[Balmain_Boy]

Greatest guitarist of all time is Django Rheinhardt.

 

[Mr Angry]

Thanks carch,

I consider myself informed, I do remember the double guitar, looks geniused.

Now BB has throw some Russian or something at me.

 

[Simo]

Mr Angry he now plays a triple neck guitar! In another 10 years he may have to start playing with his feet!

 

[millersnose]

Greatest guitarist of all time is Django Rheinhardt.

i love rheihardts stuff

amazing given he only had 2 working fingers on his fingering hand

simo would eat it for breakfast though...

and steve vai has a delay pedal and a tube driver

 

[Dread]

If this thread was about the most technically proficient guitarist, why wasn't it labeled as such?

 

[millersnose]

geez dread

lighten up

did you run out of smoke?

 

[Dread]

Sorry millers but waffle about guitar virtuosos is more deathly boring than endless anti-Islamic propaganda.

Give me some simple, catchy guitar lines any day of the week. Someone needs to dig a deep pit and throw the likes of Vai, Satriana and Van Halen into it, if for no other reason than so that I don't have to listen to their fans talk about them ever again.

 

[millersnose]

apology accepted

 

[Dread]

I'm glad we sorted that out...

 

[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]

Bah, Zappa taught Vai everything he knows...

Zappa is and allways will be the BEST!

 

[Red Bear]

Chris Cheney is the best guitarist...

 

[elyod138]

Yes......

 

[Ron Jeremy]

Great thread

However i disagree.

As much as i love Vai he didn't bring anything to the guitar that wasn't already there, so my vote goes to Eddie.

David Lee Roth played with both and even though he had huge respect for Vai he thought Eddie was by far and away the best guitarist he had seen.

But coming from David Lee Roth? i don't know what to think lol

As multiple tapping, sweep picking etc? it isn't as hard as you think to do?

I have always thought the hardest guitar trick is to tap & slide but not over doing it, sounds simple but to do it and make it sound in tune with the solo is harder then you think.
As for Chuck berry? yes i believe he has to be in the top 3 guitarist of all time as he was completely original, but posses no where near the variety that Vai & Eddie had. Chucks playing was very one dimensional & predictable imo, a beginner could play his music unlike Vai or Eddie V

 

[Ron Jeremy]

Bah, Zappa taught Vai everything he knows...

Zappa is and allways will be the BEST!

Zappa described Eddie as the best he had seen and thanked him for reinventing the guitar, i remember reading that in a Old VH music book or somewhere anyway.

Way btw

Vai was in the " Just like living in Paradise" film clip and the album Skyscraper of Diamond daves.

Still think Adrian Vandenburg is very underated, so to Nuno bettencourt.

 

[Simo]

Dread: If this thread was about the most technically proficient guitarist, why wasn't it labeled as such?

My mistake, maybe a better heading would be nice but im sure its implied by now!.

millersnose: Quote:
Originally Posted by Balmain_Boy
Greatest guitarist of all time is Django Rheinhardt.



i love rheihardts stuff

amazing given he only had 2 working fingers on his fingering hand

simo would eat it for breakfast though...

and steve vai has a delay pedal and a tube driver

Wow, only 2 fingers! I havent heard his stuff but that would make it kinda hard to play. If I had to pick, I would prefer my first and third finger!

And Millers im glad to hear you are finally realising my potential on the guitar ;-)

Dread:

Someone needs to dig a deep pit and throw the likes of Vai, Satriana and Van Halen into it, if for no other reason than so that I don't have to listen to their fans talk about them ever again.

:lol: Thats a bit harsh!! Perhaps you could resort to just not participating in threads about them?

Ron Jeremy Great thread

However i disagree.

As much as i love Vai he didn't bring anything to the guitar that wasn't already there, so my vote goes to Eddie.

David Lee Roth played with both and even though he had huge respect for Vai he thought Eddie was by far and away the best guitarist he had seen.

But coming from David Lee Roth? i don't know what to think lol

As multiple tapping, sweep picking etc? it isn't as hard as you think to do?

I have always thought the hardest guitar trick is to tap & slide but not over doing it, sounds simple but to do it and make it sound in tune with the solo is harder then you think.
As for Chuck berry? yes i believe he has to be in the top 3 guitarist of all time as he was completely original, but posses no where near the variety that Vai & Eddie had. Chucks playing was very one dimensional & predictable imo, a beginner could play his music unlike Vai or Eddie V

Ron I am going to have to disagree with you here. Being a big fan of Van Halen I have watched and listened to endless amounts of his stuff. And whilst he is different to vai in that he never had to go solo, he had a successful band some of the things Vai does is in my opinion are better than eddies.

Sure Ed invented a lot more but that doesnt take away from Vais skill on the guitar. Tell me, have you watched Vai in the G3 concerts?

I believe Vai could play all of Ed's music, but im not so sure about in reverse.

p.s. I wish Ed's and Sammy could sort themselves out....we missed out on the world tour and new album after their latest little hissy fits!

 

[millersnose]

Wow, only 2 fingers! I havent heard his stuff but that would make it kinda hard to play. If I had to pick, I would prefer my first and third finger!

not that hand

 

[millersnose]

I believe Vai could play all of Ed's music, but im not so sure about in reverse.

i think you miss the point to a degree simo

we can all play someone elses creation

ability to mimic doesnt make us a superior musician to the original creator

vai has not really created a memorable guitar peice the same way young, page, harrison, benson, walsh and tonnes of others

he may well play taps quicker than them but that isnt what its all about

 

[carcharias]

Tommy Iommi had 3 and 2/3 fingers on his fret board hand.
He wore a thimble.

 

[Simo]

not that hand

I thought you said fingering hand....when i said if i had to pick, i wasnt refering to guitar pick, i meant if I had to lose to fingers they would be the ones i pick.

 

[Ron Jeremy]

Ron I am going to have to disagree with you here. Being a big fan of Van Halen I have watched and listened to endless amounts of his stuff. And whilst he is different to vai in that he never had to go solo, he had a successful band some of the things Vai does is in my opinion are better than eddies

I will say that Vai is much better then Eddie at sweeping as basically i haven't really heard Eddie do it all that much, i guess his style is different, but what i love about Eddie's playing is the fact that he fills the holes so well with his whammy drops and tapping slides, just amazing the way he does it and makes it sound so easy.

I do think the fact that Eddie was in a band doesn't help him in ways, Vai is a typical solo guitarist who just merely focuses on one thing solos...where as Eddie had to do more the chord things and riffs....not to say Vai didn't do it but i guess Eddie done abit more considering the longevity of VH.

Sure Ed invented a lot more but that doesnt take away from Vais skill on the guitar. Tell me, have you watched Vai in the G3 concerts?

I haven't, where can i purchase it from if i can?

I believe Vai could play all of Ed's music, but im not so sure about in reverse.

p.s. I wish Ed's and Sammy could sort themselves out....we missed out on the world tour and new album after their latest little hissy fits!

Good point but as i said earlier doing the band thing i guess limits what Eddie can do on songs on the album, we need a year 2000 version of Eruption to spark the younger generation ( hang on i am the younger generation in ways lol)

I'm sick of all their sh*t, saw them in 1997 with Garry Cherone, Eddie & Alex were great that night, still like to see a reunion with David Lee Roth minus the ego.

So many good guitarist out there so to separate them i go for originality in my picks and who brought what to the guitar, thats my only way of separating them.