Rate your skills 1-10

[Pfl?yd]

and just to add.. I woke up listening to Testament this morning and dammit, Alex Skolnick is one of the few guitarists who hit home with his playing on all fronts.. great tone, excellent control.. everything.

Have you listened to any of his jazz stuff? He did a pretty cool jazz version of "Electric Eye". . . .

[CFH Eternal]

and just to add.. I woke up listening to Testament this morning and dammit, Alex Skolnick is one of the few guitarists who hit home with his playing on all fronts.. great tone, excellent control.. everything.

Have you listened to any of his jazz stuff? He did a pretty cool jazz version of "Electric Eye". . . .

I got to see him live perform that. Pretty cool guy and he has a badass band backing him.

[Maelstrom]

You're a big Primus fan, Mael, have you worked on any of their songs? I revisited DMV at a show last night during sound check. I forgot how much of a pain that is to play on a regular four string.

Yeah, I play some of their songs from time to time... most of them aren't really that difficult, but they require a lot of control. I can't switch from slapping to those signature Claypoolesque (TM) "flamenco" chords yet. And forget about tapping, I don't even have an active pickup in my bass

[mo0sE]

im probably about a 6/10 if im lucky, i cant solo for shit - just twiddle about, im pretty good on nailing riffs and coming up with semi-cathy riffs of my own, nothing compared to MINI DIME though


http://www.officialpantera.com/boardfro ... 7&start=15

[dead forever]

and just to add.. I woke up listening to Testament this morning and dammit, Alex Skolnick is one of the few guitarists who hit home with his playing on all fronts.. great tone, excellent control.. everything.

The solo on Return To Serenity gets me every time.

[Bukkake Tsunami]

11 on everything, especially the rusty trumbone.

[mo0sE]

i found MINI DIMES twin brother!!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX9pNLfnB9U

[Grimlock]

4.

[Hungry Somalian]

self taught,-1/10.

[metallica777]

7.5 on drums, every once in a while i'll have some timing issues but thats all i have trouble with and im working on it. i can play basically any of vinnies stuff so, i think i can get a 7.5 for that.

[DeathSion]

Maybe an overall of 4/10. Song writing wise about 3/10.
flamenco, or classical... 0/10
Acoustic 4/10
Rhythm wise..5/10
Shredding: 4/10

[warhead dime]

Maybe an overall of 4/10. Song writing wise about 3/10.
flamenco, or classical... 0/10
Acoustic 4/10
Rhythm wise..5/10
Shredding: 4/10

Are you kidding me man? You definitely deserve higher ratings than that

[DeathSion]

On a professional guitar rating..that's what I feel i'm at. I'm sure i'm higher to guitarists who sit around in their house playing..thinking they're going to be the next big rock star..but compare me up to someone like loomis or up in that rank...i'm really a ?/10

[Pfl?yd]

On a professional guitar rating..that's what I feel i'm at. I'm sure i'm higher to guitarists who sit around in their house playing..thinking they're going to be the next big rock star..but compare me up to someone like loomis or up in that rank...i'm really a ?/10

That's kind of how I look at it too. Versus maybe people on this board (or Joe Average anybody), I'd be pretty high up, but next to people like Wooten or Bailey I'd be shit.

[Maelstrom]

Oh Jesus. 10 = the best players. Victor Wooten, Dennis Chambers, Steve Smith, Victor Bailey etc.

[Metal66]

0.5/10

[7Dime7MetalMassacre]

im probably about a 6/10 if im lucky, i cant solo for shit - just twiddle about, im pretty good on nailing riffs and coming up with semi-cathy riffs of my own, nothing compared to MINI DIME though



http://www.officialpantera.com/boardfro ... 7&start=15

[Shred-Dimebag]

i can play the songs i hear. megadeth etc, self taught. so i think around here where i live im a 8 or 9 but generally speaking i would say 7 or 8.

[Cheyenne fucking Buffet]

i can play the songs i hear. megadeth etc, self taught. so i think around here where i live im a 8 or 9 but generally speaking i would say 7 or 8.

[Shred-Dimebag]

thers a few around here that just fuckin that sweep pickin bullshit rip shit 18 year old people, like.. two or three but everyone else just blows ass, own a guitar and all they played is a fucked up version of the intro of iron man, and play all these songs that is turing into a trend for everyone cause they think they are cool if they can play 15 seconds of a fucked up version of a good song. makes me hate some of thse songs now its a shame.

[metallica777]

no doubt brother, i hate that too. everybody wants to be a guitarist these days, what people dont understand is that not everybody can do it, you have to be gifted, just like with anything else. why do you think there are so many bands now that you've never heard of before? why do you think none of them can play? because learning an instrument takes talent that only God himself can give you and if you dont have the talent, then dont try cuz your making everybody else who does have talent get lost in the confusion. i can't stand hardly any band thats come out in the last 10 years cuz they all seem to be like that. i know a lot of yall like the metal these days, but frankly i dont like where metal has gone at all either. nobody knows how to just rock anymore man, its all about who can make the most money. music has become a huge business and thats it. its really sad. so if you suck at what your doing, sell what you got and get out of the game, seriously. you know it if you suck, im sorry if you do, but not everybody is meant to play music.

[Metal66]

Yeah right. If you practice hard enough you can get good. It might take a long time but you'll get there eventually.

[PABassPlayer]

I've been playing over 20 years, and I still go back and take lessons for 3 to 4 months every couple of years. There is always something to learn and ALWAYS someone better.

The trick is getting the right teacher.

[The Fear]

because learning an instrument takes talent that only God himself can give you .

[BabyKiller]

and just to add.. I woke up listening to Testament this morning and dammit, Alex Skolnick is one of the few guitarists who hit home with his playing on all fronts.. great tone, excellent control.. everything.

Have you listened to any of his jazz stuff? He did a pretty cool jazz version of "Electric Eye". . . .

oh yes.. havent heard electric eye but his jazz stuff is great... hell, you hear enough of it in his work with Testament to inspire the hell out of me. I'm grateful enough to have seen him play with a reunited Testament in the Bay Area last year.. that was a friggin dream come true right there.

[Cheyenne fucking Buffet]

i can't stand hardly any band thats come out in the last 10 years

metallica777

Feel free to dig beneath the surface. Your username voids your opinions.

[Pfl?yd]

and just to add.. I woke up listening to Testament this morning and dammit, Alex Skolnick is one of the few guitarists who hit home with his playing on all fronts.. great tone, excellent control.. everything.

Have you listened to any of his jazz stuff? He did a pretty cool jazz version of "Electric Eye". . . .

oh yes.. havent heard electric eye but his jazz stuff is great... hell, you hear enough of it in his work with Testament to inspire the hell out of me. I'm grateful enough to have seen him play with a reunited Testament in the Bay Area last year.. that was a friggin dream come true right there.

That'd be the shit. Interesting that some of my favorite metal guitarists were actually just closet jazz guys (see also: Chris Poland).

[BabyKiller]

and just to add.. I woke up listening to Testament this morning and dammit, Alex Skolnick is one of the few guitarists who hit home with his playing on all fronts.. great tone, excellent control.. everything.

Have you listened to any of his jazz stuff? He did a pretty cool jazz version of "Electric Eye". . . .

oh yes.. havent heard electric eye but his jazz stuff is great... hell, you hear enough of it in his work with Testament to inspire the hell out of me. I'm grateful enough to have seen him play with a reunited Testament in the Bay Area last year.. that was a friggin dream come true right there.

That'd be the shit. Interesting that some of my favorite metal guitarists were actually just closet jazz guys (see also: Chris Poland).

yeah it was Queensryche and Judas Priest after them too, which essentially was the best show/weekend of my life. All possible thanks to Re-Ed.

[Pfl?yd]

and just to add.. I woke up listening to Testament this morning and dammit, Alex Skolnick is one of the few guitarists who hit home with his playing on all fronts.. great tone, excellent control.. everything.

Have you listened to any of his jazz stuff? He did a pretty cool jazz version of "Electric Eye". . . .

oh yes.. havent heard electric eye but his jazz stuff is great... hell, you hear enough of it in his work with Testament to inspire the hell out of me. I'm grateful enough to have seen him play with a reunited Testament in the Bay Area last year.. that was a friggin dream come true right there.

That'd be the shit. Interesting that some of my favorite metal guitarists were actually just closet jazz guys (see also: Chris Poland).

yeah it was Queensryche and Judas Priest after them too, which essentially was the best show/weekend of my life. All possible thanks to Re-Ed.

I was thinking of meeting the old lug when I head out that way in the Spring. But I think he hates me now.

[metallica777]

i can't stand hardly any band thats come out in the last 10 years

metallica777

Feel free to dig beneath the surface. Your username voids your opinions.

Metallica debuted in 83. and if thats not what your talking about then why does that void my opinions? just because they made it big and went for a different style doesnt mean they magically suck. i didnt care much for st anger, but the loads were just as good as the rest, just different. at least they change things up to keep them interesting. thats one thing nobody does any more, nothing is really that different from anything else out there. i've tried "digging beneath the surface" because i know for the most part mainstream stuff sucks, but i still didnt find anything so i stand next to my opinion, which is an opinion so you dont have to be a bitch about it.

[Aeon]

Shut it, asshole.

[FatRufusFucksYou]

bass: 7/10
guitar: 4/10
piano: 5/10

I can play many different wind instruments to varying degrees.

[Shred-Dimebag]

no doubt brother, i hate that too. everybody wants to be a guitarist these days, what people dont understand is that not everybody can do it, you have to be gifted, just like with anything else. why do you think there are so many bands now that you've never heard of before? why do you think none of them can play? because learning an instrument takes talent that only God himself can give you and if you dont have the talent, then dont try cuz your making everybody else who does have talent get lost in the confusion. i can't stand hardly any band thats come out in the last 10 years cuz they all seem to be like that. i know a lot of yall like the metal these days, but frankly i dont like where metal has gone at all either. nobody knows how to just rock anymore man, its all about who can make the most money. music has become a huge business and thats it. its really sad. so if you suck at what your doing, sell what you got and get out of the game, seriously. you know it if you suck, im sorry if you do, but not everybody is meant to play music.

yeaaa man. im multi talented.

guitar 8-9

bass 6-7

drums 3-4

piano 6

trombone(thats fuckin right) 7

flute .. somethin like havnt paly for years.. 4

harmonica? 3.. i dont know harmonica dont really know someone good.or can be good

bells 7 yea man i was rippin in music class hahahhaha

i guess thats it.

[PABassPlayer]

yeaaa man. im multi talented.

guitar 8-9

and your asking for tuning advice in another thread.

if you are an 8-9 out of 10, you shouldn't be asking fucking tuning questions.

I highly suggest you re-evaluate, you have a bloated opinion of yourself.

[BassPhemy]

The harmonica sounds awesome when people like John Popper play it. I have one and I can't play it for shit.

[BassPhemy]

yeaaa man. im multi talented.

guitar 8-9

and your asking for tuning advice in another thread.

if you are an 8-9 out of 10, you shouldn't be asking fucking tuning questions.

I highly suggest you re-evaluate, you have a bloated opinion of yourself.

lmao that line is the thing that show show far u are dude haha.


and btw thanks for the tunin advice on like D tunin ill try it out

Words of a guitar wiz right there.

[tweek]

guitar: 3/10

i don't give myself much credit because i only know a couple of songs. i can't play most solo's from the songs that i learned, they're way too fast. the only ones that i can play all the way through are:

Death - The Philosopher
Megadeth - Symphony of Destruction
Death - Empty Words
Children of Bodom - Every Time I Die

[Tweel]

i play soilent-ish acidbath-ish stuff so probably 5.5 or 6 out of 10

[Roz]

harmonica? 3.. i dont know harmonica dont really know someone good.or can be good

played correctly the blues harp buries most other instruments.

[Maelstrom]

I'd like to own a harpsichord and be able to play it