Unsung heros, great guitarists that don't get recognized.

whitemike · Post by **whitemike** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 2:23 pm

Greg Howe

axlash · Post by **axlash** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 3:41 pm

billy corgan

Bodom J · Post by **Bodom J** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 10:14 pm

jon from iced earth. his rhythm guitar skills can't be touched.

Dawdy · Post by **Dawdy** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 1:14 am

my Canadian brother, Jeff Waters

Dimejandro · Post by **Dimejandro** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 5:39 pm

Mattias IA Ekhlund, getting into his stuff.. really good shit.

Gor-Gor · Post by **Gor-Gor** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 4:43 pm

Allen West of Obituary/Six Feet Under.

most people when they think of obituary guitarists they think Murphy, which i dunno why he was only on one album. Wests rythms are spot on.

Sexual Thunder · Post by **Sexual Thunder** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 10:38 pm

Robert Fripp
Adrian Belew (both from King Crimson and have played with Bowie)
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (Mars Volta)
Michael Gira (The Swans and now solo)
Scott Kelly (Neurosis)

Sexual Thunder · Post by **Sexual Thunder** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 10:39 pm

axlash wrote:billy corgan

While he may not be much in the "technical" department, his use of color and texture are pretty astounding. As Corgan once said in Guitar World one time, "It's not about technique, it's about creativity."

Avulsed · Post by **Avulsed** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 11:37 pm

Dawdy wrote:my Canadian brother, Jeff Waters

Absolutely. His songs are complex as fuck.

Dimejandro · Post by **Dimejandro** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 3:40 am

Gor-Gor wrote:Allen West of Obituary/Six Feet Under.

most people when they think of obituary guitarists they think Murphy, which i dunno why he was only on one album. Wests rythms are spot on.

I'm going to see obituary in a couple of weeks

.. along with deicide and blind gaurdian among others. too bad im not a big obituary fan, only heard a few of their songs.

Dimejandro · Post by **Dimejandro** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 3:42 am

Sexual Thunder wrote:
axlash wrote:billy corgan
While he may not be much in the "technical" department, his use of color and texture are pretty astounding. As Corgan once said in Guitar World one time, "It's not about technique, it's about creativity."

it's better to have both! just listen to some ron thal.

Sexual Thunder · Post by **Sexual Thunder** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 6:48 pm

Dimejandro wrote:
Sexual Thunder wrote:
axlash wrote:billy corgan
While he may not be much in the "technical" department, his use of color and texture are pretty astounding. As Corgan once said in Guitar World one time, "It's not about technique, it's about creativity."
it's better to have both! just listen to some ron thal.

True, Allan Holdsworth also is a great player who shows amazing technicality and creativity. I'll have to check out this Ron Thal.

Gor-Gor · Post by **Gor-Gor** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 10:16 pm

Dimejandro wrote:
Gor-Gor wrote:Allen West of Obituary/Six Feet Under.

most people when they think of obituary guitarists they think Murphy, which i dunno why he was only on one album. Wests rythms are spot on.
I'm going to see obituary in a couple of weeks .. along with deicide and blind gaurdian among others. too bad im not a big obituary fan, only heard a few of their songs.

fuck you. and youll prolly dig obituary, they kick ass

axlash · Post by **axlash** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 10:31 pm

Sexual Thunder wrote:
axlash wrote:billy corgan
While he may not be much in the "technical" department, his use of color and texture are pretty astounding. As Corgan once said in Guitar World one time, "It's not about technique, it's about creativity."

well, there's that and the fact that corgan can shred with the best of them. He just chooses not to.

DBS · Post by **DBS** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 8:58 am

soulburn wrote: 1. robert fripp (king crimson

i saw him at G3 and it was possibly the most sleep inducing 30 minutes of my life. i had to leave my seat it was that bad.

Firestorm · Post by **Firestorm** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 5:03 pm

Gary Holt
Andreas Kisser

croninburg · Post by **croninburg** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 5:39 pm

Sexual Thunder wrote:Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (Mars Volta)

soulburn · Post by **soulburn** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 7:03 pm

DBS wrote:
soulburn wrote: 1. robert fripp (king crimson
i saw him at G3 and it was possibly the most sleep inducing 30 minutes of my life. i had to leave my seat it was that bad.

sucks for you. i would have gone to G3 just to see Fripp, and would have been bored if i had to sit through Satch, Vai, Petrucci, etc...

allen holdsworth is amazing. i've never heard of ron thal though. i'll check him out too.

dead forever · Post by **dead forever** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 7:13 pm

Shaun Baxter ftw.

Dimejandro · Post by **Dimejandro** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:55 pm

soulburn wrote:
DBS wrote:
soulburn wrote: 1. robert fripp (king crimson
i saw him at G3 and it was possibly the most sleep inducing 30 minutes of my life. i had to leave my seat it was that bad.
sucks for you. i would have gone to G3 just to see Fripp, and would have been bored if i had to sit through Satch, Vai, Petrucci, etc...

allen holdsworth is amazing. i've never heard of ron thal though. i'll check him out too.

you might also wanna check ron's band bumblefoot! Its kind of pop rock with crazy solos. He got recruited recently to play for guns n roses too, so that's cool for him, more $ and publicity.

Maelstrom · Post by **Maelstrom** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 9:47 am

I don't know if he's as good as I think because I'm not a guitarist, but he sure seems like a good one... Marc Rizzo from Soulfly. I don't even listen to them, a friend of mine linked me to his myspace and I must say I'm impressed. Watch the first two youtube clips.

http://www.myspace.com/marcrizzo

7Dime7MetalMassacre · Post by **7Dime7MetalMassacre** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 6:33 pm

Bodom J wrote:jon from iced earth. his rhythm guitar skills can't be touched.

Word

Kellan · Post by **Kellan** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 7:24 pm

Maelstrom wrote:I don't know if he's as good as I think because I'm not a guitarist, but he sure seems like a good one... Marc Rizzo from Soulfly. I don't even listen to them, a friend of mine linked me to his myspace and I must say I'm impressed. Watch the first two youtube clips.

http://www.myspace.com/marcrizzo

That was pretty terrible, in my opinion.
Horrible technique, and doesn't have the chops to go as fast as he's trying to go.
The first video I got really bored of him playing a single open chord with some fingerstyle for an entire minute, then the second video was sloppy as shit.

Anyway, while he isn't really under-rated in my opinion, Chris Broderick is a phenomenal player and I don't hear him mentioned much. His playing outside of the metal-genre is wonderful, too.
And his technique is to die for.

for example, this string skipping he does is flawless, and his right hand technique is completely coordinated with his left hand, particularly at the end.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4bLerJddlM

I also think this Bach piece he plays on this one sounds absolutely stunning from all aspects: tone, technique, execution, and dynamics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-ze51lEt3w

check out the other/related videos of him playing other stuff too. If I could have the cleanliness of his chops or technique or whatever, I'd be a very happy man.

warhead dime · Post by **warhead dime** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 8:36 pm

Kellan wrote:
Maelstrom wrote:I don't know if he's as good as I think because I'm not a guitarist, but he sure seems like a good one... Marc Rizzo from Soulfly. I don't even listen to them, a friend of mine linked me to his myspace and I must say I'm impressed. Watch the first two youtube clips.

http://www.myspace.com/marcrizzo
That was pretty terrible, in my opinion.
Horrible technique, and doesn't have the chops to go as fast as he's trying to go.
The first video I got really bored of him playing a single open chord with some fingerstyle for an entire minute, then the second video was sloppy as shit.

Much agreed. He does the same licks over and over, and his vibrato/bending is crappy. He's pretty good but sloppy as hell.

Maelstrom · Post by **Maelstrom** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 4:57 am

Goddamn, you guys are difficult to please

Lord of This World · Post by **Lord of This World** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 1:29 pm

dammit. i can't fingerstyle for shit.

CFH Eternal · Post by **CFH Eternal** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 3:10 pm

I'm learning to chicken pick

Lord of This World · Post by **Lord of This World** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 4:12 pm

there's so much to guitar with using a pick that i haven't even explored the other areas of guitar. im still on the musical short bus

BassPhemy · Post by **BassPhemy** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 3:03 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1zgEOSF ... ed&search=

My search is over. I found a female that can shred.

CFH Eternal · Post by **CFH Eternal** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 3:47 am

Brian Setzer, his cover of Malaguena still floors me even after hearing it too many times.
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?a ... FE68A875C3

croninburg · Post by **croninburg** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:02 pm

Flea, Frusciante and Omar playing together:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG5QLjSXt2Y

croninburg · Post by **croninburg** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:07 pm

BassPhemy wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1zgEOSF ... ed&search=

My search is over. I found a female that can shred.

Not bad looking either

Dimejandro · Post by **Dimejandro** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:16 pm

BassPhemy wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1zgEOSF ... ed&search=

My search is over. I found a female that can shred.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZBuzbe9xCo check this hoe out.

she made me remember of stanley jordan btw, he never got enough recognition. I had never heard of him until this summer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8g14H4cT2o
haha his dance moves are also hilarious. nice vigier too.