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Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:05 pm
by Pfl?yd
BabyKiller wrote: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". . . .
Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:07 pm
by CFH Eternal
Pflöyd wrote:BabyKiller wrote: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.
Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 2:37 pm
by Maelstrom
Pflöyd wrote: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
Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 3:15 pm
by 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
Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 4:26 am
by dead forever
BabyKiller wrote: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.
Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 4:48 am
by Bukkake Tsunami
11 on everything, especially the rusty trumbone.
Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 5:50 am
by mo0sE
Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 9:48 am
by Grimlock
4.
Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 7:10 pm
by Hungry Somalian
self taught,-1/10.
Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 7:49 pm
by 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.
Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 7:49 pm
by 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
Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 8:09 pm
by warhead dime
DeathSion wrote: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
Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 8:13 pm
by 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
Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 8:24 pm
by Pfl?yd
DeathSion wrote: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.
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 3:16 am
by Maelstrom
Oh Jesus. 10 = the best players. Victor Wooten, Dennis Chambers, Steve Smith, Victor Bailey etc.
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:21 pm
by Metal66
0.5/10
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:34 pm
by 7Dime7MetalMassacre
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 4:18 pm
by 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.
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 4:19 pm
by Cheyenne fucking Buffet
Shred-Dimebag wrote: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.
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 4:26 pm
by 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.
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:50 pm
by 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.
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 9:49 am
by Metal66
Yeah right. If you practice hard enough you can get good. It might take a long time but you'll get there eventually.
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 9:54 am
by 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.
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 5:45 pm
by The Fear
metallica777 wrote:because learning an instrument takes talent that only God himself can give you .
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 6:43 pm
by BabyKiller
Pflöyd wrote:BabyKiller wrote: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.
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 7:06 pm
by Cheyenne fucking Buffet
metallica777 wrote: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.
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 7:25 pm
by Pfl?yd
BabyKiller wrote:Pflöyd wrote:BabyKiller wrote: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).
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 7:46 pm
by BabyKiller
Pflöyd wrote:BabyKiller wrote:Pflöyd wrote:BabyKiller wrote: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.
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 8:09 pm
by Pfl?yd
BabyKiller wrote:Pflöyd wrote:BabyKiller wrote:Pflöyd wrote:BabyKiller wrote: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.
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 8:13 pm
by metallica777
Cheyenne fucking Buffet wrote:metallica777 wrote: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.
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 9:02 pm
by Aeon
Digital fucking Gauntlet wrote:Shut it, asshole.
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 9:06 pm
by FatRufusFucksYou
bass: 7/10
guitar: 4/10
piano: 5/10
I can play many different wind instruments to varying degrees.
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 2:07 am
by Shred-Dimebag
metallica777 wrote: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.
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 9:57 am
by PABassPlayer
Shred-Dimebag wrote:
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.
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 1:52 pm
by BassPhemy
The harmonica sounds awesome when people like John Popper play it. I have one and I can't play it for shit.
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 1:54 pm
by BassPhemy
PABassPlayer wrote:Shred-Dimebag wrote:
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.
Shred-Dimebag wrote: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.
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 12:32 pm
by 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
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 8:05 pm
by Tweel
i play soilent-ish acidbath-ish stuff so probably 5.5 or 6 out of 10
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 9:15 pm
by Roz
Shred-Dimebag wrote:harmonica? 3.. i dont know harmonica dont really know someone good.or can be good
played correctly the blues harp buries most other instruments.
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 5:54 am
by Maelstrom
I'd like to own a harpsichord and be able to play it
