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Original message:307 days 12 hours 29 minutes ago
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Member: Matt Nonyabuisness
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I always see whos your fav guitarist. Which Famous guitarist do you despise and why... For me it's buckethead wtf is up with the bucket... I know the myth behind that dousch bag but for real's a kfc bucket???. the bruser mask is enuf...
Reply:307 days 11 hours 59 minutes ago
Member: bluburnsorange22
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The faggots from good charlotte.
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Reply:307 days 11 hours 40 minutes ago
Member: Michael Meyerson
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Hi Everyone,

For me it is Jimmy Page. Even though I like is signiture Les Paul; a great guitar, I think that he is sloppy and sometimes childish in his playing
Reply:245 days 8 hours 12 minutes ago
Member: Rary
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Angus Young and Jimmy Page. Jimi Hendrix a bit, too to be honest. I used to be huge in ot the whole classic rock thing, but now it just bothers me. I do understand that these guys had a huge influence on guitar and changed things, I just think that they always ended up falling back on the same shapes and things for playing.
Joe Satriani and Steve vai are also guys that bother me. They're amazing, yes, but they just bug the shit out of me.
but oh well, they're famous and I'm not, so what do I know
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Reply:307 days 9 hours 47 minutes ago
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Dimebag
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Reply:307 days 6 hours 37 minutes ago
Member: charles
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i think dimebag too, i just never got why every one is up in arms about him.
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Reply:302 days 11 hours 52 minutes ago
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I guess you had to be there to really understand, but then again I accept that not everybody liked Dimebag or Pantera for that matter.

People were always up in arms about Nirvana and Kurt Cobain (or is that "no-brain"?) I couldn't stand the guy or his music. The whole "grunge" thing kinda ticked me off immensely. What the hell was so wrong with well-written and well-produced music?!?!?! Why such an angry rebellion against it?? Society these days seems to embrace ignorance over knowledge. WTF?!?!?!
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Reply:287 days 17 hours 44 minutes ago
Member: Joe Chaney
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hey jg76aires,
you can call nirvana alot of things but saying there songs weren't well written, well, they are beautiful songs, kurt grew up listening to the beatles, his songs were melodic, didnt go on to long and were verse chorus verse, basically pop, he just happened to play them bloody loud, amen to that
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Reply:245 days 6 hours 55 minutes ago
Member: corky corkmeister
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You can learn something from anyone...even if it is what NOT to do.
Reply:307 days 5 hours 52 minutes ago
Member: johnmarkh
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haha.... wah wah i don't like opinions -1 -1 wah. i love it.


+1 +1.

i like to balance out the universe.


not really a guitarist....but dave grohl is always praised from people that usually have good taste. it irks me
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Reply:306 days 21 hours 51 minutes ago
Member: Sullivancountychops
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Buckethead is definitely strange, even some of his music is strange but I think he's a fantastic guitarist. Listening to him without looking, I think he deserves some credit for his abilities, but that's just my opinion. There are a few that I despise for their endorsement practices, just selling their name on products but at the same time appreciate their talents.

I think Neil Young is sloppy in a lot of his guitar playing, not all but some. I know rock-n-roll wasn't meant to be perfect, but his playing sometimes makes my skin crawl. Again, just my opinion. Good topic, this should be interesting.
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Reply:287 days 17 hours 34 minutes ago
Member: Joe Chaney
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did you know, scientists have proven that buckethead wears a bucket because he is the ugliest sh1t on the planet, people where laughing at him while he was in KFC also, slash should have done the same
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Reply:306 days 20 hours 33 minutes ago
Member: Kyle
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I don't despise the guy, but I think Eddie Van Halen is vastly overrated. Don't get me wrong though, I acknowledge that he's a talented player, but all the coverage of him these days is just unnecessary.
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Reply:302 days 11 hours 49 minutes ago
Member: jg76aries
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Ditto that one! VH was good in the realm of commercially viable music, but there are guitarists out there who can shred circles around him. Still, EVH has remained a constant influence in the world of rock and metal guitar.
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Reply:306 days 20 hours 18 minutes ago
Member: Buck
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I'm showing my age here but I could never stand Yngwie Malmsteen. Yes he may have been the fastest in his day, but he was highly over-rated and if you watch the G3 video he looks worse. All his stuff gets repetitive with the blazing scale runs...he may have impressed people in his day but that stuff's old hat. There's shredders out there now who do it with feeling and don't overuse the scale runs.
I'll jump on the Page wagon with Def here too. I love Zep but Page is NOT the rock god of all time. He IS sloppy. He may have set the bar back then, but the bar's gotten way higher now and his day in the sun is over.
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Reply:304 days 14 hours 49 minutes ago
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Geez, Yngwie Malmsteen is a total prick. One of my friends (who happens to be a musical prodigy) just asked for Yngwie's signature after waiting 3 hours after the concert and Yngwie just completely flicked him off. Yngwie's repetitive harmonic minors and sweeps are annoying after about 30 seconds of listening to him play.
Michael Angelo also annoys me because all he does is play as fast as he can. Alright, so what if your the fastest guitarist in the world, it doesn't make you sound any better than someone like SRV who actually puts his soul into the music.
As for Kurt Cobain, he was seriously over-rated but he knew it and he hated being idolized. So don't blame him.
Reply:306 days 17 hours 42 minutes ago
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I'd say eddie vanhalen just because he's turned into a giant asshole. Van halen has been garbage since roth left/got booted, 5150 was ok but way too commercial everything after that sucks donkey balls.

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