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Buckethead is the best guitarist to ever live.

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This is fact. I saw him up in New Haven, CT the other day and I've never seen anything like it before. He played a solo for literally two hours, and it was just mid boggling to watch him do it. Every chord he played sounded and blended perfectly... and he ferociously shredded numerous times to give you an idea just how fast he is. Everything he played was so interesting to listen to...

I can't really describe what I saw or heard. It was just the fastest guitar work I've ever seen... The entire show consisted of him saying to himself... "Well, I know everything there is to know about the guitar... let's see how much I can show off this talent within the next two horus."

He also whipped out the nunchucks, and put on a little show. He swung them around for a little, and then started doing the robot in an inhuman fashion. Forget what you know about the robot; Buckethead does it the best. Check out this video.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=YiX_yrBi444

Anyway I'm proud to say that I've seen and heard the best guitarist in the world. He's just that good.
 
Sorry. That title goes to Michael Romeo of "Symphony X". No debate here. He used to be heir to the Malmstein throne, but then he decided to make his own throne out of the envy of all other guitar players. Originally it was going to be out of their bones, but as it turns out, envy is much more comfortable and durable.
 
Buckethead reigns supreme.

Forget what you know.

And yah, Darknesstear, that video you posted is the song "Whitetrash" off of his Colma album.

Excellent song. Raise your joints.
 
The way the OP talked, give me Petrucci. Or as already mentioned, Romeo.


Romeo has sausage fingers, too. That made seeing him live even more amazing.
 
Uno Ill Nino said:
Sorry. That title goes to Michael Romeo of "Symphony X". No debate here. He used to be heir to the Malmstein throne, but then he decided to make his own throne out of the envy of all other guitar players. Originally it was going to be out of their bones, but as it turns out, envy is much more comfortable and durable.
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Holy shit, this could come from my circle of music friends' discussions verbatim. :lol
 
For the uninformed, Buckethead built a style around horror movies and a facet of Shawn Lane's playing. Buckethead is a good musician;but, not as good as his master. Previously, Shawn Lane's style from the late 70s to early 90s was influenced from Allan Holdsworth(he saw UK live in 1978), and built his style around that. Later he went into an indian fusion route. So there's a nice chain for ya.

Symphony X's music is an excellent example on how not to compose music. Their songs have short attention spans and include too many ideas that never develop fully. But, if you like to yank off to it, that's cool.
 
sonatinas said:
Their songs have short attention spans and include to many ideas that never develop fully. But, if you like to yank off it, that's cool.
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This is a pretty good summary of why I've always had trouble listening to Symphony X. Too many abrupt, non-sequitir transitions and abandoned ideas. For such immensely talented and skilled musicians, they seem to have a lot of trouble evolving their songs properly.

They do have a lot of very good ones, though.
 
what about Ernie Isley?

watch
 
Badabing said:
He also whipped out the nunchucks, and put on a little show. He swung them around for a little, and then started doing the robot in an inhuman fashion. Forget what you know about the robot; Buckethead does it the best. Check out this video.
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Damn! I wish I went. At Toad's right?
 
Here is an excerpt from Shelby Foote's short article on Robert Johnson:
Keith Richards when he first heard [Johnson] on an LP issued in 1961, asked in amazement, "Who's that other guy playing with him?" Late he understood better, but he never stopped being astonished at what he was hearing. "Some of the rhythms he's doing and playing and signing at the same time--you think, `This guy must have three brains.'"
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This thread inspired me to get a few of his earlier albums, and wow -- they're good. She Sells Seashells by the Slaughterhouse makes me sleepy every time I hear it.
Anyone have any other good instrumental metal?
 
Kirk Hammett gets a lot of flack (a large part of which is general anti Metallica hate) for being "overrated", but I don't care what anyone thinks, the soloing at the end of Fade To Black is still by far the most amazing I've ever heard.
Actually, just about any solo on an 80's Metallica album is A+ material. (I love the ones in Disposable Heroes, Welcome Home (Sanitarium), Ride The Lightning, Jump In The Fire, etc.)
 
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