Guitarists you just don't get!

[Muttley]

Jeff Beck
Allan Holdsworth
Eddie Van Halen
Eric Johnson
Steve Morse
Eric Clapton
Misha Mansoor
Steve Howe

[MDV]

ALL the shredders. Musical onanism to me.

All music is onanism. Its just a question of what gets you off.

[Telerocker]

ALL the shredders. Musical onanism to me.

All music is onanism. Its just a question of what gets you off.

+1  :lol:

[gordiji]

Keef Richards,(and the rest of them)!

i'm unsurprised to see Holdsworth and Mclaughlin above but Eddy...cripes even if you don't like the band you've gotta
love eddy.

[dave_mc]

^ +1 (assuming by eddie you mean evh). That's a bit like saying you like football but don't like pele or george best.

ALL the shredders. Musical onanism to me.

All music is onanism. Its just a question of what gets you off.

+2 :lol:

[James C]

i have to agree with Twinfan in regards to Jeff Beck and his performance on 'Later...' was terrible

I don't get Synyster Gates from Avenged Sevenfold, they supported Maiden and he was sloppier than Janick

Also don't get Joe Bonamassa, i listen to black country communion and just want him to start using cold sweat's and get some edginess into his tone

[Nephilim]

I personally don't get Yngwie Malmsteen these days. I use to love him  pre Seventh Sign (although I did quite like this album). If you listen to solos like on the song 'You Don't Remember, I'll Never Forget', it's just shredding brilliance. He actually shreds with feel and it sounds very cool also. Nowadays, it just sounds all the bloody same. There's no feel at all :/

[choucas09]

Ok then. All music is onanism, some more onanistic than others.

[dave_mc]

still disagree

if you want me to admit that a type of music i like is less musically valid than the stuff you like, good luck with that :lol:

[MDV]

still disagree

if you want me to admit that a type of music i like is less musically valid than the stuff you like, good luck with that :lol:

Or, my onanaism is just as onanistic as your onanism.

+1

[choucas09]

At the end of the day I don't really give a toss.

[MDV]

:lol:

[nfe]

^ +1 (assuming by eddie you mean evh). That's a bit like saying you like football but don't like pele or george best.

Well, except that musical taste is subjective and success at a sporting activity is objective.

[Philly Q]

^ +1 (assuming by eddie you mean evh). That's a bit like saying you like football but don't like pele or george best.

Well, except that musical taste is subjective and success at a sporting activity is objective.

I agree, but not totally objective in the case of footballers since individual contributions are only meaningful in the context of a team!

Asking "who's the best (or most "liked") footballer" (which I assume is the implication of the Pele/Best comment) is every bit as subjective as asking the same thing about guitarists.  Some people admire the "flair" players with flashy skills, others admire the grafters with high work rates or the midfield generals who can control the pace and shape of the game.  There's no such thing as a one man team (....except maybe Southampton in the Matt Le Tissier era!)

Anyway, it's easy to not like EVH.  He was great, a breath of fresh air and hugely influential for about 10 years.  For the last 20 he's been an annoying, deranged bell-end who can't play live and hasn't recorded anything worth listening to.

IMO, of course. 

[Frank]

^ +1 (assuming by eddie you mean evh). That's a bit like saying you like football but don't like pele or george best.

Well, except that musical taste is subjective and success at a sporting activity is objective.

I find that the faster a guitarist plays, the less I like him/her. That's kind of objective isn't it?