Slash or Zakk Wylde? Who is the better guitarist and why?
Hmmmm Both are really great guitarists...and the whole who is the best argument is pretty old, so like you said,,I will just stick to which I prefer of the two. and while Slash has done some great stuff, i prefer Zakk Wylde. Love his stuff for Ozzy, love his stuff for BLS. Just prefer that heavier sounding style he has. I think they can both be equally melodic.
Slash or Zakk Wylde? Who is the better guitarist and why?
Hmmmm Both are really great guitarists...and the whole who is the best argument is pretty old, so like you said,,I will just stick to which I prefer of the two. and while Slash has done some great stuff, i prefer Zakk Wylde. Love his stuff for Ozzy, love his stuff for BLS. Just prefer that heavier sounding style he has. I think they can both be equally melodic.
Ozzy Fans... Guitarists... Who was the best?
What is the common thing about this list? They all wanted to be Tony Iommi. Dont get me wrong they all rocked, and most will say Randy Rhodes because his death made him one of the most known. I bet most of your answerers dont even know about Gillis, or Torme, or even Lee, in fact even Iommi. Ozzy had great bands, but the majority of people only really know Rhodes and Wylde. But the thing is, without Iommi, none of these guys would have been much or be playing metal today! Rhodes rocked for sure, but no one knew him when he was in Quiet Riot, it wasn't until he started playing for Ozzy. But again he was still one of the best! ROCK ON TONY IOMMI
Ozzy Fans... Guitarists... Who was the best?
What is the common thing about this list? They all wanted to be Tony Iommi. Dont get me wrong they all rocked, and most will say Randy Rhodes because his death made him one of the most known. I bet most of your answerers dont even know about Gillis, or Torme, or even Lee, in fact even Iommi. Ozzy had great bands, but the majority of people only really know Rhodes and Wylde. But the thing is, without Iommi, none of these guys would have been much or be playing metal today! Rhodes rocked for sure, but no one knew him when he was in Quiet Riot, it wasn't until he started playing for Ozzy. But again he was still one of the best! ROCK ON TONY IOMMI
Why isn't Zakk Wylde considered a great guitarist?
It depends on who you ask whether he's "great" or not. Personally, I found his earlier stuff much more varied and impressive, and as he's settled in with BLS, he seems more of a one-trick pony. Can't fault the guy - he's made a hell of a career out of an almost entirely pentatonic repertoire, and he can be genuinely inspired with it. So what it boils down to is this: Anyone who says "he sucks," either doesn't play or is jealous. Doesn't play is easy - it's just a matter of taste, and they don't care for the songs Zakk writes, plays, or sings. For the non-musician, anything you don't like tends to "suck."Why jealous? There's no shortage of elitist bedroom guitarists who will tear apart anyone who's become famous with it, mostly because they feel like they never got their own due for their efforts. Understandable - I can admit that I probably come across this way sometimes, too, though I try to appreciate other guitarists work and at least accept that whether I can figure it out or not, hell, they must be doing SOMETHING a hell of a lot better than me, right?But back to Zakk - I think in his early days with Ozzy, he showed some genuinely wicked promise, but personal demons and problems with the bottle took their toll, and his creativity hasn't really grown as much as we, the early fans, had hoped for. Perhaps that was unrealistic from the beginning; perhaps not. For the first time in Ozzy's career, he had a young guitarist with the promise of Randy Rhoads, but Zakk never lived up to that hype, unfair or not.He's got some MAD skills, and I'd love to see him branch out and try something outside his comfort zone again.
Why isn't Zakk Wylde considered a great guitarist?
It depends on who you ask whether he's "great" or not. Personally, I found his earlier stuff much more varied and impressive, and as he's settled in with BLS, he seems more of a one-trick pony. Can't fault the guy - he's made a hell of a career out of an almost entirely pentatonic repertoire, and he can be genuinely inspired with it. So what it boils down to is this: Anyone who says "he sucks," either doesn't play or is jealous. Doesn't play is easy - it's just a matter of taste, and they don't care for the songs Zakk writes, plays, or sings. For the non-musician, anything you don't like tends to "suck."Why jealous? There's no shortage of elitist bedroom guitarists who will tear apart anyone who's become famous with it, mostly because they feel like they never got their own due for their efforts. Understandable - I can admit that I probably come across this way sometimes, too, though I try to appreciate other guitarists work and at least accept that whether I can figure it out or not, hell, they must be doing SOMETHING a hell of a lot better than me, right?But back to Zakk - I think in his early days with Ozzy, he showed some genuinely wicked promise, but personal demons and problems with the bottle took their toll, and his creativity hasn't really grown as much as we, the early fans, had hoped for. Perhaps that was unrealistic from the beginning; perhaps not. For the first time in Ozzy's career, he had a young guitarist with the promise of Randy Rhoads, but Zakk never lived up to that hype, unfair or not.He's got some MAD skills, and I'd love to see him branch out and try something outside his comfort zone again.
Who is the best guitarist that has ever lived?
Obviously that’s controversial (even the concept of “best guitarist” is controversial), but I still have an answer.Guthrie fcking GovanThis mofo is technically perfect. Give him something, he can play it. But OK, we all agree that technique is clearly not sufficient to declare someone “best musician”.Well, you like Hendrix? Clapton? Vaughan? Gilbert? Morello? Satriani? Knopfler? Van Halen? All those are MONSTER guitarist with a style, that could all be argued to be the best guitarist. Well, Guthrie Govan is able to play in their style better than themselve, AND add its own style. Seriously, Govan is a better Hendrix than Hendrix, a better Gilbert than Gilbert. Check this out (played by one man, on one guitar, on one amp):Guthrie Govan mimics the greats!! (Guitar Gods!)Afraid he’s too technical, not enough feeling? Check this out:Guthrie Govan 'Remember When' at Jamtrackcentral.com And that an IMPROVISATION!He also has his own inimitable skills. WHO can play a fretless guitar like that?Guthrie Govan Fretless Guitar Solo | Jam One | LicklibraryHis phrasing is extremely varied, he has a relaxed and creative approach, he’s incredibly versatile, his technique is ridiculous… “Maybe he isn't mindblowing in any specific genre but in terms of overall mastery of the guitar, he is probably the best out there at the moment”.You can’t put that on the same level as Slash, Clapton, or even Hendrix, Petrucci…
Who is the best guitarist that has ever lived?
Obviously that’s controversial (even the concept of “best guitarist” is controversial), but I still have an answer.Guthrie fcking GovanThis mofo is technically perfect. Give him something, he can play it. But OK, we all agree that technique is clearly not sufficient to declare someone “best musician”.Well, you like Hendrix? Clapton? Vaughan? Gilbert? Morello? Satriani? Knopfler? Van Halen? All those are MONSTER guitarist with a style, that could all be argued to be the best guitarist. Well, Guthrie Govan is able to play in their style better than themselve, AND add its own style. Seriously, Govan is a better Hendrix than Hendrix, a better Gilbert than Gilbert. Check this out (played by one man, on one guitar, on one amp):Guthrie Govan mimics the greats!! (Guitar Gods!)Afraid he’s too technical, not enough feeling? Check this out:Guthrie Govan 'Remember When' at Jamtrackcentral.com And that an IMPROVISATION!He also has his own inimitable skills. WHO can play a fretless guitar like that?Guthrie Govan Fretless Guitar Solo | Jam One | LicklibraryHis phrasing is extremely varied, he has a relaxed and creative approach, he’s incredibly versatile, his technique is ridiculous… “Maybe he isn't mindblowing in any specific genre but in terms of overall mastery of the guitar, he is probably the best out there at the moment”.You can’t put that on the same level as Slash, Clapton, or even Hendrix, Petrucci…
Who are your three favorite guitarists of all time, and why?
Oh, the choices and the reasons, so idiosyncratic and impossible to justify.I think number one is Pete Townsend of The Who for being all things with one guitar. His exciting live playing on something like Live and Leeds, but also his range and feeling both accoustic and electric in something like Tommy, just make him, to me, the one-guitar band guy — lead, rhythm, all good, all at once and at the same time, terribly underrated, carrying the band as the other members wandered off dring a song — wonderfully, I admit — to come back to him out of necessity, for he was The Who.Number two would be Zakk Wylde of Ozzy fame. Just the most amazing master of whatever that idiom is, live or recorded, filling the Ozzy space with awesome sounds and variations and technical skill. Sure, maybe a trick pony, but the best I’ve ever heard and the best hard-rock sounds I’ve ever heard. Like what he does with the song No More Tears. The first time I heard it on the radio, I demanded to know who this person was. And other Ozzy songs, just a captivating, chilling, strong, “muscular” force capable of huge variations within that context and a master of all the required sounds, and then some.Third would be, of course, Jimi Hendrix. Who goes there? Who’s ever gone there? There have been good mimics, but they lacked the soul and originality. He was delicate and nasty, mystical and down to Earth, supernatural but bluesy. Electric Ladyland, the familiar hits, Machine Gun live . . . He was from another world (and I won’t be late!).Many, many others. I’d have a different list tomorrow. The usuals. Tonight, this is my list.
What metal guitarists should I learn from?
As for "well-rounded metal player" I understand it as a "diverse guitarist" with good technical skills to perform great metal music.I think it could help you a lot if you learn the fundamentals before going too deep into the infinite realm of technicality.I'll enlist the guitarists you can follow which I think will help you to gradually develop the foundations of metal, ordered by level of complexity:Tony IommiFounder of Metal genre.You can learn Syncopated Riffs and Simple Powerful Epic Riffs using the Rock Chord and the Tritone Chord.James HetfieldEpic Riffs and Melodies.You can learn Fast Down Picking and Solid Riffs.Adrian SmithHarmonized Riffs and Fast Melodic solos.You can learn Hammer-ons and Pull offs.Zakk WyldeFast Bluessy licks and Strong Riffs.You can learn Pentatonic Scales and Pinch Harmonics (Artificial Harmonics).Dimebag DarrellHeavy Riffs and Powerful solos with a lot of feeling.Listen to the solos on Floods, Avoid The Light, Cemetary Gates and Sleep.You can learn Hamer-ons, Pull offs, Vibrato and Big Bends on his solos, as well as Divebombs with the Whammy Bar (Natural Harmonics).Chuck SchuldinerDeath Metal riffs and solos.Interesting unorthodox compositions, he founded Death Metal.Randy RhoadsClassic guitar expressed through Metal.Marty FriedmanLots of passing notes with bends which makes the solos exotic and mysterious.Good for practicing Scales from a different perspective.Steve VaiVery diverse and experimental without loosing the feeling.Listen to his compositions, he uses a variety of techniques.Jason BeckerNeo-classical melodies, perfect balance between technicality and feeling.Good for practicing Sweep Picking technique and Harmony.