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  • How could I forget maybe the most iconic riff?

    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...
  • nickersN nickers

    @miktoxic said:

    jeff beck

    joe bonamasso

    robin trower

    david gilmour

    stevie ray

    derek trucks

    buckethead

    steve vai (played w/zappa when he was like 16)

    steve lukather

    neil schonn

    i could go on and on. all guitar players who could do both. create a hook and rip a solo.

    a riff, really? i guess the 'commercial' bullshit song will win out. in that case the stones 'satisfaction'. richards couldn't play a solo to save his 25th life.

    Steve Vai was 18

    @nickers said:

    Steve Vai was 18

    and neil schonn started with santana when he was 'like 15'. lol.

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  • "You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970.
  • miktoxicM miktoxic

    @nickers said:

    Steve Vai was 18

    and neil schonn started with santana when he was 'like 15'. lol.

    @miktoxic said:

    and neil schonn started with santana when he was 'like 15'. lol.

    like wow. Like.

    "You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970.
  • nickersN nickers

    @westside-steve said:

    I think the players who have the ability to do a combination of the two are the real masters. Personally I don't think anyone is better than Steve Vai. But there are a lot of greats.

    We older guys seemed to be entrenched with older guitar players, but face it kids. Eddie Van Halen could run rings around Les Paul.

    WSS

    Eddie Van Halen wishes he was Les Paul..Ive been playing since I was 11 years...Eddie isnt anywhere harmonically on the same planet as LP was.

    @nickers said:

    Eddie Van Halen wishes he was Les Paul..Ive been playing since I was 11 years...Eddie isnt anywhere harmonically on the same planet as LP was.

    Eddie Van Halen could play rings around Les Paul

    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...
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  • George Harrison getting no love? The guy has so many classic riffs and I personally think he's right up there with clapton and above the likes of page.

    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...
  • T The Cysko Kid

    George Harrison getting no love? The guy has so many classic riffs and I personally think he's right up there with clapton and above the likes of page.

    @the-cysko-kid said:

    George Harrison getting no love? The guy has so many classic riffs and I personally think he's right up there with clapton and above the likes of page.

    I guess his playing was always more subtle and understated, plus he was, after all "The Quiet Beatle". But, yes, it seems odd that the lead guitarist of the greatest band that ever was or ever will be is underrated.

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  • For my money "my sweet lord", "while my guitar gently weeps" and "something" are among my top George tunes

    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...
  • T The Cysko Kid

    For my money "my sweet lord", "while my guitar gently weeps" and "something" are among my top George tunes

    @the-cysko-kid said:

    For my money "my sweet lord", "while my guitar gently weeps" and "something" are among my top George tunes

    FYI, I believe it was actually Eric Clapton who did the guitar solo on My guitar gently weeps, wasn't it?

  • Might have been. I've heard he was a frequent stand in for George when things weren't going well for the Beatles

    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...

  • actually mostly because he and George were close friends.

    WSS

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  • W Westside Steve

    actually mostly because he and George were close friends.

    WSS

    @westside-steve said:

    actually mostly because he and George were close friends.

    WSS

    It was Clapton who headed up the Memorial concert for George after he died.

    And, beyond that, didnt they actually like share a wife?

    Wasn't Patty Boyd married to both of them at one time?

    Apparently so:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattie_Boyd

    According to this she also was screwing Ronnie Wood at some point.

    (and naturally, the article implies that the blame should be placed on both George and Eric for her breakup with them.... yea, sure, I am sure she was totally innocent)

  • Yeah pattie boyd although she apparently left both of them for cheating. She was a hot piece too in her day

    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...

  • This is a great thread, keep it going 😁

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  • Great

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  • T The Cysko Kid

    @nickers said:

    Eddie Van Halen wishes he was Les Paul..Ive been playing since I was 11 years...Eddie isnt anywhere harmonically on the same planet as LP was.

    Eddie Van Halen could play rings around Les Paul

    @the-cysko-kid said:

    Eddie Van Halen could play rings around Les Paul

    Dont even get Me started on this..Les Paul had a full understanding of Jazz,Harmony and Theory that Eddie cant ever touch.. And Les Paul was every bit as technically gifted and even more so. Les Paul was a real picker. Eddies a dynomite player..But Eddie relies more on tricks...Les Paul invented 90% of the gear that is used in the recording studio and spawned the recording industry into the future and beyond. Hers a clip of LP..a middle aged Les Paul but Les could still play right till the day he died. Les was a genius.

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  • miktoxicM miktoxic

    pretty funny there are no songs from anyone people would consider a guitar virtuoso besides page from zeppelin.

    what they should have asked specifically is the top 100 guitar solos.

    @miktoxic said:

    what they should have asked specifically is the top 100 guitar solos.

    Musical masturbation. Who wants to hear a 15 minute long solo.

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  • AxeA Axe

    @axe said:

    Yoko Ono was/is a dumb cunt.

    "You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970.
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