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03/15/2003 9:12 pm
Originally posted by guitplyr87
you see, Kirk is a virtuoso, and he happens to be one of the greatest guitar players around. if you deny that, thats just plain ignorance.


See, like you said somewhere in your post, it's all a matter of opinion. Your opinion is that Kirk is one of the greatest around, but does that make someone who does not agree with that opinion ignorant? Nope, it does not. If anything, it's ignorant to call people who do not agree with your opinion ignorant.

Personally I think Kirk is great at what he does, the perfect man for the job, but I do not think his guitarplaying is all that good.

Forums like these often end up in fights because people tend to express their own ideas and opinions as facts, which very easily irritates people.
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03/15/2003 10:25 pm
I generally have noticed that people here in GT arenot the greatest fans of Kirk.
But it is a matter of opinion, you are right.
Also matter of age. I notice that there are not too many people above lets say 18 who consider hammet a god.
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03/16/2003 6:05 am
Yeah chill people :D
*Speed is nothing without control*
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03/16/2003 6:07 am
You're right, I'm sorry about that. My words backfired in a way. It's all good, Kirk just happens to be one of my influences and in my opinion I think he is one of the best. Some will agree, some won't. It's really all opinions, but it's all good homes. Anyways, I was wondering if anybody knows of a good site for me to download video clips on Michael Angelo. If anyone knows please e-mail me at cacors@att.net.


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03/16/2003 6:17 pm
Alright, thanks man.
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03/19/2003 12:56 am
yup, shawn lane is definitely the fastest ive seen so far. i wouldnt recommend any of his major albums though. try to get his instructional videos...... amazing!! but he's fast because of his wierd approach to scales. if we're talkin about how many notes per sec, i think frank gambale is a top contender. as for yngwie, i think michael angelo is faster than him, plus angelo has endurance in his passages. i think impelliteri sounds dirty, makes you wonder if hes hitting the notes correctly. with that in mind, i think petrucci kicks ass. speed and ACCURACY is his thing plus i think hes getting faster everyday. hey anybody remember that kid who used to say that he can play 53 notes per second?? whatever happened to him?? he posted that tread here about a year ago
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03/22/2003 3:31 pm
My vote goes to two guys:
Joe Stump (Very Yngwie influenced)
Michael Angelo (I know how most of you guys feel about him...but give credit where credit is do...He shreds.Pluss he's in Guinness records)And the one video most of you guys have seen of him does not even do him justice.
I started learning guitar because of Randy Rhoads..but Yngwie J. Malmsteen is my biggest influence.
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03/22/2003 3:39 pm
Shawn Lane is great too...but not the fastest. I respect him and his work but his style is not for me...I'm more of a metal/neoclassical guy.
Buckethead is faster (me ducks to dodge any foreign object thrown my way...lol). It took me awhile to get used to him...but man that guy can play..pluss he's funky as hell. I used to wonder if he was Paul gilbert but realised not because of the curly hair. Marty Friedman maybe? I just know this guy has to be someone we all know because he has to hide his face all the time.
I started learning guitar because of Randy Rhoads..but Yngwie J. Malmsteen is my biggest influence.
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03/22/2003 5:35 pm
i think his name is Scott McGill, but i'm not sure
To improve technique and of course trying to keep all as clean as possible. I know my own limits and speed limits and so on I never play anything I'm not capable of. That wouldn't make any sense. After three years of playing I tried to play everything as fast as possible and that sounded, I would say, like shit, and I didn't realize that if I'd play bit slower things than I was capable of playing then everything would sound much better.

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03/23/2003 1:00 am
Dudes, where is that goddamn Guiness category for the fast guitarist bullsh*t ???
I've been searching for decades and found nothing !

Michael Angelo kicks butt when it comes to both speed and showing off ... I've heard Paus work with Mr. Cucumber , and it's pretty funny and sloppy to be called shred + it's not even close to Angelo's speed.
Frankly I have doubt that Mr. Cucumber fast stuff is manipulated by some software to be fast , and it's obviously blurry which feeds my doubts.
But when it comes to Angelo , his picking is noticiable , and every note is crystal clear even at his fastest moments.

Check out Angelo's "Full Force" from 1:40 and you'll know what speed and accuracy I mean.
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03/23/2003 9:46 pm
Michael "Angelo" Batio's Planet Gemini - listen when he breaks into the acoustic stuff about middle way through the song, absolutely mind blowing. Plus being able to do what he does with both hands.....i mean come on, song titles like "Yngwie Can't touch this" 'nough said =P. Just remember anyone that fast has no soul!! heh
"I need a girl who's as hot as my guitar."
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03/23/2003 10:06 pm
Buckethead is a good player, but in my opinion... he'll never put the vibe and feel that Slash put into the songs for GNR. Also, I've been hearing **** that Buckethead is really Slash. I highly doubt that "rumor", so if anyone can clarify that for me...
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03/24/2003 1:34 am
Buckethead is NOT Slash, Big B has been doing his own thing for over 10 years now......seriously check it out, oh his real name is Brian....crap had a brain fart on his last name...... Brian Campbell or Chapman...or some other C name grrrrr can't remember, anyhoo he's not Slash so smack whoever told you that.
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03/25/2003 12:55 am
And what is cool about being fast while you're not even in controle of what notes are coming out of your amp ? :confused: It makes no sense.
Shredding means to play fast and precise.

Or else we'll have to count the chaotic out-of-tune crap Kerry King plays as shredding !
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03/25/2003 1:02 am
Originally posted by SLY
And what is cool about being fast while you're not even in controle of what notes are coming out of your amp ? :confused: It makes no sense.
Shredding means to play fast and precise.

Or else we'll have to count the chaotic out-of-tune crap Kerry King plays as shredding !

You're reminding me of New Year's Eve right now...

Some people hate nothing more than to be told they're wrong and then have it proven to them.
And sometimes I'm too drunk to defend myself.

To quote Bill Cosby: "I don't remember anything after that."
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03/25/2003 2:34 am
Originally posted by Raskolnikov
Some people hate nothing more than to be told they're wrong and then have it proven to them.


And that refers to me ? :confused:

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03/25/2003 4:17 pm
Nope, not at all.

A). I think we agree for the most part on the facts, but disagree on what the facts mean.
B). You've never headbutted then strangled me.

Disgruntled Slayer fans suck.
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03/25/2003 4:40 pm
Oops , sorry dude for misunderstanding you . :)
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03/27/2003 12:50 am
Thanks for clarifying that, I was really wondering. Whats happenin with Slash anyways??? He is like unheard of now. He just disappeared from the scene???
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03/27/2003 1:05 pm
When I lived in Hollywood back in 94 you could usually see him (Slash) at The Rainbow (On A Friday)...drunk as usual. lol
I started learning guitar because of Randy Rhoads..but Yngwie J. Malmsteen is my biggest influence.
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