30 Most Bad Ass Guitarsts....

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That was a pretty cool list. Of course any "Best yadda yadda of all time" list is just someone's opinion but I really liked the format they used and a video of each.
 
Nice to see Izzy Stradlin get a bit of respect
The guy was GNR's core, Slash and Axl were the envelope
 
To the author's credit, the poll was about bad ass guitarists, not about the best virtuosos. Practically all the players listed are badassess who have lived through hard times and been innovators, from down and dirty blusemen, to living corpse Keith Richards to the I don't give a shit attitude punkers like Johnny Ramone. Then they list "Zakky Vengeance" in the same breadth :lol: :LOL:

Even better is when they list each players "coolest riff."
Hetfield is credited with Leper Messiah (its a Mustaine song, uncredited on the album) and the iconic Enter Sandman (Hammett's riff).

Jimmy Page is credited with Black Dog and that is a Jon Paul Jones riff.

I'm sure there's more errors but you'd think a publication named Guitar World would know these facts. :doh:
 
I may be a little behind the times, but I had to check out to see who the hell Link Wray was.....
 
Business":26qy88ku said:
Nice to see Izzy Stradlin get a bit of respect
The guy was GNR's core, Slash and Axl were the envelope

TRUTH. Just listen to post-Appetite GNR. Good stuff, but not holy and unblemished like Appetite.
 
thegame":18dei4oz said:
Even better is when they list each players "coolest riff."
Hetfield is credited with Leper Messiah (its a Mustaine song, uncredited on the album) and the iconic Enter Sandman (Hammett's riff).

Jimmy Page is credited with Black Dog and that is a Jon Paul Jones riff.

I'm sure there's more errors but you'd think a publication named Guitar World would know these facts. :doh:

Wow, that's pretty lame. You would think a "journalist" who specializes in guitar related subject matter would be able to get this sort of thing right.
 
Business":3cibgmzp said:
Nice to see Izzy Stradlin get a bit of respect
The guy was GNR's core, Slash and Axl were the envelope

Best songs on the Use Your Illusion albums were penned by Izzy. Most rock and metal bands forget about that whole '2 guitarists interpreting the same riff differently at the same time' thing.
 
Stramm8":1fdpy73e said:
thegame":1fdpy73e said:
Even better is when they list each players "coolest riff."
Hetfield is credited with Leper Messiah (its a Mustaine song, uncredited on the album) and the iconic Enter Sandman (Hammett's riff).

Jimmy Page is credited with Black Dog and that is a Jon Paul Jones riff.

I'm sure there's more errors but you'd think a publication named Guitar World would know these facts. :doh:

Wow, that's pretty lame. You would think a "journalist" who specializes in guitar related subject matter would be able to get this sort of thing right.

You'll never guess where I learned about the facts I mentioned above: Past issues of Guitar World magazine !
 
Zap":2dubuodr said:
No Jeff Beck? Really?

Yes, really. I mean he wrote some iconic songs like "Loser" and "Where It's At", but he's no bad-ass when it comes to guitar.







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:lol: :LOL: :D :lol: :LOL: :yes:
 
WTF was that??? Dayum... I thought I was reading a Rolling Stone list or something. Had never even heard of about 1/3 of those players (and I've been around the guitar world a LONG time).

So you've got 1/3 blues legends. And 1/3 punk/alternative/whatever names that will NEVER be known as guitar gods. And then sprinkle in a few obvious choices like Hendrix, EVH, Blackmore and Page.

Yeah... Yngwie, Uli Roth, Gary Moore, Sykes, Norum, Zack Wylde, Randy Rhoads, Angus Young, Nuno, Jeff Beck, Holdsworth, DeMiola, Vai, Satch, George Lynch, Akira Takasaki, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc aren't the most "badass". Bunch of "wimpy", no-name hacks... :confused:
 
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