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+1 on Rory Gallagher.
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Totally agree.
My heart sinks at the prospect of another one of these potentially negative threads where people to cue up to take a pop at guitar 'icons' whose style they don't like ... what's the point?
I can see the point of drawing other players attention to overlooked players they might enjoy ... but maybe that's too positive for popular entertainment.
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On a general level, much of what the innovative guitarists from the past could do has become taken for granted. It is just another element of Standard Rock Guitar.
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I don't like Steve Vai or Joe Bonamassa, someone else will love both of those but not Peter Buck or John Mayer or Cory Wong.
It's human nature to try and define "best" in almost every context but, much as with the Guitarist of the Year thing, it's not a competition.
It wasn’t my intention to create a ‘negative thread’ taking a pop at guitar icons, I think you’ve missed the point I intended. Perhaps I worded my OP wrong, if so I apologise.
The question was prompted by a post I saw on Instagram which was asking who the most underrated player was. I couldn’t think I one at that moment but I could immediately think of several I thought were overrated.
By overrated I meant players who seemed to have become influential without offering anything special, not that I don’t like them per se. As far as Rory Gallagher and David Grissom go, for example, I don’t dislike them but neither do I think that what they do do is deserving of all the hype that seems to accompany their legacy.
Their music is ok, but I’ve heard it a hundred times before, I was expecting something remarkable, it wasn’t. I wasn’t suggesting their playing is bad or even mediocre, just that with all the ‘wow’ that they come with I was left feeling less than wow.
I don’t like Steve Via’s style, but I’d never accuse him of being overrated. His legacy is deserved. Other players seem to have earned that legacy without reason. I can’t say I think Curt Cobain deserves all the accolades that he seems to collect, for example. That takes nothing away from what he does, whether I like him or not is irrelevant.
If you find that negative then I offer my sincerest apologies. it wasn’t my intention. I thought it might be a discussion piece and nothing more.
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
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While I was at secondary school, one of my contemporaries would proclaim his devotion to Queen. His ability to construct a reasoned argument was limited. Instead, he would use his considerable bulk and fists to "win" any debate. This would have been at the time when Freddie Mercury's sexual orientation was suspected rather than confirmed. The Queen fan fell silent once Freddie was out.
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
You seem to be valuing the technical ability of the player over their songwriting.
Did you write or play the guitar on “Nevermind”?
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