my current obsession

[Baliset]

learning how to play the solo from "Blackened."

I can't explain it but I have been feeling Hammett-y lately.

 

[VangelicSurgeon]

Dude that solo RIPS. Next do Shortest Straw!!!

 

[avi]

yuck dude. Hammett's solos are pretty awful IMO.

You should learn the solos from Overkill's 'Years of Decay'. Now THAT's the good stuff.

 

[Baliset]

ooh i strongly disagree. if you are referring to bobby gustafson i always thought his solos sucked ass. just a personal opinion. the new guy in overkill kicks ass though.

hammett was so totally the be all end all of guitarists for me from age 14-16. then i discovered adrian smith.

 

[Baliset]

yeah the shortest straw solos rules!! i never tried to do any of the justice solos when i was younger. i missed out.

 

[avi]

Yeah, that's Gustafson. I was actually half-joking as those solos, awesome as they are in context, are actually pretty wanky and ridiculous. Not quite as over-the-top as Manowar, but up there.

Some of the solos on Justice and actually pretty alright by me, I'm just not a solo kind of guy.

 

[FrostGiant]

Hammet solos are alright but I was always a big fan of Mustaine/Freidman and Loomis always kicks ass.

 

[Baliset]

i love marty friedman too. mustaine i never liked all that much. i love jeff loomis though. he is super. definitely i prefer his solos to hammet's but kirk was my inspiration and he gets points for that.

 

[Baliset]

Originally posted by avi
Yeah, that's Gustafson. I was actually half-joking as those solos, awesome as they are in context, are actually pretty wanky and ridiculous. Not quite as over-the-top as Manowar, but up there.
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i agree wholeheartedly with you about manowar's solos. they always suck!

 

[ezekiel]

john petrucci can show up all these guy's asses

 

[ezekiel]

and joe satriani

 

[The Dope]

Originally posted by ezekiel
john petrucci can show up all these guy's asses

Greg, didn't you say you got to jam with Petrucci once?

 

[Baliset]

i did indeed. i should scan the pictures and show them sometime. he may have "out-shred" me with his technique but when it came to buffoonery i ripped him a new one with my skills.

 

[azal]

yeah...learn every solo off Megadeth - Rust in Peace

those are the greatest most well thought out solos in metal ever IMO.

as far as today's dudes...in metal...I think Mike Romeo plays circles around everyone, not only technique, but note choice and phrasing as well.