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Michael Angelo Batio. Stuck in 1987 but he has the skill.

2)Bumblefoot is ( way ) more technical : FACT.

How did you measure and quantify this FACT? and what does it mean anyway.

I...don't think I understand your question...

John Petrucci is more technical than Kurt Cobain. This is a fact. Do I really need to go into details and explain why ? ^^'

Same applies for Bucket and Bumble.

Bumble sometimes uses very unusual time signatures, sometimes time signatures that are completely different between left and right hand ( which is very disturbing ), his choices of notes are very unusual too, he plays microtonal stuff on the fretless, his use of the thimble is very difficult because he often mixes it with chicken picking ( good luck on playing with your fingers, your pick and your thimble at the same time while doing tapping with the left hand...and singing ), he never re-uses any pattern ( while Bucket's music is really full of it ), and, well, he's a fast motherfucker...

On the other hand Buckethead signature techniques : killswitch and 3 finger tapping. They are..mmh...let's say, not really hard to master...He has very distinctive patterns with both of these techniques but even though they sound impressive, they don't really require much work. Just Youtube "chromatic tapping" on Youtube for Buckethead's best known technique, pick up your guitar, do the lesson, and I'll bet that 3 hours from now you'll be playing chromatic tapping better than Bucket himself because, as I said, it's very easy. . .

To put it simply, after ten years of guitar, I'm able to play some of Bucket's average stuff but I just know that Bumblefoot's average stuff is completely out of reach for me and will probably remain so...

Buckethead may play his popular styles often but that doesn't mean he's "full of it".

At the end of the day Buckethead is more interesting and entertaining. His songs are better and his complex playing style is a lot more fun to listen to. That chromatic tapping fun to listen and he's pretty much the only person that comes to mind for that. That's the sole Buckethead support you mention. You don't address Ron's facility of guitar sweeps on acoustic which isn't that hard if you play fingerstyle to begin with.

And take Strangles. That song's complex but would I really listen to it if I wasn't a guitar nerd. Not really. I'll take Buckethead's songs any day. Two different time signatures? Not really that impossible for someone that plays bass and treble on the keys. Fretless guitar? I'm sure if Buckethead put his mind to it he could master that guitar but what are people favorite fretless guitar songs? I can't think of a single one. Even a banjo sounds more fun. Where's Buckethead's mastery of the tremolo bar? No one cares.

The John Petrucci vs. Kurt Cobain analogy. Oh my.

Get that guy out of here! Are you listening to me Mr. Security man? That guy right there. Gone. Give me that shirt. Give me that shirt. Thank you

Charlie Sheen is loved by the world?

Well yeah. Envied even.

Slash could easily have pursued other projects while maintaining a Gn'R link - that was his capital mistake.

After he split from Gn'R he might have thought that Gn'R (Axl) wouldn't dare to make another Gn'R album without him and other members on board. He never thought he'd witness a "New Gn'R"...

Now he seems to want back in for $'s sure but especially for media attention being the true media whore he is, but it's just too fucking late for that. Sorry Saul.

$lash Rule$

Sorry Saul? Hahaha. No one feels bad for Slash. He's got it made with the shades, and his persona is golden. He's a character loved by the world like Burt Reynolds, Charlie Sheen, and Steven Tyler. He really doesn't get that much hate other than when people wish he would work with better people. He's loved like a god. Nothing can change that. Is Saul Hudson gonna have to choke a bitch?

"Vargas" and "De La Hoya" are heroes to millions but the "Don King" of rock n' roll is hated my many, and has as reputation beyond repair.

Pepper's ghost.

Did you guys hear what Slash was doing during Superbowl 2011 halftime?

@OP You making your own thread about the Slash Super Bowl performance instead of posting in the real thread is like another television station showing a re-run of Murder She Wrote opposite the Super Bowl.

/merge

Mods please merge this topic. This is unnecessary, this person's opinion is no more important than anyone else's in the other thread. Certainly doesn't need a new thread. Please merge. THanks!

MODs please mere this with the other thread. Thanks!

Alright so when my guitar is plugged in, I'm getting the usual drone sound from my amp but no sound from the guitar itself. I try and play it and no sound. I recently tightened up the screw thing because it was loose and now its as tight as I can get it but still no sound. Anybody know whats wrong?

What is the "screw thing" that was tightened? Do you mean the input jack? What kind of guitar is it?

No I mean the output jack. Its a fender stratocaster.

Like bax said, you might have to open the guitar up to see what's wrong. Somethings not connected right. Did you try to move the pickup switch around? Also, did you check the amplifier? It might be a process of elimination but there may not be anything wrong with your guitar.

Alright so when my guitar is plugged in, I'm getting the usual drone sound from my amp but no sound from the guitar itself. I try and play it and no sound. I recently tightened up the screw thing because it was loose and now its as tight as I can get it but still no sound. Anybody know whats wrong?

What is the "screw thing" that was tightened? Do you mean the input jack? What kind of guitar is it?

We should give this an early start, as usual, so let's hear it!