So, I met John 5 last night
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Meh.
Rock guitar playing is incredibly subjective.
I can't think of a guitarist I couldn't formulate a critique against but that doesn't mean shit.
BB King can't play rhythm? Eddie Van Halen is picking from a bag of familiar tropes? Yngwie becomes tedious? Jake E Lee has a shitty tone?
George Lynch has his thing whereby you know it's him within in few bars which is unique in itself and I don't think he is overrated. He's hardly a go to guy when someone is trying to name best guitarist ever. Also the last thing I've heard him play on the KXM album last year is I think a bit of a departure.
I get where you are coming from in that as you get older gigging and so on the stuff I admire is being able to just turn up and do anything. The guys that can improvise any style from metal to bluegrass or just bending a few notes perfectly onstage when you can't hear yourself and you don't know the song that well.
I'm not sure how good Lynch is at that but as these people get older and I meet more of them I do notice that just the sheer amount of time that they have been doing it now means there is now a gap between the bar band people like me and them in terms of consistency and professionalism.Comment
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I like George for his rhythm playing. His solos all might as well be the same. To me, a guitarist is only as good as their riffs. The more creative and identifiable they are, the better, of course. He does have a certain way about him, where by he gets a Mr. Scary vibe to show up often. That's not a bad thing, but that wouldn't gel with Dave, especially now.Comment
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I like George for his rhythm playing. His solos all might as well be the same. To me, a guitarist is only as good as their riffs. The more creative and identifiable they are, the better, of course. He does have a certain way about him, where by he gets a Mr. Scary vibe to show up often. That's not a bad thing, but that wouldn't gel with Dave, especially now.
I agree with this. I admit to seeing the Monsters of Rock with Scorps, Metallica, Dokken. Lynch in my mind was the second best guitarist that day for this very reason...his rhythm playing and tone was so very good.sigpicRoth Army CanadaComment
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Originally posted by wiseguyThat shit will welcome you in the morning and pour the milk in your count chocula for ya.Comment
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John 5 Hopes the Album He Did With David Lee Roth Will Come Out
ultimateclassicrock.com/david-lee-roth-john-5-album/
blabbermouth.net/news/john-5-says-new-album-he-recorded-with-david-lee-roth-is-so-great/Originally posted by sadaistI don't mind that one Nickelback song. I just hate the fact that they put it on every album 10 times.Comment
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