Guitar World Announce their Guitarist of the Decade as voted for by the readers

[Adieu]

A group of musicians that listen to a niche sub-genre of a niche genre on a forum for niche guitars find this an odd choice.

...even though we fukken loooooove his signature amp.

Maybe despite it being his signature amp

 

[eggy in a bready]

I can't imagine Guitar World is very relevant in 2019

 

[Sumsar]

^ Yeah I agree, do anyone read magazines these days anyway?

I mean youtube and forums must pretty much cover everything those magazines has to offer anyway, right?
Or maybe this just tells us that the people that DO actually still read magazines also know who Mark Tremonti is

 

[bostjan]

^ Yeah I agree, do anyone read magazines these days anyway?

I mean youtube and forums must pretty much cover everything those magazines has to offer anyway, right?
Or maybe this just tells us that the people that DO actually still read magazines also know who Mark Tremonti is

Who uses forums still?

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Mark Tremonti?! Has Alter Bridge even been in the limelight at all this decade? Maybe the Dec 2029 issue will name Jimi Hendrix as guitarist of the decade? Or maybe Django Reinhardt?

 

[Politics of Ecstasy]

Alter Bridge Offical Facebook Quote:
"Mark Tremonti - Guitarist Of The Decade! #1 thanks to our friends at Guitar World and to everyone who voted!!"

https://www.facebook.com/alterbridge/posts/10157298231088558

Transcription of the Vai Headcutting Duel from Crossroads too

That is a very cool edition...Eugene’s Trick Bag was my introduction to shred, and it never went away......

But Tremonti guitarist of the decade? Pretty strange choice...

STILL, I’m pickin up a copy

 

[Jacksonluvr636]

Mark Tremonti is one of those guys who seems to be all over guitar magazines etc but I don't know anybody who actually listens to or claims influence from him

edit: he does have some great gear though

Lamb of God stole the entire first half of their career from a single Tremonti riff.

 

[spudmunkey]

Mark Tremonti?! Has Alter Bridge even been in the limelight at all this decade? Maybe the Dec 2029 issue will name Jimi Hendrix as guitarist of the decade? Or maybe Django Reinhardt?

I don't think I've ever heard any of his music on the radio here near San Francisco, but I would hear it regularly when I was back home in Wisconsin the last time or two i was out there. And apparently they are big enough for Anderton's to do a "Sounds like" video for Alter bridge 4 years ago, and another just for Mark this year. No, I'm not saying Andertons are any sort of authority, just something I noticed.

 

[gunshow86de]

Lamb of God stole the entire first half of their career from a single Tremonti riff.

 

[bostjan]

I don't think I've ever heard any of his music on the radio here near San Francisco, but I would hear it regularly when I was back home in Wisconsin the last time or two i was out there. And apparently they are big enough for Anderton's to do a "Sounds like" video for Alter bridge 4 years ago, and another just for Mark this year. No, I'm not saying Andertons are any sort of authority, just something I noticed.

Okay. Who did they do most recently in that series? Bon Jovi? They released their "Greatest Hits" in 2010. They've also done one for the Beatles and one for Jimi Hendrix.

I looked them up, though, and Alter Bridge has been pretty busy this decade.

 

[KnightBrolaire]

Okay. Who did they do most recently in that series? Bon Jovi? They released their "Greatest Hits" in 2010. They've also done one for the Beatles and one for Jimi Hendrix.

I looked them up, though, and Alter Bridge has been pretty busy this decade.

Alter Bridge has put out like 3 killer albums in the last 10 years. Mark writes some gnarly riffs when he wants to (see metalingus/addicted to pain/ties that bind/cry of achilles)

 

[Humbuck]

Who??

 

[Charlie Foxtrot 3rd]

Billy “tone paint” Corgan

 

[beerandbeards]

Who are the five greatest guitarist of all time?
Petrucci, Petrucci, Petrucci, Petrucci and Petrucci

 

[Jacksonluvr636]

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[gunshow86de]

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So one obscure song that sounds nothing like the multiple hit songs Creed has released = "Lamb of God stole the entire first half of their career from a single Tremonti riff?" That is one scorching hot take.

Not to mention Lamb of God/Burn the Priest pre-dates the album on which this song appears.

 

[Avedas]

Well I'm glad Gary Clark Jr. didn't win, at least. Dude is a great musician but a pretty mediocre guitarist.

 

[Jacksonluvr636]

So one obscure song that sounds nothing like the multiple hit songs Creed has released = "Lamb of God stole the entire first half of their career from a single Tremonti riff?" That is one scorching hot take.

Not to mention Lamb of God/Burn the Priest pre-dates the album on which this song appears.

Yeah that one riff pretty much sums up the lamb of god sound once their career took off. Much after "burn the priest".

 

[bostjan]

That's a pretty generic metal guitar riff. I'm sure there is a Lamb of God riff somewhere that is somewhat similar, but nothing else about that song is anything like anything else about Lamb of God

 

[InCasinoOut]

...even though we fukken loooooove his signature amp.

Maybe despite it being his signature amp

Ha, yeah. So many guys have already figured out how to flip the metal casing around so it doesn't say MT15 on the front, just in case another guitarist might think you're into buttrock.

edit: and I've been GASing for that amp for a while, and yes, I would flip the casing around.

 

[eggy in a bready]

Oh wow, that Creed video is hilariously bad. Xavier Renegade Angel lookin ass video