What player did you recently realize is a badass?

[Alex79]

Zakk Wylde, now that he’s in Pantera

 

[thraxil]

Billy Corgan has more of a shred background than people give him credit for.

 

[kamello]

Alejandro Sanz.

Yeah, that Spaniard pop star.

It happened many years ago, not recently: I witnessed him playing flamenco, accompanied by a "cajon flamenco" — turns out that Sanz is a monster playing guitar.

Sadly, I still have not been able to find a good youtube video with Sanz shredding on a flamenco guitar. I'll keep trying, though.

A similar example was watching John Mayer playing with B.B. King, at a time I only knew Mayer as a teenage pop-star.

Sanz is insane, also, I don't know about his recent tours but during the '90's and 00's he always left space for his musicians to shine

 

[TakeNoPrisoners]

Jeff Waters annihilator .. don’t know if he counts tho so I didn’t even know he existed until recently

 

[Wiltonauer]

Yeah, that didn’t work.

 

[gunshow86de]

 

[mlp187]

Can I change my answer? I don’t care, I’m changing it. Thank me later when you learn a few new atonal licks.

Is this the new lead guitarist for Man-o-war? Her playing style has no problem fitting right in.

 

[teamSKDM]

recently discovered john fahey , brilliant guitarist and especially for his time. his original arrangements are far more complex than most of the music out during his time. watching him really makes me wanna work on my acoustic / nylon chops

 

[ShredmasterD]

phil keaggy

 

[gunshow86de]

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Bango Tango, hands down.

 

[Lionsblood79]

Where the fk is Pat OBrien from Cannibal Corpse??? Talk about an awesome player! He needs a second chance with CC or some other band...His riffs are legendary

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Where the fk is Pat OBrien from Cannibal Corpse??? Talk about an awesome player! He needs a second chance with CC or some other band...His riffs are legendary

Playing guitar for Exhorder atm. Just a touring member atm but wouldn't be surprised if he becomes a full member.

 

[Wiltonauer]

Yell at me for a necro-bump if you must, but I think most will agree that I’m long overdue in recognizing that Gus G. is a badass. Like many I first became aware of him when he started playing with Ozzy. I figured the old boy would have him imitating Zakk or Randy as best he could, no big deal, and that’s all we’d ever hear from him.

I also had thought Vinnie Moore had gone out to pasture and was mostly playing Foghat covers at county fairs or something.

They’ve both disappointed me tremendously,

 

[Wiltonauer]

And I’ve known for a long time that Paul Gilbert is… well… Paul Gilbert, but somehow I missed this entire album and thought “Godzilla” was a one-off from one of his solo records. Now I listen to Superheroes at least once a week.

C’mon, Paul. Just. Come. On.

 

[nightsprinter]

Jazz Guys.







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[Mboogie7]

Yell at me for a necro-bump if you must, but I think most will agree that I’m long overdue in recognizing that Gus G. is a badass. Like many I first became aware of him when he started playing with Ozzy. I figured the old boy would have him imitating Zakk or Randy as best he could, no big deal, and that’s all we’d ever hear from him.

I also had thought Vinnie Moore had gone out to pasture and was mostly playing Foghat covers at county fairs or something.

They’ve both disappointed me tremendously,

Instead of yell, I’ll applaud the necro bump! Going to check out all of these videos again.

 

[Wiltonauer]

Jazz Guys.







1:35 timestamp for the solo break ^



1:51 timestamp for the solo ^

It’s amazing how these guys, who clearly could play anything they wanted, get away with playing a lot of fartsy bullcrap that would get a player in any other genre laughed out of the studio, by playing it in the right context and somehow making it sound awesome.

 

[nightsprinter]

It’s amazing how these guys, who clearly could play anything they wanted, get away with playing a lot of fartsy bullcrap that would get a player in any other genre laughed out of the studio, by playing it in the right context and somehow making it sound awesome.

Interesting phrasing and chromatic licks can go a long way when they're played at lightspeed. I like arpeggios and tasteful bends, but discovering the "outside" stuff really opened a lot of musical doors for me.

Also forgot to add Holdsworth in there. The alien of the bunch.

 

[wheresthefbomb]

Alan Sparhawk. Low's songs sound simple, but learning one and trying to play like him you realize how much he does with so little. Masterful sense of pacing and dynamic control. The epitome of "less is more."