Members Gary666 Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 ....what happened? You listen to his early solos off Ride, Master, and Justice and think, this guys got potential to be a monster player. Then his solos have progressively gotten worse. How do you play and tour as much as he does and not get better? You'd think be now he'd be really awesome and up there with EVH, Marty, Paul, ect. Just puzzling to me that he's gone backwards with his playing when it's his way of making a living. Could it be he just discovered the wha pedal and said {censored} it, I'll just wank on this and be done with it??? CSB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RaceU4her Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 the unforgiven is about the only solo of his i really dig, other than that hes just an average guitar player to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ComOp Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 No, he has never sounded good or even mediocre. Ever. But hey, he's a millionaire for playing like {censored}, so good for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members "sasquatch" Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 the unforgiven is about the only solo of his i really dig, other than that hes just an average guitar player to me solos on justice and RTL are good. to live is to die, shortest straw both have nice solos. RTL (the song) has some epic soloing in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Oblivion DC Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 The lead for Ride the Lightning is my favorite but even back then he kinda sucked balls. I started listening closely to it one day and realized it was all punched together.I'm kinda surprised he can pull it off live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Norton666 Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 Im still a Kirk Hammett fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gary666 Posted September 24, 2010 Author Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 I like his solo on Creeping Death, thought it was pretty bad ass. All I'm wondering is how someone who does it for a living can not kick themselves in the ass and say I gotta step UP my game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RaceU4her Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 solos on justice and RTL are good. to live is to die, shortest straw both have nice solos. RTL (the song) has some epic soloing in it. i think AJFA has the worst solos of any of their albums. he wasnt happy with them either as i remember reading he only had two weeks or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RaceU4her Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 I like his solo on Creeping Death, thought it was pretty bad ass. All I'm wondering is how someone who does it for a living can not kick themselves in the ass and say I gotta step UP my game. because for reasons unknown to me, metallica can mic up james toilet and record his wet morning {censored}, eq it to sound literally even {censored}tier than it already does and assholes will still buy it and support it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zygoat Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 The only Hamster solo I really like is the one on Ride The Lightning... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FBird Nation Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 AJFA is the only album he ever showed any imagination on; the solo near the end of "One" is terrific... Then he went all cliche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mavesicles Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 In other news, I took a {censored} today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MattACaster Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 Oddly enough, the solos of his that I like tend to be on the newer-ish albums. Until It Sleeps, Devil's Dance, The Cure, My Friend Of Misery, Sad but True... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MuyLoCo444 Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 Good or not, I love his wah tone and overall use of the pedal. Obviously there are better soloists in thrash than him. But you ask anyone who the lead player for Metallica, and they'll know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jesse G Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 I never understood why "maturing" as a guitarist/musicians/whatever for Kirk meant going from a tasty modal approach to only playing {censored}ty blooz-based pentatonic fodder. Pentatonic shredding with a wah in a metal song = fail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Matt Howell Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 Meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members eudaimonia02912 Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 , My Friend Of Misery I might be wrong, but I heard that the main solo was by James. (I think the outro solo is Kirk's, but the harmonized leads are James.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tech21man Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 Troll thread? Maybe. Still I saw him live twice the last years and although he plays what he plays he didn't miss a note. Plus metallica's riffs are not exactly "backing tracks" to practice on. I dare (and not in a bad way, not at all) every "hater" to take one backing track of a recent metallica record and play something better. I think he will be served his balls on a plate and then swallow them. The solo on disposable heroes, for me is more inspirational than anything I've come across for a long long time. He solos WITH the band something that many people forget. He plays arpegios muted reversed scaling and very interesting stuff, without being tiresome or a wanker in that solo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tech21man Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 I might be wrong, but I heard that the main solo was by James. (I think the outro solo is Kirk's, but the harmonized leads are James.) I think so too. Bob Rock said that Hetfield just did them with an MXR+ pedal straight to the board! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bish0p34 Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 I used to be a big Hammet fan when I was younger. Now I realize he's not that great at all, but still a good fit for Metallica. I got about 25 bootlegs from 83-93, and there's a lot of bad playing and out of tune playing on them. Creeping Death is still an awesome solo, RTL solos are good, the second half of Disposable Heroes is pretty kicking too. I hope I get better every year, and in 15 years I'm gonna sound better than I do now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wok Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 Still I saw him live twice the last years and although he plays what he plays he didn't miss a note. LAWL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Spaced Out Ace Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 Hammett's changes on Blackened are kinda awful and jagged. And the tubescreamer + crybaby combo makes his tone sound godawful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jesse G Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 LAWL heh heh heh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarbilly74 Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 I like his playing. He's not technically advanced compared with other players, but that's not the only criteria i use to judge a player. I think he's the perfect fit for Metallica and a major part of why the band got so big. I remember growing up I'd listen to Metallica all the time, because not only they sounded great but they had tons of solos I could learn note for note and jam with my band. I am willing to bet millions of other kids felt the same way. On my middle and high school band we would always go for Metallica covers because they were relatively easy to learn and kids would go crazy about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Matt Howell Posted September 24, 2010 Members Share Posted September 24, 2010 Meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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