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Who is the most overated guitarist of the last 50 years ???


Dr. Scottie C

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I'm never quite sure what over-rated means in such a situation. I haven't exactly seen any metacritic scores for guitarists. So over-rated by who? Or is it whom?

 

 

It means the guitarist that someone with superior taste (me) likes less than I say that someone with inferior taste (you) like.

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I think the term "overrated" is used very loosely on this forum. You should first think about how the guitarist is rated. Eric Clapton for example was mentioned very early.

He is rated as one of the most infulential guitarists of all time. I think this is ok. Is he the best guitarist alive? Probably not. So he is hardly overrated.

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No way it's Cobain, because I don't recall anyone ever saying, "Cobain's a really great guitar player."

 

I think if anything, people are calling him overrated because people tend to take his songwriting talent and project that onto his guitar playing, making his guitar playing seem better than it was.

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