Phil O'Keefe Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Who do you think is the most overrated lead guitar player? Who is a player that gets a lot of kudos and accolades from the general public, but that you don't particularly like? And what about their playing is it that you dislike and why do you think they're overrated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badpenguin Posted November 12, 2018 Members Share Posted November 12, 2018 Jack White heads the list for me. How he is considered some sort of "god" escapes me. Average player, with crappy sounding guitars, that were crappy guitars when they were new.Joe Bonamasso, or however you spell his name. Yeah, he has chops, has an OK tone, but he wants to be Gary Moore when he grows up. Ain't gonna happen Joey.I can't stomach anything Slash related. I respect his playing, his tone, but what he does, has been done to death before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted November 12, 2018 Author Share Posted November 12, 2018 I'm going to toss out one that will no doubt get some negative feedback, but I sincerely believe that Neil Young is overrated. His tone is generally shrill and way too bright, and his playing, which many consider to be raw and emotion-filled, just strikes me as sloppy. I love his songwriting though, and I like his acoustic playing - but his electric playing, and especially his solos (with the possible exception of Cinnamon Girl), just don't do it for me. YMMV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members t_e_l_e Posted November 12, 2018 Members Share Posted November 12, 2018 i dig jack white not because of his guitar playing, but because of his song writing arrangement and composing thing... fully agree on joe bonamassa, to me just a white rich kid who is a guitar maniac, who has chops and techniqe but has no soul in his playing, and playin tha bluez withouta souls means nothin to me.... slash is slash, i'm not a fanboy of him, but he is part of my youth, for whatever that means.... i know people will stone me, but i do not get the admiration of stevie ray vaughn, yes excellent player, died too young, but i do not get what is so special about him, why people do compare him so often to hendrix when to me he sounds just a hendrix knock off or imitator... for you to understand, i'm not a big fan of the whole texas blues scene either, i'm more the chicago, detroit, muddy waters john lee hooker chess record guy and phil why do you ask in the first place? do you want generate a forum fight about different tastes and preferences? feeding some trolls? in good ol' days such question would have generated pages of a flame war where moderators needed to shut down the thread for keeping the peace, but never a moderator would have started it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted November 12, 2018 Members Share Posted November 12, 2018 I don't think Neil Young is overrated as a lead player. He just isn't a lead guitarist full stop and he should stop punishing people with his guitar strangling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members t_e_l_e Posted November 12, 2018 Members Share Posted November 12, 2018 I don't think Neil Young is overrated as a lead player. He just isn't a lead guitarist full stop and he should stop punishing people with his guitar strangling. i love neil young because he is neil f***ing young man... don't care about his guitar skills, but i care about his passion... maybe because he has more passion than me and even more so guitar skills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted November 12, 2018 Members Share Posted November 12, 2018 None of those guys will ever win a magazine poll as guitarists so they get judged on their merits. It's the guys with the ignorant accolades I take exception to; at least the accolades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jtr654 Posted November 12, 2018 Members Share Posted November 12, 2018 Neil Young, Keith Richards, Ron Wood Most old Blues players ect . They can write Great songs but their chops usually sloopy and unfocused . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Danocoustic Posted November 12, 2018 Members Share Posted November 12, 2018 I see what you did there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Danocoustic Posted November 12, 2018 Members Share Posted November 12, 2018 At first I saw "Overrated dead guitarists". 60-year-old eyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chordite Posted November 12, 2018 Members Share Posted November 12, 2018 Francis Rossi - by a mile[video=youtube_share;Ochr0YNqq9M] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jtr654 Posted November 12, 2018 Members Share Posted November 12, 2018 He is unknown in the USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chordite Posted November 12, 2018 Members Share Posted November 12, 2018 Sorry I missed the 'From the USA' in the OP my bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members catscurlyear Posted November 13, 2018 Members Share Posted November 13, 2018 Neil,s lead guitar playing suits the songs, punky just enough,no real technique a bit like Keith Richard ,it won,t date ,it is pure melody for the song ,I really like Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members catscurlyear Posted November 13, 2018 Members Share Posted November 13, 2018 Francis Rossi inspired me to play a tennis racket .Jimi Hendrix inspired me to stop playing tennis and pick up a guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted November 13, 2018 Members Share Posted November 13, 2018 I love Neil Young and I'm a proud Canadian! I just really dislike his lead playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members catscurlyear Posted November 13, 2018 Members Share Posted November 13, 2018 Joe Bonamasso, or however you spell his name. Yeah, he has chops, has an OK tone, but he wants to be Gary Moore when he grows up. Ain't gonna happen Joey. . So does this lad [video=youtube;VRaTk5Tz5O4] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chordite Posted November 13, 2018 Members Share Posted November 13, 2018 For me the first serious inspiration was Jan Akkerman, but oh sheet he's not American either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members catscurlyear Posted November 13, 2018 Members Share Posted November 13, 2018 yeh he`s Dutch just like EVH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jtr654 Posted November 13, 2018 Members Share Posted November 13, 2018 Jan Akkerman is very underrated and yes people in the USA have heard of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Blackface Posted November 13, 2018 Members Share Posted November 13, 2018 Jack White for sure. I don't have a problem with him, he can do whatever he wants and how people react to him isn't his fault. When people put him in a class with people like Jimmy Page that's disturbing to me. I really don't think there's one single thing he can do on a guitar or otherwise that Jimmy Page isn't way better at. Joe Bonamassa is a decent guitar player, but I think his d-bag personality just turns people off and they call him overrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mikeo Posted November 14, 2018 Members Share Posted November 14, 2018 I don't think Neil Young is overrated as a lead player. He just isn't a lead guitarist full stop and he should stop punishing people with his guitar strangling. I like Neil's acoustic work better than his electric playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted November 14, 2018 Author Share Posted November 14, 2018 I like Neil's acoustic work better than his electric playing. Me too. By a considerable margin. Like I said before, I think he's a great songwriter too. I certainly don't hate Neil - I am just not a fan of his lead guitar playing. Stephen Stills' lead playing never did much for me either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Danocoustic Posted November 14, 2018 Members Share Posted November 14, 2018 Me too. By a considerable margin. Like I said before, I think he's a great songwriter too. I certainly don't hate Neil - I am just not a fan of his lead guitar playing. Stephen Stills' lead playing never did much for me either. Now you're just talking nonsense. I didn't take you to task over Neil; I stipulate that he's a, shall we say, "special" case. But Steve Stills can stand with just about anybody. I know, I know---it's all opinion. It's just that yours is wrong. *mumblegrumbleFART* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted November 14, 2018 Author Share Posted November 14, 2018 Now you're just talking nonsense. I didn't take you to task over Neil; I stipulate that he's a, shall we say, "special" case. But Steve Stills can stand with just about anybody. I know, I know---it's all opinion. It's just that yours is wrong. *mumblegrumbleFART* Can you give me an example of a couple of great Stephen Stills guitar solos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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