f7ben Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 4 minutes ago, SVT MXZ XRS said: An absolute musical genius. If I had to pick one, he's probably my #1 favorite. I have all of his CDs I played in a band with a fantastic guitar player. We covered that song. I got to meet Vai because of my buddies musical genius and Vai’s interest in his work 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SVT MXZ XRS Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 4 minutes ago, f7ben said: I played in a band with a fantastic guitar player. We covered that song. I got to meet Vai because of my buddies musical genius and Vai’s interest in his work Awesome 👍🏼 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmo Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 18 minutes ago, Jimmy Snacks said: Brian May has a really cool sound...also really like Mark Knopfler. He made that guitar he plays, because he didn’t have the money to buy a decent guitar. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted February 6, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 6, 2020 14 minutes ago, Edmo said: He made that guitar he plays, because he didn’t have the money to buy a decent guitar. Well he did a helluva job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManOnManOral Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 32 minutes ago, f7ben said: I’ve met and hung out backstage with Steve Vai a couple times. He’s a really cool dude. Zappa loved the guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f7ben Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Just now, ManOnManOral said: Zappa loved the guy. He’s the best I’ve ever seen live and I’ve seen a lot of them. When they get to that level of talent it become more about the showmanship to differentiate their abilities as an entertainer. Vai is top shelf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Anler said: Prince was a bad ass guitar player and a wicked talented musician overall. Yeah he was a was shocked how good he was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftBusta Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Al Dimeola Santana Stevie Ray Joe Bonamassa eric Clapton Jimmy Page Prince Vince Gill my faves 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted February 6, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Anler said: This guy is a local but been around. Ask all of the living guitar great who they bow to. I bet they say this guy... Seen him a couple yrs ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted February 6, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 6, 2020 50 minutes ago, SVT MXZ XRS said: Not in any order Brian May Stevie Ray Vaughn Jimi Hendrix Prince Jimmy Page Edward Van Halen Steve Vai Joe Satriani Carlos Santana Eric Johnson Kenny Wayne Shepherd BB King Eric Clapton All greats Jack White is an amazing musician. x2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NaturallyAspirated Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 2 hours ago, Kivalo said: How the fuck have none of you mentioned Warren Haynes or Derek Trucks? Or Paul Gilbert, or Michael Romeo, or Jerry Douglass, or Tommy Emmanuel, or zillions of other high end technical talents. Neal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoughnut Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 2 hours ago, Kivalo said: How the fuck have none of you mentioned Warren Haynes or Derek Trucks? 14 minutes ago, NaturallyAspirated said: Or Paul Gilbert, or Michael Romeo, or Jerry Douglass, or Tommy Emmanuel, or zillions of other high end technical talents. Neal I've never heard of any of those guys, must not be popular enough. Here's how the king did it and oh did they do it............the mighty Van Halen. According to the RIAA, Van Halen is the 19th best-selling music group/artist of all time with sales of over 56 million albums in the US, and is one of five rock bands that have had two albums (Van Halen and 1984) sell more than ten million copies in the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaturallyAspirated Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, snoughnut said: I've never heard of any of those guys, must not be popular enough. Here's how the king did it and oh did they do it............the mighty Van Halen. According to the RIAA, Van Halen is the 19th best-selling music group/artist of all time with sales of over 56 million albums in the US, and is one of five rock bands that have had two albums (Van Halen and 1984) sell more than ten million copies in the US. Popularity isn't Kingship... Bieber has had 105m records sold, he shames VH then, eh? Neal Edited February 7, 2020 by NaturallyAspirated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 8 minutes ago, snoughnut said: I've never heard of any of those guys, must not be popular enough. Here's how the king did it and oh did they do it............the mighty Van Halen. According to the RIAA, Van Halen is the 19th best-selling music group/artist of all time with sales of over 56 million albums in the US, and is one of five rock bands that have had two albums (Van Halen and 1984) sell more than ten million copies in the US. VH got over taken by Whitney Houston. 20th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f7ben Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 I’ve seen Paul Gilbert .... dude is legit Seen Malmstein and Petrucci several times too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Steve vai is no match for Ralph macchio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted February 7, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 7, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted February 7, 2020 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 7, 2020 a better one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SVT MXZ XRS Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 2 hours ago, steve from amherst said: x2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 John Mayer > Joe Bonamassa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoughnut Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 1 hour ago, NaturallyAspirated said: Popularity isn't Kingship... Bieber has had 105m records sold, he shames VH then, eh? Neal Swing and a miss, let’s keep the pop fags separated from the rock gods. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoughnut Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Snake said: VH got over taken by Whitney Houston. 20th. Let’s keep it in the rock genre. https://kgon.radio.com/blogs/iris-harrison/top-15-best-selling-rock-artists-all-time-us-sales VH is at #12 and there's some damn good company on that list. Edited February 7, 2020 by snoughnut 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaturallyAspirated Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 1 hour ago, ACE said: John Mayer > Joe Bonamassa No. Neal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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