The Slash Thread
 

No offense to you slash fans, I know hes great and all, but I think he may be a tiny bit overrated .................. maybe ALOT!!!!!! IMO that is, of course. I know there are SO many more great guitarists out there than slash. He was just in the right place at the right time.

His solos can get really repetitive and boring.

Anyway, state your opinions about Slash here.

I love Slash, he's my favorite guitarist, although his GnR work is way better than his work in VR. People think he is overated for two reasons:

1. Overexposure. He's written a book, starred in GH3 and it seems like he's everywhere in the media. I'm sure people get tired of that.
2. He is a great guitarist but his work is more based on feeling rather than speed or technique (tho his technique is very good). Nowadays people value shredders over blues-based guitarists.

No way are his solos boring. Dig a little deeper into GnR's catelogue (which is more than Jungle, Paradise City, and Sweet Child) and you'll see his ability.

his best work was the godfather theme.

Maybe not the best, but one of the most influential.
I really like him. I don't think his solos are boring.

His style worked well with Guns n' Roses, but otherwise he's kind of boring. I had the misfortune of seeing Slash's Snake Pit live in 2001 and I remember being struck how boring Slash's playing was and by the fact that he hadn't evolved musically in a decade.

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What sort of reply is that :bringit:. Anyhoo I have never rated Slash. Buns N Toasties bore me rigid and apart from 'Slither', Velvet Revolver are generic crap..and yes I did listen to the album before I formed an opinion.

That's simply a way of saying "couldn't have said it better myself."

Yeah i think although slash is a good guitarist, he seems to have not changed, unlike say other bands like slipknot they have changed over the years (llok at the new album) but slash's playing style and music has not changed, although you cant really argue that he is not talented at all.

He sounds more keen to Brad Whitford to me.

And criticizing Slash for not changing his style is pretty dumb, neither has Chuck Berry or Angus Young or just about any other guitarist that just plays rock n roll, and thats what he does, he plays f*cking rock n roll, what are you expecting? Jazz fusion solos or neo classical acoustic guitar?

I think slash is pretty good, but yes there are alot of better guitarists out there, like david gilmour, eric clapton, steve vai and so on. It's just the type of music and your opinion that really counts.But yes, he is over rated.

:rofl:That can be applied to so many artists today.
"Same style" complaints. That's usually a good thing, in most cases.

I think a better way to put it would be, not "changing", but not progressing.
Slash is a great player, he just needs to mix things up a bit.

And recently, I think he's an idiot for saying a kid should rot in prison over leaked music that Slash didn't even have a part in making.

Slash Appreesh
 

The original Gn'R line-up = one of the greatest bans ever... none of the new guitarists can compete with Slash!

hehe, I'm a groupie!

This could be one of the shortest MB threads of all time.

I'm new to it. :)

Keep batting girl.

well, I do love Slash!

How anyone could think Slash is better than Buckethead blows my mind.

Buckethead is also great.... however Slash has more musical accomplishments.. you know.. he made his name because of what he's done musically.

Buckethead's a great guitarist too.. their styles are a bit different.. can't completely compare the two..

Yes, but popularity means nothing if we're actually talking about who's better.

Oh and sorry, not to sound like I'm jumping on you. That wasn't really directed just at you, I've just heard a lot of people whine that GNR doesn't have Slash anymore and the like.

By the way, you have heard some of Buckethead's work outside of GNR, right? He only had writing credits on maybe 2 or 3 songs on the album.



For a decent taste of his solo stuff.

Cool... I will check it out for sure!

Slash is so overrated, Noel Gallagher could probably outplay him.

Excuse me but it's near to childish to say "How anyone could think Slash is better than Buckethead blows my mind".

What makes one guitarist ?
If we are talking about technique, one can say buckethead is better ...

Rock Guitarist for me is guitar player, composer, improviser, stage performer, human being - personality...
Summing it up, Slash, for me, is much more ahead of buckethead. But I acknowledge that my option is highly subjective, as anyone else's.

an avatar i made in honor of slash, just for this thread =P (or is it?)
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in all honesty i think his goldtop is a little chiche'd. i mean... good try, but a billion other people have goldtops. how about a red mettalic paul with a white line going through the skinny part. hell yeah.

I think my post feels a little weird and out of context now that its been moved here and not in the original thread, but whatever.

Generally, if a single person plays the guitar, that makes one guitarist. For an example of this phenomenon, you may want to look into the two men we've been discussing - but not simultaneously, as that would make two guitarists.

Summing what up? There was next to no actual content in that post except that, if I read your near stream of consciousness rambling correctly, you think that because he wears a mask and has the whole act to him this somehow makes him a worse guitarist because he doesn't have "personality" or something, which is much more childish than anything I've said.

If you think technical ability is all Buckethead has, I have very strong doubts you've listened to more than a few songs by him on Youtube or wherever.

If Slash didn't have the top hat, hair, glasses, he wouldn't be near as cool or idolized. He would have just been another great guitar player. Its his charisma and get-up that makes him so popular and well known.

I never thought Slash was any better of a guitarist than the guitarists in other bands of his time. I liked early GnR, but for the whole sound and not specifically for him. He's nothing special to me.