Buckethead vs. Jimi Hendrix

TheBig3 · 12-08-2011, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

The above post was my categorization of what a great guitarist is, Rolling Stone have different parameters on how they classify a great guitarist. Robbie Robertson was an outstanding guitarist, but unless you`re really into music not too many people will remember who the Band were, had he been in the Rolling Stones, well he`d probably be a lot higher on their list.

So you are saying how a guitarist "struts his stuff" matters? Or you're not?

Either way, what Rolling Stone says is one opinion. I happen to think its too heavily influenced by what was great in the 1960's. I also don't know that Buckethead should be on a greatest guitarists list.

To me Buckethead sits outside the boundaries of the guitar because to me he's thinking macro level. I don't think he wonders about things like "how to I play the following 45 notes in such a manner that it fits with the keys" I think he says "what sound is going to fit in this space that will enhance it."

No he chooses to play a guitar, but with all the effects he uses, the people he surrounds himself with, and the different layers he has going on record to record, I see him more as a producer (in a sense) than a guitarist.