Better guitarist. Li vs. EVH (lyric, metal, rock, cd)

TheCaster · 12-18-2007, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Gates_of_Iscariot

Eddie, but not really the best. li is a joke, if you like tapping solos, then he's ur guy otherwise pffffft.

wait.... are you saying li is better than eddie at tapping solos?? eddie was well known for his tapping... i havent listened to dragonforce that much so you migh tmean PURE tapping solos.. but eddie is definately a god at tapping...

~~Gates_of_Iscariot~~ · 12-18-2007, 09:29 AM

^ I mean not knowing how to solo tapping solo's, which Li does, Ediie does it right.

Clockwork_Changes · 12-18-2007, 06:50 PM

I don't like new Eddie, I liked him when he was playing the hard rock stuff like Running With The Devil and Really Got Me, the new stuff I think is just garbage to me. Eddie is still great either way, but I just don't like his new stuff much. If he went back to that I would say that Li is better then him.

anticipation · 12-18-2007, 07:44 PM

django reinhardt > both of those wankers.

jackhammer · 12-18-2007, 07:53 PM

David Gilmour>all

~~Gates_of_Iscariot~~ · 12-18-2007, 08:16 PM

^ He's Pretty good, but Swisgar Swigelf is pretyy fresh

Barnard17 · 12-19-2007, 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by PerFeCTioNThrUSileNCe

It's just the way it sounds....you can tell that it's sped up. Guitars just don't sound like that. If not sped up, it's HEAVILY edited. They played here not too long ago and I know plenty of people who went. Everyone said they played everything way slower than the recorded versions.

Because verbal claims from one event and saying that it sounds "heavily edited" (considering it's a produced CD of a distorted electric guitar enables you to tell that it's artificially sped up?)

There's nothing to do with the fact that for the CD recording he'd've spent loads of time practising and could've just done attempt after attempt to get it just right for the recording, scrapping previous versions which isn't exactly possible live with the effect of it being heavily edited having something to do with the fact that it's a produced sound track featuring a distorted electric guitar?

I'm not saying I know for sure, but then neither am I the one making opinionated claims as if they're fact.

15Steps · 12-19-2007, 03:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Black.Faith.

Who do you believe is the better guitarist?

I believe Herman Li because he plays faster than basically every guitarist alive, and he plays by far the hardest material. Van Halen is really good too, but he's just got too big of an ego. Sorry Van Halen marks.

have you ever HEARD LI LIVE?

he sounds TERRIBLE

PerFeCTioNThrUSileNCe · 12-19-2007, 09:55 AM

^

Barnard17 · 12-19-2007, 12:02 PM

I have heard Li live, he wasn't that far out. Point remains it's still a pretty big claim that you're making with fuck all to back it up. You reckon Van Halens better, great but use an actual reason as opposed to concocting some bull**** you don't have evidence for.

My vote went for Li btw, primarily because I prefer the stuff he writes (irrelevant or whether or not he actually plays at that speed, or plays well in a gig). As for people waxing lyrical about how metal guitarists have all built on Van Halen, Einstein himself used the phrase "we get where we are by standing on the shoulders of giants" and nobody's debating how smart he is; people build off the progress of others. It's how the world works. Doesn't make them any less worthy of individual recognition

View Poll Results: Who's the better guitarist?
Herman Li of DragonForce	7	21.88%
Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen	25	78.13%
Voters: 32. You may not vote on this poll

12-18-2007, 06:50 PM	#23 (permalink)
Clockwork_Changes Groupie Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 27	I don't like new Eddie, I liked him when he was playing the hard rock stuff like Running With The Devil and Really Got Me, the new stuff I think is just garbage to me. Eddie is still great either way, but I just don't like his new stuff much. If he went back to that I would say that Li is better then him. __________________ Play it loud or don't play it at all...

12-18-2007, 07:44 PM	#24 (permalink)
anticipation Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 3,565	django reinhardt > both of those wankers. Last edited by anticipation; 12-19-2007 at 01:26 PM.

12-18-2007, 07:53 PM	#25 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	David Gilmour>all __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

12-18-2007, 09:29 AM	#22 (permalink)
~~Gates_of_Iscariot~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: new hampshire Posts: 191	^ I mean not knowing how to solo tapping solo's, which Li does, Ediie does it right.

12-18-2007, 08:16 PM	#26 (permalink)
~~Gates_of_Iscariot~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: new hampshire Posts: 191	^ He's Pretty good, but Swisgar Swigelf is pretyy fresh

12-19-2007, 12:02 PM	#30 (permalink)
Barnard17 My home? Discabled, Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Bristol, UK Posts: 204	I have heard Li live, he wasn't that far out. Point remains it's still a pretty big claim that you're making with fuck all to back it up. You reckon Van Halens better, great but use an actual reason as opposed to concocting some bull**** you don't have evidence for. My vote went for Li btw, primarily because I prefer the stuff he writes (irrelevant or whether or not he actually plays at that speed, or plays well in a gig). As for people waxing lyrical about how metal guitarists have all built on Van Halen, Einstein himself used the phrase "we get where we are by standing on the shoulders of giants" and nobody's debating how smart he is; people build off the progress of others. It's how the world works. Doesn't make them any less worthy of individual recognition