All-time Best Rhythm Guitarist

mr dave · 03-25-2010, 03:14 AM

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Originally Posted by RezZ

I always thought him mainly aLes Paul player. I just enjoy seeing single coils being used for heavier sounds. I love Strat/Tele (p90 style) guitars but for the music I play they seem to be far to thin sounding. Tele can get heavy but I doubt they could ever have enough bottom end and thickness covering a Kyuss and Sleep song.

ps awsome video

yeah i wouldn't tune a single coil guitar lower than D. going down to C pretty much necessitates humbuckers.

your also right that Page was more of a Les Paul player but just like Hendrix sometimes played a Gibson they were never 100% exclusive to their main models.

glad you liked the clip

tomcat · 03-25-2010, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by The Bullet

Rhythm guitarist. When did Hendrix and Page play rhythm on anything?

Page is a riff master, ergo, rhythms. Just because they also did solos doesn't mean they couldn't play rhythm.

boo boo · 03-25-2010, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by The Bullet

Rhythm guitarist. When did Hendrix and Page play rhythm on anything?

I dunno, every song they ever made?

When a band only has one guitarist then usually that person has to fill the roles of both a lead and rhythm guitarist, the use of overdubbing is common.

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Originally Posted by mr dave

the correct answer is MALCOLM YOUNG

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You never struck me as an AC/DC fan.

mr dave · 03-25-2010, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

You never struck me as an AC/DC fan.

i'm not really a fan. love hearing them on the radio when i'm on a road trip and that's about it. there's just no denying Malcolm is the man when it comes to playing rhythm guitar. he understands and appreciates the role implicitly, he never tries to show up his brother or to draw any attention away from the rest of the band. he just stands there, drives the groove, and rocks the f*ck out all night every night.

Insane Guest · 03-25-2010, 09:11 PM

James Hetfield, of course. He truly is talented, call him the devil, or tell him he can't sing, the guy is crazy good.

mr dave · 03-26-2010, 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by DarwinWasAdopted

I'm not the biggest Metallica fan, but James Hetfield has to be up there. Maybe I just suck, but to this day I still can't even play the first two minutes of "Master Of Puppets" without my arm getting tired as hell from all the downpicking.

agreed, he definitely helped reinvent what playing rhythm in a metal context was all about, but he's still no Malcolm Young hehehe.

the bit that killed me the most in that intro was the very last lick. that effing triplet of muted notes on 3 different strings threw me off every single time, especially after getting through the preceding riff-age of the intro hehe.

funny how combining riff-age gets censored haha

crash_override · 03-26-2010, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by xEMGx

Worst singer? You are crazy. I think the best Rhythm guitarist is the duo Janick Gers and Adrian Smith from Iron Maiden. They basically invented harmonizing with the guitar. Or it would Malcolm Young of AC/DC.

I would say Maiden uses more of a dual-lead/swap lead sort of style rather than a traditional rhythm/lead style.

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Originally Posted by mr dave

the correct answer is

MALCOLM YOUNG
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It's hard to argue against Malcolm Young, he's one of the best at just rocking out the jam time and time again.

Necromancer · 03-26-2010, 05:48 PM

The Rolling Stones & The Who, has produced some of the best rythm guitar ever, just my personal opinion.

Eric 1234 · 03-27-2010, 12:01 AM

I don't know who played it-but one of my favorite rhythm guitar pieces is in "Roll on Down the Highway" by Bachman Turner Overdrive. Nuthin fancy but great chops that back up the lead playing perfectly!............ok, Malcom Young rules.

frindin · 04-01-2010, 08:44 AM

See imo Malcolm reinvented basic blues rock great band, especially the "Let there be Rock" album. Another couple of great rythm/lead guitarist are Dimebag Darell and Randy Rhoads. Rhoads was amazing.

03-26-2010, 05:48 PM	#28 (permalink)
Necromancer Divination Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,655	Keith Richards & Pete Townshend The Rolling Stones & The Who, has produced some of the best rythm guitar ever, just my personal opinion.

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Insane Guest Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: CA Posts: 1,322	James Hetfield, of course. He truly is talented, call him the devil, or tell him he can't sing, the guy is crazy good.

03-27-2010, 12:01 AM	#29 (permalink)
Eric 1234 Groupie Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 4	I don't know who played it-but one of my favorite rhythm guitar pieces is in "Roll on Down the Highway" by Bachman Turner Overdrive. Nuthin fancy but great chops that back up the lead playing perfectly!............ok, Malcom Young rules.

04-01-2010, 08:44 AM	#30 (permalink)
frindin Groupie Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 13	See imo Malcolm reinvented basic blues rock great band, especially the "Let there be Rock" album. Another couple of great rythm/lead guitarist are Dimebag Darell and Randy Rhoads. Rhoads was amazing.