RIP Dimebag.......

[WhiteCastle]

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[doison]

dimebag wasnt trying to be a fucking steve vai or malmsteen...thats not what his style was.

what he was was probably the greatest ever at his chosen type of music. NO ONE had a better heavy metal crunch sound/tone than him. nobody. and his technical skills were underrated too; some of his solos are top-notch and his speed technique was precise as hell, and he had a great sense of phrasing which is most important for solos.

he wasnt among 'the best guitarists ever' but he was the best at what he did.

I thought he played guitar?

[Nirvana]

Dime was a glorified blues player, no offense he was good for what he did but not out of this world spectacular..

who I conider good?

Jake E. Lee
Rhoads
Malmsteen
M. Romeo
Marty Friedman

newer players: Loomis from Nevermore is fucking insane..

Jeff Loomis at 16 put dimebag and everyone on that list to shame.

[JOHN MATRIX]

I thought he played guitar?

i meant his chosen category of music, bastard 


of course we can always mention guys like rusty cooley and michael angelo batio...guys who can literally play ANYTHING-with either hand-with godlike speed-....but there is more to being a good, memorable guitarist than just raw technical skill.

[jdooly]

as far as metal music goes, Pantera owned the 90's.  I've seen 'em 4 times.

[LatsMcGee]

Saying Dime sucked as a player is pretty extreme.  The guy had a great ear,  wrote some awesome riffs,  and had admirable chops. 

Lumping all "thrash" metal guitarists into one catagory of playing is silly too.  Alex Skolnick's leads sound nothing like Kerry King's.  Kirk Hammet's solos are very different from Marty Friedman's. 

[R.A.M.]

Listen to this solo how bluesy and technical. The man was a genius.

[Captain Equipoise]

I agree with Rhoads but Jake E. Lee... he was a wanna be of Randy. Malmsteen is an acquired taste.

I like:

Vai
Satarini
David Gilmour
Gary Moore
Andy Timmions


just to name a few

Gilmour is unreal, Satch is ok, Vai is probably the most consumate and amazing (talent wise) musician in the world but plays the most fucked up weird shit, too much Zappa influence..

Jake E was NOTHING like Rhoads, totally different style, totally different, Jake E Leee was an incredible songwriter and a pheonmenal guitarist..

proof, his guitar playing in this (live) is on another level of tightness... the riffing just blows my mind

[Captain Equipoise]

Jeff Loomis at 16 put dimebag and everyone on that list to shame.

I wouldn't go that far but yeah...amazing player, he was 17 when he tried out for Megadeth , hahaha

[R.A.M.]

Loomis is good but all we plays is scales. scales and really fast scales.

[Captain Equipoise]

Saying Dime sucked as a player is pretty extreme.  The guy had a great ear,  wrote some awesome riffs,  and had admirable chops. 

Lumping all "thrash" metal guitarists into one catagory of playing is silly too.  Alex Skolnick's leads sound nothing like Kerry King's.  Kirk Hammet's solos are very different from Marty Friedman's. 

Yes! 2 out of those 4 guys actually know music theory and what and how they're playing, the other 2 are pretty sad...

[Overload]

dimebag wasnt trying to be a fucking steve vai or malmsteen...thats not what his style was.

what he was was probably the greatest ever at his chosen type of music. NO ONE had a better heavy metal crunch sound/tone than him. nobody. and his technical skills were underrated too; some of his solos are top-notch and his speed technique was precise as hell, and he had a great sense of phrasing which is most important for solos.

he wasnt among 'the best guitarists ever' but he was the best at what he did.

I saw Pantera in concert 4 times during their peak in the 90's.

Dimebag is by no means one of the greatest players of all time, but he was very good at what he did.

He could shred with the best of them...

[Brixtonbulldog]

great thread

[kreator]

someone over at MD forums once said that they(Dimebag and Vinnie), would often(?) come to Metroflex gym(not sure if they actually trained there), and give away free cd's

[LatsMcGee]

Yes! 2 out of those 4 guys actually know music theory and what and how they're playing, the other 2 are pretty sad...

I'll admit i've been bored with KK's playing for a long time and someone really needs to take away Kirk Hammet's wah pedal,  the only person worse for hitting the wah at every solo is Mike Amott.  Go figure he collects vintage wahs. 

[roccoginge]

Dime had soul.

[_bruce_]

There are band guitarists/performers and there are wonder boys.
A Kerry King keeps the train rolling at top speed and is cool to look at - end of job.
Marty and co. is a proficient player and more of a real musician - I guess you can seat down with him and work out a simple tune and build a whole song on it.
On stage I would chose Kerry but for creating songs there are better options.

[Captain Equipoise]

I'll admit i've been bored with KK's playing for a long time and someone really needs to take away Kirk Hammet's wah pedal,  the only person worse for hitting the wah at every solo is Mike Amott.  Go figure he collects vintage wahs. 

Exactly..

we used to make jokes (me and other guitar players) that someone crazy glued that wah to kirk's shoe, lol

that's what happens when you're a simple Em pentatonic blues player and can't think outside the box

as for Dime, he had the worst and most atrocious tone until he started using Krank, for his whole career (after the glam days of pantera) he used Randall's and they had this horrible trebly/nasal sound, his tone only improved when he dropped Randall and went with Krank and that was way after Pantera was done anyways.

[ManBearPig...]

Listen to this solo how bluesy and technical. The man was a genius.

i'm not a fan but i know he can play better than that.

that "solo" sucked.