Here's what Satriani had to say about Hendrix: "I know exactly what he did, and its very easy for me to do the same thing. BUT I HAVE NO IDEA HOW HE THOUGHT OF IT!"

@GearGasms

6 ай бұрын

🤘🏻🤘🏻

@aerotube7291

6 ай бұрын

Extremely well said

@aerotube7291

6 ай бұрын

I felt the same about telephone blues 🤣

@aerotube7291

6 ай бұрын

I loved sachets irony on telephone blues as I felt he took it too seriously and was the goto guitarist for none guitarists......whilst age has humbled this old blues picker and I may be more open minded I guess I held onto that chuckle...

@RobertMJohnson

6 ай бұрын

The great strength of Hendrix wasn’t his playing; it was his musicality. Voodoo Chile alone should be on everyone’s top 5 greatest rock compositions all time.

Saying Hendrix is not good is like criticizing the Wright Brothers for not building a Boeing 747 on their first attempt.

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

Not a terrible analogy

@jamiemcbride4226

4 ай бұрын

That’s funny but nice way to put it

@guyfeldman4404

4 ай бұрын

Er, no one says Hendrix was not great..I think the issue is that he likely wasn't as good as many make him out to be.

@castleanthrax1833

4 ай бұрын

Overrated does not mean not great. Overrated means they're not as great as people are rating them. Most of the guitarists who wind up in the top 10 lists are overrated. They're just popular because of their music.

@jonlohrenz5446

4 ай бұрын

@@castleanthrax1833 okay there professor

All due repsect, hard to watch a video on "Overrated" by a critic wearing a Kiss shirt with a giant Kiss poster behind him.

@GearGasms

5 ай бұрын

Genius comment

@user-rc9he5nk4w

4 ай бұрын

I thought same. The entire band sucked (IMO)

I agree with most of your list except for Hendrix. Often played untuned and offhand but... so creatively, unwordly and genial. 54 years after his death he's still relevant and appreciated to by new generations.

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

I’ll take it

@billjones4159

4 ай бұрын

I do not get the obsession with Hendrix. His guitar writing is average. He was incredibly innovative, producing amazing sounds. Technically he was great. But his songs were average.

@robfre3183

4 ай бұрын

I don't get Picasso nor Rembrandt either but a lot of people do! This is the thing with Hendrix; you either get it or you don't. I don't get shredders (not to say that they're not technically incredible), but I listen to Hendrix's Star Spangled Banner, which basically sound like a plane crash, and it never fails to give me goosebumps. @@billjones4159

@jamiemcbride4226

4 ай бұрын

For me Hendrix was pretty awesome the loud distortion the feedback the crybaby, like a mad tiger trying to get out of a trap , but he could rein it in on songs like hey Joe, the wind cried Mary but on the song voodoo child live in Maui his guitar playing on that day was amazing and some people hear it like dam there’s a lot of distortion and then there’s people like me that turn it up louder and my wife will say it’s really loud but my girlfriend will start dancing and grooving to it peace

@wilsonjohn9766

4 ай бұрын

@@jamiemcbride4226 Machine Gun, Voodoo child and back from storm at the Isle of White. Machine Gun, Power of soul and Who knows at the Fillmore East.

Massive credit for having the balls to release this with the comments turned on

@GearGasms

4 жыл бұрын

Lol - thanks. At the time I had no idea how this was going to blow up. A lot of the roasts are funny though! Would love to have you subscribe if not already! Thanks! 🎸🤘🏻

@GonzGunner

2 жыл бұрын

@@GearGasms I'm subscribed! Glad I came across your channel, I am enjoying your observations and commentary!

@kbuss10

2 жыл бұрын

@@GearGasms omg i so agree with clapton :D

You're dead right about Jack White and Slash being overated but not Hendrix and Santana. Their sound can be defined with a single note. They were trailblazers not followers.

@GearGasms

6 ай бұрын

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@aerotube7291

6 ай бұрын

Yes, conjecture is rife on here but the comments are all pretty good

@stevengolden1154

5 ай бұрын

Santana doesn't play guitar he makes it sing one of the greatest ever

@aerotube7291

5 ай бұрын

@@stevengolden1154 i didn't know he sung??...sorry bad last day of work joke!. Greetings from New Zealand!

@EveyoneCallsMeTheDude

5 ай бұрын

Santana hasn’t been relevant in like 20 years, and for the 5 years before that he was living off his just before doing shit with Rob Thomas era. Honely I thought he was dead. Also Slash is only relevant to boomers who buy up anything with his name on it. Here’s a shitty les Paul that weighs 75 lbs with slashes name on it Boom sold.. Here’s an acoustic guitar made out of ply wood paint it all black but put slash on the truss Rod cover Boom sold. I fucking love G-n-R as much as the next 80’s kid but fuck, if it wasn’t for the boomers no one would know who he is.

Hendrix , Clapton and santana ! These guys have soul , it's not about technical ability it's about soul , originality and feel

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

🤘🏻

@user-xm9rn1px6k

4 ай бұрын

If you call soul repeating the same licks over and over again, perhaps it was just the heroin got them stuck on a continuous loop lol

@TheGuitarReb

4 ай бұрын

The Band to Jimmy: "Who is that kid in the back bedroom playing the guitar?" Jimmy: "Ah, that's just my little brother Stevie Ray."@@user-xm9rn1px6k

@jerryhopfe5111

4 ай бұрын

YES , Hendrix was full in his texture , Page could play anything , and so forth ...

@TheGuitarReb

4 ай бұрын

Jeff Healey was totally blind and could lay the guitar across his lap and play "All along the watch Tower" better than Jimi Hendrix. Watch it on KZread..

Eric Clapton was very good when he plays with Cream and he is great Blues player, but he never took his playing to the next level he never improves. Jeff Beck played with Clapton and Beck kept improving, players like Eric Clapton they come in dime a dozen.

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

🤘🏻

@michelangelocaruncho8571

4 ай бұрын

Agreed! He was very good for his time and that’s really it

Clapton walked backstage, lit a cigarette, and told Chandler: “You didn’t tell me he was that f*cking good.”

@bernardtaylor9846

5 жыл бұрын

Alan Patterson m

Never heard anyone say The Edge was a good guitarist in first place.

@GearGasms

9 ай бұрын

You don’t get out much then. He’s a primary influence of an entire generation

@clemensberg8574

9 ай бұрын

​​​​​@@GearGasms So many here don't get the gist of the difference between "overrated as a guitar player" and "this guy sucks". To think someone is overrated and to dislike someone are of course two different things. I say this loud: Edge is an outstanding musician and guitar player! His sound and his playing are unique, always absolutely song oriented. U2 consist of a singer, a rhythm section and The Edge. This guy's like a perfect "filler". Ultimately, it's ridiculous that anyone should feel the need to defend The Edge. Utterly ridiculous. This man is so big and so important for so many of my generation. Of course he himself would stand above all the ramblings here, he wouldn't even smile tiredly, he wouldn't bother with that crap at all. Sorry, but there is so much bullshit written here. As I said, so many didn't understand the actual subject of the video. But, Alan, you provoked this. It was to be expected that this would sometimes degenerate into stupid bashing. Too many are simple minded and intolerant. And maybe frustrated because they can't get anything done themselves. (Too bad I can't write here in my mother tongue to express myself more eloquently)

@GearGasms

9 ай бұрын

No this is really good. Thank you

@johnmc3862

9 ай бұрын

@@GearGasms Doesn’t mean he is good though!

@f0urstr1ng

9 ай бұрын

I’m underrated. People say my playing stinks but I’m really not that good.

The Edge was the first one that came to mind when I saw this video title. Glad he made the list.

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

There’s a whole playlist of these if you’re interested! Top Lists kzread.info/head/PLJ7bQFZhdVlON6Etq3Sshhab2VEtOJ-dB

People also confuse technical ability with true musicianship. There is a huge difference between these, and it is why say certain 15 year old piano “prodigies” do not have prolific classical careers. Other pianists catch up on the skill level but “feel” takes inborn abilities and emotional maturity. Musicianship, or in more vague words *feel,* is a gift - see David Gilmour vs say Vai who is not pleasant to listen to over time as technical running through scales and no interesting phrasing of lines gets boring very quickly. Gilmour’s feel and use of bends to express EMPTION NOT JUST SKILL is absolutely amazing.

@AleisterCrowleyMagus

4 ай бұрын

*emotion

@joesaave

4 ай бұрын

@AleisterCrowleyMagus. This is the best comment that describes this list and idea. I totally agree!!!

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

🤘🏻🎸

@dominikwdowski3855

3 ай бұрын

Spot on, bro!

For me Hendrix remains the greatest rock guitarist of all times. He used all techniques and possibilities of an electric guitar of his time to create images and pictures in your mind like a musical painter. Hendrix was always searching for notes, his playing was never boring or predictable and that's what makes him great.

@GearGasms

6 ай бұрын

Respect 🤘🏻

@adrianbaker9451

6 ай бұрын

But guitar solo's are boring, real boring!

@markusolma337

6 ай бұрын

@@adrianbaker9451 Which solos do you mean? Give an example ?

@adrianbaker9451

6 ай бұрын

@@markusolma337 mate any solo, it's just self indulgent bullshit on behalf of the guitarist, give me a cracking riff anytime

@user-ch4ld2co6c

6 ай бұрын

Absolutely I don't think Paul McCartney was kidding when he said every great guitar God of the time would pack the London clubs to see Jimi play. He might have been kidding when he said Jimi asked if Eric Clapton was here tonight. I need my guitar tuned.

I get the point for Hendrix for those who care about technics and tightness. I mean he could not play chicken country style or Van Halen Satriani tap guitar virtuosity, but the guy invented new sounds , new ways of thinking and playing rock, composed great songs and mastered and improved most guitar effect. He is more than a guitarist but an influencial musician like Miles Davies on trumpet. He revolutionized the instrument. How can he be overrated when he changed guitar rock and rock music in 4 years dying at 27. Like Django Reinhardt, Doc Watson , Les Paul, Chet Atkin… There is guitar before them, and guitar after them. They changed something. The man realesed three bombs between 67 and 68, with Are you experienced, Axis Bold as love and Electric Ladyland, and reinvented what rock guitar presence on stage with the use of feedback, burning guitar, and use it guitar as machine gun at Woodstock . Don t tell he needs to tune his guitar while he tortures it and make it scream. You want nice and beauty, you ll find it on Little wing, Wind cries Mary, Castle made of sand, Axis Bold as love and more.

@GearGasms

9 ай бұрын

Great comment!

@childwallred

7 ай бұрын

Beautifully put!

@Paul-tk2my

6 ай бұрын

Good points made here. Most people understand the tuning ‘issue’. The Wind Cries Mary solo is sublime; where he takes it and how he resolves it shows his skill and musicality

@TheGuitarReb

6 ай бұрын

You have never heard "All along the Watch Tower " until you have seen Jeff Healey play it on You tube. He went blind at one year old and started playing guitar at four. Jeff died at the age of 41 due to his rare cancer disease. He is undoubtedly the most amazing guitarist that has EVER lived.

@jonthehermit8082

6 ай бұрын

Greatest of all time. All the techniques and skills in the universe can’t do what he did with that guitar.

Anyone wearing a Kiss shirt is automatically DQ'd from opinions on music!

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

You sir are absolutely a stillbirth survivor. Kudos

@davidtalany2153

4 ай бұрын

@@GearGasms Says the dumbass that was inspired and still loves a bunch of cross dressing clowns in makeup! Clapton and Hendrix overrated? Whatever fuckstick. You have zero cred!

@aladinsarsipeus

4 ай бұрын

Agreed

If you think Hendrix is overrated, go listen to him improvising on an acoustic guitar. The man was a genius.

@PeterEdwardCaceci

5 ай бұрын

He ain’t Tom Emmanuel that’s for sure!

@redcrimsonhead8619

5 ай бұрын

Or Paco de Lucia

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

🤘🏻

@TheGuitarReb

4 ай бұрын

Albert Einstein was a genius. Jimi Hendrix was a musician. Al could also play the Violin.

@mikebarker6979

4 ай бұрын

@@TheGuitarReb Alfred Einstein was a fraud.

As soon as you said "The Edge"... *I paused the video to give it an upvote*

@GearGasms

9 ай бұрын

Lol

A guy in a kiss shirt talking about Hendrix and Clapton... the video has a cringe worthy ending. The videos you showed of those two actually prove why they have no place on this list...

@Sinnerswing

4 жыл бұрын

But he had some funny lines.

@nunyabusiness8498

3 жыл бұрын

He was meming a little

@daveg5590

3 жыл бұрын

Hendrix was a tone deaf hack with a cool name. If his name was Fred Smith, you would have never heard him.

@lowellcalavera6045

3 жыл бұрын

That's not a "Kiss" shirt. That's an Ace Frehley shirt, fool.

@GearGasms

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

KISS-Those makeup wearing clowns have always been overrated.

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

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You didn't make me mad.

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

There’s a whole playlist of these if you’re interested! Top Lists kzread.info/head/PLJ7bQFZhdVlON6Etq3Sshhab2VEtOJ-dB

A man in a Kiss t-shirt telling other people about music. The world turned upside down.

@GearGasms

5 жыл бұрын

Welcome to Australia, mate. You need to subscribe with a salty attitude like that mister! 😜

@dthtoneocons1

5 жыл бұрын

@Vincent Mileto Great point Vincent. Here's a guy wearing an Ace Frehley t-shirt talking shit about Hendrix(??) Santana and Eric Clapton. Sure, Since the Cream years he's been kind of in the pop music mode. However, he advertises himself as a master of the Blues. 461 Ocean Blvd, covers I Shot the Sherriff, covers of Cocaine, After Midnight, both originally written and performed by J J Cale, Living on Tulsa Time, written and performed by Danny Flowers, my preferred version was by Don Williams. Although, a few of.the aforementioned songs were pretty good in EC's hands. As far (the legendary) Kiss goes, saw them when I was 14 years old, very entertaining. A friend gave me a copy of Kiss (1974), prior to that particular show. Then came Hotter than Hell and Dressed to Kill. Anyway, after that, moving on to age 15, I personally had enough of Kiss. Repetitious and boring........

@GearGasms

5 жыл бұрын

Each and every one of your opinions is at least as valid as mine if not more so. Particularly as you noted my unfortunate fashion! Thanks for watching and commenting! Please subscribe if not already- we’d love to have you in the family!

@curt300s

5 жыл бұрын

You missed the intentional literary device: irony.

@abracadabra485

5 жыл бұрын

@@GearGasms At first I was like... who is this guy. As you wound down your list I found myself 100% in agreement. Each artist on your list has earned their wings but, yes, over-rated. Haters gonna hate (Fanboys).

I never knew anyone held Ace Frehly's guitar skills in high regard.

@bezzarguy

5 жыл бұрын

17primemover dude has always been garbage ( I say that to someone who doesn’t hate KISS )

@anthonybrock9435

5 жыл бұрын

C'mon guys. At least give him/them credit for Alive 1 & 2. (When they were fresh). These are good albums and Paul Stanley does more than a few lead runs on these).

@bezzarguy

5 жыл бұрын

Anthony Brock I like Kiss ok, I just don’t think Ace is anything special on guitar.

@anthonybrock9435

5 жыл бұрын

@@bezzarguy Fair enough Laddie.

@markrigg6623

5 жыл бұрын

That's why he wore a disguise!

Agree with all except for Hendrix. You became a bit of hypocrite on your own criteria of talking about context in your selection.

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

Because it’s a joke video

You forgot Neil Young and Kurt Cobain.

@AleisterCrowleyMagus

4 ай бұрын

Kurt Cobain never promoted himself as a gifted solo guitar player. Not at all. And yes Neil Young is very overrated and has a massive ego as well.

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

He’s on the viewer’s choice version Top 10 Overrated Guitar Players?!? VIEWER PICKS! kzread.info/dash/bejne/maxslbpuiqW6h5s.html

Never understood the whole Jack White craze….🤷‍♂️

@GearGasms

6 ай бұрын

There’s a whole playlist of these if you’re interested! Top Lists kzread.info/head/PLJ7bQFZhdVlON6Etq3Sshhab2VEtOJ-dB

I don't think any of these legends - living or dead - will lose any sleep over this list, least of all Santana, Clapton and Hendrix. The highest possible accolade must be when other great guitarists call you a great guitarist, and those three had that in spades.

@dianabravo2106

5 жыл бұрын

I saw Eric C in concert and he was awesome. Nothing wrong with taking it slow. He's made his mark and influenced many of today's players.

Hendrix and Clapton you're off, what are you listening to?

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

There’s a whole playlist of these if you’re interested! Top Lists kzread.info/head/PLJ7bQFZhdVlON6Etq3Sshhab2VEtOJ-dB

You can't take anyone who likes kiss seriously

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4 ай бұрын

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Ace Frehley sounds like walking into Guitar Center Hollywood on a Saturday with all the kids plugged in.

@GearGasms

5 жыл бұрын

Lol! I did choose a particularly bad clip! Thanks for watching and commenting! Please subscribe if not already- we’d love to have you in the family!

@deormanrobey892

5 жыл бұрын

You owe the GC kids an apology. 🤪

@Johngonefishin

5 жыл бұрын

​@@deormanrobey892....... Your right, they're way better !!

@douglascrawford4791

5 жыл бұрын

Yup

@mattstanley8944

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

A Kiss fan dissing Jimi Hendrix? I take that as a compliment.

@GearGasms

6 ай бұрын

Up yours David

All this coming from a guy wearing a Kiss guitarist on his shirt.......remember Hendrix, Santan and Clapton had their own styles, they didn't copy anyone.....Chuck Berry as well......

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

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honestly... I was in for 8 out of 10... but when he said Jimmy and not SRV.... gimme a break..... even the Jimmy video he posts is epic

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4 ай бұрын

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With all due respect, you may have listened, but you have never heard Hendrix.

@mswallis9

5 жыл бұрын

YES! LISTEN!

@kolossimike

5 жыл бұрын

When I was younger I thought the Experience was IT. But I think the direction Hendrix was heading post-Experience was much more interesting. He was getting tired of the gimmicks.

@fligemon

5 жыл бұрын

Hendrix took so many risks with his music and performances; that is what a trailblazer does. Beck and Gibbons (and I will mention SRV as well) all traced their success back to Jimi for being the trailblazer. Many of the late 60s British guitarists saw his early live performances and knew they were witnessing the future. 40+ years later rock guitar is still working on perfecting what Jimi started.

@bezzarguy

5 жыл бұрын

He hasn't experienced Jimi. Without Hendrix this guy wouldn't even be making this video.

@kize32

5 жыл бұрын

LOL White men can't jump

Your use of the terms "repetitive" and "predictable" became..... well.....repetitive and predictable.

@GearGasms

4 жыл бұрын

This is an awesome comment - i don't know how I missed it - lol. You got me!

@surfrby8876

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget and in context

i'll take a slightly out of tune solo by hendrix on one of his off days over the entire ynvie malmsteen and G3 discographies.

@GearGasms

2 ай бұрын

Ain’t that the truth! 🤘🏻

You're spot on Jeff Beck and Ritchie Blackmore could play circles around Hendrix. Hendrix was more about style than substance.

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

Jeff Beck He’s on the viewer’s choice version Top 10 Overrated Guitar Players?!? VIEWER PICKS! kzread.info/dash/bejne/maxslbpuiqW6h5s.html

@Mike_Hunt_69

4 ай бұрын

Blackmore is THE most overrated guitarist on any list. DP was a keyboard driven band. Rainbow was about which ever singer he had

1.3 likes vs 1.3 dislikes Perfectly equilibrated.

@GearGasms

3 жыл бұрын

Or half of all people who meet me hate me. 😜

For me a great guitarist is one who plays what is best for the song, even if it’s not technical or flashy. For me, what makes Santana and Hendrix have in common is a sound that is uniquely them.

@GearGasms

8 ай бұрын

True

@grandwazoo9112

8 ай бұрын

Well said

@grandwazoo9112

7 ай бұрын

@@harrycrabb4357 He also does great work on some of the early Peter Gabriel albums.

@TheGuitarReb

6 ай бұрын

Unique: Willie Nelson is unique. Dosen't make him great but he is unique. Admit it!

@oceancrosby4578

6 ай бұрын

@@TheGuitarReb A tidbit.... back in the day when Wille played electric guitar, he was really good on the instrument.

Hendrix and Clapton should be off limits on this list, look, let's face it, the guitar evolved very quickly, I mean in 15 years it went frome Hendrix to Malmsteen. But there are only a few GUITAR PIONEERS. Clapton and Hendrix are two of them, and must be held in a different category.

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

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I was okay with everyone except Hendrix…. Man common

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4 ай бұрын

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I have played guitar for 34 years and I really thought this list was going to piss me off but it's pretty accurate. My only protest is #1. Jimi took guitar in new directions and he did it first.

@GearGasms

11 ай бұрын

Fair enough

@Voitcu

10 ай бұрын

Its not a worst guitar player list. No guitar player ever got as much hype as Jimi. Even God himself couldn't live up to Jimi's hype. So for this reason he's clearly the only rightful candidate for first place, love em or hate em. In a big way its actually a compliment when you think of it

@bernhardnizynski4403

9 ай бұрын

Absolutely!

@sonykroket

9 ай бұрын

Jimi was never that good. It was the time and the emotion. Look up Akkerman, he destroyed all these fools, many ripped him off in the 60s and 70s. You will not find a guitarplayer of a higher calibre, emotion, skill, mood, timelessness etc.

@stevenchinske6220

9 ай бұрын

@@sonykroket it was Hendrix' presence, his confidence, he was playing in a tradition of blues guitarists. All that behind the back and playing with his teeth and stuff were old tricks. He pulled it off with so much style. For my money Robert Johnson and Elmore James and Lonnie Johnson were the real s***, but I love Hendrix for the freedom and the rawness. He was a perfect blues man for his time. And Castles Made of Sand is one of my all time favorite songs. I really think the bass player and drummer, Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell, I think? Were a big part of his sound. I think he named his band what he intended it to be. And there's no denying it was an experience.

Jack White is not a good guitarist. He is also my favorite guitarist.

@MrHaydnHarry

5 жыл бұрын

This hits the nail on the head. He’s so good because he serves the vibe of the song every time, be it spacious and big sounding or purely chaotic. Unpredictable, genuinely amazing to watch too

@Alic3IiWL

5 жыл бұрын

Jack is a great artist, Jack is a guitar artist, therefore Jack is a great guitarist. The same is true for the Edge. Jack was described as a blow torch, and that's true for as far as it goes. But that is not what makes him great, that's like saying van Gogh was a dull knife compared to a fine paint brush. Pay attention to the value of the art. The rest is superfluous babble. A guitarist, just like a writer, needs a minimum vocabulary. Great guitarists, like great writers produce great works. It does not matter how many words they know or how many notes they can play.

@calvinlee8103

5 жыл бұрын

@@Alic3IiWL I can't stand the edge. I think he's a much better player than Jack White (he's probably a better player than me too) but I've never enjoyed anything about his playing. He's not all about effects pedals and nothing else like a lot of people say, but the effects are certainly the only interesting thing in his playing, IMO. U2 is just not for me at all; I don't "get" their music, or why people like it.

@Alic3IiWL

5 жыл бұрын

@@calvinlee8103 Good for you, keep trying, the universe of art is larger than one perspective can comprehend. I finally appreciated Tool today, I've been told for years, I heard nothing special- till now.... think of the notes of the Edge as though they echo with increasing resonance through time. Pride (In The Name of Love) connects the drama of Christ through history to MLK- Quite a feat.

@calvinlee8103

5 жыл бұрын

@@Alic3IiWL I don't think you're doing it on purpose, and I'm sure you mean well, but you're coming across as extremely pretentious. You know those guys who call themselves writers, and try to make sure everyone knows they're super eloquent and deep, but in reality they're actually just terrible and embarrassing? That's how you're coming across at the moment. I'm sure it's not on purpose, but still; maybe try to tone it down a bit. Just some friendly advice. I hope I don't sound like an asshole.

I’ve seen Hendrix play he’s guitar so in tune, he could bend a note so slightly and vibrate it at such precise vibrato that he can make the notes spin at any speed, and still play his songs so right that he’s in perfect timing with every thing else

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

Let it go. Seek help

Anyone wearing a Kiss T shirt has no right to talk about who is good, bad, over rated, etc. They don't know good music.

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

Guffaw guffaw. You’re a hoot four years later. Tar

The Edge is the first person to say he's not a great player. But you are correct in his influence. The delay pedal owes him a debt of gratitude.

@GearGasms

9 ай бұрын

Indeed

@_Peremalfait

9 ай бұрын

I think I'd put "the Edge" a little higher on the list.

@KOSMICKEN09

9 ай бұрын

I love the edge- War U2 the album was a big influence on me

Well, that was fourteen minutes of my life I won't get back.

@GearGasms

9 ай бұрын

Shame that KZread made you watch a four year old video. Here’s a hug until you find a way to get your free will back

The guys who make up these guitar player lists are guys who don't play, apparently.

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

Apparently

People confuse noise with skill.

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

💯

Is the aim of the guitarist to be as technically proficient as possible or to reach into your soul with the notes they play. I strive everyday to improve my technicality so I can play like Steve vai or Joe but I cant listen to either of them for more the half an hour without feeling like I'm dragging my face across a cheese grater. On the other hand, I had a pretty good grasp of David Gilmours bending by the time I was 15 and In my opinion it is the basic Simplicity of what he does that makes it what it is.

@mikewhitfield2994

5 жыл бұрын

I think that's a lot of it. I don't care all that much for Satrioni's or Vai's style of music, just like Hendrix's, but I can recognize that they are incredibly talented guitarists who could play to perfection any genre they choose. Heavy metal probably has the best players ever, but it doesn't speak to my soul. I'm much more moved by B.B. King's one pure note, hanging and evolving, than by Joe's four dozen perfectly played notes over the same interval. We just have to recognize that our preferences are just that, and not indicative of relative talent.

@nolanbrown4300

3 жыл бұрын

Facts

@theherbpuffer

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikewhitfield2994 ever listen to Rory Gallagher? Just curious.

All you guys sound like haters! Guitar playing isn’t all about how fast you play a scale..it’s also about feel and creativity! Emotion..There are millions of Shredders but few can write a riff like a Richie Blackmore! When you say a guitar player is sloppy.. Sometimes they are risk takers pushing their playing to its limits..that’s why most you won’t be remembered 50 years later!!!! When you say you can play everything that guitarist can play?? You didn’t create it.. Hendrix, Clapton and Page (along with others) built the stairs that you guys stand on..have some fucking respect!!

@KieraQ0323

5 жыл бұрын

Clapton is way better as a lead guitarist than the other two. He is way cleaner and at least as soulful.

@esposoman

5 жыл бұрын

Most of the guys on the list are better songwriters than guitar players I agree. Most of them have a unique sound/voice on the instrument and that's the reason they're great. Megadeth comes to my mind when I think about this. Chris Poland, Marty Friedman, Chris Broderick and Kiko Loureiro are better players than Dave Mustaine.. (And Mustaine is a very talented player IMO)...but Mustaine is better at songwriting..

@1969Donovan

5 жыл бұрын

And David Gilmour.

@kevinbrowne9408

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir, you took the words right out of my mouth

@adotopp1865

5 жыл бұрын

Some of the best players do get boring to listen to

A list of guitarists who don't play guitar the way this guy wants guitar to be played... Waste of time.

@GearGasms

5 ай бұрын

Glad to see you wasted more time by commenting, you child

Some musician can spend their whole life trying to catch that one night when your in tune with the cosmos and at that point the flood gates are open for you, Hendrix can do that every night, the only other person I know of that was like that was mozart

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

🎸

This is what happens when your insane drunk uncle goes into the basement and somehow by accident finds his way on the internet.

@GearGasms

5 жыл бұрын

Better in the basement than upstairs getting handsy with the fam! Lol - good one each! Subscribe and join our weirdo world!

@johnnycongamusic

5 жыл бұрын

So true!

@kennybluet5527

5 жыл бұрын

davh10 I sorta kinda wanted to disagree with you until he mentioned Santana. Then I kind of agreed.And then some.Kinda like while he's down there he stumbled into the turpentine and burned the house down.

Morello should be on this list twice.

@GearGasms

9 ай бұрын

Lol he’s on the viewer’s choice list

@song11artmusic

9 ай бұрын

I completely agree !!!!!!!!

@bmac5085

8 ай бұрын

Absolutely 💯 😂

@lynby6231

8 ай бұрын

I’m probably the most overrated guitarist and even I don’t think I’m any good

@GearGasms

8 ай бұрын

@lynby6231 I bet you’re pretty good!

I agree with a lot of this list, except for Jack White and Jimi Hendrix. Neither were "tradional" guitarists, but both took electric guitar to a new level. Their styles are somewhat similar in that they both used the guitar as more of a voice than an instrument.

@urwholefamilydied

5 ай бұрын

Thank you. Jack white not only is a fantastic guitarist that anyone could instantly tell it's him playing. But he's always super tight and created a sound I don't think you could compare to any other guitarist. Everyone else on this list (and 95 percent of the ones who aren't) just sound like a million other guitarists. Hendrix sounded pretty unique. I also love that the clip the dude included above shows jack white absolutely shredding and sounding amazing. LOL.

@GearGasms

5 ай бұрын

There’s a whole playlist of these if you’re interested! Top Lists kzread.info/head/PLJ7bQFZhdVlON6Etq3Sshhab2VEtOJ-dB

Kiss blows.

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

Ok

Jimi Hendrix hasn’t done anything new or interesting in the last fifty years. Being dead is a poor excuse.

@coreyleavell6921

6 ай бұрын

Yeah. What's his deal?

@GearGasms

6 ай бұрын

Lol

@erichhartmann6539

6 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@coreyleavell6921

5 ай бұрын

@user-ov1nv8dt6y you are mostly correct. However, you have to factor in the LSD. (Didn't he put it in his headband?) He was accessing the aether, for lack of a better term. I started on Blues. It got boring. Now I'm grateful for that basis. It's apparently difficult if you didn't start from there. I don't know how to measure that, but "The wind cries Mary" was super easy to learn.

What must be noted is the huge distinction between a musician’s pure technical ability on the instrument and more holistically, everything they do to create amazing songs and integrate into a legendary band. Nearly all of our 60s and 70s guitar heroes were rank beginners relative to the virtuosos of the last 30 years but their songwriting and emotion and style and vibe and what they make you feel could never be overrated. That’s tangible and real and eternal.

@GearGasms

9 ай бұрын

🤘🏻

@karicapulli8109

9 ай бұрын

You do have a point I must admit. Also its kind of unfair to compare 70s guitarists to todays standards. Kind of like saying todays computers are better than the old IBM computers. New computers would not be here if it wernt for the groundbreaking predecessors and the same can be said for musicians.

@flyfishincrazy

9 ай бұрын

You damn skraight

@carlosimotti3933

9 ай бұрын

Well Clapton and Page were the prime and often uncredited session guitarists (the latter also ghostwriter, arranger and producer) in Britain in the 60's so I guess they were pretty skilled, versatile, quick and precise (maximum 5 takes to get a track laid down)

@JayLandon64

9 ай бұрын

I think that sums up my feeling about criticisms of Hendrix. Yes, he could be sloppy at times. But he was doing things no one had even tried on a guitar to that point.

Always thought Clapton and Hendrix were overrrated but I was afraid to say it, lol. I like Page, Knopfler and Van Halen. Just incredibly innovative, melodic and complex.

@terryboyer1342

4 ай бұрын

Yep 👍

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

He’s on the viewer’s choice version Top 10 Overrated Guitar Players?!? VIEWER PICKS! kzread.info/dash/bejne/maxslbpuiqW6h5s.html

I'm commenting too much, but one of the most underrated players, maybe more like unknown players, was the late, great Shawn Lane.

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

There’s a whole playlist of these if you’re interested! Top Lists kzread.info/head/PLJ7bQFZhdVlON6Etq3Sshhab2VEtOJ-dB

"He'd be like Dolly Parton without the wig". I'm crying 😂

@GearGasms

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome if there’s one thing we all need right now it’s a laugh! Hope you’ll subscribe!

@nickn2794

4 жыл бұрын

@@GearGasms yes we do! I did subscribe, good luck!

@GearGasms

4 жыл бұрын

If she at least has the wig on, I’ve got something I can work with. Lol - would love to have you subscribe if not already! Thanks! 🎸🤘🏻

@silverbullet1960

4 жыл бұрын

The perfect judgment on U2: kzread.info/dash/bejne/emyYvNmRnrDYgrg.html

@GearGasms

4 жыл бұрын

Lol that was awesome! Thank u for sharing that!

and, things were going so well, and then Hendrix came up!

@GearGasms

4 жыл бұрын

I was trolling a little. We all have our heroes! 😜

@briannotafan3368

4 жыл бұрын

HENDRIX HAD 3 GOOD TUNES MABY 1 WAS A COVER

@viscountrainbows6452

4 жыл бұрын

@@briannotafan3368 The greatest gift Bob Dylan gave us was Jimi Hendrix😹

@jesterinadeck_2980

4 жыл бұрын

thrystero. Jimi Hendrix is talented but he is extremely overrated. Just like he mentioned in the beginning overrated doesn’t mean bad it just means that people blow their skill as a guitarist way over their actual skill. Jimi Hendrix should definitely not be viewed as the greatest Guitarist of all time. Maybe one of the greatest but to call him better than Van Halen hell no. Jimi Hendrix influence as a guitarist player blows every other guitar player out of the water. If a different guitar player influenced you to play guitar no doubt they were inspired by Hendrix. He also played the guitar in many unique and impressive ways. But when it comes to actually playing? He was pretty basic and some people who aren’t blind fanboys considered him sloppy.

@wozbravo

4 жыл бұрын

@@jesterinadeck_2980 I agree, I'm from the 60s- 70s, Hendricks just made noise.

This is what's click bait.

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

Here you go, crybaby KZread Bought Me This New EVH5150iii EL34 Amp Rig! kzread.info/dash/bejne/nYhp18OoZs-6p8Y.html

Might just be the first top 10 list ever that I 100% agree with:D Great job putting that together :) I mean, for people that held an axe a few times in their lives and know a thing or 2 about guitar mastery this list is absolutely understandable:)

@GearGasms

5 ай бұрын

There’s a whole playlist of these if you’re interested! Top Lists kzread.info/head/PLJ7bQFZhdVlON6Etq3Sshhab2VEtOJ-dB

This list is really bad. Most of these guys are not overrated. They invented the very thing you learned from. They are the creators of the very thing you love so much. Let's see if any of you can create such iconic songs, and literally write the rules for how the guitar can be played...?

Great vid. Hard to argue with any of those, perhaps with the exception of Hendrix - had his limitations for sure, but given he was plying his trade when we were still listening to the likes of The Kinks (in The UK) he was light years ahead of the game. However, when you consider those on your list against the likes of Carlton, Ford, Lukather, Blackmore, etc, its those guys that take the plaudits.

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

There’s a whole playlist of these if you’re interested! Top Lists kzread.info/head/PLJ7bQFZhdVlON6Etq3Sshhab2VEtOJ-dB

This video is idiotic in its entirety.

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

Hey Ron, so are you.

@simbo52

4 ай бұрын

@@GearGasms so you can criticize but can't take it. LOL

There's a difference between "musicians who play the guitar" and "guitar players." If the yardstick is shredding, then Chuck Berry, John Lennon, George Harrison, Keith Richards, Pete Townsend, David Gilmour, Kurt Cobain, the guys in Radiohead, etc, etc, are "over-rated." I think the idea of "good guitarist= finger gymnast" is relatively new (ie, post-EVH). In reality, music is an art form, and the guitar is a paintbrush. If you say a poem really fast, it doesn't make it better. To each his own.

@GearGasms

Жыл бұрын

This is great insight! Thank you!

@Voitcu

10 ай бұрын

I get so tired of hearing the same old excuses why fast players are sub par or a different kind of musician. You guys say speed doesn't mean anything and at the same time make a preposterous distinction like that. Another guy wrote its better to know where your going than running around in circles. Really??? Another ridiculous analogy. Yes you can get a 13 year old that just started playing and just moves his fingers really fast all over the place not knowing what they are doing. That was me a long time ago. You cant say that about seasoned artists like Yngwie, Michael Romeo, Luca Turrili. These guys clearly know what they are doing. And because it isn't the same old unimaginative regurgitated boxed in playing. Pentatonics and cowboy chords, doesn't somehow make them out to be less musicians. Heres an obvious analogy. Anyone can play Berry, Lennon, Harris, Richards, Townsend and Gilmour. But lets see them play EVH, SRV or Yngwie. They couldn't do it if it depended on their lives. So yes there is definitely a difference but you guys got it backwards and its obviously only due to Sour grapes. Ive yet to hear a reasonable excuse to put down the more advanced players. It takes more skill to run than to walk. How can anyone argue that. Everyone knows when your learning any musical instrument you start off slow and build it. It won't work any other way. I don't need to make up irrelevant apples and orange analogies. I can just say it how it is. But you guys with your nostalgic attachments praise those who crawl. If you dont like fast paced more exciting music that's just personal preference. Personally slow music bores me to tears, and music is neither all about math like another kind of clueless critic would argue. So stop trying to think up excuses why what you prefer is somehow better. Look, I used to rag on Angus Young because he's an easy target right. 3 chords and a heart attack. But when all he did his whole life was play guitar, theres no way he's an amateur. Doesn't matter the style or speed. You just build an unimaginable control and intuition. Theres simply no way around it. Its like they say about B.B. King, that Fucker can play one note all night, but no one can do it like him. And thats a quote directly from Yngwie, who plays with way more feeling than people care to admit. Its the same old BS, just because you aren't bending and vibrating slow notes all night, suddenly you have no feeling. It may be a different kind of feeling and definitely harder to pull off than playing slow. Adding spaces to buy time and think of what to do next. But it takes a hella of a lot of feeling to shred up and down the fretboard at will and keep it sounding fresh. And evens seamlessly incorporating different techniques to boot. And feeling is the only thing that can do that. You guys assume they just memorize scales and play them backwards and forwards. Like I said, everyones a critic but most of them are clueless what they are talking about. Heres a stupid analogy you might be able to relate to. The weight lifter that can lift the most weight is clearly the winner. But you would argue, oh anyone can lift a lot of weight, those guys are just a bunch of flashy show offs. Its the guys who cant lift a lot that are the real heroes LOL Ridiculous. Like I said, the proofs in the pudding. Yngwie can play anything and anyone, but few can play Yngwie, even Joe Satriani admitted in great disappointment, I stood and watched exactly what he was doing. I couldn't possibly be closer and see everything. But yet Satriani still couldn't play it. Thats pure feel. When you ask Yngwie what picking technique he uses to play a certain passage he says I dont know, has to stop and analyze it for himself before giving an answer. Thats called being in the zone, he just internalizes everything and brings it to the surface, that's called playing from the heart not the mind, not being conscious of it. And it takes a lifetime to develop, in fact its always in a state of development. And you cant say the speed of a player can ever hinder that natural progression. Its sheer absurdity. Hers yet another way Debunk the whole Shred myth. Practice makes perfect, it doesn't matter the style or technique, saying someone is less a musician because they can play fast is the same as blaming any other aspect like bending or vibrato. But if I were to say that, ah man he sucks, all he does is bend and vibrato everything people would think Im crazy. Yet somehow if you say it about faster players somehow it makes sense. No, what happened is people like EVH, SRV and YJM came along and made everyone before them look stupid and the Idolaters were butthurt and angry and had to make something up to compensate for it. Sorry Charlie, thats just evolution, there will always be someone better that comes along, ALWAYS. And thank God for that or life would become really stale. and western adage states "Be never afraid of change, be only afraid of standing still." So true. But you numbskulls wont only hate instead of praise the innovators, you'll invent the absolute worst excuses for hating an artist. Its Art not a sport for Fucks sake. I can go on but what's the point. Its always been like this. When Hendrix first came out all the old Blues Players accused him of bastardizing the art. But long after humans built their emotional attachments Jimi's made out to be the greatest ever. That can never happen, there will always be someone that puts in more time to learn how to do it better. Jason Becker would even take his guitar with him to the dinner table. Today he is a vegetable but still composes music. And he was one of the original shredders. Whats Richards known for? Drugs and Orgies, fuck that guy and all the decedent Rock stars. They got the free ride and prove it by they're minimalistic approach to music. In the words of Yngwie, how can less be more, more is more. Duh! I couldn't say it better. And one last thing about Yngwie. He was gonna come out playing Blues, and does it exceptionally well, but thought everyones doing that, so he fucking invented an entirely new genre of music instead, and literally did everything himself. All the writing all the decisions. And youre gonna compare Townsend and Richards to that who couldnt even play a guitar solo if you payed them. OMFG where do they grow you people? They say repetition justifies, say something enough times and the parrots will start repeating it. "Speed isn't everything." Bunch of no talent lamos who refuse to change with the times. Thats ok, the times will change just the same without you

Eric Clapton, you have got to be kidding? Hendrix? Are you on planet earth?

@crowdog56

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, well...about this vid: opinions are like assholes, everyone's got one. And this asshole's opinions aren't worth shit.

@GearGasms

9 ай бұрын

Yeah- EC not good

@professorsc213

8 ай бұрын

As a professional musician for many years and a professor of music I love heavy metal and rock and roll however I find that if one can find some self to that paradigm you're missing out on the amazing world of jazz and classical music from all time periods. Jazz and classical are so underrated by many dyed-in-the-wool Rock players, however serious metal players have a huge collection of classical music and they're listening archives. Also it's good to have a master instrument but it's also good to be able to at least play piano and sing. Learning how to play saxophone and trumpet can help your phrasing. I think most Rock and metal guitarists are highly overrated.

Bro really made this video wearing a KISS shirt with a KISS mega poster in the background... destroyed your credibility BEFORE I even watched.

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

🤣

Jimi's genius wasn't his technical mastery of the guitar, it was the way that he was able to express his emotions through the guitar. The guitar was an extension if his soul, and his music was an expression of how/what he was feeling. And nobody else could emote through the guitar as beautifully as Jimi could. Which is why so many people have him on their short list of Guitar GOATs.

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

There’s a whole playlist of these if you’re interested! Top Lists kzread.info/head/PLJ7bQFZhdVlON6Etq3Sshhab2VEtOJ-dB

@jamiemcbride4226

4 ай бұрын

Very well said

I'd have say , Dave Navarro, Pete Townsend and Ritchie Sambora just to name 3, but Jimi?! come on man!!!

@x00p3

5 жыл бұрын

Pete Townsend was a top notch rhythm guitarist and song writer, but his lead guitar work was basic and scant.

@lmfs4032

5 жыл бұрын

richie is in no way overrated. nobody ever acknowledges him. Go listen to Dry County live Richies solo KILLS.

@johnsoos6907

4 жыл бұрын

Explain to me how Sambora is over-rated?

@Napoleon4778

3 жыл бұрын

Technically, Townshend might not be that great: but he had the ability to integrate the guitar into those rock-operas and concept albums. In that sense, he is great!

@flawlessmsc

3 жыл бұрын

No one even rate Richie Sambora. How can someone be overrated when no one rate him the first place

Hendrix was a moving guitarist and artist no matter what techy nerdy guitar fans think. Art is about moving people in one direction way or another, not how precisely an instrument is played. That’s way Hendrix is still talked about today.

@GearGasms

6 ай бұрын

There’s a whole playlist of these if you’re interested! Top Lists kzread.info/head/PLJ7bQFZhdVlON6Etq3Sshhab2VEtOJ-dB

You sure did set the internet on fire. 😆 😂 Kirk Hammet and Metallica and Slash inspired me to pick up a guitar in 1991. Yea Kirk loves his Whawha peddle and Slash is a pentatonic melodic jamming machine. I respect your opinion and I enjoyed your video. I believe that if a musician creates music people love and is able to keep it up for decades they have all my respect. Since each great guitar player interprets music from their soul and that's what comes out when they play. That's why 3 notes you can tell what guitar player it is. To close I'd like to bitch since Eddie Van Halen hoarded tap soloing now nobody else can do it without being accused of copying him. Lol you know what I'm talking about😂

@GearGasms

3 ай бұрын

I certainly do!

As a non-musician, I don't judge guitar players or other musicians by their technical abilities, but how their music moves me, and how well their playing fits within their respective bands. As a baby boomer, I like the music which I grew up with -- of Clapton, Hendrix and Santana; also Jerry Garcia, who I feared would be on this list.

@GearGasms

5 ай бұрын

There’s a whole playlist of these if you’re interested! Top Lists kzread.info/head/PLJ7bQFZhdVlON6Etq3Sshhab2VEtOJ-dB

@emil3709

5 ай бұрын

Yes, that used to the point of music - to move people. Now it's just another consumer product. As for out of tune guitars, I love to listen to r l Burnside, but his guitar is clearly out of tune on some of the recordings. It's part of the overall experience and is enjoyable to listen to nonetheless. Now everything has to be perfect as just another consumer product.

@TheGuitarReb

4 ай бұрын

"Feeling no pain / High on cocaine / Casey Jones you'd better watch your step." Jerry Garcia? Give me a break!

They are all way way more accomplished than you will ever be.

@GearGasms

9 ай бұрын

This is one of my favorites. I have all the standing I need to say whatever I want wherever I want whenever I want. How many videos have you made? Let’s see your videos? See how I turned your entire short-bus argument back around on itself? Likely not or you wouldn’t have made the comment in the first place. Dickhead

@adamfrost3139

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, "way more accomplished" at being overrated

If in 1970 Clapton dies of overdose and Jimi lives to this day, today everyone would consider Clapton the undisputed NUMERO UNO! As for Hendrix: Mitch Mitchell was one of the all time best drummers, and he will be always underrated because he was in the same band with Jimi. This in itself says a lot. When John Lennon put together a one off All Star band it was Mitch at the drums, Clapton on guitar and Keith Richards on BASS! I leave that here for you.

@GearGasms

9 ай бұрын

On the viewer’s choice list

@jekylthorn8969

8 ай бұрын

No chance. Clapton would just be a dead guitarist who wrote the riff to Sunshine.

@scarbourgeoisie

7 ай бұрын

The drumming on “Hey Joe” is a masterpiece.

@ByronThoms

6 ай бұрын

😂😂😂. Truth!

Perfect and 100% accurate list.Thanks Alan, you just got a new subscriber 👍

@GearGasms

5 ай бұрын

Welcome aboard!

Great video with a lotta humor !!

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

Jimi was not just about skills. Its about changing the way guitar was played. Any student can play Jimi nowadays but no one can play what is not invented yet.

@GearGasms

6 ай бұрын

🤘🏻🤘🏻

@Abraracourix

5 ай бұрын

@@GearGasmsif Hendrix is not your favorite guitarist, he is your favorite guitarist’s favorite guitarist. I don’t usually believe in the sacred cow concept but Clapton and Hendrix is where I draw the line lol All the others, I couldn’t give a hoot for being called overrated. Hendrix is God. Say it, my man 😀 And thou shall not take the God’s name in vain ( I don’t believe in God but I do believe in Jimi Hendrix )

@Abraracourix

5 ай бұрын

Oh, he definitely crossed the line when he mentioned Hendrix. No excuses 😀

@LuisHamiltonDaSilva

5 ай бұрын

@@Abraracourix 😅

@Joe-nz5if

5 ай бұрын

When I started playing guitar, I played right handed guitars, upside down because I am left handed. It doesn't feel balanced standing or sitting and I think it affects the tunning.

Love your thought provoking lists. I agree the Edge is probably over rated. However you always have on your underrated lists guitarists who “serve the song”. Edge does a masterful job of serving the U2 songs without trying to overshadow them. His textured sound is so good and gives so much to the strong mood and feeling to their songs.

@GearGasms

Жыл бұрын

That’s a great point about Edge.

@pov69xxx66

8 ай бұрын

I agree. Edge’s playing or “sound” is essential to U2. Remember, they’re a 3 piece band.

@onesong2001

6 ай бұрын

@@GearGasms Speaking of U2, will you ever do a video of the Top 10 most overrated bands in history?

I was fully expecting to see Page #1, which I would actually support (tho I'm a Zeppelin fan). But Hendrix? Come on. He's not overrated, he's properly rated. Greatest of all time. There's more creativity in the intro to "Little Wing" than most guitarists will show in their entire lives combined

@KaracGaltran

4 ай бұрын

An hour of Page's improvisations puts every guitarist in the world in his pocket. His carelessness, in fact, is part of his charm, and serves each song ideally.

@georgekimball2792

4 ай бұрын

Yah. EC & SRV also do great versions of Little Wing.

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

He’s on the viewer’s choice version Top 10 Overrated Guitar Players?!? VIEWER PICKS! kzread.info/dash/bejne/maxslbpuiqW6h5s.html

I sort of got it up to Carlos. Man is a legend. So is Eric C. These men taught generations how to play. Then you went Hendrix, blasphemy dude. Peace out.

@GearGasms

5 ай бұрын

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The whole list is pretty good except Hendrix, Hendrix still holds up today.

@GearGasms

8 ай бұрын

🤘🏻

@rogerledoux4741

7 ай бұрын

No he doesn't. What made him great was his willingness to do crazy shit. But that doesn't make you great

@maxbubner4850

7 ай бұрын

@@rogerledoux4741 yeah but if you listen to Hendrix now days its still sound inventive

The thing to remember about Jimi was he was only 27 when he died, and usually on eight tabs of real acid while playing live. The guy is THE guitar legend.

@GearGasms

4 жыл бұрын

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@victorharb8575

3 жыл бұрын

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@victorharb8575

3 жыл бұрын

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No TOm morello in the list? You must rewrite your list

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

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All those saying someone is overrated or underrated…..just tell me who give those rating? And where to check the exact rating? Just tell me

@zootsoot2006

4 ай бұрын

Err, the guy who made the video.

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

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When was ace freely ever highly rated?

@ironjawz61

6 ай бұрын

I know, right?

@GearGasms

6 ай бұрын

When people could still spell his name correctly

The Edge is so over rated, so is U2 as a band. Tell that to a U2 fan and they absolutely freak out. The Edge never does any big guitar riffs just when and where the song requires it. He just plays with his foot pedals trying to figure out how else he can make the song even more boring. But here come the U2 fans!! They whine even more than "Boner" Bono does.

@jurgisvalancauskas4006

6 ай бұрын

Edge did a career out of sound he.copied from guitarist Keith Levine that he played on a Public Image Ltd's song "Public image" (1978)

@GearGasms

6 ай бұрын

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@aerotube7291

5 ай бұрын

Awe, that's a cold technical analysis even if true! But the guy did do some interesting stuff around live at red rocks....ya know, played his part in music history. Yeah bono has become a total cheese merchant

this vid is nothing more than clickbait

@GearGasms

5 ай бұрын

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Kirk Hammett is the most over-rated guitar player in the most over-rated band. Don't @ me.

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

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Well I was expecting some really awful clip of Hendrix to make your case. Instead it's something outer worldly that no one 50 years later can pull off.

@GearGasms

7 ай бұрын

🤘🏻🎸

@hansolo9585

7 ай бұрын

Exactly. There’s legitimate mediocre recordings of Hendrix but he pulls a clip from one of his all time best sets.

You took two TOP 3 guitarists and made them bottom 3. I agree with you that Hendrix was frequently out of tune, but he was savage on the neck and with the technology of the day it would be hard to stay in tune, but when you put Jimi in the context of his time, he was truly unique and gifted. I saw him 3 times live. Compared to his contemporaries, he was from another planet and forced other guitar players to reconsider their self imposed boundaries. I think if Jimi had lived, he may have become less significant. His eclectic explorings at the end of his life were unlistenable. You cannot come down on Clapton so hard because you hate one song. Once again, putting him in the context of his time, he was exceptional. He was in a league of three. Clapton, Page, and Beck. Before people try to dispute this, you need to look at their popularity as studio musicians (producers faves), and guest stars on other's songs (musicians faves). Clapton, despite decades of self sabotage, has a catalog most impressive for a guitarist. He arguably may not be the best, but he can't go below #3. I agree with your other choices and would add several others, but your inclusion of these two is silly. BTW your credibility is strained by all the KISS paraphernalia in the background!😊

@RobBCactive

9 ай бұрын

Well put!! Other players have mentioned the whammy bar as the cause of detuning.

@GearGasms

9 ай бұрын

Kiss remark = yawn

@nathangrueber9834

8 ай бұрын

Breathe!

@lueysixty-six7300

8 ай бұрын

You cannot be the greatest guitar players of all time if you need to be only considered in the context of the time you were in. That little proviso disqualifies them from the title of "All time best" Hendrix & Clapton & Gilmour weren't "better" than Vai & Yngwie & Govan....they were only relatively great...FOR THE TIME.

@nathangrueber9834

8 ай бұрын

@@lueysixty-six7300 good point

I never thought Zakk was anything special

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

Love his early Ozzy riffs

The Dolly Parton joke was nice...

@GearGasms

2 ай бұрын

Thanks I try!

I never got the "greatness" of Clapton myself

@Melodic-Metal

2 жыл бұрын

Even John Mayer has a nicer sound

@athleticMW2gamer13

2 жыл бұрын

@@Melodic-Metal no, just no

@theherbpuffer

2 жыл бұрын

@@Melodic-Metal hell nahhh you must be under 30. However, Clapton is definitely overrated tho

Ok, let's get to this....Guitarists like Clapton and Santana were indeed great for their time. What you seem to think is that they should have changed ( or "progressed" ) their playing with the new decades. Most gutarists ( not all ), play how they play...especially blues players...until they die. Going by your measures, then BB King should also be on this list.

@aldonapolitano5979

9 ай бұрын

IMHO, you make a great point.

@GearGasms

9 ай бұрын

🤘🏻

@ricowhoo1313

8 ай бұрын

They were great at that time where was John McLaughlin and

@ricowhoo1313

8 ай бұрын

And Phil Keaggy would have annihilated both of them

To dismiss Hendrix as a guitarist because his guitar was not always in tune is like telling your girlfriend that the sex was not good because she kept her socks on.

@GearGasms

4 ай бұрын

Hilarious

@sjoerdrijpkema9197

4 ай бұрын

@@GearGasms but profound at the same time...

The rage coming at me and my channel 😂 I think your list is really good and on point I totally agree with you on Clapton his early material is exceptional especially with Cream I love that band but 70’s forward I can do without , the Hendrix hmmm that was a head scratcher lol but music is subjective, if you would had Rhoads on the list I would have lost my shit haha, see profile pic

@GearGasms

3 ай бұрын

lol love me some RR!

@christopherturner5053

2 ай бұрын

No way should rr be on this list are u crazy RR is soooooo much better then hendrix ozzys best guitarist by far I think

I always thought the best thing Joe Perry ever played was the lead stuff in "Train Kept A Rollin'" until it came out that HE DIDN'T PLAY IT " it was actually Steve Hunter (studio guitarist/Alice Cooper) that played those badass guitar parts 😬😳🙄 it was mind blowing to learn that 🤯

@GearGasms

11 ай бұрын

I know that seriously bums me out

@JoeJoe-ov1te

9 ай бұрын

I've known that for years...Perry was a better player before they split in the late 70s. When he came back in the mid 80s, he just wasn't the same.

@keithgarreth1386

9 ай бұрын

@@JoeJoe-ov1te also, when u see them live u realize Brad Whitford is better than he is given credit for.

@aschule5684

9 ай бұрын

@@keithgarreth1386 being a player myself I've always known Brad was a great player and deserving of much more attention than he gets!

@whoarethebrainpigs

7 ай бұрын

Steve hunter ..great guitarist,,his stuff with Alice C and Lou reed ...fantastic