When people call Jeff Beck overrated it says far more about them than Beck. The man is simply unparalleled in his command of melody and nuance, and he is one of the greatest "trick bag" guitarists ever. He uses pretty commonplace gear, but you never mistake him for someone else. Granted, his catalog is uneven, so there are some clunkers in there, but that's true of any artist who continually takes chances and pushes the envelope.

@GearGasms

2 жыл бұрын

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@stephenmerchant9532

Жыл бұрын

Anyone who thinks J Beck is over rated have them listen to Where We're You, all harmonics and tremolo. When someone like D Gilmour says he can't play it people should listen

@richat1691

Жыл бұрын

JEFF BECK is without doubt the most overrated guitar player ever. Literally nobody knows who he is - that's a clue not a sign he is a 'players player'....can't name one good solo or riff/chord progression and neither can anyone else when asked... ? people think they are 'cool' saying they like him and he is this and that ..... Pretentious rubbish liked by a few...Clapton made blues popular again, jimi simply blew people's minds, keith had his riffs, jimi had his riffs, svr was hendrix for the 80/90's, how in any way can people compare beck to that?!

@careyvinzant

Жыл бұрын

@@richat1691 Reread the first sentence in my comment *slowly*.

@raymeedc

Жыл бұрын

!!!!!DITTO!!!!! Carey. Beck has been my all time favorite guitarist since I first heard him on the first Yardbirds album in 1965.

A list voted for by 14 year olds. Big fucking whoop.

@GearGasms

3 жыл бұрын

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3 жыл бұрын

You sir are a complete dipshit- please be sure to keep watching and commenting

@eddiegalon3714

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking. So who the fuck do these kiddies think is the best, the guy from Fallout Boy?

@thomasglynn2282

3 жыл бұрын

@@GearGasms I love it lol. "you sir are a complete dipshit" couldn't have said it better, but I must disagree with your number one, Page is god

I don't think anyone has EVER said Kurt Cobain was a great guitar player. I would say just decent enough for a three piece band to fill up the sound with something.

@GearGasms

2 жыл бұрын

Only Rolling Stone who him top 20

@alwaysemployed656

2 жыл бұрын

@@GearGasms Oh, that one magazine I never read and never take seriously... got it! For those who don't know, for those who want to know, for those who don't care to know, Rolling Stone Magazine does not take music seriously. It really just focuses more on an artists or band's public image. I think the origins of that magazine was that it was kinda like some sort of Rock/Fashion magazine with lots of pictures of musicians and articles to make the artists seem like they have some god like powers. I guess the old days of Elvis and Jim Morrison when people kinda focused more on the presence than the music was what gave the magazine people the idea to make that be their magazine theme and they've kinda stuck with that since.

@MoneyGrip70

Жыл бұрын

And Slash & Keith richards. Their music is amazing

@ggimenezb

11 ай бұрын

Kurt was a great COMPOSER, not guitar player

@DarrenSaw

11 ай бұрын

I don't think Cobain was an overrated guitarist, I've never heard anyone say he was any good.

I remember back when AC/DC were doing PR for Ballbreaker, one of their comeback albums, from the mid-90s, I think. They did an interview, I believe it was in GuitarWorld magazine, but Im not sure. Angus said something like: 'Ohhh, some critics like to say we've made the same album 12times....but I think we must have done it at least 15 times by now...

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3 жыл бұрын

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@adamrasmussen9939

3 жыл бұрын

@@GearGasms Since you asked so nicely...

@klwdallas

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure I heard him make a similar comment about only changing the covers on the albums...maybe on Howard Stern.

@donaldroberts7242

Жыл бұрын

Angus also said he only knew one solo and made a career of it

@aerotube7291

9 ай бұрын

Honeyroll is a masterful riff

My God. Jeff Beck and Eddie Van Halen are to guitarists as Larry Bird and Magic Johnson are to basketball players.

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3 жыл бұрын

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@nyyanx23

3 жыл бұрын

People that say EVH is overrated probably think Slash is a guitar god.

@rsnewman

3 жыл бұрын

Love the comparison. No one born in the 60’s would have some of these legends on this list. These guys invented the genre.

@DrakeSteve

3 жыл бұрын

Two, not "to".

@jasonn9222

3 жыл бұрын

@@DrakeSteve u r dumb

Really??? EVH? This guy was a pioneer. His music and playing will live on forever.

@GearGasms

3 жыл бұрын

Agree 100%

@malmstring

3 жыл бұрын

It would actually have been very very comical to hear some of the names that these voters would suggest should supersede the guitarists on this list.

@SJ-ty5rw

3 жыл бұрын

So true ! i am not even a fan of the band . But to say he is overrated is just ignorant . He is the reason you see humbuckers in strat style guitars . And the guy who basically put tapping on the map . People had done it before him , but never the way he did it . In the 80's he was probably the most copied .. guitarist of all time .

@nd_irish_fan744

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Anyone putting Eddie on this list needs to pull up VHs first four albums, put down the crack pipe, listen to them while being reminded there was only one guitarist in the band, and realize that the term "finger tapping" had yet to be coined.

@DRUMconorbradz

3 жыл бұрын

Most bogus list ever. Actual musicians/guitarists would disagree with almost everyone on it.

The people who say Eddie Van Halen's career was defined only by Eruption have clearly never listened to his playing on tracks like Spanish Fly, Cathedral, or the solo heard on Feelin'. His skills aside, Eddie was an inventor who made advancements not only in his playing but in the guitar itself. He was one of the first guitar players who tested out the Floyd Rose Tremolo System, and even made suggestions on how to improve it. He constantly tinkered with his instruments on his endless quest of chasing tone, and practically reinvented the instrument along the way. People who say Eddie Van Halen was overrated say that only cause many other musicians have since come along and started doing their own stuff with the techniques Eddie did. I may not have been born in the 1970s, but I realize just how new Eddie Van Halen's playing was at the time.

@GearGasms

9 ай бұрын

His rhythm playing gets overlooked

@dylansultzbach2618

9 ай бұрын

He's the reason I started playing the electric guitar at all. I just started playing 3 years ago. And sadly, it was a few months into my lessons that he passed away.

@Duck_Dodgers

9 ай бұрын

He's way over rated I mean waaaaaaaay

@turolretar

8 ай бұрын

That guy sucked, he was a scrawny meth addict who was in denial of his illness. His music is the same three cowboy chords and solos are just chromatic madness, which unremarkable. He did have a fast whacking hand which probably explains the tremolo picking. Either that or it was just hand tremors from boozing all the time. No wonder he liked Clapton - another twat that’s seemingly immortal. Crazy how all the good ones die young

@jeffpepin

7 ай бұрын

Edward was great but he peaked as a guitarist and when Roth left, it became obvious. He hasnt been relevent for 30 years. Thats the truth none of his fans will admit; which says something about them. Just a bunch of slurpers

Just because Jeff Beck's name is mentions less than most guitar players doesn't mean he's underrated it means he sucks so terribly that mentioning him once is too much set a Fender Stratocaster in front of any blindfolded two-year-old

@GearGasms

11 ай бұрын

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3 жыл бұрын

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@tonysanchez8288

3 жыл бұрын

@@GearGasms great response! Very classy

@tonysanchez8288

3 жыл бұрын

But as soon as the vid started with prince I was done!

@Labyrinth1978

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly 🤦‍♂️

@abelowther7531

3 жыл бұрын

Jim page bonamasa young are theas people real why not jimi hendrix as well

Anyone who thinks EVH was overrated never had the opportunity to hear the needle drop on that first record when it came out in 1977. In the context of that point in time, nobody had ever done anything which had all other guitarists wondering just how the hell he did it.

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3 жыл бұрын

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@craigcotter7476

3 жыл бұрын

Doesn't stop it from being meandering pap though, does it? Great riff and song writer, but dem solos stink. Tasteless, abstract noodlewank.

@larryhall2805

3 жыл бұрын

As a former rock bass player I always thought EVH was a terrific guitarist but the man was either unwilling or unable to play over a moving bass line. The almost single handedly ruined rock bass for a generation.

@davidkastin4240

3 жыл бұрын

It came out in 78 not 77.

@robote7679

3 жыл бұрын

You have all of that so right. I was listening to the radio late night in '78 when "Eruption and You Really Got Me-perhaps the best cover ever) came on the radio and my mind was as they say blown.

I do not think that Jimmy Page is overrated, I think he deserves the place he has in music history. Either the place he has now, or an even better one.

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3 жыл бұрын

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@22julip

Жыл бұрын

These videos are of course click bait. Hendrix and Page Beck etc didn’t spend their days comparing what number they are on the list of great players . That’s for us fans and you know it’s all or mostly opinion. There are some objective things too . I was thinking about Clapton when asked about Zeppelin, he said they did some good stuff, they were to heavy and loud , something like that , Clapton Hendrix Beck et Al never wrote a Rain song or Kashmiri , ten years gone , Achilles last stand etc . Page made his mark thats why he’s my number one. In my book.

@allenblevins7430

11 ай бұрын

@@22julip Howlin Wolf wrote Killing Floor, and Robert Johnson was ripped off for The Lemon song. Clapton ripped Johnson off for Crossroads.

@aerotube7291

9 ай бұрын

The only other plausible explanation for stairway to heaven is page was adjusting spokes in his days as a bike mechanic and spun an out of tension wheel .

I was 14 and saw Eddie and the boys in 1979. You're right, context matters. When he hit the scene back then he changed the guitar world forever. And no guitar player alive since then has had a greater impact than EVH. I am so glad I WAS THERE at the birth of the next guitar legend. RIP Eddie.

@GearGasms

Жыл бұрын

Saw them in 80 and agree!

@kayla-Rey22

Жыл бұрын

So long as you know he didn't invent finger tapping like many fans have claimed. That's been around since the jazz players of the late 50's early 60's.

@GearGasms

Жыл бұрын

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@FINELINEVAN

Жыл бұрын

Eddie had the amazing tricks. I could not stomach what a A hole David Lee Roth was around the last tour with them and before Eddie died

@jasoncook8351

11 ай бұрын

The problem is, not much changed with his style and technique for his entire lifetime.

I think I would be honored to be on this list. None of us have achieved anything close to what these guys on this list have.

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3 жыл бұрын

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@geoffyeatman8791

3 жыл бұрын

Well said dude! Most of those that voted probably can't pick their own nose with any skill let alone a guitar 🤣🤣🤣

@joeardinger3185

11 ай бұрын

Haha! YES! I have not sold one record EVER! In spite of being a spectacularly mediocre guitarist!

If I had 1% of the talent these guitarists have I’d be very thankful

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3 жыл бұрын

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@craigcotter7476

3 жыл бұрын

That isn't the point. I think Jimmy Page is vastly overrated, but he is still a great guitarist. That said, a lot of the comments read out were quite moronic, the writers of said comments not really aware of what overrated means.

@marcpurcell3435

2 жыл бұрын

I am a better player than kurt cobain that's enough for me :)

@dr.lesbien9618

2 жыл бұрын

These guys aren’t that talented, they’re just famous. You can do anything these dudes do, just practice.

The only one that grinds my gears is Jimmy Page. I know he was infamous for sloppy play live sometimes, but I have to say, the night I saw him he came out with licks that literally gave me goosebumps. He was incredible.

@GearGasms

2 жыл бұрын

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@ronh.798

2 жыл бұрын

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2 жыл бұрын

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@5tar5z

2 жыл бұрын

I’m glad Jimmy Page is #1 on this list. Totally accurate.

@paulwiley7533

2 жыл бұрын

Any normal pro musician who played as many duff notes live as Page would be sacked. He got away with it for some unknown reason - all smoke and mirrors

people who say EVH is overrated are not familiar with their first 5 albums. Dude was a creative genius

@GearGasms

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

@logicalatheist1065

3 жыл бұрын

I think Randy Rhoads was better when the 2 were both alive

@vaekkriinhart4347

3 жыл бұрын

@@logicalatheist1065 no way.. EHV said 'I don't see/ hear him (RR) doing anything new or original' And he's right. Eddie could do it all.. Randy couldnt.. Eddie had groove..(!).. Randy didnt no fkn way.. Eddie is the King listen to Loss of Control EVH doin speed metal with some groove.. blah blah blah the dude could do it all amazingly

@logicalatheist1065

3 жыл бұрын

@@vaekkriinhart4347 uhhh yeah Randy Rhoads is known for a lot on guitar... And at the time they were both alive, Randy was better Eddie had a HUGE ego, not surprised he would talk out of his ass

@liblol972

3 жыл бұрын

@@vaekkriinhart4347 There first 5 albums weren't even that good. WACF and Fair Warning are both trash, and the other 3 are mediocre at best. Eddie wasn't that creative, sorry to tell you. Most of the riffs were extremely repetitive and boring, and his solos were just fast and offbeat. Gary Moore and Brian Robertson are infinitely better than Eddie.

It boggles my mind how people like to say that EVH always played the same thing. People like that never actually paid any attention to his music. The man was the greatest rhythm guitar player ever, and that alone tells you that he didn't "always play the same thing". The only thing about EVH that I didn't like was that he played the same solo in concert for decades. Otherwise he was the greatest ever, and that's saying something with so many greats out there.

@BuxWV149

3 жыл бұрын

@@davehimlin2374 Segovia was the greatest guitarist ever,and he didn't sweep pick either. 😁

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3 жыл бұрын

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@BOBANDVEG

3 жыл бұрын

Try learning to play any 2 evh songs....then tell me they're the same lol

@robote7679

3 жыл бұрын

I have to say that when I listen to his solo show-off pieces I see an evolution. He kept stuff, added stuff, took stuff out and his solos weren't just playing fast. He always had melodic, musical threads running through them which kept them interesting. And who said "no emotion?" His playing was dripping with emotion. God some people really have no idea of what actual reality is.

@FlixMaker64

3 жыл бұрын

These little boys don’t know anything, they probably listen to Rap.

Jimmy Page once said, "There are great guitar players, and then there's Jeff Beck".

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3 жыл бұрын

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@rodsmolter5046

3 жыл бұрын

One thing I don't like about Beck is that he doesn't use a pick. That not only makes it much easier but it limits what you can do. He is great though.

@zorpit

3 жыл бұрын

Was surprised to see Beck on the list. I don't particularly care for the way he plays guitar but the sounds he is able to evoke are impressive.

@BadMofoMusicCritic

3 жыл бұрын

Who cares what the number one overrated guitarist says? 🤪

@iamanovercomer3253

3 жыл бұрын

@@rodsmolter5046 Beck plays better without a pick. To me using a pick is easier

Jeff Beck, Yngwie Malmsteen, Tom Morello, Van Halen and Jimmy Page? Looks like the viewers of this channel don't appreciate groundbreaking guitarists who changed the game and influenced millions of people to pick a guitar. This list is pretty sad.

@Lizardkingmediaproductions

2 жыл бұрын

All those guys copied other players. They weren't groundbreaking. They stole little pieces from other players and took full credit.

@osamaqtaitat

Жыл бұрын

@@Lizardkingmediaproductions who are the other players??? And didn’t they also stole pieces from others? And so on and on……………

@matthewanderson2351

Жыл бұрын

@@osamaqtaitat No reply. You scared him off with logic.

@osamaqtaitat

Жыл бұрын

@@matthewanderson2351 we think great people don’t make flaws or mistakes or immoral things or stupid things, they do both great and bad, but it’s the whole picture, do they make something new, different, better, etc.,? It’s a matter of percentage of stolen/inspired/borrowed things vs creativity and new things! What is creativity/rip off ratio? And believe me, all or most great people in different fields do the same things, but with different percentages as i mentioned

@NORMIES_GET_OUT

Жыл бұрын

I would defend all of them except Tom Morello.

I’ve played for decades and still remember the day I dropped the needle on VH1. EVH blew away everyone. After I heard eruption I felt like I should just give up. Obviously someone who impressed the hell out of guitar players all over the world right from the start can never be overrated. Not just his lead and solo work. His composition , rhythm and fills were one of a kind.

@GearGasms

2 жыл бұрын

Seeing him live in 1980 is still my greatest concert!

@carloestrada7335

Жыл бұрын

EVH is a category of its own. I respect opinions, but in my opinion, he is a true genius!

@sixslinger9951

Жыл бұрын

@@GearGasms 1979 here and it is still the best ever. My jaw and everyones at the concert were on the ground.

@GearGasms

Жыл бұрын

I bet!

@geetee2694

Жыл бұрын

I have nothing against VH, I liked them from the early 80s. But for Eddie to think he invented tapping makes him overrated.

Nothing to see here people Just a bunch of nobody's bashing guitar greats

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3 жыл бұрын

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@niteriderband4713

3 жыл бұрын

BINGO!

@seldomseensavage3459

3 жыл бұрын

Shame on ‘em all!!! Especially this instigator who’s only BEGGING for KZread $$

@wutangpjs5055

3 жыл бұрын

I stumbled upon this and stopped after he talked about Princes nipples. I stopped so I didn’t bother to watch the rest. Dude sucks

@budsodalsky

3 жыл бұрын

Your just a sore loser - have some fun - those guys were good but just not as talented as others

Jeff Beck is nothing short of phenomenal.

@GearGasms

4 жыл бұрын

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@troyclaerhout3005

4 жыл бұрын

Saw him at crossroads festival in 06 blew my mind live. Then saw an interview where Clapton says he's probably pulls more tones from out of a guitar then anyone he's heard.

@bruceniblett959

3 жыл бұрын

Anyone who says otherwise is a shit player

@bruceniblett959

3 жыл бұрын

Eddie Van Halen? You kiddin? These are John Petrucci followers. Not that he's no good but Eddie invented a new genre. Jimmy Page. The master of riffing. Yngwie. You may not like him or his music but invented the metal shred genre. Idiots who suck at guitar..

@paulcooper5748

3 жыл бұрын

Jeff healey is so brilliant one of the best guitarist ever he deserves more recognition for hes awesome playing a guitar hero to me anyway.

Eddie Van Halen could play the guitar. The question is could he play MUSIC?

@GearGasms

11 ай бұрын

Yes and a ton of it

@davidgagnon7806

11 ай бұрын

@@GearGasms Just sounds like noise to me.

@Duck_Dodgers

9 ай бұрын

​@@davidgagnon7806yes overrated big time

@jacksonwolfe8517

7 ай бұрын

Nah he's perfectly in the middle​@@Duck_Dodgers

@GvB127

5 ай бұрын

The man quite literally reinvented music. Even if you don't like Van Halen, there's a high chance that whatever music you like, doesn't exist without Eds influence.

ANGUS: I never thought of him as a great guitarist. I just always thought of him as making great sound!

@GearGasms

Жыл бұрын

I love his hyper vibrato though!

@zeuszoos8386

Жыл бұрын

@@GearGasms Angus Young was determined to melt your face, period! :-) I was reading up on the band and their sound and how Angus was determined to go as loud as possible. I saw them in concert years ago and Angus was a nut! For example, he jumped off the top of a stack, I don't know how many feet, but it was pretty high and he landed on his back and everything went quiet. Including the audience. I was thinking; "Oh, crap! He just busted his back!" After about 30 seconds, you start hearing some notes playing, then louder, faster, then he's still laying down, but now more on his side and he's kicking his feet and actually spinning himself around and around on the floor, faster, while his playing gets louder and faster. Suddenly he jumps up and runs off the stage. You hear him still playing, but don't see him. A minute later, he's being carried out into the crowd on security's shoulder (6 of them) and they're walking him down the little aisle between the sections, as he's leaning over into the crowd jamming his little heart out. :-) I remember that clearly, because I never saw a jump from that high before and as soon as he started to speed toward the edge I was like, "Nooo!" I thought he was gonna break something and everybody thought he did, but he made it! :-)

@bramleydragon

Жыл бұрын

Should have been No.1 on this list. So limited in ability and vastly overrated.

@Ednerd

Жыл бұрын

I think Angus's clean open chord playing is pretty damn good.

Jeff Beck is the man shutup

@GearGasms

4 жыл бұрын

You tell em James!

@Dannyboyy86

4 жыл бұрын

Preach it brother!

@SenatorJaiz

4 жыл бұрын

I About had an aneurysm when I heard that one. And just to put it out there, my spell check had two spellings for aneurysm, I hope I chose correctly.

@43captrexkramer

3 жыл бұрын

Cause W Ended As Lovers is one of the most melodic brilliant pieces ever written by anyone ever.

@43captrexkramer

3 жыл бұрын

@@tim6128 Didn't know Wonder wrote it, all I know is Beck's rendition of it is breathtaking.

Kurt Cobain being in the list is ridiculous, he is not a guitar player.

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3 жыл бұрын

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@klauswigsmith

3 жыл бұрын

Well, he played the guitar in a rock band, so that *technically* makes him a guitar player, but I'm pretty sure Kurt would have agreed with you.

@heftigersturm5136

3 жыл бұрын

@@klauswigsmith kurt was great in what he was doing.he never wanted to be a guitarwizzard.but his riffing on teen spirit always gets me. he could create some really dark athmospheric moods. and i guess that was his prior aim.

@Blckpwdr406

3 жыл бұрын

Dude was a great lyricist and decent riff writer. By no means is he a guitar hero nor did he claim to be.

@heftigersturm5136

3 жыл бұрын

@@Blckpwdr406 agree .

Jeff Beck is unique. His technique is amazing, espeacially in regard to the whammy bar, harmonics, technique, and the like. He is very creative. Hendrix respected his playing. EVH gave us tapping, speed, tremelo bar magic, sound effects, and whatever else. His playing reinvigorated rock guitar. He cannot be overrated. Joe B. Is a great guitarist. Finally, Jimmy Page, who is not my favorite, is nevertheless, a legendary guitarist. I do not see how he could be overrated based on the body of guitar work he has created.

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3 жыл бұрын

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@theherbpuffer

2 жыл бұрын

I always thought Jeff Beck was unique as well, in a good way. Every listen to Rory Gallagher? Probably my favorite guitarist ever

@punishr36

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed with everything you said. Page did the 1 handed 2 finger pull off which from Ed's own mouth in that interview he said to the audience that it was him seeing Page do that when he saw that but as we all know took it too a new level with transposing the nut and actually making music with it versus a lick in a song. Here's the show. kzread.info/dash/bejne/q5ZmmKZxkqXAcps.html

@kbuss10

2 жыл бұрын

no

@kbuss10

2 жыл бұрын

@@GearGasms the very concept of this video worth 10 likes man!! look at all the crybabies :D

EVH Changed guitar playing forever, not to mention the patents he held, NO WAY IS HE OVERRATED! He was the best and always will be

@GearGasms

2 жыл бұрын

Preach brother!

@mikemcdaniel5025

Жыл бұрын

The GOAT

@GearGasms

Жыл бұрын

Yes!

@15scottie

Жыл бұрын

OMG EVH IS THE MOST WAY OVERRATED GUITARIST OF ALL TIME. If I had a top 100 guitarists of all time, I'd put Eddie at #65 to #75. In that area. Eddie was a great guitarist, but he was NO GUITAR GOD! He was just a shredder & a whammy bar showboating soloist on MTV. VH is also mostly a cover band with DLR.

@Anglovox

Жыл бұрын

That's RIGHT. EVH RATES!!!...#1, in MOST guitarists eyes. Van Halen's 1st album had the cultural effect of DROPPING A BOMB INTO THE ROOM; THOUSANDS of kids bought electric guitars ENTIRELY because of him!!!

Mostly a list of guitarists who cannot be overrated

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3 жыл бұрын

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Jeff Beck OVERRATED? LOL! He is one of the very underrated and kind of a genius, one of the best ever!

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3 жыл бұрын

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So, those 2 videos were very instructive and I quite agree on all 20, maybe bar Prince. But! Where is Zappa? He really seriously played all his solo's over one single chord. Keep up the tongue in cheek. Very nice.

@GearGasms

8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Context is huge. Guys like Page, Beck, and EVH changed how people approach rock guitar. If all you judge a player by is technique, then yeah, they have all been surpassed. But in terms of influence and originality they will always be great.

@GearGasms

11 ай бұрын

Yes

@putonghua73

8 ай бұрын

Agreed. Otherwise we'd all be listening to Polyphia (shudder)

People who think these guitarist are overrated doesn't know about genre, history, even worst.. don't know how many strings are used to play the guitar in general.

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3 жыл бұрын

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@connorwallace728

3 жыл бұрын

Every musician is overrated and underrated at the same time by different groups of people. It’s all based on personal opinion most of the time when they are labeled as “overrated”. I have personally never been a fan of Led Zeppelin or The Rolling Stones for example and I know that I can get a lot of hate for saying that but I don’t care because it’s just my personal opinion. But I wouldn’t even dare to argue with the fact that they are 2 of the greatest bands of all time. May not be some of my favorites but if it weren’t for them, several of my favorite bands probably wouldn’t even exist today.

@buckmurdock2025

3 жыл бұрын

Five!!! I'll bet you it's five strings, right?

@guitarmanrommel3865

3 жыл бұрын

@@buckmurdock2025 yeh you're right.. considering octave it's six string on a guitar in general.

David Gilmour is one that is just a awesome guitarist not a overplayer just plays great and his tone he is in a world of his on

@73challenger5031

3 жыл бұрын

And has an Icon of a voice!

@mrbowtieguy

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely!

@eddiegalon3714

3 жыл бұрын

Totally on point.

@daveelson213

3 жыл бұрын

gilMOUR

@jontaylor4511

3 жыл бұрын

seems a top guy and not about the hype

Anyone who voted for Richards must think rhythm guitar is overrated, cause next to Malcolm Young he's the greatest rhythm guitarist who ever lived.

@cade9173

2 жыл бұрын

He’s 50x better than Malcolm Young

@Sota-son

8 ай бұрын

Bob Weir is fairly proficient.

That's the sickest clip of Angus you could find. Looks like you dug Bette Davis up and strapped a guitar on her. Loved it!

@GearGasms

11 ай бұрын

Lol

Do The people picking these guitarists even play guitar?

@GearGasms

4 жыл бұрын

I sure hope so, otherwise they're watching my channel for the bad comedy!

@richardmitchell8213

3 жыл бұрын

My guess, No, Fuck No!!!

@cebrinpitts

3 жыл бұрын

Probably a bunch of guys who only play Cowboy chords or are still trying to be the next Stevie Ray. To be fair, music isn't a sport. I love different players for different reasons. I preferred Hendrix riffs over his solos, I preferred Pages riffs over his solos, though he at times had a great happy medium, Clapton bores me to death, but I like his songwriting at times, Gilmour has a way of doing more with less like no one else, EVH was one of the cleanest players I've ever heard, Beck is a friggin Wizard, but musically would be a bit too try hard for me. I appreciate every player I come across. It's what makes guitar fun. The little idiosyncrasies that separates us all. Just a big ol bag of tricks that keep on coming 🤙

@niteriderband4713

3 жыл бұрын

You got a point!

@usa91787

3 жыл бұрын

Sure they do their favorite manufacturer is a company called AIR

If by "overrated" you mean, a bunch of guitarists the young kids on the internet have never heard of, than ya, i guess...

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3 жыл бұрын

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@simonnarramore6098

3 жыл бұрын

You read my mind! From the off I was thinking "kids who like Dragon Force voted for these! Now I've nothing against Dragon Force but their music is not the sort of thing I listen too. Just playing as fast as you can does not make you a great player. It makes you competent. It shows you've practiced your scales a lot. However there are a million kids out there who can do that. Some of the players on this list are more great song writers than players. Keith would never put himself in a list of great players as he is steeped in blues history and would choose his heroes. Actually apart from Yngwe who thinks he is the best ever, they'd all pick their heroes!🤣.

@robote7679

3 жыл бұрын

I think you nailed that comment.

As a bogie guitar player myself Evh got and held my short attention for years. He was a keyboard based guitarist who approached the instrument accordingly. I find his chops sometimes creep into my playing unconsciously. My favorite warm up for practice is runnin with the devil.the guy was a once in a lifetime talant

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3 жыл бұрын

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@paulmorgan8254

2 жыл бұрын

He did the tricks but apart from Eruption, (which he didn't want to record), Van Halen played pop songs very loud without dragged out pretentious solos!. I remember 78 when he turned the guitar world on it's head.

@paulmorgan8254

2 жыл бұрын

my favourite Eddie playing is when they did Won't Get Fooled Again with Sammy in the studio when they made it sound better than the Who's original with 1 guitar & no kbs!.

@paulmorgan8254

2 жыл бұрын

ps Micheal Schenker was my guitar hero in the 70's.

@robertnoone7256

2 жыл бұрын

A lot of the criticisms aren't even correct and are made by people who did not do their homework and lots of jealousy cus that player constantly ranked above theirs. I'm huge VH fan and catalog so big most listen to one era but no album sounds same.listen to Caheriine power blues like i nevheard.and delivery liveby single guitarist doesn't miss a note solo, rhythm singing running jumping.purejealousyand not doing homework.i dont play but ears good💋

I been playing Guitar for 48 years and it's amazing that you have done this video as I would.

@GearGasms

11 ай бұрын

It’s not my list but it was fun!

Ha! Are you guys kidding? The Edge, absolutely the most over rated guitarist ever.

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3 жыл бұрын

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@richardmitchell8213

3 жыл бұрын

The Edge is just a pop artist, not a person known for guitar playing.

@misterree1443

3 жыл бұрын

Yet he's not. He makes 2 notes sound like the whole world.

@Rickd-jh7iw

3 жыл бұрын

@@richardmitchell8213 And yet he is included in the guitar documentary "It might get loud".

@Rickd-jh7iw

3 жыл бұрын

@@misterree1443 Maybe we need a distinct category for "musicians who play guitar" as opposed to guitarist. If he can make 2 notes sound like the whole world he could just as easily use a keyboard.

All these guitarists have one thing in common, they get more respect from more people than anyone who voted on this list will EVER get for THEIR guitar playing!

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3 жыл бұрын

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@xaj1543

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that completely irrelevant comment.

@xaj1543

3 жыл бұрын

@@GearGasms How is that a great comment? It’s completely irrelevant to the video and the poll.

@denisemaxwell51

3 жыл бұрын

well said.

@joee1213

3 жыл бұрын

Ummm. Yah. No doy....

EVH was so good he outperformed the instrument itself. His career was an extinction-level event for rock guitar.

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3 жыл бұрын

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Oh my. I haven’t had a laugh like that in a while. Thanks for going knuckle-deep for my enjoyment

@GearGasms

11 ай бұрын

Lol

How about, music isn’t a competition, and it’s about making music that people enjoy, and not worry about impressing internet nerds

@GearGasms

4 жыл бұрын

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@shaunmcinnis1960

3 жыл бұрын

That's true, but when you hear people glorifying certain guitarist by saying this guy or that is the greatest ever player ever, then it needs to be pointed out.

@shaunmcinnis1960

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnp.johnson1541 I agree.

I literally laughed out loud at this list, especially at the idiots who missed a major point, and that is that EVH was also one of the greatest rhythm guitar players of all time. His groove, his swing, his feel and his pocket are unmatched in rock and roll. That's why so many contemporary players have great technique but can't swing or play in time and can't recognize it in players who can. It's pretty sad, actually

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3 жыл бұрын

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@FlixMaker64

3 жыл бұрын

I’d love to know who said that he plays with no feeling. LOL 😂 That’s the funniest, dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.

@gabbleratchet1890

8 ай бұрын

EVH with no swing = George Lynch

I really wish I had gotten to see the audio. Page when he practiced before the show was truly a force to be reckoned with.

@user-ss5gs2jt8u

5 ай бұрын

Jimmy Patrick page🎉🎉

I like how when the GearGasms guy picked his own top ten, he used clips of the guitarists in question sounding terrible, but when he showed the users' top 10, he mostly used clips of them sounding great (except where impossible like with Cobain and Morello). Nicely done. :-D

@GearGasms

Жыл бұрын

Lol - you might be the first person to notice that!

@KravMagoo

11 ай бұрын

@@GearGasms I just listened for the first time and I noticed.

@Cedric6014

8 ай бұрын

To be fair, Cobain's solos never sounded that great, especially live... But then he didn't set out to be the world's greatest guitarist.

Keith Richards is a riff master and don’t see him as being overrated at all, people just misunderstand what he does.

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3 жыл бұрын

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@martinready5455

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, Keef takes simple ideas and concepts and turns them into something wonderful. Its all about the wrist action on his right hand. His live lead playing can be terrible however

@MrMZaccone

3 жыл бұрын

I think what you just said "people just misunderstand what he does", could be used to excuse most, if not all of the players named here from this list.

@johnbull3443

3 жыл бұрын

Your righ he's cool, sympathy for the devil is mean as for a start.

@johnbull3443

3 жыл бұрын

And Prince nah he's the best in the world.

If you like these kinds of lists, and I know you do - here's a whole playlist of them! kzread.info/head/PLJ7bQFZhdVlON6Etq3Sshhab2VEtOJ-dB

@stevetemple8826

4 жыл бұрын

IMHO if that little prick Johnny Depp wants to play a wannabe guitar player he's definitely overrated because he sucks. I'll trade you Johnny Depp for Angus or Jimmy Page.

@GearGasms

4 жыл бұрын

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@giornogiovanna836

4 жыл бұрын

Your dad's a virgin.

@dillardfrance4961

4 жыл бұрын

That's totally right.2 and 1

@GearGasms

4 жыл бұрын

Glad to see you finally admit that, Dad!

PRINCE: I originally didn't think that much of him as a guitar player, although of course "Purple Rain" has a beautiful solo. But I really only heard his stuff on the radio now and then, until the 1999/2000 New Year's Eve performance he did. My wife loved him and wanted to see it and I have to admit, that night I became a big Prince fan! He blew my mind! The man could perform and he could play that guitar! And I'd try to catch Live performances whenever I could. It's a different ball game when he's on stage and I tell people that if you're not a big fan of his guitar playing, it's because you didn't watch him live! There's a pretty decent example (not his best though) of his playing here on KZread, where a number of greats got together on stage to play "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (incl George Harrison) and when it comes time for the solos, Prince walks onto the stage, blows them all away, throws the guitar up in the air and walks off (like, "I know what I just did."). If you look for it, just make sure it's the version that says, "Director's Cut". So no, I don't think he's overrated. I think he's way underrated! And I personally put him up to at least the Top 5 Ever!

@GearGasms

2 жыл бұрын

Great comment!

@roylatekajxam

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for typing that first

Jimmy Page will always be my #1 favorite

@GearGasms

Жыл бұрын

🤘🏻

Somehow I think their bank accounts tell me they don’t care. Lol.

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3 жыл бұрын

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@ThrashRoC

3 жыл бұрын

Led Zeppelin had NO Singles ..only complete Albums ..Still, people bought their records like CRAZY (Led Zeppelin IV alone over 80 million units ..) With an overrated guitarist ..aha .. James Patrick Page is the GREATEST rock guitarist EVER. That´s for shure

I had no clue Prince could play until I saw him preform at the super bowl. Since then I’ve respected his playing ever since.

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3 жыл бұрын

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There are guitar players, there are musicians, and then there is Jeff Beck

@SLAYERSWINE1

9 ай бұрын

I was fortunate to see Jeff Beck 15 times, including his last tour last year with Johnny Depp. He was my all time favorite guitarist as well as musician. I am still in disbelief he has died, it hurts me as much as when my Mom died. #RIPJeffBeck #GOATGuitarist #ICON

Regardless of who made the list, all the comments were absolutely hilarious. Loved it!

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3 жыл бұрын

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Check out the video "British guitarist reacts to Jeff Beck..." to see an analysis of why it's ridiculous that he's on this list. His control of the instrument leaves everyone else in the dust. His command of note intonation (with the whammy) is in a league of ONE. Watch the entire DVD show "Live at Ronnie Scotts" and then tell me he's over-rated. DUH!

@marksieczko7766

3 жыл бұрын

That Ronnie Scotts show was just jaw-dropping. Blow by Blow and Wired amazing.

@jeffsimard8846

3 жыл бұрын

People are stupid thinking that Jeff Beck is overrated Truly stupid

@eddiegalon3714

3 жыл бұрын

Ya when I heard his name mentioned I threw up in my mouth just a bit. Ridiculous. He's amazing. Anyone that disagrees has no idea of how to really play a guitar.

@marcmarc1967

3 жыл бұрын

If someone's playing doesn't move you, it doesn't matter what someone's analysis says or how much he controlled the instrument. If you don't feel it, all that means nothing.

@MrMick50

3 жыл бұрын

@@marcmarc1967 I call it listener musically challenged

Wow... Just wow. I'm having a difficult time imagining what must be going through a person's head when they say a man like EVH is overrated. I mean, he only reinvented the way that people play the guitar and single handedly changed rock forever. You gotta think about the era he existed in too. He didn't have any KZread videos to watch that unlocked the secrets of guitar instantly. In my eyes, Spanish Fly was pretty wild for it's time. And remember that in those days, things weren't all digital yet and you actually had to bring your A game to the studio instead of sitting in your computer chair doing 300 takes to get a riff properly recorded. I'm not a huge fan of EVH, but you gotta give the dude props for showing us all the way. As for Malmsteen - he may be repetitive at times, but when he lays it down, he frigging LAYS IT DOWN. A couple great examples are the intro to Fire and Ice (especially that transition from shredding to the initial main riff. Sooooo tasty), and the lead-up to the solo in Valhalla. Honestly, they just don't produce guitarists like him anymore, but I can see how his style may not appeal to everyone. I do understand why this list is the way it is though. Today's guitarist almost seems to prefer the guitar be tuned waaaaay down and played like a polyphonic percussive instrument, which is perfectly fine, but very different in basically all approaches. When guys like George Bellas, Frank Gambale, Mattias Eklundh, Bumblefoot, Guthrie Govan, Chris Impellitteri, Micheal Romeo, Steve Morse, etc get called overrated, then we have a serious problem lol. Those are some VERY underrated and underplayed guitarists that deserve to be praised. $10 says most people haven't even heard of half those guys, but they've been around forever and they will change the way you look at lead guitar. Might be worth looking at those dudes for your next underrated video if you haven't covered them already. Especially Mattias Eklundh. The dude is a nutcase on the guitar.

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3 жыл бұрын

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As guitarists, we should be honest in that all of these players, regardless of how repetitive, uninspired, or boring they are, will likely be better than us at any given moment. That said........Tom Morello doesn't have a shred of Melody in his bones. He's great at creating unique sounds, but if you told him to make a decent melodic phrase, I am willing to bet he would struggle.

Prince’s guitar playing sounds like it belongs in sonic adventure

Not sure why Kobain was even on here. I didn’t know anyone ever thought he was a good guitarist to begin with. Lol he was the perfect guitarist for Nirvana, though, and that’s really all that matters.

@GearGasms

4 жыл бұрын

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@Beans360

3 жыл бұрын

Every teenager who's never bothered to learn more than 2 chords on the guitar highly rates his guitar playing. They genuinely believe he plays the smells like teen spirit like he does in the music video. Ive had people say to me only Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain were good enough to play guitar left handed as if being a left handed guitar player makes you more skilled and only Hendrix and Cobain are the only 2 guitarist who play guitar left handed. These are the people who rate Cobain as a guitar player yet wont even rate his songwriting.

@jameshamlet4334

3 жыл бұрын

@@Beans360 lol kurt only had 3 lessons apparently and dude was awful live he definitely used what he had tho to craft his sound of grunge great musician lazy guitarist

@Beans360

3 жыл бұрын

@@jameshamlet4334 i think you misread my point. I was replying to someone who was basically saying Cobain isn't rated as a guitarist so therefore he can't be overrated but the fact is many people do rate Cobain as a guitarist based on bullshit. So therefore Cobain is overrated as a guitarist. Nobody said anything about his songwriting ability.

@PaulEMoz

3 жыл бұрын

He's actually the only one of the ten that genuinely belongs here.

Prince is a phenomenal musician who puts out music that I don't care for

@WTF-zg9lu

3 жыл бұрын

Right on the money!

@michaelmckenzie6311

3 жыл бұрын

I preferred Rick James music but dug Prince! Ricks' albums, Princes' singles!

@brianforgie5515

3 жыл бұрын

ya for sure. I like a little dose of Prince one in a while. Not over rated just an acquired taste.

@FlixMaker64

3 жыл бұрын

I can respect that, at least you recognize his genius.

Jimmy Page number one?! I agreed with most of your first list, but now I’m pissed! 😜

@GearGasms

11 ай бұрын

People are people

Angus and Richards are proof nicotine is a preservative.

@GearGasms

11 ай бұрын

Lol

@Duck_Dodgers

9 ай бұрын

Drugs for Keith and nicotine Angus alcohol and nicotine

Jimmy Page is always a target for these types of lists. And yet, modern rock and roll wouldn’t be the same without him. Same as EVH and Hendrix. All the great guitarists we all know and love cite him as a top influence. His weaknesses and strengths as a soloist are well documented (he admits to them himself) but as the video demonstrates, when on his game, he’s one of the most exciting, spontaneous and emotional rock players of all time. In Dazed and Confused live, alone, he evokes funk, psychedelia, blues, metal and even folk. Then you have about 20 other songs in that one concert. No one covered that much ground in a single show, and he did it night after night. Trolls will be trolls I guess. And Jeff Beck overrated? Whatever

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3 жыл бұрын

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@jonathanhathaway7796

3 жыл бұрын

Well stated Dan, nice job. I played in a great Zeppelin tribute for 8 years, and even though I'd known the material for ages and had played a lot of styles in bands, it was still a challenge capturing the different moods for each track because the material covered so much ground. His solos in the original TSRTS album (not that BS remaster) on No Quarter, Dazed (especially the last one!!), and the boogie section of Whole Lotta Love are peerless. Plus, he wove a tapestry of rhythm and lead as one like few ever have. Beck may have been more consistent as a soloist, but he never had that seamless blend of lead and rhythm. Plus, as a visionary composer Page had few peers in the rock world.

@Dan-zq5wt

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonathanhathaway7796 couldn’t have said it better myself. He’s a very unique player with lots of unusual quirks. His playing, and phrasing, and rhythmic stylings are surprising and a little warped. This gives Zeppelin its hooky, memorable edge. Plus he’s always in the pocket on rhythm with lots of really cool fills. Just an awesome musician. Here’s proof: many advanced players who followed Page often covered Zep (thinking about Paul Gilbert and EVH) and as incredible as those guys are, they just don’t capture Page’s magic when playing Zeppelin.

@Dan-zq5wt

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonathanhathaway7796 BTW I’m jealous of your abilities. I hack away on a Les Paul and suck at it!

@OW38B

3 жыл бұрын

Holy Smokes! Anyone who even thought about putting Page on this list, is high and should not be posting.

A bizarre but highly entertaining list. I can't remember laughing as much on a video like this. Keep up the good work.

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3 жыл бұрын

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@pacwest1000

3 жыл бұрын

@@GearGasms Subscribed GG

I think Page probably got number 1 because people revered him in the 70's and once they found out Zeppelin plagiarized most of their songs and not given original artists credit they were resentful they were tricked

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3 жыл бұрын

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Yet you show a clip of Jeff Beck doing something cool and original with his playing…he did some interesting stuff with the yardbirds as well too..he’s a unique guitar player…he plays things his way…I saw him at the Greek theater years ago with my dad and, he and his band were certainly not an overrated thing to watch at all…

@GearGasms

2 жыл бұрын

That’s why I picked the clip! 🤓🤘🏻

So many people forget the fact that without YJM, shredding would have never the same.

@GearGasms

4 жыл бұрын

Same with EVH

@l.rongardner2150

3 жыл бұрын

Get serious. I've been eating Shredded Wheat since long before YJM hit the scene.

@PazBinv1

3 жыл бұрын

The problem with Yngwie - like many virtuoso players - is that he can't write a decent song to save his life.

@JoeR203

3 жыл бұрын

When his debut album came out, it was something new. Nobody heard someone play that fast before. I got bored with him by his 3rd release. It just all sounded the same. I could barely sit through the G3 concert he did with Satch and Vai. They're playing tasteful parts during the jam, and Yngwie has to try and upstage them by playing fast. It just didn't fit into the song. Funny thing on that DVD at the end when they're coming off stage and Satch says something like "Oh man! That was the best G3 EVER!" You just KNOW he was saying that to make Yngwie feel special. As if the fat bastard needs an ego boost. As for shredding, if it wasn't Yngwie, it would have been Becker, Friedman, Gilbert or some other guy. Yngwie just got noticed first.

@fretbrner

3 жыл бұрын

@@JoeR203 see, that is where I disagree. I love what yngwie does. Seen him live and a guitar clinic. He can play the blues like anyone. That G3 is the only one I have a DVD for. But I get what you are saying. He's not for everyone. I dislike jazz but those cats would eat me for breakfast with the talent they have that I don't. Music is subjective. But to say someone is overrated because you don't like or appreciate them is why all of these guys are on this list

Eddie on this list is like Bach or Mozart making an over-rated composers list.

@ido11hfa

3 жыл бұрын

Never agreed more with a comment

@fsrsaa

3 жыл бұрын

Well put man! Did everyone miss ice cream man or take your whiskey home? How could someone say he had no feel after listening to those? Blasphemy!

@GearGasms

3 жыл бұрын

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@tomdolman8158

3 жыл бұрын

Bach and Mozart would laugh at Eddie's playing. He was a sloppy player. Nice guy, but a sloppy, undisciplined player.

@fsrsaa

3 жыл бұрын

@@tomdolman8158 Yeah they would probably laugh at Vai and hendrix too. Eddie’s in good company.

Your a funny dude man Keep it up love your videos

@GearGasms

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Alfred!

Most guitarists have a very interesting and unique view of music, because if they know any music theory at all, it is almost entirely pattern and ear based, without the understanding of the deeper aspects of how music is set up that a classical musician who can read has.

Jeff beck plays beautifully and has some really complex melodies

@icecreamforcrowhurst

3 жыл бұрын

I lost a lot of respect for him when he refused to share the stage with Kurt Rosenwinkel at the Crossroads concerts. And do you know why he refused? Because Kurt would’ve wiped the floor with him! 🤣 True talk 😐 Boomers don’t like being upstaged it hurts their enormous egos.

@Edmond347

3 жыл бұрын

Always found him boring.

@SvenTviking

3 жыл бұрын

Page and Clapton both say he’s the man.

@SvenTviking

3 жыл бұрын

@@icecreamforcrowhurst Who? Precisely.

@kasperkjrsgaard1447

3 жыл бұрын

What’s a Rosenfinkel? Never heard about her.

The rating scale should be: how fast can you let go of your sausage, pick up a guitar, and learn this song, and write something better? Try that and report back in 3-5 years.

@GearGasms

3 жыл бұрын

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@kellyfehr3719

3 жыл бұрын

You've got to include knowledge. There are three kinds of blues. Pentatonic, Whole Scale ( B.B. King like. Another overated Guitar Player) and um... I call it modifier method. Use yer modifiers, change keys with the song. (Rock-a Billy, Country, Country blues., Joe Walsh does a lot of it. ) Jimmy Page will use all three in one tune and change keys to do something else, clumsily but what's with that hand position. Randy Rhodes couldn't play no Roy Clark. Frampton's one of the smarter ones.

@davidwollpert5276

3 жыл бұрын

Kind of a weird fantasy life you’ve got there Brah.

I love your personality and humour haha I was smiling and laughing throughout the whole video. Thank you!

@GearGasms

2 жыл бұрын

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I’m probably gonna catch some flac for saying this. But I think Dimebag Darrell is one of the most overrated guitarists of all time.

@GearGasms

3 жыл бұрын

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"Overly busy but not overly complicated". I think that describes a lot of "guitar gods". So many guitarists seem like they just want to cram as many notes in as possible before the singer gets back from break. That's why I like people like David Gilmour and even George Harrison. Both very melodic soloists. By the way, I posted this before viewing past #10, so I don't know if either of these guys are on this list.

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3 жыл бұрын

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@srficarra

11 ай бұрын

David Gilmour was/is unreal. I’ve learned so much about playing guitar over the years from him and he’s one of the main reasons I began playing

You need to see Prince play with Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty on "While my Guitar Gently Weeps' Phenomenal. Definitely NOT over rated.

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3 жыл бұрын

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@bduff71

3 жыл бұрын

That was amazing seeing that, he did such a great job doing that song. Probably made George Harrison smile in heaven

@thanoo1924

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, that one was good.

@griffisjm

3 жыл бұрын

That was an amazing jam session, one of the best I've seen

@kens2328

2 жыл бұрын

I have always thought that Prince solo was quite possibly the greatest solo I have ever heard.

People who think EVH are clinically insane

Whoever said EVH had no feeling in his playing obviously has no ears.

@GearGasms

11 ай бұрын

Agreed

Beck plays the whammy bar, the volume & tone knobs and strum without a pick.... And makes a strat 🎸 sing 🎵🎶 like nobody else can

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3 жыл бұрын

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@mikewheeler3994

3 жыл бұрын

Ya, without any soul..

@ronr6951

3 жыл бұрын

David gilmour can make the strat sing like no other

@GG-ml3vr

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikewheeler3994 Yeah right🤣🤣🤣

@musicNix12345

3 жыл бұрын

Beck sounds like he’s playing a violin with a broken bow. Also, one of the worst Strat tones I ever heard.

She many people forget how it’s not just about technically it’s the innovation and creativity that makes a great player

@scottythetrex5197

4 жыл бұрын

This times 1000...

@genustinca5565

4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, internet and social media seem to make this worse.

@verntoews6937

3 жыл бұрын

Creativity and innovative makes me think of the great Steve Howe, an amazing musician who did not take lessons and does not read music. Most shy away from trying to emulate this amazing player

@malmstring

3 жыл бұрын

It would actually have been very very comical to hear some of the names that these voters would suggest should supersede the guitarists on this list.

@verntoews6937

3 жыл бұрын

@@malmstring innovation and creativity Steve Howe complex creativity David Gilmore, best biggest sound squeezed from a single note David

what I love about this channel is all the crude humor that has been but almost wiped out from guitar YT. never change!

@GearGasms

Жыл бұрын

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Kurt Cobain never claimed to be a great guitarist...but he definitely changed music forever in his short career

@GearGasms

Жыл бұрын

👍🏻

@Duck_Dodgers

9 ай бұрын

No he didn't he just made that music popular for a little bit. It's totally gone now. You don't hear people saying remember grunge

if i think of someone who is really overrated than, -sorry its ace frehley. he has a good ear for cover songs .but as a lead player ,hes very average.

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3 жыл бұрын

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@heftigersturm5136

3 жыл бұрын

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@heftigersturm5136

3 жыл бұрын

i like his coversongs, do ya or fire and water. the leadbreak in fire and water is the best solo i ever heard of him. it has so much feeling, but compared to the great paul gilbert satriani steve vai john 5 bucket head yngwi malmsteen jason becker. ... compared to this guys he s very average.

@cjtopes2862

3 жыл бұрын

I saw the KISS poster in back and thought for sure Ace was going to be high on that list.

Kurt Cobain was overrated? I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone bring his name up in a guitar conversation, much less say he was good. Same with Prince, no one really brings up Prince and guitar.

@GearGasms

4 жыл бұрын

You must not be looking at the same lists as me. It's not a lot but Prince especially makes these types of lists. But yeah people just came in loaded for Kurt lol.

@mikemclaughlin3306

4 жыл бұрын

Right? Never sat down to discuss guitarists ( and I have, a lot) and had anyone bring up curt..... it's like bringing up Bob dylan..... yeah, he plays guitar, but, he is more the lead vocalist.... and rarely does a solo.... Prince, though, has been brought up..... by people who are over hearing the conversation, and are Prince fans..... we all roll our eyes, and keep talking.... can't be considered a guitarist if you don't actually play guitar on all your songs.

@joshuapitz4906

4 жыл бұрын

Cobain was a GENIUS!!!! Hes a song writer tho.. not some show boating lead guitarist.. in the 90s/2000s, Kurt was the reason ALOT of people picked up the guitar.. dude is an ICON

@GearGasms

4 жыл бұрын

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@GearGasms

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah - Nirvana changed the world!

Song writing ability, style and social impact, ALONG with playing a guitar, puts Cobain near the top of the pile. If Cobain held the guitar more properly, and the plectrum, and practiced more scales etc then he wouldn't have played Lithium in the unique way he does, or even come up with the melody... Who sells more records - Nirvana or Michael A Batio? Prince could write a decent tune or two as well...Richards, Young, Page etc riffs that are embed in peoples heads 50 years later. Even The Edge, who i'm not a fan of, took the delay pedal and shaped it to his own soundscape. Reality is that most famous guitarists have earned, and deserve the accolades. Technical ability is one thing, but creativity is another.

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3 жыл бұрын

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@guitarmemoir

2 жыл бұрын

Who sells more records Nirvana or MAB? LOL The average record buying kid can't appreciate the sophistry of someone like MAB. Go listen to 'Science Fiction'. If you can't appreciate the creativity in that song it is only because you don't understand what he is doing.

Jeff Beck's playing sounded beautiful to my ears, great feeling and emotions. I wanted to learn guitar after listening to him playing People Get Ready.

@GearGasms

Жыл бұрын

Indeed!

@edg103

Жыл бұрын

He was truly phenomenal on People Get Ready. Never heard more tasteful and soulful playing. Unfortunately, it's the only thing I've ever heard from him that was anywhere near that good. Honestly, it makes me wonder if that was actually him.

Have you ever heard Prince play complicated jazz? He's phenomenal.

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3 жыл бұрын

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@benghiskahn3673

3 жыл бұрын

@@GearGasms Desperate much?

@zonasound

3 жыл бұрын

Yes Plus Prince is more importantly an amazing composer, songwriting and multi instrumentalist. His drumming bass playing choice of piano chords, drum programming , composition recording are all underrated

@bm8406

3 жыл бұрын

There's a video of a group of very good musicians at some tribute, including some HOF guitar players. They are playing "while my guitar gently weeps" and Prince comes out and blows everyone of them off the stage with a solo. That was just #10 - I had to tap out when it got to Keith Richards, I was getting physically angry. And I read comments that said that EVH is on this list....which is just...blasphemy.

@thomasglynn2282

3 жыл бұрын

Check out Prince jamming with Tom Petty, Jeff Lynn, and Dani Harrison for the tribute to George Harrison's song "While my guitar gently weeps " Price just fucking wales away on his guitar.

There is something to truly love about every last one of these guys. The term "overrated" should only be used on fanbois who claim that their favorite should absolutely be EVERYONE'S favorite.

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3 жыл бұрын

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I would love to hear the people that made this list play guitar. They must be some amazing players.

@GearGasms

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely because you can’t have an opinion unless you are better than the person you have an an opinion about. Think Spielberg is overrated? Let’s see your Oscars then!!! Have I made you realize how silly that premise is yet?

@GearGasms

2 жыл бұрын

That’s exactly the correct way to live and be. 🤓

"EVH. No heart and no feeling in his playing" obviously the author of that quote has not listened to any Van Halen. The man could put more expression into a single note than most guitarists can in an entire solo. Not angry, just stupefied anyone could think that man was overrated.

@GearGasms

2 жыл бұрын

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I don’t remember Keith Richards ever being thought of as a really great guitar player, so it’s hard to see how he got to be overrated

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3 жыл бұрын

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@robertcervero1847

3 жыл бұрын

Andy taylor..hands down by far the greatest ever...hungry like the wolf ..enough said

@GearGasms

3 жыл бұрын

He’s on my 80s underrated list!

@cebrinpitts

3 жыл бұрын

He wrote some cool riffs, and had a distinct playing style, but was certainly never a guy that would make my knees buckle if I met him.

@palacerevolution2000

3 жыл бұрын

Thats what I think of Cobain: much more a songwriter, using a guitar as his tool. His solos were usually the vox melody anyway. Re. Keith: I don't think her ever set out to be a guitar wiz; part of an ensemble is what he is.

I can live with everyone being on this list EXCEPT Jeff Beck. No way does he belong on this list.

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3 жыл бұрын

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@tommyburnhamsmusic

3 жыл бұрын

Prince ??! Wtf

@joecostanzo9358

2 жыл бұрын

Jimmy page?

No need to get upset about this list and Beck in particular - When people say Beck is overrated they only talk about, I assume, his song-writing ability - which is NONE! As far as his ability to express a melody (WRITTEN BY SOMEBODY ELSE) he's fantastic. As simple as that.

@GearGasms

8 ай бұрын

🤘🏻🤘🏻

Oh SOB where was I 4 years ago when I needed to laugh my ass off? I get your a musician and equipment guy but you really have a gift for flippant humor I hope your maintaining.

@GearGasms

8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Add Satch and you could rename this video "11 of the best rock players ever"

Prince was a great guitar player period.

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3 жыл бұрын

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@FlixMaker64

3 жыл бұрын

And a genus!

@joeyd4364

3 жыл бұрын

Prince was better than average at best.

@FlixMaker64

3 жыл бұрын

@@joeyd4364 LOL 😂 Let’s hear and see what you got. I’m guessing you don’t play or you suck. Cause if you were a real musician, you would know that he was a musical genius. You guys crack me up 😆

@joeyd4364

3 жыл бұрын

@@FlixMaker64 Prince was OK.

People who don’t like Page don’t really know Page. There are times he was sloppy live (he did have a broken hand that was healing) but he really was isn’t really sloppy. He was so versatile, I don’t know if I liked his work on electric or acoustic more. His riffs can’t be topped, some of the greatest leads. If you listen to Zeppelin albums there are songs that are better than the ones the radio played.

@GearGasms

Жыл бұрын

Even something that sounds simple like the Ocean riff is a beast to play correctly

@MadisonKelly-sv9qd

Жыл бұрын

It’s funny when I first played guitar it was an acoustic and what was my first choice?…Babe I’m gonna leave you. When I first picked up electric? Whole lotta love. Of course my personal favorite Achilles last stand. I grew up listening to Page and at 54 after years of playing Heavy Metal, I still love Zeppelin and I think I appreciate Page more than I did before.

@GearGasms

Жыл бұрын

@MadisonKelly-sv9qd mine was Over the Hills

@MadisonKelly-sv9qd

Жыл бұрын

I used to play that a lot. I used to sit a play it over and over thinking I was playing it right then I would listen to the song again an d realize I wasn’t playing completely right.

@gabbleratchet1890

8 ай бұрын

@@GearGasms What's so hard to play about The Ocean?