Favorite Guitarists

[SpazzTheBassPlayer]

The intro to Mean Street is just sick. EVH is one of the best on the planet.

My personal favorite EVH solo is "Sinners Swing"...Im not a huge VH fan but "Fair Warning" is probably my favorite VH album: its dark and its moody and has some of EVHs most cutting-edge playing IMHO. A lot of peeps dont care for this album but I thought it was great ....... I also prefer Diamond Dave VH over Sammy Hager VH -- Nothing against Sammy; he's a very talented force upon himself -- but I just thought VH music and songs were far more adventurous with David Lee Roth

 

[KingAHolic]

My personal favorite EVH solo is "Sinners Swing"...Im not a huge VH fan but "Fair Warning" is probably my favorite VH album: its dark and its moody and has some of EVHs most cutting-edge playing IMHO. A lot of peeps dont care for this album but I thought it was great ....... I also prefer Diamond Dave VH over Sammy Hager VH -- Nothing against Sammy; he's a very talented force upon himself -- but I just thought VH music and songs were far more adventurous with David Lee Roth

I agree about DLR. I'm not that familiar with the album/songs you reference, so can't speak to them...
EVH is such a huge talent

 

[swiftdog2.0]

I'm in the minority as I vastly prefer Sammy to Dave. Dave was always a lazy singer and lyricist. Great performer though.

Sammy is a far superior singer. I think the song writing was so much better when he was in the band.

Fair Warning is my favorite Dave era album too.

 

[Grandpa]

I'm in the minority as I vastly prefer Sammy to Dave. Dave was always a lazy singer and lyricist. Great performer though.

Sammy is a far superior singer. I think the song writing was so much better when he was in the band.

Fair Warning is my favorite Dave era album too.

In the "form/substance" debate, I generally admire to substance, so I like Sammy.

 

[SpazzTheBassPlayer]

I dunno - I tried liking Sammy-era VH but I couldn't....the "fun" was gone and they became too serious.....Plus, a lot of songs started sounding like beer commercials

"Right Here! Right Now!.......................Budweiser!"

 

[KingAHolic]

VH with DLR had EDGE!
VH with Sammy more "poppish".. meh .. not much personality.

"... everybody wants some, I want some too!"

 

[blunthead]

VH with DLR had EDGE!
VH with Sammy more "poppish".. meh .. not much personality.

"... everybody wants some, I want some too!"

I think Roth's utter uniqueness was under-appreciated; he must've been ahead of his time. Van Halen didn't really exist without him, imho.

 

[ghost19]

...all the above and I'll add Robin Trower and those good old boys from ZZ Top.....

Those guys put on a helluva good show. Got to see them here in Fayetteville a number of years ago. Billy Gibbons is definitely a very good guitarist.

 

[swiftdog2.0]

Unfortunately, VH are a parody of themselves now. They are Spinal Tap personified. Their whole week of Jimmy Kimmel and Ellen was just sad. Really, Ellen?? Who's bright idea was that? The VH brothers must need money pretty bad to trot out AARP DLR.

 

[swiftdog2.0]

Those guys put on a helluva good show. Got to see them here in Fayetteville a number of years ago. Billy Gibbons is definitely a very good guitarist.

Jimi Hendrix once said that Billy Gibbons was his favorite guitarist. That's pretty high praise!

 

[Blake]

Richie Sambora and Joe Satriani are pretty good as well.

 

[swiftdog2.0]

VH with DLR had EDGE!
VH with Sammy more "poppish".. meh .. not much personality.

"... everybody wants some, I want some too!"

5150 is one of the best rock albums of the 80's. That album was the soundtrack of my HS years.

 

[swiftdog2.0]

Richie Sambora and Joe Satriani are pretty good as well.

Satriani is the man. Probably the most well rounded "shred" player out there.

 

[blunthead]

Greatest live guitar solo of all time...