Originally Posted by samboraisgodUK (Post 1080161)

http://www.the-top-tens.com/lists/gr...mHdFc.facebook

"Vote for your favourite guitarist & leave a comment" - usual stuff.

I'm not posting this to do the standard "vote for Richie" spiel more because there's an interesting comment about Richie here: http://www.the-top-tens.com/items/ri...mbora-4776.asp

"Nobody plays guitar like him, from blues to hard rock notes. Do not forget that he won a guitar duel with Eddie Van Halen. It also has well-recognized studies on his acclaimed "pentagonal scale" that many metal guitarists even been used, the difference is that he does not pay for your image out in magazines such as slash and other guitarists who are more Public that guitar"

I've never heard of Richie being in a guitar duel with Eddie Van Halen, nevermind "winning". The only time I can think of that they've appeared publicly together was during some telethon playing "Gloria".

Also, what "well recognised studies on Richie's Pentagonal Scale". For a start, I've never heard of a Pentagonal scale, only Pentatonic and I've never heard of anyone doing a study (much less a "well recognised" one) on Richie's playing style.

Originally Posted by Living_on_my_Hair (Post 1080163)

That comment you highlighted indeed doesn't make much sense. But anyway, we'd be here all day running around in circles about who is 'better' etc, but one thing that does get me is Slash.

I like him, i like all his solo stuff and most of his work with GNR..but in reality he isn't that special in my opinion, BUT he's got The Image. Seriously, if he was just some scrawny average joe looking guy, without the whole image, nobody would bat an eye lid and he wouldn't be as much in the media and branded the way that he is. I sound similar to what Jon moaned about a few years back in reference to Axl Rose getting all the media hype, despite not doing much of note. Slash live is sloppy, and unoriginal I think.

Andi

Originally Posted by samboraisgodUK (Post 1080165)

Completely agree about Slash, just don't get the hype surrounding him. I can understand people preferring other styles of guitar playing (i.e. Eddie Van Halen to Richie) but for pure emotive guitar playing where the solos fit the song perfectly rather than an "oh look how fast I can play" style then Richie is unbeatable.

Originally Posted by samboraisgodUK (Post 1080161)

http://www.the-top-tens.com/lists/gr...mHdFc.facebook

"Vote for your favourite guitarist & leave a comment" - usual stuff.

I'm not posting this to do the standard "vote for Richie" spiel more because there's an interesting comment about Richie here: http://www.the-top-tens.com/items/ri...mbora-4776.asp

"Nobody plays guitar like him, from blues to hard rock notes. Do not forget that he won a guitar duel with Eddie Van Halen. It also has well-recognized studies on his acclaimed "pentagonal scale" that many metal guitarists even been used, the difference is that he does not pay for your image out in magazines such as slash and other guitarists who are more Public that guitar"


I've never heard of Richie being in a guitar duel with Eddie Van Halen, nevermind "winning". The only time I can think of that they've appeared publicly together was during some telethon playing "Gloria".

Also, what "well recognised studies on Richie's Pentagonal Scale". For a start, I've never heard of a Pentagonal scale, only Pentatonic and I've never heard of anyone doing a study (much less a "well recognised" one) on Richie's playing style.