Who is the most underrated guitarist? personally I'd

>>71090100
>underrated
You baitin

>>71090113
He isn't?

I've seen lots of people either call him nothing special or even a downright bad player.

>>71090148
He is nothing special as a guitar player. Great songwriter though

>>71090148
>I've seen lots of people either call him nothing special or even a downright bad player.
He even calls himself a bad player. He said that his D chord has gotten better over the years. He can't sing, he's not a good guitar player, but he and TVU had a vision. That's what they're appreciated for. Underrated guitar players would be Bill Frisell, Gary Moore, Steve Hackett, Andrew Latimer.

>>71090158
He wasn't a technically amazing player but he was a good rhythm player (What Goes On, for example) and he pushed the boundaries with his usage of feedback and generally experimenting with his guitar sound.

>>71090100
doug yule is a superior guitar player but a far worse songwriter

>>71090100
Neither of them were especially talented, but Lou Reed and Sterling Morrison were probably one of the best guitar duos of all time just for how interesting they sounded. They both had very different style with Sterling having a bluesier style and Reed having a more off-the-wall sort of style which worked well together. The alternation of rhythm and lead by them also made them quite ahead of the curve in a lot of ways.

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Pic related's acoustic playing is really good

also Robert Quine deserves more recognition

>>71090258
Pretty sure that was mainly down to john cakes input. He'd be still playing the ostrich if it wasn't for John cale

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desu

>>71090100
im not a big fan of lou reed but didn't he invent or at least popularize the ostrich tuning? as a guitarist, it's become one of my favorite tunings to use

Steve Jones

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Quicksilver Messenger Service
John Cippolina and Gary Duncan

>>71090483
Hahahahahahaha what the hell makes you think that

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>>71090447
True desu, though his rival is also a pretty underrated guitarist

>>71090462

probably didn't invent, I'm sure other people before had done similar stuff if only as a goof, but he quite possibly was the first to use it on a pop recording and also use it in a more serious way.

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>>71090447
agreed.

>>71090587
it's one of the main reasons lou appealed to the avant garde cool kid john cale. considering that it couldn't have been too popular

>>71090100
I agree.

>>71090514

Malkmus is a great guitarist. Corgans inability to produce anything once his bandmates left him speaks volumes about who did most of the actual music work during Pumpkins heyday.

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Keith Scott - Bryan Adams
John Sykes - Whitesnake
Me

>>71090148
That's because he WAS a bad player you fucking retard. He compensated with specific style and aesthetic, as most talentless hacks do in the style of diiv or tame impala. He's overrated as fuck if anything.

>>71092165
It actually was him though. Near on everything except the drums, backing vocals from D'Arcy and the occasional Iha guitar bit he did everything on most albums.

>>71092996
his live albums when it's just him and guitar is proof that he's was an amazing musician

>>71093053
he was nowhere near a BAD player, you fool. just because he wasn't shredding up and down the fretboard doesn't make him terrible.

Is thurston moore underrated?

>>71093298
Please refer to:
>>71090242
Surely he was trying commenting on his exquisite guitar playing abilities by claiming that his D chord has gotten better over the years (which is some of the first things you learn when playing the instrument). I'll try to find it.

>>71093357
way to take things literally dude, good job

>>71093434
Way to tell someone's never touched an instrument.

>>71090262
Top kek

>>71093338
lol no

Joey Santiago

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jerry cantrell fuckers

>>71090100
Didn't the Velvet Underground have another guitarist? Are you sure you are listening to Lou?

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>>71090242
>Steve Hackett
Honestly, he's great, but I don't think he's underrated if I had to be desu

>>71093338
he's overrated

>>71093941
he was clearly making a joke in order to make a point, you autist. it makes no sense if you take it literally, unless you're talking about someone who's been playing for a week.

>>71096399
>he was clearly making a joke in order to make a point, you autist. it makes no sense if you take it literally, unless you're talking about someone who's been playing for a week.
How did I take it literally? That would be why I said:
>Surely he was trying commenting on his exquisite guitar playing abilities by claiming that his D chord has gotten better over the years (which is some of the first things you learn when playing the instrument).
Are you pretending to be thick?

Me

>>71096181
Derek Bailey is too abrasive and that would be why. What would be a good starting point? Something that's tame, if such an album exists in his discography. Mirakle, Arc of the Testimony, The Last Wave?

Stacy Sutherland (13th Floor Elevators)
Richie Wise (Dust)
John Baxter (Buffalo)
Phil Cope (Witchfinder General)
Wino (The Obsessed/Saint Vitus/a bunch of other shit)
The guy from Toto

>>71090100
At this point, I'd honestly say Kirk Hammett because of all the hate he gets

Gary Holt would be my top choice though.

>>71094968
this desu. nutshell is my favorite guitar solo of all time. those tones