That's a strong bunch! Nice vintage selection :) My favorite guitarists from the ones you've mentioned are both outside your top five - Vai and Satriani.
That's a strong bunch! Nice vintage selection :) My favorite guitarists from the ones you've mentioned are both outside your top five - Vai and Satriani.
Those guys are amazing, but they came along later for me and they just seem to be from another planet.
Oh yeah, that's true. But I do tend to prefer the shredders and especially the ones creating music that's more extreme. I might be a keyboard player, but I can probably lits more guitarist that have influenced my playing style than keyboardists. I wonder what you think of and have you heard of guys like Michael Amott, Alexi Laiho and Jeff Loomis.
I know some of the names, but that's about it. I can admire the skills of some shredders, but may not be into the music.
That happens to me a lot, too. After all music is not a race or a skills competition - it's an art form. And if the music itself is lacking (or not on your personal frequency so to say), than speed and technique can't really make up for it. My favorite type of shredders are the ones who put their skill in service of the actual music instead of just shredding aimlessly.