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Originally Posted by zimbloth  Does it even have matter what tuning they use? Dave hasn't written anything decent in decades. He's a poor songwriter. I know a lot of you guys are nostalgic for the 80's and whatever, but do any of you seriously think they're worthy of this much discussion? Do any one of you think they've put out a good album since the Berlin Wall fell? Also, Chris Broderick obviously has immense technical ability, but what memorable songs has he written? I can't think of any good stuff he's written in a band context before. At least someone like Jeff Loomis has the chops but also writes amazing songs as well. Being able to balance insanely tasteful shredding with catchy memorable riffs, that's the real genius right there. There's a lot of great shredders out there who can solo out of their minds but can't write decent riffs. I'm not saying Chris can't or hasn't, but I've yet to hear it.
I know I may sound like a jerk, but I just don't get what all the fuss is about with these guys. If I wanted someone to put on a shred clinic, I'd love to go see Chris play. But in the context of actual music, like bands, what's the big deal?
Also the whole "it's nice to see bands embracing E tuning still" is silly. Why is that nice? Why should someone foolishly embracing something so limited and primitive like Dave be applauded? I know a lot of awesome tunes have been written in E, but it really makes no sense to take pride in limiting yourself like that. There are so many musical, great sounding notes that work for any genre of music below E. I really don't even see how E-E became the standard, makes no sense to me.
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Itīs not about limiting, itīs about keeping their sound classic. I respect Dave for his decision not to jump in the seven string bandwagon. Not everyone HAS to play them. Itīs called DIVERSITY. We are the minority, E is still the standard tuning and it will always be as far as Iīm concerned. What I tried to say is that a lot of people play seven-strings and just use the LOW B and are just as limited as the guys only playing in E, itīs a matter of how you use it. Some bands are very limited, remember new metal? They didnīt play in E, but were far more limited in writing and playing than Megadeth. Iīm a seven stringer but also a six stringer, so, what I think is that the only thing that can limit a guitar player is himself, not his tunings.