[progmetaldan]

Thanks for posting that vid, I've been practicing that lick, but somehow the magazing copy I got didn't come with the cd...

That's insane, Rusty is incredible!

Originally Posted by Michael

This thread sucks. It looks to me like a bunch of sarcastic remarks and cheapshots at someone who will never visit this forum because of stuff like this. : / I'm not talking to anyone in particular here, I'm just tired of seeing people joking about Rusty's playing as if it's, well, a joke.

Rusty's a damn talented musician and from what I've heard an awesome guy too, so he deserves better than to be treated like a joke, even if you don't like what he does. His music has a place in a lot of peoples hearts... mine being one of them.

Anyway, I'm not one to bitch, but I've wanted to say that on quite a few occasions.

huge +1 here, Rusty is great, and he is an awesome guy, he often posts on the Outworld forum, answers questions etc, top bloke, and I have heaps of respect for him as a player.

[Naren]

Originally Posted by Michael

This thread sucks. It looks to me like a bunch of sarcastic remarks and cheapshots at someone who will never visit this forum because of stuff like this. : / I'm not talking to anyone in particular here, I'm just tired of seeing people joking about Rusty's playing as if it's, well, a joke.

Rusty's a damn talented musician and from what I've heard an awesome guy too, so he deserves better than to be treated like a joke, even if you don't like what he does. His music has a place in a lot of peoples hearts... mine being one of them.

Anyway, I'm not one to bitch, but I've wanted to say that on quite a few occasions.

+1000000

[Esp Griffyn]

Originally Posted by TonyFlyingSquirrel

It's not gimmick, it actually helps if you're a chest rocker, your hand rests behind there & if it's too thick, your hand hits the cutaway, I did the same mod to my RG7620 for the same reason.

I am a chest rocker, but I've still never had this problem, I don't exactly have small hands either. Each to his own I guess.

[progmetaldan]

haha, I just watched it again with sound on, and it sounded funny... And then he played it slowly, and I recognized it... Think I'm gonna have to practice it a bit more to get it up to speed...

Such an amazing player, much respect!

[InTheRavensName]

Originally Posted by Michael

This thread sucks. It looks to me like a bunch of sarcastic remarks and cheapshots at someone who will never visit this forum because of stuff like this. : / I'm not talking to anyone in particular here, I'm just tired of seeing people joking about Rusty's playing as if it's, well, a joke.

Rusty's a damn talented musician and from what I've heard an awesome guy too, so he deserves better than to be treated like a joke, even if you don't like what he does. His music has a place in a lot of peoples hearts... mine being one of them.

Anyway, I'm not one to bitch, but I've wanted to say that on quite a few occasions.

I think ripping on his shredding for sounding like a NES or Gameboy is fair, in the same way that I rip on Green Day or Nirvana for being simple infantile musical doodles...different strokes for different folks, and I certainly haven't managed to write a track that would sell like Smells Like Teen Spirit, nor have I managed to play that at half the speed or anywhere near as cleanly as Rusty does. Music is music. I think the personal comments on him are uncalled for, he seems like a decent bloke, and who here hasn't waxed lyrical about their new pride and joy, while inadvertently bashing whatever they were using previously? HE didn't overprice a superstrat 7 with a cheap trem, HE did decide the spec. for HIS custom, but HE didn't say "let's sell them publically", that was DEAN, it just happens to be his name on the headstock or wherever. If HE wants a cutaway on HIS custom, then that's what it should have. If you don't like it, that money will get you a UV, several Hellraisers, or Woden knows what from a smaller builder

Just my £0.02

[progmetaldan]

he wasn't really even ripping on his previous guitars anyway, he was just trying to promote his signature series, which is completely understandable imo.

[distressed_romeo]

TFS hit it squarely on the head...if you wear your guitar quite high, then your wrist does collide with the lower horn in the high positions.

...And yeah, a lot of the remarks about Rusty are pretty unfair. When I used to post on the Outworld boards he always came across as pretty friendly and down-to-earth

[Rick]

Of course you can't play it.

No one owns the RC7.

[playstopause]

Originally Posted by noodles

I thought Rusty played this:

I think it's pretty impressive on a mechanical level, but that's it. Imho, it really sounds like a video game, not music. I know it impress a lot of people, but hey, to each their own.

Originally Posted by InTheRavensName

I think ripping on his shredding for sounding like a NES or Gameboy is fair, in the same way that I rip on Green Day or Nirvana for being simple infantile musical doodles...different strokes for different folks, and I certainly haven't managed to write a track that would sell like Smells Like Teen Spirit, nor have I managed to play that at half the speed or anywhere near as cleanly as Rusty does.

I'll agree with this. Those who complain about what's beeing said on Rusty forget that they'll say things like that on other musicians or bands they don't like.

Man, this is SHOW BUSINESS. If you put your "music" out there, for the world to hear, you have to be ready to live with the consequences, good or bad, and wether it's rightful or uncalled for. There will always be people to love what you do and always be people to hate what you do. You got to be ready to live with that, Mr Nice Guy or not. If it hurts your feelings seeing stuff written about an artist you love, well... That's life. Or more precisely, if you're a fan, you got to accept the fact that your opinion might be biased.

Originally Posted by Rick

Of course you can't play it.

No one owns the RC7.

[Gilbucci]

In case anyone didn't catch this..It's a BETCHA CAN'T PLAY THIS lick. It's a pure technical showcase. I urge all you Rusty haters to go buy his band Outworlds CD, and then come back here and say he isn't musical.