[The Dark Wolf]

Originally Posted by zimbloth

I just don't see how you can listen to players Jeff Loomis and still be interested in Kirk's "King Nothing" riff and other assorted trash.

I'm a huge Nevermore fan. They're almost my favorite band. And I'm not too nuts about King Nothing. I just don't have any 'cause to slag Kirk is all.

[guitarjitsumaster]

geez.........!!!, You'd think Kirks last name was malmsteen and he played a solid state amp up in this thread.

[David]

Originally Posted by Korbain

i ain't honestly don't see why u think he's shit?!! he's not great by any means. but saying he needs to learn how to play is just stupid lol. i have heard people that need to learn how to play. i know every1's over metallica, so am i but god i won't go saying kirk hammet needs to be tought how to play guitar. if you seriously know your a better guitar player and are doing better t han him than fair enough, but i don't have any room to say hammet needs guitar lessons!! lol

please note... i have played with, and seen people, with talent that would take him over a century to get to... my thoughts are based on that. If you play for 25+ years and suck that bad... then you need lessons. You should only suck as bad as he does after maybe 3 years of playing seriously at the most. And, I've only been playing for about 3 years... and I don't suck that bad.

[Korbain]

i've seen people better than him too. but he really isn't that bad! lol. his abiltiy to make music is similar to dimebags. its just riff driven and fast solo's, and heavy too some extent. dimebag shits all over hammet in heaviness. are you saying, in your 3 years experience. you could create guitar pieces better than him? he is no god on guitar, but he certainlty isn't shit. the music he creates on his guitar is pretty nuts, if you put into the perspective off! shit he made all that up sorta thing. basically, any song you can play on guitar no matter how good you are, you can be certain hammet would be able to play that song too. so i can't see why every1's bagging him. why not just say he's an up himself fuckhead lol.

[The Dark Wolf]

Originally Posted by Korbain

i've seen people better than him too. but he really isn't that bad! lol. his abiltiy to make music is similar to dimebags. its just riff driven and fast solo's, and heavy too some extent. dimebag shits all over hammet in heaviness. are you saying, in your 3 years experience. you could create guitar pieces better than him? he is no god on guitar, but he certainlty isn't shit. the music he creates on his guitar is pretty nuts, if you put into the perspective off! shit he made all that up sorta thing. basically, any song you can play on guitar no matter how good you are, you can be certain hammet would be able to play that song too. so i can't see why every1's bagging him. why not just say he's an up himself fuckhead lol.

Uh... what he said. I think.

[Korbain]

lol yeh i confused myself too in that post. its hard to talk on msn and write a serious response on here at the same time lol.

[Metal Ken]

Uh, as far as making music, in metallica, pretty much all he does is write solos.. James writes all the songs...

[David]

Originally Posted by Korbain

i've seen people better than him too. but he really isn't that bad! lol. his abiltiy to make music is similar to dimebags. its just riff driven and fast solo's, and heavy too some extent. dimebag shits all over hammet in heaviness. are you saying, in your 3 years experience. you could create guitar pieces better than him? he is no god on guitar, but he certainlty isn't shit. the music he creates on his guitar is pretty nuts, if you put into the perspective off! shit he made all that up sorta thing. basically, any song you can play on guitar no matter how good you are, you can be certain hammet would be able to play that song too. so i can't see why every1's bagging him. why not just say he's an up himself fuckhead lol.

dude, dime couldn't play either. Play fast? for one thing, it's slow as hell (shred head here), two, it's sloppy. SPEED, is only a plus, when it flows, and fits with the song. They both section it off into 8 sets of triplets or quadruplets or something... it's fucking lame. Like I said, I like the riffs... sure they aren't gods on guitar, but they still suck really bad. When they "solo" it's not enjoyable to listen to. Al Di Meola is pleasing, fast, and powerful, on an acoustic guitar.

The music he makes is nuts? DUDE, have you been living under a rock? I usually don't get heated, but you're totally leaving out the creativeness of the greats, becker, vai (freak show excess), tony mac, gilbert, al di meola, bumblefoot... I mean, I could go on if you'd like with music that just goes absolutely "nuts" on guitar.

HAMMETT, can play any song?! ARE YOU JOKING!? dude, put down the nirvana record for a moment... and go play Serrana PERFECTLy by Jason Becker. For one... kirk can't sweep. Sweeping is an essential tool. He can't pick fast... he has no sense of time measures or phrasing. He structures his songs the same way every time. He stays in the same key. He has no creativity. There's not a chance in hell that he could ever play the intro tap section to Building the Church by Steve Vai.

AND, even if he could, which he clearly can't... there's a difference between writing and playing. So I learned the serrana arpeggios last summer (can't play it full speed anymore...), does that mean I'm as good as becker? I couldn't write something like that if I tried.

You're striking a nerve with me... and it's a vital nerve.


serrana arpeggios:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...q=jason+becker

[Korbain]

i think it'd prob be a shared effort. who knows. its metallica. they're a different band now lol and maybe you don't understand that being a good guitarist isn't just how fast you can "Shred", or solo etc. and no i don't live under a rock. i just listen to different music too you. is that really hard for you to accept? but i am glad you seem to know hammet so well and know his guitaring ability inside out lol. and i don't mean to sound like a cunt either. your the only one pissing yourself off here lol. and i think your totally missing the point in your self inflicted anger. so settle down then read into what i am saying, and you may understand.

[Metal Ken]

Originally Posted by David

Al Di Meola is pleasing, fast, and powerful, on an acoustic guitar.

Most of his famous work is done on a les paul. That said:
Elegant Gypsy Suite, FTW.