i love and respect all the masters that have come before him, but i must say all there skills and souls now lie within…..

ZAKK WYLDE !!!

well i guess ill admit that his last couple albums have been a bit of a sell out. and the guitars from Gibson and Epiphone only come because he has been recognized as a great, but im more of a fan of his from before he was noticed by the masses. his earlier work is even better, i swear he toned it down to be excepted.

and the “show off” comment i personally have to disagree to, he is a bit humble, be leaves in god, is a family man, and friends and family come first, he’s all about respect, and doesn’t care about shit if not. hes very down to earth, and has been him for over 20 years, i hate the fact that people judge him on how the media perceives him in the last 4 years or so when he got noticed by the masses.

for many years he chose to stay “underground” concerning his personal work (excluding playing for Ozzy)
it was the media that forced him into the lime light.

i admit that if i first known him in the last couple years, i wouldn’t like him, you got to get to know his history, Ive been there watching him for years.

but then agean everyone has there own perception, and as an example i respect every one for there own style but still don’t like them personally as sum thing i would choose to listen to, like Jack White that a lot of people including this site rave about. agean i respect him but hes not for me.

Are those two things supposed to be related in some way? Jack Tilton, Oral Roberts, Ted Haggard, Billy Graham, Peter Popoff, Jerry Falwell, Jimmy Swaggart, Rick Warren, James Dobson… none of those guys are particularly shy and retiring. There’s also this guy with the snazzy hat

although none of them do the pinch thing every 8 bars, so I’m not sure what that means

(Not even going to get into Ted Nugent and Chuck Norris territory…)

Papal bowling…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IONyLZn0pLI

(Boy, did this thread get derailed…)

There are a bunch of guitarists I admire, but the three that have influenced me the most in the way I play guitar are:

Dave Fielding (The Chameleons)
Julian Swales (Kitchens of Distinction)
Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins)

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*flinches*