Is Jimi Hendrix overrated as a guitarist?

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Putinbot1 Restricted

Originally posted by samhain
Glad somebody mentioned Knopfler in this thread. Not my favourite artist by any means but his guitar work is phenomenal.

Hendrix basically invented thrash metal though.

Yeah, even if Brothers in Arms is more than a homage to Bird of Paradise by Snowy White.

Brothers in Arms https://g.co/kgs/gZdniR

https://youtu.be/hMAyGUYlX0E

But don't get me wrong, I'll forgive him anything for his guitar work on Big River.

Big River https://g.co/kgs/otqPcq

Jmanghan Senior Member

Originally posted by NemeBro
Does anyone really overrated Dragonforce anymore? Guitar Hero 3 came out twelve years ago lmao.

And yeah that's kind of accurate I think. It's pretty fast and long but it's just fairly standard tremolo picking I think, so if you have practiced to get the speed right and have the stamina it is manageable.

A solo like this for example I think is a lot harder:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShV8lW7HUR4&feature=youtu.be&t=5m12s

I could be wrong though. Any guitarists still here on the forum? We had a few a while back but that was a long time ago.

Oof, lol.

YouTube video

riv6672 Senior Member

Originally posted by P-Geyser
How would you pit Jimi against Eric Clapton?

I saw something on AXS Tv about a week ago where a guy said Clapton was taken to a club to see a pre-famous Hendrix, and he (Clapton) went home and practiced for a year. 😆

Surtur Restricted

He's still in the top 10, probably top 5 of all time.