Salami

You are a great mod. Thanks a lot. Its just these little things that help.

Goofle

Jimi is my favourite, but it is pretty clear to me that Buckethead is the better technical guitarist in terms of notes per second.

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TheBig3

Buckethead is a unique guy, but I never would put on his record to just listen to it. Its generally in the background of something I'm doing. I own 6 of his albums and no two are the same (though Electric Tears and Colma are closer than any others). I think BH stands as a testament to whats possible. He's highly innovative but to some degree he's on par with things like the Mushroom Jazz albums or any lo-fi beat offering in that its a nice platform to work off of.

Jimi to me is a little too one-dimensional for my liking, especially when compared to BH, but overall he's a far better songwriter (songwriter period). I'm not sure the two of them are comparable but if I have to choose I'd say BH. I just find a lot more value in what he puts out, even if some of it can be ridiculous. (Much of Monsters & Robots for example).

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Salami

Although you have a point, I've always been scared of judging technical ability by "notes per second". Ever heard of a band called Dragonforce?

That's why.

Big3, you've certainly made that a lot more convincing that erasertime did! I don't get what you mean by "one dimensional" though. He had the aggressive tendencies, but yet also the emotion and the sensitivity.

Goofle

I personally feel that if Henrdix was around at this time, he would be as good as anyone technically so I find it hard to really compare him with anyone (not that he was the first seriously talented guitarist) because of that.

I think Dragonforce do it in a different way. They hit notes for the sake of it, whereas Buckethead actually seems to have planned what he is doing.

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Salami

Well said. You have a good way with words. You are definitely Tom Clancy.

TheBig3

Sure, well what I mean is you can listen to Jimi (at least what I've heard) and you sort of get the idea that you're listening to Jimi. I hear people try to say he was Jazz-like now and again but I never really bought it.

I will say he has his own sound, and I don't want to disparage him, I like him, but BH is all over the map. Jimi to me was working his sound like a punching bag, BH seems to be trying to create new aural landscapes. This may be a time thing, I don't know how boundry-pushing Hendrix was because I wasn't alive when he was new, but in relative terms, he's got less in his bag of tricks than BH does.

Again, I don't think they're comparable so making this comparison unintentionally diminishes what Hendrix did.

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Goofle

I am a wordsmith biotch!

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Necromancer

I agree 100% Big3.

Salami

Bit like comparing Nirvana with Bach, in a way.

Nirvana's a lot more fun and exciting, but doesn't really compare with Bach.