I gotta agree with the old fart on this one. Slash is more of a gimmick than a talented guitar player. Axle sounds like a giant mosquito, and the rest of the band generally just phone it in. Kip is a fantastic singer/bass player, with more charisma and charm than Axle could ever hope to stuff into his little Cruella-themed cigarette holder, and Reb Beach... well, let's just say that he can do more with a guitar than use a wah and play box pattern blues variations. That man is a machine on the six string.

Guns 'n' Roses made music with actual feeling, with bite, with energy and they were willing to experiment. They could be hit-or-miss, but they made two great albums. Winger were by-the-numbers, soulless glam metal whether they had technical ability or not.

Axle doesn't have an e.

Yes it does. But Axl doesn't. ;)

So, you're gonna play the tech vs. feel card eh? All I know is **** GnR. Can't stand em. I do however love quite a few songs that Winger did, especially their later stuff.

I'm a guitar player, so this is a bit biased, but here's one good example of my stance on this:

It's funny how everybody creams their pants over the guitar solo in November Rain when it's just Stash bending a note to a minor, and then there's Reb's work on Witness that had gone mostly unnoticed because it didn't get any limelight. In my personal opinion, this outro solo is one of the most soulful and emotional guitar solo's I have ever had the privilege of putting into my earholes. It's got more feeling in just a few tremolo bends than any of Stash's phoned-in crap.

Starts @ about 4:00

I don't like either of them, but I think that playing appropriately for the music that you're making is a greater sign of talent than complexity and technical ability. That being said, I 100% agree with Plank that Slash plays his guitar via phone.

That's how he get's those crazy slides while his Mom nags at him to cut his hair.

His hat is pretty cool though.

Here, have some funny:

That's a bit too scary for me, I'll pass.