redmeansdead wrote:
Sometimes people quote certain guitarists like Hendrix and VanHalen as saying things about other guitarists like "they blow me away". Just because and artist says that about another artist, doesn't mean it's true. They are just trying to be respectful. Now, on the other hand, if someone like Malmsteen said that some other guitarist blew him away, that would be saying something. Cause Malmsteen is one arrogant bastard. He said VanHalen was a hack.
That's very true, I will forgive you for miss spelling Randy Rhoads. One very clever trick which Malmsteen used which not many people are aware of is his use of a digital delay which repeated every third note in his solos to make him sound much faster. Still damned hard to perfect that technique though, he has recorded some awesome stuff.