Sadly I think that was someone else on the 2nd clip didn't look like him in the face and Chris has tattoos on his fingers and stuff, he can still do stuff like that though.
These days hearing diatonic sweeps with high E taps is like someone gnawing a chalkboard with their teeth. But there were some great clips here outside of that.
@guitarfiend797 Isn't using scales? The reason why they came up with "Betcha Can't Play This" is to teach learning guitarists (like myself) scales, and licks to advance them in their playing capabilities. They're technically not doing this to show off their playing capabilities, but to teach learning guitarists new tricks, new things. Helps learning guitarists explore alot more.
0:14 andy timmons very nice sound, 1:43 - 2:14 chris broderick, my personal favorite, 2:43 fucking awesome, 4:26 very nice sound with a delay and nice van halen guitar. Nice collection dude. :)
@Imxoneofthefallen nice haha. i totally hear that now looking back on it. that's me being goofy, but i'm a big gamer and a student of the old school street fighter games, so maybe it bled through alittle.
@guitarfiend797 What are you talking about? All this is using scales, it wouldn't sound correct otherwise. I heard minor and major throughout the whole thing.
@rnrjimmy ALSO, keep in mind brother, that the "respective shitty tones" are coming into a VIDEO CAMERA. not being recorded the correct way. all of them are amps that are turned up, bouncing off walls, and going into their "respective shitty cameras". so you actually have NO idea what the sound truly is in the first place. none of us do. therefore, anyone's opinion on the "tones" is invalid due to the circumstances =).
Have you considered that some of the playing isent possible without the extra gain and edge you get from distortion. You simply wouldnt be able to hear the notes cause the clean sound wouldnt be able to distinquish the tones.
@rnrjimmy i think that's the point of "betcha can't play this", to play something fast and sort of challenging. i mean... c'mon dude.. greg howe is on there too. u can't talk crap about him can you? =). what would be YOUR opinion of a good guitar player, i'd like to know.
the thing at :30 is fucking awsome...it actually involved groove and dynamics and hitting those harmonics its not just some doonkle dorf playing as fast as he can with chorus and fuzzy distortion drowning out mistakes kudos to a real player not a shower offer feeling is more impressive that some arpeggio...that groove is somthin id put on my ipod not half these guys just fizzshredding so think whats real music
So Alex Skolnick and Chris Broderick, two immensely talented musicians both with a degree in music are pompously nonchalant because they're incredibly talented? And fuck, if there's anything Alex Skolnick's bit WASN'T, it was typical or overly technical.
@blahkaw98 technically the stuff is really good. but most of it isnt using scales and it doesnt sound plesent. im not saying the guys cant play but it just doesnt sound appealing
@PanterArts way to quote something I didn't say. Whatever the reason, Dime was good player but he was, IMO, kinda limited, plus he's horrifically overrated.
