Reb beach bagging on hammet

[Robert Burns]

Look, ive somehow changed the world! LOL Its like a public service..i show young guys what they will look like at 55!
Oh the humanity!

[Chrisb]

"Shortest Straw" is one of my favorite Kirk solos and I don't think he pulled it off there. It sounds like the way I play when I know the basic structure of a solo (whammy part here, fast ascent here, tapping here) but I don't know any of the actual notes.

You nailed it. I don't think he actually has that solo down, he was winging half of it. I mean it didn't really flow at all like the original and alot of the notes were totally different. To be fair, its not a song they play that often so I was glad just to hear it. And also to be fair, James fucked up the lyrics to but he covers himself pretty well. That wasn't as bad as some Kirk solos I've heard though. I've heard him just absolutely butcher the solo for The Four Horsemen and I've also heard him nail it pretty well. My point being that he is not consistent at all. And if he forgets or loses the thread he is not skilled enough to improvise and make it work to his advantage.

[Grandturk]

Shortest Straw and Harvester of Sorrow both have pretty disjointed solos. I thought it sounded fine.

[tooslowhand]

"Shortest Straw" is one of my favorite Kirk solos and I don't think he pulled it off there. It sounds like the way I play when I know the basic structure of a solo (whammy part here, fast ascent here, tapping here) but I don't know any of the actual notes.

[Hellbat]

Actual transcript of a recording of a man watching a Robert Burns video...

Hey, thats a sweet axe...
Decent tone too...
Wait a second is he weari.... WTF!?! TURN IT OFF!!! TURN IT OFF!!!

The only thing more disturbing was that Japanese guy dressed like a girl playing that crazy slap bass... :ROTF:

[Robert Burns]

People "Gasp" when they see my videos too! LOL

[VitaminG]

Same here. It was a little sloppy, but not awful.

I listened to the clip so I could hear the "butchery" and then realised I had no point of reference - I'm not familiar with the original

It sounded okay to me, for what that's worth

[toejam]

That solo sounded fine to me.

Same here. It was a little sloppy, but not awful.

[lerxstcat]

I don't think he was making a dig at Megadeth at all. I think that since Megadeth is always #2 to Metallica, he was jabbing at Kirk by mentioning Megadeth first, as if he didn't really know which was which. And I think he held the grudge longer because it was his good friend that got slagged more than if it'd been Reb himself. It was Kip's pic Metallica used for a dartboard - Kip who went through a lot of hell in subsequent years, including losing his wife in an auto accident. So I can understand Reb's loyalty to his good friend coming back in a retaliatory snub, when directly asked by a journalist who had to know he was poking an old wound, or else was really fucking stupid, to suggest that anybody has linked Reb and Kirk stylistically.

I love Metallica. Heck I just saw them last year on the Death Magnetic tour. And I do like some songs on that album, in fact I'd say All Nightmare Long is in my top 10 Metallica songs list. I also think James is one of the great rhy. guitarists of all time. All that being said....Kirk Hammet sucks. He really does. He was actually distractingly bad the entire show, in fact he fucked up so bad on the solo for The Shortest Straw (its not that hard!) that I heard some boos. If you want to hear him butcher that solo check it out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt-hOoYGF0A . Awful.

Reb on the other hand is a virtuoso. Taking aside the fact that Winger does in fact suck, he's still an amazing guitarist and I can't disagree with what he said. Maybe a little dickish of him, but on the other hand Metallica did cast the first stone. The subtle dig at Megadeth was uncalled for though. Marty and Dave are both amazing guitarists. And as much as I like Reb, I'd take either of them any day over Reb.

[Grandturk]

That solo sounded fine to me.

[Chrisb]

I love Metallica. Heck I just saw them last year on the Death Magnetic tour. And I do like some songs on that album, in fact I'd say All Nightmare Long is in my top 10 Metallica songs list. I also think James is one of the great rhy. guitarists of all time. All that being said....Kirk Hammet sucks. He really does. He was actually distractingly bad the entire show, in fact he fucked up so bad on the solo for The Shortest Straw (its not that hard!) that I heard some boos. If you want to hear him butcher that solo check it out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt-hOoYGF0A . Awful.

Reb on the other hand is a virtuoso. Taking aside the fact that Winger does in fact suck, he's still an amazing guitarist and I can't disagree with what he said. Maybe a little dickish of him, but on the other hand Metallica did cast the first stone. The subtle dig at Megadeth was uncalled for though. Marty and Dave are both amazing guitarists. And as much as I like Reb, I'd take either of them any day over Reb.

[lerxstcat]

and at the end of the day i will still enjoy and listen to Metallica before anything Reb is apart of. I will pick music that is inspiring and sounds good to me over, talent.

DUDE!! You just said you'd rather listen to Metallica than a band with talent!! I didn't say that, YOU did! Kudos for telling it like you see it, but i don't know if Kirk would thank you for the way you said it!

[jinx]

Ive felt exactly like Reb for 20 years! Kirk does suck! Even James has
had to show him how do do riffs! He's a journeyman guitarist at best.
How he took lessons from Satch, and did nothing with them, (can you
say Steve Vai"?) baffles me! Heck Matt on this forum smokes Kirks ass!
Mosh does too! Reb is a multitalented virtouso imo... he can go from
Winger to Dokken..to Chaka Kahn! Kirk would have problems sitting in
with Wheezer! :-)) Reb can play jazz fusion.. Country, blues...shred
and Pop. I put him right up there with Michael Landau ..

and at the end of the day i will still enjoy and listen to Metallica before anything Reb is apart of. I will pick music that is inspiring and sounds good to me over, talent.

[Racerx2k]

Hammett is leaps and bounds ahead of Beach. Not only in playing ability, but by being in a band that has endured 3 decades and keeps getting better. Not to mention, Hammett's choice of guitars is always a one up on Beach. The only solo I liked Beach do was "17" and that was just wanking off really fast, that's all.

:think:

Uh, I think you got the names switched around?

[Rsmacker]

Yeah, but in your case it's followed swiftly by flying pint glasses, bottles, stools, bricks etc