Whats all the hoopla about this Orianthi for?

[Hellraiser6502]

Ori

C'mon, you cannot deny she at least as good as many of the so-called traditional male 'guitar heroes'....

I'd stack her up equally against guy players like:

Joe Perry
Brad Whitford
Adrian Smith
Dave Navarro
Even...Stevie Ray Vaughn

On top of that ,you have a GREAT voice ,a marketable look and a pedigree with serious music business clout. A complete package IMO.

I saw it from the beginning and she's continuing to develop. Sure the 'pop' side has begun to have it's 'current' influence but....Like it or not she's gonna have a nice career

[Pointy]

Orianthi is just like the guitars she plays... the technical ability is all there, but she is uninspired, boring and emotionless

[j4vice]

Her guitars are fantastic! I think she's got a deal ... PRS ...

[Scooter]

She's got it goin' on. She can play, sing, young, hot, free guitars and equipment, famous friends.......
I think I'll hate her too.

[Endrik]

Not too familiar with her work but from the things I've heard she's definitely more than just a mediocre player, average players are everywhere, large majority of youtube wizards and message board rockstars have out of tune vibrato and no tone in their hands. She doesn't have these problems. She's not very original but then again who is these days. Her guitar sound is definitely above average, her control over intonation is way better than the hacks from Avenged Sevenfold or Dragonforce have. I don't give shit if she's a women or not, studying humanities in Tallinn University you'll have pussy juice stains on your clothes just by entering the building so at least my ears aren't connected to phallic nerve circulation and therefore a good looking female musician isn't going to get any extra points from me. Bringing out gender is idiotic. When a chick is too good then she's going to get stupid shit too. Some assholes thought that April Lawton was a transsexual because they could never ever be as good as she was.

[tonemonster]

C'mon, you cannot deny she at least as good as many of the so-called traditional male 'guitar heroes'....

I'd stack her up equally against guy players like:

Joe Perry
Brad Whitford
Adrian Smith
Dave Navarro
Even...Stevie Ray Vaughn

On top of that ,you have a GREAT voice ,a marketable look and a pedigree with serious music business clout. A complete package IMO.

I saw it from the beginning and she's continuing to develop. Sure the 'pop' side has begun to have it's 'current' influence but....Like it or not she's gonna have a nice career

You have got to be shitting me.

Adrian Smith......? come on. She couldnt even roadie for Adrian Smith. Adrian Smith is in an entirely different league than her. seriously. I mean that isnt even a comparison I would consider if I were drunk.

Joe perry. he sucks anyway, so it dont matter.

Witford......he's better than perry, but sure as hell aint no Adrian Smith.

Dave Navarro....... he sucks too, so she may be better than him.

SRV....... another comparison that isnt even in the same league.

She is a decent guitarist, but nowhere near the caliber of SRV or Adrian Smith. not even close.

if she has a nice career, thats great. more power to her, but it dont make her a great guitarist. it just means the A & R reps at her record company are doing their job effectively. she is mediocre, and most likely will always be, but there have been many mediocre musicians that have made a good career. but in the long run, she is just less than stellar guitarist making it on her looks. its a gimick they can market.

[tonemonster]

Orianthi is just like the guitars she plays... the technical ability is all there, but she is uninspired, boring and emotionless

you got that right.

[lerxstcat]

MJ may have been fucked up in a lot of ways, but nobody EVER got a gig with him unless that person was at the top of their game.

how do you define a worthy guitarist? what makes her so UN-special? you keep saying she is mediocre in the grand scheme. i am curious to whom you compare her. BTW - i have no opinion of her at all. i watched the videos. to me, some songs were good, others ok, and some i didn't like. that is standard though. i am completely indifferent about orianthi....

i am always curious, too, when somebody starts a thread like this, what is that person's achievement on the instrument. like, what bands have you played with or how many albums, what gear endorsements do you have and what label backs your band/music? essentially, i am curious about a players resume....

so, can you enlighten us? i think it would be awesome to know your qualifications and what you are basing your judgement upon.

This is who I compare her to as far as female guitarists:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF4A-C-Kios

Chelsea Coinstable, note this was 2004 when she was 14! She has her version of Scarified on her Myspace page and yes, she can shred it up like Paul Gilbert. And THAT clip has been up for about 2 years, I can only imagine how she plays now.

Orianthi is an okay guitarist, she IS mediocre. She has the "respect" of Santana and Vai because she is competent while being a hot sweet young blonde. Which is fine but let's not get carried away.

[Axewielder]

Holy shit, yeah I'd say Chelsea is much better!

[tonemonster]

The 'respect' of vai and santana is laughable. its about as meaningful as if Osama Bin Laden said he respected Brett Farve's talent. completely irrelevant.

[Nightbat]

Meh, I'd hit it

[MakeAJazzNoiseHere]

I'd respect the hell outta them titties.

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Yeah, she's no Stevie Ray Vaughn.

[Musician78]

She definitely couldn't compete with SRV. I am not a huge SRV fan, because I don't really like blues, but one day I decided to learn Texas Flood. !!!! That was far more difficult thn I imagined. So difficult for me in fact, that I gave up, lol. I did manage to pick up a few cool bluesy licks from that though.

[Gartron]

I dunno ...all I see is her cold dead eyes!

[RacerX]

I bet Michael Angelo respects her hair style!