Do all guitarist cheat except for Al Dimeola?

[tanpsi]

Discuss:

[horns666]

..no

[airjamie]

Steve vai doesnt even have a left arm....cheating motherfucker...

[randyrhoadsguitar]

what do you mean by cheat??? like string dampeners?

[tanpsi]

what do you mean by cheat??? like string dampeners?

You know:

Hammer ons
Pull offs
Economy picking
Sweep picking
Position shifting by sliding from fret to fret
gliss
tremelo picking
tapping

I think that's most of the devious short cuts, but anyone feel free to name more!

[Jack The Riffer]

Those aren't short cuts...They are techniques.

[VitaminG]

those are cheats? So anything less than strict alternate picking is cheating? I thought they were just textural tools in a guitarist's palette

[Trem]

um, i don't know what you mean by cheat when you refer to those terms, they are all valid technique...and Al does a bunch of those you metioned so...

[Axewielder]

Guitar Hero is cheating. All that other stuff is A-OK.

[Jacksons Shred]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Mt9iRbYsx2I

Al Di Miwho?

But to answer your question, no.

[Disturbing Manor]

That's what groupies are for. Am I cheating if I plug my guitar in instead of picking REALLY HARD?

[Trem]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Mt9iRbYsx2I

Al Di Miwho?

But to answer your question, no.

I love Jason, but Al is the man, i don't think Jason could touch him in overall musicianship and flat out tone or melody, and Jason was a bit sloppy not on record, however we may never know the true extent of Jasons capabilities, but don't give up hope

[jgcable]

Those aren't short cuts...They are techniques.

+ 1,000,000,000

[horns666]

+ 1,000,000,000

+1

So that's 1,000,000,001..

Could Al DiMeola slap the intro to Mean Street with his pud?..I think not!

[Trem]

Dude, Al Dimeola could Slap Eddie Van Halen with his pud send him flying into Chuck Norris, splitting his skull, and creating a BlackHole sucking exsistence as we know it into the Superunknown, where there we would find Chris Cornel still alive! but going hungry.