Eddie changed the game but at his peak, i dunno if I can put him above Hendrix.
Van Halen had the 80’s on lock though…easy GOAT contender.
what are ur views on Steve Vai
lol theres not nearly that much theory involved.. it wasnt so much the notes as how he played them
lots of 9ths and 7th chords but he stayed pretty pentatonic. he was very blues influenced
pretty much lol
Hendrix was more about phrasing than anything.
wasn’t playing weird, exotic modes like Ywngie and the Neo-Classical guys
pretty much all our favorite guitarists operate inside the Pentatonics lol
Jesse Johnson is underrated and for a while may have been better than Prince..atleast in 80-84...
When they would jam Prince would always put Jesse on bass
lol
Prince leveled up big time in the 90's going towards the LousFlow3r/Musicology era…
his guitar playing took off later on i noticed.
his 80’s stuff was cool but he focused more on catchy riffs (Lets Go Crazy) than licks or really soloing.
but if you go back to Dirty Mind he was mostly doing rhythm guitar work on that anyway.
the biggest knock on Prince’s guitar playing IMO…is he don’t have a “Erruption” or “Maggot Brain” type of song.
when we have Pokemon Battles of our Favorite Guitarists,
we don’t have that “one” Prince song that showcases everything he is as a lead guitarist.
U have to already be a Prince fan to know what his best solos are,
whereas Guitar circles know Summer Breeze & Maggot Brain off GP even if they don’t listen to Isley or 70’s Funkadelic