[Chronic Diarrhea]

buckethead is alright, but there are better shred guitarists out there, by far.

Buckethead isn't a shred guitarist though. He's avant-garde. He learned from Paul Gilbert, who is more of a pure shredder and technically a better shredder. There's a lot of stuff that Buckethead does that I don't like, simply because he is avant-garde, but he has a lot of material that is awesome, and hardly has any shred in it at all.

[Jotun]

Originally Posted by Chronic Diarrhea

Buckethead isn't a shred guitarist though. He's avant-garde. He learned from Paul Gilbert, who is more of a pure shredder and technically a better shredder. There's a lot of stuff that Buckethead does that I don't like, simply because he is avant-garde, but he has a lot of material that is awesome, and hardly has any shred in it at all.

at first i read this and i thought you said Paul Gilbert wasnt shred, and I almost freaked. reread it and yeah, i agree. but buckethead definitely can/does shred sometimes, and i think thats why most music morons (you know, the people who think they listen to metal when they hear dragonforce or avenged sevenfold on the radio) tend to say "buckethead rules" because they hear his shredding ability for 20 seconds. buckethead is good, thats for sure, but there are better guitarists out there, depending on what area we're talking about. Guitar World (i think) had what they thought the top guitarist of each category was, and it was a pretty good list. Paul Gilbert was on it, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Jimi Hendrix, etc... i forget their categories though. Im pretty sure Paul Gilbert was the fastest.