And perhaps his most iconic work:

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Good to be Alive - 1995, Fave non-GNR track.

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^^ Was never a big fan of Slash's Snakepit. Just sounded like a bunch of second-rate GNR demos. Having said that, I never heard the second album.

Fix (remix) -Blackstreet

Always on the Run-Lenny Kravitz (HOT!)

Give In To Me and DS-MJ as well as the MTV 1991 and 1995 performances

G N R's first album all the way

Free Your Mind-En Vogue, I'm pretty sure that was him

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alphastreet said:

thebanishedone said:

alphastreet said:

Fix (remix) -Blackstreet

Always on the Run-Lenny Kravitz (HOT!)

Give In To Me and DS-MJ as well as the MTV 1991 and 1995 performances

G N R's first album all the way

Free Your Mind-En Vogue, I'm pretty sure that was him

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don't be sure and don't give slash credit he didn't deserve.jinx jones is playing all guitars on free your mind. On the slash subject ,he is ok guitar player,but nothing special,and he showed weakness when he jammed with bands like chic or david leterman house band

I don't think he's the greatest guitarist in the world, I've seen way better, like our favourite midget, but he is good. And the reason I thought of En Vogue is cause I was too lazy to check who it really was and I know Slash was popular around that time.

alphastreet said:

thebanishedone said:

yeah,our little midget would own slash on guitar.

I would say Slash was a far better lead guitarist than Prince.

theban: I'll ignore your attempts to kiss ass

And by the way, Eddie Van Halen shits on them both

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love slash, met him & his wife once, they were very nice and down to earth.

alphastreet said:

theban: I'll ignore your attempts to kiss ass

And by the way, Eddie Van Halen shits on them both

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Great Post

The thing with Slash is.. (I exactly like Slash by the way) he had alot of great "solos" as a guitarist which made him stand out more. Of course their are more better guitar players. No one is saying he is the best but his good. He manage to hold it down solo and make a name for himself outside of his group which is commendable.

I think Jimi Hendrix is the greatest guitar player personally...

thebanishedone said:

I don't kiss ass,i'm a guitar player,i base it on all things together.prince owns slash in rhythm,lead and imagination department. Anybody saying otherwise is kissing slash's ass

I really don't know if Prince could play those fast leads like Slash did on Appetite. And I can't say Prince has ever had a tone quite as good as on that record either - just sayin'

thebanishedone said:

I don't kiss ass,i'm a guitar player,i base it on all things together.prince owns slash in rhythm,lead and imagination department. Anybody saying otherwise is kissing slash's ass

I was talking about trying too hard

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I LOVE Prince as a guitar player but his fans need to stop pretending his the greatest guitar player...when there are better

mjscarousal said:

I LOVE Prince as a guitar player but his fans need to stop pretending his the greatest guitar player...when there are better

I don't think he's the best but he's good too, he plays a little bit of everything, and not a Beiber way

alphastreet said:

mjscarousal said:

I LOVE Prince as a guitar player but his fans need to stop pretending his the greatest guitar player...when there are better

I don't think he's the best but he's good too, he plays a little bit of everything, and not a Beiber way

OF COURSE Prince is a great guitar player but you know how his fans are alpha... O thats right this is PRINCE.ORG

thebanishedone said:

It's funny when somebody says i don't know if prince can play faster then slash.not only prince can play faster he can play much cleaner.but guitar is not about playing fast,it's about the choice of notes.prince showcased ability to compose better solos on spot then slashes best.for me just my imagination small club plays circles around november rain solo

As a guitarist myself who plays a bit of Prince and Slash, I found learning Slash's solos far harder than learning any of Prince's. Prince is a great rhythm player, but a fairly unimaginative and one dimensional lead player.

Prince does not play faster than Slash, provide proof other you're arguement is redundant. Prince does not compose solos nearly half as well as Slash. Listen to the lead on songs like Locomotive, Coma or Estranged - Prince wishes he could come up with bad-ass shit like that!

MattyJam said:

thebanishedone said:

It's funny when somebody says i don't know if prince can play faster then slash.not only prince can play faster he can play much cleaner.but guitar is not about playing fast,it's about the choice of notes.prince showcased ability to compose better solos on spot then slashes best.for me just my imagination small club plays circles around november rain solo

As a guitarist myself who plays a bit of Prince and Slash, I found learning Slash's solos far harder than learning any of Prince's. Prince is a great rhythm player, but a fairly unimaginative and one dimensional lead player.

Prince does not play faster than Slash, provide proof other you're arguement is redundant. Prince does not compose solos nearly half as well as Slash. Listen to the lead on songs like Locomotive, Coma or Estranged - Prince wishes he could come up with bad-ass shit like that!

Right... they are very different guitar players.... that doesnt take anything away from Prince or Slash... I dont even know why someone would compare them... they dont play the same material.

The brother is gifted on the guitar!

Props to the artist formerly known as Saul Hudson.

As for bringing Prince into this, look, Prince is one of the greatest guitar players of all time but this isn't about him.

Timmy84 said:

Y'know, he's got blues licks for days. But I like guitar players who

can not only string pentatonic licks together but have a solid grasp

of chordal voicing as well.

But I'll always support black rock guitarists: all hail Saul Hudson!

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I play guitar as well and Prince as a guitarist has always been overrated;

he's masterful but definitely not a virtuoso. And I agree with Matty: Prince's

solos (for that matter, Slash's solos as well) are mostly one dimensional -

that is, they both subsist upon the pentatonic scale for the most part. Some

times, Prince will use a Dorian lick per one of his guitar influences, Carlos

Santana.

Prince's background on guitar has more R&B influence than Slash, so Prince

will be able to handle rhythm and chordal voicings whereas Slash is a

blues shredder. I don't think one is better than the other. Slash is faster

and can string together a blues based solo that will sound "cooler" and

"rockier" than Prince but Prince bests Slash's chordal knowledge.

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I don't think Jimi Hendrix was the best guitar player ever. He may be the

most influential but he was kinda sloppy with it live. He had Curtis Mayfield's

and Bobby Womacks' deft touch with chordal voicing and R&B rhythmic playing;

he had John McLaughlin's rapid fire and blistering attack; he could also do that

Spanky Alford style as well. But again, he was a bluesman first and subsisted on

the pentatonic scale - that's one scale out of many which unfortunately limited

Hendrix's musical expression.

But I think it is inarguable that Jimi Hendrix is the most influential guitarist that has

ever lived.

HUGE Slash fan While i don't think he is anywhere near the greatest, he is amazing. And the respect and love he has gotten he earned for sure! i see his pics over every guitar center i have ever been to...

Any who my favorite Slash performances

And hey i think EVH is better then Slash & a lot of others to & i like Prince...

But let's not make this about OTHER plays this is a Slash appreciation thread, and he deserves it

Gunsnhalen said:

And hey i think EVH is better then Slash & a lot of others to & i like Prince...

But let's not make this about OTHER plays this is a Slash appreciation thread, and he deserves it

Omigod, there's no way in the world that Slash is a better player than Van Halen -

to suggest otherwise betrays a serious psychological disorder.

Anyways, I saw Slash walking out of that chapel in the middle of the desert in that

music video (y'know the one) and that was it: I had to get a guitar.