Guest redbaron51 Report post Posted March 21, 2002 How does Kirk Hammett (Metallica) gets in the hall of fame, yet he only plays a Pentatonic, finger tappin, wah-wah pedal guitarist. He has no originality in his solos, and his best solos are done on Kill Em All since he didn't write them. Mustaine did. Anywho, not only Kirk Hammett isn't great he shouldn't be the first. There are way too many people ahead of him. Eric Clapton Jimmy Page Jimi Hendrix Richie Blackmore Tony Iommi Eddie Van Halen they and many more should be ahead of Kirk hammett Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Man in Blak Report post Posted March 21, 2002 I don't know if it was a change in staff or what, but sometime around the middle of last year, Guitar World really went into the shitter. There's been a couple of good issues here and there, but overall, none of the depth or variety that they used to carry with each issue. It doesn't really surprise me that they'd put Hammett up there - he's essentially the "last guitar hero" that Rock has seen and GW knows that most of the younger fans will identify with him and not put up much of an argument. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TheyCallMeMark Report post Posted March 21, 2002 Kirk Hammet's not a bad choice. He's always very solid, and puts on consistanly good solo's. Plus he has a very wide range of both lead and rythem work, and has proven he's capable in numerous area's. Plus, also, alot of people know Metallica, know his work, and would enjoy the article more because they'd know who the article was about, and could bounce their own opinions against it and all that good stuff. Now, if I'm right, you tried to say that Hammet only plays Pentatonic scales, finger taps, and uses alot of wah. Several of the people you mentioned use these things alot more than him. Hendrix clearly uses as much wah, and his solo's sound rests alot upon it. Van Halen's only real skill is fingertapping, and Jimmi Page's "original" solo's weren't liked by many of those who listened due to the fact they weren't that great soudning, though they were technically difficult to play. The only person you listed who has even touched as much variety as Hammet is Clapton. Even further, Hammet has done as much, if not more, different works than the others on the list. And I haven't even gotten to the fact that rythmically he's easily as good as or better than everyone on the list. As to his best solos being written by Mustaine, I disagree, but I suppose that is your opinion, eh? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest redbaron51 Report post Posted March 21, 2002 Kirk Hammet's not a bad choice. He's always very solid, and puts on consistanly good solo's. Plus he has a very wide range of both lead and rythem work, and has proven he's capable in numerous area's. Plus, also, alot of people know Metallica, know his work, and would enjoy the article more because they'd know who the article was about, and could bounce their own opinions against it and all that good stuff. Now, if I'm right, you tried to say that Hammet only plays Pentatonic scales, finger taps, and uses alot of wah. Several of the people you mentioned use these things alot more than him. Hendrix clearly uses as much wah, and his solo's sound rests alot upon it. Van Halen's only real skill is fingertapping, and Jimmi Page's "original" solo's weren't liked by many of those who listened due to the fact they weren't that great soudning, though they were technically difficult to play. The only person you listed who has even touched as much variety as Hammet is Clapton. Even further, Hammet has done as much, if not more, different works than the others on the list. And I haven't even gotten to the fact that rythmically he's easily as good as or better than everyone on the list. As to his best solos being written by Mustaine, I disagree, but I suppose that is your opinion, eh? Well for the people's poll. Hammett is probably the most popular, but come on. Whats next. Mark Tremmoli from Creed? Then Wes Boreland. Adam Jones. People don't know great guitarists when they see one. #### most of them probably don't even know who Eric Clapton or Richie Blackmore are. Hammett isn't even an original guitarist. #### he didn't want to learn from Satriani because it was a waste of time. Hendrix, Page and Van Halen only use one of those techniques, but it was all a revolutionary thing for a guitar. Hammett just took all of those techniques into one, but never expanded with it. Maybe he's not using his talent wisely, or James didn't write great solo's for him.When Hammett does write a solo its crap or great (Master of Puppets is an example of a good solo). But when you try to take credit for what others done (This is why you see Mustaine name in the covers), Hammett said that he made all the solos from Kill em All and the riff for Call of Ktulu. Since this was done by fans, and there are still a lot of loyal Tallica fans, this was there first choice. Even though I love Tallica music, Hammett would never be my first choice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TheyCallMeMark Report post Posted March 22, 2002 I hardly would couple Hammet with the likes of Creed members or Limp Bizkit members. That's just a little ludicrous. Even the crustiest old rocker toting his metal dislike to the max recognizes Hammet as a definate guitar great. He's still taking classes from Satriani, but I may have minsunderstood your statement. On the Mustaine issue, I think Hammet saying he wrote stuff on the other albums where he had little influence, take a look at Mr. Deth. He claimed to have wrote every ounce of Ride The Lightning, when in reality, he only wrote parts of "Fight Fire With Fire" and the title track. He was just trying to take credit for the fucking awesomeness that is "Fade To Black". Van Halen's fingertapping wasn't exactly groundbreaking. He was better at it than anyone at the time, but Hendrix had been doing it before (albeit not very well). I can't think of anything groundbreaking Jimmy Page did (though he was one of the first to kind of break away from the blues rock style... into a very fomative and crappy sounding one if you ask me, but I admit he was something of a pioneer in the art). Tony Iommi really was only good at the time, looking back on his playing, he was pretty limited. Though I think he really broke away from the blues solo before Page did. But I concur there were probably better choices than Hammet. Stevie Ray Vaughn immidiatly comes to mind, as he was God himself in the form of a guitarist. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying he's the best choice, I just think he was a good one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CoreyLazarus416 Report post Posted March 22, 2002 As long as Zakk Wylde and Randy Rhoades are added to the list at some point in time, I'll be happy. As for Kirk Hammett as the first induction, it makes TOO MUCH sense. Loyal Metallica fans picked up a guitar because of Hammett's solo's over Hetfield's FUCKING KILLER rhythms. I know I picked up a guitar because of "Enter Sandman" and "Master Of Puppets" (even if my favorite songs to play are Slayer's "Raining Blood" and Kiss' "War Machine" ). As for Wes Borland...don't dis the man. Take a look at a lot of his guitar riffs. Pretty #### good stuff. Plus, Big Dumb Face just kick all sorts of ass... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Man in Blak Report post Posted March 22, 2002 I think the best strength that Hammett has is his versatility - he played the really fast metal stuff at the beginning of Metallica, and then eventually brought in the Wah-Wah and the more bluesy drawl to his sound around Load and Re-Load. That being said, I still think he's a cop-out choice, when you've got Randy Rhoades, Jimi Hendrix, and SRV as other candidates. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
