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Originally Posted by Anjdog2003
ALAN HOLDSWORTH
Perhaps the most technically proficient guitar player ever. Alan Holdsworth had an advanced understanding of music, theory, chords, and scales. His extremely polished legato playing style combined with his use of very advanced chords and scales to make him arguably the best guitar player in recent memory. Holdsworth’s playing was so incredible and advanced that he makes major shredders feel like they’re just learning the minor pentatonic scale.
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Playing soulless while being "technically proficient" means nothing in my book. There are plenty of technically proficient musicians out there. That doesn't make them great.
Terry Kath wasn't the most technically proficient but played with a TON of emotion and competence. Mark Knopffler and Carlos Santana, the same.
And I'd take any of 'em over Holdsworth. Even SRV was better in my book