steve vai vs van halen vs karate kid vs paul gilbert vs michael batio vs ygnwie

[SR7s]

LOL Karate Kid guy is played by Steve Vai -.-

[epicblackops1000]

steve vai

malmsteen-he goes second becuz his already fast with just acoustic which i find acoustic hard to play

van halen

batio

paul glibert

karate kid

[RepoVSK]

Steve Vai and Eddie nuff said

[MrArgamonte]

tendrían que haber mostrado los mejores solos de cada uno de ellos!!

[devax1986]

Vai

Gilbert

Batio

Halen

Yngwie- Yngwie is the most boring.  Same classical scales he uses all the damn time.

[MasterOfTrapos]

vai

van halen

gilbert

yngwie

batio

i don't count karate kid because it's playback

so this is MY conclusion

STEVEN SIRO "STEVE" VAI

[surana87s]

ME

[KingOfShadows1500]

vai... nuff said!

[davidtrash006]

Batio is rock

[SuperEddieguitar]

@davidtrash006 batio is metal

[b34rd4dlov3r]

Batio!

[CometShoot000]

i pick chuck norris. eh?

[supervibu]

Just a note:its not the karate kid playing. Steve Vai wrote and played that for the movie.

[CarlBank250]

@supervibu just an add to your note: Though you are correct that Steve played that part of the Karate Kid in the "Crossroads" duel, the tune isn't written by him. It is a cover of Nicolo Paganini's "Capriccio No.5" .

[BYABiology]

PAUL GILBERT OWNS THEM ALL!!! THE REST AND THEIR FANS GO TO HELL M#d4RF*ERS!!!!

[MrPichukpo]

steve vaii!!!

[gospeda]

lol karate kid.

[TheRastaPhoenix]

why the hell is eddie so famous??? he didnt invent hammer ons, pull offs and tapping he isnt the god of rock! nor tapping, nor hammer on nor pull offs!!!

[supervibu]

@TheRastaPhoenix since when does only inventing things make you famous? He is a fkin genious thats why

[vanhalenkid]

@TheRastaPhoenix and he has never claimed he did. He just came out and sounded totally different than those of his time. He was very innovative in the way he used those techniques.

[Decorus11]

Malmsteen all the way!

[BURNOUT3272]

gilbert

[karavasilis12345]

karate kid cant play like that the guitars is wirtten by steve vai....

[rfd73]

1. Paul Gilbert

2. Ingwie Malmsteen

3. Van Halen

4. George Lynch

5. Greg Howe

6. Warren de Martini

7. Gustavo Guerra

8. Randy Rhoads

9. Eric Johnson

10. Steve Stevens

[electraorgana]

Eddie Forever the number 1

[d6ratero]

no es carate kid es cross road y esta tocado por steve vai XD

[wifflwaffl]

1. Jason Becker. I mean, c'mon guys, be real; these string pluckers are scrubs...

And if not Jason, Gustavo Guerra.

[GoodMetalFTW]

@wifflwaffl

what about shawn lane? jason becker himself said that he would have liked to take a lesson from shawn lane.

[nadnarf]

the karate kid is played by ry cooder. not vai

[Zorlak108]

@nadnarf Ry Cooder played his parts apart from Eugene's Trick Bag, which was Vai

[platinumaster7700]

1. Buckethead

2. Paul Gilbert

I think these two are the best guitarists in the world. =)

[Aremine]

first of all karate kid is played by steve vai so there is no karate kid. second: paul gilbert is the best, even though i love yngwies music. batio is shit imo and eddie was just influencial

[bicycless211]

@Aremine why is batio shit? You think he only knows how to shred, right?

[NICKWAPPERER117]

Eddie,.......will always be number 1 in MY book

[9999pat9999]

Paul is God

[painnegat]

1#steve vai

2 paul gilbert

3 batio

4 van helen

5Yngwie

para mi

[charmclover]

Umm... I would rather have some nobody actually playing that rather than karate kid badly pretend that he's playing it. Come on.

[philosovitz]

LOL...it's NOT Ralph Macchio really playing that! Screw Yngwie!!! Can't stand him. Pompous ass speed alone doesn't make you good...!

[philosovitz]

LOL...it's NOT Ralph Macchio really playing that!

[tizioincognito95]

1: van halen

2: yngwie

3: steve vai/ karate kid (cause karate kid's solo is played by steve vai)

4: gilbert/ batio (don't really like that much neither of them)

[MetalAndFuckingPunk]

1.Van halen

2.yngwie

3.batio

4.steve vai

paul gilbert and karate kid

suck my dick!!!

[guslipknot1]

batio is a god !!! batio wins!!

[tadzeo12]

jajaja guilber the teacher of buckethead

[ninjababyjesus]

Paul Gilbert ftw... he is just too good.

[adstanra]

Well, all due respect to a guitar God, Vai, EVH is the greatest ever:; to ever strap on the strings. Tone, songs, riffs, influence. Vai is the sort who everyone who hears him says " what a great guitarist", but never bothers to buy his album. Everyone knows VanHalen. .

[GoldsCovers]

ralph machio never knew how to play guitar haha tht was just a backing track played by one of steve vais crew members back in the day.

[ahfint]

karate kid doesn't play the song.It's steve vai. So,steve vai wins!

[Gusyblues]

@ahfint that's a guitarist's ego! , he can only be defeated by himself

[RedAntBlackAnt]

Pigs, piglets...very smooth...piglets, water vapor, not smoke....pigs, hogs, swine, very cool. Pigs, hogs, this one cartridge will get me through the whole day. Pigs, hogs, very smooth too.

[mastart85]

weedalaa weedalaa weedalaa!

[crematorywaffenx]

Yürü beeeee

[thatwesterfield]

lots guitar raping

[LukeInside]

VH is a Karate Kid ? Oo

[METALxOFxEVRYxKIND]

Yngwies part sucked ass

[Kdragon32]

Guthrie Govan wins! But all these others are guitar gods too!

[shadownickelback]

1.Steve vai

2.Paul Gilbert

3.Dimebag Darrell

[bbryan10]

@shadownickelback if it's that way i think dimebag is on top

[lrbloom]

You mmispelled Yngwie

[neurocosm]

First of all, having all these one after the other is great. I enjoyed the whole thing! I also found it fun that Ralph Macchio was referred to as the Karate Kid... :) For whatever reason, I just love watching guitarists do THEIR thing. And mess with it all. I gave up pretending that one is better than the other, or whatever. I have my favorites, of course. It is just really awesome to see these guys in their zone and tear a hole in the sky.

[osamierda]

EL TANO MARCIELLO MANGA DE FORROS!!!

[dpoarch]

vai and ry cooder actually did the karate kids parts. He doesn't actually play

[mikakit]

1. Paul Gilbert, Yngwie, Van Halen, Steve Vai, Batio.

2. Karate Kid

[rishimishra123]

@mikakit : if 5 people are 1st, karate kid should be 6th....

[evhfrankie]

Eddie Van Halen Period Fuck All The Others

[NoRacismIntended]

@evhfrankie

Yes I agree Eddie, but my friend you need to open your mind a little.

[MaxvergaxS]

KARATE KID X3!

[rrhynes]

You should leave EVH out of this bullshit comparison. Nobody even cares about the rest of them. It's one thing to play fast and it's quite another to be groundbreaking. 1978 came before anyone even knew who these other players were.

[superdome65]

@rrhynes eddie was also born before some of these guys tard...

[KikeNadado0r]

Woooow im with

Batio, Van Hallen, Paul Gilbert , Steve Vai

really they are the best guitarrist

[CrazyEiche]

evh malmsteen , who the fuck cares about the others...

[StellKid]

1. Paul Gilbert

2. Eddie Van Hallen

3. Yngwie Malmsteen

4. Steve Vai

5. Michael Batio

[jonahtran1]

that malmsteem video has to be fake. i mean, that guitar defied the laws of physics.

[ThePanaviaTornado]

1.eddie van halen

2.steve vai

3.yngwie malmsteen

4.paul gilbert

5.michael batio

[PoisonJoviRocker]

@ThePanaviaTornado Agreed completely

[xXBeyondWithinXx]

Seriosly need to add Jeff Loomis to this list. Hed be ahead of malmsteen and batio thats for sure maybe a tie with gilbert.

[wolfgang911]

even on acoustic Ingwy outplays the 3 others, his notes are related to real technique and scales of past and present , respect

[Burpman62]

@wolfgang911 but the thing is anyone can just run through scales. batio basically takes those scales and improvs and translates them into his own persona. you sir stand corrected :)

[errfy1]

all in all good vid though great choices

[errfy1]

his name is ralph macchio

[super18person1]

0:34 does tht seem wrong to any one but me

[gingerbean2k7]

@super18person1 What you mean?

[Rvgrungeman]

the "karate kid"'s playing was dubbed by steve vai.....lol!!! (p.s. you suck)

[lexraptor]

1. malmsteen

2. malmsteen

3.malmsteen

[lambosnicko]

they all do some good songs

some more than others

batio - rain forest, and he may shred but he has some nice heavy riffs

vai - for the love of god, whole alien love secrets album

paul gilbert - nothing he cant play, viking kong, technical difficulties, scarfied

van halen - eruption, aint talkin bout love

neither is best, just a matter of opinion

i love them all :D

[asewrz]

@tivo60

Do u really think they are the best guitar players?!

[terainwer]

jason becker. end of story

[claytonkillsyou]

@terainwer where the F$%K IS HE!!!! hes gotta be no.1 out of these?.... 19 y/o and rocks their socks off + musical genius puts him into a different league... correct?

[Metalsteen]

MAB BETTER TECHNICS, MORE SCALES, MORE ALL..

STEVE VAI ALWAYS PLAY THE SAMES TAPPINGS AND LEGATOS

BUT IN THE PERSONAL I PREFER YNGWIE MALMSTEEN IS THE BEST

P.D. CHANGE THE VID OF MALMSTEEN THERE ARE MANY BETTER VIDS

[Ericclapton325]

Is just me does ygnwie look like a male stevie nicks

[MacHinguchef]

maybe a lot of you may think batio sucks in soul and bla bla, but when it comes to speed, he is above others.

[Ghostman7777]

Vai has a unique sound.

Van Halen is just mindless speed.

I don't even know who Karate Kid is, but he can shred on a telecaster so that deserves some props.

Gilbert is just the perfect player. Nothing he can't do.

It always sounds like Yngwie is just dicking around too much, but he does have some gems like Blackstar.

Batio is a cocky douchebag, but you cannot deny his skill. Still not a fan of him or his music.

I agree with the Chuck Norris theory.

[jeffsond]

Technically speaking, vai is far and above the rest. Not saying he is the best ,but he is one of the best for sure. Eddie...what can you say..awesome. RALPH MACHIO???he didnt play any of this. He's a sissy. Gilbert crazy fast with pentatonics and amazingly intelligent guitar play as vai.

[goodygoody23]

Vai-most knowledgable guitarist out there, EVH-drunk repetitive guitarist who really likes to tap, karate kid=actor (guitar part by Steve Vai), Pault Gilbert-insanely fast and master of pentatonics, Yngwie-fast, drunk, fat, likes his minor arpeggios, Batio-robot but insanely fast and accurate

Vai>Gilbert>Batio>Yngwie>EVH>k­arate kid

[KingOfShadows1500]

@goodygoody23 hmm... i agree except yngwie isnt drunk at all :P

[goodygoody23]

@KingOfShadows1500 hmm drunk on cheeseburgers I guess

[KingOfShadows1500]

@goodygoody23 lol

[dpsd]

You got to include Guthrie Govan, Greg Howe and Richie Kotzen in their

[lamt1996]

eddie is freakin amazing,

[sliwairl]

Briliant!!!

[charmclover]

That's all they got for Paul? Come on he has way better stuff than that!

[lightnessss]

Eddie is classic, Steve original, Paul boring, Yngwie fast, Michael a good halterophil...

[terainwer]

@lightnessss you think paul is boring??? go fall off a clip and blow your dad

[RyanB747]

@terainwer i agree, paul kicks ass :)

[roxinouchet]

Batio is ridiculous :D

[guitarlord247]

lol karate kid is steve vai in that movie

[novemberrain1994]

Chuck Norris wins this..

[xcortrp14]

1. paul gilbert e steve vai

2. van halen.

3 batio e malmsteen

[jsteph6965]

1. Paul Gilbert

2. Van Halen

3. Vai

4. Malmsteen

5. Batio

[guitarlord247]

@jsteph6965 my exact list

[FearlessSpinner]

why steve vai twice? =/

[AllHopeIsGone12594]

1. Steve Vai

2. Paul Gilbert

3. Van Halen

4. Michael Angle Batio

5. Malmsteen

[SageNaruto9]

they are unnatural, :)

[Zhorellski]

Van halen pioneered guitar virtuoso!

[ipersupermasterman]

Gilbert and Batio ;-)

[sonatarctica666]

Batio is ridiculous.

[Irshkboy]

The karate kid wins easily

[MoFo2127]

where the hel are batio's eyes?

[FightingFinke]

@MoFo2127 under the mop I usually wipe my floor with..

[gh103]

Sorry Yngwie, but that was a total mess. Might get away with it on an electric with loads of distortion, but leave the acoustic and the real accurate picking to John McLaughlin.

[MoFo2127]

@gh103 and paul gilbert

[FightingFinke]

@gh103 Bam...!

[federfuchsCh]

it's quite a long time ago

but the first time i saw batio

i thought it was satch with hair :D

[lift0dem0weights1]

Nice video but i think i hear Vai saying, "Shit i got to battle karate kid AGAIN!"

[Slash1005]

van halen who do u think made all those sounds up !!!!!

[hpybuffy]

1- steve vai

2-paul gilbert

3-van halen

4-michael batio

5-karate kid??? xDDD

[nolan067]

Vai wins

[DmonkeyD1994]

yngwie

vai and gilbert tie

van halen

batio is the only bad one

[Kilgore2100]

@DmonkeyD1994 Paul gilbert is a funny guy, plus he shreds like a beaver on speed. All of these guy's are great guitar players, none of them is as much a musician as Eddie. He may not have the same chops as the other three, but his playing hits me in the stomach harder.

[hairottolapalla5]

stupid you have put one of the last live of EVH , put one about the years 1980 !!!

[Slash1005]

@hairottolapalla5 agreed put up his best performance

[hairottolapalla5]

@Slash1005 what the fuck is not right like this !!

[darkteo4]

1.paul gilbert

2.ygnwie

3.vai (the karate kind solo is by vai)

4.michael batio

5.van halen vote!

[havjac95]

Vai and Paul!  :P

[JpAcDc1985]

4:38 his face!

[rulex1996]

Karate kid!

[ShaunB987]

You seriously used to think that it was the karate kid playing that solo?! xD

[1Terryus1]

Gilbert and Vai

[Phil7749]

IN MY OPINION:

mab =speed

malmsteem = little too classic :P

paul gilbert = cool

steve vai = cooler

evh = coolest

karate kid = wtf? hes playing a steve vai solo but still wtf?

[srottiebuy45]

they should have put paul gilerts get out of my yard i think for arguments sake

[srottiebuy45]

so its pretty much vai vs van halen vs vai then :L

[PIOJOSOPASTILLERO]

hahah Eddie!! he is a God!!

[HonkIfYouLoveHonking]

Van Halen pretty much invented this style of playing (OK he actually invented it) so no matter if there's anyone better it doesn't matter. Van Halen changed the world.

[Leonardoo69]

karate kid!

[rglynol]

You honestly thought that was Ralph playing??? yikes

[vandaahll]

they all nothing compared to Jimmy hendrix

[Hellomynameis91]

@vandaahll ur an idiot

[gotenks450]

Vanhalen rules he is the best

[EMOHOLACAWST]

Gilbert = Vai

gilbert plays fast and great but vai focuses more on the pitches-more creative.

and the karate kid was really vai.

yngwie does D# and shit wich is stuff already existent so does michael.

not very creative. fast though.

vai=gilbert

buckethead likes playing silly noises and stuff.

its really hard to choose here...

[zaprowzdower110]

@EMOHOLACAWST ...Buckethead wasn't even an option.

[EMOHOLACAWST]

@zaprowzdower110

he is always an option.

[NOTHINGTOSEEtheband]

@EMOHOLACAWST your right on post of your comment, but pitches doesnt necessarily have to do with more creativity, for more they are bothe equal, neither is better than the other

[EMOHOLACAWST]

@NOTHINGTOSEEtheband

oh shit you are right...

[NOTHINGTOSEEtheband]

@EMOHOLACAWST i try to be

[ramsesONN]

karate kid solo's is playback from steve vai idiot!

anyway good video i think eddie is the best

[darcol8]

they are all amazing but i gotta give it to steve vai or yngwie because vai in my opinion was moving around on the neck the most going realy fast and yngwie was on an acoustic guitar that would be tuff but the guy with the double necked guitar that was pretty kool

[wildguitaristf5]

hhahaahaha..that karate kid is fake....he don't know how to play guitar but he did very good act...and he don't know karate either...that's all his act...he is a good actor ;)

[LtWhiteWolf]

Have to say, they are all kick ass and Yeah Van seems to be the best but I think Page is better than Van (I know he's not there) Even if Page isn't doing tapping and Sweep picking and all those fast technique, he's still the one who influenced Van. And I think he's the only pne who can create a solo on the stage live, just like that. For me it's the best.

[valdi9165]

EVH #1 . He started a whole league of new players with new idea's and Vai quickly catching on to be one of them. Listen to the first 2 VH albums 77-79 . His shit just rocks. His sound /tone is pure sonic melting melody. Not too speeedy or complicated but just right. I recall the simple dive bombs being a big thing back then. My how far we have come.

[JoeJacksonable]

didn't feel a thing during the gilbert part, but van halen had me shivering

and batio is just..

[hoopz2598]

lol karate kid didn't even really play guitar

[RoseCrush]

in my experince, only complete DOUCHEBAGS put a cig on a guitar...

[coltsuperocean10]

@RoseCrush you dick head!! Like anyone gives a fuck about a comment like that!! Twat!!

[RoseCrush]

@coltsuperocean10

obviously you do. also in my experience, only douchebags freak out all over the internet over one sentence.

[coltsuperocean10]

@RoseCrush who the fuck still uses the word "douchebag?" Only a fucking retarded dickhead like you!! hahahaha what a prick you are!! Are you freaking out Mr knobhead? hahahaha

[RoseCrush]

@coltsuperocean10

Let's think about this for a moment. I voiced my opinion, you freaked out at me, I voiced my opinion again, you freaked out again, and now I'm embarassed for you. Btw who the fuck still uses the word "Mr. Knobhead"? Or ever used it, for that matter.

[coltsuperocean10]

@RoseCrush Im not freaking out. i just think you are a knobhead!! hahahaha what a twat.

[RoseCrush]

@coltsuperocean10

I'm looking at what this bullshit started over and laughing my ass off.

[superdanlewis]

BATIO BATIO BATIO!!!

[valdi9165]

EVH does not belong in this group of speed players. EVH was never a speed player.

[itsRiceBoy]

1. P.G

2. Vai

3. Eddie

4. Malmsteen

thats my taste..even tho P.G and Vai was influenced by Eddie i like P.G licks his latest songs and albums and Vai's sweetness n feeling. Both love their music, their fans and supporters and are down to earth.

[JayFromEarth]

@itsRiceBoy totally agree.

[MJW9000]

karate kid is Stevie Ray Vaughn when he was young