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  • The most challenging for slash is every song of buckethead :)

  • To play an easy solo and make it sound great is so difficult! It's not my problem if you don't get what i'm talking about.

  • 3w.diegoriedemann.cl

    

  • lol he's not talking about the solo at all

  • What is that? He isnt smoking or wearing a big hat

  • @freitasnetuno

    He also plays the guitar.

  • WTF he talks!

  • also technicality doesnt always mean "playing hard stuff or fast stuff - or both" technicality could be in the song arrangment, time signatures, etc. I mean theres a lot to music - "good" music has a lot of stuff blended into it - bottom line is - who cares about technicality it either sounds good or sounds like crap - end of story.

  • if you're going to be technical is has to be with "style" you cant just be technical for the sake of being technical - it has to sound good - you cant just run some fast leads up the neck and be like O WOW because of it - it sounds like crap - and a lot of the "technical" players lack basic elements that make good guitar playing - like GOOD vibrato and PHRASING which is way more important - also you have to temper technicality with simplicity to be GOOD - a little salt and pepper u know...

  • now i know where they get anonymus masks from

  • Best Guitar Magazine EVER in the World of Guitar Solos there are truly the BEST EVER

  • Thumbs up if you typed estranged into the search bar and listened to it.

  • Ths guy is a scarecrow.

  • slash's most challenging guitar solo

    watch?v=59O1bX5mRaQ

  • how is that song hard to play?

  • @14JudasPriest Because the effects are so hard to do.

  • This used to be an easy solo for Slash, then he rook an arrow to the knee. It SLASHed his tendons!

  • Slash isn't near "best" whatever that means, but I liked his sense of melody. I'm no big fan, but at the VERY least he didn't overplay much. That's sayin something for that time!

  • @dostfez Agreed. He was tasteful & bluesy in a era where shredding for the sake of shredding was the big thing.

  • Yeah Slash is not even close to the top guitar players out there,but i still love him,hes got something that alot of others dont have and its Charisma,style,his hat long hair sun glases are his trademark

  • one of the most overrated musician to sellout in history.

  • @ImperialArmour Just out of pure curiosity,Why is that mate?

  • @leesmartin There are countless musicians out there who are way better, and Slash will be the first to you that himself, yet the mainstream media calls him a "Guitar God" and people defend it.

    I've watched videos where he talks about his Gibson LPs, and his understanding of equipment was so shallow and insubstantial that the average guitar buyer in any country would be be able to give more insight.

    He is honestly alright and average as a guitar player, but definitely not a "Guitar God".

  • @ImperialArmour Cheers for the sensible reply mate.I was just curious as to what you meant. I agree with ya, as there definately are better technical players

  • @leesmartin Technical players oftentimes bore the crap outta me.

  • @KayakMike1963 I have a mate that is awesome as a lead player.Technically brilliant, but having experienced players and singers saying I play better coz I play with 'soul' makes me feel pretty good.I cant lead for shit,just colouring up basic chords

  • @leesmartin you play better meaning they like to listen to you play more - there really is no "better or worse" in guitar playing its purely subjective - but id rather listen to starry night by joe satch then listen to rusty cooley or michael angelo batio.

  • @RedneckChexMix Yep, fair point. As you say, there is no better or worse,and there's always someone 'better' than one's self. I play to enjoy myself and hope others like it.If I get criticism, thats cool too.It just makes me want to be a better player.

  • @KayakMike1963 if its based purely on technicality it will bore you - me personally if i listen to like rusty cooley or dream theater or something like that it bores me - but if i listen to malmsteen or joe satriani then im into it.

  • both top comments have 66 likes... dont fuck it up for me

  • @hieele1 trolololol

  • @azertyuiop7893 FUCK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Slash is not the greatest guitar player, but, much like Angus Young before him, he plays shit that people want to hear.

  • 381 people disliked this because Slash admits that he is human :)

  • Lul, snapback.

  • @carlosdeno Slash is not underrated.

  • Estranged, seriously, go listen to jeff loomis, chris broderick and rusty cooley, those guys are real challenges

  • watch?v=MgPJwK07SSY - You nailed it, Slash.

  • slash has a nice lips ..

  • I guess anything outside the pentatonic scale is challenging for Slash.

  • @obelisc1000 hahah to right mate my thoughts exactly

  • @obelisc1000 Are you an iconic multimillionaire rock guitar player?

  • @seancaseo84 Got me there, the dude makes more money a week than i will ever make in my life. His loved by millions, and does seem like a nice guy.

  • @obelisc1000 ur not far from the truth tbh, estranged solo is actually pretty easy compared to other guns solos like sweet o' child of mine

  • @obelisc1000 LMAFO!

  • randy rhoads could do what slash does on a TRIANGLE!

  • I hear about this guy every day, but i cannot for the life of me figure out why, probably because i don`t like Slash at all, overrated perhaps?

  • @donSparda and who are you please, day job...! ya fucking donut.

  • @carlosdeno

    I`m Daniel, if you must know, who are you?

  • @donSparda Carlos as my account name tells you donut boy and Slash is underated fool.

  • @carlosdeno Could have been someone else`s name, nice that we agree on Slash, then.

  • @carlosdeno hush up, head

  • @3rdPR fuck off cock....! 

  • @carlosdeno Put an adult back on.

  • @donSparda I totally agree with you!

  • now i used to no this woman who i thought the world of, one day i let her hear estranged. she didn't like it one bit. probably the day i realised she didn't have a soul. its one of the finest songs the world has and credit to gnr making it is what it is.

  • wrong hat

    

  • The song Estranged is a masterpiece,the solo is very beautifull soulfull ...but is not hard dont know why he chose this solo as the hardest one... he does so many solos more complicated ...but anyway is a perfect song perfect solo too,but not hard to play

  • I would LOVE to see Myles Kennedy sing "Estranged" with Slash...that would be epic!!! THUMBS UP IF YOU AGREE!

  • Estranged is a fantasic song, epic really. Great video too, shows live footage from the Illusion tour.

  • Such a down to earth guy

  • @BloodDxJunkii33 YOU ARE A LOW LIFE COCK SUCKING GUTTER SLUT WHOR WHO NEED TO DIE

  • NO TOP HAT (damit)

  • challenging solo? that's fucking hilarious ROFL!

  • @BlooDxJunKii33 and you are a 10 year old justin biber fan

  • @BlooDxJunKii33 your mums an overated whore

  • @BlooDxJunKii33 hes not overrated hes just popular

  • @BlooDxJunKii33 spoken like a true faggot sir

  • @BlooDxJunKii33 whats with the negativity? are you mad cuase he made songs you cant play, your the only one who would say hes a garbage guitar player when obviously hes not....

  • Slash. \m/

  • I think ppl dislike every Slash's vid 'cause they got upset about his great consideration all around the world. They can suck his ass and go fuck off

  • i wanted to listen to the solo too :'(

  • "guns song" is he refering to a guns n roses song that tracii guns originally where along writing at ?

  • @zyriuz2 He said "....Estranged, which is a Guns song."

    The song is Estranged, and he was simply saying that it was a Guns N' Roses song.

  • @CaddySlash oh okay, well slash should let tracii in tp play in VR so they have 3 guitars, just like iron maiden :P

  • @zyriuz2 Lol, I think they should focus on finding a new singer rather than another guitarist :P

  • @CaddySlash lol yeah of course ;P

  • Estranged is an awesome song.

    I demand anybody reading this goes and watches it right now.

  • @Kozzy06 i will

  • @Kozzy06 I'm just about to ;:D

  • @Kozzy06 yes sir

  • he is a great guitar player but man gnr sucks....

  • small comment

  • @xboxdragondude i do enjoy a few of their songs, but reason i came here is because i'm always trying to see how different people play, and how they feel about things they play. It's part of being a guitar player and wanting to take in everything you possibly can, because it could all be useful at some point. That is of course opposed to the elitist attitude of "only these kinds of players are legit in my world, and all that don't match up, i gotta troll their youtube videos" that you display

  • @xboxdragondude hmmm, i already explained that one, sorry your reading comprehension isn't there yet.

    Not making shit up sir, you have said multiple times that you are better than him. they have no correlation? so when you achieve a certain skill that you couldn't two weeks ago, you wouldn't say you accomplished something? i guess i don't understand the word. or you don't...one of those is right.

    you care for him, that's why you're here. I'm not a fan.

  • @xboxdragondude so what that new players enjoy it? in the first month that i played guitar, Nirvana was awesome to me, because it was easy enough to play. Then after 2 or 3 months, Metallica was my shit, Then I moved on to more difficult things such as Dream Theater, and a couple Satriani songs...so what's the point?

    that's called evolution.

    Can i see some proof honey?

  • @banklikefrankwhite1 That's what I did but I started off with Red Hot Chili Peppers instead of Nirvana

  • @xboxdragondude developed something called respect. Also,as a result of not being 15, i don't allow other peoples opinions to influence mine, as you do (example: Lots of people like Slash, so i can't enjoy him. If i do, i'm not "edgy'" and "cool") I reply because it's more fun to actually prove how stupid you are. I could ignore it, but why? then you'd go on thinking you knew something. I still want to see proof that you are better little kid, what do you have to lose?

  • @xboxdragondude your comments suggest otherwise, then, every time you are challenged in the ridiculous things you say, your response is along the lines of "i don't need to argue, this is pointless, he's not important, i don't need to prove anything". However, your posts that occur before the posts i'm talking about prove you to be either a hypocrite at best, or an idiot at worst. On top of that,you ignore the fact that i've already said i'm not a big fan of him, it's just i'm not 15, so i have

  • @xboxdragondude wait, cry? by cry do you mean troll a video about a guitar player you supposedly hate for over 3 months? no wait, that wasn't me...Maybe it's how i can't stand how famous he is because i'm "better"..nope that's not me either. Ok i'm confused now.

    Fanboy moron? i'm not even a fan, of him or the band outside of a couple songs. I'm not a fan of Van Halen either, but i'm not "moron" enough to try to act like he hasn't accomplished way more than i have.

    He's not important enough?

  • he looks like antonio banderas LOL

  • @xboxdragondude gone on and on about someone who has actually gone somewhere with his guitar. Slash isn't sitting on youtube criticizing other players that have reached the top of their profession. The Jimmy Page comparison isn't apples and oranges, those are two very famous guitar players who's playing gets dissected by ever guitar "expert" out there, and they are both probably over rated. He's not a pioneer, he was just regurgitating what he heard on American Blues records, only sloppily

  • @xboxdragondude lol. Way to fall back on some pre programmed response that your own perceived "greatness" at guitar has deluded you in to having. Nothing you said is even closely related to anything i have.

    See little kids like you think the purpose of the guitar is to show the world what you can do with a piece of wood with strings on it. I noticed your comment below claiming that you are better than him.

    there is a rule in the world, it's called "put up, or shut up" Look how long you've

  • All the bitchy fighting is the reason this kind of music is going down the drain. -.-

    Seriously, it's a big fight between metalheads, old hippies and fanboys. If you really love music, don't worship one or two "gods" and hate everyone else. No guitarist is perfect, but they all DO play the guitar which is one of the most kickass instruments of all time...

    And if you're trying to make an "intelligent discussion" keep the street language to a minimum maybe? lol

  • @1234gnrslash Thank you, this might be the most intelligent comment this doomed board will see.

  • Most people here probably don't even realize he's talking about the whole song, not just the solo like the retard title says.

  • I agree emotion counts but I play bass and CAN play his solo's... plus they are boring as fuck. No hating.

  • also, you can't compare slash to guys like dave gilmour or carlos santana for feel. that's like making a technical comparison between someone like shawn lane and joe satriani - joe's very good, but shawn would have absolutely blown him out of the water.

  • i love the "slash is awesome because he plays with emotion" fanboys. yeah, slash wrote some great solos and some great intros and riffs. he is also an awesome performer and exemplifies a rock god. but he also played for one of the biggest rock and roll bands of all time - if he was doing his own thing on the club circuit without axl back in the day, i doubt as many people would give a fuck, just like axl needed him.

  • @xboxdragondude But you care enough to watch a video, comment and then after someone replies you actually respond. HAHA that is a lot of commitment to a Slash video for someone who doesn't care about him. You aren't better than Slash. Don't try and cover your tracks by acting confused on how you stumbled upon this video. You sir win the award for ULTIMATE DOUCHEBAG OF THE YEAR! Go play with your xbox dragon boy.

  • @xx2n23 When you play infront of 50 thousand people we'll see how badass you are. Oh yeah I forgot, you are just a fucking loser talking shit about other people who have accomplished something in their lives. Dude, there is no point in hating Slash because at the end of the day he is Slash and you are still in your bedroom whacking it to porn and practicing your sweep arpeggios. Look where Slash and his pentatonics are and look at where Steve Vai is. SLASH WINS!!! FLAWLESS VICTORY!!!!

  • I'm glad to hear that.

    Estranged is one of my favourite songs.

  • after appetite everything sucks,

  • "playing that live, it demanded, being sober..."

  • It's stupid when everybody think Slash isn't good because he is not very skilled. But after all, who cares about the skill? It's all about the sound! There might be some metal guitarist who sherds the fuck out of the guitar, and then there is people like Slash who just make playing SOUND GOOD. Isn't that what's the most important? So, there is no ''Best guitar player in the world''. There is ''The best guitar player in my own thoughts''. And one last thing:

    I like titties

  • @andybirger I salute you.

    and I salute titties

  • @Th1sWasATriumph Hail titties!

  • @andybirger What about someone like Satriani, a real virtuoso, who does both, surely much better than "Slash the overrated one".

  • @Blashyrkh1993 Joe Satriani sucks, those virtuosos with their music theory shit make music look like school, so fuck you, let homemade guitarrists like slash do their thing stupid fuckhole.

  • @Blashyrkh1993 I personally don't think Satriani as a good player. I like some of his stuff, but mostly it's just stupid. Didn't I make myself clear? ''Much better'' doesn't exist. ''In my opinion much better'' does.

  • Slash didn't do anything for guitar that EVH didn't already do before him.

  • @KornSOAD He wasn't trying to do anything for guitar. He just PLAYS the fucking thing. Just like Eddie. Just like anyone with half an ounce of soul.

  • @Th1sWasATriumph That's fine, but my point is, he hasn't done anything godly, so why everyone thinks he's some sort of guitar god is beyond me. It really get's annoying that he's named one of the greatest guitarists of all time, because he's not.

  • @KornSOAD Then MY point is that the definitions which connotate guitar godliness are so subjective it's pointless to say any one guitarist IS a guitar god. I would never try and tell someone that a player is amazing if someone else doesn't get any kind of hit off their playing. So, who do you think is a guitar god and why?

  • @KornSOAD The fact that a lot of people like what and how he plays makes him a guitar god. I know that popularity isn't everything and I know everyone is going to bring up how all this crappy music nowadays is popluar, but it doesn't change the fact that popularity is a huge part of being known as a guitar god. Eddie Van Halen is a great guitarist. Slash is a great guitarist. Just because you think someone else is a "guitar god" doesn't mean slash isn't. Stop being a little bitch.

  • @KornSOAD Oh shit. I thought Slash created the guitar. I am so thankful that you blessed us with your knowledge of guitar history. Where would we be without you? To think that I was going to keep on liking Slash because he was the only guitarist I have ever heard. HAHAH EVH is alright, but not as cool as Slash and when it comes to music that is what really matters. Who plays the coolest shit. Slash wins that by a mile. Van Halen is corny as hell.

  • hes not very bright is he

  • Yeah, Slash is overrated, because he's not that fast. Speed equates to worth, you know. That's why Buckethead sh*ts on Hendrix... and don't even get me started on BB King, or any of those guys... losers...

  • @gtrdaveg

    "Speed equates to worth, you know."

    dont ever buy a guitar......fuckin tool.

  • @guitar19904 I already bought a guitar - a few, actually: watch?v=RrcMIsSV4QY (that clip is pretty pentatonic heavy, so I guess that means I'm crap)

    I'm from the north of England, by the way - sarcasm is the only way we know how to communicate.

  • @gtrdaveg

    so your comment was beign sarcastic? i hope so, speed means NOTHING.

    minor pentatonic blues is awsome and can be impressive to some. ive only learned three shapes (as ive had no theory and just started lessons a little while ago) .your awsome.

  • @gtrdaveg it's not all about speed...slash may not be super fast...but you cant deny that he puts his soul into every solo and riff he plays...that's the mark of a real musician...letting the sound of the guitar come from your soul

  • @PSPS2PSPPS3 True that. (See previous note about sarcasm). As it happens I've been playing the guitar for about 20 years (yikes), and I'm pretty familiar with a whole host of technical guitar wizards, many of whom I respect (some I don't have time for), but Slash is still up there in my top 5. Andy Timmons is no1 at the moment, but I dare say that'll change...

  • @gtrdaveg Buckethead? Buckethead? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Don't start thinking you are some cool guy because you like Buckethead. Good luck trying to get laid for the rest of your life. Get real dude. Hendrix owns Buckethead and even Buckethead would admit that. Just because you are intimidated by Jimi doesn't mean that you have the right to be a hater. Don't be scared of Jimi, his music is for everyones enjoyment.

  • @indian5 *sigh* satire (n.) the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.

  • gud 1 bro !!

  • Why does this have over 1.6 million views?! I mean.. wow.. NOW WE KNOWWW!! couldn't sleep well for months until now..

  • What was totally not how i imagined Jesus would look like lol Slash FTW

  • The top comments on Slash videos are always talking about how overrated and not the best Slash is :P it's good to know some people have brains

  • I love how his most challenging guitar solo just required him to concentrate :-P.

  • Slash is a legend!! Todays music blows! can anyone even play like this today?

  • @5tonyvvvv yeah... slash is even so good that everybody can play like him today...

  • @axji1234 What the fuck are you talking about, No one plays like Slash today, Moron! Today's Rock guitarists  SUCK!!!!!

  • @5tonyvvvv alright kid, i understand that you really like slash but go through facts... hes not that good...

  • @axji1234 C'mon now, just because he plays within the pentatonic minor and the blues scale doesn't mean that everyone plays like him nowadays. Playing a Slash solo doesn't make you as good as Slash. Any grown up would know that. Slash is scary to shredheads because he plays these simple licks that they can pull off, but they can't make it sound like him. It's because when they have to play the guitar like a man they can't. Shredheads are so insecure. Bunch of pussies imho.

  • @axji1234 Slash is not that good!! HAHAHAAH!! He's one of the greatest guitarists ever! and what the Fuck have you done??? NOTHING MORON!!!

  • @5tonyvvvv shut the fuck up do you know who are you talking to? i am aleksi laiho motherfucker!

  • @axji1234 HAHAHAHAH!! You are so full of shit!!! They are both amazing!! Just because Aleksi plays faster means nothing!!! and Aleksi would not be talking shit about slash!! Real guitarists respect each others styles!! MORON!!!

  • @5tonyvvvv Alexi called Dream Theatre shit, whether he didn't mean it and lost his cool that's still a big mistake, I don't like Dream Theatre but it was deffs unprofessional of him

  • @axji1234 Then why can't you spell your own name properly buds?

  • @axji1234 I'm on your side in the argument but I highly doubt that you are Alexi Laiho

  • @MartyFriedmanRulez66 just pissed off to tha kid :)

  • @axji1234 Alexi Laiho sucks dick. Literally. That's why his eyeliner is always running.

  • Somehow... I knew he was gonna say, "Estranged". That one, "Sweet Child O' Mine" and "Don't Cry" are my three most favorite of G N' R's songs. Slash, you are my "Gu*tar" hero.

  • you know why he is great? coz he entertain people with his music

  • @jonathan5008 Good for you. I agree with the premise that it was Slash that made GnR what it is, however, i wouldn't rank November Rain and Sweet Child o Mine within the 10 top solos, let alone the best two ever made! In my opinion, Hendrix, Clapton, Gilmour and Page have created the greatest solos of all time. Slash's work is incredible, but not quite the best.

  • good on anyone who cranks out some noise on their axe 

  • It wouldn't be hard for him to concentrate on his playing if he wasn't wasted before all of his shows lol.

  • Who cares about technicality in music? If it sounds good that's all that matters. And if you don't like slash why the fuck are you on this page?!

  • This was to be expected. I mean its hard for even Slash to walk on water and play a solo at the same time.

  • If it's so easy, how come he's rich and you're not?

  • whats up with all the haters??

    i mean why are u all on here, considering this is a Slash video??

    and why does it matter if he has 'easy' songs or whatever.

    he plays awesome music that is very enjoyable to listen to. isnt that all that counts?

  • slash is overrated... he made sweet child O mine... I doubt anyone on this youtube page is in the position to call him overrated. This all starts with one guy who just can't keep his mouth fucking shut.

  • @icydragon098 he is overrated, sweet child o mine is also overrated

  • @ciaranhannonyoyo You're overrated. Go away.

  • @GibsonTick lol you made me laugh

  • @ciaranhannonyoyo the only reason you would say it is overrated is because 1. It's on guitar hero, and 2. because of reason 1 it is the only guns n roses song people listen to.

    That doesn't mean it's overrated.. it means its a good song, and slash is a good guitarist. To call him overrated pretty much says you don't know guitarists.

  • @icydragon098 oh but he is though, couldnt really care less i was trolling this video anyway :) u mad bro?

  • @ciaranhannonyoyo newfag thinks hes a troll... a troll doesn't say hes a troll.... and I'm not mad since you just proved your a dumbass

  • @icydragon098 you're getting so mad at nothing lol its funny, and i said i was " WAS " trolling this video = not anymore :)

  • @icydragon098 Take it easy, don't feed him more attention. We'd all be better off if only more people ignored trolls.

  • I think people r too worried about how much skill someone has. Slash is awesome, so what if he isnt the most talented. he's made some of the best sounding riffs and solos in rock history. I mean Santana and Stevie Ray Vaughn might be extremely talented or skilled but their music sucks. Id rather make the best music in the world then the most talented

  • That isn't even challenging for me, and I suck at guitar.

  • @AlucardMorgurth he is talking about playing it live because a solo that is easy when you record it is a lot harder to play in front of thousands

  • Haters gonna hate. Slash is a great guitarist and the amount of skill and emotion in his playing is very hard to beat.

  • @EpicMachineSH not really...

  • @EpicMachineSH generic 4/4 cock rock is all it is, your so hot for slash if he farted in your direction youd crawl up his butthole

    :]

  • @DinosaurusX420 U mad, bro?

  • @EpicMachineSH

    You need to go out and get laid...

  • @Adwnis46 Which is, of course, completely related to the question. Keep up the fail, buddy :)