VAI
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exactly right CKRichie Sambora as a guitarist frustrates me - For over 20 years he's looked as though he could bust the sh*t out of a mean solo at a million miles an hour. But more often than not, he's happier to find a more (to put it mildly) "soulful" sounding solo where applicable (think Bed Of Roses). Has great technique and a good chord-vocabulary, but NO chops ! Total book smarts with loads of gloss.
Slash however ..... well he frustrates me too. One dimensional blues-based solos were aplenty earlier on. Later on, (when the Godfather theme used to get played and he got a 10min solo every night) he got more creative and experimented more. Fantastic chops without the chord-vocabulary. Total balls with loads of dirt !
Edit : Dimebag = Slash x10 / Yngwie = Richie x10 !
i missed bon jovi during their 'new jersey' tour, but a mate of mine, who teaches drums at the conservatorium for music here in perth, said there was a moment where tico torres was busting out some latin style while sambora was ripping out some of the best stuff he'd ever heard him play
2 solos intertwining
he said, while he had seen plenty of stuff from clinics with torres, he'd never seen sambora play to what most people knew he was capable of and i guess only showed during moments like these, because back in the day when shredding was acceptable in mainstream, he still held back, but would show some stuff live with these sorts of things
would have been nice to see sambora really tear it a new one on a consistent basis, but he was too conservative, even though he's capable of it, but i guess that's why he plays for bon jovi right?