GibsonGirl said:
Are you serious? Tell that to Carlos Santana. Or Joe Satriani. Or Steve Vai. Or Eric Clapton. Or David Gilmour. Or Brian May. Believe me, those guys have "the gift." You'd need skill to replicate their riffs and solos, but you'd need more than simple skill to actually write their riffs and solos.
But anyway, this thread is about The Edge and John Frusciante. I was supposed to be done with this forum anyway, so that's the last I'll say on that.
When I said that , I meant the empty guitarrists that only survive on their solos , thats definitely not the case of these people , well at least not Santana , Clapton and specially Gilmour . Satriani and Vai you cant analize together coz they were solo guitarrists , they rely on it , it's a '' bit '' different than being in a band.
In fact look for example david Gilmour , He sure wasnt 'shy' on his solos , like others but he wasnt that really I'm a solo man , in fact get edge's 5 biggest solos , specially live , they arent far away from Gilmour . In Fact I just noticed the vertigo bullet solo does sound a bit like Gilmour.
Santana as well is a solo artist , but he doesnt shine only on his long solos , he has a particular way of playing , like Edge built his own style , and he did shine on some really great rhythms as well.