Originally Posted By: 4Salt

Buckethead has chops, no doubt... but to me he's a Paul Gilbert wannabe and there's only one Paul Gilbert.


Thats funny, Buckethead was a student of Paul Gilbert.

Buckethead has surpassed most of the 80 rock gods (at least in a technical sense, his tunes are definitely not for everyone). Not to say that PG and the like are not legends, but I think Buckethead is off the charts... most of what he does is unrehearsed improv as well.

I have never been much on the technical flamboyance of 12 years of classical guitar lessons transferred to distorted electric guitar, give me the honest working mans guitar any day (ala AC/DC, Clutch, SRV, Zakk Wylde, etc.).