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From: gtaylor@lasspvax.UUCP (Greg Taylor)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: GREAT GUITARISTS
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Date: Sat, 18-Aug-84 10:50:12 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug 18 10:50:12 1984
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Reply-To: gtaylor@lasspvax.UUCP (Greg Taylor)
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Since I just turned 30, I guess I must be an old fart already. This posting
is not an attempt to mention my favorite, but rather to reiterate a point that
comes up nearly every 6 months or so (every time a bunch of new folks get on
the net, maybe). This sort of cheerleading by list is a real waste of time,
and we've gotta sit through it with nearly every instrument every time someone
starts it. If we've got to sit around talking about "who's the best" (note that
I find this sort of chatter equally offensive in net.classical....maybe even
*more* so there, since the tendency to elitism is occaisionally a bit higher
-just a *feeling* mind you ;-) ), let's at least try it as if we're tryng to
introduce someone who doesn't know the person's work at all. Give some 
examples or pointers (to an array of albums) for the people who *might* be
really interested in the question. The other kind of name dropping is just
a bunch of wank.

Flame off.

Now, let's try an interesting question. Anyone want to try talking about
the "unsung genius of the thrash guitar?" I've oftern wondered why thrash
guitarists don't use those cheapie Univox guitar synthesizers. THey do the
nicest job of laying down the buzz of doom (though perhaps not intentionally)
of any device I ever heard. Does the good thrasher sneer at the synthesizer
in general principle?

Okay: catharsis and questions. That's about the best I can do. Your turn.
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