These guys are o so different, but still very alike
Gilbert is a guy that, despite his guitarskills and musical knowledge, often write songs containing no more than 3 chords. Vai couldn't play twinkle twinkle little star without beeing "over-the-top"
. Vai very often "floats out" and doesn't follow guitartheory, but his playing still sounds awesome, (thats definately one of his strengths). Gilbert seems more stuck by his scales and patterns when soloing. So when to listen and get a wow-effect, I listen to Vai. When just to listen to great music, like when driving a car, I tend to prefer Gilbert. Vai's work on the David Lee Roth albums is stunning though, just take Yankee Rose as an example
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This post has been edited by Xuestor: Jul 24 2008, 05:29 PM
