Which 80s finger slinger wrote the most unique solos?

[skoora]

Some that sprang to mind for me were Adrian Belew, Chris, Poland, and Reeves Gabrel. Also Johnny Marr at times.

 

[dcburn mk.ii]

I always laugh when guys mention poison, white lion, winger and some others… back in my high school days they were considered posers and chick bands…lol… watched a dude get his ass whooped in the bathroom because he wrote in the school paper white lion was better than AC/DC… ohhh the silly stuff back then compared to now…

Reb Beach is a helluva player though.

 

[dcburn mk.ii]

Some that sprang to mind for me were Adrian Belew, Chris, Poland, and Reeves Gabrel. Also Johnny Marr at times.

Chris Poland

 

[dcburn mk.ii]

Amazing tone. I was too young to really be into 80's music but that playing is just badass and a killer tone for the vibe of the production. Operation Mindcrime is an amazing album to just isolate yourself, maybe puff something, get some good headphones and go on a journey.

I wish they just had the music and lyrics, the talking on the album bothers me.

I get that it is a “concept” album, but I think the songs are strong on their own minus the whole concept…

 

[Matt300ZXT]

Reb Beach is a helluva player though.

I thought about Reb Beach, but other than his tapping (which NO one sounds like him), his solos don't really sound all that different from anyone else.

 

[psychodave]

Guys from Queensryche. I learned a few of their solos and was impressed.

 

[DanTravis62]

Ross the Boss doesn't seem to get brought up a lot here, but I love his solos.

Andy LaRocque !

I'll add Chris Oliva from Savatage as one of the most unique and badass

 

[Jakem]

Vito Bratta, Yngwie, George Lynch, Slash, John Sykes, Steve Vai.

 

[VonBonfire]

I'll add Chris Oliva from Savatage as one of the most unique and badass

We used to rehearse at circle studios in largo/seminole. The owner there is a guy who subs in for Chris' parts when Savatage does reunion stuff. Great player. Laid back old school rehearsal studio with fair rates and none of that killjoy no smoking stuff.

 

[DanTravis62]

We used to rehearse at circle studios in largo/seminole. The owner there is a guy who subs in for Chris' parts when Savatage does reunion stuff. Great player. Laid back old school rehearsal studio with fair rates and none of that killjoy no smoking stuff.

Criss was a fucking monster of a player, and has a very idiosyncratic technique

His stuff is really "slippery" with a lot of odd hammers/pull offs and it's really uniquely voiced

 

[JackBootedThug]

Reb Beach is a helluva player though.

Ohhh absolutely. I enjoy listening to a lot of that stuff now. Except poison… can’t do it… I’m not a pimple on cc’s ass but everything about them grates on me.

 

[marvcus]

Agree 100% with Vito Bratta above and adding John Sykes!

 

[Devin]

Greg Howe

 

[67mike]

Rhoads.

 

[sandman]

Lynch. Interesting melody. Quirky timing and phrasing at times but I like it. There are many others i love also but Lynch is the reason i picked up the guitar to learn it. Errrrr… try to learn it i mean. I aint too good lol

 

[Floyd Eye]

Rhoads.

This.

 

[NowYou'rePlayingWithPower]

I'll add Chris Oliva from Savatage as one of the most unique and badass

I know it goes against the usual grain but cheesy 80s power fantasy metal or whatever you call it makes me happy.
Even when they're singing about terrible things

 

[Findthetone1]

Ronnie LeTekro had some pretty unique stuff.

 

[Metalhex]

Zakk wylde. Blazing fast pentatonic lickd and his signature lick that is hard to describe.....the 3 note lick where does a tap and pull of thing where the notes are either descending or ascending chromatically. He does it for example in I don't want to save the world if that helps

 

[SpiderWars]

Marty Friedman was the first name that came to mind.