Overrated Guitar Players - a short list - Theodorus Rex

[@stalefurset9444]

You forgot The Edge, but so does everyone else.

[@richardgulley4860]

Hahaha! Good one! Even if he didnt suck…which he does…. Anyone who would call himself “The Edge” is an arrogant asshole… speaks volumes about his personality. Just look at “Bono” 😂😂😂 fkn “Bozo”

[@Pamplemousse82322]

Clapton is boring.

[@rodger7029]

List of overrated KZbinrs starts with Theodorus Rex

[@billbeliakoff5589]

Opinions are like arm pits, everyone has them and a lot of them stink, like Rex's.

[@LeeGoldner]

Critics are those who ride down the hill after the battle and shoot the wounded...

[@johnnisbet]

Eric Clapton was brilliant with Cream but after that...

[@randymcphail587]

Can you even play guitar bud?

[@markpegues915]

This is a great video... With the possible exception of Angus Young I couldn't agree more! There's no one more lame and over hyped than Eric Clapton and Carlos Santana!

[@MichaelMusser-b1k]

U are so right on.

[@djizzah]

Clapton and Santana after Hendrix the most famous guitarists and richest in history, you have no idea

[@PaulBrown-il3wl]

Agreed. Santana. Sell out. Clapton after Cream! Rubbish

[@Pyramids19]

Perfect 👌 Joe Perry was a bit harsh but yes totally agree Clapton is a joke his best riff was Layla he didn’t even write it 😂

[@johnord684]

White room,spring time of love,crossroads spring to mind when he was in Cream

[@rickhahn950]

Joe Perry sucks, Hunter and Wagner did the solo in TKAR.

[@rodger7029]

😂😂😂🤡

[@DeanKruger-b7z]

Totally agree with Morello,Clapton, but the rest are great in there genre's...by the way..how many albums have you sold..?

[@martinportelance138]

Well, that was rather brutal.

[@ryanschnizer6949]

Clapton has a lot of great work, his work on Derek and the Dominos is far superior to his solo career. He’s a better band musician than a solo artist.

[@lordglencoe2194]

If by "over rated" you are looking only at parameters such as technique and speed, then some of the people you classify as over rated, well yeah I can see your point, sort of. But you forget a very important factor - emotional connection. Eric is not the best technical player and although he's no slouch speed wise , even as he approaches 80, there are now many others who would run rings around him today on those two criteria. BUT - for emotional connection in a modern player (i.e. electric as opposed to classical or acoustic) EC is head and shoulders above the sorts of guys who front up the big flashy, noisy bands. That he is still going strong 60 years later and has sold millions, has been inducted three times into the R&R HoF, won numerous Grammies, fills the Royal Albert Hall every year for weeks on end, tells you he's doing something right. And he's also not the only guy to make a good living out of the minor pentatonic. Music is meant to communicate something and Eric puts his heart and soul into every performance, putting his feelings out there through his finger tips. I will take that over somebody who can play a thousand notes a minute every day of the week. But it's your opinion, your channel and it's a free world. Although you did miss out the two Jimmies (Page and Hendrix). Santana is past his best and has become a little generic, but when he came on the scene with Abraxas and Caravanserai, they were ground breaking albums.

[@bejingmao]

3 comments is too many 4 is even more too many for such a bullshit clickbait topic.

[@spinynormanbest6410]

You've proved yourself wrong

[@squig5150]

List is spot on nice job.

[@marilyncatterall402]

Does anybody rate Kirk Hammett?

[@xlr8r3VA]

If all those guys suck, who do you actually like? But then again, opinions are like belly buttons.

[@charlieb6001]

They're all better than I am, and I'm shit hot. Trouble is, nobody, except my wife and I, hears me play. ☹ J.J. Cale is my hero. Rock on, bro.

[@jamesdyer9765]

I agree with you 100%.Though Angus hurts.

[@shermanscott383]

Joe Bassanova.

[@lilianachaves]

Angus!

[@siggmundfloyd1858]

Hendrix, Clapton, Beck.

[@HoldrioDerNeckarBrennt]

Ritchie Blackmore?

[@philcurtis314]

Dudes above most players.

[@NO.TONGUE]

Totally agree

[@greg-warsaw4708]

It hurts (Kirk being so young in his ever-lasting passion and enthusiasm), but I have to agree with the list. I knew Kirk will be on it.

[@mikej70]

My opinion is overrated

[@billybandyk0720]

(B)Angus Young = OVERR8D!!!!!!

[@jeper1969]

Harris 2024

[@wyattjackson977]

Tom Morello knows the guitar more than he lets on, but I do agree that his dabbling in politics is so annoying. Especially when he’s supporting the wrong party

[@scottsodyssey2485]

Morello is on EVERY overrated list on youtube.

[@Stratmanable]

He's got a master's degree in political science from Yale, you MAGA dunce.

[@vanthdreadstar8788]

So, if he supported the same party as you, you would be ok with him dabbling in politics?

[@Stratmanable]

He has a masters in political science from Yale.

[@mannymejia7972]

@@StratmanableHarvard

[@espenolsen9401]

Ok some good points Some of guys where my influensas so ,, Agree w Santana and A Young Eric Clapton wrote «Tears in Heaven «…. Jimmy Page its not my cup of tea , just saying .. Ok ❤

[@mikej70]

Some good points but its only opinions from.nobodys or people who dont even play

[@frankdiioia4601]

Listening to some guy who played the recorder in grade school. Now he thinks he’s the guitar guru. Get a life, bud

[@paulbrookes413]

So, you're happy with the crap 😄

[@Muddpuppy4real]

I agree with you, but what they play works. So I guess there’s hope for the rest of us after all 😊

[@mikej70]

Overrated. Music lists are overrated and stupid anyway one pinheads opinions anyway dosent it give more attention to the so called overrated anyway?

[@SadisticStang]

Number 1. Jimi Hendrix

[@gungaddin]

What a terrible video.

[@jebbaynum5103]

I have a soft spot for Angus . His outdo solo on Squealer takes no prisoners.

[@johns1853]

Eric Clapton over rated. I bet you'd love to be around 20 to 30 million dollars behind him. Talk about the real pretenders like Keith Richards of that Muppet edge

[@DanielCastillo-cn3pp]

Yngwei mamsteen is boring as fook

[@chet2020]

mark farner is old and overrated in his heyday.

[@johnp.johnson1541]

*Vastly Overrated* Carlos Santana (Santana, solo) David Gilmour (Pink Floyd, solo) Dimebag Darrell* (Pantera, Damageplan) Eric Clapton (The Yardbirds, Cream, Blind Faith, Derek & The Dominos, solo) Frank Zappa* (Mothers Of Invention, solo) Gary Moore* (Thin Lizzy, Colosseum II, solo) Jeff Beck* (The Yardbirds, Jeff Beck Group, session work, solo) Jimi Hendrix* (Jimi Hendrix Experence, Band of Gypsys, session work) Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits, solo) Michael Angelo Batio (Nitro) Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow, Blackmore's Night) Robert Fripp (King Crimson, session work, solo) Rory Gallagher* (solo) Stevie Ray Vaughan* (Double Trouble, David Bowie) Scotty Moore (Elvis Presley) Steve Cropper (Booker T & the MG's, Mar-Keys, Blues Brothers Band, session work) Tommy Bolin* (Deep Purple, session work, solo) Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath) * deceased *Vastly Overrated and Mediocre or Horrible* Ace Frehley (Kiss) Angus Young (AC/DC) CC Deville (Posion, Samantha , solo) Chuck Berry* (solo) Chuck Schuldiner* (Death, Control Denied) Dave Mustaine (Megadeth) Elliot Easton (The Cars) George Harrison* (The Beatles, solo) James Hetfield (Metallica) Jeff Hanneman* (Slayer) Jerry Garcia* (Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia Band, solo, session work) Jimmy Page (The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, The Firm, Plant-Page, session work) Joe Perry (Aerosmith) Johnny Marr (The Smiths) Kerry King (Slayer) Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones, solo) Kirk Hammett (Metallica) Kurt Cobain* (Nirvana) Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac) Mick Mars (Motley Crue) Pete Townshend (The Who, solo) Prince (solo) Scott Ian (Anthrax) Slash (Guns N' Roses, Slash's Snakepit, Velvet Revolver, session work) The Edge (U2) Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave) Vernon Reid (Living Colour)

[@greg-warsaw4708]

Not sure - perhaps you meant UNDERrated for the first group and OVERrated for the second? Otherwise I'd defend many from the first one.

[@johnp.johnson1541]

@@greg-warsaw4708 There are column headers / list headers there. Both groups are overrated. The second group is overrated and actually terrible. Whom will you defend from the first group? Knopfler? HA HA. Clapton? HA HA Gilmore? HA HA Overrated and mediocre they are.

[@diogenes2550]

Wow, you must be a really great player yourself.

[@johnp.johnson1541]

@@diogenes2550 Do you need to be a mountain climber to know how difficult it is to climb Mount Everest? Good luck!

[@martinportelance138]

Who would be the under-rated ones?

[@metalhead9727]

Don’t forget Jimi Hendrix. He sucked! Horrible over rated player.

[@savageone3702]

This fucking guy shits on Clapton and then says "I'm going to listen to some Motorhead." That really says it all.

[@jayjordan5555]

I totally agree! Eric Clapton sucks and so does Santana for sure! Peter Frampton is overrated as ever too! The only thing he had different was that voice box! You know! The device that Bon Jovi stole!

[@rickhahn950]

Joe Walsh might have done it first.

[@rickfeld7995]

I saw Frampton in cobcert, & in Ringos band. Guy plays anything & sounds incredible. If anything he is under rated as a guitar player because of the effecy he had on the greater culture. John Fogerty is underated too.

[@siriosstar4789]

Don't confuse technique and mastery of scales ,chords etc with uniqueness . Santana has been wrongly thrown into the virtuoso world when it's his individual unique sound that is important it doesn't matter if he can shred with guys that can fly up and down the neck at lighting speed while tapping simultaneously . Santana is great because he's ,well,,, Santana and everyone else isn't . remember when sound/music enters the ear canal and is imprinted on the brain it becomes 100% subjective . people like what they like and that's that .

[@jcivantos]

You are generally right. Joe Perry wrote one great riff (walk this way) and then spent thirty years making crap.

[@Stratmanable]

"Overrated" is a term used by those with no talent to shit on the efforts of those who have it.

[@johnp.johnson1541]

The triggering is strong in you. HA HA

[@NelsonMontana1234]

Not always. But in the end, it's just an opinion.

[@johnp.johnson1541]

@@NelsonMontana1234 Not always "just an opinion." Knowing how to play and knowing musical composition elevates someone over "just an opinion." For example: Yngwie Malmsteen, the best ever. Jimmy Page, a hack, a fake, mediocre.

[@NelsonMontana1234]

@@johnp.johnson1541 Musical knowledge is a separate issue. Not sure what you mean by the Yngwie/Page analogy. That would surely be an opinion -- and a bad one.

[@johnp.johnson1541]

@@NelsonMontana1234 Your comment is expression of a bad opinion, quite foolish, in truth. Yngwie is the master. He could play Page with one hand. Page is terrible. Saying Page is terrible is a trigger litmus test to expose the stupidity of people who think they know anything about rock guitar. Thanks for playing. Good luck!

[@elioli123]

Wow... Just wow... That was truly awful. I was expecting to see people like, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Bob Dylan etc... who really are overrated in their skills, not Legends like Santana and Eric Clapton with their tasteful mastery of the guitar. Sounds more like jealousy to me. Overrated is pretty subjective I suppose.

[@woodwired1]

Prince and Slash both suck

[@AB-ou2xl]

You talk about super stars here...that says more about you...say nothing about them.. actually...

[@kidr5510]

You are wrong in so many ways!

[@johnminshull6309]

You need to dust off Disaeli gears to rediscover where Claptons adulation comes from.

[@djizzah]

First time I heard that I was dumbfounded

[@billfox4678]

It's not about the guitar player or the bass, the keys, or the drummer, ect. It's about how they work together as a band. It's how they inspire their bandmates to play their best & create a vibe & style. A total unique sound of their band. And really, the vocalist is what draws people in to their music. But all of this doesn't matter if they can't write great songs!

[@diogenes2550]

You need to learn to pronounce the word “mediocrity” properly. It only has one “r,” see? And that was the most interesting thing about the video.

[@stevenkardas]

You're pretty funny Theo. You do have some good points.

[@buckster2575]

This coming from a coming from a youtuber whos not rich and famous .yet the people you knock on are and have the talent your looking for.

[@paulbrookes413]

Doesn't mean 'sour grapes '

[@Pamplemousse82322]

Angus?? Listen to Shake A Leg

[@johnanthonycafe2993]

You left out Jimmy Page

[@arealist1960]

Where's jimi Hendrix