Ultimate Rhoads

I've been a RR fan since 1981, I would not call myself a rabid fan. The number of times I have listened to BOO, DOAM, and TRRY's is probably on the obsessive side. I procured both QRI&II along with "After Hours" on video cassete before tribute came out. I have a small collection of mag...

By mediocre I mean if you compared his skills as they were when he died to the techno wizards of today. I see kids on youtube that would have amazed Randy if he could have seen them play, but those youtube kids with all their speed, sweeping, string skiping, etc. abilites cannot compare to the music...

Randy was ahead of his time IMHO. Technically these days he would be a mediocre player. The thing about Randy and his legacy is that everything he played was so tasteful and seemed to fit perfect without being boring while still having tons of soul and fire. There are a millions of guys these days t...

That does not look like a "fretless wonder" to me. They don't look that small really. Anybody else notice that?

I saw this about a month ago. M.A.B. has been around a long time and has some amazing skills, but I've never been a fan either. It's a nice tribute I agree 100%. I love a sweep picked phrase thrown in at the right time for color, but can't stand a whole song of it. One reason I'm not a Y.M. fan eith...

Yeah I remember that now LOL. Getting old I guess.

I was sitting here looking at Les Pauls on ebay and had a thought on why he might not of ever used the Black Beauty on stage. RR stated he always had the frets on his guitars changed out to smaller ones. I don't know what size frets came on his BB, but I've played some Les Pauls with monster frets. ...

I've often wondered about the Black Beauty and why it never made a stage debut. It sure would have been a sight to behold. I guess he did not feel confident enough with it, or was bought more for an investment.

Is this not the same guitar he was photographed with wearing a black leather jacket in Guitar World? Was it not a three pickup model?

What was the crap about Sony buying the AZ Bros footage? I read that on here right? What happened with that?

Brian May beat out Jeff Beck. Whats the world coming to!

I might also remark that Mark's playing is boring compared to Randy's. If you listen to both and can't hear that it is, then no offense, your deaf!

While I think the who's better than who polls are not very accurate, as well as being generally popularity contest. I differ with your "don't understand music" statement. It is a guitar oriented site and magazine. Not a song writers website. It caters to people who are interested in virtuo...

M.T. has made some good music and I would rate him as a decent player. These polls are so stupid in my opinion. Much of it boils down to a popularity contest. My guess Slash will be near the top and while he has made some great, and memorable music over his career I have never considered him a playe...

Unless I'm misunderstanding something about the photos, Don's photos are his property. The police had the right to develop the film and make copies, but the original photos and negatives would have to be given back to Don. The federal government does not own the Kennedy assassination film. The Zepru...