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You need both. If you're not skilled to play you can't create melodies. I like
more emotional players.

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Creativity, if he only had skill, then he could be able to play anything, but it's going to be suckish sounding. trust me, I' a guitar player!!!.

Vi0LaToR wrote:

i think is most important the creativity to make melodies like david gilmour or Fripp, howe has the two qualities

but steve vai i think only has skill to play for example

Howe has both? Mmmm, not really. He was a skillfull player when compared with other guitar players from early 70's but I can't imagine him playing the speedy and technical solos by some modern guitarists as Vai, Petrucci or even Trevor Rabin. In fact when he plays on stage some of the Trevor Rabin stuff he never tries to play his solos. He just couldn't do it the same. When Eddie Van Halen came up in 1977 with a whole new guitar technique all the guitar players that supposed to be skillfull before him ceased to be so skillfull. The post-Van Halen guitar players are usually much more advanced technically than the early 70's guitarists.

That said, I must say that I love Howe's playing, but I consider Steve Howe more a "creative" guitar player, and I prefer him over most of the "skillfull" players.

But of course the best would be a mix between creativity and technical ability.

Edited by eddietrooper

You need Both!

without melodies, skill is nothing. Why do you suppose the majority of shredders like Rusty Cooley do little except make instructional DVDs? Because they suck at making actual MUSIC.

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Both are preferable, but creativity over technical skill in the end.

you can know how to play every song in the book

but to make an origonal

something YOU create

is a whole nother ballgame

i went with creativity

Vi0LaToR wrote:

i think is most important the creativity to make melodies like david gilmour or Fripp, howe has the two qualities

but steve vai i think only has skill to play for example

I disagree, sorry.. Btw which album of Vai makes you think like that? There is an album called the 7th song, full of melodic and ballad songs (still instrumental though) like For The Love Of God, Tender Surrender, Hands On Heart.. Do you think these songs aren't melodic?

Oh and I would say a combination is the best, but maybe the feeling is more important...

Steve Hackett is a perfect example for this poll. He can create amazing melodies, but for some reason he has never learned how to bend properly.

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a)left
b)right
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Definetly left Wink

Poll Question: what thing is most important in a guitarist?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
creativity to make melodies	41	[83.67%]
skill to play	8	[16.33%]
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