Who is a better guitarist?

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Who is a better guitarist?

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seriously, not lookin to start fights. but ive been listenin to my john mayer CD's and im thinkin, "dave is much better" then i grab some john tabs, they look easy, and i cant play them for the life of me. and i can play most of daves stuff... sooo here is the question i pose...

who is a better guitarist? John Mayer or Dave Matthews...

im torn, Daves style is much more original, but once you get the hang of his style it isnt hard anymore. John's stuff sounds nice as well, and looks simple on paper, and the actual notes and formations are easier that daves, but his timing and stuff is much more complicated to me...


im sure this will get interesting, and please no fighting, i dont want this one gettin locked like the last one.
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filmdude100cms wrote:seriously, not lookin to start fights. but ive been listenin to my john mayer CD's and im thinkin, "dave is much better" then i grab some john tabs, they look easy, and i cant play them for the life of me. and i can play most of daves stuff... sooo here is the question i pose...

who is a better guitarist? John Mayer or Dave Matthews...

im torn, Daves style is much more original, but once you get the hang of his style it isnt hard anymore. John's stuff sounds nice as well, and looks simple on paper, and the actual notes and formations are easier that daves, but his timing and stuff is much more complicated to me...


im sure this will get interesting, and please no fighting, i dont want this one gettin locked like the last one.
This thread just isn't going to turn out well at all

Dave has better rythmatic guitar riffs. John is more about the lead and the like
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THey are different. THE END. lock now lmao
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im not tryin to cause trouble, but ive really been wonderin.
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HAY GUYS WHATS YOUR FAVORITE DAVE MATHEWS SONG
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NoNotThat wrote:HAY GUYS WHATS YOUR FAVORITE DAVE MATHEWS SONG
:lol: :lol:

I think Tim and John (and it's obvious who wins that) would be a better comparison, Dave's style is nothing like Mayers.
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oh....my....god.

hahahaha. lock this. quickly.

will, this thread has been beat to death with a hammer. we used to see thread pop up everywhere and get up to lik 20 pages of people fighting over dave and mayer. i mean come on! each thread is the same!

so sorry to say it...but do a search.
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I'm not going to lock this yet, but it's on a short leash...
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if it gets outa hand, and people are fighting, please lock it. but if not, i see no harm, thats just me though
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John Mayer is a fruit cake..... enough said..
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Post by Thomas »

but why does it have to cause a big fight?

john mayer is the better guitarist hands down.
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Post by myxomatosis »

wow, I can't believe no one ever thought to ask this question before
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Maybe Dave's stuff is easier to you than Mayer's stuff because you have spent a lot more time practicing dave's stuff.
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