Guns N' Roses

What Makes a Great Guitar Player According to Slash?

“I think I finally came to the realization that what really makes a great guitar player is a guitar player who expresses their true personality in their music. So, what you’re hearing is one individual you know what I mean? All people are different and all players are different and the people that I really enjoy the most it’s not a skillset or a focused skill thing about how fast or how schooled or how insanely gifted anybody necessarily is. It’s all about how much of that unique person comes out of their instrument and it makes them stand apart so you actually really appreciate the way they sound. You know what I mean? I think that to me is what makes a great guitar player. All the guitar players that I’ve loved for as long as I can remember they’re all very unique players to themselves and there’s all different levels of sort of skill and tone and whatever is involved, and it’s just really about that individual’s personality on the instrument and that’s what turns me on.”
 
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