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Posted: March 09 2006 at 06:49

My mate is a Vai boy througha nd through and I do admit I like abit of Vai but I am persoanlly more inclinded towards Satch simply becuase he is a little more blusey and he writes his music like songs so you can hum them. Yet they both rank in my top 10 fav guitarists.

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Posted: March 09 2006 at 06:52

love tyhem both.. new Santrinai cd 3/14 '' super colossal''. i was told that either vai or satriani taught oneof the other.. i dont remmember which one...

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Posted: March 09 2006 at 06:54

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Posted: March 09 2006 at 07:08

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love tyhem both.. new Santrinai cd 3/14 '' super colossal''. i was told that either vai or satriani taught oneof the other.. i dont remmember which one...

Satriani was the teacher, but in the case of Vai the alumn became better than the teacher.

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Posted: March 09 2006 at 07:17

to eddietropper;;; yes well said..

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Posted: March 09 2006 at 07:20

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Posted: March 09 2006 at 07:21

Space Dimentia wrote:

My mate is a Vai boy througha nd through and I do admit I like abit of Vai but I am persoanlly more inclinded towards Satch simply becuase he is a little more blusey and he writes his music like songs so you can hum them. Yet they both rank in my top 10 fav guitarists.

You surely can also hum Vai songs ... they're just generally more complex than Satriani songs. Vai: (slight) overstatement, Satriani: (slight) understatement.

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Posted: May 19 2006 at 07:24

just want to bring this poll again, lol...

satriani is better in terms of musicality, more beautiful songs.. on the other hand, vai is better in technical ability.... if you mix both, you'll see John Petrucci...

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Posted: May 19 2006 at 07:28

Vai. Satch would be so much better if his drumbeats were interesting and didn't only provide a feeble frame for his guitarwork.

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Posted: May 19 2006 at 07:35

I don't understand why many people say that Satriani writes better melodies than Vai. Vai is a true master of songwriting. Most of his songs are really well balanced - very diverse, great shredding, great sparse parts, mellow, aggressive - everything.

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Posted: May 19 2006 at 12:24

Sincerely... Variani!!!

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Posted: May 19 2006 at 13:42

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Sincerely... Variani!!!

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Posted: May 19 2006 at 14:18

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MANDRAKEROOT wrote:

Sincerely... Variani!!!

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Yeah, but which one?

JoStevEric VaiJohnIani?

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Posted: May 19 2006 at 14:34

Eric Johnson owns both of them.

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Posted: May 19 2006 at 15:35

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Eric Johnson owns both of them.

Not really - he fits nicely. Do you know that Eric Johnson released his last album on Vai's label?

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Posted: May 19 2006 at 16:17

Vai - he's simply more diverse.

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Posted: May 19 2006 at 21:19

I love Vai, but Satch is one of my favorite all-time musicians, so Satch.

Yes, they're both master songwriters. However, I don't know if I'd say that Vai is superior technically; he's much quicker to display his chops than Satch is, while Satch is more careful to keep his phrasing more deliberate and tasteful. Vai is more experimental and varied, but his biggest weakness is that his albums are a little inconsistent. On the other hand, Satch usually remains within a specific blues/rock style (which sometimes bugs me), but he is incredibly good at getting you to feel the precise emotion or vibe he wants you to feel. Bravo, Satch!

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Posted: May 19 2006 at 21:49

xtopher wrote:

I love Vai, but Satch is one of my favorite all-time musicians, so Satch.

Yes, they're both master songwriters. However, I don't know if I'd say that Vai is superior technically; he's much quicker to display his chops than Satch is, while Satch is more careful to keep his phrasing more deliberate and tasteful. Vai is more experimental and varied, but his biggest weakness is that his albums are a little inconsistent. On the other hand, Satch usually remains within a specific blues/rock style (which sometimes bugs me), but he is incredibly good at getting you to feel the precise emotion or vibe he wants you to feel. Bravo, Satch!

I know both very well and I must say that Vai's also extremely good at that. He's just more experimental, while Satriani can be annoyingly un-experimental (trying to avoid the word "mainstream" here) at times. But there's a time and place for everything.

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Posted: May 20 2006 at 10:21

MikeEnRegalia wrote:

I don't understand why many people say that Satriani writes better melodies than Vai. Vai is a true master of songwriting. Most of his songs are really well balanced - very diverse, great shredding, great sparse parts, mellow, aggressive - everything.

I think that like many my problem with this you say about Vai is that... he does so much all the time...that you get tired, so you dont listen to him with much atention...while Scratch always does this accesible yet complex melodys...

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Posted: May 20 2006 at 10:23

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Its obvious you are just to fanatic to see it...

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Poll Question: Which do you prefer? master or student?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Joe Satriani	43	[51.81%]
Steve Vai	40	[48.19%]
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