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Old 05-17-2008, 02:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Archlute View Post
On some of the other tracks though you will keep asking yourself, "why are they there?"
I was asking myself that question while listening to the track you posted, Adam. The orchestra sounds like it's being used as merely a large rhythm section.

As for Vai's fleet-fingeredness, I think Stevie Ray Vaughan was better. And, of course, Hendrix...
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