RUSHHEAD666 Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Which guitarist is better? Hackett or Howe? For me the answer is simple. HACKETT!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 hard hard hard question for me I don't think I can vote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMCXII Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 I just voted and it looks like Howe is in the lead with 100% of the votes lol I'm not too familiar with Hackett but I vote for Howe any way.. The guy is amazing on a guitar even to this day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 How about Steve Howkett? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powderfinger Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 No way can I vote on this. It's like trying to choose between sunlight and oxygen. But I'll happily sit back and see what the rest of you come up with... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdFireYYZ Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 I love both of these guys but Howe got my vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAccountant Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Loved the GTR album and played it a ton when it came out. Still have it somewhere around the apartment. Between Howe and Hackett my vote would go the Howe. Then I noticed the 3rd option of Steve Vai. Thats where my vote is going - Steve Vai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steevo Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Howe. But I do love me a bit of Hackett (who wouldn't). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
priest_of_syrinx Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Definitely Steve Hackett. I think it might partly be because his music is a bonding thing for my dad and me. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powderfinger Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Are you guys taking composing skills into account while formulating your opinion? My first inclination is to go with Howe, based on pure technical ability. But then I thought, well wait, which is the better composer? With both Genesis and Yes it's always difficult to be sure exactly who contributed which bit to many of their greatest songs. I know Howe and Anderson dominated Tales from Topographic Oceans. And Howe played a primary role in the writing of Close to the Edge too. I think Hackett's strongest work is on Selling England by the Pound. I guess I'd give the composing nod to Howe too. They're both incredibly inventive and intensely creative, Howe with his jazz stylings and harmonics, Hackett with his tapping technique and mastery of effects and tone—they both brought a lot to the table. Howe is a great steel player too. I guess I have to go with Howe as the better guitarist. But for some reason I've always been convinced that I would like Hackett more as a dude—Howe always seems so aloof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSHHEAD666 Posted February 8, 2013 Author Share Posted February 8, 2013 Are you guys taking composing skills into account while formulating your opinion? My first inclination is to go with Howe, based on pure technical ability. But then I thought, well wait, which is the better composer? With both Genesis and Yes it's always difficult to be sure exactly who contributed which bit to many of their greatest songs. I know Howe and Anderson dominated Tales from Topographic Oceans. And Howe played a primary role in the writing of Close to the Edge too. I think Hackett's strongest work is on Selling England by the Pound. I guess I'd give the composing nod to Howe too. They're both incredibly inventive and intensely creative, Howe with his jazz stylings and harmonics, Hackett with his tapping technique and mastery of effects and tone—they both brought a lot to the table. Howe is a great steel player too. I guess I have to go with Howe as the better guitarist. But for some reason I've always been convinced that I would like Hackett more as a dude—Howe always seems so aloof. Excellent post!!! I still have to go with Hackett! I've seen Howe in Yes and Asia live and I've never seen Hackett live yet still I think Hackett takes the cake by a crumb. Genesis is DEAD yet at least Hackett is still putting out Genesis Revisited albums. Even though he can't find a guest vocalist worth a shit. (well on the second release) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Sawyer Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Howe! :haz: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Ways Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Why choose when you can have both? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombstone Mountain Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 I thought The drum sound was decent....good album...Sketches in the sun is wonderful IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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