i prefer a mix of both. i dunno if anyone else here listens to classical pieces but hans andre stamm is probably my most favourite organist. while J.S. Bach and Beethoven as favourite composers.Tone Slinger wrote:Paul Gilbert never totally won me over. His tone,phrasing and overall 'style' didnt do it for me. He plays WAY to many straight scales, ala 3 notes per string type stuff. Same with most of the Shrapnel guy's.
Timmon's is more 'musical',which is a hard thing to describe(musicality),cause some just have more of it (like Carl and Mark) than others. The 'OTHER's' tend to gravitate towards repetitive things to "appear" to be more musical. Dont get me wrong,I like technical ability on the guitar,but I like musical soul more.
i also preter "The Little", a Fugue piece on organ as my favourite as well =]
i learn from technical guitarists and composers and apply my own style of blues or single note soul to playing guitar.
i do get what you mean with repetition. and repetition is a large part to musical composition i think. some over-do it, using it as a crutch whilst soloing which is pretty common. the first 4 years i played i did it, and im trying to get rid of that muscle memory and learn the correct way through playing whats in my head at the time and not what i know "sounds good" persay.
, Gary Hoey, "Blues" Saraceno, Richie Kotzen, et al. They're just not my "taste" in players or tone. On the other hand... MSG's Mitch Perry, Reb Beach, TNT's Ronnie LeTekro 
, Alex Masi... now you're talking. 
