Originally Posted by: maggiorGood analogy. It's hard to describe but it's real. It's also like when you see somebody walking with an attitude - they are just walking, but you can just tell they've got an attitude.

Think about making your guitar growl, cry, scream, wail, etc...like your voice. Bending, rakes, muting, varying your pick attack...these are tools you can use to give your playing attitude. As I learn some more Eagles songs, I'm finding that Joe Walsh is a good example of a player that plays with attitude - he can make his guitar growl like no other. Joe Perry for Aerosmith is another. Joe Bonamassa can get hit attitude on. Not a big GnR fan (I know, that's probably blasphemy to you kasperow :-), but Slash strike me as the type of player who would play with attitude. Watch some vidoes of SRV playing in the early days - it's like a physical assult on his guitar - amazing with tons of attitude! And let's not forget Jimmy Page who would strut with his guitar.

I think I'm starting to understand what you mean. It's how I use the techniques at my disposal and use different amounts of force when picking a string, right?

I know quite a few guitarists, whom I deem to be pretty great, some underrated guitarists are among those. And just because I'm a huge fan of GNR, it doesn't mean I consider it blasphemy to say you're not a huge fan of them :) Everyone has their own taste. Most of the guitarists I listen to the most have some quite different styles, yet they seem pretty combinable. I'll try and check out SRV when I get the chance.