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Buckethead
Buckethead is among the most virtuosic and relentlessly innovative guitarists on the
planet right now. He combines nearly-unprecedented technical ability with a wild,
fearless musical imagination, and he effortlessly adapts his peculiar style to any genre
from straight-up metal, to funk and avant-garde jazz, to the “vicious ambient” stylings
of his Death Cube K project. Of course he is also a master of effects, particularly the
manually operated killswitches installed in his guitars, and the ever present Whammy
pedal at his feet. By far the most well-known example of his Whammy (and killswitch)
work is the song “Jordan,” which became incredibly popular due to its appearance in
Guitar Hero II, instantly vaulting Buckethead from cult shredder weirdo to household
name. The main riff is a Whammy classic.
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