Behinds Quote by Kirk Hammett

One very important side of my playing lies in rhythm; I have a very percussive style. It's one I've developed with Dream Theater over…

— John Petrucci

To get my sound in the studio, I double guitar tracks, and when it gets to the lead parts, the rhythm drops out, just…

— Dimebag Darrell

When I think of a lot of the players I admire, they could always play their parts without hiding behind distortion and sustain. Put…

— John Petrucci

I noticed a lot of guitar players neglected the rhythm part of rhythm guitar and decided I would try to focus in that.

— Hal Sparks

I've got my own style on the guitar, sure, and I play rhythm in a certain way, and I use certain inflections. People have…

— Noel Gallagher

I think the way I play the guitar is very percussive. I play a lot of rhythm chops as though I were playing congas…

— Tommy Bolin

I think when I began, I played distortion more than the guitar. The results of my strumming. Now I play the twang of the…

— Ian Williams

All the time, I play with a rhythm; if I'm too far out of the rhythm, I feel out of place.

— Iman Shumpert

I'm a good rhythm guitarist and that's it.

— Everlast

The focus of my playing is the groove, and every time I find a new rhythm, I find I can write a bunch of…

— Stone Gossard

Although I'm a lead guitarist, I'd say that a good 95 percent of my time onstage is spent playing rhythm.

— Kirk Hammett

I feel my spot is somewhere between a bass player and a rhythm guitar player. I play with a pick. I play very aggressively.…

— Nikki Sixx