How do jazz guitarists and metal guitarists differ?

I'm not going to bore you with intricacies of subtle differences of style, schools of thought, scales involved or even the various theories employed. No. Instead an answer in three of the same basic answer in varying lengths veins...a short, medium and a long. The short... read more

And also, metal guitarist are more prone to go for speed picking, sweep picking or tapping techniques. Jazz guitarist tend to give more priority to the feel of the music. I'm not saying that metal guitarists do not do so, but jazz guitar players add much more feeling in the music as many of the jazz song are slow/smooth in nature. read more

Sometimes Jazz guitarists are better in rock guitarist or even metal guitarists but sometimes many rock or metal guitarists are better than most jazz guitarists. But in general term of technique , speed and skills Jazz guitarists are better than rock guitarists in most cases but not way better. read more

If a great jazz improvisation attempts to open hidden corridors of the human heart, the electric guitar solo in metal is an overlong exercise in self-gratification. Jazz is bliss, metal is just boorish. The truth is much more complex, and involves 40-plus years of jazz and rock and roll history. read more