I've seen a few of his clips. He's competent, I mean, playing guitar for 30 years will do that.

I'm not some kick ass shredder either so I can tell he likes to lean on pentatonics. I haven't seen anything really improvisational from him. It's mostly just memorizing note-for-note stuff.

I'd like to bash him more, but his tone actually isn't that bad and he'd be fine in most cover bands.

...says the guy who doesn't have to talk to him between songs

Oh exactly. Some of the most technically competent players are several of the most screwed up anti-social people out there. Add an unwarranted ego to that and just kill me.

I'm in my 20s but the best guys to jam with are 40+. Unlike Joe, most of them have grown out of their delusions of grandeur.

Edit: I said fucking 'illusions of grandeur'...

He's competent, I mean, playing guitar for 30 years will do that.

i already mentioned my dad in this thread, but he's been playing for 40 years and all i can say is not always.

Ehh maybe he's just more of a campfire player.

Joe's a fucking douche, but anybody who actually makes a living playing guitar has to be either talented as all fuck, is a soldier who worked hard to do it, or won the lottery. We know SAMJOE won the lottery when his brother did, but I'm inclined to think he's a dude who just pounded away for hours a day at it.

That and if he does the leads in his Hendrix band, I can't hate too much on his musicianship.

Still a fucking idiot though.

Joe strikes me as the kind of person who would be looking up chords to like a Beatles song online, and when he gets to "Dsus4" he realizes he has no idea how to "sus4" so he just plays a regular D chord and convinces himself that it's "close enough."

Guitarists like to talk technique but I've never seen him talk about it.

Decent musician

This is godawful though

YES! I forgot that one. Should've linked that.

this is also an awkward out of time "improvisation" solo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MusQVkEaoHU#t=2m

his tone, isn't my taste. I thought that got buried in the 80's

he's pretty good at playing bluesy old man licks. seems like a solid player in general. joe is much better at guitar than my dad who sucks but so was i when was 10. wish i could be of more help.

He's fair. Brother Joe's one defining talent is pretty middle of the road overall.

The guy can play on stage and is an ok rhythm guitarist. U2 doesn't take much to play just the right effect pedals. Lead guitar for Journey is harder. Joe needs to spend some more time practicing. Hes ok but I think most guitarists on his subreddit could beat him technically.

Edit: I know Joe hardly makes any money but God damn wear some better clothes on stage.

Decent. Not good or bad. He could definitely benefit from some Paul Gilbert VHS tapes. The solo to Oh Dara is a pretty good summary of what he is: sufficient.

He's okay, not spectacular. While I'm not a journey fan their guitarist Neil Schon is a very good player and Joe shouldn't try to play his stuff and should probably go with more basic music.

He does with guitar what he does with everything. He copies

In that video he's almost exclusively playing open chords, anyone with two hands on this sub could be taught, within an hour, the same thing.