Well, i agree that the production of The Extremist is slightly 'over-polished' shall we say, but good studio production and good guitar playing don't neccessarily go hand in hand. Just look at Jimi Hendrix's catologue, possibly some of the worst studio production I've heard! But that doesn't detract from the excellence of his guitar performance.treeduck wrote:
My favourite Satriani solo and song is Rubina and Not of this Earth and Surfin are still my fave albums I doubt he'll top these either...
I always had a problem with the production on The Extremist...
As for Satch, I really like the Rubina solo, and I know it's a firm fan favourite, but surely Not of this Earth's production is Satriani's worst quality studio sound so far? (not counting his debuting E.P of course) No, it's still definately the Rubina's blue sky Happiness solo for me. I just wish he'd play more legato orientated lines nowadays, and just cut down on the blues a tad.
