Unique? Maybe if Michael Romeo and Petrucci wouldnt exist...

trnkodlak28 dont forget Mattias IA Ekhlund & Guhtrie Govan are great guitarist too...

I agree, I've been playing over 30 years and Mathias' playing on the last 3 Stratovarius albums is killer, he constructs such interesting solos. Of course Petrucci et all are good, but the solos this guy comes up with...superb.

The last two guys: did you ever hear an intelligent player or petrucci himself doing any rankings who is better? No and you know why? They know better than how much and discipline it takes to play on this level. Btw Matias can play Sx and Dt No need for comparison, they space enough for all great players.

Yeah very very underrated.

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Trim Prism Its so sad that Timo Kotipelto lost parts of his voice in 2010 :c

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Esto es parecido cuando se fue slash de los guns.. Y entró buckedhead

@@mauricioalexismartinezmart8085 timo tolkki >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Slash.

Timo tolkki es velocidad, precision,creatividad Aparte es un buen compositor

Tanto como el mati y el tolkki son muy buenos guitarristas ♡

The scale length is 25.5" and fretboard radius 16". So nothing out of the ordinary with those specs. We're happy that he has chosen our guitars as his main tools in studio and on stage. Certainly it helps a musician when the guitar is made for his exact wishes, and that it's well built and expertly set up - but the main factor in that Matias' playing looks so easy is probably simply because of his extraordinary technique. :-)

Thank you for answer!:)

He is definitely more proficient than Tolkki on guitar. In my opinion he is on another level. You can compare his live performances with Tolkki's performances and is clear that Matias plays way cleaner and his solos are way more well composed than Tolkki's. However Tolkki wrote the classic Stratovarius songs and albums and most people tend to like the old stuff more than the new albums.

I like Matias as well, but his problem, IMO, is his over the top John Petrucci influence. You can hear it in his solos, and I absolutely hate Petrucci. Tolkki, sure, his solos are more simplistic and Yngwie-ish at times, but he isn't influenced by Petrucci and that's what matters to me most. i've tried learning the solo to My Eternal Dream and thats goddamn insane. Hunting high and low? Piece of cake, and that's what makes Tolkki's solos special. They aren't all insane speed show off my technique kinda stuff.

I apologize in advance for the the length of this post... lol He's also SO much more diverse of a player and writer... don't worry, I still love the Pre-Matias era (let's be honest... Pre-"Self-Title" era... lol) it wasn't particularly innovative. However, they made up for that by just the sheer power and beauty with an EPIC sound! On a technical basis, the songs weren't all THAT dissimilar to each other. The evangelic quality to their work WAS amazing, which made them still quite lovable! Tolkki can shred like mad and create damn good melodies. The atmosphere of his playing is phenomenal, but unchanging, and not really pushing boundaries anymore... it's like he DESPERATELY wants to be Yngwie lol. Matias has a much more expansive palette. He can riff, he can jam, he can be heavy or melodic, he can maintain solid and simple phrases as is common in power metal, or play licks that seem on par with a lot of technical, and dare I say, progressive metal groups....especially newer ones. .Oh! ...and he could face-off against Tolkki and shred without even breaking a sweat... XD Unlike Tolkki, his playing and writing actually evolves! Every project or band of Tolkki since his departure, is seemingly still trying to be classic Stratovarius... haha

*he is better than tolkki at all parts!

Bey Zam Stratovarius - The Lost Saga (7:06)

thanks, but what that song starting at 01:53....????

with him strqto has made elysium, nemesis, polaris, Eternal, Enigma, bigs albums

Нехуя ты не прав

Нет

Well, i believe he is finnish.

Ur wrong.....

This ''nobody'' beats a lot of musicians and your ass