>it's not even that the solo is really bad on its own, but it
>becomes laughable for the way he threatens to blow our minds
>with his axe skills and then goes into that bullshit while
>shouting out some of the best guitarists as if he's matching
>or even paying tribute to them in any way.

Yeah, that's fucking embarrassing. You can hear a dozen different dudes playing at a higher level than that in any random Guitar Center, any random day of the week. It's not bad, it's just very rudimentary.