Talk:Michael Angelo Batio

message: This is a cut and paste from his website... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Protohiro (talk • contribs) 21:22, 8 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: This article reads like a fan copied and pasted most of it from various biographies from the internet, Especially under critism. Lots of parts need citing, and the article definatly needs some sprucing up
Moitio (talk) 22:10, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV 

message: "He also invented and successfully played the very first 'quad' guitar"
"The Double Guitar is another of his innovations (along with the 'string dampener')"
:Could someone explain what these inventions are? I can just about guess for the double guitar (especially seeing the photo), but I don't have a clue about the rest. Thanks. IronChris  |  (talk) 09:51, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Description of his inventions 

message: This mentions a bunch of his tricks like playing two guitars at once, but his most famous trick is how he flips he hand back and fourth over the guitar neck. This should be added.
:Add it then...
::I believe this technique is commonly referred to (at least in his forums and by fans worldwide) as the "MAB over-under Technique." It can be seen in two separate occasions in the video for "No Boundaries", which can be found here. I would check with him first, maybe he has a different (and coined) term for that. He does answer to various messages on his forums, so try that. --SynthesizedShredder 03:48, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ritchie Blackmore used the under over technique while playing Smoke on the Water in the 70s, so it shouldn't be listed as an invention of Batio.Winterdenni (talk) 16:09, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tricks 

message: Where did someone get the 1956 birth year from?
http://www.peoplefinders.com/ for example
El Ucca (talk) 16:42, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birth year? 

message: Did MAB use BC Rich Ironbirds? See B.C. Rich#Guitar Shapes, I'm not sure if that info is correct or not. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Grinder0-0 (talk • contribs) 16:07, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Guitars 

message: This is not subjective. This was written by a major guitar magazine. To add subjective rhetoric is not nessessary.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.199.166.229 (talk) 13:57, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  MAB No. 1 Fastest shredder in Guitar One Magazine 

message: This was MAB's birth date. As soon as I find a reference, this will be shown. MAB recently confirmed this in a thread on his forum but the thread was somehow deleted. Andre666 (talk) 21:17, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  June 12, 1956 

message: Wasn't he the "demonic" guitar player from one of those 80's heavy metal horror films? I was thinking that it was Trick or Treat with Skippy from Family Ties, but I couldn't find it on IMDB... I remember the close-ups of the guitar solos in the film were definitely the over-under technique...
Updated: It was the film Shock 'Em Dead, I will add an entry with appropriate cite.Enigmatic2k3 (talk) 18:24, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Film appearance?

message: Can anyone please edit the article? I would like to, but I'm afraid I would not be able to put what I'm about to say in the right place:
MAB is ambidextrous only when it comes to play guitar. Otherwise, he's a natural left handed: he writes, eats and does normal stuff with his left hand. He told me once that he used to play guitar left handed, but his teacher (yes, the same that is mentioned in the article) forced him to play right handed. So he managed to play right handed at classes and left handed at home, building his skills even to both hands. That's noticeable when you look at his picking technique: he told me that placing his right hand anchored to pick the strings made it more comfortable for him since he felt that (picking with that hand) a little bit unnatural; also, his left hand picking technique is more relaxed, since it is what he feels natural, what is normal to him. Aruizi (talk) 05:36, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ambidextrous 

message: Much of the article appears to be written from a fan's point of view. Most of the "references" are not acceptable. --Leahtwosaints (talk) 08:18, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV issues   

message: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTKsCMYHy8Q - 3:00. Michael is not born on 23rd of February. 
Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 10:35, 27 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: 23rd of February

message: The correct date of birth is 1956.6.12. Michael Angelo Batio posted a postat instagram saying it was his birthday and pointing out that he had tried unsuccessfully to ask wikipedia to change the date. https://www.instagram.com/p/CtZFBt2u7hV/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D Valentina Coccarelli (talk) 19:59, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, but where's the year? Mac Dreamstate (talk) 20:08, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: He only reported the day and month error not the year because it is obviously correct. Valentina Coccarelli (talk) 20:22, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: . Mac Dreamstate (talk) 20:54, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Correct date of birth 1956.6.12 

message: https://www.rte.ie/archives/2018/0412/954027-john-otway-musician/?fbclid=IwAR28FT7o6mMUt3PFmDu-Dy7xxaJgTSyHV9tRM7UhCUuQ5ENdfI4WE0mjR0M_aem_AZrVwm_JDgi0IMrF9smROeFqU_CRPG6h04S-QZSYX9mWdCNzEvZ_7l5Iw6Tm06iswxAQq0Pa7mmNURvoCMP4FhZS 92.8.191.139 (talk) 12:49, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for providing a reference. That's all that was needed. Mac Dreamstate (talk) 12:52, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Double guitar claim, the claim that he invented the Double guitar is incorrect and in actual fact John Otway was playing his in 1983