Editing Dave Mustaine (section)

==Musicianship==
Mustaine is known for popularizing the "spider chord" technique for playing [[power chord]]s, a method streamlining hand position changes and reducing [[string noise]].<ref name="Jam">{{cite web|url=http://www.jamplay.com/video-help/answer-496.html|title=Video Question: Spider Chords|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706230544/http://www.jamplay.com/video-help/answer-496.html |date=August 28, 2009|archive-date=July 6, 2010|work=jamplay.com}}</ref>

Mustaine possesses a two-octave vocal range spanning from tenor through baritone pitch ranges.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}

In 2004, ''[[Guitar World]]'' magazine ranked Mustaine and [[Marty Friedman]] together at No. 19 on the 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of All Time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/guitar-world-s-100-greatest-heavy-metal-guitarists-of-all-time/|title=GUITAR WORLD's 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists Of All Time|via=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|work=[[Guitar World]]|date=January 23, 2004|access-date=December 6, 2016|archive-date=September 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905122448/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/guitar-world-s-100-greatest-heavy-metal-guitarists-of-all-time/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2009, Mustaine was named the No. 1 player in [[Joel McIver]]'s book ''The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists''.<ref name=McIver>{{cite book |first=Joel|last=McIver|author-link=Joel McIver |title=The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists |pages=210, 218 |publisher=Jawbone Press |date=2008 |isbn=9781906002206}}</ref> As he told ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]'' magazine in September 2009: "It was especially sweet when I found out that Joel has written books on Metallica. Every page I turned, I became more excited. I get to Number 5 and it's [[Kirk Hammett]], and I thought, 'Thank you, God'. At that point it didn't matter [which position I was]. To be better than both of them [James Hetfield and Hammett] meant so much – it's been one of the pet peeves of my career and I've never known how to deal with it. All I thought was&nbsp;– I win!"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/dave-mustaine-says-he-is-no-longer-struggling-with-his-metallica-demons/|title=DAVE MUSTAINE Says He Is 'No Longer Struggling' With His METALLICA Demons|work=[[Classic Rock]]|via=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=August 25, 2009|access-date=April 11, 2018|archive-date=April 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411174318/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/dave-mustaine-says-he-is-no-longer-struggling-with-his-metallica-demons/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2012, Mustaine was ranked the 12th-greatest guitarist of all time by a ''[[Guitar World]]'' magazine reader's poll.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/readers-poll-results-100-greatest-guitarists-all-time|title=Readers Poll Results: The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025131228/http://www.guitarworld.com/readers-poll-results-100-greatest-guitarists-all-time|archive-date=October 25, 2012|work=[[Guitar World]]|access-date=April 11, 2018|date=October 10, 2012}}</ref>