Buckethead is a virtuoso guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. playing bass guitar, banjo, keyboards, ukulele, organ, violin, clarinet, saxophone, recorder, drums, gong, and piano), he is best known for his electric guitar playing, characterized by diverse playing styles spanning thrash guitar, fingerpicking, and slap guitar.
Guitar One voted him number 8 on a list of the “Top 10 Greatest Guitar Shredders of All Time”. Buckethead makes extreme use of tritones in his music which sound dissonant and give the impression of robotic and unnatural sounds.