Your favorate guitarist! [Archive]

Ronin

10-13-2004, 01:24

i don´t think i could pick a favourite...just like you can´t pick the best....you can just pick the best in each style....

so i have to give a list:
(in no particular order)

-Josh Homme
-Eric Clapton
-Tom Morello
-Noodles
-Brett Gurewitz

Steppe Merc

10-13-2004, 01:32

Gasp! ~:eek: PJ and I agreeing!!
Ok, so not quite. Jimi Hendrix I think is probably the best ever, but I love Page. And Clapton. And Garcia. And Keef Richards. And Duane Allman. And Neil Young. And Bob Dylan. And....
It goes on and on. I guess I don't have a favorite one dude.

Kaiser of Arabia

10-13-2004, 01:47

Hrm...

The dude who wrote Duelling Banjos
Brian May
Eric Clapton
Whats his nuts from Skynyrd
The dude(s) from ACDC

In no particualr order

dessa14

10-13-2004, 02:35

nah petrucci is the greatest guitarist ever.
thanks,
dessa

JAG

10-13-2004, 02:47

Dave Murray, definately.

PanzerJaeger

10-13-2004, 03:25

I wish hendrix had been more careful with his doses so we could see how he evolved.. im sure he only would have gotten better. :disappointed:

Gotta say though, between him and page.. id pick page as being better.. just my opinion. :bow:

Thoros of Myr

10-13-2004, 07:03

All time faves -
Joey Santiago
Dave Matthews
Hendrix
Jimmy Page

Runners up -
Tom Morello
Petrucci
*the Edge*

Hetman_Koronny

10-13-2004, 08:06

Slash from G'n'R!!

And most of the ones mentioned above...

Quietus

10-13-2004, 10:19

Not a musician, but am a music nut :charge:
Faves:
Ernest Ranglin (lead & rhythm)
John Kpiaye (lead & rhythm)

Others:
Earl Chinna Smith (lead)
Wayne Armond (rhythm)
Al Anderson (lead & rhythm)
Mikey Chung (rhythm)
Laurindo Almeida (classical)

:charge:

Axeknight

10-13-2004, 17:24

Hendrix
Dave Murray (up the Irons!)
Slash
Tommy Iommi
Jimmy Page
Angus Young
Mark Knopfler

And others I can't think of right now.

Big King Sanctaphrax

10-13-2004, 17:49

My 3 favourite guitarists, in no particular order-

Jimmy Page
Dave Gilmour
Jimi Hendrix

I would say that Pagey just about edges it, due to the fact that he's written about 3 million of the best riffs ever...

I adore Gilmour's melodicism and soundscapes, however. He can make me feel more than any other guitarist.

Teutonic Knight

10-13-2004, 19:21

There's only one, Segovia

DemonArchangel

10-13-2004, 19:49

Tom Morello
Brett Guerewitz
Brian "Head" Welch
Eric Clapton

Beirut

10-13-2004, 19:52

Jimi Hendrix
David Gilmour
Ritchie Blackmore
Stevie Ray Vaughn

InsaneApache

10-13-2004, 20:49

Andreus Segovia ~;)

Navaros

10-13-2004, 20:53

Jack White is the best guitarist to ever live IMO and also my favorite

the Edge from U2 is also quite good. he's the second best guitarist ever IMO

Procrustes

10-13-2004, 21:45

Jorma Kaukonen.

(Other notables: Charlie Christian, Bruce Cockburn)

The Tuffen

10-13-2004, 22:26

Chris Cheeney from The Living End
Tom Morello
And the guitarist from Incubus (damn i can't remember his name)

If you include bassits then mine is
Dirk Lance (used to be in Incubus)
The Living End bassist (the guy is amazing and plays on an upright bassist)
Rage against the Machines bassist.

Kaiser of Arabia

10-13-2004, 23:38

with bassists then John Deacon wins hands down!

Big King Sanctaphrax

10-14-2004, 00:29

Ah, now, bass...

I'm a really big Jaco Pastorius fan.

Cliff Burton from Metallica was also an incredible bassist. It was after his death that the band started going down hill...

pyhhricvictory

10-14-2004, 01:58

Tom Morello
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Trey Anastasio

Quietus

10-14-2004, 06:28

For Bass gods:

Aston "Familyman" Barrett (http://archive.bassplayer.com/artists/essent.shtml)
Dennis Bovell (http://www.griots.net/bovell.html)

Thoros of Myr

10-14-2004, 07:33

Jack White is the best guitarist to ever live IMO and also my favorite

the Edge from U2 is also quite good. he's the second best guitarist ever IMO

Ooops! How could I forget the Edge, he's pretty amazing.
~;)

Tamur

10-14-2004, 07:39

Anyone who grew up in the late 70s/early 80s... is there anyone new out there these days who can compete with the sheer notes-per-second velocity of guitarists like Joe Satriani, Yngwie Malmstein, Kirk Hammett, (and even good old Eddie VH in his prime), etc...?

I lost track of the guitar scene when I got married (ten years ago), but the few times I catch "rock" stations these days, they're full of bands that sound like Exact copies of each other. And it sounds like someone in marketing said, "Say goodbye to solo guitar..."

Thoros of Myr

10-14-2004, 12:07

Tim Reynolds is pretty fast and a good soloist.

I agree with you that many sound like copies these days and soloing is not so important anymore. It's been over 10 years since there was any explosion of good rock guitarists and originality. There is still good ones out there, you have to look...hard...as far as rock/alt rock guitarists anyway, don't know about metal, I stopped following it when it became only about huge power chords and screaming :)

David

10-14-2004, 12:42

Hendrix
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Neil Young
Guys from Radiohead
Many others

and of course the best Dutch guitarist ever: Jan Akkerman

Lazul

10-14-2004, 23:01

Morello
Slash

no doubt about it...

PanzerJaeger

10-15-2004, 00:18

Im surprised Santana hasnt been mentioned..

Orda Khan

10-15-2004, 19:32

Hmmmm........

Robert Johnson....
Ry Cooder...

....Orda

Beirut

10-15-2004, 20:55

Orda Khan,

Robert Johnson you say.

My sweetie has done several paintings of him. I like this one the best.

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/horsesass/caronrobertjohnson1991w400.jpg

Quite the life this guy had.

Big King Sanctaphrax

10-15-2004, 21:09

He's probably the only guitarist named here who supposedly sold his soul to the devil, and inspired a film starring Daniel-san from Karate kid...

Orda Khan

10-15-2004, 21:41

........And Daniel san can thank Ry Cooder for providing the guitar work for his part in the movie. Cooder has to be one of the very finest slide exponents, truly amazing sounds that guy can achieve.

What a talented lady you have there Beirut ~:) ......I take it she likes his music also? That would make you doubly lucky.
What a life indeed and I think it would be fair to say he was an absolute B*****D but to coin a modern phrase, he 'owned' when it came to guitar. Hendrix, I suppose, would be the nearest to him talent wise for his ability to sound like more than one guitar. Too many latter day guitarists need to let us know just how good they are yet all they do is clutter and detract from the simplicity of music from the heart.

See if you guys can get hold of Paul Rishell's 'Devil got my woman' from his CD 'Swear to tell the truth'.....Wonderful guitar work on a Style 'O' National Steel and the most haunting vocals

......Orda

Steppe Merc

10-15-2004, 23:51

I must say the only present day guitarist that I like that weren't around in the 60s or 70s is Jack White and the Edge. I just can't at all stand today's music.
I'm kind of sad I'm the only one who mentioned Keith... sure he looks dead, but I love his guitar work.

Orda Khan

10-16-2004, 01:00

You ain't sad Steppe Merc that 'cat' found his inspiration by listening to Robert Johnson...

" That's just one cat playing? Man I was like mmmmmm !!! Yeah, Y'know? " ~:)

.........Orda

Axeknight

10-16-2004, 09:34

Bassists? Has to be Steve Harris

Up the Irons!

:guitarist: :guitarist: :singer: :drummer: :guitarist: :guitarist:

(from left: Adrian Smith (rhythmn guitars), Janick Gers (rhythmn guitars), Bruce Dickenson, Nicko McBrain, Steve Harris (bass) Dave Murray (lead guitar))

Spetulhu

10-18-2004, 16:36

Miika Tenkula and Sami Lopakka of Sentenced. Modern-day genius at work. ~:cheers:

Gawain of Orkeny

10-18-2004, 16:43

Eric Clapton though I think Hendrix was more talented I like Claptons style better. Al Dimeola is another great one along with John Mc Clauglin and Carlos Santana.

KukriKhan

10-25-2004, 22:27

Have 5:

1. Andres Segovia (the master) https://jimcee.homestead.com/files/aSegovia.jpg
2. Leo Kottke (1-man symphony) https://jimcee.homestead.com/files/kottke.jpg
3. Eric Clapton (makes you cry, or laugh)https://jimcee.homestead.com/files/eClapton.jpg
5. Me! (after 5 beers, sound just like Clapton, LoL)
https://jimcee.homestead.com/files/guitar3.jpg

Togakure

10-26-2004, 00:03

Hmm, personal favorites ... as with bands, I can't pick one. Too many fantastic guitarists out there that I like for different reasons (melody, harmonies, textures, power, innovation and diversity, etc.). Here are some of my favorites:

Brian May - Queen
David Gilmore - Pink Floyd
Jimmy Page - Led Zeppelin
Neal Schon - Journey
Steve Lukather - Toto
Warren Cuccorullo - Frank Zappa, Missing Persons, Duran Duran
Edge - U2
Michael Schenker - UFO, MSG
Nuno Bettencourt - Extreme
Stevie Stevens - Billy Idol, et. al.

Jimi Hendrix
Edward Van Halen

Al Dimeola
Paco de Lucia
John McLaughlin
Jeff Beck
Jan Hammer ~;)
John Scofield
Kazumi Watanabe

B.B. King

Andres Segovia

Teutonic Knight

10-26-2004, 16:35

Orda Khan

10-26-2004, 16:58

Paul Kossoff was no slouch either

.....Orda

Orda Khan

10-27-2004, 20:23

.........and as Bassists go
Andy Fraser was amazing

....Orda

Big King Sanctaphrax

10-27-2004, 23:00

I love Andy Fraser's tone-it's so freakin' clunky.

DemonArchangel

10-28-2004, 01:13

Bassists?
Ryknow of Mudvayne.

Togakure

10-28-2004, 01:41

Stanley Clarke was a favorite bassist of mine (love the old-school funky stuff). Tony Levin (King Crimson and a slew of others projects) and Patrick O'Hearn (Zappa, Missing Persons, and his own stuff) are also favorites. The name is eluding me, but I really liked the bassist who played on Chick Corea's Elektric Band albums ... anyone remember his name?

Must admit I'm terrible at remembering names. Kate Bush was working with a bassist who did some great fretless work on Never for Ever, on "Breathing" and "Egypt." Very lyrical, sinuous, and melodic ... neat stuff.

One of my favorite bassists is actually a local guy I knew well--Nick Willow. At 17 or so he toured Japan with David Sanborn. He'd only been playing for a few years--one of those prodigies that just takes naturally to an instrument. A brilliant combination of technical chops and musical intuition and artistry--a rare combination these days, it seems.