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Splitting off a little from the Favorite Band thread, since there was a lively discussion of guitarists going on -- who's your favorite guitarist of all time? Don't even bother trying to argue who's "best." That way madness lies.
My all-time jaw-droppingly amazing guitar hero is Django Reinhardt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_Reinhardt), the hot jazz guitarist. Nobody, but nobody could play like that man. Wanna see for yourself? Check out this video. (http://blogfiles.wfmu.org/KF/2006/02/hot_club.mov) Note that he can only use two fingers of his fret hand. His pinky and ring finger were damaged in a fire, so he did everything with just his index and middle fingers. Amazing. To this day, nobody can play like that.
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/django.gif
Ianofsmeg16
03-04-2006, 11:53
David Gilmour, not the best, but he plays comfortably numb
Togakure
03-04-2006, 13:36
Jeff Beck's favorite guitar player: Jan Hammer.
steve vai, hes the only one i'v ever heard of...
Big_John
03-05-2006, 00:14
frank zappa is the greatest guitarist ever to live.
Craterus
03-05-2006, 00:52
Greatest guitarist of all time?
I couldn't choose between Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix. Throw in Clapton too..
Béla Fleck, wait that's jazz banjo.
Guitar would be Vai or Pettrucci
Reverend Joe
03-05-2006, 04:56
I'll second Hendrix, but I think two guitarists who are deserving of some fame they never really got are John Fogerty (who was absolutely amazing at solos- just listen to him live if you don't believe me) and Robert Johnson, the all-too-forgotten blues guitarist who has inspired generations of other guitarists.
Gawain of Orkeny
03-05-2006, 05:01
Jeff Beck's favorite guitar player: Jan Hammer
Hammer is a keyboard player :help:
Style wise I like Clapton. The stuff with Cream in particular.
Reenk Roink
03-05-2006, 06:18
Well to start, we have the geniuses behind the towering spiral of guitars that is Pearl Jam...
The Riffmeister Stone:
https://img53.imageshack.us/img53/6591/stone3ov.jpg (https://imageshack.us)
The Mike McCready:
https://img353.imageshack.us/img353/4128/mike6eo.jpg (https://imageshack.us)
And of course, the greatest guitarist EVAR...(who just happened to be 20 years after Hendrix and so will have to settle with second greatest) Stevie Ray Vaughan:
https://img470.imageshack.us/img470/299/srv6fw.jpg (https://imageshack.us)
Byzantine Prince
03-05-2006, 07:35
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ZimZum
Ernest Ranglin!!
Tribute to a Legend (Marley) album.
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Next favorite is John Kpiaye.
Then Earl Chinna Smith.
others:
Rock: Jimi Hendrix hands down.
Funk: Nile Rodgers.
Reverend Joe
03-05-2006, 18:43
And of course, the greatest guitarist EVAR...(who just happened to be 20 years after Hendrix and so will have to settle with second greatest) Stevie Ray Vaughan:
https://img470.imageshack.us/img470/299/srv6fw.jpg (https://imageshack.us)
Actually, Stevie Ray got a lot of his style from Hendrix, if I'm not mistaken. Which I could be.
But I did completely forget about Stevie Ray Vaughan. Thanks for reminding me.
Reenk Roink
03-05-2006, 19:32
True, Hendrix's influence was important to SRV...that's why he's second... :grin3:
Sjakihata
03-05-2006, 19:36
Clapton
doc_bean
03-05-2006, 23:13
Hendrix
Axeknight
03-06-2006, 01:05
At the moment (changes all the time) its the Man in Black with the Marshall Stack, the king of thermonuclear riffing Ritchie Blackmore.
http://members.tripod.com/rant58/901fa460.jpg
Alexanderofmacedon
03-06-2006, 01:16
Metallica's very own Kirk Hammett
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Samurai Waki
03-06-2006, 08:10
I'm Surprised no one has mentioned Les Paul or Joe Satriani.
I'll take Joe Satriani as my favorite guitarist.
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Kanamori
03-06-2006, 10:31
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The Guitar god, John Petrucci.
Togakure
03-06-2006, 15:11
Hammer is a keyboard player :help:
Style wise I like Clapton. The stuff with Cream in particular.
Lol, that's the second time you've said that when I've said that, Gawaine my friend.
In an interview with Beck, he was asked who his favorite guitar player was. He winked and said "Jan Hammer." Jan is definitely a keyboard player (though he plays a bit of guitar too), but as you probably know, he's famous for his ability to emulate electric guitar solos (not just the sound and programming tricks, but the actual method of playing like a guitarist plays). Jan is one of my favorite keyboardists, and being a keyboardist myself who loves to emulate electric guitar solos, I answer this question this way just to see who cares or is paying attention.
matteus the inbred
03-06-2006, 16:39
Peter Green (as in Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac)
Jimi (God)
Daniel Lanois (and, consequently, The Edge)
Mark Knopfler (early stuff)
Craterus
03-06-2006, 23:00
I found a list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists according to Rolling Stone. Feel free to pick it apart:
Link. (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5937559/the_100_greatest_guitarists_of_all_time/)
Kanamori
03-06-2006, 23:08
Good find.~:cheers:
Craterus
03-06-2006, 23:14
I found another top 100 list (http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_newguitar.html).
That site (digitaldreamdoor) also do top 100 rock drummers, top 100 male vocalists and other lists I believe.
My top 3 are the top 3 of this list, ~:cheers:
Kanamori
03-07-2006, 00:37
I can see that this new list is much better. Petrucci did not make the other list, but at least he got nearer to his proper place when he got eleventh. And king of the '90's.~:)
Gawain of Orkeny
03-07-2006, 02:09
but as you probably know, he's famous for his ability to emulate electric guitar solos (not just the sound and programming tricks, but the actual method of playing like a guitarist plays)
Well I see you kmow what your talking about, His version of Purple Haze is truly amazing. You would swear hes playing the guitar. I thought maybe he had you fooled.:laugh4:
PS
I saw Beck with Hammer on the Wired ,Blow by Blow tour. These guys are like connected at the hip. The way they trade licks back and forth. I dont think Beck really means Hammer is the best guitarist but that they work so well together.
To me fusion guitarists are the cream of the crop, Beck, John McLaughlin, Steve Vai, Zappa, Santana and Al Dimeola to name a few.
English assassin
03-07-2006, 19:40
Page.
Ianofsmeg16
03-07-2006, 20:07
Carlos Santana rules, to the max!
ArcticSonata
03-07-2006, 22:39
The Single Greatest Guitarist ever here Aidrian Smithhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b9/Addrian.JPG
"Emmpu" Nighwish
Some other http://www.mari_tda.blogger.com.br/membros_emppy.jpgup and coming Guitar Gods
Alexi Laiho
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Proletariat
03-09-2006, 03:27
Hands down, best evar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSzUe3ZQvxQ&feature=Discussed&page=1&t=t&f=b
Strike For The South
03-09-2006, 03:38
David Allan Coe
Reverend Joe
03-09-2006, 04:21
Completely forgot about:
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Lightnin' Hopkins. Amazing blues guitarist.
Byzantine Prince
03-09-2006, 04:22
David Allan Coe
That seems to be your answer for everything. :laugh4:
Togakure
03-09-2006, 16:53
Well ... PS
I saw Beck with Hammer on the Wired ,Blow by Blow tour. These guys are like connected at the hip. The way they trade licks back and forth. I dont think Beck really means Hammer is the best guitarist but that they work so well together.
To me fusion guitarists are the cream of the crop, Beck, John McLaughlin, Steve Vai, Zappa, Santana and Al Dimeola to name a few.
I AM JEALOUS! Yes Gawaine, I think you are right in that Beck's comment about Hammer is just what you said. Groovin' with another player is like ... tapping into energy outside of yourself, the sum of two parts becoming much greater, etc. Man, I love those albums--and Blow by Blow--they are my favorites when it comes to Beck. I saw him with Hymas on bass synth and keyboards and Terry Bozzio on drums in a three-man powerhouse setup on his Guitar Shop tour (Stevie Ray Vaughn opened; it was his last concert in Sacramento). Fabulous! Bozzio is probably my favorite rock drummer, and he sounded great behind Beck, integrating with Hymas very nicely. Blue Wind, Star Cycle, El Becko, Pump, Space Boogie, 'Cause We've Ended as Lovers, Freeway Jam--man, I gotta go dig out some old CDs ... .
On another note: just finished listening to a phenomenal guitar album: Al Dimeola's Elegant Gypsy. Race with the Devil!
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