Favorite Guitar Gods

[JimBob]

Eh? At which alter do you pray. Personally I love Steve Vai. What he does with a guitar makes me cry with envy.

[Reverend Joe]

Easy.


Is there truly another? Can there be? I say...

...maybe. But it'll be tough.

[Soulforged]

I prefer some of the news-> John Petrucci, from Dream Theater.
Of course J. Hendrix, Santana or Clapton never died...

[ichi]

Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, or Carlos Santana

ichi

[Togakure]

In rough chronological order (meaning the order in which I came to love them):

Brian May (Queen)
Jimmy Page (Zep)
David Gilmour (Floyd)
Neal Schon (Journey)
Jimi Hendrix
Jeff Beck
Al Dimeola
Jan Hammer (Mahavishnu, Beck, Dimeola, Miami Vice, et.al)

Adrian Belew and Robert Fripp (King Crimson)
Angus Young (AC/DC)
Michael Schenker (UFO, MSG)
Eddie Van Halen
John Scofield
Izumi Watanabe
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Stevie Stevens (Billy Idol)
Warren Cuccurullo (Zappa, Missing Persons, Duran Duran)
Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme)

Prolly some more .. don't have my vast CD collection here. I'll add them if I think of them.

[Quietus]

Ernest Ranglin - Tribute to a Legend (Marley) Top-notch covers (tracks 2-14): One Drop, Africa Unite, Easy Skanking, Guiltiness, Duppy Conqueror and lots more.



Also,

John Kpiaye
Earl Chinna Smith

[Just A Girl]

i like the old Dave gilmore.
but he can get a bit OTT.
So roger His BEST FREIND is probably my fave

[Taurus]

Jimi Hendrix

[Beirut]

For the Jimi Hendrix fans amongst us.



Great footage of his whole Woodstock performance, not just the ten minutes shown in the Woodstock documentary. Lots of interviews, lots of extras, but most of all, lots of Jimi performing. It's a two DVD set, great sound and picture quality, comes in a nice box with some reading material, and only $15.

This is a must-have!

[Geoffrey S]

Hendrix and Page. From the modern gods I enjoyed Satriani's concert immensely, but the real gods are to be found a number of decades ago.

[Tricon]

Hank Marvin (Shadows)
Glen Tippton (Judas Priest)
Criss Oliva (R.I.P. Savatage)

[Gawain of Orkeny]

(Mahavishnu, Beck, Dimeola, Miami Vice, et.al)

Ive seen him a few times and hes a keyboard player and one of the best. His version of Purple haze is amazing in that you would swear hes playing a guitar.

pray. Personally I love Steve Vai. What he does with a guitar makes me cry with envy.

Lets not leave out his mentor and that of many other great guitarists the one and only Frank Zappa. A truly amazing and overlooked guitar player by most of the mainstream.

That being said all the greatest guitarists other than Hendrix play fusion.

[Reverend Joe]

Odd that no one mentioned Syd Barrett- but I guess he was more of a writer. Still, "Interstellar Overdrive" is my favorite single Floyd song of all time- that was some damn good guitar work.

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Odd that no one mentioned Syd Barrett- but I guess he was more of a writer. Still, "Interstellar Overdrive" is my favorite single Floyd song of all time- that was some damn good guitar work.

Surprised are you kidding? Hes far from even the best guitarist in Floyd.

[Clearchus]

I prefer some of the news-> John Petrucci, from Dream Theater.

Hey, we think alike. This is the first name to come to my mind.

[AggonyDuck]

Well many of the great guitarists are already mentioned, but Nick McCabe is my personal fav. He can literally create a wall of sound with his guitar.
(he was the guitarist of the Verve, a british band from the 90's)

[GoreBag]

I hate guitar gods...I'll have to go with Chuck Schuldiner.

[Alexanderofmacedon]

Kirk Hammett

Tony Rombola

Best two...

[Togakure]

Ive seen him a few times and hes a keyboard player and one of the best. His version of Purple haze is amazing in that you would swear hes playing a guitar.
...

Yep, that's why I put the tongue-in-cheek smilie. He is indeed a keyboard player who is famous for simulating explosive rock guitar. He is, by far, my favorite keyboardist. I think he lives in Manhattan too.

When Jeff Beck was asked who his favorite guitar player was, he responded "Jan Hammer." Heh, 'nuff said.

[miho]

I would have to choose between Santana and Jimi.

[Alexanderofmacedon]

My friend can play most of Hendrix's stuff...I can play most of it too...

[Kaiser of Arabia]

Prob. Clapton, or the guys from Skynyrd.

[Reverend Joe]

My friend can play most of Hendrix's stuff...I can play most of it too...

Jimi created it in the first place. But good for you.

[Gawain of Orkeny]

My friend can play most of Hendrix's stuff...I can play most of it too

Maybe you can but certainly not like Jimi. If so what the hell are you doing here you should be famous already.

[GoreBag]

If so what the hell are you doing here you should be famous already.

Like being talented makes you famous at this point in this music industry.

[Beirut]

Like being talented makes you famous at this point in this music industry.

Amen.

[ArcticSonata]

Like being talented makes you famous at this point in this music industry.

How true....

For metal Fans

Adrain Smith


Richard Krusspee Z Bernstien



Steve Harris

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Like being talented makes you famous at this point in this music industry

If you could really play like Jimmy Hendrix then yes without a doubt.

[GoreBag]

If you could really play like Jimmy Hendrix then yes without a doubt.

Hendrix is surpassed in both technical ability, songwriting talent and innovation by just about every record in my collection.

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Hendrix is surpassed in both technical ability, songwriting talent and innovation by just about every record in my collection.

Says you.