Guitarists

thermo66

Does anyone rate Joan Jett or Lita Ford??

fitz0

No mention of Buddy Guy? Absolutely shocking...

Andrew Flexing

Kee Marcello is my fav...he is more than just a speed demon...

Andrew Flexing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pajBJRIvYo

MickCronin

Malcolm Young
Angus Young
Pete Townshend
Bille Joel Armstrong

morrissey1307

There is hardly any mention of Hendrix !! but personally Noel Gallagher or Paul Weller

Wooden Jesus

Mike McCready
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Pete Townshend
Cant go wrong with those 3 heroes

Lunatic247

richie_os wrote: »

Favourite guitarists anyone?

Having played guitar for nearly 25 years, I've come to realise that it makes no difference what style you play, but how you play it. And the following is a list of various-styled guitarists who have stood out (IMO) above the rest. I discover new guitarists every day from all over the world....and each, not matter how good or bad, all have something to give to ANY budding guitarist.

I recommend listening to the following..and don't be shy...search out their songs and listen to a few of them to get a feel for their playing.

Tommy Emmanuel (CGP)
Chet Atkins (CGP)
Joe Satriani
Leo Kottke
Bert Jansch
Don Ross
Doc Watson
Jeff Healy
SRV
Rory Gallagher
Lindsey Buckingham
Laurence Juber
Preston Reed
John Goldie
Joe Pass
Clive Carroll
Chris Smither
Bruce Mathiske


You may not like all or any, but you have to respect them as players!

stevemcf

Jazz/Fusion people....

Wayne Kranitz (feel factor, pick and thumb, rock meets jazz)
Oz Noy (technique, hendriz influences, crazy altered scales!)
Mike Stern (speed freak)
Scott Henderson (funk meets altered jazz)
Django (the king of all things strings!)

Rock people...

Page (simply the best)
SRV

Other people...

Joe Pass (a regular on this list!)
Joe O'Callaghan (Limerick player, massive technique)
Rick Peckham (ZZ Top in a jazz bar)
Tommy Emanuel (he is good)

Steve

Eph1958

Surprised these guys didn't get a mention;
Carlos Santana .........just beautiful
Eric Bell....... a savage rocker in his day.

I've had loads of favourites over the years but how about these guys for technique and sheer virtuosity? Although classical pieces, 1 composed for orchestra/piano,1 for violin and one for the humble guitar they are nonetheless only outstanding. Enjoy!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwnYkg6CvcA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98y0Q7nLGWk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFylewBffuE

Eph

Mister Tickle

Angus Young (Rock N Roll)
Tony Rice (Bluegrass)
John Martyn or Nick Drake (Folk Blues)
Wes Montgomery or Kenny Burrell (Jazz)
Eric Clapton also Larry Carlton (White man! Blues)
Albert King (Electric Blues)
Brownie McGhee or Mississippi John Hurt (Acoustic Blues)
Charlie Hunter (Off the wall Jazz)

Mike Litoris

Brian May
Hendrix
Adrian Smith
James Dean Bradfield
Johnny Greenwood

just-joe

Has anyone mentioned John Mayer yet? His acoustic style from Live in LA is amazing (youtube it), really unique, and he's also a crackin bluesy electricy player too! Definitely one of may favourites at the moment.

Overall, maybe
Steve Vai
Ray Lamontagne
James Hetfield

Zombienosh

Wes borland:pac:

karl_m

Guitareaxe wrote: »

Dan AKA guitardan , busker on Grafton street http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3CiztSu5GM

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSj3dZ0oUmU&feature=channel One of my guitar heros.



Mark Mcguigan, guitar teacher in Uk. Incredible and inspiring player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K4BB0uCups

Neither of these are famous but they really should be. They make some of the likes of Hammet and hendrix look like amatuers.

I Also love Satch, Nuno, Wylde and yngi malmsteen to name a few.

guitardan is my guitar teacher, one of the most versatile and best guitarist around, a shame he was never noticed¬.!!!

Bootsy.

I posted this somewhere else I hadn't a clue where I was

I still don't have a fcking clue where I am

A personal ten:

1 Jimi Hendrix
2 Jimmy Page
3 Rory Gallagher
4 Robert White, Joe Messina, Eddie Willis (Funk Brothers, Motown)
5 Tom Morello
6 Rodrigo y Gabriella
7 Mick Ronson
8 Django Reinhardt
9 Dimebag Darrell
10 Jack White

Honorable mentions to some of the great contemporary players:
Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Kyp Malone and Dave Sitek (TV On The Radio), The boys from The Strokes and thousands more that we'll never hear of...

And every single ****er who played on any soul record ever


Funk Soul Rock n Roll. It's what I live for. Goodniiiiiiiiiiighttzzzzz

Bootsy.

Alright then...

Standing In The Shadows Of Motown - The single greatest documentary I've ever seen. Absolutely Incredible. Should be required listening for anybody who considers themselves a human being.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE1-ZW_CXvU

THIS is how to ring the ****ing guts out of a guitar. Proper:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGWYGR3xy2Y

Finest "guts' man around (solos 1.40, 3.45 and 5.00 but it's all good, possibly the man's finest hour on geetar)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPeuFt749l8

The best in the business today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFs6wtR33Tc

And yeah, technique n all!:
(in all fairness though - savage!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evTTHS9hwvU

Delta_Raven1

Zakk Wylde

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foSkPjvuRv0

or Ron Thal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSO41dRd2_U

or Finally Buckethead

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2cdjRbcKlI

Bootsy.

I'm not really into widdlers but I really like that Buckethead slap thing. I'm gonna try that. Except I don't have the cash for an envelope filter

Bootsy.

So apparently girls can play guitar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7TtzfVshO8

Sandvich

A lot of blues/metal noodlers in this thread so some of my choices are probably a bit on the unpopular side.


Daniel Ash(Bauhaus, Love & Rockets, Tones & Tail) -

http://www.youtube.com/watch#playnext=1&playnext_from=TL&videos=uJdOL1XntDs&v=7pR7_9mLOM4

Mik Ribiat(Cinema Strange) -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?playnext=1&playnext_from=TL&videos=_w94RDZzQOM&v=IhSt-b2L5Mc&nocache=1267472291349&ajax=1

Bernard Summer(Joy Division) -

http://www.youtube.com/watch#playnext=1&playnext_from=TL&videos=ua0QW9AJOvs&v=B7zVo2y_SyE

Billy Corgan(before he went all "Born Again") -

http://www.youtube.com/watch#playnext=1&playnext_from=TL&videos=8QW2jjVBIYY&v=bYkXjsNGgIM

Mikael Åkerfeldt and Peter Lindgren(Opeth) -

http://www.youtube.com/watch#v=T0IeFfsXVwg&feature=related

I like a bit of Gilmour too, to be honest, and Jeff Beck, and Josh Homme.

Sandvich

Bootsy. wrote: »

So apparently girls can play guitar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7TtzfVshO8

Never understood why there aren't more girl guitarists. Is the Electric Guitar too masculine an instrument? Seems odd there are quite a few girl bassists then, since that's more ballsy.

Even if it was masculine/feminine thing which is a bit bollocks, the electric guitar is one of the best instruments at making "Pretty" sounds. Get a brightly voiced amp, a chorus pedal and a delay pedal and you're set.

rcaz

Bootsy. wrote: »

So apparently girls can play guitar

Yeah, I never thought birds could play either...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89Kz8Nxb-Bg

:P

Guitareaxe

karl_m wrote: »

guitardan is my guitar teacher, one of the most versatile and best guitarist around, a shame he was never noticed¬.!!!

Took lessons from him for about a year, totally transformed my playing!!
Only person that could ever explain theory to me in a way I understood it, when I came to him I was stuck in the pentatonic blues scale and could barely play a slash solo, Now Im jammin Malmstein and Gilbert.

Amazing teacher, Great guy, all round guitar hero!!

Orando Broom

Randy Rhodes? Crazy Train.

Svetti Arss

I definitely think Kieran Murphy should be on the list.

All songs on his Per Se album were composed by himself and the album was recorded when he was 17. Unfortunately he seems to be having some problems and has disappeared. It’s now difficult if not impossible to purchase his music. But there is still some (Poor Quality) clips on you tube. The man is a musical genius.

Bootleg Escapade
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSzWCh9tCSg

The Chase
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FGW598Gj_I

Shy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiljIvfs-GQ

jazzme

I love classic Jazz

Wes Montgomery
Joe Pass
Herb Ellis
Jimmy Bruno (my teacher)
Pat Metheny

ciaranmac

In no particular order
Hendrix
Jimmy Page
John Squire
Slash
Mark Knopfler
Clapton
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Yngwie Malmsteen (only seen a few Youtube clips but that was enough)
John 5 (ditto)

slickstring

john petrucci,

adam jones,

paul gilbert,

alex lifeson,

adrian smith.

Svetti Arss

slickstring wrote: »

paul gilbert
.

I don’t get Paul Gilbert at all. Sure he is extremely fast and dexterous and people seem to admire him for his technical ability but where is the music?

Lots of Guitar Players play fast and are very technical but they are also musical as well which is something I think Gilbert lacks or at least in what Ive heard of him so far.

slickstring

Svetti Arss wrote: »

I don’t get Paul Gilbert at all. Sure he is extremely fast and dexterous and people seem to admire him for his technical ability but where is the music?

Lots of Guitar Players play fast and are very technical but they are also musical as well which is something I think Gilbert lacks or at least in what Ive heard of him so far.

he is a great riff writer, ever hear the technical difficulties album by racer x? great stuff. he has lots of feel.

actually i should have mentioned joe bonnamassa. best new guitar player in the world!

-=al=-

both those fellows playing here in the next 2 months, looking forward to both

gibert in nov and bonamassa in a few weeks!

and JS in 2 weeks or so, gonna be rocking the gigs next while

pity none of my friends are interested in this stuff as much as me, usually end up going on my own to these gigs

+ gilberts pretty damn amazing, he has lots fo covers of famous songs on youtube pretty good, great guy and is a bit of fun aswell as beeing unbelievaly talented

bonomassa has been doing gigs since he was 12!

Svetti Arss

slickstring wrote: »

he is a great riff writer, ever hear the technical difficulties album by racer x? great stuff. he has lots of feel.

I had a listen to technical difficulties and liked it.

damonjewel

Richard Lloyd
Tom Verlaine
Jimi Hendrix
Robert Fripp
Lou Reed
Tony Iommi
Nels Cline
Johnny Marr

**Vai**

<<<

slickstring

-=al=- wrote: »

both those fellows playing here in the next 2 months, looking forward to both

gibert in nov and bonamassa in a few weeks!

and JS in 2 weeks or so, gonna be rocking the gigs next while

pity none of my friends are interested in this stuff as much as me, usually end up going on my own to these gigs

+ gilberts pretty damn amazing, he has lots fo covers of famous songs on youtube pretty good, great guy and is a bit of fun aswell as beeing unbelievaly talented

bonomassa has been doing gigs since he was 12!

pity i'm skint! i'll probabbly jit the bonnamassa gig tho. he is fantastic. sloe gin or john henry?

Killian_024

my answer was going to be:
Rory Gallagher
Angus Young
Eric Clapton
John frusciante
and no.1 Richie Sambora

but after seeing this thead it has to be Andy Mckee :cool:

eoin27

Sambora is ridiculously underated. Very underated

He doesnt just play a solo....he takes over the song with his guitar!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RUEVPdOrwI&feature=related

RC88

saw "i'm in a rock and roll band" on bbc this year, covered best musicians in each field and gave some good examples(left out a few though),in guitar they name slash,jimmy page and jimi hendrix as the best three guitarists with jimi taking 1st spot, they're all great but way i see it, had to have been

3.Tony Iommi (Had his tools(fingertips) damaged and still went on to greatness, plus he's written some of the best riffs known in music)

2.Dave Gilmour(best Soloist i've ever heard)

1.Eric Clapton(he's done it all and more)

Dante

I don't know about the best but my three favourite would be as follows:

1. Jimmy Page
2. Jan Akkerman (Lead for Focus)
3. Rory Gallagher

kb123

Adrian Smith, Dave Murray, Janick Gers, Rory Gallagher, Tony Iommi, Carlos Santana.

kingtubby

Skimmed through this thread and saw no mention of Frank Zappa.Shame on the lot of ye!Check out the solo in this one:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaCCKrpCQDM

Orando Broom

Can I also add Brent Hinds from Mastodon. Just doing what he does in the condition he does it. Wow.

rcaz

Glenn Branca

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZRcOHbevP8

Christian Fennesz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKTCDweBUPg

Christopher Willits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7C4ctBIAOg

Sergio

For me i would have favourites in each category or style of music.

Blues - Joe Bonnamassa
Rock-Steve Lukather
Prog Rock-John Petrucci
Metal Rhythm-James Hetfield
Metal Lead????????????The list goes on!!!!

Badgermonkey

For me it's John Fahey, he was a big fan of old time bluesmen like Bukka White, Mississippi John Hurt etc. and took some of that to travel a very unique path himself.

DADGAD (below recording tuned down one semi-tone)

Gigforgary

arranging a gary moore tribute gig in april, initial details on this link if anyone interested
http://gigforgarymoore.webs.com/index.htm

Mike747

Roy Buchanan is pretty good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDOIL5OqvYs

kingtubby

Anyone here ever listen do Vini Reilly of the Durutti Column?
Really talent guitarist who made some fantastic music.
Emerged from Manchester through Factory records in the post punk era in the late 70s.Never got much of an audience in the U.K or Ireland outside Manchester but supposedly has a cult mainland European following.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEGvzjmUs8Y

Rosalinda Eyes

Rick Graham

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjnd_NoaaXI&ab_channel=RickGraham