Best Living Guitarist?

Mr .Bungle

Vai and satriani are obviously ledgends, Dimebag Darrel from PanterA has to be one of the best guitarists/songwriters from recent times. He can play at amazing speed while streching half way down the fretboard, he plays as speed that even makes the best guitarists i know die after a few seconds, And his tremolo work is just ****ing amazing. Hes also uses Pinch Harmonics work really well with the his songs he plays, instead of just playing them cause he can. And well his ****ing solos are something else, they are songs in thier own right .

Overall he just milks the guitar for everything its worth, getting every sound possible out of the guitar.

DIMEBAG IS GOD!

GoneShootin

1) Angus Young
2) BB King
3) Santana

Neil3030

Huey Morgan

NeRb666

Dimebag, Chuck Schuldiner (RIP), Alex Laiho, Trey Azagtoth, and of course, Tony Iommi.

cournioni

Well theres...
Dimebag Darrell (Pantera)
Trey Azagtoth (Morbid Angel)
Zakk Wylde (Ozzy, BLS, Pride and Glory)
Steve Vai
Joe Satriani
John Petrucci (Dream Theater)

Frenzy

Johnny Greenwood from Radiohead.
For me the most inovative guitarist of the last 10 years.

Giblet

YAY Someone mentioned J Greenwood. I was talking to him on the Radiohead Msgboards ages ago.
Steve vai and co. are unbelievable technical guitarists, and steve is the master of throwing shapes (see crossroads*). But it all gets very boring, no real emotion most of the time.

*not the britney spears one, the ralph macchio one (karate kid)

cournioni

Originally posted by Giblet
YAY Someone mentioned J Greenwood. I was talking to him on the Radiohead Msgboards ages ago.
Steve vai and co. are unbelievable technical guitarists, and steve is the master of throwing shapes (see crossroads*). But it all gets very boring, no real emotion most of the time.

Errrr... how can you say that Radiohead is NOT boring and that Steve Vai is. I remember listening to Radiohead once and it literally put me to sleep. And plus the fact that all that soft rock stuff is nearly all chords put together makes it very boring to play. Steve Vai makes you work hard if you want to learn one of his songs. Vai's songs are nearly all one big solo. Which gives you a test whereas chords is just constant strumming or sometimes picking. And youre just there going "down, down, up, down, up down" because its all beginners stuff.

s8n

mark knofler, billy corgan and the edge

Lolo

Originally posted by Singer
Corgan and Mascis. Pity Corgan's gone to ****, but J. Mascis still kicks ass. Best gig of last year.

Hey Singer, is that you?

This is the first post to mention anyone other than Hendrix who I'd actually listen to more than once in a blue moon.

Musicianship is irrelevant, there are plenty of s/h/i/t records made by technically brilliant musicians and vice versa. But Mascis is that rare breed who is technically ace but actually makes decent records too. And kicks immense ass live.

Lolo

Oh wait, somenbody mentioned Dave Navarro too - yes, I'm quite fond of a bit o' the old Jane's, takes me back to my misspent youth.

Jimmy

everyone seems to have forgotten frank black.

he f**king rocked witnness last year

MelKor

santana and paul simon (im serious, stop laughing:mad: )

carl_

Check out Jazz guitarist Stanley Jordan...

I only heard about him recently but apparently he was a big figure in American Jazz in the 80's.
... afaik he was (with Wynton Marsalis) expected to revive jazz (in America at least).
... kinda faded out though

His albums are often a mix of some fairly weak renditions of popular tunes and some fantastict pieces of improv.
... always seems like he has the potential to do great things

The real attraction for me is his technique though - he uses a two-handed tap technique that allows him to play rhythm and melody at the same time.
... although he wasn't the first to do this, he is widely regarded as the first "Touch Virtuoso".

Check out "Vol. 1-Standards" [track 3 - Georgia on My Mind] at amazon.com
... just type "Stanley Jordan" into the search field and work your way from there.
... need Real player to listen to the sample though.


"Best Living Guitarist?" ... i doubt it, but certainly innovative.

metalish

I quite like the guitarist from Metallica-Kirk Hammett- he's pretty good:)

KyUss

I reckon , not being a guitarist though , that forming a good sound and unique style is half the skill in being a great guitarist.

ie Edge wouldnt be the fastest ( or Clapton , or BB King ) but they all have a style and sound that are always un mistakeable....

My favs that I ve heard so far would be :

Angus
Jeff hanneman
Steve Vai - class
Slash
The guy from Stone roses * Whats his name ???? god ***
Jimser Page
Jeff Buckley
The guy from Suicidal Tendencies ( what s his name again ...)

RasTa

any1 mention santanna?
i like his early stuff

Yurmasyurda

Well the best guitarist I have ever heard was.... u ready for this?? A bloke in Waltons on parnell street, I went in there one Saturday and asked him would he play a few tunes on a particular guitar I was interested in and this was my reaction :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

Un - believable, I've seen fast but he took the biscuit, I told him stop he was pissing me off

cournioni

Originally posted by KyUss

Jeff hanneman

Yes indeed!! How could I leave him out?! He's probably the best riff writer ever. Kerry King gets all the credit but its Jeff who should be the one who should take the praise. Truly an excellent guitarist.