Greatest guitarist thread

[Laughingcow]

Dave Murray

 

[amy31416]

Hendrix, Roy Clark, Duane Allman, SR Vaughan, Robert Johnson....so many others I'm forgetting, I could never choose a favorite. Music depends on mood.

 

[PatriotG]

My Votes

Paco DeLucia
R. Blackmore
Brian May
David Gilmour
Michael Schencker



I could thorw a few more up, damn there alot of them!

 

[yongrel]

B.B. King

 

[acptulsa]

B.B. King

You don't know Didley.

 

[constituent]

robert johnson... for starters

 

[banjojambo9]

guitar playing is not a "sport" its extremely lame to make such comparisons

 

[yongrel]

You don't know Didley.

 

[mtmedlin]

ME - on Guitar hero!!!

for real

dont forget

Yngwie Malmsteen

 

[Kotin]

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez from The Mars Volta is one of the best living guitar players.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycfl0huGhoQ

 

[sophocles07]

guitar playing is not a "sport" its extremely lame to make such comparisons

All art is an agon; stop being childish.

 

[amy31416]

Hands down, no competition, this dude is the God of the Axe:

 

[Renegades]

Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, and Ritchie Blackmore are my favorites. I like Tom Morello too. (See my name)

 

[BoBoDuFlachi]

Dimbag RIP

 

[allyinoh]

I can't believe Dimebag was killed right here in Columbus. I decided not to go to the Al Rosa for that concert and I'm so glad I made that choice. He was awesome.

I always paid attention to lead singers and not guitarists, but I love the guitar and after knowing that Jimi Hendrix played the guitar backwards/upside down, and still made the music he did, I have to give him mad props. I can hardly play the guitar the right way!

 

[Geronimo]

..after knowing that Jimi Hendrix played the guitar backwards/upside down, and still made the music he did, I have to give him mad props. I can hardly play the guitar the right way!

Jimi's playing a right handed strat upside down, in the left hand poition, was really no big feat.
He just restrung the guitar in the normal EADGBE pattern, and played lefty.
That's not to say that what he did wasn't amazing. He took every advantage of having the
volume/tone controls and whammy bar at the top side of the guitar.

 

[juice797]

Petrucci

 

[Renegades]

Jimi's playing a right handed strat upside down, in the left hand poition, was really no big feat.
He just restrung the guitar in the normal EADGBE pattern, and played lefty.
That's not to say that what he did wasn't amazing. He took every advantage of having the
volume/tone controls and whammy bar at the top side of the guitar.

Yep. Say what you want about Hendrix's playing, but he was a true innovator.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

Joe Satriani and Bryan Roughton

 

[Red Dingo]

You know how everyone MUST check out Ron Paul. Well everyone must check out this guy I'm gonna mention. For musicians who get the epiphany of my guitarist, it is like citizens who have the epiphany of Ron Paul.

I'm gonna have to school the lot of youse, because you've left out the greatest living guitarist, who is one of the greatest composers ever, who has formed one of the most greatest and most organic bands ever, who has made an album as great or better than Beethoven's 5th Symphony and he is a JAZZ GUITARIST

So who is this chap? hey? By the way, I wish I had more time to listen to the above mentioned guitarists, but this guy takes the cake for me::::::::::::


Drumroll l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l.l Pat Metheny


http://youtube.com/watch?v=aDwqexlpzQc
Are You Going With Me (guitar solo from 4 minutes or so) http://youtube.com/watch?v=zn3zIBBmXiU&feature=user
Amazing NEW guitar that he helped develop; after few minutes goes into Have You heard http://youtube.com/watch?v=euFmx_wtsoo
To the End of the World http://youtube.com/watch?v=nbVtgr9brZk
First Circle http://youtube.com/watch?v=FFPzDguv9gM