Guitar greats

[Hobbit]

fourth page and not a mention of Brian May.

Thought you were gonna say Liverpool!

 

[GreiginFife]

Seeing David Gilmour live was up there with the greatest times of my life. The man is a genius.
Whether its a standard electric guitar or a lap steel the sound he makes from a lump of wood and metal wires is immense.

 

[Foxholer]

:rofl:

That's the fastest metamorphosis of a thread I've seen in ages - the original (Classical) lasted a single post before it became Rock!

I used to follow Williams and Bream (and a few others whose names I've forgotten!) eons ago and many of the 'London' style guitarists. I think I had an album that had the pairl, so maybe the same! Great fan of Magna Carta when Davey Johnston was playing guitar - and Sitar, Banjo, Mandolin and any stringed instrument! They were never the same when he switched to Electric and joined EJ's band!

As for Electric... Stevie Ray Vaughan (a great!) and Bonnie Raitt that I particularly like - along with many of those already mentioned, particularly Knopfler, Clapton, Page and Moore.

 

[Leftie]

I'll listen for hours to most of the previously mentioned but, with slightly wider horizons, I would also bring in artists from different genres such as Joe Pass, Martin Taylor. Paco Pena to name but a few.

 

[3565]

As a metal fan I've seen and heard a fair few guitarists over the years.

Satriani I could watch all night every night and makes it so ridiculously easy and can certainly make it sing and Vai is another who just not human.
Randy Rhoads, how good would he be now?
Jake E Lee with Ozzy
Matthias Jabs of the Scorpions
Dimebag Darrel of Pantera was very good live
Ritchie Kotzen, Tony Macalpine, Malmsteen bored me to death for 2 hours,
Adrian Vandenberg with Whitesnake
Zakk Wylde, Mick Mars for who he is, Phil Collen Def Leppard, Brad Gillis Nightranger/Ozzy and Warren De Martini from Ratt just really like the way he plays.

 

[snell]

Keith Richards is another one. His style was/is so unique

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Gordon Giltrap

 

[SatchFan]

Probably repeating a lot of the names already mentioned. My taste seems similar to 3565.

Joe Satriani - seen him live many times (hence SatchFan)
Steve Vai
Eddie Van Halen
John Petrucci
Guthrie Govan
Eric Johnson
George Lynch
Steve Morse

Also jazzier guys such as -
Martin Taylor
Larry Carlton
George Benson
Nile Rodgers

 

[MarkE]

When you get to be as good as all those mentioned, there's very little to choose between any of them. Just comes down to what genre you prefer. I would chuck in the late, great, Jeff Hanneman of Slayer.

 

[Beezerk]

Dimebag and Gary Moore are the ones I usually listen to when I want my guitar fix.
Zakk Wylde (Pride and Glory) is on my IPod quite a bit as well, proper cowboy heavy rock stuff.

 

[Beezerk]

When you get to be as good as all those mentioned, there's very little to choose between any of them. Just comes down to what genre you prefer. I would chuck in the late, great, Jeff Hanneman of Slayer.

Top man, close call with Hanneman and Mustaine for their riff writing prowess.

 

[Hacker Khan]

Prince is the right answer, I'd argue no one comes close to his combination of guitar skills, song writing skills and performing genius. He can do this when he wants to on top of everything else.

[video=youtube_share;6SFNW5F8K9Y]https://youtu.be/6SFNW5F8K9Y[/video]

 

[rosecott]

The unforeseen benefit of this thread is that I now have a list of people I would rather not room share with at Forest Pines.

:thup:

 

[FairwayDodger]

Top man, close call with Hanneman and Mustaine for their riff writing prowess.

Kirk Hammett's not had a mention yet either.

 

[patricks148]

Chet Atkins
Lester Paulfuss
Johnny Marr
Leo Fender
Fred Grestch

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Jeff Healey (RIP) - truly phenomenal for a blind man!
Steve Rothery of Marillion can make a guitar sing like an Angel
Robert Cray just oozes Soul
Paul Kossoff(RIP)......well...'nuff said
Dave Gilmour can play anything
Gary Moore(RIP) - one of the best
Randy Rhoads(RIP) - short but oh so sweet
John Frusciante - Chiili Peppers just not right without him
Eddie Van Halen - possibly the original "Shredder"
Hendrix, Page, Beck, Santana, Clapton etc etc, the usual suspects but many like Steve Howe, Robert Fripp, Joe Walsh, Andy Summers and the like we're integral to the sound of their respective bands.
There are many, many more - I could be here all night..
But, for me, top of the list is Alex Lifeson of Rush....simply The Master....

Blimey forgot all about Rothery. Agree with Gilmour

Two under rated guitarists are Bryan Josh of a band called Mostly Autumn, and Frank Usher who has done a lot of stuff with Fish

 

[JohnnyDee]

Some lesser known geniuses perhaps.

Roy Buchannan
Danny Gatton
Jerry Donihue.

Check out the link to Donohue below. It's from an old BBC Equinox documentary from the late 80s all about he electric guitar. Still got it on VHS somewhere. Well worth a watch if you can find it all somewhere.

But failing that then scroll the clip on to 8:40 and be prepared for your jaw to hit the floor.

[video=youtube_share;VsirFq5z5HU]http://youtu.be/VsirFq5z5HU[/video]

 

[Beezerk]

Kirk Hammett's not had a mention yet either.

I'm not really a Hammet fan to be honest, he does what's expected but doesn't venture "off piste" enough for me, if that makes sense? I've always said, Metallica write good songs but play them badly 😉

 

[chrisd]

and Frank Usher who has done a lot of stuff with Fish

What? He's played golf with fish?

 

[FairwayDodger]

I'm not really a Hammet fan to be honest, he does what's expected but doesn't venture "off piste" enough for me, if that makes sense? I've always said, Metallica write good songs but play them badly 😉

I know what you mean... but I do like him and Metallica! Can't agree with the playing badly bit!