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"Im sure this has been touched on before,im watchin skyarts and rory gallagher is on....woww!!! That guy could play"
Definitely the best gig I ever went to was Rory Gallagher at the Rainbow Theatre. |
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"Im sure this has been touched on before,im watchin skyarts and rory gallagher is on....woww!!! That guy could play
Definitely the best gig I ever went to was Rory Gallagher at the Rainbow Theatre."
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"Hendrix is the obvious one. Slash is another."
Hendrix got interviewed before he was just to go on at the isle of white festival the guy said"so jimmy whats it like being the best guitarist in the world" rory had just played and jimmy said "i think you better ask rory" |
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I'll see your suggestions with Django Reinhardt.
An accomplished banjo and guitar player before he even got yo his teens, he lost the use of his ring and little fingers in a fire.....so not only did he teach himself to play a second time, he also invented a whole new genre and influenced countless people, including many of those already mentioned- all before his death at just 45 |
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Far too many good guitarists to list. It also depends on the genre of music that you like. Also some of the technically best guitarists may not be internationally known names. Particularly in the rock and folk worlds, some don't get that big break.
I have been listening to John Martyn recently. |
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My top 3 has always been..
1) Gary Moore
2) Rory Gallagher
3) Eddie Van Halen
Without Eddie guitar playing would be nothing like it is today, he also revolutionized the way guitars are built and designed and massively altered the way amps were built.
However none of them are technically the best. That accolade would go to people like Yngwie Malmsteen, Jason Becker, Marty Friedman, Jeff Loomis or similar players. |
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Zakk Wylde, Will Adler, Kerry King, Jeff Hanneman (RIP) and of course Dimebag Darrell (also RIP). For those that don't know these, Google them, check out their bands and you never know, you might like it.
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"Rory was great. Other greats include George Benson, and buddy Guy.
Best female guitarist and I would include her in the men's top ten was sister Rosetta Tharp"
Sister Rosetta pretty much invented the guitar solo. She's often overlooked but her contribution was massive. |
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on his day (meaning when he wasn't being an obtuse git and not performing to the max) Ritchie Blackmore ruled the world. Been lucky enough to see a lot of the greats, Gary Moore, SRV,Angus Young is incredible especially live Gilmour has always disappointed me live -seems to go through the motions. For what they do (and if you aren't a metal fan it'll leave you cold) the MAiden and Metallica guys are absolutely on point
And for some more random inclusions who don't seem to epitomise guitar heroes, the following are all great players - Johnny Marr, Robert Smith, CAptain Sensible (yes really!)and one of my favourite players and bands, Alex Lifeson of Rush
Loads more, but for one I've never liked. Clapton always seems overrated to me. |
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I've been very lucky in that I've met so many of my guitar heroes through stage managing and playing blues festivals. Peter green, buddy guy, honey boy Edwards, Gary Moore (a complete knob!), Robert cray. I saw bb King in 1974 when there was 14 people in the audience. I chatted to Randy Rhoads after blogging my way backstage on ozzys first solo tour. I did some support gigs for Nazareth. Manny charlton and zal cleminson both amazing guitarists. My fondest memory has to be Hubert Sumlin teaching me to play 'smokestack lightning' backstage after a festival. Happy memories! |
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"I've been very lucky in that I've met so many of my guitar heroes through stage managing and playing blues festivals. Peter green, buddy guy, honey boy Edwards, Gary Moore (a complete knob!), Robert cray. I saw bb King in 1974 when there was 14 people in the audience. I chatted to Randy Rhoads after blogging my way backstage on ozzys first solo tour. I did some support gigs for Nazareth. Manny charlton and zal cleminson both amazing guitarists. My fondest memory has to be Hubert Sumlin teaching me to play 'smokestack lightning' backstage after a festival. Happy memories! "
Nice reminiscence! YOu reminded me there, I met Micky Moody from Whitesnake at a club gig in mid-80s (after he left WS) and was in early and talking to MM about guitars and he had a beautiful 60s LEs Paul and let me have a go and showed me how to play my fave Snake tune "Crying in the rain" Micky was an excellent slide blues player |
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"I've been very lucky in that I've met so many of my guitar heroes through stage managing and playing blues festivals. Peter green, buddy guy, honey boy Edwards, Gary Moore (a complete knob!), Robert cray. I saw bb King in 1974 when there was 14 people in the audience. I chatted to Randy Rhoads after blogging my way backstage on ozzys first solo tour. I did some support gigs for Nazareth. Manny charlton and zal cleminson both amazing guitarists. My fondest memory has to be Hubert Sumlin teaching me to play 'smokestack lightning' backstage after a festival. Happy memories! "
I met Gary Moore a few times and he was always a perfect gentleman. A little reclusive maybe and very aware of his talent but I'd never say he was a knob.
My least favourite was Kirk Hammet of Metallica, his ego is ridiculous. He totally believes he's the greatest guitarist to ever grace the planet, which always makes me chuckle because he's not even the best guitarist in Metallica!  |
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"Amazed that not one person has mentioned Joe Satriani or Jara Harris "
Satch is great but lacks a lot of the sparkle that made him famous back in the 80's. I kinda lost interest after The Extremist album. |
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"Anyone had the pleasure of watching Larry miller?"
Fuck it! Just looked at his website and found that he's had a stroke! Gutted. I've never seen anyone enjoy playing like he does.  |
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Chris Rea. Possibly the greatest ever tone from a strat. Which brings me to Duane Allman and Dickey Betts. Derek Trucks. Keith Richards. The very underrated Francis Rossi should be in there too! |
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If you appreciate excellent guitar music i recommend an album called "Neck and neck" by Chet atkins and mark knofler. But you must be able to appreciate country music otherwise you'll hate it! Look up "there'll be some changes made" on the tube. |
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Steely Dan has been a breeding ground for great guitarists - Elliot Easton, Jeff 'skunk' Baxter, frank Gambale, John Herrington amongst others. Walter Becker himself is an amazing guitarist but he says he just loves listening to other guitar players interpreting his music. How about we chuck Mick Ronson into the mix? |
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And surely George Harrison and John Lennon! (Lennon more so a rhythm guitarist but who can deny the intro to 'I feel fine' isnt a great piece of guitar work!) |
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For me it's got to be:
David Gilmore
Joe Bonamassa
Jimi Hendrix
Steve rotherie (marillion)
Peter frampton
Santana
Slash
Gary Moore
Andy Powell - wishbone ash
Laurie wisefield - wishbone ash/snakecharmer
Muddy manninen - wishbone ash
Ben granfelt - seriously check him out on YouTube
Peter green
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Think it was Robert Johnson who made the pact with the devil at the crossroads at midnight.
Ppl like Page credit him as a big influence, hope it was worth the trade off.
Best riff out there - is Bowie. Believe he played it himself ,cos he's a Rebel Rebel right |
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Stevie Ray Vaughan is amazing
Like a previous poster has said Zappa, a fantastic technical guitarist
My personal favourite is Poison Ivy of The Cramps, not the best guitarist but plays with so much heart and soul |
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"Paul Kossoff deserves a shout out"
You just beat me to that one
I would add Clapton (of course) Hendrix, Paige, Blackmore, May, Santana, and Moore. Not forgetting John Williams on classical and probably the best around at the moment Bonamassa. |
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By *al2001Man
over a year ago
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Tony iommi. For innovation more than technical ability. Best riffer of all time but ruined a lot of his solos with overdubbing imo
And of course rory gallagher
Slashes guitar sound on appetite is unique and just amazing. His playing not too shabby either |
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Glen Campbell doesn't get the credit he deserves as a guitarist. He played on all the Monkees stuff and joined the beach boys for a while as well as being a session player on many American hits |
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Must admit that as the years have passed I tend not to listen to the shreddier players than I had a preference way back.
I think unquestionably the most gifted of whom was probably Satriani, who unlike his former pupils Vai and Hammett etc can actually write a melody/tune as well as outplay them.Vai is incredibly technically blessed but his music is more about clever and extreme scales and melodies than the listening quality of the piece.
If I had to pick one player overall these days for the quality of their playing and their output it would probably be Lindsey Buckingham.
His string picking and harmonics combined with his incredible ear for a great melody is amazing.
The solo in Go your own way is still after all these years an amazingly powerful highlight in a fantastic song. |
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"steve vai for me
He used to play in zappas band"
I would concede that I think Vai is probably the most technically gifted and skilful guitarist in the world. The problem is as far as I'm concerned he just doesn't know what to play and his compositional skills are pretty much atonal pieces that sound like not much more than high speed scales and exercises. When he plays on other people's material such as Roth's the results can be phenomenal.I guess its probably just a case of directing and focusing his incredible talent as he always runs the show himself on his own projects and you end up with stuff like The Ultra Zone and Fire's Garden which I've never managed more than two or three tracks of at one time. |
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"steve vai for me
He used to play in zappas band
I would concede that I think Vai is probably the most technically gifted and skilful guitarist in the world. The problem is as far as I'm concerned he just doesn't know what to play and his compositional skills are pretty much atonal pieces that sound like not much more than high speed scales and exercises. When he plays on other people's material such as Roth's the results can be phenomenal.I guess its probably just a case of directing and focusing his incredible talent as he always runs the show himself on his own projects and you end up with stuff like The Ultra Zone and Fire's Garden which I've never managed more than two or three tracks of at one time."
Totally disagree.
Listen to Whispering A Prayer. It's an astounding piece of music. Beautifully played and beautifully written.
I also disagree that Vai is even close to being the best technical player. There's loads above him for that. |
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"Amazed that not one person has mentioned Joe Satriani or Jara Harris
Satch is great but lacks a lot of the sparkle that made him famous back in the 80's. I kinda lost interest after The Extremist album."
I saw him at the Manchester Apollo and thought he was amazing |
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"Amazed that not one person has mentioned Joe Satriani or Jara Harris
Satch is great but lacks a lot of the sparkle that made him famous back in the 80's. I kinda lost interest after The Extremist album.
I saw him at the Manchester Apollo and thought he was amazing "
I saw him with Chickenfoot a couple of years ago and he's better with a band now.
His solo/instrumental stuff has sucked for a decade. |
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One I'm listening to a lot right now is a bit newer than all the legends mentioned above...Gary Clarke Jr. Check him out, great blues stuff when he does it  |
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