Greatest Guitar Players
 

Who are your favorite guitar players?
Some of mine:
James Young and Tommy Shaw from Styx
Jeff Beck
Jimmy Page
Trevor Rabin from Yes
Jimmy Hendrix
Guitar player from Jethro Tull (Isn't it terrible I don't even know his name?)
Craig Chaquico sp? from Jefferson Starship
Eddie Van Halen
Glenn Tipton from Judas Priest
I know I left a bunch out.....

I totally agree with Eddie Van Halen, Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix, but what about Kurt Cobaine (not too often though) and the other dude from Nirvana? :D

Hendrix is the best but just short lived

Kirk Hammett

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and as just a reminder...the FIRST inductee into the Guitar Hall of Fame

This is easy,....Frank Zappa, Robert Fripp, John Mclaughlin, Jerry Garcia, Steve Hillege, Steve Howe, Duane Allman, Dickey Betts, Dave Mustaine, Kerry King.
Kind of a wide range, but I listen to everything....FZ comes first though.

I'm a big Zappa fan myself; I never got to see him live, and I've always regretted that. I'd like to throw out another guitarist that. oddly, seems to be overlooked on this board - Carlos Santana; great talent, and the ability to select band members who really compliment his style; let us not forget Donald Fagan, either

doesn't anyone like SLASH? c'mon guys......

Hammett doesn't get enough credit anymore besides the Guitar World Induction(I think Hetfield should have gotten in before Kirk but its cool). EVH is great. My favorite guitarists usually fall into the virtuoso category like Satriani, Vai, Petrucci and Gilbert. All of those guys just blow me away every time i hear them.

I can't believe I left out Carlos and Donald Fagan ( I love Steely Dan) There are quite a few I left out, and probably will leave out more- but that's the great thing about this.... we're all reminding each other of the greats! By the way, wasn't Adrien Beleu the main lead player in Zappa's band?
How about:
Slash
Keith Richards
Don Felder
Joe Walsh
Tony Iomee(SP)
Richie Blackmore
(what was the guy's name in Extreme? He was awesome, too)
keep the list going folks!

Yeah, Adiran Beleau was with Zappa; so was Stevie Vai. In the early '90's, Steely Dan released a four-disc set called "Citizen". It's all 8 studio albums from the '70's-'80's sequentially; the sound quality is fantastic; definitly worth locating.

nuno bettencourt :)

in a slightly different direction:
Johnny Marr (Smiths)
Dean Wareham (Galaxie 500, Luna)
Blixa Bargeld (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Einsturzende Neubauten)

and Bob Weir can really throw down - I'm surprised I haven't seen his name yet.

Has anyone noticed that the days of the guitar virtuoso seem to have gone on holiday?

Zappa
John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
guy from Watchtower/Spastic Ink (I forget his name)
Chuck Shuldiner (Death)
Mike Ammott (Arch Enemy/Spiritual Beggars)

there's more but my brain's not working right now

Stevie Ray Vaughn. Otmar Leibert. As well as most mentioned already.

How about Alvin lee, or Leslie West, or Chuck Berry, or Dick Dale? Gimmiee some time, I'm sure there's a ton more I've forgotten (much to my chagrin).

Me again, the thread starter.
I heard two songs last night that reminded me that I left out two of my fav's.
Robin Trower
Ted Nugent

What about :
George Harrison
Pete Townshend
Chet Attkins

yes,yes,yes to all three GTO, and did I forget to mention Bob Weir?

Ok, I'm REALLY ashamed of myself, and all the other posters in this thread ought to hang their heads in shame too!! We've gotten this far and not one swingin' dick has mentioned the root-user of ALL modern guitarists; LES PAUL!!! God dammit, that's just inexcusable!!

perripken too hangs his head in shame

Iced Earth's John Shcaffer.

Dude from Nirvana being Pat Smear? (I always laugh at his name). Was he technically a memeber of the band? *shrugs*

I heard a Bob Weir...hell yeah. Jerry too, he's a crazy pickin fool. Especially for only having four fingers.

Being a female...I have to give some props to Nancy Wilson for being one of the first females to rock effin out.

Stevie Ray Vaughn and Eric Clapton are two remarkable guitarists.

Ani DiFranco really impresses me.

I agree with your selections; if you want to hear a great female guitarist, find some stuff by Memphis Minnie McCoy; she was a blues musician from the '30's-'40's. Imagine a black woman in that time period in what was a primarily male dominated industry that was good enough to be successful and have a fairly long career; she was recognised as a fine guitarist, and a great singer.

As far as female guitarists go, I don't think there's one I like more than Susan Tedeschi.

I agree with a bunch of the above names. Some others that haven't been mentioned:

Mark Knopfler
Steve Kimock
Al diMeola
Paco deLucia
Keith Richards

Yeah, I've heard some of Susan Tedeschi's music; she's good.
There's not enough recognition of female musicians; I personally knew a lady who played a 12-string guitar better than Roger McGuinn; she did it for her own pleasure, but she was good enough to be professional; she always said it was not something she wanted to struggle with, male dominance of the music industry was too hard for her to fight; too bad, she was great!!

You all left out Joe Satriani...

what, no classic blues?
leadbelly
howlin wolf
robert johnson
john lee hooker, just to name a few

what about jam bands?
warren haynes (gov't mule, allman bros)
roger stevens (blind melon)
rich robinson, audley freed (black crowes)
eric schenkman (spin doctors. yes, they are a jam band)
peter frampton (humble pie, then solo)
and, of course, many more ive left out

then there are some classic rock you all left out
lindsey buckingham (fleetwood mac)
joe perry (aerosmith)
stevie van zandt (bruce springsteen, the sopranos)
david gilmour (pink floyd)
brian may (queen)

i tired to stay more or less mainstream with this list so as not to confuse anyone whos not quite an audiophile. i also tried to open some avenues for other people to explore. go for it guys. oh, and props on the dick dale reference. i just recently met the guy and got him to autograph my strat. its sweet!

How about Frank Gambale, Pat Metheny, Steve Morse, The Edge from U2..and then Andreas Segovia, the daddy of classical guitar...

:cool:

David Gilmour
Frank Zappa
Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy Page
George Harrison
Bob Coddington
Jeff Beck
Ace Frehley
JOHNNY WINTER
Yngwie Malmsteen(the stuck up bastard)
That's about it for now.

RE: Electric blues; Y' cain't forget McKinley Morganfield, the DADDY of electric blues (Muddy Waters to you) Re: Dick Dale; today 5/4/03 is his 66th birthday.
Another good guitarist we've neglected; Robbie Robertson, The BAND!!

SRV Without a doubt.

Greatesy by what standards?

Technicality or personal preference?

And just to name a few that have been left out...

Adam Jones
Tom Morello
Angus Young

Did we leave out Neil Zaza? Awesome... to the likes of Joe Satriani!!

How could we have left out Angus and Tom Morello!?!

**off topic - used to have a kitty named Angus :D**

What about B.B. King?

I just noticed the Edge from U2...he is sooo badass!! Good call, double.

that would be steve via .kirk hammet.yngwie malmsteen.carlos santana.jimmi hendrix gods of guiars ,oh and gary moore
peace

S.R.V.......nuf said!

Ohh B.B. King!

I'm such a n00b!

Kirk Hammet stands out as one of my all time favorites, with of course James Hetfield as a close second.

To Dustallica.. James is a frontman, and a rif expert, and a very talented musician. But.. And he would tell you himself, as I have heard him say in many interviews, he could never write and perform a guitar lead anything like Kirk. And that to me is what makes Kirk Hammet a great musician. Now.. Could Kirk come up with rifs with the crunch and growl that James pours out? I doubt it. But thats not his job. And that is what makes Metallica the well oiled metal machine that they are. And now with Rob Trujio, they WILL be unstopable.

Bonny Raitt is also an excellent axe player, and as someone else noted- Nancy Wilson.