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I demand a better future
Location: Great White North
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WOW!! There's a question. I can't name one.. so here's a little list in no order:
Pete Townshend (The Who) Jimmi Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead) The Edge (U2) David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) Dimebag (Pantera) Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits) Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones) I could go on... but those are my votes.
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Psycho
Location: Atlanta, GA
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You'll never get a consistent answer on this. There's too many great players out there and of too many styles to narrow it down to just one, or even just one in any category. Some people will prefer to list the better technical players and others will list the ones they feel play with the most emotion. Someone will say Yngwie but then someone else will say all Yngwie's stuff sounds the same and has no feeling. And someone else would probably say Kurt Cobain and many would comment on his missing technical skills. And others would just stick with the classic players such as Hendrix and Clapton. No one will ever agree on just one person or even several people so it is basically a pointless question. Why not just ask who is everyone's favorite player? In which case mine would be Steve Vai.
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Crazy
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Fingerstyle Favorite: Michael Hedges
Rock Favorite: I don't think I could narrow this category down to one. Singer/songwriter favorite: Dave Matthews Blues Favorite: Jimi Hendrix Country Favorite: Chet Atkins R&B/Urban Favorite: Jimmy Reed or George Benson Favorite Jazz: Django Reinhardt I'll stop before I get into a billion categories. Jdoe |
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Crazy
Location: Land of the Hanging Chad
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I've heard Johnson, Malmsteen, Hendrix, Vai, Page, Satriani, Clapton, Friedman, May, Hammet, Gibbons, Vaughan even Zappa... tons of artists, really, mentioned as 'the best'. It all depends on who you're talking to (and in what context).
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Location: Location, Location, Location...
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Another couple I would throw in (I am not sure if you could ever say there was one ultimate guitar player...too many styles/genres/etc. of guitar playing.)
Slowhand Trey Anastasio
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Who You Crappin?
Location: Everywhere and Nowhere
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best? dunno. favorite?
- David Gilmour - Jim "Reverend Horton" Heat - Johnny Greenwood - BB King - Kirk Hammet - Kurt Cobain - John Frusciante - The chick from Nashville Pussy
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Crazy
Location: Clemson
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obviously, jimi hendrix... his recordings from the 60s sound as good as anything today, and his live playing was unbelievable.
stevie ray vaughan gets a nod as well, he could play anything he wanted to, in any style he wanted to... but of course, its all subjective. tom morello (rage, audioslave) has to be the most innovative... noone can do what he does with a guitar, at least from what ive seen... or heard |
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Tilted
Location: Ontario, Canada
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Like shred_head said, one man's "best" is completely different from anothers. As a seasoned guitar player myself, here are my favourites, and ultimately who I feel are amongst the best and greatly influenced the guitar player I became.... plus they make kick ass music
![]() Joe Satriani Steve Vai Steve Morse John Petrucci Don Ross (great finger-style) Jeff Beck Jimmy Page Jimi Hendrix David Gilmour Zakk Wylde (chicken pickin' metal.... nuff said) Michel Cusson (guitar for a canadian jazz band named Uzeb... some really crazy stuff) Victor Wooten (bass player, kicks major ass) Stu Hamm (another kick ass bassist) Larry Carlton Lee Ritenour Yngwie Malmsteen (has the personality of a sack of potatoes, but man he can shred) ..... The list goes and goes.....
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"best" as in technicality would be either Malmsteen or Satriani.
But in favourite (which is what I think you meant) I'm definately going with Adam Jones (TOOL). He has such a great way of making the guitar do what he wants with it. After him is Tom Morello. He's the Hendrix of the modern world. Very innovative, different, and it also sounds good (in my opinion).
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Tilted
Location: Ontario, Canada
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Damn, forgot Morello. Totally agree with u divine... Even Satch himself said he was one of todays up and coming guitarists, did some stuff that made him double take.... Forget where I saw it, think it was an old issue of Guitar World... gonna have to look that up.
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Who You Crappin?
Location: Everywhere and Nowhere
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For a twist, here are guitar players I respect but dont really dig on:
- Satriani - Vai - Beck - Clapton - Malmsteen Certainly would never say they were bad, but just don't like them too much.
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Insane
Location: TX
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I hear Jeff Loomis from Nevermore is the greatest guitar player on the western hemisphere, but I've only heard a few of their songs.
You see a lot of mainstream guitar players mentioned here.. and its kind of sad. Lots of european metal bands have GREAT guitarists, and they go unknown to most people. |
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lost and found
Location: Berkeley
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Stevie Ray Vaughn does it for me every time. Just a few licks and I need a beer and a cigarette to give it a proper listen.
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Conspiracy Realist
Location: The Event Horizon
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Wow this is the 4th time this thread has been reicarnated; its all good.
I like Yngwie's stuff up to a certain period Steeler-Odessy (Maybe Fire and Ice) I think he has the best vibrato of anyone, but I havent seen him grow any which has become stale over time. I'll always love his sound though. Marty Friedman- I love his melodic selection and his new age albums a completely different direction from his earlier Cacophony, Megadeath playing. Al Dimeola- For obvious reasons Eddie Van Halen always had cool note selection and soulful playing, he's one of the guitarists that can make a mistake sound like it was supposed to happen. Even though he cant play anymore because of his condition (he now compses with eye movements as that is the only aspect of his body he has any control of) Jason Becker is my favorite. Its a wonder where he would have taken his playing has things turned out differently for him. www.jasonbecker.com
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Oh, and I would like to throw Jerry Garcia in as well.
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Insane
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It would have to be Jimmy Page. He was the most versatile guitarist. He could play rock, heavy metal (for the time), country, folk, blues, and not to mention that he wrote some of the most popular guitar riffs ever. Just listen to the live Zep albums when Page goes off its amazing. Other great guitarists are Gilmour, Hendrix, SRV, and Clapton. There are many others to list.
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Sarge of Blood Gulch Red Outpost Number One
Location: On the front lines against our very enemy
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It's a tie between Chet Atkins (put anything infront of him and he could play it, no matter what type of music it was), Eric Johnson, and SRV. Heh heh, a little Texas bias goin on here.
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Bokonist
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OK, it is settled...apparently Rolling Stone says it is Hendrix...so the question is settled
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pinche vato
Location: backwater, Third World, land of cotton
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For rhythm guitar, I don't think anyone ever topped John Lennon. If you don't believe me, just TRY to play those never-ending triplet strums on "All My Loving."
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Location: Northcoast
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