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OT: Favorite Guitarist

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    Jimmy77

  • All of my favorites except for one have already been mentioned, so I'll save repeating them.

    The guy I haven't seen mentioned is G. E. Smith. He is a session player who spent a lot of time in Hall & Oates band years ago but is best known as the long-time guitarist on Saturday Night Live. He was the mop-headed guy that was always there in the 1980s/90s, when compatriot the late T-Bone Wolk was the bassist.

    Honorable mention to the guy from REO Speedwagon. Gary Richrath is his name I think. Guy played pretty tough but always looked like he was just standing there taking a nap. Also honorable mention to Andy Summers of the Police and Pete Townsend.

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    grccoins

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    jrnybuck

  • no list like this would be complete without CHUCK BERRY.

    For Jazz, Wes Montgomery would be another essential. IMHO

    all the others are great too.

    BucknutsFan465

  • One I forgot was Robin Trower. Check this out:

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

    Duane

  • If you want to really get down and dirty too, Albert King is the real king of the blues. He can play one note and blow most guys out of the water.

    Stevie ray's favorite guitarist. Check out the DVD/show that he and SRV did together. Awesome stuff.

    BucknutsFan465

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    turfgreens ●

  • Jerry Garcia

    On the bass: Victor Wooten

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    60% of the time, it works every time...

    playmea

  • I put Robin Trower's haunting guitar up there with any.
    Along with Stevie Ray's brand of blues. Santana too. (stopping here before the list goes to 100)

    A thread on favorite guitarist has so many side roads.
    personal experiences/memories attached to the songs play a big part along with the mood at the time you go to answer a thread like this.
    I get lost on Youtube.
    Darn you ... I didn't have the time to do this today LOL, but I'm always glad I did.

    I have always loved innovators.
    For a set of names hardly anyone ever mentions , you'll hear few who are as clean in their fretwork as this set.
    Andy Powell and Ted Turner -
    Wishbone Ash's innovative use of dual lead guitarists.
    Personally, you might not like the vocals in this song, the classic 'throw down the sword". .. so for quick listen to their guitar work, jump to their solo's at the 3:40 mark and enjoy the clarity.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CohG31ecYfA

    Another name hardly ever mentioned; Phil Keaggy (Glass Harp the early 70s)
    Phil's Christian influence didn't go over well in Rock, but there's no denying his place as one of the best, ever.

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    gessig

  • MiseryMachine said...

    For me, David Gilmour tops them all.

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    Unreal how good he still is at his age!! Guitar and Voice!

    Live at Royal Albert Hall Blu-ray R-O-C-K-S!!!!bow

    tOSUHook

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    hobe2112

  • jrnybuck said...

    NEAL SCHON

    Honestly I always thought he sounded a little sloppy and all over the place for no reason when he plays. I saw them and Heart a few years back and I left kind of disappointed.

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    hobe2112

  • Steve Gaines, Gary Rossington, Duane Allman, BB King, Carlos Santana, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck

    JarheadBuck

  • Kirk said...

    My favorite is probably David Gilmour. He and Jimi Hendrix. I won't say Gilmour's the best but I tend to love the melodies he comes up with, so he's my favorite.

    Thanks for making this point. I have always felt this way. I think Gilmour is far from the best technician, but his musicality is tough to beat. The lead on Time towards the end is a better melody than the rest of the song. I feel that way about many Pink Floyd tunes, the songs are good, but Gilmour's contribution adds a dimension to the songs that doesn't compliment them but improves them.

    When Gilmour plays I'm just like: "Yeah, that's right." It just belongs.

    I think Pete Townsend has a similar quality, but not to the same degree.

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    BighornBuck

  • ps3brandon said...

    Thanks guys for the input! Keep it coming!!

    My favorite right now is Mark Tremonti from Alter Bridge and Creed. His solo compilation on Youtube is really good.. I also like Slash as well.

    Mark Tremonti is a great addition to the lists here. He puts together great songs (despite Scott Stapp) and plays a great lead.

    Saw B.B. King in concert back in the 90's and he was amazing and Im not even a guitarist (drummer). You can really tell that Jimmy Page among others are largely influenced by BB.

    That being said Jimmy Page takes the cake for songwriting. Im always told by the "schooled" guitar players who listen to Malmsteen, Gilbert, and such players that Page is very sloppy. But none of these other players give me goosebumps when I listen to them.

    Hendrix affects me the same way. Unfortunately he was only around for a short time.

    Eddie VH took the torch from Hendrix and pioneered a new sound. I love Eddies stuff as well

    ddrouillard

  • This one is easy. Eric Clapton. Nobody else has mastered as many different styles and has played at such a super high level for so many decades.

    RodMac

  • Michael Schenker! His work on "Strangers in the Night" will blow you away! No one mentioned Brian May! Love his unique sound! When you hear 2 notes, you know it's him!

    BuzzardBuck

  • Joe Perry- Aerosmith!

    J50055005

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    DSBUX

  • Shocked no one has said him yet but Jack White. For my money the best around right now.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi8KdTk0u0g&feature=youtube_gdata_player

    Obviously Hendrix and Page are gods and paved the way for so many.

    Fish61

  • RodMac said...

    This one is easy. Eric Clapton. Nobody else has mastered as many different styles and has played at such a super high level for so many decades.

    Eric Clapton said Buddy Guy is the best living guitarist there is! Listen to the Album Sweet Tea by Guy....he did this when he was 60 yrs old and it will floor you! Just sharing

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    "Blue Sky", Duane Allman's Solo, at Stonyb...

    Skydog Lives! Most of this solo is ad-libbed, of course. And listen to that lively bass, too! Berry Oakley and Duane Allman really made the band. Might be fun to pull out just the les paul and the bass tracks sometime and see what it sounds like. From the Allman Brothers Band's album "Live at Stonybrook" recorded in1971

    http://www.youtube.com/v/gSDf2Usd8n4

    Buckeye_Doug

  • None of the people mentioned, by the way, would even know how to play the way they do if it weren't for men like Robert Johnson.

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    playmea

  • Jerry Cantrell and tom morello. Not that they are anywhere in the discussion with a lot of guys listed as best guitarist, they are just my favorites because Cantrell knows how to put a song together melodically and morellos noises are so unique.

    This post was edited by Flagrant45 on 10/20/2011 at 3:29 PM

    Flagrant45

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