Best Guitarist Ever..?
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 2:12 pm

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JIMMY PAGE, all the way!

RE: Best Guitarist Ever..?
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 2:28 pm

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and whats so great about jimmy hendrix, sure he's pretty good, but there are so many out there better than him !

RE: Best Guitarist Ever..?
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 4:12 pm

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i like zakk wylde and james and kirk from metallica. slash is good aswell. losts may not know who he is, but i think derom miller from cky rules, he has a really unique style of playing, and the riffs he made up are awesome.

RE: Best Guitarist Ever..?
Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 8:47 pm

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There can never be best, there can only be an upper echelon for the rest of us to aim for. My picks for the top guitarists of all time. As stated no best so roughly chronological.

Charlie Christian
Django Reinhardt
Andreas Segovia
Chet Atkins
Tommy Tedesco (late studio guitarist- part of famous LA wrecking crew who did the real music on most music to come out of LA in 50s to 70s- Most recorded guitarist in history)
Paul Burlison (rock and roll trio)
Chuck Berry
B B King
Scotty Moore (early Elvis)
Dick Dale
Randy California (Spirit)
Bert Jansch
Curtis Mayfield
Jimmy Nolan (James Brown)
Jeff Beck
Eric Clapton
Jimmy Page
Jimi Hendrix
Albert Lee
Al Dimeola
John Mclaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
Richie Blackmore (deep Purple/ Rainbow)
Michael Schenker
Brian May (Queen)
John Williams
Larry Carlton (steely Dan- studio guitarist)
Gary Moore
Eddie Van Halen (My personal hero)
Steve Lukather (toto- studio guitarist)
Randy Rhoads (early Ozzy)
Yngwie J Malmsteen
Steve Vai
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Joe Satriani
Shawn Lane
Reeves Gabrels (Bowie)
Nuno Bettencourt
Dimebag Darrell
John Petrucci

Any comments? omissions?
(the "where am I?" comment not applicable as I can shred you under the table and haven't put myself on the list.)

RE: Best Guitarist Ever..?
Posted: Fri Oct 1, 2004 11:07 am

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ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

eddie van halen-van halen
slash-stone temple pilots

thanxs guyz

RE: Best Guitarist Ever..?
Posted: Fri Oct 1, 2004 12:47 pm

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Janes Addiction-{whats his name...the one whos married to Carmen Elctricianer???}

RE: Best Guitarist Ever..?
Posted: Fri Oct 1, 2004 1:39 pm

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dave navaro is his name

RE: Best Guitarist Ever..?
Posted: Fri Oct 1, 2004 1:53 pm

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Yeah thats the one....did you watch their show "Till death do us part!" last night on c.4??

Whack as crack high as jack.

RE: Best Guitarist Ever..?
Posted: Fri Oct 1, 2004 2:00 pm

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Impressive list simon ishtar ..... I have CDs of many there, including a 4 CD set of Segovia.
There's one missing from your list ...Manitas de plata

RE: Best Guitarist Ever..?
Posted: Fri Oct 1, 2004 5:03 pm

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Not familiar but will check it out.
Reckon Christopher Parkening should be on the list too? Been mulling over a few other names since I posted the list.

RE: Best Guitarist Ever..?
Posted: Fri Oct 1, 2004 9:00 pm

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My favourite guitarests:
Jimmy Page
Slash
Angus Young
Jimi Hendrix
Brian May
Randy Rhoads


I think the thing that was so great about Jimi Hendrix was that he was a guitarist that started introducing a "new" guitaring style and experimenting with different methods. He, more than anyone else was probably responsible for popularizing the wah-wah pedal, and was one of the guitar greats that started using the famous marshall stacks. In my opinion he was awesome.

RE: Best Guitarist Ever..?
Posted: Sat Oct 2, 2004 3:47 pm

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thanks for your detailed list, many names for me to check out!

RE: Best Guitarist Ever..?
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:58 pm

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George Benson
Wah Wah Watson
Wendy Melvon
Jimi Hendrix
John Mclaughian
B.B.King
Prince
Johnny Marr
Ron Wood
Steve Cropper
Eric Clapton
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Mike Stern
Al Di Meola
Keith Richards
Pete Townsend
Pete Cosey
Shane Carter

RE: Best Guitarist Ever..?
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 4:04 pm

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slash.

RE: Best Guitarist Ever..?
Posted: Fri Dec 3, 2004 11:43 am

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I seriously can't believe you lot missed out David Gilmour of Pink Floyd.

There is a magic to his playing that just seems to make you fall into his world when he plays.

Also, I'm not sure of his name, but there was this old guy in the Pink Floyd Pulse album who absolutely rocked on the Learning To Fly guitar solo.

The early Pink Floyd stuff was pure psychedelic as well.

RE: Best Guitarist Ever..?
Posted: Fri Dec 3, 2004 12:51 pm

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LowededWookie i agree, Dave Gilmour wrote and recorded some of thee most memorable solos ever eg. Another brick in the Wall, Comfotably numb, Time, Shine on you crazy Diamond, Dogs, to name a few. What people don't realise is that anyone who practices long enough can shred through scales and arpeggio's. It takes someons special who can create such memorable notes that move you, how many solos can you hum or sing to. Other great solos, Jimmy Page-Studio Stairway to Heaven, Eagles-Hotel California, Ritchie Blackmore-Studio Smoke on the Water, Child in Time. By the way the other guy on Pulse is Tim Renwick.
Anyone interested can get free online guitar lessons@ www.koretzmusic.com.

RE: Best Guitarist Ever..?
Posted: Sat Dec 4, 2004 3:52 pm

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slash was in guns'n'roses, slash's snakepit, now velvet revolver...the lead singer of velvet revolver is Scott Weiland, who was formerly in Stone Temple Pilots. Slash was never in stone temple pilots just to clear that up

RE: Best Guitarist Ever..?
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2004 7:53 pm

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slash all da way man lol

RE: Best Guitarist Ever..?
Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 1:04 pm

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Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow)

RE: Best Guitarist Ever..?
Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 4:47 pm

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EVAN TAUBENFELD all the way!!!