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Okay...there are only 10 slots available...1 has to be a "write in" Of the other 9 some are "gimmes"...I will try to put in some generic "greatests" as I can...please understand that I could put in 50 or even 100 if the space was provided..
Okay..that was miserable to put together...my apologies to fans of:
Yngwie Malsteem (spelling??)
Randy Rhodes
Kurt Cobain
Slash
Steve Vai
Steve Howe
Alex Lifeson
BB King
Randy Johnson
etc
etc
etc
etc....
Zack Wylde (Ozzy)
Alex Skolnick (Testament)
Kerry King (SLAYER)
David Gilmore (Pink Floyd)
Roger Waters (Pink Floyd)
"Greatest" guitar player is hendrix.
"Best" is another story.
Easy to confuse the two, however :D
Satriani is a master.
Sorry, I gotta go with my man Jimmy Page on this one..
I grew up on Led Zepplin.. in fact its shocking that I'm not more like Stitch.. :tongue:
A little bias on this one, and i am sorry not to many of you have listen to, but one of the greatest is Trey Anastasio for Phish. He is an aboulut mad man on the guitar. So unique, so visionary, I wish I could post MP3's! Can I?
Anyway Jimi H., Page, B.B, and pre-regilion Santana! Rock on Guys! Who could forget Stevie Ray! So many so little time.
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Originally Posted by [AK]Slaughter
This is a ridiculous question. It should be specified that we're talking about the greatest rock/blues guitarist ever, since people around here seem to think that the only music of any consequence is rock. The greatest guitarist award would undoubtedly go to a classical guitar virtuoso like Andres Segovia, Christopher Parkening, Julian Bream, or a member of the legendary Romero family. Frankly, the vast majority of well-known rock guitarists simply are not capable of playing the classical guitar repertoire with any degree of proficiency, nor do most of them possess the kind of discipline or musical knowledge required of a guitar virtuoso. Honestly, how many of them have time to diligently study music and practice their technique between banging groupies and shooting up? Comparing a great rock guitarist like Eddie Van Halen, for example, to a classical guitar virtuoso is like comparing Britney Spears to Joan Sutherland (a legendary operatic soprano, for those unfamiliar with her work), or Tori Amos to Martha Argerich (the greatest living female piano virtuoso). In other words, there is no comparison. I think there's also a very good possibility that the most celebrated jazz guitarists (Wes Montgomery, Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt, etc.) might stand a chance against the likes of Beck, Page, or Cobain (give me a break). Country/western (*gag*) has also produced some greats.
Of those guitarists available in the poll, I would say that SRV is the most talented, while Hendrix is the most consequential and influential (followed closely by Clapton). Of course, there would not have been a Hendrix, Clapton, or SRV without Robert Johnson.
Grow a Goatee and listen to SLAYER my son!Quote:
Originally Posted by [AK]Slaughter
he he he....... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by [AK]Kidd
I voted for Santana simply because he defined a genre. Palooka is correct, however...this is too broad a topic for such a simple poll.
Not to sound like a hippie, but I agree that Tres Anastasio should be in the running, not to mention the even greater (at least as far as influence goes) Jerry Garcia.
While I love B.B. King, who seems to be popular here, and recognize his huge influence over multiple generations of electric blues guitarists, which may certainly make him the "greatest," I don't think he comes close to being the most talented electric blues guitarist. When you compare B.B. to guys like T-Bone Walker, SRV, Albert Collins, Buddy Guy, Albert King, and Robert Cray, his improvisational skill just doesn't compete.
I have to throw my hat in on this one. As a big fan of Carlos I voted for him. I agree that a lot of the classicla players could play circles around most of the guitarist listed, but I have to interject here. A lot of Heavy Metal/Rock is based off of classical music from what I have noticed. That is why it blends so well when they play with a backing symphony.
I am a huge Megadeth fan and Dave Mustain and his guitarist Marty Friedman used to duel on stage while playing classical pieces. One piece that I remember them playing together was Fur Elise still not a classical guitar piece but all in all a great acomplishment for two guitarist to be going back and forth playing that live with out any mistakes. At least none in Orlando. At last I heard Marty has left Megadeth to concentrate more on playing and recording classical guitar.
Back to the point at hand a good surver to say the least but with everyones different tastes in music and what not it is hard to really get a true feel for who the best guitarist is, but in all fun this is a great survery to have some fun with and to share our opinions with each other on. Kudos to you Purchaser for thinking of this and for getting us to really open up about who we enjoy to listen to and think of as a good guitarist and also bassist. :cheese:
David Gilmore. nuff said. (please don't let Stich see me agreeing with him, oh please please please lol) Seeing Pink Floyd in concert is my dream concert. Think they will ever come to Montana? We could pack a rodeo arena with tens and tens of people! :cool:
Sooooo.........where's the drummer poll?
Now here is someone that knows his music. Palooka my hats off to you and you dont sound like a hippie but a person that knows about revolutioary guitar playing. I think we should break the catagoies down a bit because there is so many awe inspiring playing out there new and old that it is to broad a topic. As for drummers Neil Pert enough said!Quote:
Originally Posted by [AK]Palooka
I agree with you Camel as far as drummers is concerened Neil Pert is an awesome drummer. I am also partial to Scott Travis from Judas Priest listen to his drum solo intro on the song Painkiller, but I have to stop this is all about the guitar players.
I bet Palooka has an amazing collection of classical guitarist CDs. Some of the best guitarist in Rock allways name Classical guitarist as being main influences. Another guitar player that I can't believe I forgot to mention is Yngwie Malmsteen. All I can say is that he is an amazing guitarist my favorite CD that I have of his is called Concerto for Electric Guitar. On it he plays several classical pieces with a full orchestra. :cool:
Well...since we're talking about classical guitarists...should we be mentioning Liona Boyd?
I agree that TALENT wise there are better guitarists. And perhaps in their genre they are considered masters, but if you asked the average joe on the street who these people are/were, they'd have no idea...that indicates that, although talented, perhaps not the "greatest ever". But now we are getting into semantics aren't we? What did I mean by "greatest"? Did I mean most talented? Most popular? Most influential? Most diverse? Most accomplished? The answer is: yes, yes, yes, yes, yes and yes (too many yeses?). Who has that perfect blend of talent, influence, popularity, diversity, accomplishment, etc? You can say that EC is "God" on the guitar, but Hendrix was definately more innovative, and Page far more talented. Heck, Van Halen is way more proficient at hitting the right fret than any of them...but is he the "greatest"? I am sorry for not including the less known but arguabley more talented classical musicians, but the fact of the matter is they just don't carry the "poplularity" to warrent "greatest ever". This all, obviously, IMO! :dorky:
Purchaser you make a strong point. Almost like a question that an attorney would make. It is hard to think of someone that fits into all those categories, especially since we all have our favorite guitarist that we think is the best. If I think about who is the most popular guitarist to the man on the street. I think it would either be BB King or Eric Clapton. Since both music and non music lover would pretty much reckognize their names and probably think they were good. :D
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Originally Posted by '[AK?
All Kidding aside, He has to be the one who impressed me the most Live. I have worked probably around 30 to 40 concerts and I was aw struck by his multi talents. Pure musician And he gets my vote for best guitarist!
FightClub...I heartily agree with you and feel VERY foolish for neglecting him!! Although the Batman soundtrack wasn't commercially successful it was brilliant. The guitar stuff on Purple Rain is amazing....But..again...is he popular enough? I dunno...but an incredibly insightful suggestion Fight.
I have to agree with Fight about Frince. I have seen him a few times and everytime I see him play he is great. He is a great guitarist but as being the most popular or well known for being a guitarist that is another thing. I think that most people think of Prince as just a singer and have no idea that he is an exceptional guitarist.
Someone else who is, oddly enough, an excellent player...Robert Smith from the Cure! He's no Clapton...but he's actually quite good!
I have never been a big cure fan and I can only remember one of their songs and then again it was nothing to spectacular. Then again I have maybe heard a couple of cure songs and they have been heavy in the vocals.
How about Leo Kottke? He's probably the best non-classical acoustic guitar player in the world right now. Junior Brown, the crazy country/western guy with the huge hat and the impossibly deep voice, is incredible on his self-invented guit-steel (stratocaster/steel mutant) guitar. He makes that thing talk. Also, Tim Reynolds, who often plays with Dave Matthews, possesses awe-inspiring technique on both electric and acoustic (particularly acoustic).
I think this vote really boils down to personal taste in music, one can argue that so and so is a better soloist while so and so has better overall sound and style. So with that In mind my vote goes to David Gilmour lead guitar and vocals for Pink Floyd, Roger Waters tried to fill his shoes in the early 80's and any die hard PF fan will tell you that Rogers is a great musician but is not in the same league as David. David Gilmour IMHO has to be one of the best guitarists that I have ever heard.
Hey anyone seen my bong ? :smokin
Following close behind are,
Eric Clapton
Jimi Hendrix
Mark Knopfler
Jimmy Page
Angus Young
Stompin Tom Connors :D
For you SRV fans (the two of you other than myself), he's on DirectTV channel 103 all weekend. Watch him school Johnny Copeland (a very capable electric blues guitarist in his own right) while wearing his gaudiest garments and jewelry.