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Title: The best in the best guitarist in the world?
Post by: M16 on 19 October 2008, 15:52:27
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XN5FAcd2sbM&feature=related
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Post by: M16 on 19 October 2008, 15:53:24
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XN5FAcd2sbM&feature=related
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Post by: PaulW on 19 October 2008, 15:53:35
I bet the ladies love him  :D :D :D
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Post by: Martin_1962 on 19 October 2008, 17:51:19
Not Eddie Van Halen nor Gary Moore
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Post by: amigov6 on 19 October 2008, 19:20:01
All 3 are good but i'm not into screaming bleeding heart guitar myself, leaves me cold. Now a good rhythm guitarist or riff player does it for me ie Ronnie Wood.
    Horses for courses. 8-)
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Post by: Bandit127 on 19 October 2008, 19:50:02
I bet everyone has a different take on this. Not that keen on Yngwie, I think he sacrifices feel for speed.

On my list are:
Angus (phenominal to watch and hear live)
Jimmy Page (some of the best rythmn skills in rock)
Eddie Van Halen (phenominal rythmn guitar skills)
David Gilmour (the right note in the right place, every single time)

This clip is famous, but for those that haven't seen it, this kid looks like he is about 13. Good skills (I can forgive the odd bum note)...
[media]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=QjA5faZF1A8[/media]

P.S. Yes, Yngwie has done this..
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Post by: albitz on 19 October 2008, 21:21:18
doesnt do a thing for me im afraid. its Mr Clapton for me every time.
each to their own etc; :y
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Post by: Elite Pete on 19 October 2008, 21:30:25
Pete Townshend ;)
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Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 19 October 2008, 21:30:56
Golfbudgie :y
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Post by: Golfbuddy on 19 October 2008, 21:37:57
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Golfbudgie :y

Thanks, you old tart.  :-*
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Post by: amigov6 on 19 October 2008, 21:39:00
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I bet everyone has a different take on this. Not that keen on Yngwie, I think he sacrifices feel for speed.

On my list are:
Angus (phenominal to watch and hear live)
Jimmy Page (some of the best rythmn skills in rock)
Eddie Van Halen (phenominal rythmn guitar skills)
David Gilmour (the right note in the right place, every single time)

This clip is famous, but for those that haven't seen it, this kid looks like he is about 13. Good skills (I can forgive the odd bum note)...
[media]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=QjA5faZF1A8[/media]

P.S. Yes, Yngwie has done this..
Angus & Page, Yes.
The youtube clip was a little too "prog" for me but i still enjoyed listening to & watching the boy play. Best thing for me is he shows an understanding of real music not this club R&B GANGSTA Street rap crap that is in the charts & somehow passes as music today, & that is to be nurtured. If he never makes it big in a band he'll make a cracking session player.
    Good on him. :)
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Post by: albitz on 19 October 2008, 22:18:58
story of the guitar pt3. just about to start on bbc1 . :y
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Post by: HerefordElite on 19 October 2008, 22:21:08
the late Randy Rhodes :'(
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Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 19 October 2008, 22:23:30
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Golfbudgie :y

Thanks, you old tart.  :-*

Your welcome Budge, you know you can rely on me to tell the truth :y
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Post by: albitz on 19 October 2008, 22:24:35
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the late Randy Rhodes :'(
who? :-/
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Post by: HerefordElite on 19 October 2008, 22:25:33
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the late Randy Rhodes :'(
who? :-/

OZZY's gutarist originaly played "crazy train"
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Post by: albitz on 19 October 2008, 22:28:25
oh! I see. not an ozzy fan tbh,thats probably why i hadnt heard of him. :y
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Post by: Richie London on 19 October 2008, 22:31:20
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Pete Townshend ;)


snap!!!! :y
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Post by: ngrainqey on 19 October 2008, 22:31:55
depends what your taste is tbh.. there's a few technically good guitarists (sorry if i miss anybody out) joe satch,steve vai, yngwie malmsteen, zakk wylde, michael angelo, michael romeo and steve oimette or whatever it is lol amongs a few others, clapton is good but not the same sort of guitarist as listed above anyway all depends on personal taste... satch taught kirk hammet and steve vai before anyone wants to kiss their arses :P
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Post by: yatesDELTA on 19 October 2008, 22:32:40
Jimi Hendrix anyone?
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Post by: HerefordElite on 19 October 2008, 22:33:56
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oh! I see. not an ozzy fan tbh,thats probably why i hadnt heard of him. :y


i was

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JRbPWcLode0&feature=rec-fresh

not technicaly that great but still rocks :y

also died while on tour with ozzy (plane crash) :'(
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Post by: HerefordElite on 19 October 2008, 22:36:26
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depends what your taste is tbh.. there's a few technically good guitarists (sorry if i miss anybody out) joe satch,steve vai, yngwie malmsteen, zakk wylde, michael angelo, michael romeo and steve oimette or whatever it is lol amongs a few others, clapton is good but not the same sort of guitarist as listed above anyway all depends on personal taste... satch taught kirk hammet and steve vai before anyone wants to kiss their arses :P


got to agree Satriani was the lead of leads even influencing steve Vai but you really have to apreciate the technicality of his playing, not music in my humble opinion ::)
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Post by: humbucker on 19 October 2008, 22:36:42
best guitarist in the world? apart from me you mean? ok, ten of the best in no particular order

1. django reinhardt
2. jimi hendrix
3. robert johnson
4. bireli lagrene
5. marty friedman
6. peter frampton
7. david gilmour
8. andy mckee
9. eric clapton
10. john mayer

its not all about speed

check this out, how is this just one guitar?! :

[media]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JsD6uEZsIsU[/media]
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Post by: Elite Pete on 19 October 2008, 22:36:54
Norman Wisdom ::)
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Post by: albitz on 19 October 2008, 22:37:29
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Jimi Hendrix anyone?
the best  by far imo- I just dont actually find the music that "listenable"
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Post by: humbucker on 19 October 2008, 22:41:02
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Jimi Hendrix anyone?
the best  by far imo- I just dont actually find the music that "listenable"

hendrix is the best ultimately because to be a great guitarist you have to be a great innovator, and hendrix is undeniably the best innovator. all modern rock guitar stems from his playing, even though he in turn was heavily inspired by the blues. even today his playing sounds fresh and awe inspiring.

playing quickly or 11,000 notes per second is not the mark of a great guitarist. gilmour, hendrix, all of these names never play particularly fast but they're better known and better regarded than many others (particularly those in metal or glam bands) for a reason... hooks and melodies form solos and sometimes this is lost in metal in favour of playing as many notes as you can in the shortest period of time.


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Post by: ngrainqey on 19 October 2008, 22:41:27
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best guitarist in the world? apart from me you mean? ok, ten of the best in no particular order

1. django reinhardt
2. jimi hendrix
3. robert johnson
4. bireli lagrene
5. marty friedman
6. peter frampton
7. david gilmour
8. andy mckee
9. eric clapton
10. john mayer

its not all about speed

check this out, how is this just one guitar?! :

[media]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JsD6uEZsIsU[/media]

i was refering to technical ability dan :P

hendrix is good but as he plays lead and rythm lol
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Post by: albitz on 19 October 2008, 22:45:11
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Jimi Hendrix anyone?
the best  by far imo- I just dont actually find the music that "listenable"

hendrix is the best ultimately because to be a great guitarist you have to be a great innovator, and hendrix is undeniably the best innovator. all modern rock guitar stems from his playing, even though he in turn was heavily inspired by the blues. even today his playing sounds fresh and awe inspiring.

playing quickly or 11,000 notes per second is not the mark of a great guitarist. gilmour, hendrix, all of these names never play particularly fast but they're better known and better regarded than many others (particularly those in metal or glam bands) for a reason... hooks and melodies form solos and sometimes this is lost in metal in favour of playing as many notes as you can in the shortest period of time.


agree with your sentiments entirely.although I think clapton may have innovated the sixties type guitar sound (blues/rock wah-wah etc;) and then hendrix instantly took at to another level that no-one else has ever got near.
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Post by: humbucker on 19 October 2008, 22:45:24
and is keith emerson the jimi hendrix of the keyboards?!

[media]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1T97KbV_mq0[/media]
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Post by: jimmas on 19 October 2008, 22:46:13
I thought mark knoppler was pretty good my self
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Post by: craig on 19 October 2008, 22:46:57
These two for me :y :y

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=j6mVy0U61QI


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Post by: craig on 19 October 2008, 22:55:59
 ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) :y :y

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzae_SqbmDE&feature=related
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Post by: Olympia5776 on 19 October 2008, 23:11:23
Ry Cooder ( The guitarists guitarist )
Jeff " Skunk " Baxter ( Steely Dan )
Rory Gallagher
Oh and just listen to Joan Armatradings latest album " Into the Blues "
seen her last year and was knocked out.....

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Post by: albitz on 19 October 2008, 23:16:08
Rory Gallagher, now your talking. saw him live lots of times in Belfast.
Got his autograph when I was 14,and touched that famous strat.
Best live act I have ever seen,and imo the best slide player there has ever been. :y
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Post by: rickyboy on 19 October 2008, 23:20:17
Technically amazing, just think the 80s van halan sound has been done to death though.

This guy's pretty special.  Went to see him last year and was truly incredible.  

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=AbndgwfG22k
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Post by: Elite Pete on 19 October 2008, 23:20:29
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::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) :y :y

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzae_SqbmDE&feature=related
Some mean sh1t kickin going on there ;D :y
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Post by: Olympia5776 on 19 October 2008, 23:26:50
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Rory Gallagher, now your talking. saw him live lots of times in Belfast.
Got his autograph when I was 14,and touched that famous strat.
Best live act I have ever seen,and imo the best slide player there has ever been. :y
Had tickets for Taste in 1970 at Glasgow Greens Playhouse but it was cancelled but seen him at the renamed Glasgow Apollo in '73.
You're right he was an incredible live act.
Don
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Post by: humbucker on 20 October 2008, 00:01:15
TEA SPOON PLAYING

this is the future of modern rock. maybe.

[media]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=e28G35HnREs[/media]
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Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 20 October 2008, 09:39:27
Lol, guess me being youger means I like the later one

Brian May
John Deacon (good on bass!)
Mark Knoffler
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Post by: Kevin Wood on 20 October 2008, 10:04:46
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Lol, guess me being youger means I like the later one

Brian May
John Deacon (good on bass!)
Mark Knoffler

Wondered these guys were going to get a mention. Saw Brian May in concert 2 weeks ago and he can still play. 8-) In fact, overall, I think he's my choice for the best. Not the fastest and fairly traditional but  something happens to me when he strikes up one of his solos. I have a (rather aged!) friend who knew him when he was a kid and keeps on about how diappointed his Dad was when he dropped his studying for a career in rock music!

I was a bit dubious about going to see Queen post-Freddie but Brian May and Roger Taylor took much more of the limelight and most impressive it was - including Roger Taylor playing an electric double bass as a percussion instrument. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8OYtBr0cZT8 8-)

Kevin
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Post by: Kevin Wood on 20 October 2008, 10:07:33
Ooh, almost forgot. Steve Rothery of Marillion needs to be included IMHO.

Kevin
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Post by: Entwood on 20 October 2008, 10:27:54
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Technically amazing, just think the 80s van halan sound has been done to death though.

This guy's pretty special.  Went to see him last year and was truly incredible.  

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=AbndgwfG22k


Got to admit it .. that guy is good and different   :y :y :y :y
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Post by: JesterRT on 20 October 2008, 12:41:29
SRV - never understood why his brother, who's still with the world, got so much attention.  In the final concert he played before the helicopter crash Clapton didn't take the guitar break he was supposed to because Stevie was on fire.  

I thought this was quite a neat trick:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Onqzua4bRHY[/media]
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Post by: albitz on 20 October 2008, 17:31:50
srv was a great player.apparently he used very heavy strungs to get a better sound.He could do this because he developed callouses on his fingertips which made it possible to bend the thcker gauge strings.
apparently the callouses use to peel off mid performance,so he would super glue them back on and carry on playing. :o :o
Clapton has always been happy to let other guitarists take the limelight when playing on stage with them throughout his career,and on one occasion (at the brixton academy iirc) he did so with a young amereican kid who he had never actually heard or even met before the gig.He was assured the bloke was pretty special so he agreed to let him come on stage and do his thing,and thus the world was introduced to Jimi Hendrix.  8-) 8-)
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Post by: LaserLance on 20 October 2008, 19:23:36
Dont know if any off you have ever heard of this guy http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HjXN3OLgoqs very unusual style he has . i remember seeing him on "The Old Grey Whistle Test " in late 70/80's
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Post by: mars on 20 October 2008, 20:24:09
Brian May has got to be my favourite but also like Clapton and Hendrix.
 :y
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Post by: rickyboy on 20 October 2008, 21:13:13
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Ry Cooder ( The guitarists guitarist )
Jeff " Skunk " Baxter ( Steely Dan )
Rory Gallagher
Oh and just listen to Joan Armatradings latest album " Into the Blues "
seen her last year and was knocked out.....


Excellent taste in music!  Love Steely Dan, superb band and excellent guitarist obviously.  :y
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Post by: ricardo1500 on 21 October 2008, 09:31:49
Probably never going to be able to pick one....horses for courses

But Alex Lifeson from Rush does it for me....accurate, hugely versatile , a terrific songwriter and phenominal live..and as for Neil Peart!!!
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Post by: rickyboy on 21 October 2008, 12:52:23
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Probably never going to be able to pick one....horses for courses

But Alex Lifeson from Rush does it for me....accurate, hugely versatile , a terrific songwriter and phenominal live..and as for Neil Peart!!!

Rush are a top band, Neil Peart is incredible but a bit clinical for my tastes.  
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Post by: humbucker on 21 October 2008, 22:27:49
im a guitar nut but i just dont get the whole srv thing. i tried and tried but to me it sounds just like a pub rock hendrix impersonator. on the best of srv about a third of it is hendrix covers, played nowhere near as well as the originals. i am at a loss to work out why srv is paid so much credit and attention. he even tried to nick the hendrix image with the hat and the outfits.

another great great guitarist not mentioned, and a hugely influential one at that... chuck berry

(http://xrock1039.com/news/data/upimages/ChuBerry.jpg)
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Post by: Baron Von Spongebob on 21 October 2008, 23:05:16
Jimmy Hendrix

Tony Iommi

Jimmy Page

Gary Moore
 :y :y :y
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Post by: doog on 21 October 2008, 23:35:48
Alex Lifeson ,Clapton , or Saint Joe  :y  depending on what mood i am in

Doug