John Petrucci, Dave Mustaine, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Tony Iommi.
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David Gilmour
John Petrucci
Angus Young
BB King
Gary Moore
Randy Rhoads
Slash (i dont like new slash cos he's a sell out)
Eric Clapton
Hendrix
Dimebag
Dave Mustaine
Both the Scorpions Guitarists (Dont know how to spell their names :) )
Steve Vai
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SRV
These are just a few in my list, not in any particular order except Gilmour - he is the best
Truetrue, he's a Guitar god. Pink Floyd's not my kinda music though unfortunantly. That's the only thing stopping him from being on my list.David Gilmour
John Petrucci
Angus Young
BB King
Gary Moore
Randy Rhoads
Slash (i dont like new slash cos he's a sell out)
Eric Clapton
Hendrix
Dimebag
Dave Mustaine
Both the Scorpions Guitarists (Dont know how to spell their names :) )
Steve Vai
Page
SRVThese are just a few in my list, not in any particular order except Gilmour - he is the best
morbid_warrior
Truetrue, he's a Guitar god. Pink Floyd's not my kinda music though unfortunantly. That's the only thing stopping him from being on my list.[QUOTE="morbid_warrior"]
David Gilmour
John Petrucci
Angus Young
BB King
Gary Moore
Randy Rhoads
Slash (i dont like new slash cos he's a sell out)
Eric Clapton
Hendrix
Dimebag
Dave Mustaine
Both the Scorpions Guitarists (Dont know how to spell their names :) )
Steve Vai
Page
SRVThese are just a few in my list, not in any particular order except Gilmour - he is the best
DmadFearmonger
Yea?? I thought that u'd like floyd as you have petrucci on your list.
So what are your views on slash being a sell out?
Tony Iommi (Sabbath are my fave band :D)
Randy Rhoads
Dave Grohl
Dan Donegan
Eddie Van Halen
Jeff Hanneman
Herman Li / Sam Totman :P
Dimebag Darrell
Daniel Johns
Andrew Stockdale
Ian Haug / Darren Middleton
Brian Setzer
Kirk Hammett / James Hetfield
Scott Ian
Marcus Henderson
Rocky George / Mike Clark
Jimmy Page
Grant Nicholas
Matt Bellamy
Billy Corgan
There's heaps more but that's just a few. I've Wikipedia-linked some pages for those who need it but the others should be household names. Look them up if you're not sure.
Truetrue, he's a Guitar god. Pink Floyd's not my kinda music though unfortunantly. That's the only thing stopping him from being on my list.[QUOTE="DmadFearmonger"]
[QUOTE="morbid_warrior"]
David Gilmour
John Petrucci
Angus Young
BB King
Gary Moore
Randy Rhoads
Slash (i dont like new slash cos he's a sell out)
Eric Clapton
Hendrix
Dimebag
Dave Mustaine
Both the Scorpions Guitarists (Dont know how to spell their names :) )
Steve Vai
Page
SRVThese are just a few in my list, not in any particular order except Gilmour - he is the best
morbid_warrior
Yea?? I thought that u'd like floyd as you have petrucci on your list.
So what are your views on slash being a sell out?
I do like Floyd's. Just don't listen to 'em all the time, gotta be in the mood you see. Got Dark side of The Moon and The Wall on CD. As for Slash, he's a brilliant guitarist, Guns'n'Roses are a pretty awesome band. But yeah, the new slash solo stuff's not great.Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead)
Graham Coxon (Blur)
Jeff Buckley
Jimi Hendrix
Omar RodrÃguez-López (The Mars Volta)
Frank Zappa
Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead)broken_bass_binI think Ed O Brien, the other Guitarist is a better technical Guitarist. But It's weird, y'know. Radiohead don't actually use that much Guitar anymore. They have two of the best Guitarists in modern times and Thom don't wanna write music that way anymore. Not got anything against the electronics. Just sayin'
Joe Perry
Brian May
Hendrix obviously
Kurt Cobain, he may not have been a great guitarist, but his playing definitely inspired me to start playing myself.
LordAbyssionWow, I don't think I've seen you post in OT before. And for me, I would say: Steve Vai Eddie Van Halen Paul Quinn Slash Angus Young Jerry Cantrell Michael Romeo etc.
That guy is no.1, 2 and 3 on my favorite list. (And that song is my favorite song ever as well, click the pic)
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LordAbyssion
no.4+ are in no order; SRV, Keith Richards, Slash,
I think Ed O Brien, the other Guitarist is a better technical Guitarist. But It's weird, y'know. Radiohead don't actually use that much Guitar anymore. They have two of the best Guitarists in modern times and Thom don't wanna write music that way anymore. Not got anything against the electronics. Just sayin'[QUOTE="broken_bass_bin"]Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead)DmadFearmonger
Hmm, I don't think Ed is better than Jonny really. Not with technical guitar skills anyway. Pretty much all the raw guitar stuff he plays is just strumming chords and playing arpeggios. Ed's mastery lies in the use of guitar effects pedals to create those unique background noises and soundscapes which are fundamental to the Radiohead sound (if there's a weird sound in a Radiohead song, you can bet your bottom dollar that Ed and his pedalboard were behind it). As far as effects go, there is no-one better than Ed in my opinion. But as for technical guitar skills, I'd always plump for Jonny.
I also think it's a bit unfair to level the shift to more experimental music squarely at Thom, which a lot of people do. Obviously Thom is the big electronica guru in the band. But Jonny at least has certainly played a big part in their change of direction. If you read any interview or anything he's given in the last 10 years, he'll always mention classical composers, electronic artists, jazz artists etc. as his main influences before he'll mention any popular music or guitarists.
A problem with me and a lot of good guitarists is though they may be awesome at what they do, they just don't create anything that's memorable for me, I like to be able to humm that song later and that's almost impossible with a lot of it.Oborozukiyo
Totally. a lot of non-pro guitarists can shred all day, but the big thing is coming up with that one memorable riff. None of these guitarists we've mention would be nearly as well known if they played stuff that just sounded like mindless shredding. That's what makes them gifted imo.
This man can create ENTIRE universes with his BARE HANDS. No boundaries
Celldrax
He's so musical with his speed =]
It doesn't even matter if he might not have the skills of composition and the knack of having his tonality, structure and form in sync with other instruments to tie in a whole piece together! Because he's technically good at his instrument!
That sucked IMO. I hate speed guitar solos Melody > speedThis man can create ENTIRE universes with his BARE HANDS. No boundaries
Celldrax
Bob Vigna (of Immolation) I guess.
I don't care for music by just guitarists and I don't care enough to single out guitarists from a band I like. It's more about the music as a whole and how it all comes together for me. Sure, I can enjoy sweet riffs and solos done well, but it's about the music being made, not talent or skill of the guitarists or whomever.
Robert Johnson, Muddy waters, Big Bill Broonzy, Hendrix, Joe Bonamassa, Jimmy Page, Rory Gallagher and Joe Satriani.
Almost forgot, John Lee Hooker.
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