Best Guitarist ever?
 

Who do you think is the greatest ever?

I personally feel Dick Dale is the greatest. Not only is he a great technical player, but he's also a key figure in Rock history. He's unknown to the majority, excluding maybe Miserlou which was on the Pulp Fiction soundtrack and is the backing track to Black Eyed Peas Pump It track.

On top of that, the King of Surf is also still touring, I think he's around 70 years old.

This man deserves recognition! :bow8:

Now for the usual barrage of Jimmy Hendrix ;)

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Interesting thread, cus you just know there's never ever going to be just one.
Musically, it's either Johnny Marr or Joe Satriani.
There is nothing they cannot do on a guitar.
However, as Satriani plays the most boring show ever and Marr ain't doing anything these days, for the showmanship etc. I think it's between Jimmy Page, Mark Knopfler and Noel Gallagher (of course :p ).

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Randy Rhoades is my first choice and Tom Delonge is my second.anyone agree?

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No, on the first point, Zakk Wylde is a much better player.

On the second point, WHAT!? Since when did playing a load of power chords make a good player? Not only that, but his music is a blatant rip off of Green Day.

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Good post, and some great players mentioned. Satriani is an absolutely amazing guitarist!

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Seeing as i love Greenday nearly as much i dont mind if Blink copy them and maybe your right about Tom-maybe i just want to sh*g his brains out:eek:

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fair enough

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misskitty??, this is a puplic forum. :eek:

:)

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Sorry Len *goes and sits on the naughty step*

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Read her siggy :p

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Hank Marvin..........&.The shadows,without a dought

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I hear you............and a few more from the late 40s on to 70s & 80s. For me it's any host of men who can take me from this dull path to a world were I can drift to any hight.

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Does any body remember Dwayne Eddy.""Rebble Rouser""..Johnny and the hurricanes ,""Red River Rock""???they were good in their day....

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It's got to be The Edge ;) and a very close 2nd for me is Mr Steve Rothery :D

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Robbie Robertson of 'The Band'

http://theband.hiof.no/band_members/robbie.html

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In the early 70’s, I quite liked Ritchie Blackmore. He played with Deep Purple and then had his own band Rainbow, my favourite album from rainbow has to be Rainbow rising, although I still have one or two Deep Purple LP’s.

I found a couple of rainbow rising sample tracks you can listen too.
I hope they work. hehe

Track 1..... Do you close your eyes

Track 2..... Starstruck


:)

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Dave Gilmour, Ritchie Blackmore and as mentioned Johnny Marr, boils down to personal taste and which era (Hank Marvin the best mid-sixties)
I'll go for Dave Gilmour.

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Gary Moore, Jimmy Page, Carlos Santana, and of course Bert Weedon.

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Dick Dale's an excellent choice and Granny Claret has picked a good 'un too with Duane Eddy. However, for me it's a choice between Scotty Moore - he played on the early Elvis sides and practically invented rock guitar playing - and Link Wray - his "Rumble" is one of the most influential instrumentals ever - Townshend, Clapton, Page and many more all cite it as a major influence.

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Got to agree with the last three posts. I must be starting to get old in the head most of these names seem to be long lost to the past. Maybe it's time to drag those old black disks out of my mothers loft.

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Peter Green, Carlos Santana, BB King,

Gotta be JOHN SQUIRE of the stone roses and the seahorses all day long for me!

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For me even though he is not fully accomplished, Neil Young. Seen him several times and what he does, he does brilliantly.

I agree with Johnny Marr and Jimmy Page of course. Would also like to add Pete Townsend and The late Chuck Wagon.

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Ahh, Link Wray, another cracking reference. Very influential, and, in many peoples views (including myself) single handedly invented the power chord.

Nice to see my thread has brought a plethora of guitarists names. Also nice to see some of the less known, but more influential players, like Link Wray, brought up.

Glad I started the thread now :)

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Lyall Tranter ................ now sits back and waits for people to say "Who?" :D

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just goes to show the massive sweep of talent..Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac..John sqiure...60's and 90's in a nutshell

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Okay, i originally said Hendrix, which was a bit obvious.But he did play a right handed guitar left handed(thus upside down),played rythmn & lead whilst only backed by bass & drums,and threw in vocals as well.If i had to vote for someone not so obvious it would have to be Will Seargent of the Bunnymen,just for the amazing & slightly trippy left field solos he did on the albums "Crocodiles","Heaven Up Here"&"Porcupine".:cool:

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When starting out I used videos of the Beatles to pick up George Harrison's style. Helped a lot. He was one of my favourites also. RIP.

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Underated Influential guitarists I would like to see mentioned would be Robbie Krieger and Sterling Morrison.

For technical brilliance though I would have to stick with the late great Chuck Wagon of the Dickies. Tony Iommi himself could not believe how fast he played Paranoid without missing a note.

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My 2 peneth is

Steve Hackett or Steve Vai


Maybe thats why I am rubbish ?? I aint called Steve ???

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They say that guy from Celtic Cross is pretty nifty and also very handsome!!:D
But I heard he favours Dave Edmunds and if you`ve ever heard Sabre Dance by Love Sculpture you`ll know why.
Huw Lloyd Langton or Steve Hillage when your Trippin.
Albert Lee can Flippin go some.
East Bay Ray
And Definitely Stuart Adamson, RIP

Add `em all together
Whaddya get ?
Zero:Banane04::thefinger

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha

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Hendrix, Page, Zappa, BB King, oh... too many to list. ;)

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Frank Zappa
No Question,
Shut up and play you Guitar

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im bein 100% serious here but its definately prince.

anyones who wants to question this watch this link


YouTube - Gently Weeping Prince

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Personally i admire the likes of 'the edge' from u2 class guitar rifts & distinct to u2 sound i could listen to him solo, as is Brian May again another class distinct guitarist:D

But then for variation of guitar play would be George Harrison turning his hand from guitar to the Sitar which brought the beatles the experimentation of sound in the late 60's.

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Yes Prince Is Good,
Better than a lot of people may think,he would be in my top ten
I like John Butler from the John Butler Trio, Have a listen to Betterman.
Also Tommy Emanuel.Is a Great guitarist.

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people think prince is a little midget pop singer, but the man is a genius on the guitar.

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He is also responsible for me spending 2 of the most boring hours of my life at wembley arena.:mad: :mad: :swear8: :bangh8:

Mind you this was when he just changed his name to symbol and refused to play any old stuff. It was **@!£$ tedious though.

Just thought of an awesome guitarist who very rarely gets a mention and that is Bob Mould. (Just listen to Land Speed Record or Warehouse Songs and Stories by Husker Du).

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:Banane26: gotta be angus young ,gary moore ,michael schenker,paul stanley, keith richard in hi hey day brian jones ,most underrated gotta be hughey of fun livin criminals u gotta see them live ....:Banane26: :Banane26: :Banane26: :Banane26:

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Perhaps Jeff Hanneman from Slayer for the best dirty, funky, dark riffs after Black Sabbath. heh :D

Yeah I forgot all about Hillage - still going strong. Met him at a Manchester Megadog all-nighter about 10 years ago, nice bloke... good tunes.

But Zappa has got to be one of the greatest - taught little Stevie Vai all he knows ;P

Also, if you expand the brief to include bass guitarists (especially if you consider 6-string bass players), squarepusher's pretty good... check this out

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Mani Mani Mani!!!!

http://www.stthomasu.ca/%7Epmccorm/r...h/mani4005.jpg

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i wont say "best" guitarist.... really good guitarists known for **YAWN** solos **/YAWN** bore the hell out of me. I tend to lean towards the singer songwriter types...

Johnny marr ( by far not the best, but god damn good! ) him being mentioned isnt a suprise, though anything other than the smiths of his i find quite boring...

mark kozelek/mark eitzel are my favourite guitarists, but not the best by all means.

others

ry cooder, jeffrey lee pierce, bert janch, david rawlings( This guy rocks! ), kid congo powers, jeff buckley

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Try 'Boomslang' by Johnny Marr & The Healers, little known great album.
Much much better than his work with Electronic.

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I'll stick in lindsey buckingham.. fleetwood mac, got a girls name but sharp guitar

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I'm with Granny on this one it's got to be Hank Marvin from the shadows.
Apache was just brilliant!

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I could listen to him for ever Anne.....I like apache too...

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Got to agree with the Johnny Marr,how about Joe Strummer too:)

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How could I forget Will Sergeant of Echo & the Bunnymen:)

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Just remembered Robin Trower, infact just listened to him again, He's up there with the best,

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CLAPTON - simple one that.;)

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Had a couple of his albums in the 70's,"Bridge of Sighs" & "For Earth Below".Brilliant stuff,he was the best guitarist since Hendrix according to the music press at the time.Saw him on TOGWTest afew times."Too Rolling Stoned" indeed:)

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David Gilmour for me every time! Thought someone might have mention the uber-twiddler Yngwie Malmsteen;far too technical for most humans,in fact only dogs can hear half of what he plays!

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i am the best.......... i am, i am , i am......

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Yeah Yeah Yeah!!

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Obviously none of you have ever heard Yngwie J Malmstien,how anyone can compare Johnny Marr or Gallagher to him is ..well....laughable

you might wanna check out Django Rheinhardt,very good considering he only had a couple of fingers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMLzK_w6ZeM

Why not have a look at Nuno Bettencourt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS9q4vrN_04


to top it all have a look at Alexander Vynograd

nuff said

Gallagher,don't make me larf

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I did say none of the above had heard Malmsteen, but I was wrong,you have :)

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Malmstien and Satriani would be better if they didn't disappear up their own a**es half the time. Being technically awesome is one thing, playing only to your own ego is another.
Still rate Sterling Morrison and Chuck Wagon above them. (Still love the cover for Surfing With the Alien though :0. )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsNO7KPijSE


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4pfPIKJr68

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Brain May (QUEEN) the one .:Banane31: :Banane31: :Banane31:

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ok ok how could you have forgot SLASH (Saul Hudson):( he's gotta be one of my favourite :D:D:D:D:D:D

and i bet no one knew he was born in london

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well im gonna go for kurt cobain

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Kurt Cobain was not a great guitarist at all.
He could write a great tune don't get me wrong - I love the pre-nevermind stuff - but a great musician? Nah.

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Yup, he was born in Hampstead.
Very skilled guitarist but the Use Your Illusion stuff wrecked it for me; too many songs with 14 guitar solos.

I like Velvet Revolver though.

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Actually he was born in Stoke.

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No he was born in Hampstead & raised in Stoke.

http://www.snakepit.org/bio.html

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Looks like it depends on which bio you read.

I remember being told by a mate who lived in one of the pottery towns (possible Newcastle or Stoke) when Appetite came out that Slash was from Stoke, just took it that he was born there.

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Suppose it may be down to urban myth as far as the internet is concerned.
Doesn't matter where he was born anyway; he's a brilliant guitarist.

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im sticking with kurt sorry and he was one of the best and good looking maybe thats what made me choose him

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john squire - stone roses

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I don't know if he's been mentioned on here before,or even by me cos i can't be arsed reading through all the posts,but the late,great MICK RONSON.

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you must be an old man cos i've never heard of him :rolleyes:


;)

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Played with Bowies Spiders from Mars in the 70's.Later played with many big name artists,tried solo but never cut it.Saw him with Bowie,73,at Blackburn.Sadly died of cancer a couple of years ago:(

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yep just as i thought...you are old :D

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Ah,but young at heart:D

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Actually just had another flash of mediocrity, :-) Robert Ian McNabb of the Icicle Works.
Also the late John McGeoch of Magazine, Siouxsie & Pil.

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then you know nothing about great guitarists flashy soz.;)

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John McGeoch was brilliant with Magazine.. I didn't know he was no longer with us!

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Kirk Hammet

:hititbana

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Yeah he died a couple of years ago his obituary's here
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/obit...167730,00.html

Yet another sad loss in the year that cost us John Peel.

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Just been having a good scant through this old thread and am shocked to see that no one has Robert Johnson.

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^
thats because he sold his soul to the devil.... it doesnt count :eek: :D

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Mike Rutherford or Steve Hackett

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Paul Kossoff with Free, he was even better when he was stoned:D

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frank zappa.....

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I love joe satriani though he's also boring as hell. As a bass guitarist I gotta big it up to the most amazing bassist ever Victor Wooten.

Yay

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Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai, Richie Sambora and Slash:theband::mosher:

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Oh and ME on guitar hero 3!!!!!!! LOL

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wouldn't say the best,but sure blows the pretenders away.;)

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Nice one, Mr C, I'd forgotten all about him!

Here's the guy who first introduced the electric guitar to blues (and therefore, ultimately rock music) - T-Bone Walker. Every single electric guitarist who has come along since from Hank Marvin to Clapton to the latest heavy metal kid on the block owes a debt to him. See, you don't have to play loud to be good!

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I've seen many of the guitarists mentioned on this thread over the years, but the best must surely be the late Stevie Ray Vaughn. When I saw him in Manchester in the 80s he was immense. I know he modelled himself on Hendrix, but he did so much with a guitar that it could make you weep.

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i have to really thank you on that link.great guitarist.its soon the anniversery of his death.i loved magazine and even more so banshees.i recall banshees called him in to find a guitar riff for happy house when thay had no guitarist and could not believe his skill on that track which even the likes of the great robert smith said was hard to reproduce on that track.john then jpoined banshees on a permanate basis and so on.

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Russell Lissack
Carlos Santana
Slash
Jimmy Page

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Joe Perry..............

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you can add him to my list too:mosher:

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According to a guns and roses biography I read Joe Perry is the reason Slash started playing the guitar! Fantastic guitarist and even better live! (monsters of rock, Donnington '94)

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i was there......1990 and 1994!!!

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Dave murray from
Iron Maiden is pretty amazing,my personal favourite,i also like Adrian Smith(also Maiden), Joe Satriani,Dave Gilmour,Dick Dale and Joe Walsh from the Eagles.
Davey is my No1 though.

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had to put this on.....Mick Ronson..David Bowie made four good albums with this great guitarist

YouTube - Moonage Daydream - Guitar Solo

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Danny Gatton

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Stevie Ray Vaughan,
Gary Moore,
Joe Walsh,
Walter Trout,
I could go on,but even tho I admire messers Vai and Satriani their music is boring tosh. Or CRAP to the layman