Lead guitar gods?

[STJ]

My all time favorite guitar player is Billy Duffy of the Cult man plays the axe like no one else.

Yours?

[Pirate Utopian]

Keith Levine, Ron Asheton, Harry Pussy, Glenn Branca, Lou Reed, Marc Bolan, Wayne Kramer and Frank Zappa.

[STJ]

Are you sure you dont want to add a few more to your list?

[Pirate Utopian]

Steve Jones, Cheetah Chrome, Johnny Thunders, Robert Quine, Johnny Ramone, Tom Verlaine, Pat Smear, D. Boon, Billy Childish, Mick Jones, Joe Strummer and Jimi Hendrix?

[STJ]

You keep it up.:lol:

[Louis Pio]

Chuck Schuldiner, Ron Asheton, Mike Amott

[Pinko Panther]

Steve Jones, Cheetah Chrome, Johnny Thunders, Robert Quine, Johnny Ramone, Tom Verlaine, Pat Smear, D. Boon, Billy Childish, Mick Jones, Joe Strummer and Jimi Hendrix?

Joe Strummer played rhythm guitar. He was left handed, but played right handed, so he couldn't play lead very well. That's why he changed his name to Strummer.

Rest of your list is great, though.

[STJ]

Chuck Schuldiner, Ron Asheton, Mike Amott
All nice picks.

[STJ]

Keith Levine, Ron Asheton, Harry Pussy, Glenn Branca, Lou Reed, Marc Bolan, Wayne Kramer and Frank Zappa.
All nice picks.

[Kamerat]

Daron Malakian
:thumbup1:

[Dóchas]

jimmy page and rory gallagher, best guitarists ever :thumbup:

[STJ]

Daron Malakian
:thumbup1:


Nice pick.

[STJ]

jimmy page and rory gallagher, best guitarists ever :thumbup:
Good picks.

[Vincent P.]

The best leads are in the jazz idiom in my opinion: jazz is improvisation, so it's all about spontaneity. When we're speaking of rock, solo aren't improvised but composed, and every jackass can build a solo by ear and practice it over and over again until he play it right, even when it comes to shred metal solo.

Some favourites off mine, and seminal figures of guitar: John McLaughlin, Wes Montgomery, Allan Holdsworth, Bill Frisell, John Scofield, Django Reinhardt, Joe Pass, Derek Bailey, Pat Metheny... and much more.

In jazz, you've got to learn scales, arppegios, and once you master them you master how to play outside them (harmonic tensions...).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwhkPSEXs1Q
John scofield with the great Jaco playing bass...

For punk fans, I recommend you free jazz. If you like the "fuck you all" side of punk with more spontaneity you'll be delighted:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPhSKFo3nVc

This is more violent free jazz:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ab602UksG8&feature=related

This is one of my musical idol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P5raW49kQM&feature=related

All of those are just more punk than punk ever pretended to be.

By the way, I'm a semi pro jazz guitar player, and I've got a high technical and theory level. I'm not saying I'm better at judging, but I do have some knowledge on the matter. I can play about everything from neo-classical metal to free jazz.

[STJ]

Good picks.

[Pirate Utopian]

For punk fans, I recommend you free jazz. If you like the "fuck you all" side of punk with more spontaneity you'll be delighted:
Oh I love jazz, especially free jazz!

[STJ]

I love anything free.

[Madvillainy]

East bay ray is underrated I think. I'd agree with most of pu's choices too. :)

[Cymru]

David Gilmour :D

[TheCultofAbeLincoln]

I fucking hate guitar dooshes. They fucking suck ass. "Oh hey man I'm like so badass man yeah cuz I'm like so badass." They piss me off.

Anyway, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Randy Rhodes, and a bunch of people I know I'm forgetting.

[Skin_HeadBanger]

John Gallagher of Dying Fetus, the guys from Origin, Ralph Santolla (Death, Iced Earth, Obituary, Deicide), Chuck Schuldiner of Death and Jeff Loomis of Nevermore.

[STJ]

East bay ray is underrated I think. I'd agree with most of pu's choices too. :)

Good pick.

[STJ]

I fucking hate guitar dooshes. They fucking suck ass. "Oh hey man I'm like so badass man yeah cuz I'm like so badass." They piss me off.

Anyway, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Randy Rhodes, and a bunch of people I know I'm forgetting.

All right get out of my thread.

Nice picks.

[STJ]

John Gallagher of Dying Fetus, the guys from Origin, Ralph Santolla (Death, Iced Earth, Obituary, Deicide), Chuck Schuldiner of Death and Jeff Loomis of Nevermore.
Nice picks.

[STJ]

David Gilmour :D
Nice pick.

[Vincent P.]

John Gallagher of Dying Fetus, the guys from Origin, Ralph Santolla (Death, Iced Earth, Obituary, Deicide), Chuck Schuldiner of Death and Jeff Loomis of Nevermore.

I'm somewhat tired of that kind of guitarist. They're good guys really, but once you can play 16th note at 240 bpm in every possible way like they do, it's a dead end. Also once you know how it works you see that the guy's harmonic vocabulary is really poor. That's why I stopped masturbating on shred metal and switched to jazz and stuff funnier to play.

[Hit The North]

I tend to like the mavericks who play like no one else:

Hendrix foremost, but also the incredibly bad dressed but super talented Bill Nelson from Be Bop Deluxe:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFSWHpBj3Lo&feature=related

And Andy Gill from Gang of Four (who never knowingly played an actual guitar solo - he was too cool :cool:):

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

[Rosa Lichtenstein]

What! No mention of Gary Moore, or Michael Schenker, or Richie Blackmoor, or Randy Rhoads, or...?!!?

Check out my YouTube site:

http://www.youtube.com/my_playlists?pi=0&ps=20&sf=&sa=0&sq=&dm=0&p=00F31177D9EF4EA2

http://www.youtube.com/my_playlists?pi=0&ps=20&sf=&sa=0&sq=&dm=0&p=BA950640A417A56A

[-marx-]

Kerry King and/or Jeff Hanneman from Slayer would be the best IMO.

[STJ]

I tend to like the mavericks who play like no one else:

Hendrix foremost, but also the incredibly bad dressed but super talented Bill Nelson from Be Bop Deluxe:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFSWHpBj3Lo&feature=related

And Andy Gill from Gang of Four (who never knowingly played an actual guitar solo - he was too cool :cool:):

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

Nice picks.

[STJ]

What! No mention of Gary Moore, or Michael Schenker, or Richie Blackmoor, or Randy Rhoads, or...?!!?

Check out my YouTube site:

http://www.youtube.com/my_playlists?pi=0&ps=20&sf=&sa=0&sq=&dm=0&p=00F31177D9EF4EA2

http://www.youtube.com/my_playlists?pi=0&ps=20&sf=&sa=0&sq=&dm=0&p=BA950640A417A56A

More nice picks.

[STJ]

Kerry King from Slayer would be the best IMO.

Nice pick.

[commyrebel]

Jimi Hendrix, jimmy page, slash, robert johnson, chuck berry, bb king, Tony Iommi, eric Clapton, eddie Van Halen

[STJ]

Nice picks.

[Louis Pio]

I forgot to add Rocky George
Always had a soft spot for ST.

[STJ]

Nice pick.

[STJ]

Another one of my favorites that no one has given any love yet so i will Pete Townshend from The Who.

[STJ]

I also like Jimmy Page.

[Rosa Lichtenstein]

BTB:


Bill Nelson

Great guitarist!

[Rosa Lichtenstein]

Commyrebel:


bb king, Tony Iommi

Good choices - but then you have to add Peter Green (of the 1960s, not the current, damaged version) and Snowy White.

[Decolonize The Left]

Mark Knofler, Jerry Garcia, Richard Thompson, Robert Johnson, etc..

And yes, Jimi, Page, and all the other 'greats.'

- August

[STJ]

Nice picks.

[TheCultofAbeLincoln]

Yeah other than Page and Clapton I forgot to mention Dimebag. I am not a big fan of metal but they were the shit.

I remember when he got shot. That fucking piece of shit ex-Marine....:crying:

[STJ]

More nice picks.

[DesertShark]

Jimi Hendrix, jimmy page, slash, robert johnson, chuck berry, bb king, Tony Iommi, eric Clapton, eddie Van Halen

Another one of my favorites that no one has given any love yet so i will Pete Townshend from The Who.
I second: Hendrix, Page, Slash, BB King, Clapton, Townshend
Also: Mike McCready (from Pearl Jam, underrated (or not well known) lead guitar)

[Vincent P.]

I've been a Buckethead fan for a while. I don't listen to most of his albums anymore (I had all his 30 or so album...), but Population Override (which is made out of a jam session with Travis Dickerson) remains one of my top 5 guitar album of all time. Kevin's Noodle House is also one of my favourite free jazz/avantgarde album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGEqbk-adgQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjOM5YjMZ8w

Both are buckethead jamming with Les Claypool. It's only showing his funky side, but the guy can play country and trash metal as well as anybody else.

[Hit The North]

Anyone cited Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd from new wave jazz-prog band, Television, yet?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4QZSDu1wx8

Or the late, great John McGeoch, the most influential rock guitarist of his generation?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3oIQS_MYvk

[Pirate Utopian]

Anyone cited Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd from new wave jazz-prog band, Television, yet?
I did.
They are certainly jazzy but not prog.

[STJ]

All good picks people.

I also really like Captain Sensible from The Damned.

[Skin_HeadBanger]

I'm somewhat tired of that kind of guitarist. They're good guys really, but once you can play 16th note at 240 bpm in every possible way like they do, it's a dead end. Also once you know how it works you see that the guy's harmonic vocabulary is really poor. That's why I stopped masturbating on shred metal and switched to jazz and stuff funnier to play.

You're confusing shred metal with tech death. (besides Nevermore).
I always hear that same shit, but really, these guys know their shit, and can really fuckin play. Some call it mindless and emotionless, I say its some of the most beautiful sounds I've ever heard.

All comes down to personal opinions, of course.

[Vincent P.]

You're confusing shred metal with tech death. (besides Nevermore).
I always hear that same shit, but really, these guys know their shit, and can really fuckin play. Some call it mindless and emotionless, I say its some of the most beautiful sounds I've ever heard.

All comes down to personal opinions, of course.
Of course they're real good, and I don't think shred is emotionless. I've been playing this kind of stuff for a while and I still do when I have an opportunity (although my gear isn't really made for this). I "know my shit" about as well as they do, and I think that's why I shifted to something else, to something somewhat more challenging.
By the way, when I say harmony, I don't mean the overall "cute" feeling as some people may think when they say "it's so harmonious!". I mean using unusual scales and modes and tensions-release stuff. McLaughlin, Frisell, Scofield, Holdsworth and Scott Henderson are just wow at doing it. We may also add Jim Hall.


As you said it's a matter of taste and opinion, and musical experience.

[Dóchas]

as well as rory gallagher and jimmy page i love angus young, slash, joe satriani, kurt cobain, mick thomson

[STJ]

Nice picks.

[Rosa Lichtenstein]

Check this out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWp-Mazmf88

Played on Peter Green's old Gibson Les Paul.

[Vincent P.]

Basic but expressive. Very nice.

[STJ]

Check this out:

lWp-Mazmf88

Played on Peter Green's old Gibson Les Paul.
I like that.

[STJ]

I also really like Stiv Bators from the Dead Boys.

[Pirate Utopian]

But Bators didnt play guitar in The Dead Boys.

[STJ]

I know i still like him.

I also really like Angus Young from AC DC.

[Vincent P.]

I know i still like him.

I also really like Angus Young from AC DC.

I used to like him, but I had some kind of indigestion after a while. He's been sticking to the same pentatonic scales and I-V-IV chord progression for 3 decades... same for ZZ top. If we consider them more like blues with heavy distortion and take that they innovate a bit on live solo, it can't be bad, but still...

[STJ]

I used to like him, but I had some kind of indigestion after a while. He's been sticking to the same pentatonic scales and I-V-IV chord progression for 3 decades... same for ZZ top. If we consider them more like blues with heavy distortion and take that they innovate a bit on live solo, it can't be bad, but still...

I am a fan of three chord rock.

[STJ]

Got to say i like that.

[Vincent P.]

Zappa is such an underrated guitar player...

[STJ]

Yes he is.

[Skin_HeadBanger]

Of course they're real good, and I don't think shred is emotionless. I've been playing this kind of stuff for a while and I still do when I have an opportunity (although my gear isn't really made for this). I "know my shit" about as well as they do, and I think that's why I shifted to something else, to something somewhat more challenging.
By the way, when I say harmony, I don't mean the overall "cute" feeling as some people may think when they say "it's so harmonious!". I mean using unusual scales and modes and tensions-release stuff. McLaughlin, Frisell, Scofield, Holdsworth and Scott Henderson are just wow at doing it. We may also add Jim Hall.


As you said it's a matter of taste and opinion, and musical experience.

Good point, it's actually the same reason why I moved from listening to and playing thrash metal to mostly death metal.

[Sarah Palin]

zappa

[STJ]

Nice pick.

[Rosa Lichtenstein]

Check out this minor blues from Gary Moore and Thin Lizzy from 1978 (with the late great Cozy Powell on drums):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COTb93qoeTc

And this guitar duel between Gary Moore and BB King from the mid 1990s:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqAuuIDU2sw&feature=related

[STJ]

I really like those Rosa.

[Rosa Lichtenstein]

Good, I thought you might!

[STJ]

Yes that is.

[Rosa Lichtenstein]

There's an hour-and-half long programme on Peter Green tonight (Friday) on BBC Four, at 2130 (repeated at 0135).

It should also be available on BBC's i-player from tomorrow.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/tv

An earlier programme on Eric Clapton is available here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074r9l/Eric_Clapton_at_the_BBC_The_Rock_n_Roll_Years/

Recent Blues progammes on BBC Four can be accessed here (which is probably where the Peter Green programme will appear tomorrow):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/tv/bbc_four

[Rosa Lichtenstein]

Incidentally, here is one of Peter Green's greatest tracks (audio only), from 1970:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-ELydnDgKY

A different version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvgO9jWaSFM&feature=related

[The other guitarist is Danny Kirwan.]

On a good night, it is said he could make grown men weep...

Here is a good example why:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB6zg05CxYg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3ure6_pa2M

Poignant, since this was recorded shortly before his mental breakdown.

Easily the greatest electric blues guitarist the UK has ever produced (and that includes Clapton)

[STJ]

All great Rosa.

[Rosa Lichtenstein]

This was from after his breakdown (and you can hear his voice has lost much of its power), but the guitar playing is just as good:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FWD2YaF928&feature=related

[Snowy White is on rythm guitar.]

[STJ]

Another great tune Rosa.

[Rosa Lichtenstein]

Snowy White (although his best material is not on-line, as far as I know):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8F-DMgHXPs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErfqMWtjHQA&feature=related

Robben Ford:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSF1SN-EpwY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-Rz9_xugIU&feature=related

Vinnie Moore:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ytk_jEtcU-8

Sound not too good:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH9w3QUWx2Y&feature=related

[STJ]

Boy do i like those Rosa.

[Il Medico]

I got to say Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Vai, and George Harrison.

[Rosa Lichtenstein]

STJ:


Boy do i like those Rosa.

Thought you might. Plenty more at my YouTube page (Playlists):

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=RosaLichtenstein01&view=playlists

------------------------

Captain Jack -- George Harrison!?!?

Get out if town! You can't possibly mention him in the same breath as Vai or Hendrix!

[Rosa Lichtenstein]

Here's a friend of mine covering Freddie King's 'The Stumble' -- Gary Moore's version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6253z4y4-o

[Sorry the sound is not too good!]

[STJ]

More awesomeness Rosa.

[Rosa Lichtenstein]

Here's her version of Gary Moore's minor blues:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXf2olsXlZo

And another Gary Moore song (Still Got the Blues for You):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65txh_vLPI0

And here's one of my favourite guitarists, Michael Schenker (ex of the Scorpions and UFO), with his group MSG -- ignore the singing, it's awful, but the guitar playing is worth waiting for (a classic example of how to build a solo):

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

[STJ]

Wow more great stuff Rosa!

[Il Medico]

Captain Jack -- George Harrison!?!?

Get out if town! You can't possibly mention him in the same breath as Vai or Hendrix!

I am sorry, I just really like him, probably not as good the others, but I am a bit bias, the Beatles are my favorite band!:D Plus he could write damn good songs! 3rd after John and Paul.

[Rosa Lichtenstein]

If so comrade, your only hope is long-term therapy...:)

[STJ]

I think the Beatles are overrated.

[Pirate Utopian]

ZWmf7r_37eA
Bob Mothersbaugh

v5316ZsVYSs
Michael Rother

SGjg2jhlTbs
Dave Brock

[STJ]

Great stuff PU.

[gorillafuck]

Greg Ginn

[Vincent P.]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cadbYIzhqQ&feature=PlayList&p=56DFA8C03FC2A8C6&index=0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cadbYIzhqQ&feature=PlayList&p=56DFA8C03FC2A8C6&index=0)

Paco de Lucia (left) and especially John McLaughlin (right) are some of my favourite guitar player.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JsQRrBMGI0
John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra playing the Noonward Race. Also admire Billy Cobham, which is my favourite drummer along with Elvin Jones and Vinnie Colaiuta.

[STJ]

Great stuff.

[Comrade Che]

Zach Blair, Tom Morello, Jerry Garcia

[kotahitanga whenua]

Apart from the commie Morrello
Joe Satchriani.

RE: its good to be back from the bush
pity my brother got found in napier
they used s.a.s to kill em so much for keeping the millitry
from police work,

FROM FREEDOM TO FACISIM.

RE: 2-5 years till the beginging of chick
CSG, the egg hatched we have 32 men.

[STJ]

Nice list.

[Vincent P.]

I bought a new amp! I may post a video on youtube soon.

[STJ]

Thats great. I wish i had a new amp.:crying:

[Vincent P.]

Well I moved from New Caledonia to Canada 3 weeks ago, so I sold my old amp to buy a new one. I had to play without amp for 3 weeks!:crying:

BTW, my good old amp was better than my new one...

[Rosa Lichtenstein]

The late, great Randy Rhoads -- remember, he invented many of the tricks others copied:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxN0mQgQdPM

One of my favourite Gary Moore tracks -- it's his tribute to his best friend, the late Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy (who died of a drug overdose in January 1986) -- Blood of Emeralds. A great Celtic Rock song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG8yiVyziCY

More minor blues:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E9qldyKZNw

The studio version of this is widely regarded as his greatest blues track -- Jumping at Shadows -- this live version is nearly as good:

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

[HenrikOlafson]

Jimmy Hendrix, Walter Trout.

[Vincent P.]

I am sorry, I just really like him, probably not as good the others, but I am a bit bias, the Beatles are my favorite band!:D Plus he could write damn good songs! 3rd after John and Paul.

No way. He's 2nd to last after Ringo.;)

Nah but really, George was an average-good guitarist, and he did as good as one can with the Beatles' poppy style.

[STJ]

The late, great Randy Rhoads -- remember, he invented many of the tricks others copied:

KxN0mQgQdPM

One of my favourite Gary Moore tracks -- it's his tribute to his best friend, the late Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy (who died of a drug overdose in January 1986) -- Blood of Emeralds. A great Celtic Rock song:

KG8yiVyziCY

More minor blues:

6E9qldyKZNw

The studio version of this is widely regarded as his greatest blues track -- Jumping at Shadows -- this live version is nearly as good:

auzrQDUVenc
Thanks Rosa for this awesome stuff.

[Dóchas]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33Jaodra7AY - Good ol rory :cool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EHWujXubNM - John Lee :tt1:

[Gitfiddle Jim]

Some nice choices so far. Some of my personal favourites are:

John Fogerty, Freddie King, Johnny Winter, Scotty Moore, Dave Davies (the Kinks), Steve Marriott, Hubert Sumlin (Howlin Wolf's guitarist), Muddy Waters, Ali Farka Toure, CHUCK BERRY, and controversially, Ike Turner :rolleyes:

He's already been mentioned, but I believe Jimi is a stand-alone in the world of guitar playing. He was truly an innovator, and a badass mofo at that.

[Dóchas]

how could i have forgotten Dimebag Darrell!!!! now he rules!!!!

[heylelshalem]

i like all these bands that everyone posted. although for prog-rock i would recommend
king crimson, cynic, opeth and of course pink floyd.

[Vincent P.]

how could i have forgotten Dimebag Darrell!!!! now he rules!!!!
No more;). RIP.

[Killfacer]

Stj

[STJ]

I agree with you STJ rocks!

[RedAnarchist]

Stop spamming, Killfacer and STJ.

[Killfacer]

Stop spamming, Killfacer and STJ.

I posted that like 3 months ago. It's hardly spam is it.

[RedAnarchist]

I posted that like 3 months ago. It's hardly spam is it.

I was referring to your last post in this thread, and STJ's subsequent reply.

[STJ]

Some nice choices so far. Some of my personal favourites are:

John Fogerty, Freddie King, Johnny Winter, Scotty Moore, Dave Davies (the Kinks), Steve Marriott, Hubert Sumlin (Howlin Wolf's guitarist), Muddy Waters, Ali Farka Toure, CHUCK BERRY, and controversially, Ike Turner :rolleyes:

He's already been mentioned, but I believe Jimi is a stand-alone in the world of guitar playing. He was truly an innovator, and a badass mofo at that.
Nice list.

[JimmyJazz]

I'm listening to the album Tom Verlaine right now, so Tom Verlaine.

Robert Quine and John Fogerty are also amazing. Fuck long boring soloists.

The best rock guitarists coming to mind that haven't been mentioned are Robbie Robertson, Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion), Nick Drake, Bert Jansch, Elliot Smith, Johnny Marr, Duane Allman and Mississippi John Hurt. And I'm not really sure who played what in the Talking Heads but it was probably Jerry Harrison.

Check out this guy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rQVuyZNQ18
and his protege (this is actually the better performance, but Eric Roche died young, and there is no video of him playing this song himself):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZX5MuhtoY0
this is all good, but gets awesome at about 2:20:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zxZcUrfX0o


for weird guitar styles, these are probably the two coolest performances I've ever seen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PECpA9a_2zQ (embedding disabled apparently, here's the URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PECpA9a_2zQ)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69qNYYhUom0

[STJ]

I'm listening to the album Tom Verlaine right now, so Tom Verlaine.

Robert Quine and John Fogerty are also amazing. Fuck long boring soloists.

The best rock guitarists coming to mind that haven't been mentioned are Robbie Robertson, Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion), Nick Drake, Bert Jansch, Elliot Smith, Johnny Marr, Duane Allman and Mississippi John Hurt. And I'm not really sure who played what in the Talking Heads but it was probably Jerry Harrison.

Check out this guy:

5rQVuyZNQ18
and his protege (this is actually the better performance, but Eric Roche died young, and there is no video of him playing this song himself):

fZX5MuhtoY0
this is all good, but gets awesome at about 2:20:

_zxZcUrfX0o


for weird guitar styles, these are probably the two coolest performances I've ever seen:

PECpA9a_2zQ (embedding disabled apparently, here's the URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PECpA9a_2zQ)

69qNYYhUom0

All great.

[Vincent P.]

for weird guitar styles, these are probably the two coolest performances I've ever seen.
No. This is.:cool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2WSeZZV6iQ&feature=PlayList&p=9939DA22FC505911&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=118

Deep respect for your spoon guy though.

[STJ]

I like that.

[MAVA]

v2ayKK8E7gc

Omar Rodriguez Lopez is a MUSICAL BEAST!!!

[STJ]

I like that.

[dog_jones]

My top 3 guitarists would have to be

3) Frank Zappa
Of course his technical ability on the guitar is amazing, but he's also one of the greatest musical composers of the 20th century.

2) Robert Fripp
I have never heard a more technically skilled guitarist than Robert Fripp, his usage of microtones and other difficult techniques puts his compositions head and shoulders above those of many other guitarists. He also invented New Standard Tuning and taught a bunch of master classes making him an extremely important guitarist!

1) Andres Segovia
The maestro! Greatest guitarist of all time.

[Vincent P.]

3) Frank Zappa
Of course his technical ability on the guitar is amazing, but he's also one of the greatest musical composers of the 20th century.
Ahh! Zappa! Shut up n' play your guitar is one of my favourite guitar album (also featuring GOD drummer Vinnie Colaiuta). I like him for his very personnal, sometime quirky, and harmonically adventurous playing. As for his technical abilities, he's capable but I fail to see where it's amazing... else he wouldn't have hired Steve Vai to do what he called "stunt guitar parts":lol:.


2) Robert Fripp
I have never heard a more technically skilled guitarist than Robert Fripp, his usage of microtones and other difficult techniques puts his compositions head and shoulders above those of many other guitarists. He also invented New Standard Tuning and taught a bunch of master classes making him an extremely important guitarist!
Yeah NST and also crosspicking made him an important innovator, and his KC work (My favourite being Larks Thong in Aspic and Discipline) is neat, but he was well technically out-done after the raise of shred guitar in the 80's, and even in the 70's Uli John Roth, McLaughlin, DiMeola and Holdsworth were more than able to compete with him.


1) Andres Segovia
The maestro! Greatest guitarist of all time.
Well here I'm sorry to say I really don't like this guy. Way overrated.

[dog_jones]

The subtleties in Fripps playing are where his greatness lies. Comparing Fripp to 80s shred guitar is just totally ignorant of what makes him a great musician.

Also Segovia overrated? That is a very puzzling statement.

[brigadista]

jimi hendrix

paco de lucia

[STJ]

Great lists people.

[Nwoye]

Thurston Moore/Lee Ronaldo. They do some crazy shit.

[Dóchas]

joe satriani is pretty awsome and he gives lessons to kirk hammet of metallica so thats saying something!!:lol:

[STJ]

Good pick.

[Vincent P.]

Thurston Moore/Lee Ronaldo. They do some crazy shit.
Love those guys! :D Sister is one of my all-time favourite album.

[Vincent P.]

joe satriani is pretty awsome and he gives lessons to kirk hammet of metallica so thats saying something!!:lol:
And Steve Vai and especially Larry LaLonde of Primus, which has a kickass style.

But may I present you Allan Holdsworth, the guy which pioneered Satch's legato technique? Just skip the interview, then it's too good too exist. The guy is just as fluent as a saxophone, the scales and harmonies he's using is mind-blowingly clever. It's a bit of autist-to-autist music, but non-musicians may enjoy it as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQUntzKpLj4&feature=related

[STJ]

Good stuff there.

[MakeYourFuture]

For me, it's John Frusciante, Popa Chubby, David Gilmour, Jimi Hendrix, Tom Morello of course and, even if he was not really a lead guitarist, Jeff Buckley.

[STJ]

Good list.

[Vincent P.]

Guys, we've forgotten the founding fathers of guitar:

1/ Lonnie Jonhson: Blues haven't changed since the 30's. His playing is so fuckin' mature it's creepy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3kk4ClT8uQ&feature=related

2/ Charlie Christian: the first well known electric guitarist, most Montgomery-era jazz guitarist are rip-off. He didn't have time to play under his own name (he died at 25), but his solo were proeminents with Benny Goodman's sextet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRfW_0foo_4

3/ Last but not least, a personal hero of mine and arguably the most influencial guitarist of the instrument's history: Django Reinhardt. I found a live video of him just for you, so that you can see that the guy was playing his solo with only 2 fingers (and he play with more dexterity than most guitarist until the 70's). Tommy Iommi of Black sabatt (who also lost his fingertips), virtuoso Joe Satriani cited above... well any guitarist who know their craft cannot not be influenced by Django. Here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iJ7bs4mTUY

[MakeYourFuture]

And Reinhardt learned to play by his own. What a genius.

[STJ]

Guys, we've forgotten the founding fathers of guitar:

1/ Lonnie Jonhson: Blues haven't changed since the 30's. His playing is so fuckin' mature it's creepy.
I3kk4ClT8uQ

2/ Charlie Christian: the first well known electric guitarist, most Montgomery-era jazz guitarist are rip-off. He didn't have time to play under his own name (he died at 25), but his solo were proeminents with Benny Goodman's sextet:
jRfW_0foo_4

3/ Last but not least, a personal hero of mine and arguably the most influencial guitarist of the instrument's history: Django Reinhardt. I found a live video of him just for you, so that you can see that the guy was playing his solo with only 2 fingers (and he play with more dexterity than most guitarist until the 70's). Tommy Iommi of Black sabatt (who also lost his fingertips), virtuoso Joe Satriani cited above... well any guitarist who know their craft cannot not be influenced by Django. Here:
-iJ7bs4mTUY
All great.

[TheFutureOfThePublic]

Chuck Schuldiner,Kerry King,Joe Strummer(was more rythm but who cares),Dave Mustaine,DIMEBAG F`N DARRELL,Randy Rhoads,Tony Iommi,Steve Jones

[RMHaggis]

there is a lot to pick from will take it to 3

1-jimmy page
2-steve howe
3-zakk wylde (come on you dont get more metal)

[Vincent P.]

there is a lot to pick from will take it to 3

1-jimmy page
2-steve howe
3-zakk wylde (come on you dont get more metal)

1/ Not my cup of tea.
2/ Worth mention.
3/ Not bad.

[Bex]

Bruce Cockburn and Ani Difranco.

[Axle]

Chuck Schuldiner,Kerry King,Joe Strummer(was more rythm but who cares),Dave Mustaine,DIMEBAG F`N DARRELL,Randy Rhoads,Tony Iommi,Steve Jones

I've got to disagree with Kerry King. I've always thought he was a sloppy player.



With that said: Alex Skolnik.

[Albert Wesker]

Has Jeff Beck been mentioned? He is one of my favorites. If you're unfamiliar with his stuff, start with the Blow By Blow album and then listen to Wired. Some good stuff right there.

[Skin_HeadBanger]

I've got to disagree with Kerry King. I've always thought he was a sloppy player.



With that said: Alex Skolnik.


Alex is phenomenal! And while I love Slayer, KK is definitely not one of my favorite players.

[scarletghoul]

James Dean Bradfield
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[Vincent P.]

Has Jeff Beck been mentioned? He is one of my favorites. If you're unfamiliar with his stuff, start with the Blow By Blow album and then listen to Wired. Some good stuff right there.

I did love those album, nice jazz fusion. But I saw some recent vids of Jeff Beck live were... crappy is the word. Using the same 2-3 licks over and over again, doing mistakes (which were obviously mistakes, not a genius' I-did-it-on-purpose thing.). It sounded even kind of amateur-ish.

Anyway he remains a legend for all of us guitarist.:)

[Albert Wesker]

I did love those album, nice jazz fusion. But I saw some recent vids of Jeff Beck live were... crappy is the word. Using the same 2-3 licks over and over again, doing mistakes (which were obviously mistakes, not a genius' I-did-it-on-purpose thing.). It sounded even kind of amateur-ish.

Anyway he remains a legend for all of us guitarist.:)

To be fair, Jeff is getting to be an old timer. I think now he's just playing enough shows to fund his hot rod hobby. :D

FWIW, there's some footage on You Tube of him at Fuji Speedway in Japan, I think maybe it was 2006, or so. He sounded good.

There's a good torrent on TPB with his whole discography, including lots of live stuff that's not sold new any more. Well worth the download....

[Vincent P.]

To be fair, Jeff is getting to be an old timer. I think now he's just playing enough shows to fund his hot rod hobby. :D
Yeah that's pretty much what I think too:p.

When not touring or recording, Beck rarely plays guitar. Instead, he spends most of his time working on his classic Ford Hot Rods.


There's a good torrent on TPB with his whole discography, including lots of live stuff that's not sold new any more. Well worth the download....
Oh... thanks for the info:drool:.

[Sarah Palin]

John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUJHEdQBAr8