Sennheiser
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Lindsey Buckingham
Chet Atkins
BB King
Eddie van Halen
Alex Lifeson
Chet Atkins
BB King
Eddie van Halen
Alex Lifeson
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overseas
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Nigel Tufnel
He was always well-known not only for his solos but also for his amps.
They went to 11.
"It's one louder, isn't it?"
Bruce in Korea
He was always well-known not only for his solos but also for his amps.
They went to 11.
"It's one louder, isn't it?"
Bruce in Korea
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Neil Ogilvie
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I think I have three COMPLETLY different opinions to anyone else.....
- Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits)
- Lindsay Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac)
- Aarron Barret (Reel Big Fish)
- Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits)
- Lindsay Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac)
- Aarron Barret (Reel Big Fish)
JMarcomb
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overseas said:
I heard him talking about that in a Joe Satriani Video, I think he was speaking figuratively.
Not sure if your joking or not
I think every guitarist mentioned is equally good in their own way. So I dont believe in better or worse guitarists ... Its more of a selfish pride thing. The words better and worse create more problems on this earth that any other. I guess people like the tension it brings.
tvaillan
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who ever it is from Mr.Big??
PAUL GILBERT
"Mr." Gilbert rocks. Listen to him on Racer X and you'll see that he plays Yngwies style as well. He's a shredder. On top of that he plays classical extremely well.. and perhaps even better than Malmsteen. (technically speaking
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The following guitarists have a solid background in theory and don't simply wing it with pentatonic riffs and power chords (yuck). They also don't just speed through a passage and excpect people not to hear the mistakes. They MASTER the passages.
These guitarists aren't from the 'alternative' crowd either. As mentioned above, they tend to steer clear of pure pentatonics and power chords. They exhibit modal changes in their music and enjoy experiencing odd time signatures. To be a great guitarist is to have studied the instrument and it's musical language as well as being superbly proficient in both aspects. A great guitarist also respects the instrument and it's heritage and pays careful attention to his/her dynamics.
1- Paul Gilbert
2 - John Petrucci
3- Joe Satriani
4 - Steve Vai (when he's not screwing with his whammy)
5- Yngwie Malmsteen
6 - Eric Johnson
.. others too , but my mind draws a blank ...
PAUL GILBERT
"Mr." Gilbert rocks. Listen to him on Racer X and you'll see that he plays Yngwies style as well. He's a shredder. On top of that he plays classical extremely well.. and perhaps even better than Malmsteen. (technically speaking
)The following guitarists have a solid background in theory and don't simply wing it with pentatonic riffs and power chords (yuck). They also don't just speed through a passage and excpect people not to hear the mistakes. They MASTER the passages.
These guitarists aren't from the 'alternative' crowd either. As mentioned above, they tend to steer clear of pure pentatonics and power chords. They exhibit modal changes in their music and enjoy experiencing odd time signatures. To be a great guitarist is to have studied the instrument and it's musical language as well as being superbly proficient in both aspects. A great guitarist also respects the instrument and it's heritage and pays careful attention to his/her dynamics.
1- Paul Gilbert
2 - John Petrucci
3- Joe Satriani
4 - Steve Vai (when he's not screwing with his whammy)
5- Yngwie Malmsteen
6 - Eric Johnson
.. others too , but my mind draws a blank ...
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Pariah85
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Petrucci!!
I love the guy, you can't say he isn't an extreamely diversified player. Just listen to any LTE cd.
I love the guy, you can't say he isn't an extreamely diversified player. Just listen to any LTE cd.
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Pariah85
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oh yeah...
I forgot Munky from Korn...
hawhaw
I forgot Munky from Korn...
hawhaw
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overseas
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Good point
Excellent point. Beeing based on each individual's own personal criteria and all, "better" or "worse"is totally subjective. This post is just a fun way to spew out all the names of players that inspire us.
Oh, and yes, I was joking. (Nigel Tufnel = Spinal Tap guitarist)
Bruce in Korea
JMarcomb said:
I heard him talking about that in a Joe Satriani Video, I think he was speaking figuratively.
Not sure if your joking or not
I think every guitarist mentioned is equally good in their own way. So I dont believe in better or worse guitarists ... Its more of a selfish pride thing. The words better and worse create more problems on this earth that any other. I guess people like the tension it brings.
Excellent point. Beeing based on each individual's own personal criteria and all, "better" or "worse"is totally subjective. This post is just a fun way to spew out all the names of players that inspire us.
Oh, and yes, I was joking. (Nigel Tufnel = Spinal Tap guitarist)
Bruce in Korea
Lopp
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Eugene Martone
He's gotta be the best 'cuz he beat the devil's guitarist.
He's gotta be the best 'cuz he beat the devil's guitarist.
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shagfu
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No such thing.
But if we were invaded by alien guitar players from Mars. And we had to send one human to "cut heads" with their four-armed supreme shredmeister to save the earth from destruction...The United Nations would send Vai. He'd be able to stand toe-to-toe against those alien scum.
It's hard to come across a bad guitar player. There are so many great, talented six-stringers around.
Edward the Van Halen and Lord Ritchie Blackmore were the initial guitar gods that got me going.
I love them all: EVH, Blackmore, Vai, Satch, Eric Johnson, Steve Morse, Chet Atkins, Larry Carlton, Michael Lee Firkins, SRV, Alex Skolnick, ad infinitum............................................
But if we were invaded by alien guitar players from Mars. And we had to send one human to "cut heads" with their four-armed supreme shredmeister to save the earth from destruction...The United Nations would send Vai. He'd be able to stand toe-to-toe against those alien scum.
It's hard to come across a bad guitar player. There are so many great, talented six-stringers around.
Edward the Van Halen and Lord Ritchie Blackmore were the initial guitar gods that got me going.
I love them all: EVH, Blackmore, Vai, Satch, Eric Johnson, Steve Morse, Chet Atkins, Larry Carlton, Michael Lee Firkins, SRV, Alex Skolnick, ad infinitum............................................
Krakit
Rzzzzz!
Frank Zappa once said that rating guitarist is a waste of time.
I noticed that some people mentioned John McLaughlin, good for you.
I'm guessing that the folks that didn't mention McLaughlin haven't heard much by him.
I happen to be fortunate enough to know the best guitarist in the world and none of you have ever heard of him.
He would deny his status to his dying breath, but no one can touch my friend Norman when it comes to guitar. His fingers move over the fret board like an air hockey puck.
Unfortunately, he has never found the right situation to get him out of the woodshed. He came pretty close once with his band Ward Six. These guys were tight!
Just guitar, bass and drums, but these guys were the absolute shit. I engineered them exclusively for a while and they were one take wonders. They would shred ten minute long fusion tracks on the natch and I'd just queue up for the next one.
Unfortunately, they broke up before we could master the tapes and no one wanted to pay for it so, the 2" reels sit in my house doing nothing.
Anyway, what was the question?
Carl
I noticed that some people mentioned John McLaughlin, good for you.
I'm guessing that the folks that didn't mention McLaughlin haven't heard much by him.
I happen to be fortunate enough to know the best guitarist in the world and none of you have ever heard of him.
He would deny his status to his dying breath, but no one can touch my friend Norman when it comes to guitar. His fingers move over the fret board like an air hockey puck.
Unfortunately, he has never found the right situation to get him out of the woodshed. He came pretty close once with his band Ward Six. These guys were tight!
Just guitar, bass and drums, but these guys were the absolute shit. I engineered them exclusively for a while and they were one take wonders. They would shred ten minute long fusion tracks on the natch and I'd just queue up for the next one.
Unfortunately, they broke up before we could master the tapes and no one wanted to pay for it so, the 2" reels sit in my house doing nothing.
Anyway, what was the question?
Carl
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Sir_Matthew
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Re: Re: World's Best Ever Guitarist
Oh, my friend. Say not such a thing. I can find twenty just by walking into my local music store on a Saturday afternoon. Go to some open mic nights, you'll see shit you ain't never imagined.
But that's not the point of this thread. My votes:
The Edge (U2) - The most versatile player on the planet, for my money. Listen to Achtung Baby or even Pop and tell me there's something the man can't do.
David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) - Best lead player ever. Listening to him taught me that it ain't the notes, it's the feeling. Slow & steady does it.
Peter Buck (REM) - He gets best job of combining rhythm & lead to the point where you wonder if there should be a difference. However, I limit my praise of him to albums before Monster. What happened, Pete?
Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits) - I give him the Smoothmoves award. Makes you want to sit back with a glass of wine & just enjoy. Though he can rock when he wants to. I just wish he was a better songwriter.
Paul Simon - Often overlooked, this guy knows his chordage and can carry the performance with or without any other musicians present.
Shit, what's the limit on the length of posts? That's probably enough wad-shooting for now.
shagfu said:
Oh, my friend. Say not such a thing. I can find twenty just by walking into my local music store on a Saturday afternoon. Go to some open mic nights, you'll see shit you ain't never imagined.
But that's not the point of this thread. My votes:
The Edge (U2) - The most versatile player on the planet, for my money. Listen to Achtung Baby or even Pop and tell me there's something the man can't do.
David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) - Best lead player ever. Listening to him taught me that it ain't the notes, it's the feeling. Slow & steady does it.
Peter Buck (REM) - He gets best job of combining rhythm & lead to the point where you wonder if there should be a difference. However, I limit my praise of him to albums before Monster. What happened, Pete?
Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits) - I give him the Smoothmoves award. Makes you want to sit back with a glass of wine & just enjoy. Though he can rock when he wants to. I just wish he was a better songwriter.
Paul Simon - Often overlooked, this guy knows his chordage and can carry the performance with or without any other musicians present.
Shit, what's the limit on the length of posts? That's probably enough wad-shooting for now.
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shagfu
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Re: Re: Re: World's Best Ever Guitarist
Sir_Matthew said:
Oh, my friend. Say not such a thing. I can find twenty just by walking into my local music store on a Saturday afternoon. Go to some open mic nights, you'll see shit you ain't never imagined.
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Well, I've heard more good players than bad.
I remember back in high school we ditched class and went to the local mom n' pop music store. Some young kid was in there SHREDDING Yngwie songs note for note...flawlessly
There's also a local kid here in AZ (I think he's 13 or 16) and he's a really, really good player.
I've heard alot of really talented players in local bands.
I've heard my share of not so good players too. But I really can't think of one that I thought was terrible.
But on the national/pro scene, I still stand behind my statement.
I'd have to agree on Knopfler. I use to have a video of him playing with Chet Atkins. Wonderful, wonderful player.
The New York soundcheck video is pretty scary:
http://www.vai.com/SightsSounds/video1.html
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shagfu
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Those "shread-metal" guys can't hold a candle to any of the guys mentioned above. IMO.
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Everything is personal taste.
Sure, the 80's were replete with copy-cat shredders. But there were genuine virtuosos and some great music coming outta these cats. There was a fair amount of
'who can play faster than the next guy" for awhile. But I think it would be pretty elitist and short-sighted just to dismiss all the rock players who are technically proficient. Jazz and classical players are quite capable of shredding and often do. Not to mention country pickers like Albert Lee...they shred.
The tones used by the shred guys are interchangable, while the players above all have a distinctive sound that is recognizable from the first note they play. Weir called most of that stuff "mindless technique" and I have to agree. What difference does it make how fast you can play if you're not saying anything in all that speed? I like what Clapton said about just wanting to play a single note and bring down the house........ And I doubt any of those guys could keep up with Rice on a D28, BTW. [/B][/QUOTE]
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Well that maybe because you may not be a particularly well-versed in certain types of rock music. Most people not into metal would think Testament sounds exactly like Slayer. You may not be a fan of a certain type of music but it would be like me saying that SRV sounds exactly like Hendrix since they both are strat players and they do that "blues" thing.
You could say all those classcial pianists, violin players and singers are soul-less robots too. Not an ounce of soul in any of that stuff. Just technical excercises. All those extended piano and violin runs-it's just high-brow masturbation.
And what about Liona Boyd and Leo Kottke: too many notes at once. What's up with that?
Jazz is horrible too-all those nasally, mid-rangey, million-mile-per-hour, out-of-key scale runs that never resolve...blech
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There's room for all music and styles of playing.
People should stop playa hatin' and find your own area in the rainbow to have fun and enjoy all the great stuff that's out there.
Especially when there is a genuine enemy: Britney Spears and N'Sync!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
...though I'm sure their guitar player is a pretty good player too
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Everything is personal taste.
Sure, the 80's were replete with copy-cat shredders. But there were genuine virtuosos and some great music coming outta these cats. There was a fair amount of
'who can play faster than the next guy" for awhile. But I think it would be pretty elitist and short-sighted just to dismiss all the rock players who are technically proficient. Jazz and classical players are quite capable of shredding and often do. Not to mention country pickers like Albert Lee...they shred.
The tones used by the shred guys are interchangable, while the players above all have a distinctive sound that is recognizable from the first note they play. Weir called most of that stuff "mindless technique" and I have to agree. What difference does it make how fast you can play if you're not saying anything in all that speed? I like what Clapton said about just wanting to play a single note and bring down the house........ And I doubt any of those guys could keep up with Rice on a D28, BTW. [/B][/QUOTE]
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Well that maybe because you may not be a particularly well-versed in certain types of rock music. Most people not into metal would think Testament sounds exactly like Slayer. You may not be a fan of a certain type of music but it would be like me saying that SRV sounds exactly like Hendrix since they both are strat players and they do that "blues" thing.
You could say all those classcial pianists, violin players and singers are soul-less robots too. Not an ounce of soul in any of that stuff. Just technical excercises. All those extended piano and violin runs-it's just high-brow masturbation.
And what about Liona Boyd and Leo Kottke: too many notes at once. What's up with that?
Jazz is horrible too-all those nasally, mid-rangey, million-mile-per-hour, out-of-key scale runs that never resolve...blech
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There's room for all music and styles of playing.
People should stop playa hatin' and find your own area in the rainbow to have fun and enjoy all the great stuff that's out there.
Especially when there is a genuine enemy: Britney Spears and N'Sync!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
...though I'm sure their guitar player is a pretty good player too
Lopp
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shagfu said:Especially when there is a genuine enemy: Britney Spears and N'Sync!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
...though I'm sure their guitar player is a pretty good player too
I don't think you realize how true that is.
My wife got free tix to N'Sync so we took our daugther. I was pretty bored through most of it until they announced their live guitarist:
Greg Howe!
Yes, he's one of the Shrapnel prodigys, but the guy can play with soul as well as shred. In fact, many of my non-metal, non-guitarist friends taped his debut album from mine. They liked it that much. His more recent albums are very jazz influenced.
I think they let him take a two second solo when they announced him.
darrin_h2000
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Jimmy Page Invented Modern Rock. Everyone that came after owes thier paychecks to him. You could link all modern techniques back to his work on the led zeppelin records.
My personal favorite is Larry Carlton.
My personal favorite is Larry Carlton.
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shagfu
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darrin_h2000 said:
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darrin_h2000 said:
Haha that was a coincidence. Right when i read that post Led zeppelin came on the radio.
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no yet ?
how can none of you have said dave matthews or tim reynolds. only two of teh best guitarists to walk this earth
anyways, my .02
how can none of you have said dave matthews or tim reynolds. only two of teh best guitarists to walk this earth
anyways, my .02
James Argo
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Best guitarist ever...?
There's alot of best guitarist nominator, But the winner goes to...
Johnny B Good.
Yes!!!
He never ever learnt to read and write so well, but he could play his guitar just like ringing a bell...
Go... go.. Johnny Go.. go.. go...
There's alot of best guitarist nominator, But the winner goes to...
Johnny B Good.
Yes!!!
He never ever learnt to read and write so well, but he could play his guitar just like ringing a bell...
Go... go.. Johnny Go.. go.. go...