Greatest Guitarist

[Mr Ed (The Stables)]

The best classic rock guitarist is Ritchie Blackmore, by a short head in front of Jimmy Page. Awesome rock guitarist.

No one quite like the Man in Black at his peak. On one tour, I went to five Rainbow gigs and every night was different even though the set list didn't vary, unless he didn't encore. One night (Leicester Granby Halls, I think) was so good that he smashed two guitars.

Awesome, I was lucky to see Rainbow 4 times but three of them were in the Joe Lyn Turner era plus I saw the band at Manchester Apollo with Graham Bonnet on Vox in 1980.<br /><br />-- Fri Jul 06, 2012 2:54 am --<br /><br />

The edge.

Behave yourself....lol

 

[Dirty Harry]

I know nothing about 'the geeeetaaar', I always just put it down to nimble fingers/dexterity, and me having sausage fingers it's never really given me any incentive to even give it a try, it seems many on here may know though, so if I may, what actually makes a great player, am I far off the mark with my thoughts ?

 

[BimboBob]

Or if we are talking bass guitar then it's Mark King.

I know its all about opinion but I never got why people rate Mark King......All fur coat and no knickers if you ask me. Yes he can slap but its just noise. If its slap you like then there are much better exponents, if its the pop scene of that time you like then I would say Duran Duran had better bass playing. But for me Bass is about 2 players....Marcus Miller and John Entwistle

No knickers? Ha!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93VqyeUz8Z8[/youtube]

 

[lefty goldblatt]

Gone through 15 pages, and can't believe no-one's mentioned Steve Hackett

An absolute genius. No need for "shredding", Hackett's guitar sound is all about feel and sound. His "tapping" technique was a big influence on Brian May and Eddie Van Halen, in years to come.

Had the pleasure of watching him at the Academy a couple of years ago. I wasn't let down.

No idea how to bring up youtube on here, but have a look at Firth of Fifth, from about 5:30 onwards. You wont be disappointed.

 

[hilts]

I know nothing about 'the geeeetaaar', I always just put it down to nimble fingers/dexterity, and me having sausage fingers it's never really given me any incentive to even give it a try, it seems many on here may know though, so if I may, what actually makes a great player, am I far off the mark with my thoughts ?

having sausage fingers shouldnt deter you from trying, i have small hands and although i am pretty shit it aint got nothing to do with my hands, learning is the fun part and the first few months is the most frustrating

 

[mart]

love Gilmore my fav but this guy is very good too

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1pMMIe4hb4[/youtube]


Ian Bairnson worked with pink floyd and was the guitarist with 70's band Pilot and now with alan parsons project

 

[Quicksilva21]

Some of my favourites
Nuno Bettencourt - some of his stuff is superb.


<a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC24lns6d44" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC24lns6d44</a>


Steve Vai - Passion and Warfare was an awesome album.


Liked Gary Moore back in the day...

 

[Dirty Harry]

I know nothing about 'the geeeetaaar', I always just put it down to nimble fingers/dexterity, and me having sausage fingers it's never really given me any incentive to even give it a try, it seems many on here may know though, so if I may, what actually makes a great player, am I far off the mark with my thoughts ?

having sausage fingers shouldnt deter you from trying, i have small hands and although i am pretty shit it aint got nothing to do with my hands, learning is the fun part and the first few months is the most frustrating

Sorry I missed that reply mate, I also have a gimpy hand which won't help, but still may give it a try, was just interested to know if there were any specific characteristics, or a common link bewtween the great players ?

 

[mancyman]

what about jorma kaukonen of jefferson airplane

 

[Ancient Citizen]

The best classic rock guitarist is Ritchie Blackmore, by a short head in front of Jimmy Page. Awesome rock guitarist.

No one quite like the Man in Black at his peak. On one tour, I went to five Rainbow gigs and every night was different even though the set list didn't vary, unless he didn't encore. One night (Leicester Granby Halls, I think) was so good that he smashed two guitars.

Awesome, I was lucky to see Rainbow 4 times but three of them were in the Joe Lyn Turner era plus I saw the band at Manchester Apollo with Graham Bonnet on Vox in 1980.

-- Fri Jul 06, 2012 2:54 am --

The edge.

Behave yourself....lol

Yeah, can't take anyone seriously who never takes his fucking hat off.

 

[Belfast_city]

fav guitarist for me is peter green of the old fleetwood mac,rory gallagher and the lead singer from megadeth dave mustaine,im strictly a chords man my self as it suits my style of writing songs <a class="postlink" href="http://soundcloud.com/danny-burns-1/sets" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://soundcloud.com/danny-burns-1/sets</a> feel free to listen to

 

[pendlebury blue]

has to be Ritchie Blackmore

 

[Bill Walker]

It depends what style, theyre all different

Blues = Clapton, Green, BB King, Mick taylor, Joe Bonamassa, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, SRV

Rock = Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Satriani, Gilmour, May, Joe walsh, Rory Gallagher, Santana

Jazz Fussion = John McCloughlan, Pat Metheny,

Theyre all feckin brilliant, with different assets, there is no 'Best' its subjective.

I suspect Hendrix will go down as the greatest of all though because of his monumental impact, Ive watched him at Woodstock about 50 times over the years and what he was doing was just awesome.

As for Bass, for me no-one can touch the late Jaco Pastorius, but again its subjective

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQeUosK3oz4&feature=related[/youtube]

 

[Banned Tosspot]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj3ec2cCaJw[/youtube]

 

[buckshot]

Different style than most of the guys mentioned but this guy is pretty good:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JFgC3Ub10E[/youtube]

Adam Aijala is pretty good too, he takes a solo around 2:19 here:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOBSGComSuI[/youtube]

I'm going to see these guys tonight so I'll get to hear a lot more.

 

[Bill Walker]

Jeff Beck shows his sheer awesomeness here, his control over the delicate intricacies in the way he bends notes is mind blowing, the young Aussie girl, Tal Wilkenfield also plays a mean bass solo;

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=larPhmtg8vE[/youtube]

 

[Mrmcfc]

Jeff Beck shows his sheer awesomeness here, his control over the delicate intricacies in the way he bends notes is mind blowing, the young Aussie girl, Tal Wilkenfield also plays a mean bass solo;

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=larPhmtg8vE[/youtube]

got to agree
jeff beck is my favourite.

 

[scenecreamer]

Mick Barr got his start in the mid nineties Washington DC post hardcore scene. Groups like CromTech, Meta Matics and Aylers Angels were mixing the hardcore with free jazz and no wave. Today he is a well respected avant composer. YouTube has many clips of his compositions being performed by various groups. As well as performances with noted opera soprano Jaqueline Fontaine. This is not easy listening!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SunbqL3zXk&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/youtube]

 

[hackneyslim]

Yeah, can't take anyone seriously who never takes his fucking hat off.

Like SRV or Billy Gibbons? Or Hank Williams? Or Abraham Lincoln? Or Donald Duck?

 

[Ancient Citizen]

Yeah, can't take anyone seriously who never takes his fucking hat off.

Like SRV or Billy Gibbons? Or Hank Williams? Or Abraham Lincoln? Or Donald Duck?

Ah yes, but SRV and Billy Gibbons, I believe, were/are Texans, or at least Southerners, so were born with hats that would have to be surgically removed; Abe wasn't wearing headgear when he was shot by that Booth chappie and Donald duck has been seen regularly bare headed.
The Edge is a vain man who shuns a syrup for a woolly hat, therefore is deserving of our scorn.
You might be right about the brilliant Hank Williams, though. ;)