Music Poll - Favourite Lead Guitarist see OP Closes Midnight today

supercity88 said:
Anyone have Kirk Hammett or Slash in their top 10?
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Slash yes, when I took up guitar he was my 'in' for learning feeling rather than total power or technique, the blues influence to a kid who loved hair metal and saw even the likes of Blackmore and Fleetwood Mac as old farts, at the time anyway. The songs got a lot of flak at the time, but the tones on Guns n Roses' Estranged and November Rain are a real lesson. The way he bends notes up rather than going straight to the note he wants is beautiful. The interplay on some of the 'Appetite' tracks between him and Izzy, much as with Joe Perry and Brad Whitford in Aerosmith, you can mistake it for over thought, well polished and mixed studio work until you see it live and see it's real, in sync jamming.

Kirk Hammett, very talented, possibly favours certain scales too much but then again it suits the band perfectly mostly. I've always thought if you can listen to a track and know instantly the guitarist, then they've achieved something big, and with creeping death, until it sleeps and more, you know exactly who is playing.

My number one I'm sure won't be well known, I don't want to influence the vote now but may post a video after the results are up if I remember. But it's all about how a guitarist made you feel and how his music spoke to you, so no really wrong answers. They guy I voted top inspired me to get better, get faster, get precise, taught me it's ok to learn from others if you take it and use it, but it has to mean something, sound pleasing, have thought, not just a fret wank for the sake of it.

There are loads of more technical and better guitarists than the ones I put on my list, but none of them inspired me personally to pick up the axe or influenced my playstyle, so there you go, all about personal experience and preference.
 
bluetonium said:
Slash yes, when I took up guitar he was my 'in' for learning feeling rather than total power or technique, the blues influence to a kid who loved hair metal and saw even the likes of Blackmore and Fleetwood Mac as old farts, at the time anyway. The songs got a lot of flak at the time, but the tones on Guns n Roses' Estranged and November Rain are a real lesson. The way he bends notes up rather than going straight to the note he wants is beautiful. The interplay on some of the 'Appetite' tracks between him and Izzy, much as with Joe Perry and Brad Whitford in Aerosmith, you can mistake it for over thought, well polished and mixed studio work until you see it live and see it's real, in sync jamming.

Kirk Hammett, very talented, possibly favours certain scales too much but then again it suits the band perfectly mostly. I've always thought if you can listen to a track and know instantly the guitarist, then they've achieved something big, and with creeping death, until it sleeps and more, you know exactly who is playing.

My number one I'm sure won't be well known, I don't want to influence the vote now but may post a video after the results are up if I remember. But it's all about how a guitarist made you feel and how his music spoke to you, so no really wrong answers. They guy I voted top inspired me to get better, get faster, get precise, taught me it's ok to learn from others if you take it and use it, but it has to mean something, sound pleasing, have thought, not just a fret wank for the sake of it.

There are loads of more technical and better guitarists than the ones I put on my list, but none of them inspired me personally to pick up the axe or influenced my playstyle, so there you go, all about personal experience and preference.
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I changed my list for this reason. Got caught up in who was the better player rather than my favourite. Who made those sounds that you loved, regardless of how hard it might be to play. As someone who plays guitar I couldn't help but end up with names that would probably make most top 20 "best" lists anyway mind!


I think Slash's iconic persona/image mean many think he is overrated and it's all quite simple stuff. But, when you listen to his solos they are so well formed and really nail the attitude and meaning of the song.

Hammett as a metal guitarist might feature less, and those who love the genre undoubtedly have other names they would rank above him. You've mentioned the flaws it's claimed he has but I agree that he has a sound and his solo's and licks are diverse and helped bring Metallica more mainstream success. How many metal bands are household names? James Hetfield as a rhythm player is sensational it should be added.
 
I put Mike Campbell high on my list.

I mention him now because I doubt anybody else will pick him - I mean, if Tom Petty couldn't even get in the Top 100 artists poll, what chance has his lead guitarist got?

But Campbell contributed significantly to the Heartbreakers and Tom Petty solo sound - all that superb rhythm, lead and jangle went a long way to making Petty's songs what they were, And of course he contributed to other artists work, including co-writing and playing on Don Henley's "The Boys of Summer".
 
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