Top 5 best guitarists of all-time.

[MickZagger]

List yours. Mine is still a work in progress. I know Hendrix and Mayer belong. Yes, Mayer, that guy know matter how gay you think he is, is a genius with a guitar.

 

[maxiep]

I guarantee you the real list would be five people we've never heard of. Here is my list:

Danny Gatton

Monte Montgomery

Christopher Parkening

Joe Pass

Tuck Andress

 

[BTOWN_HUSTLA]

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[ABM]

SRV

B.B.

Slow Hand

Page

Santana

(Note to BH: Yes, Satriani right up there!)

 

[MickZagger]

I guarantee you the real list would be five people we've never heard of. Here is my list:

Danny Gatton

Monte Montgomery

Christopher Parkening

Joe Pass

Tuck Andress

Yeah, there is a lot of great guitarists that we've never heard of, I was thinking the same thing. Okay, to make it easier we'll do mainstream music.

 

[MickZagger]

rock on bro!

Satriani's definitely on my list as well.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

In no particular order:

Jimi Hendrix
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Eric Clapton
Dimebag Darrell
Zakk Wylde

 

[MickZagger]

Santana's good, but very different.

 

[Wheels]

if someone else can have Dimebag Darrell on their list.. I can have Frusciante on mine

 

[Minstrel]

Jimi Hendrix
Johnny Marr [The Smiths]
Roger McGuinn [The Byrds]
Slash
Kevin Shields [My Bloody Valentine]

I included the bands (that they're most famous for being a member of) for the guitarists who may be less well-known.

 

[maxiep]

Yeah, there is a lot of great guitarists that we've never heard of, I was thinking the same thing. Okay, to make it easier we'll do mainstream music.

The sad thing is, I was trying to actually post guitarists people may have heard of...

I probably shouldn't participate in this thread.

 

[BTOWN_HUSTLA]

maxiep, you have really great taste in music!

 

[maxiep]

Jimi Hendrix
Johnny Marr [The Smiths]
Roger McGuinn [The Byrds]
Slash
Kevin Shields [My Bloody Valentine]

I included the bands for the guitarists who may be less well-known.

If you're going Jangle-Pop, the best guitarist of that genre is Roddy Frame of Aztec Camera. He's a brilliant guitarist.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Slash is on my honorable mention:

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[Minstrel]

If you're going Brit-Pop, the best guitarist of that genre is Roddy Frame of Aztec Camera. He's a brilliant guitarist.

Not explicitly Britpop. I don't really consider MBV or the Smiths to be "Britpop" (though, it's a pretty vague genre as it is). I think Shields was a genius for the layered, walls of guitars he created and Marr had the chiming guitars down perfectly. But Aztec Camera was great, no question.

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

Wow.

Steve Vai
Joe Satriani
Danny Gatton
Jimi Hendrix
Richard Thompson

 

[Denny Crane]

Steve Morse
Steve Howe
Richie Blackmore
Jeff Beck
Michael Schenker

 

[Sedatedfork]

Obviously this is a very different style of guitar, but man John Williams is talented

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[Chutney]

1. Jimi Hendrix


2. Jeff Beck
3. Eric Clapton
4. Eddie Hazel
5. Jimmy Page

 

[hypnosmurf]

Jim Heath of the Rev. Horton Heat
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Dick Dale
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[Minstrel]

1. Jimi Hendrix


2. Jeff Beck
3. Eric Clapton
4. Eddie Hazel
5. Jimmy Page

Let me guess...big Yardbirds fan?

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Leo Kottke

Eric Claypton

 

[theprunetang]

Jimi Hendrix
Johnny Marr [The Smiths]
Roger McGuinn [The Byrds]
Slash
Kevin Shields [My Bloody Valentine]

I included the bands (that they're most famous for being a member of) for the guitarists who may be less well-known.

Kevin Shields is definately on my list as well. He isn't the "best" in any kind of classical way. He probably couldn't shred if his life depended on it or rock some blues solo......but the things he does are just so unique. I saw MBV this year in Seattle and was blown away with the way he pulled off the "Loveless" material live.

 

[maxiep]

Not explicitly Britpop. I don't really consider MBV or the Smiths to be "Britpop" (though, it's a pretty vague genre as it is). I think Shields was a genius for the layered, walls of guitars he created and Marr had the chiming guitars down perfectly. But Aztec Camera was great, no question.

I corrected it in my above post. I meant to write "jangle pop" which was really in your mention of Johnny Marr. Although I loved him with The Smiths, he was still outdone by Frame, IMO.

 

[Minstrel]

I corrected it in my above post. I meant to write "jangle pop" which was really in your mention of Johnny Marr. Although I loved him with The Smiths, he was still outdone by Frame, IMO.

Ah, fair enough...I'm definitely a major devotee of jangle pop (and its descendant power pop). As for Frame, I think he's great, too, but I guess never really caught on for me like Marr did (with the Smiths, anyway...his later stuff did nothing for me).

I should go back and listen to Aztec Camera again...haven't listened to them for years.

 

[maxiep]

Ah, fair enough...I'm definitely a major devotee of jangle pop (and its descendant power pop). As for Frame, I think he's great, too, but I guess never really caught on for me like Marr did (with the Smiths, anyway...his later stuff did nothing for me).

I should go back and listen to Aztec Camera again...haven't listened to them for years.

What's mindblowing about Roddy Frame is how young he is compared to how world-weary his songs are.

I'd look through "High Land, Hard Rain" first; I think his earliest stuff is the best. Tonight I'm going to listen to "The Smiths" (their debut album). I haven't done so in a few months and it's easily in my top 25.

 

[Minstrel]

What's mindblowing about Roddy Frame is how young he is compared to how world-weary his songs are.

Yeah, Alex Chilton is the same way, in a sense. His voice sounded like an old soul artist as a teen in the Box Tops and then as a young man with Big Star, his voice sounded youthful but the songs were starting to betray a weariness and cynicism (though, since he felt exploited as a teen singer, I guess I can see why).

I'd look through "High Land, Hard Rain" first; I think his earliest stuff is the best. Tonight I'm going to listen to "The Smiths" (their debut album). I haven't done so in a few months and it's easily in my top 25.

Cool, thanks for the recommendation. And, while all four of the Smiths albums are super, I'd recommend Strangeways Here We Come especially. A lot of excellent ringing guitars on that one and their best song-writing, in my opinion.

Edit: Heh, checking my music collection, your recommendation is the album of theirs that I have. I thought I had a best-of comp.

 

[Nate4Prez]

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