Best Prog Guitarist From the "Classic" era
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Topic: Best Prog Guitarist From the "Classic" era
Posted By: 40footwolf
Subject: Best Prog Guitarist From the "Classic" era
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 23:20
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I'm counting the years 1967-1978 as the "classic" era, but if you vote for a guitarist from a different time in "other", the guitarist was active in years close to the ones I mentioned and you have a pretty good reason that'd be okay. I'm sure I left a few off, but, you know...that's what "Other" is for. Get votin'. ------------- Heaven's made a cesspool of us all. |
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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 23:22
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It could be Fripp or Gilmour on another day, but today it's Barre.
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Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 23:23
| Toyah's husband. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 23:23
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in terms of actual musical ability and knowledge, probably MacLaughlin when it comes to creativity and innovation, I would say Fripp or Zappa in terms of sheer gusto, Howe That being said, I voted for Green |
Posted By: JakoCba
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 23:35
| Di Meola for his Job in RtF and the job in the world music (Tango, Piazzolla, Paco de Lucía) |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: September 16 2010 at 23:47
| Hard to choose between Fripp and Zappa. |
Posted By: progmatic
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 00:07
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Hackett, because he excelled on acoustic as well as electric; Howe, a close second for the same reasons; Fripp third ; Latimer fourth; Gilmour fifth; Zappa sixth ... ------------- PROGMATIC |
Posted By: progvortex
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 00:13
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Renato D'Angelo from Banco. Beautiful tone. But since he's not on this list, I chose Gilmour. Again, a guitarist who's out of this world. ------------- Life is like a beanstalk... isn't it? |
Posted By: 40footwolf
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 00:19
You coulda picked "Other", bro! ------------- Heaven's made a cesspool of us all. |
progvortex wrote:Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 00:28
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Hackett for me, he managed to define the sound of Genesis (with Banks) and nobody really noticed him until VOTA and even more when he left the band.
A virtuoso with electric and acoustc guitar as well as in almost any genre, IMO the most versatile and complete Prog guitarist/composer.
Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: Casimir
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 00:45
| I'm going for Hackett. |
Posted By: snobb
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 01:24
| Fripp and Zappa next |
Posted By: JonteJH
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 01:27
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my mood for a day is steve howe...lets give him... the clap -------------  
http://www.lastfm.se/user/JonteJH http://soundcloud.com/jontejh |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 01:29
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I'm giving my vote to Trower, not so much for his work with Procul Harem, which was just fine if rather mundane, but to his solo work, which in turn was simply fantastic. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: Shevrzl
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 01:54
| The first for McLaughlin |
Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 01:55
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Howe.
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Posted By: Lynx33
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 02:18
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Steve Hillage is a significant missing item, but Steve Hackett never can be beaten by anyone my that be Zappa or Fripp or anyone else from this era. Otherwise, my one would undoubtedly go for Tony MacAlpine. ------------- Mindez elmúlt. Ma már tudom köszönteni a szépséget. |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 02:35
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An incredible list of masters.here. Sir Gilmour is the one that moves me more, followed very close by Andy Latimer. Technically speaking, Hackett and Howe, Mclaughlin, Di Meola...Any of them is the top in his genre. I agree about Steve Hillage, but there's surely somebody else missing if we dig a bit. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: friso
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 02:39
| Jan Akkerman! |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 03:51
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1. David Gilmour
2. Steve Hackett
3. Steve Howe
4. Alex Lifeson
5. Andy Latimer ------------- 
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Posted By: Bonnek
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 03:57
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Enough votes for Fripp, Hackett and Gilmour. I'll go with an overlooked favorite of mine, Alex Lifeson: both excellent riffs and delirious solos! |
Posted By: John 6
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 04:11
David Gilmour, though not the most flash guitarist in the world, he expresses emotion in his solo's, like no other guitarist I have ever heard. It's not about manual dexterity for me, it's about playing from the heart, and feeling. I have seen some of the best guitarist's in the world, but the only one to ever reduce me to tears at a gig, was Gilmour. I have admiration for all the other's mentioned, especially Hackett and Latimer, but Gilmour is, and always will be, the man!! ------------- Prog Is A Man's Best Friend. |
Posted By: palinurus
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 05:45
And where is Fred Frith????
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Posted By: king
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 07:14
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Latimer.
Hackett, Green and Akkerman are also fabulous and Gilmour is very melodic. ------------- Brothers are bad, twin brothers are murder |
Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 07:58
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Tough call this.
I know everyone raves about Hackett but to be honest you don't really hear him that much with Genesis. Clearly the "main man" in Genesis was always Mr Banks with Hackett very much in the back seat. Hackett's solo stuff gives him more chance to shine but he definitely wouldn't be my choice.
Gilmour is a big fave of mine, lovely languid style and great feeling. My favourite yes, but best? Probably not.
Akkerman is well worth a mention too.
I'll go for Howe though, he appears the best to me, and with such an individual style and wonderful emotion in his playing.
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 07:59
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Very difficult to choose.. I wonder how many of todays guitarists will be remembered and highly regarded 30 years after their glory days?
Although, obviously some of these masters are still going strong! I'm going to go for Fripp, with Hackett and Zappa in close joint second, and Mr Lifeson not far behind them.. Well, I did say it was difficult to choose..  ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: 40footwolf
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 13:07
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Huh, I would've thought Fripp, Hackett or Howe would have dominated this list. I guess I should never underestimate people's love for Pink Floyd, though. ------------- Heaven's made a cesspool of us all. |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 13:19
For me it's a question of feelings. I'm more moved by Gilmour and Latimer, but this doesn't mean that I don't like Hackett or McLaughlin. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: DeKay
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 13:32
| Fripp |
Posted By: 40footwolf
Date Posted: September 17 2010 at 17:13
Oh, I wasn't criticizing you or anything, I just somehow always forget how popular Pink Floyd is, and how emotionally invested in them people get. (Bumping to make up for that one guy spamming this folder into oblivion) ------------- Heaven's made a cesspool of us all. |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: September 18 2010 at 00:07
I'm not feeling criticized. I just wanted to clarify the reasons of a choice. Emotional is the right word.  ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: The Tourist
Date Posted: September 18 2010 at 01:13
| For me it was between Howe and Fripp. Went with Howe. |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: September 18 2010 at 01:37
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King Robert I.
I´m astonished he doesn´t lead anymore. By the way, Roye Albrighton from Nektar is missing here. Also Peter Banks (Yes, Flash) is underrated, god knows why. ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: Varon
Date Posted: September 18 2010 at 14:23
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: September 18 2010 at 14:35
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1. Zappa (maybe not the most technical guitarist, but his note-selection and classical/jazz influenced bites are amazing)
2. Gilmour
3. Tommy Bolin
4. John McLaughlin
5. Carlos Santana
6. Steve Howe
7. Allan Holdsworth
8. Andy Latimer
9. Robert Fripp
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Posted By: Chela
Date Posted: September 18 2010 at 17:50
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Today, I'll chose Howe. Yesterday I might have chosen Hackett. Nimodo.
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Posted By: Lark the Starless
Date Posted: September 18 2010 at 18:23
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There's WAY too many guitarists listed here....but I went with Hackett.
Although Howe, Lifeson, McLaughlin, di Meola, and Fripp could've had my vote too  ------------- 
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Posted By: genbanks
Date Posted: September 19 2010 at 08:56
| I like more the electric melodic solos, so in this vein are Gilmour, Hackett and Latimer. As a Genesis fan I will go with Hackett. |
Posted By: UndercoverBoy
Date Posted: September 19 2010 at 08:56
| The one that's watching you. |
Posted By: Progist
Date Posted: September 19 2010 at 11:22
Gilmour & Hackett are both great! But I went for Michael Karoli, because I couldn't bear to see him without any votes, and he was brilliant 
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Posted By: himtroy
Date Posted: September 19 2010 at 11:57
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David Gilmour that in the lead.....thats no good. Phil Miller's feel alone makes him dominate Gilmour ------------- Which of you to gain me, tell, will risk uncertain pains of hell? I will not forgive you if you will not take the chance. |
Posted By: caretaker
Date Posted: September 19 2010 at 12:07
| My personal favorites are Howe and Di Meola, but I think Mc Laughlin is the best. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: September 19 2010 at 21:38
| I find it weird that Gilmour has so many votes, though I don't complain, he's one of my favourite guitar players. It's also weird that Hackett is so far behind votes, and even Fripp should be closer, I guess. |
Posted By: yanch
Date Posted: September 20 2010 at 06:17
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A great group of guitarists. Howe was the best of this group. He was just capable of playing that was so different at the time. Have to give a plug for Martin Barre of Jethro Tull. Very under-appreciated, but absolutely critical to Tull's sound. His solo albums show just how good he really is.
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Posted By: Progatron
Date Posted: September 20 2010 at 08:06
Nice to see some love for Barre, who I agree is very under-appreciated and always has been. He's a very tasteful player who happens to have great chops when he is allowed to show them. He's also a super-cool guy, and although IA steers the reigns, Tull would not have sounded the same without Lancelot. I wanted to vote for him too. But this poll is one of the toughest I've seen so far on this board. Simply too many amazing players to pick one. Wildly varying styles. How could I pick Howe but not Hackett? Zappa but not McLaughlin? etc. etc. etc.... so in the end, I went for my all-time favourite guitar player, Alex Lifeson. That does not mean he is technically better or more proficient, or any of that stuff. In the end, that is unimportant. It's more important to say that I love almost all of these guitarists for sometimes very different reasons. All hail King Lerxst!  ------------- Genesis/Yes/Rush/Marillion/VDGG&PH/The Flower Kings/Zappa/Änglagĺrd/Wobbler/PFM/Banco/Le Orme/Jethro Tull/Spock's Beard/Transatlantic/Ayreon/Beardfish/IQ/Dream Theater/Opeth/P.Tree/Arena/Camel/Kaipa! |
Posted By: oddiyo
Date Posted: September 21 2010 at 02:52
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Hackett is my favourite, followed closely by Howe. My favourite, however, is probably Ollie Halsall, with Patto and Kevin Ayers, played such amazing guitar. He is so great and so underrated at the same time. ------------- CLH |
Posted By: Stevo
Date Posted: September 21 2010 at 08:21
| Had to vote for Howe for versatiltiy- but was hoping to see Holdsworth on the list . |
Posted By: GY!BE
Date Posted: September 22 2010 at 17:40
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If everyone knew Serge Fiori he would be wining by now...he's amazing.
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Posted By: esky
Date Posted: September 23 2010 at 14:55
| Fripp and Hackett trailing Gilmour? You dissenters can pull your heads out any time now. You all oughtta' be ashamed of yourselves. |
Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: September 24 2010 at 02:16
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Best sound : Latimer. Best everything : Howe. Voted Steve. -------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |
Posted By: Geizao
Date Posted: September 24 2010 at 02:25
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Mr. S. Hackett. And (of course) Mr. R Blackmore. |
Posted By: Ruby900
Date Posted: September 24 2010 at 05:37
| Hackett, Howe, Mclaughlin, Fripp and others were great, but Gilmour is just on another level. If for nothing else that solo on Time is reason enough....... |
Posted By: Prog Geo
Date Posted: December 04 2010 at 15:06
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I wanted to vote Latimer.But Pye Hastings has no vote.So,I voted Hastings. |
Posted By: Tychovski
Date Posted: December 04 2010 at 16:30
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Frank Zappa - followed by John McLaughlin, Robert Fripp and Steve Howe. ------------- Everyone knows rock attained perfection in 1974, it's a scientific fact. |
Posted By: Atoms
Date Posted: December 04 2010 at 17:01
| Jan Akkerman, followed by Stewe Howe, Robert Fripp and John Mclaughlin |
Posted By: rod65
Date Posted: December 09 2010 at 16:17
| I could have gone with either Howe or Lifeson. as the latter has fewer votes, I chose him. |
Posted By: MonsterMagnet
Date Posted: December 10 2010 at 10:11
| Fripp and Zappa, surely. |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: December 10 2010 at 11:15
Yes, Barre is and will always be.
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Posted By: claugroi
Date Posted: December 10 2010 at 20:39
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I'm going to go with Gary Green today, which I think is a very underrated musician, although I love both Steves and Gilmour as well. ------------- Symphonic Prog Master |