Pick Only One #4: Guitar Player
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Topic: Pick Only One #4: Guitar Player
Posted By: Valarius
Subject: Pick Only One #4: Guitar Player
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 15:08
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I was hoping to start exploring some more random choices for this edition, but with the relative failure of P.O.O. #3: DVD/Video I think I'll play it safe and throw some more simple ones at you. Do Prog fans not buy videos and DVD's of their favourite bands? Apparently not. Either way, if you didn't post in #3, now's your chance! Here it is; http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=87294." rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=87294. Along with your selection for today, I'd also appreciate some "fan" feedback. Do you guys want me to continue to play it safe with some simple, obvious choices, or should I start throwing some tougher, more random ideas your way? Or should I just give up and find a new hobby? Let me know, and shape the future of P.O.O.!
People Over Oppression!  So with that out of the way, let's move on to a role every music fan can appreciate. The Guitar Player. The rules are simple: NO HONORABLE MENTIONS! NO RUNNERS UP! PICK ONLY ONE!!! (Violations of these rules will not be tolerated, and offenders will be prosecuted). |
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Posted By: Valarius
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 15:11
And here's mine, a man who needs no introduction on a Progressive Rock website: John Petrucci! |
Posted By: Valarius
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 15:17
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And one final note; I can't believe there are still some people out there who don't get it. Who can't quite grasp the simple concept of a thread series titled "Pick Only One". It's not called "Pick Only One with a Runner Up", it's not "Top Ten List of..."... it's called "PICK ONLY ONE" for a reason! The rules are friggin' simple!!! To those of you who participate correctly, I thank you, and wish you a good day. To those of you who don't, you are now on my deathlist. You've been warned.
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 15:25
------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 15:27
| Fred Frith. |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 16:23
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 16:42
------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 16:54
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 17:05
| Eddy Marron |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 17:17
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow"> 
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Triceratopsoil wrote:Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 17:36
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Frank Zappa ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 18:44
And to answer your question, more random/obscure categories sound good to me.  ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Ambient Hurricanes
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 19:08
Just a random thing; I've been wondering, how much does John Frusciante factor in on TMV's albums? Whenever I hear a solo or something, I don't know how to tell if it's John or Omar playing. Don't get mad at me, that's not a runner up, just had a question about the guy. Sticking to prog, mine is:  I think you should mix the series up a bit. Probably do one more basic one and then start throwing in some more obscure stuff, and some fun ones as well. "Favorite prog hairstyle," "Favorite Peter Gabriel double entendre..." stuff like that. Well, maybe not the second one.
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Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 19:16
I think that sort of stuff should be for later-on in the series. A bit like "well I've run out of normal ideas, so let's do some crazy questions." ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: Ambient Hurricanes
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 19:19
I feel like they'd attract more people, though, and make them pay more attention to the series, so then once it gets a follwing Valarius can throw in some more quirky but still serious-ish ones. ------------- I love dogs, I've always loved dogs |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 20:23
John plays guitar and supplies some synth work on Cicatriz ESP. I believe he does not play the guitar solos through the song though. He does though, play the first two solos on L'Via L'Viaquez. He is also noted to play rhythm guitar and some lead on Aputechture, and just "guitar" on bedlam and Octahedron. You've prolly knew all of this, but honestly i had no prior knowledge of the specific guitar work John does nor could i find anywhere that told me. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 20:55
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He may be a miserable git but he's my favorite guitarist. Robert Fripp |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 21:50
Alex "Lerxst" Lifeson ------------- 
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: June 17 2012 at 22:43
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This bad mofo:  ... most successful in rock and pretty successful in ambient.
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Posted By: Master of Time
Date Posted: June 18 2012 at 00:03
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This beautiful gentleman. 
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Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: June 18 2012 at 02:05
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Posted By: spknoevl
Date Posted: June 18 2012 at 07:47
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Allan Holdsworth ------------- http://martinwebb.bandcamp.com The notes are just an interesting way to get from one silence to the next - Mick Gooderick |
Posted By: -Radioswim-
Date Posted: June 18 2012 at 16:39
Steve Hackett...  ------------- 
Dust in the Kitchen |
Posted By: -Radioswim-
Date Posted: June 18 2012 at 16:42
It's funny, I hear all the time that Omar is the brains behind the music of TMV, but his solo work is absolute rubish as far as I'm concerned. (I'm perhaps the biggest fan of TMV's first 3 albums) -------------
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Posted By: Earthmover
Date Posted: June 19 2012 at 19:50
Beautiful is the last thing that describes Howe  Because I've been listening to Camel lately, I choose Andy Latimer, who is very emotional. His style is in my opinion similar to Gilmour's, but I think his playing is a little better (although Time is still my favorite solo ever).
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Posted By: TheWatcho
Date Posted: June 19 2012 at 20:02
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I'll go with Lifeson. He got the chops, the technical skill, the feeling, his guitar tone is sick, and I think he has a unmistakable style. http://www.ericernest.com/ph.formative.jpg" rel="nofollow">  I love his guitar work, and I love his unorthodox hard rock riffing style. He has lot of amazing solos, but the one from The Analog Kid and the one from Xanadu are by far my favorites, among many others (Limelight, Natural Science, Villa, etc...) ------------- "And the meek shall inherit the earth" |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 20 2012 at 00:59
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: June 20 2012 at 01:40
| ^ Who is this dude? I don't think I know him. |
Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: June 20 2012 at 01:41
that guy ------------- There be dragons |
Posted By: silverpot
Date Posted: June 20 2012 at 08:53
David Gilmour of course. |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: June 20 2012 at 09:08
If you right click and go to 'Image info' it'll tell you the name of the pic is Michael Holmes, IQ's guitarist. Very difficult, and I'm going to avoid the rather predictable choices we've seen so far and go with Jacob Holm-Lupoof White Willow. Keep going with the series Valerius and throw out what ever topics you want, just know that some will always be better supported than others. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Ambient Hurricanes
Date Posted: June 20 2012 at 09:27
Luciforms (from Octahedron) has one of the greatest guitar solos ever. ------------- I love dogs, I've always loved dogs |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: June 20 2012 at 09:58
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The Godfather of Prog ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: -Radioswim-
Date Posted: June 20 2012 at 10:14
yeah don't get me wrong he's a great guitarist, and that particular solo is good. I've just never placed much emphasis on the idea of solos in general, I find they often detract from the overall quality of a given peice of music. I would rather gauge a guitarist's caliber with the impact he has on the musical direction. Again, don't misunderstand, I like solos as much as anyone I just wish they weren't so often in rock music in general (specially in terms of guitarists)-------------
Dust in the Kitchen |
Posted By: -Radioswim-
Date Posted: June 20 2012 at 10:17
is it me, or does david gilmour have big hands! -------------
Dust in the Kitchen |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: June 20 2012 at 12:11
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Ok, I'll try and choose only one. Jan Akkerman. He just hits all the right notes, for me. ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: Lord Anon
Date Posted: June 20 2012 at 16:48
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Steve Howe ------------- JOHN 15:18 : Jesus said: -"if the world hates you, remember that it hated me first." 
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Posted By: AlexDOM
Date Posted: June 20 2012 at 21:01
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Posted By: HarbouringTheSoul
Date Posted: June 21 2012 at 05:30
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Posted By: wjohnd
Date Posted: June 21 2012 at 14:52
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joe bonamassa... ------------- 
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Posted By: Ambient Hurricanes
Date Posted: June 21 2012 at 18:49
Well, I don't think Omar overdoes the solos, at least on the albums I've heard (live performances are another matter entirely). I've never thought solos tended to detract from music (unless it's a particularly bad one) but I would agree that it gets annoying when guitarists think they have to put a solo in every song *cough* Petrucci *cough*. ------------- I love dogs, I've always loved dogs |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: June 21 2012 at 18:50
I've never though of Omar as over the top. In my mind, he is the perfect guitarist.  ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: June 22 2012 at 05:21
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Robert Fripp. Lately I've been listening Andy Latimer, Joe Bonamassa and John Petrucci. But in the long run I always come baack to Fripp ...
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Posted By: Mr. Mustard
Date Posted: June 27 2012 at 22:43
| Hmm, this is tough. Gotta go John Petrucci though. |
Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: July 23 2012 at 23:52
For me, there is one progressive rock guitarist that I'm moved by time and time again: ------------- “Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov |
Posted By: Jbird
Date Posted: July 24 2012 at 00:34
| Petrucci |
Posted By: Zargasheth
Date Posted: August 18 2012 at 15:37
| Robert Fripp. |
Posted By: Ambient Hurricanes
Date Posted: August 18 2012 at 16:34
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Whatever happened to the P.O.O. threads? I've been waiting for months for another P.O.O. thread. Bring 'em on, Valarius! ------------- I love dogs, I've always loved dogs |
Posted By: theadolescentprogger
Date Posted: August 20 2012 at 20:08
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If we're only going for Proggers here, then I choose the mighty Robert Fripp!!! |
Posted By: IMPF
Date Posted: August 20 2012 at 21:04
goddamn beat me to it
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Posted By: ValenceGuitar
Date Posted: August 20 2012 at 22:13
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He's new, but he's changing the guitar playing world in prog and beyond already: Tosin Abasi of Animals as Leaders! ------------- www.valence.bandcamp.com www.valence-band.com |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: August 20 2012 at 22:43
Mine has changed a bit over the years, but these days I think it's: ------------- 
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: August 20 2012 at 23:07
| ^ Do I know this guy? Looks a bit like Belew. |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: August 20 2012 at 23:20
Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits.  -------------
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Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: August 21 2012 at 00:23
No one has ever been better on the electric guitar than he.  |
Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: August 21 2012 at 13:00
| Steve Morse |
Posted By: Symphonicrockfran
Date Posted: December 02 2012 at 16:29
Richie Blackmore  He can play Prog, Metal, Hard Rock, Blues, Funk, Classical, Indian, Medieval, the best for me, my biggest inspiration and a very underrated guitarrist for me is better than Page, for example. |
Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: December 02 2012 at 22:24
| I know I should care about this thread more than I do. |
Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: December 02 2012 at 22:26
------------- http://bit.ly/1kqTR8y" rel="nofollow">  The greatest record label of all time! |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: December 02 2012 at 22:28
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: December 02 2012 at 22:51
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Hendrix.
------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: December 02 2012 at 23:14
 My choice too! Hands down. ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: PlaceboFish
Date Posted: December 03 2012 at 03:14
| If I may pick only one: Alex Lifeson (Rush) |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: December 03 2012 at 03:28
ARTO LINDSAY |
Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: December 03 2012 at 03:55
Pete Townsend |
Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: December 03 2012 at 17:24
Either put a safe answer like Steve Howe or Robert Fripp... or totally troll and put Patrick Stump or something.  |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: December 04 2012 at 08:40
I had to search who Patrick Stump was. ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: December 04 2012 at 08:42
| ^ So did I. I thought he was going to be something special. |
Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: December 05 2012 at 23:24
He is special. 'Specially bad, that is.
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Posted By: ten years after
Date Posted: December 06 2012 at 04:18
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A hard choice between three well known guitarists. This thread wants only one name so I'll go for Pete Townshend. The version of My Generation on Live at Leeds is as good as guitar playing can get.
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Posted By: Ytse_Jam
Date Posted: December 06 2012 at 06:10
| Petrucci. |