Best Actual Guitarist? - Progressive Rock Music Forum

siLLy puPPy wrote:

BTW i just noticed that it is lame that video of the Italian guitarist doesn't say his name! It is Vittorio Camardese and he went unnoticed in the 1960s with his cutting edge hammer on style and still remained unknown despite Van Halen making the style popular.

Roy Smeck was taping in 1932. Jimmy Webster and Harry DeArmond were taping in the 50's and there were probably some before 1932 that were taping.

Also, Allan Holdsworth (already mentioned) and Pat Metheny should receive recognition. Even Van Halen said Allan was the best guitarist he ever heard, so did Zappa.

QUOTE : Everyone knows that, at least everyone here does--- doesn't mean EVH and Hackett and Vai didn't push the instrument forward.

RESPONSE: Well that is my exact point. I agree with you and the same applies to Bumblefoot, Buckethead, Eklundh and a whole bunch of other modern guitarists.

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^ Everyone knows that, at least everyone here does--- doesn't mean EVH and Hackett and Vai didn't push the instrument forward.

siLLy puPPy wrote:

Atavachron wrote:

All three of those guys suck big donkey balls, not an original voice in the group. If it weren't for Steve Vai and Yngwie Malmsteen these gentlemen wouldn't have a voice between them. What happened to individual style?

Best Actual Guitarist ? I don't think you can get much better than Ulrich Roth, with Ron Jarzombek, Holdsworth and a handful of others right behind.

Those were just two clips. If you checked out their albums you'd find the two i suggested have mastered it all: metal, blues, jazz, flamenco, prog and are about as original as guitarists get for adding their own stamp. In fact they not only play guitar, they play all the instruments and make their own guitars from scratch.

As a multi-instrumentalist myself, i guess i hear things you don't. Of course Steve Vai was an influence but if you play that game then you can go all the way back centuries when the guitar was invented. I could post another 20 songs of each of those guys, each radically different than the next but anyone who wants to explore further can do so ;)

I do love all those guitarists you mentioned but they are a bit one-dimensional to be considered a top notch guitarist in the 21st century.

Yeah, they're great, talented dedicated hard-working musicians. But the music evaporates as it plays with very little to grab a hold of as genuine or unique. I haven't heard an evolutionary, let alone revolutionary, rock guitarist for quite awhile.

Edited by Atavachron - March 27 2022 at 20:54

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Atavachron wrote:

All three of those guys suck big donkey balls, not an original voice in the group. If it weren't for Steve Vai and Yngwie Malmsteen these gentlemen wouldn't have a voice between them. What happened to individual style?

Best Actual Guitarist ? I don't think you can get much better than Ulrich Roth, with Ron Jarzombek, Holdsworth and a handful of others right behind.

Those were just two clips. If you checked out their albums you'd find the two i suggested have mastered it all: metal, blues, jazz, flamenco, prog and are about as original as guitarists get for adding their own stamp. In fact they not only play guitar, they play all the instruments and make their own guitars from scratch.

As a multi-instrumentalist myself, i guess i hear things you don't. Of course Steve Vai was an influence but if you play that game then you can go all the way back centuries when the guitar was invented. I could post another 20 songs of each of those guys, each radically different than the next but anyone who wants to explore further can do so ;)

I do love all those guitarists you mentioned but they are a bit one-dimensional to be considered a top notch guitarist in the 21st century.

Edited by siLLy puPPy - March 27 2022 at 20:49

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Nah, if you seriously want best actual guitarist you can't go wrong with the cream of the crop like Ron Thal aka Bumblefoot

or Matthias IA Eklundh

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