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Although not a progger, William Reid of The Jesus and Mary Chain.  Reid's control of feedback, multitude of riffs and melodic leads to die for plus a highly varied approach.     William probably couldn't replicate a Dream Theater lead but William wrote some of my favorite guitar music.   

I'm a Mick Ronson fan too.   He could sure play guitar.    Lindsey Buckingham also is underrated. 


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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Steve Rothery
Hmm...I'm not quite sure if Rothery is unappreciated or just unknown outside of prog circles.
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I have several which I may list later but my favorite under-appreciated guitarist is easily Frank Gambale.  Most known for his stint with Chick Corea Elektric Band and Chick Corea's RTFIV.  Here is a guitar performance from his web site.
 
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John Mitchell. Although a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and producer; his guitar work with Arena, It Bites, Frost*' Kino, Lonely Robot or even as guest guitarist on other artist's work, is always immaculate, varied and nuanced. His solos are never flashy or intricate just for the sake of it - adding atmosphere and impact to songs. He produces a lovely emotional tone when needed, but can also provide a unselfish, solid background to let other prog musicians soar.
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Eddy Marron! He was responsible for some astonishing playing in Vita Nova, Dzyan, Missus Beastly, Free Sound, and Giger Lenz Marron, yet is unjustly obscured and under the radar for so many.




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most definitely Roman Bunka.



go to 33:54 in this example and you can hear why.

or listen to this:


or this:


or watch this video:



this is some excellent and highly original guitar playing


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Let me start...  Prog has many under-appreciated musicians, and being a guitarist myself, I tend to gravitate to that instrument.

One of my favorite under-appreciated prog guitarists is the Moody Blues' Justin Hayward!  He wrung an incredible sound from his Gibson ES-335, and is not often mentioned in the polls dominated by Howe, Hackett, Fripp etc.! 

Here's a nice one of his!  Who is your suggested under-appreciated guitarist?  (please, just name one, not a whole list!)




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