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Certif1ed 
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 Posted: March 30 2005 at 14:47 |
 greenback wrote:
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Nice to see Steve Rothery so high on your list there, Greenie - but I think you're unnecessarily harsh on Johnny Greenwood (Radiohead), who develops some amazing sounds and does some really creative (and progressive  ) things with his guitar.
Because you don't like Radiohead, your marking of him just looks like sour grapes - not a reasonable technical evaluation at all.
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maybe you are partly right, Cert, but i proceed with comparison, and, seriously, i have right now no worse guitarist names in my mind: they certainly exist, so that greenwood' ratings would slightly increase to 0.5/10; 1/10 in the best case.
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I'm totally right! There are hundreds of worse guitarists - Greenwood is one of the most inventive guitarists alive, so I would give him 8.5 out of 10, to redress the balance.
I would prefer to listen to Johnny Greenwood than whatshisname from Dream Theater any day. Hmm. That makes DT's guitarist worse than Greenwood.
Also worse is John McLaughlin on "Inner Mounting Flame" - what a load of noodly tripe!
I could go on...
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diseasedmind
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Posted: March 30 2005 at 16:52 |
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John Petrucci hands down.
Also prob one of the best in the world
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This Dying Soul
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Reed Lover
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Posted: March 30 2005 at 16:57 |
Certif1ed wrote:
greenback wrote:
Certif1ed wrote:
Nice to see Steve Rothery so high on your list there, Greenie - but I think you're unnecessarily harsh on Johnny Greenwood (Radiohead), who develops some amazing sounds and does some really creative (and progressive ) things with his guitar.
Because you don't like Radiohead, your marking of him just looks like sour grapes - not a reasonable technical evaluation at all.
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maybe you are partly right, Cert, but i proceed with comparison, and, seriously, i have right now no worse guitarist names in my mind: they certainly exist, so that greenwood' ratings would slightly increase to 0.5/10; 1/10 in the best case.
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I'm totally right! There are hundreds of worse guitarists - Greenwood is one of the most inventive guitarists alive, so I would give him 8.5 out of 10, to redress the balance.
I would prefer to listen to Johnny Greenwood than whatshisname from Dream Theater any day. Hmm. That makes DT's guitarist worse than Greenwood.
Also worse is John McLaughlin on "Inner Mounting Flame" - what a load of noodly tripe!
I could go on...
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Yes,but dont start on Lifeson-he'll do you!
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Posted: March 30 2005 at 16:59 |
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I'm fascinated by Radiohead's ambient guitar technique. It might be just studio trickery, but I've never heard anything like it before, except for maybe a few Yes albums.
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Calvo
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Posted: March 31 2005 at 10:05 |
John Petrucci, the Exagerator 
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Electric Wizard
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Posted: March 31 2005 at 10:37 |
Fred Frith of Henry Cow, is the best guitar player in prog.
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Man Erg
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Posted: March 31 2005 at 10:59 |
I forgot to include Martin Barre on my list. 
Big slap on the wrist
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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alchemist
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Posted: March 31 2005 at 11:07 |
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hackett, gilmour, and howe, those are my favorites, because when they
play they make your soul feel great... its not always a bout the fast
riffs, no its about the effect they create on the person when
playing... yep those are the masters
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no great genius has existed without a touch of madness...
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Man Erg
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Posted: March 31 2005 at 11:08 |
FuzzyDude wrote:
I'm fascinated by Radiohead's ambient guitar technique. It might be just studio trickery, but I've never heard anything like it before, except for maybe a few Yes albums. |
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Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead Guitarist) tends to use a filter and a gate effect on quite a bit of the last couple of albums
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Richardw
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Posted: March 31 2005 at 11:09 |
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I love Zappa's guitar playing. He's not technically the best, but his playing is full of expression and beauty.
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Xanadu
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Posted: March 31 2005 at 11:25 |
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Eddie Hazel...may not be considered as progressive,bu maggot brain must be the most emotional guitar play ever...
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"Oh, yes, sitting-the great leveler. From the mightiest pharaoh to the lowliest peasant, who doesn't enjoy a good sit?"
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Man Erg
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Posted: March 31 2005 at 11:30 |
Xanadu wrote:
Eddie Hazel...may not be considered as progressive,bu maggot brain must be the most emotional guitar play ever... |
 Good call
The first two Funkadelic albums had there proggy moments and especially the live 1971 album in a Zappa kind of way
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Xanadu
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Posted: March 31 2005 at 11:54 |
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Not to mention the cover art on Maggot Brain, one of my favourites
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"Oh, yes, sitting-the great leveler. From the mightiest pharaoh to the lowliest peasant, who doesn't enjoy a good sit?"
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alchemist
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Posted: March 31 2005 at 12:23 |
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brian may is great as well, u have to give him some credit, although
he's not prog i bet u he could play in this genre very well...
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no great genius has existed without a touch of madness...
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arkitek
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Posted: March 31 2005 at 12:34 |
Steve Hackett
John Petrucci
Stolt (forgot his 1st name )
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Posted: March 31 2005 at 12:55 |
Man Erg wrote:
FuzzyDude wrote:
I'm fascinated by Radiohead's ambient guitar technique. It might be just studio trickery, but I've never heard anything like it before, except for maybe a few Yes albums. |
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Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead Guitarist) tends to use a filter and a gate effect on quite a bit of the last couple of albums |
Really now... I always imagined he would plug the different strings individually and set each of them at different vantage points on stereo whatchamacallit. That's how I would do it anyway...
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neo eric
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Posted: March 31 2005 at 13:44 |
Andrew Latimer, Alex Lifeson, Steve Rothery and Nick Barrett... are great!
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easy does it
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Posted: March 31 2005 at 13:59 |
Agreeing with neo eric here, my best ones are Lifeson and Andy Latimer.
They have an exceptional sensitivity in their play, which leaves me drooling.
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Dick Heath
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Posted: March 31 2005 at 15:12 |
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Certif1ed
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Posted: March 31 2005 at 16:02 |
If anyone can enlighten me, it's you - what's so good about "Inner Mounting Flame" - or is there a better example of Mr McLaughlin's playing that I should listen to?
I'm not putting him down out of hand - I really do find that his playing interferes with rather than complements the otherwise fantastic music on that album. I'm sure if I heard other (good) examples of what he does then I would understand - I'm very open to different styles of music (or like to think I am!).
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