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Originally posted by omphaloskepsis omphaloskepsis wrote:

Steve Howe.  


In the world of prog, Steve Howe is #1 in my book 4 sure Big smile

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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Originally posted by siLLy puPPy siLLy puPPy wrote:

Now how can anyone not recognize these guys are totally unique creative guitarists?
Agree they are unique. Covet guitarist Yvette Young, Allan Holdsworth, Pat Metheny, Guthrie Govan, Tom Monda (Thank You Scientist), Jan Zehrfeld (Panzerballett), and hundreds others are unique.

I'm familiar with all the guitarists you posted and Eklundh is my fave by far. He is much more than shred. He can write, what I consider, good music.

And the big question is where's Buckethead from your suggestions??


Yeah all those guitarists you listed are great too. In fact we are spoiled with an unprecedented riches of musical talent in all of human history. We have NEVER had so much access to so many brilliant musicians as we have in the last couple of decades. Despite all the f.u.c.k.e.d up s.h.i.t. on the world, i feel blessed beyond measure to live at a time when music is a never ending stream of creativity.

Buckethead was mentioned above but he's not my absolute favorite even though i've reviewed every album. His cream of the crop though does put him firmly in my top 10 modern guitarist list though if i were to make such a thing. I also love avant-garde guitarists ranging from Trey Spruance, Fredrik Thordendal, Fred Frith, Adrian Belew etc. I just find adding speedy shredding on top of talent the icing on the cake

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What is an ACTUAL guitarist in the first place? For me, style and emotion trump technical skills. Best to have both obviously.

Like Robert Fripp.
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What the actual f...? I mean, frets.
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Don't fret. There's only one actual winner for me. Smile
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Don't fret. There's only one actual winner for me. Smile

 
Hard to argue against Jimi Hendrix. According to the Van der Graaf Generator article in Wikipedia:
 
Both Hammill and Banton have stated that Jimi Hendrix was an influence on the band's sound, with Hammill remarking that "there'd been distortion before, but there hadn't been that real out-there attitude to sound in itself".
 
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Originally posted by WJA-K WJA-K wrote:

For me, style and emotion trump technical skills.


The whole "emotion" debate is a whole other can of worms.

EVERY musical expression evokes some sort of emotional response.

So that means you have to clarify what gives you emotional pleasure.

Personally i find even the most abrasive dissonant technical w**kery emotionally stimulating.

I would assume like most you mean a catchy melodic underpinning to the composition.

So it boils down to which emotion one is seeking at any given moment :)

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Originally posted by siLLy puPPy siLLy puPPy wrote:

Originally posted by WJA-K WJA-K wrote:

For me, style and emotion trump technical skills.


The whole "emotion" debate is a whole other can of worms.

EVERY musical expression evokes some sort of emotional response.

So that means you have to clarify what gives you emotional pleasure.

Personally i find even the most abrasive dissonant technical w**kery emotionally stimulating.

I would assume like most you mean a catchy melodic underpinning to the composition.

So it boils down to which emotion one is seeking at any given moment :)
The emotion you feel from an instrument is a personal thing indeed. 
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Honestly, Frank Zappa. He's never claimed to be the most technically proficient, and he surely wasn't always on fire, but when he was, it resulted in simply the most interesting guitar solos I've yet heard. I can revisit solos like He Used To Cut The Grass or the 1981 Ritz Zoot Allures over and over. Allan Holdsworth, Jan Akkerman and Jerry Garcia I'm also fond of.
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Acoustic: Paco de Lucia
Electric: Jimi
Electronic: Fripp
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Maybe not the best, but certainly deserves to be much better known than he is: Roman Bunka.



He also plays the oud, a fretless Arabic lute:


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