Best acoustic guitar player
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Topic: Best acoustic guitar player
Posted By: pakish
Subject: Best acoustic guitar player
Date Posted: May 05 2005 at 11:40
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Well, this guys have different techniques but, my favorite is Bernd
Steidl. His new album "Paganiniana" is mind blowing, its even better
than the first one "Acoustic Psychedellic Overture" and he sounds even
better than Paco de Lucia, McLaughlin and DiMeola together
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Posted By: con safo
Date Posted: May 05 2005 at 13:03
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I love claptons unplugged work, so much soul. ------------- 
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Posted By: philippe
Date Posted: May 05 2005 at 13:11
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If you are talking about the flamenco guitarist Sabicas, my vote will go for him...Paco De lucia in second place...Clapton is very very fare behind them, he just doesn't know how to use his fingers on an acoustic guitar
Sabicas , one of the masters of acoustic guitar!!! ------------- 
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Posted By: Radioactive Toy
Date Posted: May 05 2005 at 13:20
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Well I go for the dutch guitar player Jan Vaarzon morrel, along with Harry sacsioni! -------------  
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Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: May 05 2005 at 13:27
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What? No Michael Hedges? |
I miss him. Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: May 05 2005 at 13:34
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John Renbourn !!!!!!!!
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Posted By: pakish
Date Posted: May 05 2005 at 13:40
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Mmm I still defend Bernd Steidl, please, listen to him
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: May 05 2005 at 14:24
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From this list, Paco de Lucía is way ahead everyone, don't understand the mention of Erick Clapton, who is not even in the level of Steve Hackett. BTW, Why isn't Hackett in the list, has anyone ever heard Midsummer Night Dream? Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: May 05 2005 at 15:11
Good album |
con safo wrote:Posted By: pakish
Date Posted: May 05 2005 at 15:20
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I really like Paco de Lucía too. We owe the flamenco's actual status to
him, before Paco it was still understimated even in spain, they wont
show flamenco in the royal theater!. But.. I must insist with the other guy ------------- TOEFL in latin america = neolanguage |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: May 05 2005 at 15:24
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Well this thread is not related to music?
i doubt |
Posted By: pakish
Date Posted: May 05 2005 at 15:33
I dont really know if i can handle that.. Can I? how? ------------- TOEFL in latin america = neolanguage |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: May 05 2005 at 15:49
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From the list Steve Howe. My preferred choice would be Stephen Caudel. |
Posted By: benny bouncer
Date Posted: May 05 2005 at 16:57
| Clapton gets my vote...i love the unplugged album |
Posted By: Ben2112
Date Posted: May 05 2005 at 18:29
| Went with Paco; I love flamenco and spanish guitar! |
Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: May 06 2005 at 03:20
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Leo Kottke. Amazing guitarist, smart and funny on stage too. Hedges is another favorite, John WIlliams, Montoya, Leadbelly... And don't forget Esteban! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/sollipsist/?chartstyle=kaonashi"> 
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Posted By: PROGMAN
Date Posted: May 06 2005 at 05:02
Steve Howe ------------- CYMRU AM BYTH 
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Posted By: philippe
Date Posted: May 06 2005 at 05:57
great guitarists -------------
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When you talk about Montoya do you mean Ramon or Carlos Montoya?Posted By: philippe
Date Posted: May 06 2005 at 06:01
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I hate this album, very amateur and poppy...Clapton belongs to these artists who play with their popularity to make third rate albums!! Moreover he just dosen't know how to play with an acoustic guitar. -------------
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Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: May 06 2005 at 07:39
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Out of this list, Paco gets my vote. My fave acoustic guitarist; Michael Hedges (RIP).  ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: pakish
Date Posted: May 06 2005 at 11:57
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Hey I found a web page where you can listen some Bernd Steidl mp3. The track are incomplete but you will get an idea with the stuff you'll listen. Please check it ------------- TOEFL in latin america = neolanguage |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: May 06 2005 at 14:16
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John Fahey is another real master of the acoustic guitar, and a lot of his work has been reissued recently - try The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death. Eric Clapton Unplugged is beneath contempt ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
.Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: May 06 2005 at 15:50
Carlos, but the little I've heard of Ramon definitely makes him a contender! I'm a big fan of flamenco. One of the reasons why I love Mezquita. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/sollipsist/?chartstyle=kaonashi">
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Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: May 06 2005 at 15:51
| What, no Steve Hackett?? |
Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: May 06 2005 at 19:03
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One question.... WHERE'S DJANGO?
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Posted By: muffley_mirkin
Date Posted: May 07 2005 at 13:47
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Can't believe i'm the first to vote for McLaughlin. His playing with Miles Davis
is amazing, especially on In A Silent Way. |
Posted By: pakish
Date Posted: May 07 2005 at 15:47
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OOOOPS I've just realized that i didn't give you that page of Bernd Steidl where here it is http://www.guitar9.com/paganiniana.html - http://www.guitar9.com/paganiniana.html ------------- TOEFL in latin america = neolanguage |
Posted By: Manunkind
Date Posted: May 07 2005 at 17:33
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I have heard neither Steidl nor Sabicas... but of those mentioned here I do know De Lucia very much seems to be the best. And yeah, where are Django, Lagrene, Williams, Hackett, Fisk and many others...? ------------- "In war there is no time to teach or learn Zen. Carry a strong stick. Bash your attackers." - Zen Master Ikkyu Sojun |
Posted By: pakish
Date Posted: May 08 2005 at 01:17
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mmm i don't know some of them and the others..... i gotta pay a
little more attention when i submit a poll or topic. It's only that i'm
amazed with Steidl
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Posted By: Calvo
Date Posted: May 10 2005 at 09:52
| Al di Meola and Paco de Lucia are the best. I voted for Al. |
Posted By: Pathetique
Date Posted: May 10 2005 at 19:43
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I agree, wheres the origanal The Steve ------------- The Steve prog-metal radio on www.wcrx.net, monday 9-midnight CST |
Posted By: Alfi
Date Posted: May 11 2005 at 12:17
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i won't vote on this poll because the only players i know from the list
are McLaughlin, Steve Howe and Eric Clapton and it was obvious from the
beginning that Howe would win because he the most popular one (at least
in this forum) however - my choice out of those three would be John McLaughlin |
Posted By: pakish
Date Posted: May 11 2005 at 18:04
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so bad you don't want listen Bernd Steidl, you're losing something quite amazing
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Posted By: White Duck
Date Posted: December 21 2005 at 11:36
| From the list Paco de Lucía |
Posted By: shanocles
Date Posted: December 21 2005 at 11:42
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no way, definitely tommy emmanuel. clapton???? waste. ------------- if left is wrong i don't wanna be right... 
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Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: December 21 2005 at 11:48
uhhhh ok? Pat Metheny for me |
Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: December 21 2005 at 11:58
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Michael Hedges.
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Posted By: Space Dimentia
Date Posted: December 21 2005 at 11:59
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Al Dimeola by far! But wheres John Williams (the classical guitarist not the composer) or Julian Bream, Steve Hackett? ------------- Prog is music for the mind Hear your Orphaned child! Check out my bands myspace site: www.myspace.com/equinox17 |
Posted By: Winter Wine
Date Posted: December 21 2005 at 12:38
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In General, Jimmy Page. Here Though, Maybe Howe. You Also Left Out Fripp ------------- My computer's broke |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: December 21 2005 at 12:44
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Maybe you choose Howe, because he`s the proggiest of them....and of course he`s a god with his acoustic guitar but i vote for Paco De Lucia .. he`s awesome ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: Flip_Stone
Date Posted: December 21 2005 at 12:47
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NONE OF THE ABOVE. Instead: Ottmar Liebert Leo Kottke Steve Hackett Michael Dunford
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Posted By: TheLamb
Date Posted: December 21 2005 at 14:07
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John McLaughlin by a mile. My vote goes to him...
Howe has some nice acoustic pieces too. ------------- 
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Posted By: Gentle Tull
Date Posted: December 21 2005 at 15:44
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Al DiMeola. ------------- 
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Posted By: Catholic Flame
Date Posted: December 21 2005 at 16:01
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John McLaughlin's work with Shakti. ------------- “Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.” ~Jack Kerouac |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: December 21 2005 at 16:13
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Andres Segovia. But out of the guitarists listed Paco de Lucia. -------------  |
Posted By: Erik
Date Posted: December 21 2005 at 16:26
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/erikpostma/?chartstyle=artists"> 
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Posted By: Tony Fisher
Date Posted: December 21 2005 at 16:53
| Steve Hackett is the acoustic guitarist most respected by classical players. I also love Gordon Giltrap. Why isn't he here, by the way? His first 5 albums were progressive, without doubt. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: December 21 2005 at 17:13
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Come On y isnt Fripp on there?!! Does anyone Think that is insane!!??
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Posted By: tardis
Date Posted: December 21 2005 at 17:14
| Where's Nick Drake? |
Posted By: liquidtheater
Date Posted: December 21 2005 at 22:32
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di meola. ------------- Dream Sequencer System Offline |
Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: December 21 2005 at 23:12
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN!!! 
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RIP in bossa nova heaven. |
Posted By: SirPsycho388
Date Posted: December 22 2005 at 00:21
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I voted for Steve Howe, but Steve Hackett also has some amazing acoustic stuff - and with non prog, i've gotta say that CSNY are gods of the acoustic guitar! ------------- Strangers passing in the street by chance two separate glances meet and I am you and what I see is me. And do I take you by the hand and lead you through the land and help me understand the best I can |
Posted By: floydaholic
Date Posted: December 22 2005 at 18:36
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Are you friggin' serious? No Keaggy? No Hedges? No Pass? No Kottke? No Atkins? No Emmanuel? I could go on and on like this. ------------- I'll see you on the Darkside of the moon... |
Posted By: moonlapse
Date Posted: December 22 2005 at 20:16
Agreed. |
Posted By: TimothyLeary
Date Posted: December 22 2005 at 21:14
| paul gilbert down to mexico my son says i hammered it out on the keyboard with my hunt and peck style paul gilbert awesome |
Posted By: Froth
Date Posted: December 23 2005 at 12:10
| I'd say Graeme Taylor from Gryphon. A much underated player |
Posted By: jonirob
Date Posted: December 23 2005 at 12:39
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I'd have to go for ex Genesis' Anthony Phillips ------------- 
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Posted By: phoenix31
Date Posted: December 23 2005 at 13:01
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i would say john mclaughlin is very skilled!!!!!that's it!!!!The guitar trio!!!! ------------- "Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet." |
Posted By: Deliriumist
Date Posted: December 23 2005 at 13:14
Why is Hackett missing from the poll - who knows...he just has to be included. Howe leading!?!?!...that's wrong...........wrong.....  I think Howe can't play acoustic at all (ok "Clap" is a good piece but he just can't handle it) BTW Andrew York is my idol at the time so I had to add him also. |
Posted By: floydaholic
Date Posted: December 23 2005 at 13:27
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No one else knows anything else about acoustic guitaring eh? ------------- I'll see you on the Darkside of the moon... |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: January 13 2006 at 09:18
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al dimeola, john mclaughlin, eric clapton, and steve howe all suck, they're
dorks and I'm upset paco de lucia being my son and all would stoop to that level. oh yeah jazz sucks, paco just showed everyone that jazz can be flamenco's bitch. Jazz is for greasy haired dorks who smell in marching band. Trent reznor writes jazz music that's why he wears vinyl. All jazz musicians listen to pearl jam. Bernd steidl and paco should collaborate |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: January 13 2006 at 09:38
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Steve Hackett should definitely be included on the list. His classical guitar albums are real pearls. He knows how to make the acoustic guitar sound like an orchestra. Steve Howe never impressed me much as an acoustic guitar player; he doesn't really know how to make the acoustic guitar "sing". He should stick to electric, where I like him a lot. Of course Segovia and Reinhardt have to be named when it comes to acoustic guitar; also Julian Bream. Reinhardt is all the more amazing because he could only use 2 fingers of his left hand fully after an accident (the caravan he lived in burned down when he was 18, and his left hand suffered serious burns, doing damage to the tendons of his left hand)! But they don't play in a rock-context (though Hackett's acoustic solo albums have nothing to do with rock music either; strangely they are filed under "rock" though in record shops and also bought by people who listen to rock). Hackett names Segovia and Reinhardt as major influences, by the way (and, of all people, Keith Richards! But anyone who listens to his riffs knows what he means by that). John McLaughlin is not really an acoustic guitarist, in my opinion. Sure, he can be as fast as hell on it, but he is not a master of polyphonic play, which is an important part of playing acoustic guitar. The same can be said for Al Dimeola. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Space Dimentia
Date Posted: January 13 2006 at 10:03
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Al Dimelo! but where is Paul Simon, Julian Bream, and John Williams (the guitarist not composer) and Steve Hackett? ------------- Prog is music for the mind Hear your Orphaned child! Check out my bands myspace site: www.myspace.com/equinox17 |
Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: January 13 2006 at 10:13
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Howe my man! Pop/Jazz: Tuck Andres. ------------- 
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Posted By: dralan
Date Posted: January 13 2006 at 11:44
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Yea I was looking for Hackett on the poll but didnt see his name there. I tend to prefer Hackett over Howe on acoustic as far as "prog" players go. While Howe may be more innovative, his technique tends to come off as sloppy to my ears sometimes, whereas I can relate to the classical influences of Hackett more being a classical guitarist myself. "Horizons" and the intro to "Blood On the Rooftops" are beautiful pieces and his solo classical style albums are excellent. And while Segovia is generally regarded as the father of the modern classical guitar, I prefer John Williams. His style and technique are impeccable.
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Posted By: Topographic Oce
Date Posted: January 14 2006 at 06:13
| I know he's not Prog but if there is a better acoustic guitarist than Gorden Giltrap I'll eat my entire Yes collection. |
Posted By: Goldenavatar
Date Posted: January 25 2006 at 20:33
| A few people have mentioned Leo Kottke and I agree with that. Although he's pretty conventional when it comes to song structure, but man, that dude is FAST! No one has yet to mention the amazing Pat Donohue. Whoa! Now that guy has some chops. |
Posted By: Mongo
Date Posted: January 25 2006 at 23:35
Yngwie Malmsteen ------------- "The options are ever fewer on the ground these days" Fish |
Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: January 29 2006 at 09:30
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Steve Howe ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |
Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: January 29 2006 at 09:38
| where is philip katherine? |
Posted By: arnold stirrup
Date Posted: January 29 2006 at 17:58
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Hey! Nobody mentioned Egberto Gismonti, Adrian Legg, or Lenny Breau, 3 of my faves. Oops, I just did. Ralph Towner's not too shabby either. Of those mentioned: Hedges, McLaughlin, Howe, Bream, Kottke, Fisk, Hackett are faves, love 'em all!
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Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: January 29 2006 at 18:01
I've heard Metamorpheus and it is a great acoustic album. ------------- 
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Posted By: andrea
Date Posted: January 29 2006 at 18:34
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LEO KOTTKE, TOMMY EMMANUEL, ALEX DE GRASSI, FRANCO MORONE, RALPH TOWNER, PIERRE BENSUSAN, JOHN RENBOURN, BERT JANSCH ... I've seen them all in concert and they're great, almost impossible to choose... In 1996 I attended a concert in Rome with PACO DEL LUCIA - AL DI MEOLA and JOHN MCLAUGHLIN performing in trio... Sorry, I can't choose! If you're interested in acoustic guitar music I suggest to check the site of Acoustic Music Records: it's a German label specialized in acoustic guitar... http://www.acoustic-music.de/ |
Posted By: M. B. Zapelini
Date Posted: January 30 2006 at 06:06
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I don't know who is better, Renbourn or Jansch... Pentangle is a fantastic band for acoustic guitar fans. My vote went to Howe, but have you guys ever listened to Stephen Stills playing acoustic guitar? The guy is amazing! ------------- "He's a man of the past and one of the present" PETER HAMMILL |
Posted By: Spacemac
Date Posted: February 02 2006 at 15:50
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Steve Hackett for sure
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Posted By: kebjourman
Date Posted: February 02 2006 at 17:31
| im a flamenco freak so of course voted for PACo de LUCia |
Posted By: Badabec
Date Posted: February 11 2006 at 06:01
| Difficult poll... Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin are really fu**ing good (the other ones are not less good), but my vote goes to El Paco de Lucia... |
Posted By: martinprog77
Date Posted: February 11 2006 at 06:16
THATS A REALLY COOL ALBUN STEVE HACKETT RULES!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted By: Rising Force
Date Posted: February 11 2006 at 06:41
Al Di Meola gets my vote. 
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Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: February 11 2006 at 07:59
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Hackett rulezzz!!!
but he's not in the list...so,I'll choose Paco de Lucia |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: February 11 2006 at 18:00
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I'm really dissapointed with the results of this poll, people is voting for the Prog guitar player and for the band instead of answering honestly which is the best Acoustic guitar player. Steve Howe is great, I have all his solo albums, but he's mainly a ROCK guitar player and most of his work is done with electric guitar. Hackett has two 100% Classical Acoustic guitar albums ad is not mentioned, but that would be ok, because not even Hackett is in the level of Segovia, Sabicas, Paco de Lucía or even Tomatito with his gypsy guitar. Not to mention Al Di'Meola and John McLaughlin who are very near. Those who haven't done it, buy and listen this album, then tell me if after that you will vote for Howe again:
Friday Night in San Francisco Listen the songs Mediterranean Sundance/Rio Ancho or Frevo Rasgado and then tell me if Howe is even remotely near with the acoustic guitar to this guys. Iván -------------
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Posted By: Rising Force
Date Posted: February 11 2006 at 18:07
Yeah, this is pretty weak. |
Posted By: yesyouam
Date Posted: February 12 2006 at 01:59
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I don't see the "Steve Hackett" button.
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