Your top ten favourite guitarists
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Topic: Your top ten favourite guitarists
Posted By: dog1995
Subject: Your top ten favourite guitarists
Date Posted: April 01 2014 at 12:59
Mine are; 1. David Gilmour 2. Jimm<span style="line-height: 1.2;">y Hendrix</span> <span style="line-height: 1.2;">3. Slash</span> 4. <span style="line-height: 1.2;">Angus Young</span> <span style="line-height: 1.2;">5. </span><span style="line-height: 1.2;">Eric Clapton</span> <span style="line-height: 1.2;">6. </span><span style="line-height: 1.2;">Eddie Van Halen</span> <span style="line-height: 1.2;">7. </span><span style="line-height: 1.2;">J</span><span style="line-height: 1.2;">immy Page</span> 8. <span style="line-height: 1.2;">Kirk Hammett</span> 9. Bruce Springsteen 10. Kurt Cobain
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: April 01 2014 at 15:50
1. Helmut Koellen 2. Eddy Marron 3. Clem Clempson 4. John McLaughlin 5. Federico D'Andrea 6. Leigh Stephens 7. John du Cann 8. Lee Pickens 9. Tony Bourge 10. Tony McPhee
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Posted By: HemispheresOfXanadu
Date Posted: April 01 2014 at 15:58
Alex Lifeson Robert Fripp Luc Lemay Tosin Abasi Javier Reyes Devin Townsend Adam Jones Martin Barre Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Piggy
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: April 01 2014 at 16:02
Jimi Hendrix Jimmy Page David Gilmour Ritchie Blackmore Stevie Ray Vaughan Tony Iommi Brian May Steve Howe Peter Green Martin Barre
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 01 2014 at 16:04
Bob Fripp Stev Howe Steve Hackett ChrisFry Mike Holmes Dave Gilmour Steven Wilson Frank Bornemann Matthew Bellamy Ritchie Blackmore
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Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: April 01 2014 at 16:59
Latimer
Barre
Hastings
Miller
Lifeson
Howe
Iommi
Bornemann
Blackmore
Fripp
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: April 01 2014 at 17:30
Barre
Beck
Blackmore
Bornemann
Emmett
Gilmour
Howe
Iommi
Lifeson
Roeser (Dharma)
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Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: April 01 2014 at 18:14
David Gilmour Steve Hackett Eric Clapton Ritchie Blackmore Pete Townshend Mark Knopfler Steve Howe Eddie Van Halen Dave Murray Frank Bornemann
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Posted By: Kentucky_Hawkwindage
Date Posted: April 01 2014 at 18:55
Tonny Iommi
Robert Fripp
Frank Marino
Robin Trower
Larry Rhino Reinhardt
Mick Box
Tony Bourge
Dave Brock
Tommy Bolin
Ritchie Blackmore
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Posted By: stegor
Date Posted: April 01 2014 at 20:35
Frank Hillage Robert Partridge Steve Gregory Tommy May Bill Page Steve Zappa Andy Fripp Dave Hackett Brian Bolin Jimmy Nelson
Sort that out yourself 
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: April 01 2014 at 22:05
Fripp Gilmour Hillage Iommi Mike Johnson Frith Tony McPhee Mike Oldfield Jonny Greenwood Frank Fromy
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Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: April 02 2014 at 15:47
John McLaughlin Shawn Lane Jan Ackkerman Frank Gambale Larry Carlton Robert Fripp Al Di Meola Tony MacAlpine Joe Walsh Geroge Benson
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Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: April 02 2014 at 16:34
Robert Fripp John Goodsall Steve Howe Steve Hackett John McLaughlin Al Dimeola Alan Holdsworth Brian May Richie Blackmore Michael Shenker
...and many more!!
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: April 02 2014 at 16:39
Omar Rodgriguez-Lopez is my favorite guitarist, while Alex Lifeson and Johnny Marr are 2nd and 3rd. I don't really care much about others.
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Posted By: AgostinoScafidi
Date Posted: April 02 2014 at 17:15
Lenny Breau Joe Satriani John McLaughlin Dimebag Darrell Jeff Hanneman Jimi Hendrix Adam Jones Tom Morello Carlos Santana Robert Johnson
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Posted By: deafmoon
Date Posted: April 05 2014 at 06:41
Allan Holdsworth Steve Hackett Frank Zappa Steve Howe Dickie Betts Jimmy Page Carlos Santana Pat Travers
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Posted By: Jbird
Date Posted: April 08 2014 at 07:19
Michael Romeo
John Petrucci
Steve Morse
Paul Gilbert
Guthrie Govan
Andy James
Tommy Emmanuel
Joe Satriani
Jon Schaffer (he doesn't even play lead)
Vito Bratta
Andy Timmons
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: April 08 2014 at 09:44
Hi,
Sad bunch of posts, that shows how much we DON'T listen to other musics and how people use an electric guitar. There is so much more music out there and guitar work, that is exceptional, that no one will give it a shot or chance.
As a protest, I won't bother listing mine!
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: April 08 2014 at 09:50
Yep.
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Posted By: HemispheresOfXanadu
Date Posted: April 08 2014 at 10:02
Definitely.
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: April 08 2014 at 15:39
I've never met a person who doesn't admire Gilmour's guitaring . I've met plenty who don't know who Gilmour's is , but those who do, love his style.
Phil Mercy (Thieves' Kitchen) and Chris Fry (Magenta) need mentions.....
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Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: April 08 2014 at 19:42
moshkito wrote:
Hi,
Sad bunch of posts, that shows how much we DON'T listen to other musics and how people use an electric guitar. There is so much more music out there and guitar work, that is exceptional, that no one will give it a shot or chance.
As a protest, I won't bother listing mine! |
Speak for yourself. As an avid fan of classical, jazz, AND progressive rock, I couldn't help but laugh at your post. This thread was created to post about YOUR FAVORITE guitarist and whether one is being all-inclusive or they're simply sticking to progressive rock or jazz fusion guitarists doesn't mean that these people don't know about other music and the guitarists that play this other music.
Leave a list, don't leave a list, that's your prerogative, but don't include anyone else in your post and just worry about your own likes and dislikes. You certainly speak for no one but yourself.
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: April 08 2014 at 23:22
Mirror Image wrote:
moshkito wrote:
Hi,
Sad bunch of posts, that shows how much we DON'T listen to other musics and how people use an electric guitar. There is so much more music out there and guitar work, that is exceptional, that no one will give it a shot or chance.
As a protest, I won't bother listing mine! |
Speak for yourself. As an avid fan of classical, jazz, AND progressive rock, I couldn't help but laugh at your post. This thread was created to post about YOUR FAVORITE guitarist and whether one is being all-inclusive or they're simply sticking to progressive rock or jazz fusion guitarists doesn't mean that these people don't know about other music and the guitarists that play this other music.
Leave a list, don't leave a list, that's your prerogative, but don't include anyone else in your post and just worry about your own likes and dislikes. You certainly speak for no one but yourself.
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Yes, the original poster asked for our 10 favorite guitarists, not 10 we believed to be the greatest, most influential or most innovative. If that were the case, I would have offered a different set of guitarists. As for the favorites I listed, I could have easily added another 10 and been comfortable with all the choices.
But a thing I didn't do was disparage other people's choices, because that would be asinine.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 09 2014 at 01:20
Moshkito likes to throw his toys out of his pram occasionally. His post did make me think though and its interesting that no one has included Carlos Santana in their list. I also find that there are a lot of guitarists that are part of bands that I simply don't know the names. For instance does anyone know the guitarist in Coheed and Cambria? Superb player but I've not got a clue who he is. At the end of the day its about enjoying music isn't it? and not about being able to post the perfect list showing what a clever or knowledgeable person you are. If it helps I don't make any claims on my behalf for either 
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: April 09 2014 at 02:04
richardh wrote:
His post did make me think though and its interesting that no one has included Carlos Santana in their list. |
I should have but I fired off my post a bit quickly.
richardh wrote:
For instance does anyone know the guitarist in Coheed and Cambria? Superb player but I've not got a clue who he is. |
I used to listen to CoCa a few years back. He's good but guys like Kim Thayil (Soundgarden) and Adam Jones (TOOL) are better, IMO.
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Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: April 09 2014 at 02:30
Radomir Mihajlović - Točak Robert Fripp David Torn Terje Rypdal Bill Frissel Ralph Towner Steve Hackett Joe Petrucci Pete Townshend Dušan Jevtović
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 09 2014 at 16:41
verslibre wrote:
richardh wrote:
His post did make me think though and its interesting that no one has included Carlos Santana in their list. |
I should have but I fired off my post a bit quickly.
richardh wrote:
For instance does anyone know the guitarist in Coheed and Cambria? Superb player but I've not got a clue who he is. |
I used to listen to CoCa a few years back. He's good but guys like Kim Thayil (Soundgarden) and Adam Jones (TOOL) are better, IMO. |
Bill Nelson is another that's been roundly overlooked. I love Be Bop Deluxe and he is that band pretty much. I think its a bit lazy to trot out the same old names and perhaps we've fallen into that trap all too easily.
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Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: April 09 2014 at 16:58
^ Bill Nelson would make my top 20, I reckon. Great guitarist.
"Crying to the Sky" is kinda essential listening.
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Posted By: aliano
Date Posted: April 09 2014 at 17:17
Gilmour Latimer Rothery Nick Barrett Terje Rypdal Manuel Gottsching Snowy White Dave Bainbridge John Lees Hackett
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Posted By: Takeshi_Kovacs
Date Posted: April 09 2014 at 18:00
Andy Latimer Dave Gilmour Buck Dharma Jon Preston Bouda Mike Holmes Richie Blackmore Frank Bornemann Steve Rothery Frank Zappa Brian Robertson
So many to chose from! Andy Latimer is the main man for me though!
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Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: April 14 2014 at 00:07
Here is my list (in on particular order):
Steve Hackett David Gilmour Eric Johnson Bill Frisell Pat Metheny Robert Fripp Ben Monder Terje Rypdal Alex Lifeson Steve Howe
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Posted By: Neo-Romantic
Date Posted: April 14 2014 at 00:41
Like with most of my lists, there's a decent mix of old and new. Not really in any particular order, but Fripp might be first if I had to pick just one.
Robert Fripp Jon Preston Bouda Piotr Grudzinski Mikael Åkerfeldt Jonas Engdegård Steve Hackett Steve Howe David Gilmour Alex Lifeson John Petrucci
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Posted By: Jabez7
Date Posted: April 16 2014 at 18:24
David Gilmour
Jimi Hendrix
Brian May
Jan Akkerman
Steve Howe
Alex Lifeson
Martin Barre
Jimmy Page
Dave Murray
Eddie Van Halen
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Posted By: HemispheresOfXanadu
Date Posted: April 16 2014 at 18:29
Neo-Romantic wrote:
Like with most of my lists, there's a decent mix of old and new. Not really in any particular order, but Fripp might be first if I had to pick just one.
Robert Fripp Jon Preston Bouda Piotr Grudzinski Mikael Åkerfeldt Jonas Engdegård Steve Hackett Steve Howe David Gilmour Alex Lifeson John Petrucci | Cool of you to mention Piotr Grudzinski! Cosmogenesis is probably the most accurate musical representation of a ride through space that I know of. 
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Posted By: Jzrk
Date Posted: April 16 2014 at 23:14
Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy Page
Joe Bonamassa
Ritchie Blackmore
Tony Iommi
Buck Dharma (BOC)
Santana
Al DiMeola
David Gilmore
Steve Howe
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Posted By: javajeff
Date Posted: April 16 2014 at 23:50
Pat Metheny David Gilmour Johnny Marr Alex Lifeson The Edge Robert Fripp Devin Townsend Lindsey Buckingham Jimmy Page Roine Stolt
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Posted By: ten years after
Date Posted: April 17 2014 at 05:58
Lead -
Hendrix
Steve Howe
Pete Townshend
Alvin Lee
Jan Akkerman
Bass -
Jack Bruce
Chris Squire
John Entwistle
Bill Wyman
Roger Waters
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: April 17 2014 at 06:18
Fovorite - the laxative you can eat between meals
Robert Fripp John McGeoch Tom Verlaine Robert Smith (the Cure) Lester Square (the Monochrome Set) Franco Mussida (PFM) Zal Cleminson (SAHB) Keith Levine (PIL) Pete Townshend Keith Richards
Honorable Mentions: Moshkito (air guitar/keyboards/drums/bass/head champion 1364 to 2014)
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: April 17 2014 at 07:29
David Gilmour Andy Latimer Alex Lifeson Steve Hackett
got those four popular choices out of the way, and now:
Richard Thompson Reine Fiske Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) Steve Malkmus (Pavement, Jicks) Justin Hayward Terje Rypdal
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Posted By: Neo-Romantic
Date Posted: April 17 2014 at 14:42
HemispheresOfXanadu wrote:
Neo-Romantic wrote:
Like with most of my lists, there's a decent mix of old and new. Not really in any particular order, but Fripp might be first if I had to pick just one.
Robert Fripp Jon Preston Bouda Piotr Grudzinski Mikael Åkerfeldt Jonas Engdegård Steve Hackett Steve Howe David Gilmour Alex Lifeson John Petrucci | Cool of you to mention Piotr Grudzinski! Cosmogenesis is probably the most accurate musical representation of a ride through space that I know of.  |
Ha thank you! I really like his melodic approach to playing, particularly on Second Life Syndrome. He's the shining point on that album I always believed.
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Posted By: silverpot
Date Posted: April 17 2014 at 14:50
Neo-Romantic wrote:
HemispheresOfXanadu wrote:
Neo-Romantic wrote:
Like with most of my lists, there's a decent mix of old and new. Not really in any particular order, but Fripp might be first if I had to pick just one.
Robert Fripp Jon Preston Bouda Piotr Grudzinski Mikael Åkerfeldt Jonas Engdegård Steve Hackett Steve Howe David Gilmour Alex Lifeson John Petrucci | Cool of you to mention Piotr Grudzinski! Cosmogenesis is probably the most accurate musical representation of a ride through space that I know of.  |
Ha thank you! I really like his melodic approach to playing, particularly on Second Life Syndrome. He's the shining point on that album I always believed. |
Yes, and very Gilmourish, don't you think?
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Posted By: HemispheresOfXanadu
Date Posted: April 17 2014 at 16:57
Neo-Romantic wrote:
HemispheresOfXanadu wrote:
Neo-Romantic wrote:
Like with most of my lists, there's a decent mix of old and new. Not really in any particular order, but Fripp might be first if I had to pick just one.
Robert Fripp Jon Preston Bouda Piotr Grudzinski Mikael Åkerfeldt Jonas Engdegård Steve Hackett Steve Howe David Gilmour Alex Lifeson John Petrucci | Cool of you to mention Piotr Grudzinski! Cosmogenesis is probably the most accurate musical representation of a ride through space that I know of.  |
Ha thank you! I really like his melodic approach to playing, particularly on Second Life Syndrome. He's the shining point on that album I always believed. | I just realised I was thinking of the wrong guy. ( http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=6380" rel="nofollow - Gru )Same first three letters of both names.  At any rate, Riverside is definitely awesome.
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Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: April 17 2014 at 17:56
1. Allan Holdsworth 2. Roine Stolt 3. Steve Hackett 4. Robert Fripp 5. Andrew Latimer 6. Frank Zappa 7. Steven Wilson 8. Pat Metheny 9. Wes Montgomery 10. David Gilmour
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Posted By: javajeff
Date Posted: April 17 2014 at 22:26
I feel guilty that I left some good guitarists out from bands on this site, but I think Johnny Marr and The Edge are really good in the Alternative Rock genre. Doesn't anyone else think there are good alternative rock guitarists?
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Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: April 17 2014 at 22:31
Maybe, but they're playing alternative rock and thus have little opportunity to play anything good.
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Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: April 17 2014 at 23:43
Hardly any love for Gary Green here
To hell with you all here are some of my faves:
Alex Lifeson
Gary Green
Steve Howe
Steve Hackett
Stevie Ray Vaughan
David Gilmour
Andy Latimer
Carlos Santana
Jorge Santana
Johnny Marr
and many more!
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Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: April 17 2014 at 23:54
cstack3 wrote:
Robert FrippJohn Goodsall Steve Howe Steve Hackett John McLaughlin Al Dimeola Alan Holdsworth Brian May Richie Blackmore Michael Shenker ...and many more!! |
cstack! I like your choices, especially because you mentioned Al DiMeola while no one else here mentioned him, I went specifically looking for his name here, no one else mentioned him. I love him and Race with the Devil on a Spanish Highway is one of my ultimate favorite tracks! Bravo, hugs and again xxxxxxx
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Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: April 18 2014 at 00:12
ProgMetaller2112 wrote:
Hardly any love for Gary Green here
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Hmm, true. He is awesome but so is everyone in GG, so I don't often single him out.
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Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: April 18 2014 at 00:14
King Crimson776 wrote:
ProgMetaller2112 wrote:
Hardly any love for Gary Green here
| Hmm, true. He is awesome but so is everyone in GG, so I don't often single him out. |
Gentle Giant fan, I see hugs xxx
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 18 2014 at 02:17
javajeff wrote:
I feel guilty that I left some good guitarists out from bands on this site, but I think Johnny Marr and The Edge are really good in the Alternative Rock genre. Doesn't anyone else think there are good alternative rock guitarists?
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yes certainly but I don't know their names. The Editors - Back Room is one I would pick for great guitar work in that genre.
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: April 18 2014 at 11:00
javajeff wrote:
I feel guilty that I left some good guitarists out from bands on this site, but I think Johnny Marr and The Edge are really good in the Alternative Rock genre. Doesn't anyone else think there are good alternative rock guitarists?
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Yep as I said in my post Marr is one of the few guitarists I care about. Lovely playing and a real star on The Smiths albums.
Edge is great too but much more inconsistent. Unforgettable Fire has been my favorite release of theirs and the title track has great playing.
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Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: April 18 2014 at 12:07
Horizons wrote:
javajeff wrote:
I feel guilty that I left some good guitarists out from bands on this site, but I think Johnny Marr and The Edge are really good in the Alternative Rock genre. Doesn't anyone else think there are good alternative rock guitarists?
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Yep as I said in my post Marr is one of the few guitarists I care about. Lovely playing and a real star on The Smiths albums.
Edge is great too but much more inconsistent. Unforgettable Fire has been my favorite release of theirs and the title track has great playing. | not to mention:John McGeoch Jonny Greenwood Thurston Moore Lee Renaldo Ian Williams
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: April 18 2014 at 12:19
Johnny and Ian are fab too.
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Posted By: Neo-Romantic
Date Posted: April 18 2014 at 14:50
silverpot wrote:
Neo-Romantic wrote:
HemispheresOfXanadu wrote:
Neo-Romantic wrote:
Like with most of my lists, there's a decent mix of old and new. Not really in any particular order, but Fripp might be first if I had to pick just one.
Robert Fripp Jon Preston Bouda Piotr Grudzinski Mikael Åkerfeldt Jonas Engdegård Steve Hackett Steve Howe David Gilmour Alex Lifeson John Petrucci | Cool of you to mention Piotr Grudzinski! Cosmogenesis is probably the most accurate musical representation of a ride through space that I know of.  |
Ha thank you! I really like his melodic approach to playing, particularly on Second Life Syndrome. He's the shining point on that album I always believed. |
Yes, and very Gilmourish, don't you think?
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Very much so, yes! I never get tired of hearing those parts. Not a boring or uninspired one in the bunch, and that Gilmour influence is so prevalent in each one. Props to him for making it not sound derivative, too!
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Posted By: fusionfreak
Date Posted: April 18 2014 at 15:01
Randy California Robert Fripp Steve Hackett John Mc Laughlin Jimi Hendrix Steve Howe Robin Trower Ax Genrich Al Di Meola Jan Akkerman
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Posted By: Ruby900
Date Posted: May 07 2014 at 04:43
1. Gilmour 2. Mclaughlin 3. Fripp 4. Howe 5. Banks 6. Hillage 7. Hackett 8. Zappa 9. Akkerman 10. Di Meola
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: May 07 2014 at 05:21
Nick Barrett is hitting the spot for me lately.........he just soars, and often puts his heart and soul into his solos. Like Gilmour........and Rothery.............
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Posted By: CharlesPL
Date Posted: May 16 2014 at 23:45
1.John Petrucci 2.Shawn Lane  3.David Gilmour 4.Steve Rothery 5.Joe Satriani 6.Adrian Smith/Dave Murray 7.Steve Vai 8.Andy Latimer 9.Eric Johnson 10.Al Di Meola 11.John McLaughlin
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Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: May 17 2014 at 00:50
1. Steve Hackett
2. Frank Zappa
3. Robert Fripp
4. Adrian Belew
5. Tony Duhig
6. Steve Hillage
7. Jan Akkerman
8. Alan Holdsworth
9. David Gilmour
10. Steve Vai
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Posted By: Kirillov
Date Posted: May 17 2014 at 04:44
Steve Hillage
Robert Fripp
Steve Hackett
John McLaughlin
Andrew Latimer
Tony Iommi
Tony McPhee
Nick Drake
Mick Ronson
Fred Frith
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: May 17 2014 at 05:05
fusionfreak wrote:
Ax Genrich | Oh man, totally forgot about Ax. Awesome guitar player
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Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: May 17 2014 at 21:32
HackettFan wrote:
1. Steve Hackett
2. Frank Zappa
3. Robert Fripp
4. Adrian Belew
5. Tony Duhig
6. Steve Hillage
7. Jan Akkerman
8. Alan Holdsworth
9. David Gilmour
10. Steve Vai |
I messed up and forgot about Henry Kaiser and Fred Frith:
1. Steve Hackett
2. Frank Zappa
3. Robert Fripp
4. Adrian Belew
5. Tony Duhig
6. Steve Hillage
7. Jan Akkerman
8. Alan Holdsworth
9. Henry Kaiser
10. Fred Frith
11. Bill Frissell
12. David Gilmore
13. Steve Vai
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Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: May 17 2014 at 23:21
HackettFan wrote:
I messed up and forgot about Henry Kaiser and Fred Frith:
1. Steve Hackett
2. Frank Zappa
3. Robert Fripp
4. Adrian Belew
5. Tony Duhig
6. Steve Hillage
7. Jan Akkerman
8. Alan Holdsworth
9. Henry Kaiser
10. Fred Frith
11. Bill Frisell 12. David Gilmour 13. Steve Vai |
Some spelling corrections. 
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Posted By: musitron
Date Posted: May 23 2014 at 14:11
Jimi
Rory Gallagher
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Johnny Winter
David Gilmour
Tony Iommi
Steve Hackett
Andy Latimer
Frank Marino
Carlos Santana
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: May 23 2014 at 15:35
I couldn't take it anymore, so I went ahead and corrected the thread title
10 guitarists you say?
John Weinzierl
Fripp
Michael Karoli
Michio Kurihara
David Gilmour
Conny Veit
Manuel Göttsching
Reine Fiske
Jimi
Eric Clapton ( Back when he was on special medicine )
Adrian Belew ( see Red Sails from Bowie's Lodger )
Whoops 11.
And I haven't even begun to list all the wonderful guitarists from places like Japan and Italy, but that's entirely because the names always end up all scrambled in my head, and then I have to do a search, and more things will follow, and right now I just want to remove my shoes because they're killing me.
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Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: May 23 2014 at 15:38
Grant Green. Can't think of anyone I like as much as him
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Posted By: buddyblueyes
Date Posted: May 31 2014 at 02:45
10. Steve Lukather 9. Pat Martino 8. Paul Gilbert 7. Jeff Beck 6. Steve Morse 5. Gutherie Govan 4. Martin Taylor 3. Steve Vai 2. Brent Mason 1. Al di Meola
That's a quick ten. No room for Scofield, Holdsworth, Stern, Montgomery, Dominic Miller, Satch, Loureiro, or newbie Plini!
...but what do I know, I'm just a dumb drummer 
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Posted By: Watcher of the Sky
Date Posted: May 31 2014 at 04:55
Not in a particular order:
David Gilmour Steve Hackett Andy Latimer Piotr Grudziński (Riverside guy) Steven Wilson Robert Fripp Jimmy Page Randy Rhoads, Tony Iommi & Dave Mustaine (because I like Metal)
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: May 31 2014 at 05:21
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: May 31 2014 at 05:26
^^Hey Watcher of the Sky:-)
Nice list there.
One thing though, it's actually not Steven playing the solo on 'Drive Home', but rather new guitar prodigy Guthrie Govan;-) If you dig his style, then you can't really go wrong with his solo effort 'Erotic Cakes'.
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- Douglas Adams
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Posted By: Watcher of the Sky
Date Posted: May 31 2014 at 06:29
Seriously? I really thought it was Steve there (Since he is the lead guitar in Porcupine Tree, as far as I know)
Anyway, thanks for correct that, and also the recommendation, going to check his work asap :D
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Posted By: buddyblueyes
Date Posted: May 31 2014 at 13:22
Agreed. Goven could possibly be the best guitarist on the planet right now. Insane technique and mastery of many genres. Erotic Cakes was brilliant. I heard Guthrie and his composition "Fives" first on Lee Ritenour's 6-String Theory. Vinnie on drums and Tal on bass, providing the rhythm section. But, it blew my mind when I heard Gutherie's original version which I liked even better, with cats I was not even aware of on drums and bass. And his Rhode Island Shred is a quirky fun take on Steve Morse-type chicken pickin. What a romp!
Check out Plini's stuff too if you dig Goven. Similar, but with more of a steady electronic quality to it (perhaps because of the lack of drummer.)
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Posted By: salander
Date Posted: May 31 2014 at 17:13
francis lickerish
Jason ducker
steve Hackett
neal morse
steve howe
paul kossoff
govan Guthrie
steve stewart
roine stolte
Robert fripp
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Posted By: Zumbi
Date Posted: May 31 2014 at 18:38
Here is my list.
1. Alex Lifeson (Rush) 2. Chris Fry (Magenta) 3. Steve Rothery (Marillion) 4. Brian May (Queen) 5. Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree) 6. Frank Zappa
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Posted By: mongofa
Date Posted: May 31 2014 at 19:02
Michael Karoli - Can Nick Drake Ira Kaplan - Yo La Tengo Kevin Parker - Tame Impala Robert Fripp - King Crimson Joey Santiago - Pixies Larry LaLonda - Primus David Gilmour - Pink Floyd Bernard Sumner - Joy Division Neil Young
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Posted By: Altairius
Date Posted: June 07 2014 at 23:18
Robert Fripp Steve Hackett Andrew Latimer Pat Metheny Django Reinhardt
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Posted By: toninhoironman
Date Posted: June 08 2014 at 11:36
Jimi Hendrix Stevie Ray Vaughan Tony Iommi Jimmy Page David Gilmour Jeff Beck Steve Howe Peter Green Eric Clapton Randy Rhoads
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Posted By: musitron
Date Posted: June 08 2014 at 19:37
Not my 3 favorites but the 3 best.
T-Bone Walker (because the first real electric guitar player)
Django (the best of his time)
Jimi (the best of his time)
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