Guthrie Govan, Larry Carlton, Robben Ford
Akira Nakamura (Plastic tree)
Ruiza (D)
Yasuhiko (Sleep my dear)
David Gilmour, Neil Young, Mick Taylor, Keith Richards, Nick Drake.
Hendrix, Clapton, Joe Walsh and Jimmy Page sometimes.
Harry Manx and Eric Bibb aren't so noisy but still nice.
Quote(Dick) Wagner was soon recruited for Lou Reed's band along with Steve Hunter. They are best known for the intro to the Rock 'n' Roll Animal live album song "Sweet Jane". Many famous guitarists[who?] have stated this intro is some of the most influential guitar playing ever.
I never followed the careers of these guys but that intro is pretty awesome.
Quote from: lmbarre on December 10, 2011, 04:59:52 AM
Guthrie Govan, Larry Carlton, Robben Ford
Imbarre, would you be amenable to opening this up to other instruments? Cello, for instance?
Quote from: Pharaoh Cat on December 10, 2011, 08:23:16 AM
Quote from: lmbarre on December 10, 2011, 04:59:52 AM
Guthrie Govan, Larry Carlton, Robben Ford
Imbarre, would you be amenable to opening this up to other instruments? Cello, for instance?
You could start another for instruments other than guitar.
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on December 10, 2011, 08:37:39 AM
You could start another for instruments other than guitar.
Yes, but then Tank would just merge them. ;)
OK. I'll start a cello thread and see what happens. 8)
Dave Mustaine, Marty Friedman, Angus Young, David Gilmour, James Hetfield, Jimmy Page, Tony Iommi, Alexi Laiho, John Petrucci
Hmm... Michael Angelo Batio, mayhaps... (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatvzone.com%2Fforums%2Fstyle_emoticons%2Fdefault%2Fhmm.gif&hash=172c81f53e3924193aebfb0a35ee89fe73f5a05f)
Johnny Marr
Quote from: Cecilie on December 10, 2011, 10:52:36 AM
Dave Mustaine, Marty Friedman, Angus Young, David Gilmour, James Hetfield, Jimmy Page, Tony Iommi, Alexi Laiho, John Petrucci
Wonderful tastes ;D
I'd also add some guitarists that heavily influence my playing - Dimebag Darrell, Yngwie Malmsteen, EVH, Warren DiMartini/Robbin Crosby, Jason Becker, Neil Schon, and Zakk Wylde to name a few...
Quote from: Squid on December 10, 2011, 07:08:43 PM
Quote from: Cecilie on December 10, 2011, 10:52:36 AM
Dave Mustaine, Marty Friedman, Angus Young, David Gilmour, James Hetfield, Jimmy Page, Tony Iommi, Alexi Laiho, John Petrucci
Wonderful tastes ;D
I'd also add some guitarists that heavily influence my playing - Dimebag Darrell, Yngwie Malmsteen, EVH, Warren DiMartini/Robbin Crosby, Jason Becker, Neil Schon, and Zakk Wylde to name a few...
Ah, yes. I forgot to put Dimebag in the mix.
Quote from: Cecilie on December 10, 2011, 07:37:44 PM
Quote from: Squid on December 10, 2011, 07:08:43 PM
Quote from: Cecilie on December 10, 2011, 10:52:36 AM
Dave Mustaine, Marty Friedman, Angus Young, David Gilmour, James Hetfield, Jimmy Page, Tony Iommi, Alexi Laiho, John Petrucci
Wonderful tastes ;D
I'd also add some guitarists that heavily influence my playing - Dimebag Darrell, Yngwie Malmsteen, EVH, Warren DiMartini/Robbin Crosby, Jason Becker, Neil Schon, and Zakk Wylde to name a few...
Ah, yes. I forgot to put Dimebag in the mix.
Like the avatar btw...love me some Agalloch.
Quote from: Squid on December 10, 2011, 11:33:05 PM
Quote from: Cecilie on December 10, 2011, 07:37:44 PM
Quote from: Squid on December 10, 2011, 07:08:43 PM
Quote from: Cecilie on December 10, 2011, 10:52:36 AM
Dave Mustaine, Marty Friedman, Angus Young, David Gilmour, James Hetfield, Jimmy Page, Tony Iommi, Alexi Laiho, John Petrucci
Wonderful tastes ;D
I'd also add some guitarists that heavily influence my playing - Dimebag Darrell, Yngwie Malmsteen, EVH, Warren DiMartini/Robbin Crosby, Jason Becker, Neil Schon, and Zakk Wylde to name a few...
Ah, yes. I forgot to put Dimebag in the mix.
Like the avatar btw...love me some Agalloch.
Yes! Agalloch is cool.
Ooh...
John Petrucci
Mike Romeo
Tosin Abasi
Misha Mansoor
Paco De Lucia
Jeff Beck
Being true to Texas:
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Johnny Winter
Billy Gibbons
Rod Prince and Todd Potter from Bubble Puppy
And tipping the hat to Australia:
Angus & Malcolm Young
Joe Satriani
Marty Friedman
Dave Murray
Back in my teenage days, I was obsessed with prog rock guitarists - folk like Steve Howe (Yes), Steve Hackett (Genesis - the older stuff of course), Jan Akkerman (Focus - you've probably heard "Hocus Pocus") and (in darker moments) Robert Fripp (King Crimson). Nowadays, I'm more into folky singer-songwriter stuff (but still from the same era) - Joni Mitchell and Nick Drake especially are massively under-rated guitarists.
Cliff Burton...hands down. Best bass player ever.
Kirk Hammett and Eddie Van Halen...then...Satriani, Malmsteen and Wylde.
Quote from: Matthaios on December 12, 2011, 11:58:16 AMNick Drake especially are massively under-rated guitarists.
I only found Nick Drake about a year ago, his music seems to have found an audience now, shame it took so long, his is such a poignant story.
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on December 12, 2011, 12:30:42 PM
I only found Nick Drake about a year ago, his music seems to have found an audience now, shame it took so long, his is such a poignant story.
Yeah, I've come across lots of his stuff in movies, TV shows, ads, etc. His music is so melancholy on the whole that I wasn't surprised that his life story was much the same, especially towards the end of his life. The epitome of hauntingly beautiful music.
Quote from: Gawen on December 12, 2011, 12:21:53 PM
Cliff Burton...hands down. Best bass player ever.
Kirk Hammett and Eddie Van Halen...then...Satriani, Malmsteen and Wylde.
Let me guess, Metallica fan :-)
It's a shame Cliff was so low in the mix on the final recordings. Anesthesia is a great bass lead instrumental. Orion is one of the best instrumentals I've heard.
Quote from: Gawen on December 12, 2011, 12:21:53 PM
Cliff Burton...hands down. Best bass player ever.
Kirk Hammett and Eddie Van Halen...then...Satriani, Malmsteen and Wylde.
Interesting choices. I personally can't stand Zakk Wylde. I mean, he's a good guitarist and all, but I think he absolutely murdered some of Randy Rhoads' classic work. Especially Crazy Train. Those pinch harmonics... oh man.
Quote from: Stevil on December 12, 2011, 06:32:36 PM
Quote from: Gawen on December 12, 2011, 12:21:53 PM
Cliff Burton...hands down. Best bass player ever.
Kirk Hammett and Eddie Van Halen...then...Satriani, Malmsteen and Wylde.
Let me guess, Metallica fan :-)
It's a shame Cliff was so low in the mix on the final recordings. Anesthesia is a great bass lead instrumental. Orion is one of the best instrumentals I've heard.
I totally agree.
Quote from: Cecilie on December 12, 2011, 11:52:42 PM
Quote from: Gawen on December 12, 2011, 12:21:53 PM
Cliff Burton...hands down. Best bass player ever.
Kirk Hammett and Eddie Van Halen...then...Satriani, Malmsteen and Wylde.
Interesting choices. I personally can't stand Zakk Wylde. I mean, he's a good guitarist and all, but I think he absolutely murdered some of Randy Rhoads' classic work. Especially Crazy Train. Those pinch harmonics... oh man.
Yeah, one can be a great musician, but when they do a remake in their own style, sometimes it just don't make it. On the other hand, Five Finger Death Punches remake of
Bad Company is soooo much better than the original. So much more....bad.
I like Junior Brown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtvT_hOC80A (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtvT_hOC80A)
Brian Setzer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggN-HKq3FG8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggN-HKq3FG8)
and some other guys I can't think of just now.
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on December 11, 2011, 02:35:02 PM
Being true to Texas: Stevie Ray Vaughn
I completely forgot to add SRV to my waaaay too short of a list. If it weren't for the blues influences on my playing I think it would be far to static and mundane.
Just to name a few:
John Petrucci (Dream Theatre)
Joe Satriani
Buckethead
Marty Friedman
Steve Vai
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Kirk Hammett (Metallica)
Alex Lifeson (Rush)
Dave Mustaine (Megadeth)
B.B King
Esteban
I don't know how to play guitar and I'm surely not in any position to be an authority of who is a master, and who is not. But...I've got my favorites (many the same as you guys) and then there are two special guys I give a special type of credit: Jeff beck and Eric Clapton. Jeff and Eric are not my favorites, but I figure that guys that could pull Jimmy Page 'nads out of the fire during the worst performance of his career can't be too bad.
Check it out, in the video clip below, Jimmy Page is stoned beyond belief and is hosing "Stairway to Heaven" worse than a drunk 14-year-old garage band. Jeff and Eric step in and save him - and do it with a lot of class.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKlEVtA_TGQ
I'm completely surprised that no one else but me has mentioned Tony Iommi... Pretty much the godfather of metal.
Quote from: Cecilie on December 13, 2011, 09:35:26 AM
I'm completely surprised that no one else but me has mentioned Tony Iommi... Pretty much the godfather of metal.
He's not renowned as a particularly technically gifted guitarist but, by our repitlian overlords, he is the father of sick riffage and that's for sure, and definitely worthy of a place in the pantheon of awesomeness.
Quote from: squidfetish on December 13, 2011, 04:14:51 PM
Quote from: Cecilie on December 13, 2011, 09:35:26 AM
I'm completely surprised that no one else but me has mentioned Tony Iommi... Pretty much the godfather of metal.
He's not renowned as a particularly technically gifted guitarist but, by our repitlian overlords, he is the father of sick riffage and that's for sure, and definitely worthy of a place in the pantheon of awesomeness.
The topic is Favourite guitarist, not most technically talented.
I would rate Malmsteen as incredibly technically talented, but I am no big fan of his.
Some of the guitarists people have mentioned I wouldn't rate as very technically talented, but I can see they happen to be in very popular bands.
Black Sabbath is a yeaster year band. I really like them but they are not my favourite band, I have already over indulged by mentioning Dave Murray.
Carlos Montoya
Andres Segovia
Jaco Pastorius (I saw somebody else mention a bassist, so...)
John Cipollina
Snakefinger
Jerry Garcia
Yep, they're all dead. :'(
Being a guitarist, there are so many guitar I admire, my favorites would certinly include: Eddie Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix, Jason Becker, Randy Rhoads, Eric Clapton, and Buddy Guy.
Quote from: Stevil on December 13, 2011, 05:25:26 PM
Black Sabbath is a yeaster year band.
It'll be interesting to hear the new album that they are recording next year with Ozzy, 33 years after the last one they did. I don't really know what to expect...
I'm listening to Wes Montgomery at the moment. Another fantastic guitarist.
Myself, jk, that would be pretty narcissistic. But I do think I'm pretty good.
I like Steve Vai, Mikael Akerfeldt, young James Hetfield, Neil Young to name a few.