Zakk Posted April 26, 2003 Report Share Posted April 26, 2003 1. Randy Rhoads - It´s thanks to him I started playing. 2. Zakk Wylde - One of the coolest guys on earth and the best guitarplayer alive. 3. Steve Morse - Together with Zakk Wylde the best picker in the world?! These three are unbeatable if you ask me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted April 26, 2003 Report Share Posted April 26, 2003 zakk wylde is a musical genius.totally original.and that's coming from someone who can't stand to listen to anything by ozzy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SprocketBoy Posted April 26, 2003 Report Share Posted April 26, 2003 Now this is a hard vote to put just "one" guitarist at the top. For me my fav. guitarist is John Petrucci, Steve Vai,Joe Satriani,Eric Johnson,Greg Howe,Tony Mcalpine,Eddie VanHalen,Chris Degarmo,Yngwie Malmsteen,Marty Friedman, Alex Lifeson, SRV,Chris Isaak, Gary Hoey,Phil Keaggy, Lincoln Brewster,Bob Hartman....I could go on and on The thing is i cant just say "the best guitarist is.." Because to me, all these guys are #1 . most might sound simular to another yet each one has that uniqness about there playing and sound that will inspire me I love everything about the guitar and all those who have made it soooo exciting and inspiring for the rest of us. lol Everyones a winner !!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted April 27, 2003 Report Share Posted April 27, 2003 i saw eric johnson play at the save our springs benefit here in austin a few years back.the guy is amazing.super smooth picking tecqnique.i think his sound may be a little sterile though,it tends to mask how bluesy he is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sacred Posted May 2, 2003 Report Share Posted May 2, 2003 I picked up a CD of Eric Johnson a couple years ago, that guy is great, I love his style very different and unique. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanglewood15dlx Posted September 1, 2004 Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton, Jon Frusciante...them for me is THE best... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTisMe Posted September 5, 2004 Report Share Posted September 5, 2004 Eddie's influence on every rock guitarist the following two decades put him in a class by himself IMHO. But if you want to hear how the guitar can be used in unique and interesting ways guys like Fripp, Holdworth and David Torn are worth an evening or twos. -jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey69962000 Posted September 5, 2004 Report Share Posted September 5, 2004 for me it depends on the style of music the person plays. Blues is BB king. Acoustic i say jack johnson. Rock, well rock has changed from the 80's to the 90's. There are so many great rockers. You have Vai, Clapton, Page, Halen, Wyld, and tons more. Well jimi i find as an influencial guitarest, but not one of the best. Dont have a fav of rockers because there are so many great. for jazz its probably chuck berry. Well if you consider him jazz. Its like jazz rock. Man i cant believe jimi could mess up a song until i herd him do his version of johnny be good. Chuck is way better at the song then jimi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wing Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 Brian Robertson from Thin Lizzy, hes definitely underated. You have got to listen to Thin Lizzy Live and dangerous! He influenced me to buy a crybaby pedal. Other favourites probably either Randy Rhodes Slash The Dio guitarist that plays mystery (dave campbell i think) Eric Clapton (why is he not on the list!) Malmsteen, he isnt all about shred just because he plays fast, he can do some rock and roll type stuff too. Listen to teaser, that solo will blow your mind! Theres loads more aswell but too many to name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!!METAL MATT!! Posted September 16, 2004 Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 (edited) I can't list just one of my fav guitarist I have to list 2 not sure if any one knows of Rick rozz and James murpy but thy both played for the death metal band DEATH.I dont know of any two men that have done more for death metal then themselvs. Rick Rozz left the band sometime after the release of "Leprosy". Rick was replaced by James Murphy, an accomplished guitarist (who later also worked with Obituary and Testament), who helped in writing the music for Death's LP in 1990 Thanks !!METAL MATT!! Edited September 20, 2004 by !!METAL MATT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiewarlock Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 Andreas Kisser of Sepultura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 james murphy has a solo album out called "convergence" it is pretty good,you should check it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotrock Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 Ry Cooder, JJ Cale, Johnny Marr, Dimebag. But my absolute fav is my mate John. He is awesome, he's been playing longer than I've been alive (builds a kick arse resonator too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 [quote name='wing' date='Sep 10 2004, 06:26 AM'] Brian Robertson from Thin Lizzy, hes definitely underated. You have got to listen to Thin Lizzy Live and dangerous! He influenced me to buy a crybaby pedal. Other favourites probably either [/quote] yeah man, the solo in "dont believe a word" sounds fantastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerryL Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 Gary Moore, Rory Gallagher, Keith Richards. I'm for the Old School Guitarists meself. Granted they aren't as flash as some of the new players but If Satriani and Vai would tone down to just concentrate on song structure and not just showing Their "Talent" they might just make it to the level of say The Stones or mainstream ARTISTS. I agree also that Chet Is ace. You can say what ya like but Chet made Songs NOT Music. Jeff Beck is true artist also but didn't concentrate on song so much as vamping. "Blow By Blow" was the most incredible album I remember ever hearing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerryL Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 forgot to mention Matt Bellamy From "Muse" is an incredible player reminds me of Brian May at Times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!!METAL MATT!! Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 [quote]james murphy has a solo album out called "convergence"[/quote] cool I have to check it out thanks wes!! !!METAL MATT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 Paul Gilbert for me. He has the technique, he has the attitude, he has the raw 80's metal sound with Racer X. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalefish Posted September 22, 2004 Report Share Posted September 22, 2004 SRV, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Morse.. You know, I just realised that the title was 'Fav Guitarist' not who do you think is the best.. Just an observation.. In light of this, I'll just say that I'm a big fan of all 3 mentioned guitarists.. I think they're cool.. Hah.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elburromjf Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 Ritchie Blackmore EB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kings_x Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 (edited) Ty Tabor. Who? Many of you ask. He is the guitarist for King's X. Who? You might ask again. The best band you have never heard of. But ask most of the guitarists listed here (that are still alive) and they will know who he is. He is an endless supply of guitar riffs and ideas, great song writer and vocalist. Much more well rounded than many of the "shredders". He's heavily influenced by the Beatles, Black Sabath, and Phil Keaggy (to name a few). He's been with King's X and several earlier itterations of the same group since the early 80's and they are still cranking out tunes. He's also done a couple solo albums and several side projects: Platypus (John Myung bass for Dreamtheater, Rod Morganstein - drumer for Dixie Dregs, Derek Sherinian - keyboards, used to be with DT) Jelly Jam (John Myung, Rod Morganstein) Jughead (Matt Bisonnette, Derek Sherinian) I compiled some clips if you want to hear what he sounds like. The clips aren't the greatest since they don't always play the best parts of the songs, at least from a guitarists perspective, but here you go: [b][url="http://www.kingsxonline.com"]King's X[/url][/b] Gretchen Goes To Nebraska [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/793/116793_1_02.asx?obj=v40525"]Over My Head[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/793/116793_1_02.asx?obj=v40525"]Summerland[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/793/116793_1_09.asx?obj=v40525"]Pleiades[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/793/116793_1_12.asx?obj=v40525"]The Burning Down[/url] Faith Hope Love [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/792/116792_1_02.asx?obj=v40525"]It's Love[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/792/116792_1_11.asx?obj=v40524"]We Were Born To Be Loved[/url] King's X (self titled) [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/794/116794_1_04.asx?obj=v40525"]Lost In Germany[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/794/116794_1_09.asx?obj=v40525"]Black Flag[/url] Dogman [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/791/116791_1_01.asx?obj=v40525"]Dogman[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/791/116791_1_04.asx?obj=v40525"]Flies and Blue Skies[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/791/116791_1_05.asx?obj=v40525"]Black the Sky[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/791/116791_1_09.asx?obj=v40525"]Complain[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/791/116791_1_11.asx?obj=v40525"]Cigarettes[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/791/116791_1_13.asx?obj=v40525"]Pillow[/url] Ear Candy [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/514/265514_1_13.asx?obj=v40526"]Life Going By[/url] Tapehead [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/317/289317_1_09.asx?obj=v30821"]Higher Than God[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/317/289317_1_10.asx?obj=v30821"]Happy[/url] Please Come Home... Mr Bulbous [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/740/363740_1_08.asx?obj=v30325"]Bitter Sweet[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/740/363740_1_10.asx?obj=v30325"]Move Me[/url] Black Like Sunday [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/177/476177_1_01.asx?obj=v30522"]Black Like Sunday[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/177/476177_1_08.asx?obj=v30522"]Bad Luck[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/177/476177_1_13.asx?obj=v30522"]Johnny[/url] [b]Platypus[/b] Ice Cycles [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/891/358891_1_03.asx?obj=v10806"]The Tower[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/891/358891_1_06.asx?obj=v10806"]25[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/891/358891_1_09.asx?obj=v10806"]Partial To the Bean[/url] [b]Jelly Jam[/b] (they also just released a new album as well, called Jelly Jam 2) [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/448/437448_1_04.asx?obj=v20628"]Nature's Girl[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/448/437448_1_07.asx?obj=v20628"]The Jelly Jam[/url] [b]Jughead[/b] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/275/454275_1_01.asx?obj=v20926"]Halfway Home to Elvis[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/275/454275_1_11.asx?obj=v20926"]Paging Willie Mays[/url] [b]Safety[/b] (latest solo album) [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/541/446541_1_04.asx?obj=v30319"]Funeral[/url] Now, go listen! 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Curtis P Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 funny thing is, for me, that Kerry King aint up there, and to me, he is an great guitarist, that i was positive many would vote for My overall, all time favorite is Randy Rhoads, has been, always will be, I am actually working on a few RR riffs currently, which ones you may ask? well, you will see when I post up a new clip Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MzI Posted October 1, 2004 Report Share Posted October 1, 2004 hmm so many great guitarist, to name a few John Petrucci , hes just beyond everyone Les Paul, hes 80 sumthin years old and still plays 2 shows every monday night Dave Mustaine, what else can i say he started a whole genre of music with metallica Marty Friedman jason becker michael romeo the list goes on i cant think right now so yea MzI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted October 8, 2004 Report Share Posted October 8, 2004 [quote name='westhemann' date='Apr 25 2003, 05:52 AM'] WILL SOMEBODY PLEASE TELL ME WHO BUCKETHEAD IS????? [/quote] Carrottop's brother... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted October 8, 2004 Report Share Posted October 8, 2004 [quote name='SprocketBoy' date='Apr 26 2003, 02:48 PM'] ...Lincoln Brewster... [/quote] Wow, someone besides me has actually heard of Lincoln Brewster. Good guitarist, but when he sings, all I can think is "boy band"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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