jamborich Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 So many to mention who’s your favourite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heart of Darkness Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Stephen Stills 🥰 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehcaley Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 James Jamerson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Too many to mention but always go back to Vini Reilly. One of those artists who will be looked back on a as genius at some point. Anyway loads of musicians to choose from and no definitive answer. The answer is probably some unknown Spanish dude in San Sebastian tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprosten Green Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Mark Collins (The Charlatans) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Too many to pin it down to one. Depends on the genre as well as I’ve got quite wide tastes. Wes Montgomery Ry Cooder Django Reinhardt Elmore James Jimmy Page John McGeogh Paul Leary Keith Levine Keith Richards Marc Ribot John McLaughlin Jonny Greenwood John Squire Billy Strings And many more, those are just the ones that sprung to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carter Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 David Gilmour Peter Green Steve Cradock Steve Stevens Jimmy Page Warren Haynes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrysmithsgloves Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Mark knopfler Johnny Marr Paul Weller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Going back in time a bit but I've been appreciating Uli Jon Roth recently, you can hear his influence all over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruyff Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 (edited) Jimi Hendrix Dave Gilmour Jeff Beck Mark Knopfler Robert Johnson Peter Green Carlos Santana Eric Clapton Jimmy Page Rory Gallagher Eddie Van Halen Johnny Marr Keith Richards Billy Gibbons The 3 Kings, BB. Albert and Freddie George Benson (imo the 🐐) Wes Montgomery Grant Green Jazz/Blues (time to remember) Charlie Christian Eric Gales (listen to him) Ry Cooder (Paris Texas 👀) Curtis Mayfield That's probably all my guys tbh. Edited January 11 by Cruyff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 I tend not to be a fan of showy guitarists, though I do like some but I love players with great tone. Everybody loses their shit over Van Halen fast runs and tapping but my favourite thing about him was his tone on the first couple of albums. Proper fat rock sound. Ditto Elmore James. Slide played on an acoustic with a pick up with the volume he jacked up. Or someone like Malcolm Young. Cooder is a king at getting the right sound out of his bizarre customised electrics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leginten Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Bert Jansch Richard Thompson Ry Cooder Joni Mitchell John Martyn Terje Rypdal Hendrix Zappa Find myself listening to John Martyn all the time nowadays. Some boy he was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 (edited) 3 minutes ago, leginten said: Bert Jansch Richard Thompson Ry Cooder Joni Mitchell John Martyn Terje Rypdal Hendrix Zappa Find myself listening to John Martyn all the time nowadays. Some boy he was. Martyn was a great guitarist. As was his good mate Nick Drake. Also in that same acoustic vein Paul Simon should be mentioned more. Also agree strongly with Joni being in your list, hugely innovative with her many odd tunings. Edited January 11 by Tazio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilnunb Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 The one and only Robby Krieger ❤ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leginten Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 2 minutes ago, Tazio said: Martyn’s was a great guitarist. As was his good mate Nick Drake. Also in that same acoustic vein Paul Simon should be mentioned more. Also agree strongly with Joni being in your list, hugely innovative with her many odd tunings. Her rhythm playing was just sensational. Never flashy, always in complete control. And the sound she achieved from Hejira onwards was like nothing I’d heard before. Forgot to mention Larry Carlton, who did some exquisitely tasteful work on a couple of Joni’s albums and also provided the wonderfully understated guitar solo that closes out Steely Dan’s “Third World Man”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Starts a thread and doesn't name anyone from so many to mention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruyff Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Just now, ri Alban said: Starts a thread and doesn't name anyone from so many to mention. Oh, the irony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamborich Posted January 11 Author Share Posted January 11 5 minutes ago, ri Alban said: Starts a thread and doesn't name anyone from so many to mention. Your to quick mate ill be back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 This lad wasn't half bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Cruyff said: Oh, the irony. Just an observation. I don't really care about such things anymore, the way I used to. I'd have a list of my own, back in the days I cared, now, It's all bollox. But feck it, I thought, I'll go and get a video and put a name in anyway. 👍 Edited January 11 by ri Alban Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leginten Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Always loved the acoustic guitar playing on Jethro Tull’s Aqualung album. Cheap Day Return, Wond’ring Aloud, songs like that. Martin Barre? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Whoever did this guitar riff, and I don't know his name. Video primed to begin just before he goes into his ending guitar riff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 A very important man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martoon Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Mick Karn for me. Granted, Mick was a (fretless) bass guitarist but there's nothing like listening to him at his finest with Japan. Sylvian wrote the songs but Mick gave them life. Google "Sons of Pioneers", by Japan, and you'll hear what I mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamborich Posted January 11 Author Share Posted January 11 1 hour ago, ri Alban said: Starts a thread and doesn't name anyone from so many to mention. You don’t have to be in a band to be a great guitarist I’ll start with this guy Kfir Ochaion check him out on you tube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbojambo Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Best that I have seen live were Paul Kossoff, Rory Gallagher, Joe Bonamassa, Jimmy Page, Robert Cray, Russ Ballard, Martin Barre, Nils Lofgren, Keith Richards, James Burton, Joe Walsh, Vince Gill, Angus Young, Carlos Santana, Zal Cleminson, Manny Charlton and of course Pete Townshend. All male but blown away last year by Bonnie Raitt and before that by Janis Ian both amazing acoustic guitar players. I would have loved to have seen Hendrix (my rather stuffy sister in law once stunned me by saying she saw him playing alongside Lulu at the Usher Hall on the Smash hits tour in 1967), George Harrison, Tom Petty, B B King, Muddy Watters, Peter Green and John Lee Hooker. Biggest disappointment was Eric Clapton although was during his drugs addiction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor jambo Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Kerry king Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo-Jambo Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Bruce Foxton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig_ Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Eddie Hazel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spellczech Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 (edited) Always thought Prince was a very fine noise maker, but then I've always thought good tunes make good guitarists rather than the other way around... I am probably not welcome on this thread. Edited January 11 by Spellczech Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micole Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 (edited) Where do I start... Alvin Lee Rory Gallagher Eric Clapton Jim Hendrix Bernie Marsden Gary Moore SRV Paul Kossof Mark Knofler Wilco Angus Young Steve Marriot ( very underrated) Jack Bruce Malcolm Young Pete Townsend Mick Taylor Manny Charlton I'm sure I forgotten loads more from my plooky youth....😁 Edited January 11 by micole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kila Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Slash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leginten Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 20 minutes ago, micole said: Where do I start... Alvin Lee Rory Gallagher Eric Clapton Jim Hendrix Bernie Marsden Gary Moore SRV Paul Kossof Mark Knofler Wilco Angus Young Steve Marriot ( very underrated) I'm sure I forgotten loads more from my plooky youth....😁 Two of the first gigs I ever saw were Ten Years After and Rory Gallagher, both at the Caley Cinema on Lothian Road. There have been some fantastic acoustic guitarists associated with the folk scene - John Renbourn, Martin Simpson, Nic Jones. @Tazio already mentioned another great acoustic player, Nick Drake, who must have had bionic fingers. Metronomic rhythm, every note clear as a bell. Anyway, here’s Nic Jones managing to sound like a bagpipe drone and a guitar simultaneously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the original dalry llama Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Lucy Dacus Ira Kaplin Liz Phair Stephen Malkmus Siobhan Wilson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N Lincs Jambo Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 8 hours ago, ri Alban said: A very important man. The only American blues player I had the good fortune to see live at Dundee Uni around 1984. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjack Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 For me it's malcolm young. He's the guitarist I wanted to be and the reason I started playing guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daktari Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Derek Trucks - the best guitar player most people have never heard of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_razors_edge Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Mark knopfler dave Murray Adrian smith Angus young paul kossoff gary Rossington allen Collins Slash steve clark billy duffy jimmy page Kirk Hammett james hetfield Mike mcready Brian may steve craddock john frusciante Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky_26 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Nuno bettencourt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carter Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Mike Campbell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Magic Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 John Petrucci of Dream Theater fame. God!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micole Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Jings!!...I forgot JEFF BECK....Good grief I deserved to be flogged....🤣🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Geordie Walker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruyff Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 3 hours ago, Craig_ said: Eddie Hazel. For you my friend. Eric Gales 👀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWM Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 (edited) Ritchie Blackmore Rory Gallagher Dave Murray Adrian Smith Paul Kossoff Luke Morley Bernie Marsden Marc Ford Richie Kotzen Michael Schenker Jeff Beck Edited January 11 by AWM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 2 hours ago, the original dalry llama said: Lucy Dacus Ira Kaplin Liz Phair Stephen Malkmus Siobhan Wilson Good to see someone mention female guitarists. There’s a real snobbery, especially heavy music types about female guitarists. And anyone who doesn’t plays screeds of notes. I’m a big fan of St Vincent (Annie Clark) as a guitarist and the any time you look at a video on YouTube of her playing its full of comments from metal heads saying she can’t play “properly” as she doesn’t do fast solos. He playing is very inventive and cleverly constructed. As you would expect from someone who studied jazz guitar and composition at Berklee University. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leginten Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Absolutely fantastic slide guitar from Ry Cooder on this 1970 release. If the category “greatest semi-obscure single by an extremely famous person” existed, this would be a gold medal candidate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gershwin Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Matt Freeman on bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruyff Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 2 minutes ago, leginten said: Absolutely fantastic slide guitar from Ry Cooder on this 1970 release. If the category “greatest semi-obscure single by an extremely famous person” existed, this would be a gold medal candidate. Ry taught Keith Richards open G tuning. The Rolling Stones probably owe Ry a fortune, "Start me up" "can't you hear me knockin'" etc... wouldn't exist without Ry Cooder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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