First tell me your favourites, then be honest and tell me who you think were or are the best guitarists?
Who's Your All Time Fav. Guitarist
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JesterOfDeath
AKA Addicted To Death
Hmmm....Loomis (obviously), Bjorn and Jesper from In Flames, Kerry king and Jeff hanneman from Slayer, Silenoz and Galder from Dimmu Borgir, Mikael and Peter from Opeth, Dave Mustaine from Megadeth, Jon Schaffer from Iced Earth and i think that covers them but if i had to pick the best from this group i couldn't. It's too hard!
Favs - Loomis, Stromblad, Amott, Nystrom (katatonia)
The Best - Amott, Randy Rhoads, Chuck Shuldiner, Loomis, Dimebag, Steve Vai
The Best - Amott, Randy Rhoads, Chuck Shuldiner, Loomis, Dimebag, Steve Vai
Ron Jarzombek, Michael Romeo, Dave Mustaine (back in the day), Alex Scholnick, Tim Calvert, Michael Amott (I think that's his name, the guy from Arch Enemy), and others.
Troyanasy
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If you add those guitar players together you got those most
expressive unified team . If you Hammer's have not heard any of their music expand your horizons!
Sorry Better Luck Next Time
expressive unified team . If you Hammer's have not heard any of their music expand your horizons!
Sorry Better Luck Next Time
Vylance X
The 9th Prophet
I am sicked to see that Dimmu Borgir and In Flames have made this list and not John Petrucci... this is sad. Anyway, here are some guitarists that are worth making the list...
John Petrucci (of course)
Tony MacAlpine
Allan Holdsworth
Al DiMeola (sp?)
Tony Levins
Steve Vai
Jeff Loomis
Joe Satriani
Darrell Abbott (or Dimebag, if you like Pantera)
Mikael Åkerfeldt
Jeff Beck
Jan Hammar
David Gilmour
Jeff Buckley
Buckethead
Les Claypool
Chuck Schuldiner
Ihsahn (not only playing, but creativity)
Peter Tagtgren (same as Ihsahn)
The guys from Meshuggah... their timing is AMAZING! (just try to learn New Millenium Cyanide Christ. hehe)
Which reminds me... Meshuggah are using 8 string guitars on their new album. They said they aren't using the 8th too much, just because it'll sound floppy as hell. I don't know what to expect.
John Petrucci (of course)
Tony MacAlpine
Allan Holdsworth
Al DiMeola (sp?)
Tony Levins
Steve Vai
Jeff Loomis
Joe Satriani
Darrell Abbott (or Dimebag, if you like Pantera)
Mikael Åkerfeldt
Jeff Beck
Jan Hammar
David Gilmour
Jeff Buckley
Buckethead
Les Claypool
Chuck Schuldiner
Ihsahn (not only playing, but creativity)
Peter Tagtgren (same as Ihsahn)
The guys from Meshuggah... their timing is AMAZING! (just try to learn New Millenium Cyanide Christ. hehe)
Which reminds me... Meshuggah are using 8 string guitars on their new album. They said they aren't using the 8th too much, just because it'll sound floppy as hell. I don't know what to expect.
I have a lot of guitar players I like. Here is a list of some of them.
George Lynch
Jeff Loomis
Jeff Waters
Andy Timmons
Reb Beach
James Murphy
Vitto Bratta
Dimebag Darrel
Glenn Tipton
The "Double H-Team" from Exodus
Marty Friedman
Paul Gilbert
Dan Wexler
John Petrucci
Janick Gers
That is a few that I like. I have been getting into a lot of the old hair-rock players lately.
George Lynch
Jeff Loomis
Jeff Waters
Andy Timmons
Reb Beach
James Murphy
Vitto Bratta
Dimebag Darrel
Glenn Tipton
The "Double H-Team" from Exodus
Marty Friedman
Paul Gilbert
Dan Wexler
John Petrucci
Janick Gers
That is a few that I like. I have been getting into a lot of the old hair-rock players lately.
Troyanasy
Member
Hey Nuclear ya hit it on the head
do your self a favour and check out Scottie Mishoe ,he will scarafie the shit out of ya
do your self a favour and check out Scottie Mishoe ,he will scarafie the shit out of ya
ZANEX
Alone Within My Lunacy
My favorites include Ace Frehley, (early) Eddie Van Halen, Tony Iommi, Jimmy Page, Steve Vai, John Petrucci, Zakk Wylde, Jake E.Lee, Marty Friedman, Alex Skolnick, Criss Oliva, (early) Dave Mustaine, Zakk Wylde, Dimebag Darrel, Chuck Shuldiner, Jimi Hendrix, Randy Rhodes, Tom Morello, Tracci Guns (o.k. he is in a "hair band" but he shreds) , Joe Satriani, and George Lynch.
All time favorite: tie between Chuck Shuldiner and Steve Vai.
All time favorite: tie between Chuck Shuldiner and Steve Vai.
ZANEX
Alone Within My Lunacy
I thought I mentioned Jeff Loomis and Tim Calvert. I guess I took it for granted since this is the NEVERMORE board.
for metal i would choose Jeff Waters...He is perfect in riffs and perfect in solos too...but he hasn't written songs that are up to his playing for years...I mean what he plays lately is cool but it has nothing to do with what the man CAN REALLY PLAY...
about solos i would choose Malmsteen but he has forgot how to write songs...he knows how to plays solos only...
about music generally i believe that nobody can sound like Mark Knopfler...I mean technique and feeling at the same time...
u don't know who he is??
he is a sultan...
about solos i would choose Malmsteen but he has forgot how to write songs...he knows how to plays solos only...
about music generally i believe that nobody can sound like Mark Knopfler...I mean technique and feeling at the same time...
u don't know who he is??
he is a sultan...
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Troyanasy
Member
Fire Down Under is one of the best album ever.Reale's version of "racin with the d... by Al DiMeola was smoke!
Troyanasy
Member
Jason Becker .Loomis told me he is actually a friend of his.I hear a lot of Becker in Jeff's playing .If you want to read and hear about a true hero of spirit and will Check out www.jasonbecker.com
I forgot John Petrucci and Jeff Waters, thanks for the reminder. Also, the guy from Spiral Architect and the guy from Andromeda are both awesome.
Someone said Les Claypool. C'mon, he plays bass.
Someone said Les Claypool. C'mon, he plays bass.
ledmag
New Metal Member
Well, my all time fav is a tie between Jimmy Page, and Tony Iommi. Those two bands got me into music. Once I heard these guys,,I knew I had to play the guitar.
And dont say there are way better guitar players out there, cause I already know that. Its the way these 2 guys made me feel when i heard their stuff,,,way back then(15 or 20 years ago) and still today
And dont say there are way better guitar players out there, cause I already know that. Its the way these 2 guys made me feel when i heard their stuff,,,way back then(15 or 20 years ago) and still today
Troyanasy
Member
if it wasn't for Iommi there would be no Heavy Metal
Page was'nt the best lead player but he wrote some of the best riffs ever . A thing I have always taught my students is in most song writing , 95% of the song is rhythm 5% led I mean lead
learn to walk before you try to run
Page was'nt the best lead player but he wrote some of the best riffs ever . A thing I have always taught my students is in most song writing , 95% of the song is rhythm 5% led I mean lead
learn to walk before you try to run
ledmag
New Metal Member
Your right on too. Page is sloppy, but its wierd,, he is good slop. His solos run together, he forgets time signitures, he uses kills way more than most so called big names, but something about his style. Speaking of running solos,,,Heartbreaker=40 strokes for every 4 count.....thats running together hahahahaha.
The rythem for Ramble on....that shit is amazing, when i firts started playing,,Ramble on was on my list hehe,,it took me a Looooooooooooooong time to get that one from a beginner. I love to play that song. ANd the Gollum part, man thats one of teh easiest, but easily one of the best sounding leads of teh early 70's. ANd the way Jim uses those open strings,,,I could go on forever. John Paul Jones is among one of the of the greatest too, he is not only an amazing bass player,,he rules on teh acoustic guitar as well, thats a little known fact, im sure you know, since you teach. Led III was chocked full to the TEETH with Johns rythem hand. And John coined teh riff for The Ocean.....great song, and a great riff. Lioving loveing Maid was JPJ riff too.
Iommi was very simple in the beginning, sloppy too, all those string noises, but his early stuff wil lallways be top shelf in my book.
The rythem for Ramble on....that shit is amazing, when i firts started playing,,Ramble on was on my list hehe,,it took me a Looooooooooooooong time to get that one from a beginner. I love to play that song. ANd the Gollum part, man thats one of teh easiest, but easily one of the best sounding leads of teh early 70's. ANd the way Jim uses those open strings,,,I could go on forever. John Paul Jones is among one of the of the greatest too, he is not only an amazing bass player,,he rules on teh acoustic guitar as well, thats a little known fact, im sure you know, since you teach. Led III was chocked full to the TEETH with Johns rythem hand. And John coined teh riff for The Ocean.....great song, and a great riff. Lioving loveing Maid was JPJ riff too.
Iommi was very simple in the beginning, sloppy too, all those string noises, but his early stuff wil lallways be top shelf in my book.
