Your Favorite Guitarists

[H.P. Lovecraft]

This thread is for the purpose of discussing your favorite guitarists, metal or otherwise, you favorite pieces, solos, riffs, leads, performances etc. by them, their gear, and the like. Discuss techniques of their's you find interesting, list your favorite guitarists, make top five or ten or even larger countdowns of your favorites, and on, and on, and on. Give it a go, you won't regret it.

 

[CiG]

Tony Iommi, Dave Chandler, Mike Scalzi, John Perez and Glenn Tipton.

 

[CiG]

That's filled with legends, respectable list of course.

Of mine, Chandler is my favourite, I love the way he plays his guitar fast, yet at a slow pace. It's very manic and downer.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Chandler recycles the same two solos over and over. It kinda works, but the solos are generally the worst part about Saint Vitus.

 

[CiG]

Chandler recycles the same two solos over and over. It kinda works, but the solos are generally the worst part about Saint Vitus.

Not an unreasonable opinion, I don't mind it so much because his solos are less about musicianship and the usual reasons behind solos and more about an energy release. He's clearly not trying to walk in the footsteps of Yngwie et al.

 

[CiG]

From one of my favourite music DVDs.

 

[CiG]

I grew up on his sounds because of my father, few things I'm grateful to my parents for, music is one of them.

 

[CiG]

He came in the form of the Blues Brothers soundtrack actually.

 

[tagradh]

Czral, Bert Jansch, Nick Drake, Wes Montgomery, Trey Azagthoth, all those other ones with the widdlywoowoowozweeeoeooso

 

[mutantllama]

Paul Chain has taken Iommi's spot as my favorite guitarist. Dudes soloing is fucking out of this world. He's as wild as Chandler, but also has the soulful melody of Iommi.

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

Paul Chain has taken Iommi's spot as my favorite guitarist. Dudes soloing is fucking out of this world. He's as wild as Chandler, but also has the soulful melody of Iommi.

I should probably listen to this guy.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Yep, Paul Chain rules. Here are some of my favorites.

Scott "Wino" Weinrich - The Obsessed
Al Jones - Pagan Altar
Chuck Keller - Ares Kingdom/Order from Chaos
John Gallo - Orodruin/Blizaro
Jon Brenner - Revelation/Against Nature
Scott Gorham - Thin Lizzy
Gary Moore - Thin Lizzy/Various

 

[CiG]

Jon Brenner - Revelation/Against Nature

Great choice, I love his style myself.

Chuck Keller - Ares Kingdom/Order from Chaos

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

Andre Olbrich from Blind Guardian is probably my favorite.

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

I neglected to actually give any favorites when I posted before. Aside from the most obvious ones, probably Gianluca A. Corona, Fulberto Serena, Mark Shelton and Jim Matheos.

 

[Slayed Necros]

Uli Jon Roth, Gelal Necrosodomy, Alf Svensson, Howie Bently, Mike Scaccia, Schmier, Archon Vorskaath.

 

[Satanstoenail]

Tommy Vetterli is my number one. Flawless technique, super tasteful solos, flash without wank, and he's written some of my favourite riffs.

Also:
Duane Denison
Jeff Hanneman
Hendrix
Trey Azagthoth
Hoffman brothers
Angus Young
Kirk Hammett before he had his Wah pedal surgically grafted to his foot
Jerry Cantrell
Dean DeLeo
Luc Lemay
Jeff Buckley
Johnny Greenwood
Tony Iommi
Kurt Ballou
Steve Albini
Buzz Osbourne

Probably more that have slipped my mind

 

[Slayed Necros]

Tommy Vetterli
Jeff Hanneman
Trey Azagthoth
Hoffman brothers

Fuck, good calls. The Hoffman brothers were absolutely deadly in their prime.

 

[Satanstoenail]

Fuck, good calls. The Hoffman brothers were absolutely deadly in their prime.

Yeah they took the mental anarchy of Slayer and multiplied it by a hundred.

 

[CiG]

Yeah definitely a good call. The riffing on Legion is just lodged in my memory forever.