Your Favorite Guitarists

[Einherjar86]

Can't believe there's no mention of David Gilmour yet. Sure, he frequently makes mistakes if he tries to pack too much into a single bar - but he doesn't need to do that. The man can take the fewest notes and make them sing. He's written some of my all-time favorite guitar solos.

Other favorites include:

Mark Knopfler
Martin Barre
Steve Hackett (severely underrated guitarist)

 

[Carpe Mortem]

Obviously a shit ton already mentioned but I gotta bring up Rick Wartell. The guy manages to meld heavy with a sort of psychedelic surf, hella fucking props. Better than a lot of others mentioned frankly.

 

[tagradh]

4/4 + 3/4

Bizarre?

 

[The Ozzman]

One guy whom I feel almost never gets his due is Nugent. The man is a complete riff master, has one of the greasiest, most gut-wrenchingly powerful tones on the planet, controls feedback like few others can, and understands tension and release and classic American roots music better than almost any other rock player. Oh, and hot damn those solos are furious little suckers.

I agree with all of this.

No one mentioned Joe Satriani? Stevie Ray Vaughan?

 

[tagradh]

I find them both boring.

But then, despite being a 'guitarist', I don't find a lot of guitarist's guitarists that entertaining.

Should also add Robert Fripp to my list. (I'm aware that this might seem to contradict the above statement)

 

[The Ozzman]

Favorites that people are going to give me shit about:

John Petrucci
Chuck Schuldiner
James Murphy
Satch
Stevie Ray Vaughan (GOAT imo)
Ted Nugent
The Thin Lizzy combo
Alex Lifeson
Ty Tabor (King's X)
Dave Mustaine

 

[mutantllama]

I should probably listen to this guy.

He was also in early Death SS.

 

[Sirjack]

Ron Jarzombek is probably my overall killer geetarist
growing up it was
Randy Rhoads
Allan Holdsworth
Steve Vai
Satch
Ritchie Kotzen (great first LP)
Tony Macalpine
Akira Takasaki
Eddie Van Halen
James Murphy
Nuno Bettencourt
all the shrapnel guys
and more recently
Mattias IA Eklundh
Todd Duane
Ron fuckin Jarzombek
but lets not forget
Al Di Meola
John Mclaughlin
Zappa senior
Bill Connors
Django Reinhardt
there's loads more of course lm a guitar player!

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I don't really understand why people prefer Hanneman's leads to King's. Hanneman wrote the better riffs and was the death metal visionary, but King's leads are nearly without exception better than (or at least equivalent to) whatever solo Hanneman happens to have on the same song.

 

[The Ozzman]

Yeah, I think that despite being one of the best rock guitarists ever, he'll never get his critical due because the people who run those rags are scared to death of his politics. He'll never be properly acknowledged by the BBC or Rolling Stone, he'll never get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, etc. I like Satriani, but he's never been a particular favorite of mine. Stevie Ray Vaughan on the other hand is one of the finest blues players to ever pick up a guitar. All his albums are stone cold classics and unbelievable displays of great songcraft and virtuoso blues guitar.

Dude yeah. He's the reason I even picked up a guitar

 

[The Ozzman]

Uncle Ted or Stevie Ray?

Stevie Ray. Also Dave Gilmour

Ted is a badass guitar player. Anyone who denies it is holding politics over their head

 

[CiG]

Leigh Stephens.

 

[Satanstoenail]

Ron Jarzombek is probably my overall killer geetarist
growing up it was
Randy Rhoads
Allan Holdsworth
Steve Vai
Satch
Ritchie Kotzen (great first LP)
Tony Macalpine
Akira Takasaki
Eddie Van Halen
James Murphy
Nuno Bettencourt
all the shrapnel guys
and more recently
Mattias IA Eklundh
Todd Duane
Ron fuckin Jarzombek
but lets not forget
Al Di Meola
John Mclaughlin
Zappa senior
Bill Connors
Django Reinhardt
there's loads more of course lm a guitar player!

Jarzombek rules. Forgot about him. Mental player. I should have a listen to Blotted Science again one of these days.

I don't really understand why people prefer Hanneman's leads to King's. Hanneman wrote the better riffs and was the death metal visionary, but King's leads are nearly without exception better than (or at least equivalent to) whatever solo Hanneman happens to have on the same song.

They were a well matched pair and I love their mental shredding and plucked harmonic tremolo divebomb madness, but Hanneman improved with time and had slightly better feel & tone. Plus, as you say, Hanneman wrote the better riffs. I just can't bring myself to put KK on a fave guitarists list.

 

[CiG]

Lord of the late 60's fuzz tone, utterly ear splitting in a live setting, great riff maker too.

This may be controversial but I actually appreciate Leigh Stephens' playing on Outsideinside much more, he dances on that fine line between heavy and delicate.

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

I need to buy Blue Cheer music. It's been on my wish list for years.

 

[CiG]

His playing on Outsideinside is out of this world in the sense of its extensive musical dynamism, however, I'm a but more of a sucker for his work on Vincebus Eruptum.

Vincebus Eruptum has obvious and immediate qualities, but I also think Outsideinside reveals it's worth over time.

The complaint I have about Vincebus Erutptum is that it only contains two original compositions, whereas Outsideinside only contains two cover tunes, so Vincebus Eruptum is more about appreciating the guitar tone, the playing itself is fairly unoriginal.

My favourite track on Vincebus Eruptum happens to be one of the two original tunes though.

 

[CiG]

Yeah their version of "Summertime Blues" is insane. I love it.

 

[CiG]

That song was like the ground beneath you was caving in at a live show. You'd just hear that bass rattling your ears like an indomitable juggernaut barreling towards you, then the rest of the band kicks in seconds later and all but knocks you flat on your ass. It was hippies gone volume mad.

You basterd. You saw them perform?

 

[CiG]

Mid 1970 in Detroit, freaking nuts.

That's so awesome, did they share the stage with anybody noteworthy?

 

[tagradh]

I don't really understand why people prefer Hanneman's leads to King's. Hanneman wrote the better riffs and was the death metal visionary, but King's leads are nearly without exception better than (or at least equivalent to) whatever solo Hanneman happens to have on the same song.

Do people even listen to Slayer for the solos? I only really pay attention to the riffs and the drums. I can't remember how any of their solos go.