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Greatest Guitarists Ever?!?!?!
Hendrix_God
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I looked around on the forum and didn't find one, so I made a thread to discuss....well basically, the greatest guitarists ever. Mabye there tone, technique, sound, or kickin' licks get you off. In any case, make your voice known.
Mine, if you didn't guess, is Jimi Hendrix. I mean come on. He pioneered the feedback and other effects, incorporating them nicely mind you. All of his songs have a mixture of rock, r & b, soul, funk, and even a little jazz. I believe as time has went on, everyone has said he is the best without giving any thought why. They just have heard it on vh1 or mtv or their brother's friend talk about him. It drives me insane.
"Hey! Whats your favorite song!"
"Purple Haze MANNN!!"
*sigh* sorry. pitiful rant
A lot of players at my school , however, believe SRV and Van Halen are the soul saviors of rock guitar. Don't get me wrong, i love them to death, but i don't believe either one was as innovative as Hendrix was.
Anway...DISCUSS!!!DISCUSS
Mine, if you didn't guess, is Jimi Hendrix. I mean come on. He pioneered the feedback and other effects, incorporating them nicely mind you. All of his songs have a mixture of rock, r & b, soul, funk, and even a little jazz. I believe as time has went on, everyone has said he is the best without giving any thought why. They just have heard it on vh1 or mtv or their brother's friend talk about him. It drives me insane.
"Hey! Whats your favorite song!"
"Purple Haze MANNN!!"
*sigh* sorry. pitiful rant
A lot of players at my school , however, believe SRV and Van Halen are the soul saviors of rock guitar. Don't get me wrong, i love them to death, but i don't believe either one was as innovative as Hendrix was.
Anway...DISCUSS!!!DISCUSS
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-Jimi Hendrix
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I'll echo Townshend and Van Halen though.
>_>
Brian May
Joe Satriani
Eddie Van Halen
Hendrix (yeah)
Kyle Gass
Steve Vai
Geddy Lee (bass still counts, right?)
Townshend
Probably a few others I'm forgetting, but that's the top of the list.
Pat Metheny
Jimmy Page
SRV
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Ted Nugent is also a favorite of mine. I saw him live a few months back, and the man can play some monster guitar solos. Not to mention his endless covers of blue tunes like "Hoochie Coochie Man" "Red House" and some Robert Cray song. He is a phenomenal guitarist.
-Jimi Hendrix
I'm also more than partial to Frank Zappa. He mixed jazz, rock, and neo-classical music into this strange sort of... well, it's hard to explain, and that's before you add in lyrics about blow-up dolls, third-world countries stealing your shoes, and that asshole that won't fix your toilet no matter how much you pay. Zappa's music is easily recognizable, horribly catchy, and features some truly great riffs and solos. Oh, and he gave Hendrix his first wah-wah pedal. That's gotta count for something, right?
Also... no Clapton yet? Seriously, guys!
Some others, off the top of my head:
Muddy Waters
Randy Rhoads
Kevin Shields
Angus Young
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John Petrucci is a perfect example of taking a guy with little natural talent and putting him through the best guitar training possible: All flash, no substance.
Add Leo Kottke.
Unfamiliar, at least in my case.
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES
also Marty Friedman.
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Legal, even.
Also:
Santana
Tony Iommi
Any one of them. You can say that Steve Vai is better technically, but Hendrix is best because of influence. You could pretty much argue three distinct points.
-Jimi Hendrix
As for Vai, i can't get into his music. I listen to it for his awesome technique, but that's it. I mean, i never have wanted to listen to Vai in my car, while driving. I have to listen to him when I'm wanting to learn something from it.
Music wise
Hendrix > Vai
-Jimi Hendrix
how about that Rush?
Jerry Cantrell
J Page
Mike Eisner
Chuck Berry
I'm not too keen on shredding, more on originality and riffmaking.
That man can make up some crazy ass licks.
Page can make licks that are just truly...gnarly, and yes, i did use the word gnarly.
Whole Lotta Love
Black Dog
Rock n Roll
Immigrant Song
....yeah...
-Jimi Hendrix
Pete Townshend
Bluesbreakers and Cream era Clapton
Jimi Hendrix
Wes Montgomery
Newer faves:
Joe Satriani
Eric Johnson
Bill Frisell
Alex Lifeson (under rated)
Johnny Marr (under rated)
Luca Turilli (aw hell, I can't tell if I'm joking)
I'd say that Page, B.B. King, and SRV don't really do it for me, though I do recognize the raw power that SRV played with. Page was slightly too sloppy, and I saw a master class thing on Trio or Bravo or something where B.B. King completely shattered my illusion of him as a guitarist. Sort of like when Lucas came out with the legacy-compromisingly bad Episodes 1-3, but with an ES-335. That analogy sucked pretty badly, didn't it?
Buckethead
Joe Satriani
Django Reinhardt
Yngwie Malmsteen
Additionally, I've always loved Boston's and Journey's guitarists.
André Olbrich, Jimmy Page, Townshend, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix.
Kurt Cobain's grunge was pretty neat too. But I think it's cool to think Nirvana was overated now, though.
I've been waiting for someone to mention that man.
:roll:
Goodnight thread.
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