favorite guitar player

**MR.BurmaShave** · 08-20-2009, 01:28 PM

with so many musical people here-
I was wondering who are some of you favorite guitar players of all time?

**MotoMike** · 08-20-2009, 01:38 PM

It's a tough question for me.
always hold a spot for Carlos Santana
Al Di Meola is another worthy of consideration

**GoldenMonkey** · 08-20-2009, 01:42 PM

Man, that's a hard one...too many criteria and different genres, but if we're talking musical genius, art, expression, and emotional response, for me:
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy Page
Duane Allman
(no particular order)

Sometimes I just wanna rock out though, and Pete Townshend or Joan Jett win the day, lol.

**CrowdedHouse** · 08-20-2009, 01:44 PM

Rory Gallagher

**GoldenMonkey** · 08-20-2009, 01:46 PM

Originally Posted by CrowdedHouse

Rory Gallagher

I would have thought you would have said Neil, Tim, Leroy, or Liam Finn!

**SpyvSpy** · 08-20-2009, 01:53 PM

Wonder how many people are going to say Jimmy Hendrix. IMO i think he really sucked and yes i know that was the music of the 60's early 70's but still i think the guitarist David Jon Gilmour of Pink Floyd is great not only that but his lyrics as well.

**GoldenMonkey** · 08-20-2009, 02:00 PM

Originally Posted by SpyvSpy

Wonder how many people are going to say Jimmy Hendrix. IMO i think he really sucked and yes i know that was the music of the 60's early 70's but still i think the guitarist David Jon Gilmour of Pink Floyd is great not only that but his lyrics as well.

Jimi IS a popular pick, always. Its hard NOT to...

What's funny though is I feel the way you do about Jimi about David Gilmour, lol (not quite, I mean, I don't think he sucks, but)...Floyd is great and all, but it just doesn't speak to my soul...

**Cutter** · 08-20-2009, 02:05 PM

David Gilmour is great, Alex Lifeson from Rush, Lindsey Buckingham from Fleetwood Mac, although not my favorite band, Buckingham started off playing bluegrass and incorporated that into his rock style. Although it sound like he is playing with a pick, he is using his fingers. Very complex, technical style.

**Myanmar Shave** · 08-20-2009, 02:35 PM

When I was a teen in the seventies no one caught my attention more than Duane Allman and Dickey Betts. After hearing Eat a Peach, for the first time I knew I would knuckle down and start practicing my guitar to learn to play.

Not too long after I heard Santana's Moonflower album and was literally blown away by his tone and the grooves that record unleashed. To me its as vital as the day I dropped the needle on the LP in 1977.

My next progression was Al DiMeola's Elegant Gypsy album. This album made me realise what the pinnacle of creative, firepower guitar could be. It had tone, chops and great compositions. Almost a perfect musical statement.

But really though, almost all of the players back then were of excellent caliber and I listened to just about all of them. Clapton, Page, Hendrix, Trower- it's likely we will never see that level of musicianship in rock or pop music ever again.

I still listen to the above artists and those old records still move me the way they did so many years ago. I guess quality will always stand the test of time. It's my opinion but our last great guitar hero was Stevie Ray Vaughn, gone almost twenty years now. Most generations have their guitar heroes but it seems the progression stopped at SRV. I guess the younger generation doesn't quite get the same thrill we did seeing somebody "really tear it up!"...

The one regret of my musical life is I never got to see Duane Allman play....

Marty E.

**DanOK** · 08-20-2009, 02:44 PM

Stevie Ray Vaughn
Billy Gibbons
Mason Williams

**GoldenMonkey** · 08-20-2009, 02:45 PM

Originally Posted by Myanmar Shave

When I was a teen in the seventies no one caught my attention more than Duane Allman and Dickey Betts. After hearing Eat a Peach, for the first time I knew I would knuckle down and start practicing my guitar to learn to play.

Not too long after I heard Santana's Moonflower album and was literally blown away by his tone and the grooves that record unleashed. To me its as vital as the day I dropped the needle on the LP in 1977.

My next progression was Al DiMeola's Elegant Gypsy album. This album made me realise what the pinnacle of creative, firepower guitar could be. It had tone, chops and great compositions. Almost a perfect musical statement.

But really though, almost all of the players back then were of excellent caliber and I listened to just about all of them. Clapton, Page, Hendrix, Trower- it's likely we will never see that level of musicianship in rock or pop music ever again.

I still listen to the above artists and those old records still move me the way they did so many years ago. I guess quality will always stand the test of time. It's my opinion but our last great guitar hero was Stevie Ray Vaughn, gone almost twenty years now. Most generations have their guitar heroes but it seems the progression stopped at SRV. I guess the younger generation doesn't quite get the same thrill we did seeing somebody "really tear it up!"...

The one regret of my musical life is I never got to see Duane Allman play....

Marty E.

Damn fine post...I couldn't agree more.

**MoJoe** · 08-20-2009, 03:12 PM

I've always been a huge fan of Mark Knofler going back to his days with Dire Straits.

**MR.BurmaShave** · 08-20-2009, 03:14 PM

Jazz: Al Di Meola, django reinhardt, joe pass

Rock: The edge, clapton, jake white, j mascis

classical: andres segovia

blues: albert king, albert collins, SRV.

**Gypsy shaver** · 08-20-2009, 03:15 PM

Django Reinhardt
Joscho Stephan
Sharon Isbin

**MR.BurmaShave** · 08-20-2009, 03:18 PM

Originally Posted by Gypsy shaver

Django Reinhardt
Joscho Stephan
Sharon Isbin

Nice picks, Mr. Hot club!

**kwk285** · 08-20-2009, 03:23 PM

I am not going to repeat some of the names that are already on the list.

A couple that come to mind are

Steve Lukather. He started with Toto but if you listen to some of his jazz, he is very accomplished.

For accoustic, I would add Dan Foegelberg. I saw him in solo concert 15+ years ago where he moved back and forth between a 6 or 12 string accoustic and a piano. He just played for 2+ hours. I didn't realize how good his skills were.

**zoom** · 08-20-2009, 03:52 PM

Richard Thompson
Peter Green (while with Fleetwood Mac)
Buddy Guy
Robert Fripp

**zoom** · 08-20-2009, 03:53 PM

oh,

and Johnny Marr

**Proinsias** · 08-20-2009, 04:24 PM

A few that haven't made the list yet:

Paco De Lucia

Zoot Horn Rollo, from Beefheart's Magic Band

and he may not be too flashy but I do love the clean sound Ben Harper manages on the guitar.