Some Amazing Guitarists

Brian May is my all time fave electric guitarist. The sounds that came from his guitar were groundbreaking and always exciting. I always wanted to make a full recording of May solos and jams that can be found in practically every Queen song prior to the dreadful 80s stuff. You can hear May's influence in much later bands like Ween and Smashing Pumpkins, both great alternative rock bands.

Steve Howe is also a technical wizard.

When I feel like listening to acoustic, nothing does it for me like Leo Kottke. He is amazing.
 
The best thing about Eddie Van Halen:

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Any other Danny Gatton fans here? He was blazin'. He never had a well-defined style, playing rock, gospel, rockabilly, jazz, blues, "redneck jazz", even winning Guitar Player magazine awards for country music. His lack of a defined style probably inhibited his career and level of fame.
 
Here, I am about to truly date myself. Two of my favorite guitarists are, or were, Les Paul and Chet Atkins.
 
Good call Hugh... Chet Atkins was an absolute master. Umm, Mellow... EVH is no longer married to the lovely Valerie Bertinelli. Maybe she's available....;)
 
mycroftt said:
Any other Danny Gatton fans here? He was blazin'. He never had a well-defined style, playing rock, gospel, rockabilly, jazz, blues, "redneck jazz", even winning Guitar Player magazine awards for country music. His lack of a defined style probably inhibited his career and level of fame.
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Hell, yes! I was very saddened to hear of his death..
 
In my younger days (late 60's) I had the chance to go to a concert by Narciso Yepes, he played Classical on a custom ten string guitar, Man he was good.

Luis
 
Chet Atkins is an amazing guitarist. Some of the sweetest sounds I've ever heard coaxed out of a guitar.
 
FullerH said:
THE classical guitarist of my youth was Andres Segovia and he was just stupendous.
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He was indeed. But to me, John Williams comes close and has a warmer sound.

Other favorite guitar players of mine are:

Jazz - Jim Hall on 'Concierto'
Blues - James Blood Ulmer on 'Blues Experience'
Jazz-Rock - John McLaughlin on 'The Inner Mounting Flame' and Tommy Bolin on 'Spectrum'

And of course everything from Jimi Hendrix
 
Jeff Beck
George Benson
Al DiMeola
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Angus Young-AC/DC
Kirk Hammett-Metallica
David Gilmour-Pink Floyd
Taj Mahal
Pete Townsend
Gary Hoey
Tony Iommi-Black Sabbath

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
A great list of guitarists. Another who fits comfortably is Frank Marino. Sometimes over the top and out there but technically amazing. He has a new double live album call RealLive! Some jaw dropping guitar playing and man does he have good endurance. Not an album for anyone with a short attention span. Side one is especially good with a medley of songs including tributes to the Doors, The Allman Bros. and Cream.
For you jazz fans listen to Jimmy Bruno. Holy crap can that guy play. String skipping, like Malmsteen uses to play so fast was invented by jazz players and Bruno is the best I've heard at that.
One of my all time favorite rock guitarists from the late 60's and very early 70's was John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service. The older I get the more I'm amazed at his technique. He was one of a kind and unfortunately he passed away at too early an age from congenital emphysema.
 
All the guitarists mentioned in this thread have contributed something unique to the world of music. Some of my personal faves are Chet Atkins, Jeff Beck, Eric Johnson, and Carlos Santana.

So far nobody has mentioned Tommy Emmanuel, so I will. If you've never experienced Tommy's guitar playing, run don't walk. You'll be glad you did. http://www.tommyemmanuel.com/home.asp This picker from Australia was one of Chet's favorites. They recorded together. He's touring the world. Catch him if you can.

I'll also mention three incredible, if somewhat obscure guitarists: Lenny Breau (RIP), Ted Greene (great books, one unbelievable recording), and Tulsa's own Tommy Crook.
 
There was another guitar player in the late '50s, a guy named Duane Eddy. He played a steel guitar and tuned it so that it "twanged". That is the only way that I can describe it. A couple of his biggest hits were "Rebel Rouser" and "40 Miles of Bad Road". I really liked his style, which was sort of "rock-a-billy."
 
Great topic. :thumbup: :thumbup:

Some of my favorites...

For simplicity, Mark Knopfler.
For slide guitar, Sonny Landreth.
For versatility, Robben Ford.
For the power chord, Link Wray.
For a sound like NOBODY else, Dick Dale...(you younger guys think "Pulp Fiction" :D )...King of the Surf Guitar.

Lots of fabulous axemen mentioned in this thread.

Bill
 
DiMeola is wonderful. He's top-notch.

I have a funny story about Dick Dale.

I was in Cleveland seeing the band Opeth (Who are VERY accomplished musically, crafting emotional 15 minute songs that go from Swedish death metal with growled vocals to acoustic passages with soft vocals) and Dick Dale was also playing that night (House Of Blues). Opeth had the main floor. We had to stand outside the venue for 2 hours before we were let in. On the other side of the venue was the line for Dick Dale fans. There were about 120 Opeth fans in line before anyone showed up for the Dick Dale line. A few more showed up and as time passed the Opeth crowd had become more and more agitated about being left out in the cold and not allowed inside the lobby even. Everyone started making fun of Dick Dale (Easy with a name like that) and talking about how rockin that show was gonna be. It was pretty damn funny at the time, looking at a crowd full of middle-aged men opposite of a crowd of hooligans dressed in black clothes, sporting death metal shirts and long hair. We probably said shit to them for over an hour, anyhting we could think of, and they all just took it, no one in the Dick Dale line said a word back to us. They look kind of frightened. Ah well, great concert, one I'll never forget.
 
Vivi said:
It was pretty damn funny at the time, looking at a crowd full of middle-aged men opposite of a crowd of hooligans dressed in black clothes, sporting death metal shirts and long hair. We probably said shit to them for over an hour, anyhting we could think of, and they all just took it, no one in the Dick Dale line said a word back to us. They look kind of frightened. Ah well, great concert, one I'll never forget.
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That's cause they were stifling there laughter.:p :D
So many amazing guitarists in this thread!:cool:

Doug:)
 
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