Guitarists, who are your jacks of the trade?

[The View Askew]

I am a guitar lover, I love the way santana can burn beauty into my soul with his sprawling solos, I love the way hank marvin makes the instrument sing like no other man can.


Stevie ray vaughan batters my senses with relentless fast picking drenched in whiskey and the blues.

Brian may enriches my day with melodic and unique sounds only he seems to be able to play.

Jimmy page rips through me with the basis for hard rocking riffs.

Hendrix plays what I don't expect, yet I want to hear his next note somehow.

Peter Green is in his own league with smooth blues sounds leaking from his guitar onto a Fleetwood Mac track or two, along with his spine tingling voice.

There are many others who bring utter joy to the listener, can you guys help me find them?


Who's style do you love, what makes them special, show us your passion.
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[hellkat]

Excellent choices.
But you forgot :

The raw gutwrenchingly sexy bass of Jean Jacques Burnel
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[The View Askew]

Excellent, someone I haven't heard of, this is my idea of this thread, those of us myself included who see suggestions unfamiliar to them go check that out immediately.

Thanks!
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[hellkat]

I bet you recognise it instantly, LOL

hellkat
always luvs the bass players
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[neatbik]

Zakk Wylde - The sheer speed, brutality and crazy sounds.







https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdA4ciUrH-k

James Hetfield - Awesome rhythm player, huge fat riffs usually played at warped speed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_C2vSge6Bs&feature=related


Johnny Cash - really emotive guitar player

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmxB2BwVufA&feature=fvst

Rodrigo y gabriela - flamenco style, have covered lots of music and put their own spin on it, my favourite being Metallica's 'Orion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGQ6imfUrSs&feature=related

[Chris750]

I play guitar myself. Been playing for at least ten years.

Hendrix is amazing
Robbie al la the doors is great too.
Also for pure simplicity Steve Cropper on Booker T and the MG's

[P.addy]

erm.

really putting down the guitarists is quite hard..

guitarists from protest the hero
alexi laiho
guitarists from all that remains..

[GhostRider]

[KevTM]

The Edge........














Joking


Seriously though..

Dave Gilmour - Really need to explain why?

Lindsey Buckingham - You know it's him instantly, love it.

[P.addy]

[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

Dave Davis from The Kinks - You Really Got Me
Man he can shred...Possibly the godfather of metal.

Johnny Winter - An Albino who plays the blues like his life depended on it.

Bernard Sumner - Warsaw/Joy Division. Listen to Unknown Pleasures or get the Warsaw LP. Totally underrated guitarist.

Which leads me to Tom Verlaine(Television)..Steve Diggle(Buzzcocks) Lou Reed...yes that most awkward of guitarists
Robert Quine - Another troubadour

You want some fret wanking by now

Alvin Lee - Ten Years After. Why use one note when 20 will do.
Jeff Beck.
Townsend
Oo Oo Mick Ronson. Not a Fret runner, but an iconic sound creator.

Segovia. Fingers like sausages..will make Satriani look jaded.
Paco de Lucia - Another fantastically gifted wooden box strung with gut player.

Who could omit Zappa..Dick Dale.



I like guitar based music. Probably 80% of my music have guitars on them. Funny that they were never considered a proper instrument at one time.


Pat
I could go on...and on
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[Vin]

Angus Young

[PsychoHippy]

Allow me to throw Joe Bonamassa into the mix. If you have never heard him play then I highly suggest you go and find some of his stuff
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[strag]

Howling terrors Mick Ronson gets my vote, have a look at him on Bowies Ziggy Stardust videos...excellent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibbXYEBryrs
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[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

^^^What got me in that vid was the rhythm section. Great pushing rhythm through an average solo.
Still Cool As tho.

Pat
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[strag]

yep agreed, he contributed to a lot of music/artists, not the best in the world but someone I admire a lot and you reminded me to go back again
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[neil.]

Mike Stern

Tommy Emmanuel

Alan Morse (Spock's Beard)


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[The Shaggy D.A.]

John Williams. Simply perfection.

Adrian Legg. The man just sounds as though he has 12 fingers on each hand.
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[bazza]

Leo Kottke, Mark Knopfler, Rory Gallagher amongst some others already mentioned above.
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[Azonicben]

I've always loved joe pass, he can make a guitar sing.

Tried to find autumn leaves on YouTube but only found "blues in g"
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proper relaxing mode music
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[amnesia]

In no particular order

Zakk Wylde (Solo / Pride & Glory / Black label Society / Ozzy) - instantly recognisable guitar sound

Dave Mustaine (Megadeth / MD45) - awesome rhythm player

Joe Satriani (Solo / Chickenfoot) - fretwanking maybe, but melodic with it

Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme)

Erik Mongrain (check out "Air Tap" on you tube)

Andy Mckee (you tube again..."Drifting")


I would much rather listen to an acoustic guitar played like the two tunes above, rather than insane tuneless fretwanking by the likes of Yngwie Malmsteen or Micheal Angelo Batio - he plays a guitar with 4 necks ffs.
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[oldpink]

Andy Mckee my son turned me on to him a while back Superb
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[Luke_Retrofly]

Tom morello
Daron Malakian
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Joe Pass Bad omission by me.

Autumn Leaves - Joe Pass

Pat
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[mistergixer]

Ernest Ranglin - Surfin'

also

Ernest Ranglin - Below the Bassline
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