Lets talk Guitarists

[quantumleap]

No one mentioned Robert Johnson either.

 

[joebatters]

How about the great Pete Townshend?

 

[pubguy]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15425867/displaymode/1107/s/2/framenumber/1/

 

[wilheim]

Anyone who thinks Prince shouldn't be in the top ten should check him out at the 3:40 mark during this trubute to George Harrison with Tom Petty, Stevie Winwood and co at The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He blows the old dudes right off the stage with his rendition of "My Guitar Gently Weeps".

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[pubguy]

great vid there Wil.

 

[FairWarning]

My top 10 in no particular oreder

1: Joe Satriani
2: John Pettruci (Dream Theater)
3: Steve Vai
4: Stevie Ray Vaughn
5: Alex Lifeson (Rush)
6: Vitto Bratta (White Lion)
7: Eddie Van Halen
8: George Lynch (Dokken)
9: Prince
10: Jimmy Page

Honorable mention:

Hendrix
Clapton
Slash
Dave Murray (Iron Maiden)
Warren DeMartini (Ratt)
Randy Rhoads (Ozzy)


What say you?
Who am I missing the boat on in my drunken top 10?
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Hendrix honorable mention. Interesting.

Others worth mentioning are Ritchie Blackmore, Carlos Santana, and Michael Schenker.

 

[Samhain]

Honorable mention:
Axel Rudi Pell
Uli Roth
Yngwie Malmsteen
Kirk Hammet
Alex Skolnik

 

[celticGreen+]

My addition to a list: This guy is insane... If you prefer more "structured" songs, check out one called Machete, I don't think he plays it live, but it's on youTube I'm sure.

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[cadillacman]

Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughn...the end of it...

 

[919]

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One of my favs. Check it out.

 

[billhill999]

Good post 919.

 

[919]

damn, doesn't work...

Michael Hedges

 

[919]

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[919]

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I'm a big fan of Windham Hill artists....Hedges and Ackerman

 

[festeringZit]

Pat Metheny Group - Are You Going With Me (LIVE)

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[festeringZit]

Pat Metheny

How can you not love this? So tasteful... Stick around for
the second solo in the song.


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[festeringZit]

Metheny on a 42 String Guitar

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[GoSooners]

Danny Gatton was the only guitar player that I've ever seen who has played, mastered and recorded in every genre of music. I don't think any other guitar player else can claim this feat. He's known basically as a rock and roll and blues guitarist. But he's even recorded a jazz album with Roy Hargrove and Joshua Redman called the New York Stories. I would stack him up against anybody. He was once called by Guitar Player and Rolling Stone magazines the World's Greatest greatest unknown guitar player. When he gets going on the guitar he could put every heavy metal guitarist to shame with his speed of playing. They didn't call him "fingers of fire" for nothing. It was a tragedy that he suffered from depression and commited suicide in 1995.Seems all the good ones died young. Here's a solo from Sleepwalk. He really gets it going towards the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyjtW-rvWoQ

 

[Omni]

Any top ten guitar players list need to include Chet Atkins.

Can't believe some of the guys that make people's lists.

 

[Syklone]

How about Toem Morello? Love that dude?

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Or, an MIT grad and inventor of the Rockman Amplifier, Tom Scholz?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zsy164o_BdY

Amazing link to listen to.