2nd Best Guitar Player of All Time

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  • iam_thatdude
    iam_thatdude Posts: 1,279 Member
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    I like Eddie, but he's not the best in my book. I'd even be hard pressed to say who was the best ever, I'd probably change my mind half a dozen times before changing my mind another half a dozen times.

    But I have to say one of my faves of all time and the only guitarist to consistently wow me in live performances (seven times, so far) - Tim Sult from Clutch/The Bakerton Group. The man is just amazing.

    listen to what I say...he is GOOD, not great...his death vaulted him to greatness because we always do that. HIs playing is very, very repetitive. Most blues are, its unfortunate and Im not happy to say it, but he is just good. Chit, his brother may be better now than he ever was.

    U like Eddie, but some guy named Tim Sult is amazing? THanks for playing and your parting gift is The BEe Gees collected works of the 60's.

    Ah, so if I don't worship at the altar of Eddie, some random dude thinks I can't possibly know what I'm on about? I can live with that.

    Actually, im nto some random dude..IAM_THATDUDE, which automatically gives more weight to my opinions. PLus I know everything and since Tim Sult is not on my radar he must suck.

    Man you are "that dude" to put SRV in a category as overrated simply because he is dead. If you have not been grabbed by a single note of his playing (which has more attack, heart, soul, and grit than most guitarist can play in a lifetime) you sir, or...dude...are missing a few cells and ear for pure expressionism.
  • CastleMadeOfSand
    CastleMadeOfSand Posts: 432 Member
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    sorry, stevie ray vaughan is #1

    sorry he is not. He is not actually in the top 10..his death overrates him. Good, not great. In fact I would argue his playing is recycled and deriritave

    Sweet Jeebus. Having an almagamut of 3 main influences (Albert King, Jimi Hendrix, and Lonnie Mack) and blending them into a blues/rock/at times jazz jusion--with tone that is entirely un-touchable by any other humans, including using strings that any copy attempts, fails at--is NOT recycled and derivative. Blues on it's own is a copy of what came before it--and he re-invented it during a time of aqua-netted douche-hammers playing a million notes a second but not actually PLAYING a note.
  • BaconMD
    BaconMD Posts: 1,165 Member
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    There are too many, but Matt Bellamy makes me want to give up music.

    u must not be very good.
    qft
  • iam_thatdude
    iam_thatdude Posts: 1,279 Member
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    Jack White sucks.


    <defriend>

    sorry, but he sucks...like really sucks. His sister is an embarrasment too

    Ehem, not his sister. She's his ex-wife. And you should indeed be defriended!

    The sister comment was sarcastic...it appears I have been defriended....and Jack WHite still sucks..as a player and especially as a songwriter
  • theleftie
    theleftie Posts: 366
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    Eric Johnson
    Joe Bonamassa


    I've seen the three best ever
    SRV
    Eric Clapton
    Edward Van Halen
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,652 Member
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  • CastleMadeOfSand
    CastleMadeOfSand Posts: 432 Member
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    Eric Johnson
    Joe Bonamassa


    I've seen the three best ever
    SRV
    Eric Clapton
    Edward Van Halen

    Not exactly my list, but I could co-sign this and be happy with my choices. Big fan of them.
  • PHS7
    PHS7 Posts: 213 Member
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    Such a hard one. . . .

    The best I've ever seen in concert (no particular order, yet) Eddie, Joe Bonomassa, Alex Lifeson, Yngvie, Satch, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Ritchie Blackmore (both with RJD in Rainbow and with Deep Purple), Slash, Steve Vai, . .why do I feel I'm missing some.

    So, if I was going to say the top of all time, both dead, alive and LIVE I would say:

    Hendrix
    Page
    Beck
    Clapton
    Eddie
    Satch
    Bonamasso
    Stevie Ray Vaughan
    Blackmore
    Yngvie

    I purposely left Alex Lifeson off of my list because after seeing Rush over 30 times, I can't be impartial.
  • RaeLB
    RaeLB Posts: 1,216 Member
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    sorry, stevie ray vaughan is #1

    sorry he is not. He is not actually in the top 10..his death overrates him. Good, not great. In fact I would argue his playing is recycled and deriritave

    Sweet Jeebus. Having an almagamut of 3 main influences (Albert King, Jimi Hendrix, and Lonnie Mack) and blending them into a blues/rock/at times jazz jusion--with tone that is entirely un-touchable by any other humans, including using strings that any copy attempts, fails at--is NOT recycled and derivative. Blues on it's own is a copy of what came before it--and he re-invented it during a time of aqua-netted douche-hammers playing a million notes a second but not actually PLAYING a note.


    well said

    his death has nothing to do it, i have albums & cds, i know what i'm hearing
  • shellyhef1
    shellyhef1 Posts: 33
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    My husband is a guitar fanatic, Eddie Van Halen being his absolute favorite. And believe it or not, he is always blown away by Brad Paisley's playing!!
  • WhitneyAnnabelle
    WhitneyAnnabelle Posts: 724 Member
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    Rory Gallagher for number 1.

    He's the person that Jimi Hendrix called the world's greatest guitarist.

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

    YES. But I vote Duane Allman for #1. I'm not including straight blues guitarists, though.
  • _snw_
    _snw_ Posts: 1,305 Member
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    actually, i never answered the question.

    i do love jack white, but that's so much of a musical preference, so if you don't like him, you don't like him. but to simply write off his abilities because he doens't play the type of music the majority of all of these "top guitar players" seem to be in, well, that sucks.

    i don't like rock (or really, aren't most of these "top" guitar players actually considered "classic rock" by now?) so i personally wouldn't put any of the aforementioned guitar players in the category of "top guitar players of all time". maybe of their genre? sure, maybe.

    i just think this category is way too broad for anyone to have the ability to call anyone ~wrong~ for their opinion.
  • california_peach
    california_peach Posts: 1,858 Member
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    My list. Top 10

    1. Jimi Hendrix
    2. Jimmy Page
    3. Eric Clapton
    4. Jeff Beck
    5. Chuck Berry
    6. Robert Johnson
    7. Keith Richards
    8. Les Paul
    9. Johnny Greenwood
    10. Jack White
    10. Lou Reed
  • Natx83
    Natx83 Posts: 1,308 Member
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    No one a fan of Satriani?

    Steve Vai?
  • 3laine75
    3laine75 Posts: 3,070 Member
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    The line forms behind Mr Edward Van Halen.

    discuss.


    Van Halen is 2nd as Jimmi is best :)
  • sarahgilmore1
    sarahgilmore1 Posts: 39
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    I knwo but its still funny...the difference between your guys and almost anyojne else mentioned is the rock guys could play classical....the classical guys could never play rock. One dimensional

    While I see what you're saying, it's a bit difficult to play rock music when one is born in the late 19th century :tongue:

    Most people need to specialise to be great. Just because the guys *didn't* play rock (or jazz, blues, or the frickin banjo...) doesn't mean they couldn't have if given/chosen the opportunity. Who's to know?

    Also, while John Williams is best known fro classical, he does play rock, too.
  • ScotsLenny
    ScotsLenny Posts: 139 Member
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    Chuck Berry
    Lindsay Buckingham
    Slash
    Angus Young
    Eddie Van Halen,,,,

    In no particular order
  • now_picture_this
    now_picture_this Posts: 13 Member
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    You may not like his music, but Prince is the #1 guitar player in my book. ;)
  • CastleMadeOfSand
    CastleMadeOfSand Posts: 432 Member
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    Really a pointless answer to give, but I will bring up another thought. If we are talking success, re-invention, adaptability, and timeless--you actually have no greater answer than Eric Clapton.

    Took the blues to a place it hadn't been before anybody, really. With JM Bluesbreakers, bring the whole "Clapton is God" thing. Then with Cream he took it to a more rock/jazz/psychedelic style, expressing his psychic wounds to the masses. Then his solo career such a long while....

    While he will be ever remembered as Clapton the bluesman, only he has introduced a genre, re-invented it, done a solo career with his other influences, and then re-invented himself with acoustic and soul musings.
  • california_peach
    california_peach Posts: 1,858 Member
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    Jack White sucks.


    <defriend>

    sorry, but he sucks...like really sucks. His sister is an embarrasment too

    Ehem, not his sister. She's his ex-wife. And you should indeed be defriended!

    The sister comment was sarcastic...it appears I have been defriended....and Jack WHite still sucks..as a player and especially as a songwriter

    Okay, well you're gonna have to send me a friend request to get the ball rolling. :drinker:

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