10-25-2006, 11:26 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Who are the best Guitarists in the world?
Just saw a commericlal for for ET Canada with Jeff Healy and started thinking about the best guitarists in thw world.
Who do you guys think would rank?
Personally I think Jeff is right up there, Oscar Lopez is an amazing 6 string guitar player that I think is amazing, Clapton is of course a good choice IMO. Jimmy Page is also on my list.
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10-25-2006, 11:51 PM
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Calgary
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Eric Clapton is still my favorite. I do like Kenny Wayne Shepherd though. Other guys I would consider, Mark Knopfler, Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai and Jonny Lang.
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10-25-2006, 11:58 PM
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Crash and Bang Winger
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Jimmy Page is my personal favorite. The Yardbirds have had quite the history with guitarists having Beck, Clapton and Page as their guitarists throughout the 60's.
There is so much music out there that I am sure I haven't heard the "best" guitarist in the world, if you can even consider one to be the best. There is probably someone sitting in their basement playing guitar with no fame who could wipe the floor with many of these other popular guitarists...we just don't know them yet........Like me!... okay maybe not..
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10-25-2006, 11:59 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Why do turdburglars like justing timberlake get to live and Stevie Ray Vaughan gets taken in a helicopter crash. There's no justice!
I like Knopfler, Healey, Robbie Robbertson, Slash, Clapton, The Edge.
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10-26-2006, 12:07 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Seabass
Eric Clapton is still my favorite. I do like Kenny Wayne Shepherd though. Other guys I would consider, Mark Knopfler, Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai and Jonny Lang.
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You have good taste my friend. Kenny Wayne and Jonny Lang are both amazing.
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"Man, so long as he remains free, has no more constant and agonizing anxiety than to find, as quickly as possible, someone to worship."
Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Brothers Karamazov
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10-26-2006, 12:22 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Vancouver
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Personally I like Page all time. Just stylistically, his stuff works for me. I don't know, there are people who are obviously great guitarists but if the songs aren't good, then what's the point? I think the songwriting is more important than "shredding". Guys like Jo Satriani or whatever have never done anything for me. I'd take Jack White or Cobain over him any day. Even Clapton..great guitarist..but his music does very little for me.
A suprisingly good guitarist is John Mayer..again, not a fan of his music, but I acknowledge he has mad skills.
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10-26-2006, 12:32 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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Zakk Wylde.
Hands down.
SRV way up there too.
Brad Paisley is probably one of the best country guitarists out there.
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10-26-2006, 12:58 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Wet Coast
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Solid thread topic.
I like the answers so far...I'll add Santana and second the John Mayer - with one difference, I love Mayers music. His new album is out of this world. Just high quality music.
Oh and the guitarist from U2 can hold his own as well IMO.
As far as least talented but famous nonetheless...Oasis is the first to come to mind.
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10-26-2006, 02:07 AM
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Calgary
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If you haven't picked it up yet, I highly recommend picking up Eric Claptons Crossroads Festival on DVD. BB King, Buddy Guy, Clapton, John Mayer, Jonny Lang, ZZ Top, Joe Walsh and Steve Vai. Good stuff.
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10-26-2006, 03:05 AM
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First Line Centre
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Duane Allman
Leo Kottke
Alvin Lee
Joni Mitchell
Jerry Garcia
Jimi Hendrix
Peter,Eric,Jimmy
Bonnie Raitt
Jeff Beck ,Small Faces. then Yardbirds, then on his own.
Carlos Santana
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Pat Metheny and David Benson and many Jazz guys.
Yes and Focus and Blackmore/Deep Purple and so many more.
Bruce Cockburn and Dominic Satriano as other Canadians.
Half my picks are dead. They are all close to it.
If you like good guitar music you won't go wrong listening to anybody we have mentioned so far.
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10-26-2006, 04:51 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Behind Nikkor Glass
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There are so many, here a few that should have honourable mention IMO...
George Harrison
Tom Morello
Jack White
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10-26-2006, 05:58 AM
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Franchise Player
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Randy Rhodes & Billy Squire were/is pretty good.
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10-26-2006, 06:25 AM
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Franchise Player
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Clapton, Stevie Ray and Page for sure....
Ill add
David Gilmour of Floyd...
Hendrix of course,
Joe Walsh,
Chuck Berry,
Ritchie Blackmore,
Brian May,
and one of my biggest faves...
Joe Satriani
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10-26-2006, 06:59 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: London, Ontario
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Pete Townshend, Joe Satriani, Alex Lifeson
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10-26-2006, 07:57 AM
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Franchise Player
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Such a subjective thing. Pretty much anybody listed in a thread like this is going to be a great guitarist. Some of my favourites though are:
Zakk Wylde
Ty Tabor (King's X)
John Petrucci (Dream Theater...for pure technical noodling)
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10-26-2006, 08:00 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: NYYC
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as much of a fruitcake he is, Prince is one mean mofo of a guitar player.
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10-26-2006, 08:17 AM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Calgary...Alberta, Canada
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Keith Urban is surprisingly good, when he's not in rehab.
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10-26-2006, 08:18 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: In my office, at the Ministry of Awesome!
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I can't beleive only one person has mentioned Tom Morello. That guy can make a guitar sound like anything he wants.
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10-26-2006, 08:55 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Austin, Tx
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
I can't beleive only one person has mentioned Tom Morello. That guy can make a guitar sound like anything he wants.
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The only problem is he picks the same two sounds over and over again...
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10-26-2006, 08:56 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Austin, Tx
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Table 5
as much of a fruitcake he is, Prince is one mean mofo of a guitar player.
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Prince can play pretty much anything, he is a badass instrumentalist...
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