Who is your favorite Guitarist?

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Me and my roomate were talking about our favorite guitarists and I thought I should ask the dz.com crew.

My favorite guitarist hands down is Kirk Hammett of Metallica. Hes got great technical skills and awesome speed on the axe.

Check him out
http://youtube.com/watch?v=AOje5eecMMI

My 2nd favorite has gotta be Angus Young and 3rd would be Slash.

What are some of your favorite guitarists?

(from any genre of music not just Hard Rock or Metal)

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This guy.

[sweetmoose 0]

Greg from Zebrahead, he's just plain awesome

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Me and my roomate were talking about our favorite guitarists and I thought I should ask the dz.com crew.

My favorite guitarist hands down is Kirk Hammett of Metallica. Hes got great technical skills and awesome speed on the axe.

Check him out
http://youtube.com/watch?v=AOje5eecMMI

My 2nd favorite has gotta be Angus Young and 3rd would be Slash.

What are some of your favorite guitarists?

(from any genre of music not just Hard Rock or Metal)

Pete Townsend from the Who and Jimmie Page from Led Zepplin and Steve Howe from Yes

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[GravityJunky 0]

Living or Deceased?
Three way tie:
Stevie Ray
Eric Clapton
Chet Atkins

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Living or Deceased?
Three way tie:
Stevie Ray
Eric Clapton
Chet Atkins

oooh...forgot about Stevie Ray Vaughn...shame on me Eric Clapton too

Be yourself!
MooOOooOoo

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Brian Fry

He's an up and comer...

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John Frusciante
Mark Knopfler

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*My Inner Child is A Fucking Prick Too!
*Everyones entitled to be stupid but you are abusing the priviledge
*Well I'd love to stay & chat, But youre a total Bitch! {Stewie}

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You are forgiven, THIS TIME, we'll just call it a pre-mature Alzhiemer's moment & let it slide!

Thank you!

Be yourself!
MooOOooOoo

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Mark Knopfler
Of Dire Straits? Walk of life - Money for nothing - Sultans of Swing- Mark Knopfler ??

*My Inner Child is A Fucking Prick Too!
*Everyones entitled to be stupid but you are abusing the priviledge
*Well I'd love to stay & chat, But youre a total Bitch! {Stewie}

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Yur Welcome!

*My Inner Child is A Fucking Prick Too!
*Everyones entitled to be stupid but you are abusing the priviledge
*Well I'd love to stay & chat, But youre a total Bitch! {Stewie}

[Peej 0]

Uh, yeah...

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Satriani

Joe Ely

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Joe Satriani

Joe Ely

Dang, I forgot about them too

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Rob Pilatus

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[JackC 0]

At the moment Guthrie Govan but Allan Holdsworth is superb too. With honourable mentions to Paul Gilbert, Satch, Buckethead, Bumblefoot (for his fretless antics) and of course Angus. Also check out Stanley Jordan on YouTube, you will be amazed.

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David Gilmour

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John

[fonz 0]

Funny how nobody seems to consider bass guitarists or areas of music other than rock or metal (flamenco, anyone?). Anyway, since all the names that pop up are the lead-guitar rock stars, I'll focus on that.

To me, a really good player:

a) has mastered several techniques and styles;
b) has several types of guitars (and other string instruments) and knows how to play them;
c) has stage personality;
d) can write catchy tunes;
e) is creative and innovative with special effects;
f) has a thorough knowledge of sound equipment and theory;
g) knows how to balance between consistency and improvisation;
h) can play rhythm as well as lead.

Category A
Nominees are: Slash, Brian May
And the Oscar goes to: Slash, for being a strings centipede.

Category B
Nominees are: Slash, Ritchie Sambora
And the Oscar goes to: Slash, because he shows it off on stage more.

Category C
Nominees are: Slash, Jimi Hendrix, Gene Simmons (bassist, I know)
And the Oscar goes to: Slash, for his trademark dashing and jumping around whilst playing.

Category D
Nominees are: Slash, Brian May, Mark Knopfler, Yngwie Malmsteen
And the Oscar goes to: Mark Knopfler, for just being the better tunesmith.
Honorable mention: Yngwie Malmsteen. His tunes are beautiful and dreamy, but way too complex to be really catchy.

Category E
Nominees are: Slash, Brian May
And the Oscar goes to: Slash. Name a trick and he does it.

Category F
Nominees are: Brian May, Brian May, Brian May, Brian May
And the Oscar goes to: professor B. May.

Category G
Nominees are: Brian May, Mark Knopfler, George Kooimans (Golden Earring)
And the Oscar goes to: Mark Knopfler, for knowing when to play what's on the record and when to improvise.
Honorable mention: Brian May, because it's a close call but there will be no ties.

Category H
Nominees are: Brian May, Slash, George Kooimans, Joe Perry, Ritchie Sambora
And the Oscar goes to: Brian May.

Overall

Winner: Saul Hudson a.k.a. Slash.
Runners up: Brian May, Mark Knopfler and Yngwie Malmsteen.
Honorable mentions: Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Ritchie Sambora, George Kooimans, Cristiano DaMatta (is better with racing cars than with the guitar, but hey), Chuck Berry, Joe Perry, Gene Simmons (bass), John Deacon (bass), David Gilmour, Alice Cooper and Keith Richards, just for being still alive.
Audience award: Slash, for being a nice and approachable guy.
Attitude award: Mark Knopfler, for being (or having been) the exact opposite of Slash.
Air guitar award: Freddie Mercury.

Sorry that this post got so long, I guess I got carried away a bit

Alphons

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Robert Johnson
Les Paul
Steve Miller
Charlie Daniels is a lot better than he gets credit for

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Living or passed...

Chet Atkins
Merle Travis
Les Paul
Keith Richards
Mark Knopfler
Joe Satriani
Eric Johnson
Brian Jones
Willie Nelson
Andres Segovia
Pete Townsend
Chuck Berry
Doc Watson
Ron Wood
and more...


Chuck

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Funny how nobody seems to consider bass guitarists

If you're talking bass, Les Claypool hands down.

But in all your categories, Guthrie Govan (Asia, GPS and solo work) does the business. He did a medley for Guitarist Magazine of guitarist famous for various techniques as polled by the readers. There were loads of different players covered including Vai, Satch, Malmseen, SRV, Gilbert, Townsend, Hendrix, Knopfler, Morello, EVH and more and he nailed the lot.

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Yngwie Malmsteen
Joe Satriani
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[ChrisL 2]

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What are some of your favorite guitarists?

Joe Satriani.

No contest, Joe is my favorite. His technical ability is unsurpassed and his "feel" speaks to me.

David Gilmour

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[ChrisL 2]

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Funny how nobody seems to consider bass guitarists or areas of music other than rock or metal (flamenco, anyone?). Anyway, since all the names that pop up are the lead-guitar rock stars, I'll focus on that.

So why dont you like Slash or Brian May?

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