Your favorite guitarists ?

[Atlas]

Wanna name some of your favorite guitarists ?

Mines, in no particular order :

Jimmy Hendrix
Eric Clapton
Joe Satriani
Duane Allman
Carlos Santana

[Manifest Destiny]

Stevie Ray Vaughan
Keith Richards
Jimmy Page
Angus Young
Slash (during his Guns N' Roses days)
Eddie Van Halen

[Birka]

Here is a clip of the Allman Brothers with Duane still alive and smoking on his Les Paul. His solo starts at about 1:30.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHhKnc0XZrs&feature=channel_page

[Galloglaich]

As a guitarist myself, I have hundreds of guitarists that I respect and admire. I guess that what is best is to just list stream of consciousness in no particular order the guys that have actually influenced my playing to a major degree. I'm sure I'll forget a few, but here goes:

John McLaughlin, Uli Jon Roth, Michael Schenker, Tony Iommi, Duane Allman, Dickey Betts, Hetfield & Hammett, Carlos Santana, Randy Rhoads, Murray & Smith, DIMEBAG, Brian Robertson, Scott Gorham, Gary Moore, Rory Gallagher, Roy Buchanan, Zakk Wylde, Buddy Guy, David Gilmore, Jimi Hendrix, Warren Haynes, Clapton, Beck, Page, Jimmy McCulloch, McCartney, George Harrison, Ritchie Blackmoor, Richard Thompson, Felix Kos, & Frank Zappa. Oh yeah, even though he's technically a bassist, I've learned just about everything Cliff Burton ever did!

[Sigurd]

I'm going to have to throw Yngwie Malmsteen in. Yea, sure, he's got an Ego bigger than my room, but he is an excellent guitarist after all! :thumbs up

Randy Rhoads was also an excellent guitarist. Quite liked his solo-ing.In musical terms, his departure was untimely. :(

When talking about rhythm guitarists, though, the award would have to go to Jon Schaffer. The sheer precision of his rhythm guitars is genius. :)

[Thorum]

Jimmy Page

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[Frigga]

Guitarists:
Dave Mustaine
Kurt Hammett
David Gilmore
James Hetfield
Jimmy Page

Bassists: :D
Les Claypool
Cliff Burton
Lemmy Kilmister
Sheryl Crow
Roger Waters

[Lars]

In no particular order.

Karl Sanders (Nile), Dave Mustaine (Megadeath), Chuck Schuldiner (Death), Buckethead (Buckethead), Muhammed Suiçmez (Necrophagist) comes to mind.

[Sigurd]

Kurt Hammett

Kurt Hammett? :eek: I don't think dear Kirk would approve of your "Kurteously" renaming him at will. :wink

[Frigga]

:P :lmao

D'oh!!! I haven't looked at a Metallica booklet in a really long time, plus, I just woke up! :D Thanks.

I'm such a goofy dork!

[Psychonaut]

Huw Lloyd-Langton and Dave Brock (from Hawkwind)
Jimmy Page (duh)
Richie Blackmore (Highway Star is still one of the coolest solos ever written)
Randy Rhodes
Kirk Hammett (in his pre-black album days)
There are many more, but these are the first ones that came to mind.

[Elveon]

1-) Rafa "Frost" Bauer (Behemoth)
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2-) Kerry King (Slayer)
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3-) Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom)
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4-) Staffan Stråhlman (Stratovarius)
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5-) Yngwie Malmsteen (the Master:D)
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Enjoy;)

[Manifest Destiny]

How about Avril Lavigne? :p

[Atlas]

She's pretty, but that's all.

[Sigurd]

How about Avril Lavigne? :p

Well, if it's not about skill but about preference, then I say, every member of Indica which has ever tried herself on the guitar! :thumbs up :wink

[Brynhild]

My preferences cover all guitarists, and in no particular order:

From Led Zeppelin - Jimmy Page (naturally!) & John Paul Jones
The Who - Pete Townshend & John Entwistle
Pink Floyd - David Gilmour, Syd Barrett & Roger Waters
Yes - Chris Squire & Steve Howe
King Crimson - Robert Fripp & John Wetton
Rolling Stones - Brian Jones, Keith Richard, Mick Taylor & Ron Wood
Phil Manzanera
Joe Satriani
Eric Clapton
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Brian May
George Thoroughgood (ach can't remember spelling of surname!)
Deep Purple - Ritchie Blackmore & Roger Glover
The Beatles - George Harrison, Paul McCartney & John Lennon
Jimmy McCulloch (Wings)
AC/DC - Angus & Malcolm Young
Mike Oldfield (Who could forget Tubular Bells?:thumb001:)
Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters - was Nirvana's drummer)
Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull)
Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day)
Status Quo - Francis Rossi, Alan Lancaster & Rick Parfitt
The Sweet - Andy Scott & Steve Priest
Mikhael Akerfeldt (Opeth)

Some of those musicians I mentioned are also talented on other instruments. And don't get me started on drummers! :D

[Svarog]

No Doubt Here, Andy La Rocque.

[YggsVinr]

Not all of these are chosen due to their ability to perform face melting solos, or their blistering speed but some just for their ability to write great riffs.

Ihsahn (Emperor)
Demonaz (Immortal)
Quorthon (Bathory)
Sebastien Robitaille (Sorcier des glaces)
Jon Nodtveidt (Dissection)
Mike Sifringer (Destruction)
Mille Petrozza (Kreator)
Gary Holt (Exodus)
Darren Travis (Sadus, particularly old material)
Lars Johansson (Candlemass)
David Blomqvist (Dismember)
Larry Lalonde (only in Possessed. Guy's a grade A asshole but he was awesome in Possessed...probably because Possessed is overall awesome;) )
Eric Cutler and Danny Coralles (Autopsy, they often trade leads. Mostly just like their first two full-lengths, however).
Rick Rozz (Massacre, more specifically on From Beyond and Inhuman Condition)
Jari Maenpaa (Wintersun, ex-Ensiferum, which will probably cause some frowns:p but the guy has talent)

I'll toss in Luke Jaeger (Sleep Terror) and Mike Davis and Sean McNenney (Nocturnus) too for good measure.

I saw some were adding bassists to their lists? If so I'll add in Quorthon again (can anyone come up with better baselines?:cool:) and Schmier (Destruction).

[Eldritch]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M62fJsEHQ94

[Marusya]

Does anyone have Jazz/Classical/Acoustic guitarists to recommend? I especially like Latin/Latin jazz guitar.

My favorite Jazz/Latin guitarist is Al Di Meola.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCOgUeyWelI

[LieDetector]

Slash,Mick Mars,Eddie Van Halen,Page,Hendrix,Gilmore,Hammett,Mustaine,Clapto n, just to name a few.

[Desaix DeBurgh]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvouiDJSTUE

[Dombra]

John Mclaughlin, Steve Hackett, Jeff Beck, Steve Howe, Pat Metheny, Robert Fripp, The Edge, Enver Izmailov, Dick Dale, John Lee Hooker, Terje Rypdal among others

[Svipdag]

Andres Segovia, John Williams. Julian Bream, Christopher Parkening, Alirio Diaz, Narciso Yepes, Carlos Montoya, Rey de la Torre, Sabicas, The Romeros, and "Manitas de Plata" (Ricardo Ballardo)

[Armand_Duval]

Eric Clapton.
Carlos Santana.
Mike Knopfler.
Angus Young.
David Gilmore.

[Trogdor]

Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, Eddie Van Halen, Carlos Santana and Eric Clapton.

[ЛыSSый]

ukrainian musician Didiulya


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyVCtcMCN1Y

[Vesuvian Sky]

Paco de Lucia.


You say I'm a guitar legend. You have no idea. There are only two or three guitarists who can be considered legends. And above all is Paco de Lucía.

[JohnnyB]

Dave Mustaine, Dimebag Darrell

[Leadchucker]

In addition to many already posted, I'll add Robin Trower.

[rhiannon]

David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
Jimmy Page (Zep)

@Leadchucker....Robin Trower is talented. He was Hendrix' protegé according a guitarist I once knew.

[Tchek]

The ones who have influenced my playing the most:
Jimi Hendrix
Kirk Hammett (from the 80's)
Paco de Lucia
Jonny Greenwood
Mark Knopfler
Django Reinhardt

[Neon Knight]

Blackmore, Iommi, Uli J. Roth, Jake E. Lee.

[♥ Lily ♥]

Blackmore, Iommi, Uli J. Roth, Jake E. Lee.

I like Iommi too. :)

[StormBringer]

I guess Dave Mustaine, I used to be one of the "Megadeth rules, Metallica sucks" guys back in highschool xD

[Nurzat]

I don't like overly elaborated and melodic music, it really sucks. I like punk and black metal most, also some indie. so no "big" guitarists

[Harkonnen]

That dude with the flaming guitar on top of that amped up rig on the latest Mad Max installation.

[Neon Knight]

I guess Dave Mustaine, I used to be one of the "Megadeth rules, Metallica sucks" guys back in highschool xDA real metal snob, I see! Is metal very popular in your country?

[StormBringer]

A real metal snob, I see! Is metal very popular in your country?

Hah!
As popular as in the rest of countries in the region I guess, varies from town to town as well, for instance, I rarely see metalheads around my town, but there's always metalheads to be found hanging around in parks in place I went to college at, but there's no real "scene" in Bosnia (Tuzla had a couple of Death Metal (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LyMOu5vkhw) acts holding it up, Banja Luka has couple of more "mainstream" bands+ this (https://www.google.ba/search?q=jovan+vozd+pogani&client=opera&hs=ODb&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=gm9kVZGmKcf-ygPo-IDADA&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=915) guy xD, Sarajevo has some Black Metal (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXqI8OJVU-4)), and most visiting acts rather hold concerts in Croatia and Serbia.

[Mens-Sarda]

Ritchie Blackmore, Tony Iommi, Yngwie Malmsteen, Joe Satriani, John Petrucci (Dream Theater), Patrick Rondat (Elegy)


Yngwie Malmsteen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA0s7uIJvC4

Dream Theater (guitar solo at 4.30)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QJKJL2Df90

Patrick Rondat (solo works)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm8c4PAy_9U


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1S3cQ65Pug

[oh-nahhh]

Hah!
As popular as in the rest of countries in the region I guess, varies from town to town as well, for instance, I rarely see metalheads around my town, but there's always metalheads to be found hanging around in parks in place I went to college at, but there's no real "scene" in Bosnia (Tuzla had a couple of Death Metal (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LyMOu5vkhw) acts holding it up, Banja Luka has couple of more "mainstream" bands+ this (https://www.google.ba/search?q=jovan+vozd+pogani&client=opera&hs=ODb&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=gm9kVZGmKcf-ygPo-IDADA&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=915) guy xD, Sarajevo has some Black Metal (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXqI8OJVU-4)), and most visiting acts rather hold concerts in Croatia and Serbia.Hey, you have 2222 posts. Go play the lottery.

[JohnnyB]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThG0xSTeqUw


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv08ow0ixPc

[Iltirbas]

Robert Fripp, Frank Zappa, Rory Gallagher, John Fahey, Steve Hackett, Jeff Beck, Sabicas and Ian Williams, just to name a few.

[Svipdag]

I'd like to add two guitarists whom I had forgotten to my list: Eliot Fisk and Paco Pena [There should be a tilde over the "n". but I don't have it available.]

[Taiga Lake]

Slash, Jimi Hendrix, Dave Murray, Dave Mustaine and many others.

[EL_BARBARO]

Paco de Lucía.