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Dirty Hippie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 09:40 AM
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So who is the best guitarist ever?
Conversation with a coworker..

he claimed he had friends that could play as well as Chet Atkins, Eddie Van Halen, Mark Knopfler ...

I just kept reeling off names.

Obviously, my coworker is just plain silly (I'm being charitable here).

But it prompts the question. Who is the best guitar player ever?
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riverdale Donating Member (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 09:42 AM
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1. I think Stevie Ray Vaughan
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wicket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 11:53 AM
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24. I'm with you
RIP Stevie.
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IndianaJones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 09:43 AM
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2. I got a perfect on War Pigs the other night. Perfect. nt.
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unpossibles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 09:43 AM
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3. tough call. Maybe Paco DeLucia or John McLaughlin
or Leo Kottke, Michael Hedges, Knopfler, Atkins, or Hendrix.

There are so many, and it's hard to really compare styles. And I agree: someone may be able to adequately ape Atkins or Knopfler, but that doesn't mean they can play as well (or write as well).
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NashVegas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 09:48 AM
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4. The One Who Inspired The Most Others to Pick It Up
I'm thinking:

Chuck Berry
John Lennon
Johnny Ramone
Steve Jones (as much as I'd hate to admit it)
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 09:32 PM
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65. Jones helped Iggy Pop crank out one of his best albums of all time


I challenge anyone to get the guitar riffs from "Cold Metal" or "Tuff Baby" out of their head once they've heard them.

He also took a blowtorch to Waylon Jennings' classic "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way" on one of the oddest "supergroup" albums of all time, Chequered Past (guitars: Steve Jones & Tony Sales, vocals: Michael Des Barres, plus Nigel Harrison and Clem Burke of Blondie on bass and drums).



:toast:
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HuskerDU Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 10:23 PM
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72. Jones also helped my fave rocker, Johnny Thunders, on his
fantastic solo lp from 1978, 'So Alone.' Not sure who the best guitarist is, but Thunders is my fave.
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NashVegas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 11:53 PM
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78. My Problem With Jones
Is that he was such a rocker-boy poseur. Saw a solo show in the 1980s and was ready to scream (in a bad way) at all the hair-flipping.
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HuskerDU Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-22-07 12:23 AM
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81. Shit he might've learned that hair-flipping from Thunders.
I'm not usually a fan of that kind of stuff but JT could get away with it IMO. He's doing it in this clip from '73:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhwSHw5kpec
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vi5 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 09:48 AM
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5. There are far too many factors to weigh...
I mean what makes a great guitar player? Someone who can play very fast, complicated stuff? Someone who can play with extreme feeling and emotion even if what they are playing isn't technically speaking difficult? Someone who plays in a completely unique style? Someone who can sound good using no effects? Someone who can create an audio color palate using a lot of effects?

I'm not sure I can think of someone who encompasses all of this and dependingon the time and mood and song and whatever, there are hundreds if not thousands of guitarist who could be "the best" on any given day.
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Bennyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 09:49 AM
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6. There is no "Best".....
There are a lot of really technical cats out there but have no soul. And there are lots of soulful cats out there that are not very technical. It is what floats your boat.


My favorite ever is Jerry Garcia. the most soulful guitar player i ahve veer seen, wht he didn't play was a important as what he did play. I also loved Frank Zappa. Jimi. the blues cats.

Right now, i would say Warren Haynes from Gov't Mule, Derek Trucks,Trey Anastasio (Phish), and a great young player, Sean Lehe (Izabella). I also love a acoustic players like Billy Nershi (String Cheese Incident) Scott Law,Bill Frizell....
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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 10:10 AM
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13. Well said
Well said.

I think the guy who best combines technique and heart is Mark Knopfler. He's a brilliant musician, but he's an even greater songwriter.

There are also guys who may not have had the best chops in the world but who were innovative, who perfected a distinctive sound. Tom Verlaine and The Edge come to mind.

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driver8 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:13 PM
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53. Great response. I'm not a Dead fan, but I love Garcia's playing.
There are so many great players out there -- how could anyone pick just one? Hendrix, Clapton, Page, Townshend, Garcia, Knopfler, Duane...I could give you hundreds of names.
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Bennyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 08:46 PM
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57. Might be the BEST RIGHT NOW!
Fareed Haque. With the band Garage Majal. http://www.archive.org/details/garaj2002-06-15.shnf an incredibly soulful player with chops for days. really check him out.
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 09:50 AM
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7. Andrés Torres Segovia, 1st Marquess of Salobreña


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quip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 09:57 AM
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11. Technically speaking, yes, he is The Master n/t
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unpossibles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 12:59 PM
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30. agree. Amazing player
My dad - who also plays - introduced me to his music at a young age.
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hisownpetard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 09:09 PM
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63. He was a master.
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regnaD kciN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 11:10 PM
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73. No question about it...
:bounce:
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 09:51 AM
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8. Best Guitarist: Jimi Page!
Best underrated guitarist: Brian May
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Gen. Jack D. Ripper Donating Member (547 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 11:16 AM
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17. I'm as big of a Led Zeppelin fan as anyone, but
Jimmy Page? I don't know. He certainly isn't one of those technical types. Sometimes he was brilliant, sometimes he was just sloppy. Probably due to heroin.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 12:51 PM
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28. I think when he was sloppy he was probably playing while messed up on Herion
or some other drug.

But he's pretty clean right now and he's still brilliant. Probably more so then back during the zeppelin heydeys
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 09:53 AM
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9. Uh, Jimi Hendrix?
HELLO.
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Bake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 02:10 PM
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38. Were it not for Hendrix
Nobody would have any clue what to do with an electric guitar.

Bake
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:19 PM
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55. Hard to argu against and great point Bake
I recall a great Pepsi commercial a few years ago when young Jimi Hendrix bought a Pepsi from a machine which was located outside a Guitar Store. Across the Street was a Coke Machine outside an Accordian Store. Whew, we dodged one there. I believe the commercial ended with Purple Haze being played on the accordian.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 02:52 PM
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42. That is who I thought of first...
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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 11:54 PM
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79. That is correct, ma'am. nt
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Dirty Hippie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 09:54 AM
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10. I need to expand my music collection!
I've never heard of some of these guys.
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quip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 10:02 AM
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12. Here's a kick for Yngwie!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=4oL_TvwHjk8&feature=related

:hi:
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 10:54 AM
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14. Danny Click
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 10:57 AM
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15. give me access to the DU database
and I'll tell you who got the most amount of votes/write-ins in the last 5 years or 500 best guitarist threads
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Tikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 11:07 AM
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16. IMO....Billy Zoom...
the man simply plays ROCK guitar, extremely well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBBWt2aZt_w
...for the music.
Tikki
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driver8 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:14 PM
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54. Ha Ha -- I've been listening to X for the past couple of days in my car.
Billy Zoom can hang with the best of them -- he is amazing!!
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Alexander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 11:19 AM
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18. Yngwie Malmsteen, John Petrucci and Ron Jarzombek are all tied for first.
All three of them can outshred just about any guitarist alive.

BTW, Chet Atkins is dead. Do you want to know who currently "is" the best ever, or who "was"?
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mikeytherat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 11:20 AM
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19. Django Reinhardt
mikey_the_rat
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 11:40 AM
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21. Yep ...He played magnificently
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Capn Sunshine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 11:42 PM
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76. ...considering he only had two fingers


total major guitar freak
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Rambis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 11:20 AM
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20. My favourite is Jerry Garcia
The most innovative was Jimmy Hendrix
Clapton uses space well in his solos so I like his playing style.
I like Neil Young for style too as well as BB King-
Jr. Brown is a hell of a player- To hard have to quit-
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wicket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 11:52 AM
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23. Fire, fire on the mountain....
:hi:
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Rambis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 12:15 PM
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25. Scarlet Fire for ya!
Edited on Wed Nov-21-07 12:22 PM by Rambis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASWCrwXPByY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn7EWczBODo
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wicket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 01:54 PM
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36. Awesome!!!
Thanks so much! :thumbsup:
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Bennyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 09:05 PM
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61. If you like Jerry Garcia you will LOVE Steve Kimock....
He plays just like Jerry but sounds nothing like him. one of my all time favorites....http://www.archive.org/details/kvhw1998-12-04.shnf Listen to "My Favorite Things" and you will know why.
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 11:51 AM
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22. I think it's important to point out the difference between types and styles ....
...of playing.

Most Jazz and Classical players are better than Rock players but then style and interpretation come into play (excuse the pun).

I mean, I love certain styles played by certain players.....but trying to compare the 2 0r 3 is an exercise in futility.

In short...it's like trying to compare Jim Hall with Jim Hendricks....Depends on what style they are playing.
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 12:20 PM
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26. I am
next question....

:hide:

:yoiks:
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Esra Star Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:01 PM
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50. This claim is worthless without a U tube link.
I challenge thee!!
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 12:31 PM
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27. I'm okay at it, but I'm not great. :)
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mulsh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 12:57 PM
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29. Joseph Reinhardt, Django's brother
played rhythm on most of Django's recordings. the lead players get lots of attention but it's the rhythm players who do the heavy lifting. Just pay attention to John Lennon's rhythm playing with the Beatles.
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 11:32 PM
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75. i have the album from the 36-37 sessions
really amazing stuff
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Dukkha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 01:07 PM
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31. Impossible to say
Edited on Wed Nov-21-07 01:08 PM by Neo
There are so many variables and genres and styles to consider. Choosing the best usually equates to choosing the most popular. There are probably many great classical virtuosos who could outplay anyone today but were unknown because recording technology didn't exist then or they were simply unknown and undiscovered.

So with that said my tops are Joe Satriani, Jimi Henrdrix, David Gilmour, and Steve Howe
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cssmall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 01:11 PM
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32. Guitar Play is solely on style.
Best overall guitarist ever category I would say: 1.) Hendrix, 2.) Jimmy Page, 3.) Pink Floyd's Guitarist, 4.) John Petrucci

Best modern metal guitarist? 1.) John Petrucci, 2.) Herman Li (even though DragonForce is SO cheesy), 3.) Dave Mustane, 4.)John Schaffer
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Greyskye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 01:11 PM
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33. Don Ross
Impossible to pick and choose amongst so many stellar musicians!

While I certainly agree with others upthread who have mentioned SRV, Jerry, and the Reinhardt brothers; I have to give a shout out for Don Ross. Ross is the first and only person to twice win the U.S. National Fingerstyle Guitar Championship (1988 and 1996). I've seen Ross a couple times at music festivals, and he's simply amazing to watch/listen to. He uses the entire acoustic guitar as an instrument - not just the strings and fretboard. Check out this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip111lXjDSs&eurl=http://www.google.com/search?q=don+ross&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS226US226
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livetohike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 01:43 PM
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34. Jimi Hendrix has been mentioned already, but he deserves
a second mention :-). He could play better behind his back than most lead guitarists could play normally.
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ok_cpu Donating Member (826 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 01:53 PM
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35. Prince hardly ever seems to get mentioned
in these threads. Maybe not best ever but dude can flat play.

Phil Keaggy is good too but he and Glass Harp don't have a big audience.
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 01:54 PM
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37. I've gotta give Chet a vote.
I grew up in a home filled with the music of Chet Atkins. Before I discovered my own music, I heard hundreds of hours of Chet.



Gotta agree with your assessment of your coworker. Anyone who thinks that they...or anyone else...can play "as well as" Chet Atkins has never really heard Chet Atkins.

:toast:
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chaska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 02:10 PM
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39. Music is not a sport. Guitar player races anyone?
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and is just not quantifiable.

Dumb question.

...but if you must know. Me.
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Perry Logan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 02:46 PM
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40. Security! People are citing names other than Jimi's.
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 03:13 PM
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47. Bwahahahaha!!! Right on, brother.
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 02:47 PM
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41. It's probably some classical guitarist most of us have never heard of.
Edited on Wed Nov-21-07 02:48 PM by billyskank
Just to remind everybody that there is a world outside rock & roll.
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Guava Jelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 02:53 PM
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43. Brian May from Queen is my favorite
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Alexander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 02:54 PM
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44. Brian May is tragically underrated...
Although he is often self-deprecating about his own guitar playing, which probably doesn't help.
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 02:54 PM
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45. Sabicas - The one and only
Edited on Wed Nov-21-07 03:06 PM by Xipe Totec
Sabicas- Arabian dance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2VROY01EAg

And


Sabicas - Bulerias (1967)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZD5i4STrGY
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hellbound-liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 03:07 PM
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46. Takayoshi Ohmura, Here's proof:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy7bOAzq_24
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independentpiney Donating Member (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 03:58 PM
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48. Jorma Kaukonen is up there for acoustic finger picking
imo, and I'd say Hendrix on electric. But there's so many greats in different styles, it's impossible to say anyone is the greatest.
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Bennyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 10:12 PM
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71. I love Jorma.....
Edited on Wed Nov-21-07 10:14 PM by Bennyboy
I have seen him play many many times and he is certainly one of my favorites.... he is one hell of an electric blues player too....
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Perseid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 03:59 PM
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49. Peter Green
original Fleetwood Mac guitarist
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Rob H. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:11 PM
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51. Depends on what kind of music you're into
There are so many different players across a pretty broad range of genres that it's hard to choose. I like Jim Thomas of The Mermen, Dave Wronski of Slacktone, Scotty Anderson, and Deke Dickerson, but a lot of people have probably never heard of them. The late Danny Gatton is sadly underknown, too, imo.

The one genre I can't stand? Jam bands. Whoever decided that 17-minute guitar solos were anything but self-indulgent wankery should be dragged into the woods and beaten within an inch of his life. :mad:
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:13 PM
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52. Jack Black in School of Rock
puts 'em all in their place






:rofl:
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Mendocino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 05:20 PM
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56. Duane Allman
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 08:46 PM
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58. Andres Segovia.
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Bennyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 08:49 PM
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59. Might be the best RIGHT NOW.....
Fareed Haque, Garage Majal. http://www.archive.org/details/garaj2002-06-15.shnf technically brilliant and soulful as it gets...The band is also excellent.
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-22-07 12:43 AM
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83. Fareed, AKA, Freddy...
...lived next door to me when we did our time in the dorm at North Texas State U. (now the University of North Texas)

He really helped me get a grasp on what was needed to be a true musician.

We jammed a lot during our time together.

I recognized, even back then, that he was a natural musical genius, and I'm glad that he's gone on to make his name as a great guitar player.
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Bennyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-22-07 01:04 AM
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84. Wow that is awesome....
in 2003 at the High Sierra Music Festival he played with about 100 different bands. Sitting in with all kinds of acts, funk, blues, jazz, bluegrass and rock and roll. he is so fluid, it is almost like butterflies on the fretboard....

I have talked to him many times and he is really a special guy too.
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 08:55 PM
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60. Yngwie J. Malmsteen


Check him out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiYwOfaPf5I
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 09:06 PM
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62. Julian Bream.
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greendog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 09:22 PM
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64. I'm going to go with Henry Sloan. No recording of him was ever made.
No photograph of him exists.

He taught Charlie Patton how to play the guitar. Charlie Patton taught Son House. Son House taught Robert Johnson.

Rock Guitar, as it is, wouldn't exist without the contribution of the Delta Blues guitar players.

For reference, Son House playing the Delta Blues:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI0Ux3-JoBc&feature=related
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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 09:33 PM
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66. Sol Ho'opi'i
King of the Hawaiian Guitar.
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ornotna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 09:35 PM
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67. Adrian Legg
according to Guitarist Magazine anyway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrlMZqJLd48&feature=related
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brettdale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 09:36 PM
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68. Besty Smithe
Garth Brook's sister, a New Zealand Journalist once called her, The Female Jimmi Hendricks.
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 10:07 PM
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69. Esteban!!
No, seriously, Carlos Santana.
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barb162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 10:10 PM
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70. Andrés Segovia n/t
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 11:30 PM
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74. django reinhardt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6nkHJQnEPs&feature=related
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 11:52 PM
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77. Most influential:
Chuck Berry
Jimi
Eddie VanHalen
Kevin Shields
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Melynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-22-07 12:05 AM
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80. Another vote for Hendrix
Interesting that I haven't seen Clapton's name mentioned in this thread. I think he would get a few votes.

One of the most underrated guitarist would have to be Jeff Beck, IMO.

Maybe there should be thread about the most overrated and underrated guitarists.
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Indi Guy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-22-07 12:31 AM
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82. Depends on the genre...
Edited on Thu Nov-22-07 12:32 AM by Indi Guy
If you want my pick"s":

Segovia

Montoya

Di Meola

Hendrix

Beck (Jeff)

Cooder

Satriani

Eddie

BB

ETC ;)
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-22-07 01:04 AM
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85. Mr GoG
Not that I'm partial or anything. :D
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-22-07 01:52 AM
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86. Evidently your coworker's friend is the the best...
:wow: :wow: :wow:
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judaspriestess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-22-07 02:25 AM
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87. Yngwie Malmsteen?
Al DiMeola is an incredible jazz guitarist.
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enigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-22-07 02:48 AM
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88. Eddie Hazel
No Contest:


http://recluseshow.blogspot.com/2007/02/maggot-brain-funkedelic.html
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-22-07 03:01 AM
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89. Les Paul....
Edited on Thu Nov-22-07 03:01 AM by WCGreen
Cause he paved the way for all the rest...
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democracyindanger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-22-07 03:46 AM
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90. Me.
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-22-07 06:05 AM
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91. Damn straight
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