IS IT TIME TO MAKE A NEW RANKING OF THE BEST GUITARISTS?

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I saw SRV many times, Jeff Beck a few.

Including both front row center, SRV opened for Jeff Beck on his '89 Guitar Shop tour, at a small town college venue, RPI Fieldhouse in Troy, NY to be exact.

Still have my ticket stub.

Beck says Albany, but that's the airport location, he played in Troy.

Beck is a monster, shredding. He held the guitar with one hand and played it, you'd never know by listening to the album.

Bozzio was non stop beating the heck out of the drums.

Beck, drums, keyboard, this is real music, a real band, nothing compares now.

In your face, close up, small venue, no frills.

SRV was incredible, no doubt, no one had his style and sound, true natural greatness.

Of course, they played together at the end.

This is that concert, the Beck portion with Beck/SRV at the end.

I literally kid you not, standing directly in front of him when he's center stage.
One of my finest memories that I constantly blab on about.

Because of this thread I searched for this concert, and somehow someone recorded it and it's on YouTube, unbelievable!

November 12, 1989.
 
matthon said:
I saw SRV many times, Jeff Beck a few.

Including both front row center, SRV opened for Jeff Beck on his '89 Guitar Shop tour, at a small town college venue, RPI Fieldhouse in Troy, NY to be exact.

Still have my ticket stub.

Beck says Albany, but that's the airport location, he played in Troy.

Beck is a monster, shredding. He held the guitar with one hand and played it, you'd never know by listening to the album.

Bozzio was non stop beating the heck out of the drums.

Beck, drums, keyboard, this is real music, a real band, nothing compares now.

In your face, close up, small venue, no frills.

SRV was incredible, no doubt, no one had his style and sound, true natural greatness.

Of course, they played together at the end.

This is that concert, the Beck portion with Beck/SRV at the end.

I literally kid you not, standing directly in front of him when he's center stage.
One of my finest memories that I constantly blab on about.

Because of this thread I searched for this concert, and somehow someone recorded it and it's on YouTube, unbelievable!

November 12, 1989.
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matthon said:
I saw SRV many times, Jeff Beck a few.

Including both front row center, SRV opened for Jeff Beck on his '89 Guitar Shop tour, at a small town college venue, RPI Fieldhouse in Troy, NY to be exact.

Still have my ticket stub.

Beck says Albany, but that's the airport location, he played in Troy.

Beck is a monster, shredding. He held the guitar with one hand and played it, you'd never know by listening to the album.

Bozzio was non stop beating the heck out of the drums.

Beck, drums, keyboard, this is real music, a real band, nothing compares now.

In your face, close up, small venue, no frills.

SRV was incredible, no doubt, no one had his style and sound, true natural greatness.

Of course, they played together at the end.

This is that concert, the Beck portion with Beck/SRV at the end.

I literally kid you not, standing directly in front of him when he's center stage.
One of my finest memories that I constantly blab on about.

Because of this thread I searched for this concert, and somehow someone recorded it and it's on YouTube, unbelievable!

November 12, 1989.
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Being there can make all the difference in the world. I saw Pat Travers 3rd row recently. WTF? Pat still cranks and his singing was still sharp. George Lynch front row at Tailgaters in bolling brook il and freaks bar by the nuclear power plant. George was incredible live...but the best one was Tony Iommi at the Aragon Ballroom with Dio behind the microphone. Tony taught me he was more than a heavy bar chord player when he cranked out lonely is the word...NOT TO BE DENIED TONY
 

jeff alder said:
Tony Iommi at the Aragon Ballroom with Dio behind the microphone. Tony taught me he was more than a heavy bar chord player when he cranked out lonely is the word...NOT TO BE DENIED TONY
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Saw Ronnie James Dio too.

Ok, Heaven and Hell is one of my all time favorite albums.

Currently putting Guitar Shop and H&H back in the rotation, the 6 hr drive to Carlisle just got better, plus the ride back, in the same day.
 
Haha I don't use them as a reference. I don't listen to them much. Usually the shop radio is on the other local station that claim's to play classic rock but every other or at least every 3rd song they play is guns n roses or Def Leppard both of which I despise. Cannot stand. They also overplay ac/dc and 1 black Sabbath song. And a couple of judas priest sings. Still way misses the mark.not a fan of them either. To me classic rock is from the Woodstock era until the early 80s.... Minus disco of course.... And that station (WIQI) plays almost none of that. I've tried to pull my truck in the shop before so I can turn on Sirius classic vinyl and as soon as I get in the door that goes to static.
Most of what I consider classic rock was made from the time I was about 2 until my first 2 years of high school.
 
I saw Buckethead live once… it was unreal. I bet that dude can play anything.

I also like the Reverend Horton Heat (Jim Heath), and Samantha Fish live shows.

Django Reinhardt was a badass.

There are as many good guitarist as there are opinions, it’s impossible to say who is best, just listen to what moves you.
 
Ron_M said:
Rick Nielsen of cheap trick. Here's something newer and it's good
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True story...A bunch of years ago they were opening for Boston. I had always been a Cheap Trick fan since the 80's and was really looking forward to the outdoor concert. At any rate, I'm not sure who was doing the mixing but they made my ears bleed. I almost left but thought I'd give Boston a try...I am glad I did. Boston was fabulous.

I always wondered though, if it was a ploy to make the headliner sound that much better.
 
CFD244 said:
True story...A bunch of years ago they were opening for Boston. I had always been a Cheap Trick fan since the 80's and was really looking forward to the outdoor concert. At any rate, I'm not sure who was doing the mixing but they made my ears bleed. I almost left but thought I'd give Boston a try...I am glad I did. Boston was fabulous.

I always wondered though, if it was a ploy to make the headliner sound that much better.
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An ear bleeding concert was Alice Cooper about 15 years ago. Stupid loud like Skynyrd's horrible opening band last year. I remember getting the first Boston album for Christmas when I was about 15. They were awesome.
 
crackedback said:
Best at what... So many great players.

Guys like Gilmour might not rip up and down the neck, makes every note count... An economy on the fretboard that is really great.

Hard to say "that" person is the best. Everyone has an opinion. Always cool to see players that I've not heard of and their work. Just my 2 cents.

Ed King, Dickie Betts, Stevie Gaines and some of the southern rock guys... all works

Alex Skolnick from Testament is good and I like the work on "Electric Crown". Warren DeMartini has the best opening riff ever on "Lay it Down" (Fricken hand killer unless you have 12 inch fingers like Warren!)
Saw a 50 greatest solo from somebody on YT... had like 4-5 metallica and the worst part, 2 of the top ten were from Slash with NONE in top 50 from Michael Schenker. No Schencker in the top 50... yeah OK. LMAO part of the reason these best deals are interesting discussion points. If your ear likes it, they are great. Simple approach for me.
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Agreed. Most "best whomever" lists are more of a popularity contest than an actual rating of skill, especially with the younger generations, if a guys favorite band is X, then the best guitarist must be the guitarist from that band.
 
CFD244 said:
I always wondered though, if it was a ploy to make the headliner sound that much better.
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That does happen actually, but on more of the "non professional" level gigs. Sometimes too, the opening act will have their own soundtech who may not be quite as talented as the opening band's tech. I never did see Boston, I wish I had, Im such a huge fan, Brad Delp was such a tragedy and huge loss.
 
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