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

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Like taking candy from a baby :p

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Players today also have the benefit of dissecting what the old school guys innovated, introduced, have done and can duplicate a lot of it. When EVH came out it was a big change.

I don't care if a guy can play 64th notes at 400bpm on a metronome. And yeah I'm kidding about the notes and speed there. Technically awesome from a speed perspective, does it sound good... well...

All about what you as a listener like. Blond, brunette, redhead... pick your poison. Same thing here.
 

Who was it from "the Who" that was famous for the windmill guitar playing? Wasn't that Pete Townsend? There's a band I could listen to all day without a problem.
 
crackedback said:
Players today also have the benefit of dissecting what the old school guys innovated, introduced, have done and can duplicate a lot of it. When EVH came out it was a big change.

I don't care if a guy can play 64th notes at 400bpm on a metronome. And yeah I'm kidding about the notes and speed there. Technically awesome from a speed perspective, does it sound good... well...

All about what you as a listener like. Blond, brunette, redhead... pick your poison. Same thing here.
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That brings to mind for me Joe Bonamassa. No denying the guy is a total badass on the guitar, but he rips through everything too quick, IMO. Just because you can doesn't mean you should.
 
That's someone I've heard a lot about for the last handful of years but I have no idea what songs he does/ did. Was he always a solo artist or was he part of another band I have been listening to for years?
 
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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I saw The Clash at RPI in 1982. They were headlining in that relatively small venue after I'd seen them as an opening act in a football stadium a week earlier. They fed off the energy of the huge crowd. But in the fieldhouse they owned the venue. After a few glitches with the sound system got cleared up, it was an incredible show.
 
volaredon said:
Who was it from "the Who" that was famous for the windmill guitar playing? Wasn't that Pete Townsend? There's a band I could listen to all day without a problem.
And what was that twang they had in the song "join together"?
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The twang is Roger Daltrey playing mouth harp.

*Edit - the still picture shown here at the beginning of the video is Keith Moon, so I guess they were both playing one.

 
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volaredon said:
That's someone I've heard a lot about for the last handful of years but I have no idea what songs he does/ did. Was he always a solo artist or was he part of another band I have been listening to for years?
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He mostly does cover stuff. In fact, I've never heard an original song by him, although I'm sure he has some original music.
 
It is imposible to say that this guitarist or that guitarist is the greatest all time. There are just to many of them and everyone has there favorite. I am not a Hendrix fan. However, he is the only one on the planet that I know of that can play a right handed guitar upside down left handed. Anyway, dont forget about Roy Buchanan, Carlos Santana and all of the great Jazz and Blues Guitarist that know one has ever heard of. Peace. John 14:6
 
My Top 3 are Prince, Brian May and Glen Campbell ..... all three natural geniuses.







It takes talent to impress the likes of Roy Clarke and Willie Nelson....
 
matthon said:
That would've been cool to see.

My first concert was Santana at RPI.

Did anyone mention him yet?
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I saw his band at Saratoga in 1981 or '82. Not sure which. Great show. I loved all the Latin percussion. We had seats under the roof. There was a torrential thunder and lightning storm. We could see the lightning bolts all around and we could feel the mist from the rain. The poor folks with the lawn seats looked half drowned after the show. It was 41 years before I did lawn seats again.

My first concert was Deep Purple with R.J. Dio and Elf in 1974.
 
Nokie Edwards from The Ventures was fantastic, And so is Buckethead and David Gilmour from Pink Floyd.
Glen Campbell is awesome and so is Randy Bachman.
So many to choose from.
I love the album of ''The Ventures in Space'', if you listen to it, you will be impressed by Nokie Edward's pure talent.
All special sounds and effects were done by him on his Stratocaster guitar.
Here's one of the songs:
 
Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine.

I saw Rage multiple times, many very close, and imo he's amazing and very unique, amoung the long list of unique players.

And let's not forget Rush, Alex and Geddy.
3 band mates at the very top.

Alex's parents trying to convince him not to stick with music.
 
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