Best Guitar Players of All Time

[steamraise]

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BB King stated the following:

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also,

Peter Green inspired the great B. B. King to say,
"He has the sweetest tone I ever heard;
he was the only one who gave me the cold sweats."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE4HGlmtOcg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5FMm6TtR9M

[Phat Mack]

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since there's no such thing as "best" guitar player, I'll make my list "Most Influential Guitar Players To Me":

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Some guys I really liked:

Mike Bloomfield. I don't know how he is considered today, but he played the sweetest sounding, roundest notes.

A couple of non-electrics:

Leo Kottke. I'm not sure he could keep time, but he did a lot of interesting stuff, and Doc Watson, who could do everything.

[early325]

Paul Gilbert, Yngwie Malmsteen

[CheckRaise]

Michael Hedges is one of my favorites, he has such a unique style. He took his classical background and combined it with some crazy techniques and odd tunings.

Here are some clips:
Aerial Boundaries
Ragamuffin This is my favorite song of his
Because It's There plays on a harp-guitar, very cool and unique song

[danny_nguyen]

Frank Zappa

[goodguy_1]

guitarists that have blown me away live recently are Buddy Guy, Tab Benoit, Jimmy Thackery, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Chuck Prophet(from Green on Red ..once a rumur says was offered a gig w/ the Rolling Stones at one time-which he turned down),Dave Alvin, David Hidalgo(from Los Lobos).

In my younger years I heavily dug southern/british and then hard rock and punk..probably faves there early Eric Clapton(Cream/Blues Breakers), Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page,Jerry Garcia(also an excellent pedal steel guitarist), Hendrix, Neil Young, Johnny Marr(The Smiths), SVR and his brother Jimmy Ray(Fabulous Thuderbirds), Johnny Winter(2nd Winter so sick-pissed I missed him on his tour about 6 months ago),Jorma Kaukinon from Hot Tuna, Duane Allman and Dicky Betts,Carlos Santana and Frank Zappa.

Must great punk acts were all about volume and rythmn Bob Mould from Husker Du sticks out cause he was so twisted and loud. Billy Zoom from X for the attitude.

Never really been into virtuosity but more high energy and tone read feedback ie [censored] like the dude from Screaming Trees.

fyi for all you guys that dont know Buddy Guy(heavy hard blues rock sound) and his ilk were the progenitor of almost all the young great British blues rock guitarists in the mid-late 1960's and even Hendrix.

All this energy came from the blues..from roots American music.

I cant pick just one.

[NozeCandy]

Oh, and Paul McCartney.

[MitchL]

Im a huge blues fan so all of my picks will be pretty biased. I leave out guitarists like Van Halen and Vernon Reid, Steve Vai, etc, because while all technically fantastic I dont feel like they offer much artistically.

1. Luther Dickinson (North Mississippi Allstars)
2. SRV
3.Duane Allman
4. Buddy Guy
5.John Frusciante
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[PorkPieHat]

One guy that doesn't get as much credit as he should is Gary Moore. He went from a metal god:



With solos like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40OR-JtfP_Y

and this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-gc2B2IKik
Back to being more of a blues guy



with stuff like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqAuuIDU2sw

and this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXYjEMTQRm0

and my personal favorite, his cover of Albert King's 'Oh Pretty Woman':
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6oDdgrbmeE

[Butso]

mick ronson