Islander Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 When I watched Hendrix at Berkeley, AKA Jimi Plays Berkeley, I was surprised to notice that he played, sang and chewed gum, all at the same time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunburnwilly Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Al Di Meola is pretty good . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPgoVA9SlXg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 So is Danny Gatton... RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNRabbit Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 This guy is one of the best I've ever heard; Christophe Godin of "Morglbl". In fact, the entire group is awesome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3kRr5ZBxzg&feature=related Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 i can't argue too much about that list--VERY happy to see Brian May there as he is my personal favorite--followed very closely by Steve Howe. you can also remove eddie van halen from that list without any argument from me. check out Queen's song "Good Company" from Night at the Opera album. Brian May said that song was recorded one note at a time because what sounds like a dixieland jazz band is actually just him on the guitar. as he said, "it was painstaking and I don't think I'd ever do it again unless i felt a real need to." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotusmark Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 What about rythm players? I can't even think of anyone to come in second. Keith takes it by a mile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody_Mack Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 Yeah, these lists are worthless. Remember this one? http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5937559/the_100_greatest_guitarists_of_all_time/ The first ten looked pretty good, then it went downhill from there. They had one of my favorites, Steve Howe, at #69, Eddie Van Halen at #70 and David Gilmour at #82. What??? Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 Music is an art form and there are no absolutes in art. Best-selling or most popular don't necessarily mean best, so it's one of those things that can't really be measured. If you like it, it's good. Good enough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Steve Morse, Tony Rice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willland Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 The first ten looked pretty good, then it went downhill from there. They had one of my favorites, Steve Howe, at #69, Eddie Van Halen at #70 and David Gilmour at #82. What??? Remember here, without some type of statistics, rankings are only subjective. That is why Pizza Hut was ranked as "best pizza in Orlando". Of course that is nuts. More like "most popular". I will agree that these three's rankings are ridiculous. Steve Howe is one of the few(IMO) guitarists that if you close your eyes you would think he was playing lead, rhythm, and a 12-string acoustic all at the same time. I have not heard much Eddie Van Halen lately, but David Gilmore is probably a better player now than he was twenty years ago. I'll also agree that Lindsey Buckingham is a far better guitarist than he has been given credit for. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wim hoppenbrouwers Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Hallo. Guitar lovers. Don't forget to mention a very talent person; John Petrucci. Greeting from a fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbert Posted August 16, 2009 Author Share Posted August 16, 2009 Steve Morse, Tony Rice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbert Posted August 16, 2009 Author Share Posted August 16, 2009 Knopfler is also one of my long time favorites And then there's this guy, who never made the list..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winchester21 Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Trouble with these list- there is always somebody you think of later that got left out. Clapton- knoffler- Hendrix- Stevie ray Vaughn-Roy Buchanan-Jeff beck-Chet Atkins-Buddy Miller-Buddy guy all rank high on mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEvan Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 I could never understand the point of these lists... Having played myself for near 40 years, i find these comparisons very troubling... there is no such thing as the best art... it's just art. but if you want to discuss players and the styles you love personally, I have to go with a relatively short list in no particular order... Steve Howe Juan Serrano Adrian Belew - Frank Zappa Jimi Hendrix John Mclaughlin Danny Gatton Joe Pass Chet Atkins Les Paul Monte Montgomery - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8_6aa-TTvI Both those two links above are WELL worth the time to watch... Monte's for his technical ability, Adrians for his ultra subtle abilities, mastery of electronics and musical voice. Both videos are very special... Schu has the right idea in identifying artists across a spectrum of genres. There are wonderful guitarists in every genre, though I'd argue that for complete technical mastery and subtlety/finesse of expression most any player in the classical realm (DiMeola is not classical) exceed the rest...usually considerably. I mean, Josef Eotvos' arrangement of the complete Goldberg Variations...my God! Galbraith's recent Debussy & Ravel, Baruecco's definitive Albeniz & Granados to name a few. Probably the most mnd-blowing and controversial of them all is Kazuhito Yamashita. His Tedesco performances on You Tube are so musically intense! Here's one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfgnmfEiU64 I also love his unconventional Bach #6 Cello Prelude. Not virtuosic, except for the ending, but he channels the cello so amazingly and with such grandeur. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdRB5QGCDFU&feature=related He's most famous for his insane arrangements of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition and Dvorak's New World Symphony. The classical world has argued for decades whether these involved recording tricks. They didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbert Posted August 16, 2009 Author Share Posted August 16, 2009 Trouble with these list- there is always somebody you think of later that got left out. Clapton- knoffler- Hendrix- Stevie ray Vaughn-Roy Buchanan-Jeff beck-Chet Atkins-Buddy Miller-Buddy guy all rank high on mine. This article to which the "LIST" was linked, spoke about Jimmy Page, and Jeff Beck, and the link to the list did in no way imply that these are the top 10 greatest of all time. It merely listed them as being some of the most popular and gifted guitarist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Leo Kottke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winchester21 Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Sorry- I thought the thread had expanded to lists in general- such as the Rolling Stone list mentioned earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synthfreek Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 The list wasn't really bad...but it was so typical and completely unoriginal. It's like nothing matters outside of 1967-1978(when Van Halen I released). At least make separate lists by decades & genres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracking Angle Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 As long as we're at it...I'll add Bill Nelson, Gary Green, Larry Carlton, and Wes Montgomery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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