Music Your favourite guitarist/s?

Had a few beers tonight and been going through a few CDs. Just reminiscing over an old fav guitar player of mine, Frank Zappa.

Guitar solos don't get much better than Yo Mama, or Inca Roads, or Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More.

Who does it for you?

 

Buckethead.

 

Kirk Hammet, not the best technical player, but a great writer and brilliant live... Massimo Fiocco, a guitar player for One Minute Silence, again not the best technical guitarist, but a seriously great live performer.

 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=i9NdhSbtTDcY

Alexi Laiho, Children of Bodom. Best ever

 

There's loads of really technical guitar players about, some of them are super talented, but saying that a lot of them just leave me feeling cold, like Steve Vai (Zappa student) or Yngwie Malmsteen (arrogant t**t). I find it hard to put into words, but it's not a case of lack of passion, I mean look at Steve Vai, he puts a huge amount into his playing, but for me he comes across as more of a gimmick than anything else, even though I do appreciate his technique.
After all, music is art and how it makes you feel, not just a vehicle for technique.
I've been drinking, sorry if I'm going on.

 

Joe Sat

 

Randy Rhoads, Dimebag Daryl, Slash Tom Morello and Eddie van halen. Some of my favorite riffs by them. Gotta love Tom's out there riffs, Dimebags are just heavy, and Randy and Eddie shred. Slash because he's just badass and shreds.

 

Can't say there's just one favorite, so here's my list:

Steve Hackett (ex-Genesis)
Steve Howe (Yes and Asia)
Mike Oldfield
Al Di Meola (jazz)
and Charo

Yes, I said CHARO! If you get past the coochi-choochi stuff, she is a fantastic, well-regarded flamenco guitarist. Really.

 

Now this makes me laugh. Slash as 2nd greatest gutarist ever, durr!
Then Ponce Prince as 4th greatest, please, have a word with yourself mate!

 

I know exactly what you mean, and Dimebag and Kerry King can often leave me feeling like that - their solo's are technical masterpieces, but they can lack soul, and sometimes feel complex for the sake of it.

 

for Hispanic definitely Carlos Santana
otherwise, I'm not sure

 

Al Di Meola.

Didn't he and Zappa cross paths musically if I remember correctly? I'm sure I've got a recording of them together somewhere.

 

Eric Johnson probably comes top, with Clapton a close second.
Satch as well obviously, and a bit of Vai. Hendrix was kinda good as well I guess .

 

There are a couple that spring to mind, in no particular order:

Rodrigo Y Gabriella
Dave Gilmour
Eric Clapton
JJ Cale
Django Reinhard (especially when you consider he was missing two fingers on his left hand)
Nick Harper

 

If we are talking classical then it has to be Paco de Lucia.
Otherwise possibly Stevie Ray Vaughn after Jimi Hendrix

edit: oh and Ry Cooder is pretty good too!

 

It's possible, but no idea to be honest.

 

Hendrix

 

whats interesting is its subjective.

 

My favourites include Johnny Marr, David Gilmour, Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimmy Page.

 

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