Favourite guitarist and favourite guitar

[Marlowe]

Does anyone like Brian May?

You'd have to hate music to not like Brian May.

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I really like Buckethead too. Probably my favourite guitrist of the last decade
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Second favourite guitarist off all-time is Randy Rhoads- love Randy. Love his guitar, too.
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[TheStinger]

Joe Satriani and SRV are my top two faves. Right behind them are Jimmy Page and Hendrix.

Favourite guitar would have to be a '57 Les Paul Gibson that a friend of a friend let me play with for a little bit once. Just an awesome tone all round.

 

[Gibbke]

Glad we're calling it "faves" and not "best", as most polls tend to do...Steve Morse as a technician destroys every guitarist mentioned here so far, but he'll never get the same accolades because he's never starred in a famous band in his own right...currently Deep Purple (playing the role of "Ritchie"), and obscure solo stuff...

Hendrix's 1st two albums are far superior to Electric Ladyland, which is sloppy and unfocussed...his live stuff is messy, and it's really a case of "you had to be there"...

Me personally, it's Malmsteen, Van Halen, Satriani and Slash, but do yourself a favour and listen to Brian Setzer, especially in his BSO albums...

Then get on youtube and look up "8-string guitar", just for starters...there are a lot of talents out there who spend more time practicing and less time being rockstars, and it shows...the guy who was in the recent Roger Waters tour played the best guitar solo I've ever heard when he did Comfortably Numb...didn't even catch his name...

Guitar sounds - I've always been a Fender player, and love the look of a Marshall, but I finally realised why I like the Foo Fighters when they were at Carrara last year - big line of Vox amps, playing single note lower lines very reminiscent of Brian May...the best sound in rock...put 2+2 together when they did Tie Your Mother Down at the end...they're Queen fans too...!

 

[Tex_21]

^^ Good to see EVH finally get a mention. Surprised no one has mentioned Santana or Joe Perry yet either.

In terms of underrated 'current' guitarists, I still don't think Myles Kennedy gets enough recognition as a guitarist, although he is beginning to as a vocalist.

 

[Gibbke]

EVH was the very reason I deviated from my stated career path as a 16yo (replacing Dennis Lillee in the test team!), and picked up a guitar...mate had a car with a stereo, and we were cruising the streets of Launceston with Eruption blasting...that was the moment...that's what I wanna do...!

 

[TheStinger]

^^ Good to see EVH finally get a mention. Surprised no one has mentioned Santana or Joe Perry yet either.

In terms of underrated 'current' guitarists, I still don't think Myles Kennedy gets enough recognition as a guitarist, although he is beginning to as a vocalist.

Speaking of Kennedy, the main guitarist in Alter Bridge is Mark Tremonti. Now he is a killer guitarist.

 

[Hue_Jars]

EVH is amazing.

When people say 'best' guitarist, I find things get a little fuzzy....

You can have amazing technical players like Satriani and Perry and many can say they are some of the best guitarists because of their technical ability. Hell, there are thousands of guitarists no one has heard of who have done the hard yards at music school/jazz school, who's technique owns 99.9% of well known guitarists but they'll never be recognized as one of the best...

A lot of people (eg: rolling stone magazine) define a 'great' guitarist by their contribution to shaping music, their songwriting abilities and/or their own contributions to well known bands and songs. you cant say Keef is a great technical player at all, but he came up with the Satisfaction riff and was one of the first to use open G tuning. He and Mick Jagger made playing blues and rock n roll cool again starting a movement. Same thing for Hendrix - amazingly experimental. Played with his heart, not thinking about theory and the fretboard. Also Muddy Waters, came up with licks that will last the test of time forever. But so so simple.

I think Bonnamassa is an example of a guitarist who is technically awesome - but what he plays isnt that groudnbreaking, his songs aren't really that spectacular to force their way into most peoples everyday listening (no doubt he is a good songwriter though), and hes a mega dork.

Satriani is amazing no doubt. But personally (my opinion only) I'd rather watch Keef any day cos he is Mr Rock n Roll, with the moves, stage presense, the chops, the licks, the songs. Even the guitars (the vintage teles) and the amps (the fender devilles giving that well known crunch) make it. To me Satriani makes me cringe with his dorkness. Baldness and sunglasses with way to much gain on his amp, ugly guitars, and over exaggeration of his skill...doesnt do it for me. My opinion only, can definetly respect the opposite.

 

[Tex_21]

Speaking of Kennedy, the main guitarist in Alter Bridge is Mark Tremonti. Now he is a killer guitarist.

Giant hands too.

Saw them at the Palace recently, and I'd actually be willing to put forward Myles as preferable, to me at least. Tremonti is great, no doubt, and can shred well, but I personally prefer Myles.

 

[aussierulesrules]

^^ Good to see EVH finally get a mention. Surprised no one has mentioned Santana or Joe Perry yet either.

I mentioned both EVH and Santana on the previous page (post 16) and also gave Perry a consideration, as I'm a big fan of Aerosmith, but didn't include him, as no Aerosmith riffs or guitar solos came to mind when I thought of him (although I just remembered Walk This Way, which goes alright! and I'm sure there'd be more). I would have included the likes of he and Brian may and Jimmy Page if I'd gone any further.

 

[mark73]

can't split dimebag darrell and randy rhoads for the pure shred fest. still listen to rhoads, and then proceed to pack my guitar up and put it in the cupboard because there's no point.

love nick drake's work, love johnny marrs work.

and mark knopflers ability to sing over those colourfully warm fingerpicked tunes was fantastic.

BUT i love Iommi. Master of Reality, sounds a bit muddy and stonery now. But just imagine hearing that stuff for the first time in the early 70s. His mangled hand (as another poster noted) created descending storm clouds on the sunny 60s. He is awesome.

Favourite guitar to play is the strat - the way it sits, the sound, the smoothness and playability. Just the original and the best. Gibson SGs a close second. Easier to play than the Les Paul, and sound as they look - with devil horns.

I can, Allan Holdsworth.

 

[sherrinorburley]

Link Wray. Can do ANYthing with a guitar. Numero UNO!

Poison Ivy from the Cramps has/had a 1958 Gretsch 6120 that sounds and looks super cool.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Early master.

Bo Diddley.

SRV.

 

[Rollerball]

I don't have a clear favourite guitarist, but I have to mention J Mascis because I just love hearing him rip it up and he has always blown me away (literally) live:

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Favourite guitar to play is the strat - the way it sits, the sound, the smoothness and playability. Just the original and the best. Gibson SGs a close second. Easier to play than the Les Paul, and sound as they look - with devil horns.

Agree with that, strats are so comfy to play.

 

[Cricket444]

Strats are awesome - so versatile and can get so many different sounds.

As for looks, the big hollow 6120 Gretchs are hot as. And they sound superb. A bit difficult to get your hands round though, especially if you play up the fret board a lot. And not so great feedback wise.

I find it hard to go past the 52' telecaster too.

 

[monty1104]

Easily, Slash and his LP gold top.

 

[Bennett.]

there are so many!

Brian May
Nuno Bettencourt
Oz Fox
...list can go for days.

 

[blackshadow]

Favourite guitarists

Ron Asheton (The Stooges)
Neil Young
Keith Richards
Dave Navarro
Slash
Tony Iommi
Malcolm Young (his riffage drives AC/DC)
Ed Mundell (Monster Magnet)
Link Wray
Johnny Casino
Kent Steedman
Tom Verlaine

Favourite guitars are Les Pauls and Telecasters

 

[Marlowe]

Adding some more I haven't seen mentioned too much:

Duane Allman
Ritchie Blackmore
Angus Young
Can't believe I forgot those three.

Neil Young
Josh Homme
Tom Morello
Matt Bellamy
Jerry Cantrell
Matt Pike
Brent Hinds
B.B. King
Muddy Waters
Joe Walsh
Jeff Beck
John Sykes
George Lynch
Steve Vai
John Petrucci

 

[IAMJUNGLEMUFFIN]

To be honest, being able to play a million different infinitely techincal riffs, or shred it like satan means absolutely nothing to me, it's all about feeling.

Give me a "simple" blues guitarist where you can actually feel what he is playing, over a metal guitarist any day of the week.

 

[Hue_Jars]

To be honest, being able to play a million different infinitely techincal riffs, or shred it like satan means absolutely nothing to me, it's all about feeling.

Give me a "simple" blues guitarist where you can actually feel what he is playing, over a metal guitarist any day of the week.

Mannish Boy by Muddy Waters like does it for me

 

[Bennett.]

Want.

 

[mellowyellow]

If I had to choose one then it would be Pierre Bensusan
Guitar choice would probably be a Lowden..... 38 series A couple of pics and depending on the timbers used,can be priced up to 12,500 dollars.

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[eldorado]

A modded Gretsch ProJet...

Special white, only released in Japan...

[salivating]

 

[volcboy]

Favorite Guitarists - depends what for:

For heavy riffs: Dimebag, Jerry Cantrell, James Hetfield
For funky riffs: John Fruchiante, Charlie Hunter
For lead: EVH, Jimmy H, Dave Gilmour, Eric Clapton

And, because the bass is also a guitar: Les Claypool, Justin Chancellor

My favorite guitar would be any of the semi-hollow Gibson guitars, such as the ES-335. The picture below is for a limited-edition Canadian edition.

 

[Hue_Jars]

The ESS 335 is a god of a guitar.

I like the epiphone casinos too. Almost the same as a 335 except the are hollow, not semi and have hotter pick ups. Lennon and McCartney used them.

 

[Roos4eva]

Josh Homme, and the Maton Mastersound, as I own one, and Fender Jaguar (hopefully own one soon).