Explosion-chan Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 I'd have to say Tom Scholz of Boston. It helps that I've heard him in concert. Here's a few examples of why he's my favorite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearly Gates Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Gary Clark Jr. is nice, I like his style and he's kind of an underdog. BB King is just... incredible - feeling-wise Joe Satriani has mastered the instrument Joe Bonamassa has gooood skills and an nice voice, but I don't like the way he's on stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazza Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Pretty biased but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Dave Grohl for stage personality and rhythm Chris Shiflett for pure skill in solos N!K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDeepDarkmind Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Syntster Gates(A7x/Avenged Sevenfold) Dave Grohl(Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Queens of Stone Age, Tenacious D) Dave Mustaine(Megadeth) My Favorite Top guitarists Hazza and N!K 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddingkip Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Brian May was fucking awesome when I saw him at Queen+Adam Lambert. He is also incredibly good on track, but wow he was great live. Also Slash is really good but his concerts are way overpriced so never been there Explosion-chan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Дебра Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 https://youtu.be/E6t3_XwDvkg?t=77Tim Collins from TTNG is simply amazing to watch play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jams Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 David Gilmour from Pink Floyd. In my personal opinion after hearing many guitarists, David is by FAR one of the best ever if not the best that ever lived. When he plays guitar, it's not just strumming strings. He speaks through his cords. If you listen to close to some of his melodies you can sometimes place words to them. Such as his solo on Hey You from the 1979 Pink Floyd Album The Wall, where his guitar is strumming the chorus of Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2. That's something unique I've found of his guitar, his work is never lackluster in quality. Every strum counts. His solos are the backbone of Floyd's popular catalog. Rather than showing how fast he can move his fingers to make blazing fast solos, they are shower and have more depth behind them. His solos have always blown me away and continued to impress on me no matter how many times I listen to them, which is rare for me to be able to listen to the same thing over and over and not grow tired of hearing it. When he has played a slide guitar it's always been unique out of everything else I've heard. When on acoustic guitars he always takes it a step above the rest for me in his whole style and skill of playing. Next, on an entirely different plane of other guitarists. He doesn't need a studio to make him sound good. He is just as good if not better when playing live then when recording in the studio. I think this is the main reason why he stands out to me as the best. Whenever I would hear people playing live I would always wonder why they sounded so bad. Then I heard David live. His guitar live is some of the only guitar I can bare listening to a live performance of, since his skill and power behind his cords are even more pronounced live. Examples of why he's great: get ready for a whole bunch of links First, the outstanding studio recordings. Hey You - The Wall (1979) Comfortably Numb - The Wall (1979) Time - The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) Money -The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) Have A Cigar - Wish You Were Here (1975) Dogs - Animals (1977) One Of These Days - Meddle (1971) Echoes - Meddle (1971) High Hopes - The Division Bell (1994) Coming Back To Live - The Division Bell (1994) Marooned - The Division Bell (1994) 04 The Gold It's in the... - Obscured By Clouds (1972) Wish You Were Here - Wish You Were Here (1975) Wots... Uh The Deal - Obscured By Clouds (1972) Fat Old Sun - Atom Heart Mother (1971) Fearless - Meddle (1972) Free Four - Obscured By Clouds (1972) Surfacing - The Endless River (2014) Now, some of the best live performances. Hey You - (1980) Comfortably Numb (Live 8, 2005) Time (Live at Wembley 1974) You Gotta Be Crazy (Early version of Dogs, Live at Wembley 1974) Money (Live 8, 2005) One Of These Days (Wroclaw, Poland, 2016) Taken down now but if you can find it, it's the best version. Echoes (Live In Gdansk) Astronomy Domine (Live In Gdansk) Fat Old Sun (Live In Gdansk) High Hopes (Live in Royal Albert Hall) Wish You Were Here (Live In Gdansk) Have A Cigar (1975) A Meme From 2012, puddingkip, Deku and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Meme From 2012 Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 In my personal opinion, there are 3 guitarists who I find the greatest to have ever lived. David Gilmour from Pink Floyd (see Jams' post for reasons, also listen to this: for proof) Jimi Hendrix: He played with soul and feeling any time he picked up a guitar. When you watch his live performances, he plays with such a flair you can't see (obviously) from the studio recordings. Stevie Ray Vaughan: He played guitar with a mix of blues and country. His cover of Hendrix' Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) was a perfectly executed cover of the song. Covers aside, Cold Shot was one of the best songs he did, and the music video is funny. tl;dr gilmour is my favorite with hendrix and SRV as 2nd and 3rd place, respectively Jams 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailbondshhman Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 David Gilmour from Pink Floyd. In my personal opinion after hearing many guitarists, David is by FAR one of the best ever if not the best that ever lived. When he plays guitar, it's not just strumming strings. He speaks through his cords. If you listen to close to some of his melodies you can sometimes place words to them. Such as his solo on Hey You from the 1979 Pink Floyd Album The Wall, where his guitar is strumming the chorus of Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2. That's something unique I've found of his guitar, his work is never lackluster in quality. Every strum counts. His solos are the backbone of Floyd's popular catalog. Rather than showing how fast he can move his fingers to make blazing fast solos, they are shower and have more depth behind them. His solos have always blown me away and continued to impress on me no matter how many times I listen to them, which is rare for me to be able to listen to the same thing over and over and not grow tired of hearing it. When he has played a slide guitar it's always been unique out of everything else I've heard. When on acoustic guitars he always takes it a step above the rest for me in his whole style and skill of playing. Next, on an entirely different plane of other guitarists. He doesn't need a studio to make him sound good. He is just as good if not better when playing live then when recording in the studio. I think this is the main reason why he stands out to me as the best. Whenever I would hear people playing live I would always wonder why they sounded so bad. Then I heard David live. His guitar live is some of the only guitar I can bare listening to a live performance of, since his skill and power behind his cords are even more pronounced live. Examples of why he's great: get ready for a whole bunch of links First, the outstanding studio recordings. Hey You - The Wall (1979) Comfortably Numb - The Wall (1979) Time - The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) Money -The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) Have A Cigar - Wish You Were Here (1975) Dogs - Animals (1977) One Of These Days - Meddle (1971) Echoes - Meddle (1971) High Hopes - The Division Bell (1994) Coming Back To Live The Division Bell (1994) Marooned - The Division Bell (1994) 04 The Gold It's in the... - Obscured By Clouds (1972) Wish You Were Here - Wish You Were Here (1975) Wots... Uh The Deal - Obscured By Clouds (1972) Fat Old Sun - Atom Heart Mother (1971) Fearless - Meddle (1972) Free Four - Obscured By Clouds (1972) Surfacing - The Endless River (2014) Now, some of the best live performances. Hey You - (1980) Comfortably Numb (Live 8, 2005) Time (Live at Wembley 1974) You Gotta Be Crazy (Early version of Dogs, Live at Wembley 1974) Money (Live 8, 2005) One Of These Days (Wroclaw, Poland, 2016) Taken down now but if you can find it, it's the best version. Echoes (Live In Gdansk) Astronomy Domine (Live In Gdansk) Fat Old Sun (Live In Gdansk) High Hopes (Live in Royal Albert Hall) Wish You Were Here (Live In Gdansk) Have A Cigar (1975) i love davi gilmour. i remember back in high school cruisin around in my friends dodge omni gettin baked listenin to the division bell and that was fun but one day we crashed off a bridge and he died i survived and high hopes wa splaying Jams, Deku and Bailbondshhman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N!K Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Purely based on my favourite bands Billie-Joe Armstrong, Dave Grohl, Kevin Skaff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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