Best guitarist.

Tommy emmanuel because I love that style, but Paco de Lucia takes the crown, no doubt. Had the pleasure of seeing him in Madrid too.
 
I can understand why modern listeners don't get why Hendrix has to be #1. Since him there have been so many great guitarists and Hendrix's work is not overly accessible. The thing is that there is large amounts of Hendrix's sheet music where they're not sure what to write. Oh they can write the notes, but when trying to write the finger positions they struggle with how exactly it was done.

And while it may be possible to do an exact copy of someone else's art it doesn't make you as good as the original artist. The likes of Page and Clapton rated Hendrix above themselves.
 
andicole0 said:
I know this has been done to death but why oh why does Jimmy Hendrix always turn up at no. 1? Is it because he is dead!
He can't actually play very well he just makes noises through the electronics. Plus anyone who can play as well with his teeth can't really be the best.
On the same subject why do we never see Mike Oldfield in the lists and seldom see Mark Knopfler.
Open for abuse now, but remember- good will to all men etc.
Andi.
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To say Jimi Hendrix cant play well is laughable in my opinion. Have you actually listened to him? You would describe bold as love, or little wing as just noises is a bit far fetched.
 
unclebob123 said:
To say Jimi Hendrix cant play well is laughable in my opinion. Have you actually listened to him? You would describe bold as love, or little wing as just noises is a bit far fetched.
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He is not as good as hundreds of others, it's all electronic a bit like Bill and Ted. Yes I have listened and I do not like. The many comments here suggesting other guitarists is testament to my opinion the Hendrix is simply not the best.
Andi.
 
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It seems to me that there's a three-way axis here for all guitarists: fast, technical, emotional. You can be one, or even two, but you always have to trade off one of them. You can be a bit of all three, but it is impossible for be a master of all three. Hendrix was technical and emotional. People like Via are fast and technical. Blackmore was best combination of all three (was, because he's too old now to play properly), because he tended to hop between styles as required more than most. As such, he's top of my list; the live version of Catch the Rainbow (album, not video) is the track I've listened to more than any other. I agree with Gilmour, and Schenker (who is hugely out of fashion these days). I used to like the widdlers (Via, Satriani, etc) until I realised they had no soul. Oh, technically they are great. But they are not art.
 
Probably the guitarist of some foreign death metal band which nobody has ever heard of.
 
andicole0 said:
I know this has been done to death but why oh why does Jimmy Hendrix always turn up at no. 1? Is it because he is dead!
He can't actually play very well he just makes noises through the electronics. Plus anyone who can play as well with his teeth can't really be the best.
On the same subject why do we never see Mike Oldfield in the lists and seldom see Mark Knopfler.
Open for abuse now, but remember- good will to all men etc.
Andi.
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It's about influence. Some people scoff at Hendrix's technique but his feel for the instrument is incredible and you have to consider that at the time no-one played like him. Thats why the likes of Beck and Clapton were all in awe of him. If you try and play like him its quite tricky to get the feel and the timing which all just came to him so naturally. I doubt any guitarist has had more influence than him on rock music.

LOAM said:
For me it will always be Jimmy Page with Gilmour a close second. His work on Since I've been loving you on how the west was won, blows my mind.
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Page is my favourite. Mostly due to to the diversity of what he produced but also the intensity of his performances. LZ regularly played for 3+ hours night after night and as a 4 piece there wasn't much rest time. Page is also a massive influence on rock music through the decades since his peak. There is barely a duff track on any of the Zep albums and his skill and innovation as a producer is under appreciated. His playing style is so nuanced and you only appreciate it when you try and copy it!

My list is something like this
Page
Blackmore
Gallagher
Kossof
Frusciante
Angus
Randy Rhodes
Keith Richards
Joe Perry
Steve Rothery

More recently i've been appreciating Walter Trout and Jared James Nicholls.
 
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Meridian said:
It seems to me that there's a three-way axis here for all guitarists: fast, technical, emotional. You can be one, or even two, but you always have to trade off one of them. You can be a bit of all three, but it is impossible for be a master of all three. Hendrix was technical and emotional. People like Via are fast and technical. Blackmore was best combination of all three (was, because he's too old now to play properly), because he tended to hop between styles as required more than most. As such, he's top of my list; the live version of Catch the Rainbow (album, not video) is the track I've listened to more than any other. I agree with Gilmour, and Schenker (who is hugely out of fashion these days). I used to like the widdlers (Via, Satriani, etc) until I realised they had no soul. Oh, technically they are great. But they are not art.
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Nonsense post

Gutherie Govan is all three...This solo is take one.





But the winner for me is this....the stuff he is doing here is pure Genius...



Analysis by the great Rick Beato here


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Gilmour is the one for me. None of his stuff is overly technical but his feel and tone is so hard to replicate.

I also think guitarists like The Edge and Nile Rodgers are underrated, their left hands might not do much but their sense of rhythm is everything.
 
easyrider said:
Nonsense post
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What's that old expression about taking one to know one? I watched one of those and got bored. Emotionless widdling. And pulling faces does not show emotion, that's what the music is for. Or at least that's the theory. He's just another example of my theory: in his case technical with a bit of fast.
 
Meridian said:
What's that old expression about taking one to know one? I watched one of those and got bored. Emotionless widdling. And pulling faces does not show emotion, that's what the music is for. Or at least that's the theory. He's just another example of my theory: in his case technical with a bit of fast.
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lol you haven’t a clue what you are talking about. You seriously haven’t...it’s not even a dig...you’re clueless

what does “they are not art” actually mean BTW ?
 
When it comes to speed and technical ability, Govan is probably the best. But emotion? It's just not there at all. :confused: It's the same with Buckethead, it's like a perfectly skilled robot creating music and I just don't feel anything listening to it. It's awesome but that's about as far as it goes for me. You won't catch me tearing up at one of his songs that's for sure.
 
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