The Greatest Guitarist In The World

I've never been one for guitarists who follow 'the book'. So you know all the scales and can play an hour long solo covering the length and breadth of the fret board. BORING BORING BORING I say.

I would pick someone who can write a life chaging riff, whether it uses three or thirty chords. Someone who changed music.
Also in some cases, the band they changed music with can't go unnoticed. Without their chemistry, that riff wouldn't have sounded the way it did.
 
sist_si said:
I've never been one for guitarists who follow 'the book'. So you know all the scales and can play an hour long solo covering the length and breadth of the fret board. BORING BORING BORING I say.

I would pick someone who can write a life chaging riff, whether it uses three or thirty chords. Someone who changed music.
Also in some cases, the band they changed music with can't go unnoticed. Without their chemistry, that riff wouldn't have sounded the way it did.
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Got anyone in mind?
 
Robosapien said:
Got anyone in mind?
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I'm thinking...I'm thinking :)

People like Chuck Berry, Lennon & McArtney, Cobain was a big influence on my generation. Dimebag Darrell, Hendrix changed the way people thought about guitar playing and wrote some killer riffs. There are so many though. It's all down to personal taste at the end of the day which is why these kind of threads could go on forever!
My personal taste is for the player that pushes the envelope a little and defies the rulebook.
 
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Vai is clearly awesome in his capabilities, and I've seen him a couple of times live whilst he was with Dave Lee Roth. Brilliant would be an understatement. Unfortunately he now appears to have wandered off and is making songs aimed at proving that he can come up with something worthy of challenging a budding wanna be guitarist, as against genuinely musical.

For me, the most influencial in providing great music was Richie Blackmore, who I think over the years has resulted in some ace songs.
 
Andelusion said:
Indeed. I don't listen to him anymore but he's the reason I and many other (much more famous :p) guitarist play guitar. At the moment Guthrie Govan is blowing my mind but Satch will always be number 1.
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I saw him in Tescos the other day. ;)

Satch, for me, is the man when it comes to playing guitar. A great mix of stupendous technique and soulful playing.
 
Mr_Sukebe said:
For me, the most influencial in providing great music was Richie Blackmore, who I think over the years has resulted in some ace songs.
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Good choice.
I first saw Blackmore live in 72, another 3 times with Purple, 3 times with Rainbow and once with Blackmores Night.
A few months ago I picked up my Strat that had been cusomised by a Blackmore geek and we sat in his workshop going over Blackmore riffs.
He then he pointed out where the likes of Satriani, Vai and Malmsteen had nicked off him and also reminded me that he was the first rock guitarist to play with an orchestra.
He is excellent and I'm now glad that he's pursuing a music he really loves.
 
I'm a big Blackmore fan myself, and it's shame the man will probably never get the respect he is due while he is alive. His determination to go his own way can produce either fantastic music or else pap, but it's always worth hearing.


BTW, what is the lute stuff like? I've never dared buy the albums...


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Buddy Guy

Eric Clapton said "Buddy Guy was to me what Elvis was for others." Clapton, who's not prone to hyperbole, insisted in a 1985 Musician magazine article that "Buddy Guy is by far and without a doubt the best guitar player alive...if you see him in person, the way he plays is beyond anyone. Total freedom of spirit, I guess… He really changed the course of rock and roll blues."

This was what Stevie Ray Vaughan meant when he said, "Without Buddy Guy, there would be no Stevie Ray Vaughan."

Jeff Beck affirmed:
Geez, you can’t forget Buddy Guy. He transcended blues and started becoming theater. It was high art, kind of like drama theater when he played, you know. He was playing behind his head long before Hendrix. I once saw him throw the guitar up in the air and catch it in the same chord.

According to Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page: “Buddy Guy is an absolute monster”
 
Meridian said:
BTW, what is the lute stuff like? I've never dared buy the albums...
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Its folk music a bit in the style of Steeleye Span and I've always loved it but it was a bit strange hearing Blackmore doing it.
Add the voice of the absolutely gorgeous Candice Night and its works on a lot of levels for me.
I've also got a live DVD which is fantastic.
 
Jet said:
Eric Clapton...
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Just a random funny quote I remember ...

Clapton: I don't get it, I play all over the place, yet you play three chords and get all the attention.
Angus Young: Not true. I know all 6!

:p

Back on topic... hmmm. Its too hard to pick just one. Slash is the coolest. Vai and Satch are both cheesy widdle monster gods. Matt Bellamy is a riff monster. Paul Gilbert does awesome cheesy pop. David Gilmour can blow everyone away with a single bent note with a bit of vibrato.

Theres just too many! Any of those are worth a pop at the title in my books.
 
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