Who is YOUR favourite guitarist of all time ?

Chronos-X · 8 Apr 2006 at 17:07

JonnyT said:
Honourable mention to James Dean Bradfield (Manics) too.

Most certainly

Another one of the "Practical Masters", imo

elroberto · 8 Apr 2006 at 17:39

JonnyT said:
Honourable mention to James Dean Bradfield (Manics) too.

Definitely! He'd get my vote for most 'Under-rated' Guitarist of all time. Always sounded better when playing aggresively. The newer stuff from the Manics doesn't bring out the edge in him.

Edinho · 9 Apr 2006 at 10:18

Adrian Smith. Just love his style.

Technically I would go for Mark Knopfler.

Think there are lots of good guitarists out there. Have you noticed that most of the ones mentioned are older more established players?

sjt269 · 9 Apr 2006 at 19:05

Edinho said:
Think there are lots of good guitarists out there. Have you noticed that most of the ones mentioned are older more established players?

Most newer guitarists play indie and nu-metal, so there isn't much of an oppurtunity for them to show off (if they have any talent at all). The guys out of Dragonforce are technically very good though (musically a bit *too* fast and samey though).

samat2001 · 9 Apr 2006 at 19:57

Joe Satriani

Followed closely by...
Steve Vai
Eric Johnson
John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
The Edge (U2)
David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
John Williams (classical guitarist)

The thing I love about all these guys (and people like Page, Brian May, Hendrix and Clapton) is that you can tell it's them playing just by their tone.