Blog Catalog Discussion: Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?

ThinkingUhuru on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

ThinkingUhuru — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:38:35 -0500

Bert Jansch or Nick Drake.. both elevated the acoustic guitar to a new level for me.

jkkh68 on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

jkkh68 — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:03:54 -0500

I like John Pizzarelli. I like Jazz guitarists.

dReeMuth on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

dReeMuth — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:49:31 -0500

buckethead >>>> nothingham lace

guitar gibsonn that so cool

Jaybetee on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

Jaybetee — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:16:25 -0500

trey anastasio

seanmc980 on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

seanmc980 — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:13:51 -0500

David Gilmour from Pink Floyd .. Hands down

TheBluesBlogger on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

TheBluesBlogger — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:00:16 -0500

Looks like this topic is attempting a revival... So I will add another favorite of mine... The late great Luther Allison...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7iMLoV0lbE

mwaybob on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

mwaybob — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:53:56 -0500

mike oldfield - he also has bells

Locateblogger on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

Locateblogger — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:17:36 -0500

Alexi Laiho

acousticguitarist on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

acousticguitarist — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:22:43 -0600

there's been lots of discussions here on guitar players, SRV always gets mentioned just behind hendrix and clapton in the stats

satijournal on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

satijournal — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:18:48 -0600

How about Freddie King, Albert King, Albert Collins

satijournal on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

satijournal — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:15:36 -0600

He's definitely one of the all time greats. I saw him play a few years ago. He played a left-handed guitar strung like a right-handed guitar. Must have been some open tuning.

satijournal on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

satijournal — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:10:33 -0600

My favorite, also. His solo on Stormy Monday still gives me goosebumps.

kungfuguitar on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

kungfuguitar — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:21:23 -0600

my guitar idol are...

- tommy emmanuel
- joe robinson
- eric clapton
- buddy guy
- john mayer

TheBluesBlogger on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

TheBluesBlogger — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:51:20 -0600

Here is a link for everybody if your curious who Yngwie Malmsteen is...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpDblDia5TE

kaylinmarie on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

kaylinmarie — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:11:57 -0600

Me!!

Followed closely by the late Jim Croce

TheBluesBlogger on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

TheBluesBlogger — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:08:34 -0600

Several of the guitar players on your list have already been mentioned, with the exception of Prince and Steve Cropper... You're right!!! SRV represents a major gap in the discussion. On the other hand, I always knew he would be mentioned eventually... Thanks!!!

MadMadMargo on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

MadMadMargo — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:39:29 -0600

Dick Dale can be heard on "Pulp Fiction" soundtrack. His sound, I think, is haunting. Great choice!

KBB on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

KBB — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:16:51 -0600

This is historic!!!

This has to be the first discussion about who is your favorite guitar player and no one has mention Stevie Ray Vaughan.

I can throw in Jimi Hendrix, Claptopn, Jimmy Page, Carlos Santana, Steve Cropper, and Brian May from Queen, and Prince (I have to admit it) among others.

SRV. The Best. End of discussion for me.

retrokimmer on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

retrokimmer — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:00:23 -0600

My favorite guitar player of all time is DICK DALE and the DELTONES pipeline and King of the Surf Guitar. I have his bio and video on my blog go check him out!

kat822 on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

kat822 — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:54:28 -0600

well that's ironic

TheBluesBlogger on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

TheBluesBlogger — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:57:26 -0600

Really enjoyed Santana's album Moonflower... Of course I'm going back over 30 years now.

acousticguitarist on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

acousticguitarist — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:07:22 -0600

Leslie West - oh yeah

acousticguitarist on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

acousticguitarist — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:06:50 -0600

I used to work as jazz player

Pat Martino - Best at chromatic Lines

Jim Hall - Best Melody player

Ed Bickert - Favourite Chord Player

Pat Metheny - Best sound

Mick Goodrick - Most interesting

Wes Montgomery - God

Ike Isaacs - Most underrated

Ralph Towner - Best Improviser

Martin Taylor - Currently the Worlds Best

Joe Pass - Best solo arrangements

Financialnut on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

Financialnut — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:44:52 -0600

Dude that plays bass for the Goo Goo Dolls!

TheBluesBlogger on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

TheBluesBlogger — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:42:23 -0600

Sounds like you got a cool puppy there!

Hendrix has been an influence to so many guitar players. Many of which are already mentioned in this discussion. No list of favorite guitar players will ever be complete without mentioning Jimi Hendrix...

TheBluesBlogger on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

TheBluesBlogger — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:27:19 -0600

witewood- Was hoping somebody would take us on the shift towards jazz... What a perfect place to begin with Django...I also like Wes Montgomery and of course later down the past and present road in time ... John Mclaughlin.

Any jazz guitar fans out there who would like to add their favorites?

TheBluesBlogger on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

TheBluesBlogger — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:15:47 -0600

tps- Yes it is tough to only pick one. Great choice of versatile players! Thanks for joining the discussion.

tps on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

tps — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:54:33 -0600

Wow, what a tough question... but an awesome discussion!
Man, for me, nobody's technically better than Clapton. Staying in one genre is hard. I know it was suppose to be only one, but I gotta mention a few others: Gilmour plays sweeter than anyone I've ever heard. Jimi was a maniac and could do anything with an axe. Don Felder is awesome! Randy Rhoads was brilliant and Zack Wylde is just as good. There's Leslie West, Bo diddley, BB King, Chuck Berry, George Harrison, Angus and Malcolm.

And even some of today's players are awesome, like Keith Urban. Man, he's underrated, can play anything and sounds amazing! Slash is a monster, as we all know.

But if I had to pick, it would be a draw: Clapton... and Tony Iommi. Tony was a riff machine 30 years ago and is just as good today. He's like Gilmour, when you heard him play, you knew exactly who it was. Sorry about not sticking to the rules :)

mizztinez on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

mizztinez — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:46:03 -0600

Jimi Hendrix most definitely i love him to death (uhh...no pun intended). I even named my puppy Hendrix in his honor.

Mercenarylight on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

Mercenarylight — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:29:46 -0600

Carlos Santana

MadMadMargo on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

MadMadMargo — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:05:11 -0600

Or, how 'bout his slide on "Livin' on the Open Road"? (Delaney & Bonnie)

witewood on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

witewood — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:34:32 -0600

I have not noticed a mention for Django Reinhardt, the legendary jazz guitarist, surely this must be an oversight! The guy only had proper use of two left hand fingers as well, perhaps this is where I've gone wrong! Boy what a player though.

I think I'll do a blog post about him, I feel suitably inspired ;)

TheBluesBlogger on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

TheBluesBlogger — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:33:41 -0600

Anthe- Thanks for the link... That's great.

ophase on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

ophase — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:17:38 -0600

Thanks :)

sulavmetal on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

sulavmetal — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:34:28 -0600

Yngwie Malmsteen is the best. He has a wonderful guitar playing skills. To know about his techniques. Visit www.xyzmusic.blogspot.com

Anthe on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

Anthe — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:48:52 -0600

Today I found an amazing Camel recording of Lady Fantasy on Youtube. It is a very old one, 1976, but it is so wonderful to see Latimer play, going through constanly changing moods with his guitar.

It is in 3 parts and I uploaded them to my Gaia blog.
http://homeopathicelements.gaia.com/blog/2008/11/lady_fantasy

acousticguitarist on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

acousticguitarist — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:59:16 -0600

I found his first album called Framptons Camel to be the nicest

acousticguitarist on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

acousticguitarist — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:58:25 -0600

I like his slide in Layla

acousticguitarist on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

acousticguitarist — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:57:59 -0600

I'm with Mark... I like Bream very much. I have 3 versions of Bachs Lute suites and I like Breams the best.

acousticguitarist on 'Who's Your Favorite Guitar Player?'

acousticguitarist — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:56:33 -0600

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