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12-08-2008, 11:23 AM
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Obviously inspired by the thread concerning our favorite drummers.
My favorites are Fabrizio Leo, Shawn Lane, Vivien Lalu, John McLaughlin,
and Ron Jarzombek.
EDIT: Good lord, I almost forgot about Frank Zappa! Although I think of him as a composer first and a guitarist second.
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12-08-2008, 11:26 AM
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12-08-2008, 11:28 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Yuma, Az | | | The one in my band, first and foremost. I've known him for years, and would have said that when I wasn't playing with him, too.
John McLaughlin, Mark Knopfler, David Gilmour, Alex Lifeson, and Walter Becker, who's really under-rated IMO, Al DiMeola, and Andy Summers
Note that many of these guys have worked with the world's top bassists, too. Hmmm...
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12-08-2008, 11:30 AM
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12-08-2008, 11:31 AM
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12-08-2008, 11:35 AM
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12-08-2008, 11:35 AM
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12-08-2008, 11:38 AM
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12-08-2008, 11:39 AM
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Mike Lichey
Hendrix
Clapton
Iommi
Lifeson
Vaughn
Lane
Beck
ALot other greats....but if I had a bass in hand and it was just me and the guitbox...these would be the guys I personally would want to groove with. 
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12-08-2008, 11:43 AM
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- Jeff Beck (the only guitarist to bring me to tears from the sheer beauty of his playing - "Where Were You" Skydome Toronto, 1989)
- Eric Clapton (the only guitarist to bring me to tears from the sheer intensity of his playing - "Third Degree" Royal Albert Hall London, February 2004)
- David Gilmour
- Mike Keneally (mindblowing like Frank Zappa but you can also hum along).
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12-08-2008, 11:44 AM
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12-08-2008, 11:45 AM
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12-08-2008, 11:45 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Madison, WI. | | | I'll take Steve Cropper, Eddie Willis and/or Cornell Dupree for the win.
(pedro who prefers a guitarist who knows he's part of the rhythm section and likes it that way.) |
12-08-2008, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by pedro I'll take Steve Cropper, Eddie Willis and/or Cornell Dupree for the win.
(pedro who prefers a guitarist who knows he's part of the rhythm section and likes it that way.) | I certainly like all of Pedro's picks. For myself, I'm going to go with true favorites, not necessarily the most accomplished technically, fastest, etc. I put these guys on when I want to hear guitar work:
- Michael Bloomfield: every guitar wanker should be required to listen daily to "Albert's Shuffle" and "Stop" from Super Session.
- Albert King: I love the blues and this Albert most of all. He can say more with fewer notes than anyone. In "I'll Play The Blues For You", he puts on a clinic in how to repeat the same lick in countless, different ways.
- Bobby Womack: my favorite classic soul guitarist. Bobby plays half the beautiful guitar work found on Wilson Pickett's "I'm In Love" and invented that particular style.
- Lonnie Mack: As close to wanking as I can enjoy. Lonnie is lightening fast, but he also knows how to develop a a solo, build a song and sing the blues. I was in a band many years ago with a tremendoous guitarist and we opened with "Wham". He didn't use a capo--he played it from the F-position! I never tired of that song (or Lonnie's other material) and it always brought a smile to my face.
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12-08-2008, 12:20 PM
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12-08-2008, 12:24 PM
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12-08-2008, 12:27 PM
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And +1000 to Jeff Beck, my absolute favorite guitar player.
Some that I would add:
Albert King
Johnny Greenwood (and Ed O'Brien)
Jimmy Page
Tom Morello
George Harrison
Nels Cline
Buckethead
Django Reinhardt
Keith Richards
Frank Zappa
Eddie Hazel
Trey Anastasio
Wes Montgomery
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