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Favorite Guitarists?

#45
Ritter667 said:
Who are you favorite guitar players?


Mine are, in no particular order:

:-: Syd Barrett
:-: Nick Drake
:-: Alan Sparhawk
:-: Bill Frisell
:-: Fred Frith
:-: Thurston Moore
:-: Lee Ranaldo
:-: Sonny Sharrock
:-: Frank Zappa
:-: Adrian Belew
:-: Adam Jones
:-: J. Mascis
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Probably someone mentioned in these threads:
Robot.G

Thread 'Who's your favorite lead guitarist?'

I generally hate guitar solos, but... Who's your favorite lead guitarist?
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Thread 'As a bassist, who are your favorite guitarists?'

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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#46
Michedelic said:
Probably some

Probably someone mentioned in these threads:
Robot.G

Thread 'Who's your favorite lead guitarist?'

I generally hate guitar solos, but... Who's your favorite lead guitarist?
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D

Thread 'As a bassist, who are your favorite guitarists?'

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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One thread from 2008, and the other specifically about lead guitarists.
 
#48
SteveCS said:
A very difficult to compile Baker's Dozen, in no particular order:

  1. John Martyn
  2. Frank Zappa
  3. Adrian Belew
  4. Phil Manzanera
  5. Bill Nelson
  6. Tim Hardin
  7. Tom Verlaine
  8. Al Di Meola
  9. Andres Segovia
  10. Michael Hedges
  11. Richard Thompson
  12. Gary Moore
  13. Vini Reilly
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This is a great list. Richard Thompson may be the greatest guitar player Britain has ever produced. The inclusion of Bill Nelson, Gary More, and Frank Zappa are also notable. Real innovators, and masters of their craft.

I'd add just a few:
Claudio Sanchez
Pat Metheny
David Linley
Ollie Halsall
 
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#50
Lots of greats mentioned so far, just to fill in a few vacancies:
Robin Guthrie, Annie Clarke, Carey Brownstein/Corin Tucker, John Fahey, Page/Blackmore/Beck (or were they mentioned?), John Abercrombie, Pete Cosey, Reggie Lucas, Blood Ulmer, Mick Box, Martin Barre, Keith Levene, Buckethead, Sarah Lipstate aka Noveller, Wes Montgomery, Larry Coryell, Charlie Hunter,
Fred sonic Smith, Wayne Kramer- Wayne Kramer, Michael Gira, Ralph Towner, Alvin Lee, Egberto Gismonti, Gary Lucas, Bill Harkleroad aka Zoot Horn Rollo
Elliot Ingber aka Winged Eel Fingerling, Snakefinger, Randy Rhodes, Randy Bachman, Eddie Hazel, Vernon Reid, last, someone I know, Catherine Capozzi
 
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#51
Some of my favs have already been listed, like Jimi, Jeff Beck, and Alex Lifeson.

Similar to the OP, Syd Barrett is very influential for me.

I am also a massive fan of J. Mascis, Stephen Malkmus, and Ronald Jones (briefly in the Flaming Lips, he was on Transmissions from the Satellite Heart and Clouds Taste Metallic, easily my two favourite Lips albums).
 
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Ritter667 said:
One thread from 2008, and the other specifically about lead guitarists.
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Meh, a guitarist is a guitarist. Like Keith Richards mused…
“It’s like, you can’t go into a shop, and ask for a “lead guitar.” You’re a guitar player, and you play a guitar.”

He, in particular, is about blurring any roles. There are some players whose skills and strengths lie in a more chordal direction, and in that realm are far more accomplished than any flash ‘dweedly dweedly’ player, yet they are not tagged as a “rhythm” player.
 
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#56
A lot of good mentions so far.

Paul Gilbert has been on my heavy rotation list lately. He’s a fantastic guy in interviews.

A lot of classics and go-to metal names on my list, like Randy and Dimebag. Dave and Marty just for their work on Rust in Peace.
 
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