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Favorite Guitarists?

#102
Pete Thorn
Jimi Hendrix
Steve Howe
Terry Kath
Mateo Mancuso
Joe Bonamassa
Tina Setkic
Eric Gales
Steve Vai
Nuno Bettencourt
Doug Rappoport
Gary Moore


There's others as well, but all these guys are definitely worth finding out about.

More than a few of them are incredible whether on acoustic or electric.
 
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#103
Funky Ghost said:
Adrian Legg
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Cool - Adrian nearly made my list but was ousted by Richard Thompson. I used to read and work through Adrian's column in the UK 'Guitarist' magazine back in the '80s.

This is from my Media Player library:
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#111
I suppose it's worth a shout-out to a handful of the more 'chart-oriented' '80s guitar players that made a bit of splash with me back then:

John McGeoch (Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees)
Robin Simon (Ultravox, Magazine, John Foxx)
James Honeyman-Scott (The Pretenders)
 
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#112
JC BASS 91 said:
If I have to pick a favorite, I'm going with Alex Lifeson.

I have been a Rush fan since I was 7 years old. Alex is so often overlooked by people. People always talk about how amazing Geddy is on bass, and how incredibly Neil was on drums...but Alex? It's almost like he is overshadowed by his bandmate's, yet he is an amazing musician in his own right.
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Agreed. I inadvertently left him off of my list.
 
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bassfran said:
Oh, and how on Earth did I forget The Bomber, Grant Tye, John Rice and Jay O’Rourke? And Pat Fleming and Ry Cooder and Blackmore and Phil X and James Williamson and Freddie and Albert and…
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…Gareth Liddard, Fripp, Bob Log III, Belew, Sister Rosetta, G.E., Hubert, Erica Dunn, St.Vincent, Chuck Hammer, Manzanera, Spedding, Link, Scotty, Quine, Hunter, Wagner…
 

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