Guitarists

spiderdan · 18-12-2008 09:04PM

Dave Gilmour

ClutchIt · 19-12-2008 08:40AM

Adrian Legg.

I saw him play in Limerick this year... the guy is the most amazing player ever. So tasteful and he can play in any style.

Don Ross was playing with Andy Mckee at the same festival and I have to say I much preferred Don Ross.

But Legg is the king.

Fingers Mcginty · 19-12-2008 10:52PM

Dammit..yiz have all mentioned Stevie Vaughan, Jimi, Greeny but this guy was an influence on me. Very unique style...lovely tone.

Voodu Child · 23-12-2008 10:26PM

Mattias Ia Eklundh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnBU6pCG9rs

Watch those harmonics fly!! :pac:

Mental Mickey · 23-12-2008 10:33PM

I know it's a cover, but it's bloody brilliant. A friend of mine gave me the cd that this was featured on, and only told me after I had listened to it, that he was blind. What a guitarist. RIP.

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=MJh3KaIKDAw

EDIT: An honourable mention goes to Slash, James Hetfield & Kirk Hammett.

-=al=- · 23-12-2008 11:25PM

voodoo_child wrote: »

Mattias Ia Eklundh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnBU6pCG9rs

Watch those harmonics fly!! :pac:

i havnt herd that song in aaages the first time i heard it it stuck with me since, it works i guess

fobster · 24-12-2008 10:26AM

Preston Reed, played Whelann's end of November. Great gig altogether. Amazing guitarist.

Dord · 24-12-2008 01:22PM

Can't really go for one so I'll pick a duo, Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd from the band Television.

adox · 24-12-2008 04:27PM

voodoo_child wrote: »

Mattias Ia Eklundh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnBU6pCG9rs

Watch those harmonics fly!! :pac:

Have that album. He certainly has a very distinctive sound and style.

Back in the 80s this guy was the one me and my mates thought was pretty fantastic. You always knew it was him when you heard his solos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v2hOpy_8Cw

Doctor J · 24-12-2008 04:35PM

king-stew wrote: »

What the hell is going on with his first finger???

He suffered, I believe, a severed tendon a long time ago and can't really bend it at all. Not bad for three and a half fingers, eh?

BostonB · 24-12-2008 05:54PM

Love the George Lynch.

EVH
Jimmy Page
Randy Rhoads
Akira Takasaki

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c25hIEjTM4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5NXgliL6EA&feature=related

Jake E Lee
Gary Moore
Vito Bratta
Michael Schenker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgY_w6M6Fnc
Mustaine

Doctor J · 24-12-2008 07:14PM

BostonB wrote: »

Jake E Lee

Absolutley. I love the second Badlands album, great tunes where his playing really shines

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmQ_6KgMQ5Y

Sofaspud · 24-12-2008 11:01PM

More on acoustic, I love Newton Faulkner, he's simply amazing at what he does

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjT86g9gTKk

And, of course, Tommy Emmanuel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX0eTp7SoNU

kwalshe · 24-12-2008 11:21PM

That would be either John McLoughlin or Paco DeLucia

leon45 · 28-12-2008 02:56AM

All the Johns
John Mayer + John Scofield

John Frusciante

Johnny Greenwood (Tom York)

mardybumbum · 28-12-2008 03:14AM

And dont forget John Williams

Cormac160 · 04-01-2009 08:52PM

I know ill be slated for this but Synyster Gates from Avenged Sevenfold has had the biggest influence on me. I think his ability to write very catchy melodies and good solid solos makes him stand out from all the shredders that are around today

windsurfer99ie · 05-01-2009 12:03AM

Davy Graham for me, and when checking this link out I realised that he just died two weeks ago. This is the one that arguably spawned Jimmy Page's
Stairway to Heaven :

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

pyramuid man · 20-01-2009 11:07PM

surely jonny marr deserves a mention

brendansmith · 20-01-2009 11:57PM

Giving EVH some serious listening to lately.

The man is a genius, originality oozing outta him.

RebelRebel · 26-01-2009 02:23PM

pyramuid man wrote: »

surely jonny marr deserves a mention

Agreed. Johnny Marr.

GazPat · 26-01-2009 04:26PM

+ 1 for frusciante love the stuff he writes, genius

dasdog · 30-01-2009 02:02PM

Django Reinhardt, Carlos Montoya, Andres Segovia, Dave Mustaine, Jimi Hendrix, Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker, Randy Rhoads, Chet Atkins, Buddy Guy, Eddie Van Halen, Biréli Lagrène etc.

I never see Jerry Reed (aka Snowman from Smokey & the Bandit fame) get a mention in discussions such as these so here's a great short clip with Chet Atkins:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni8KBhnebwE

Oink · 30-01-2009 02:37PM

leon45 wrote: »

All the Johns
John Mayer + John Scofield

John Frusciante

Johnny Greenwood (Tom York)

John Petrucci?

thermo66 · 07-02-2009 01:54AM

Oink wrote: »

John Petrucci?

No expert but Nils Lofgren is pretty amazing to my mind.

Also the Edge and Brian May !!!

-=al=- · 07-02-2009 03:12AM

http://www.freewebs.com/almckenna/musictest.htm

that guys pretty cool :pac:

Glassheart · 07-02-2009 05:41PM

The Edge
Johnny Marr
Lindsey Buckingham
Keith Richards
James Calvin Wilsey (Chris Isaak's original guitarist)
Jimi Hendrix
Billy Corgan

thermo66 · 07-02-2009 05:47PM

Glassheart wrote: »

The Edge
Johnny Marr
Lindsey Buckingham
Keith Richards
James Calvin Wilsey (Chris Isaak's original guitarist)
Jimi Hendrix
Billy Corgan

Yeah What about the ladies ... Nancy Willis gets the job done!!!

Glassheart · 07-02-2009 06:05PM

thermo66 wrote: »

Yeah What about the ladies ... Nancy Willis gets the job done!!!

Joni Mitchell should have been that list.Forgot about her...

thermo66 · 07-02-2009 06:38PM

Glassheart wrote: »

Joni Mitchell should have been that list.Forgot about her...

Bonnie Raitt !!!

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