Top 5 Guitarists

taz · Post by **taz** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 2:09 pm

I know you all are gonna have plenty of different viewpoints and might even flame my list, but thought I'd throw this out there...

In no particular order

1. Jimi Hendrix (okay, he is first, rest are NOT in order)
2. Jeff Beck
3. Stevie Ray Vaughn
4. Pete Townshend
5. Chuck Berry

Gillibeanz · Post by **Gillibeanz** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 2:21 pm

In no particular order:-

Mark Knopfler (Dire Straights)

Eric Clapton

Mark King (level 42)

Jimi Hendrix

Hank Marvin

Uncomplicated · Post by **Uncomplicated** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 2:37 pm

My personal top 5

Brian May (Queen)....without a doubt the most incredible guitar player of all time!

Jimi Hendrix
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Roy Clark
Jeff Beck

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 4:27 pm

mark knofler
jimi hendrix
edward van halen
eric clapton
mike campbell

DrJ · Post by **DrJ** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 6:53 pm

I like guitar music, but I've never gone wow at a widdley-widdley-weeeeee guitar solo on a record. Which I guess is why I like EC's music - scant solos. I'm gonna choose guitarists I saw live, coz then i did go wow:

Bernard Butler
Ron Sexsmith
Jonny Greenwood
Richard Lloyd & Tom Verlaine
Pete Townshend

I saw Robert Fripp do an instore performance for an hour one day, which was pretty swell...

DrJ

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 7:46 pm

In no particular order:

Jimi Hendrix
Tommy Bolin
Joe Perry
Patrick Simmons
Brian May

..some more:
The Edge
Nils Lofgren
Robbie Robertson

bobster · Post by **bobster** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 8:57 pm

Like DrJ, I've never been one for the big guitar solo -- though I've grown to love Jimi Hendrix -- and even Prince in his faux Jimi stage. Still, every once in a while something strikes me...

1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Brinsley Shwarz
3. Roddy Frame
4. Richard Thompson
5. Vernon Reid

girl out of time · Post by **girl out of time** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 9:14 pm

hendrix/clapton
paco de lucia
roy buchanan
stevie ray vaughan

Boy With A Problem · Post by **Boy With A Problem** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 9:19 pm

5 for their distinct sounds - and haven't been mentioned yet

No Order

Bo Diddley
Elmore James
Buddy Holly
Andy King
Bob Mould

And somebody needs to say something about Django - anyone seen "Sweet and Lowdown" - great guitar picture.

noiseradio · Post by **noiseradio** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 12:25 am

1. Charlie Hunter
2. Earl Klugh
3. Jimi Hendrix
4. Django Reinhart
5. Chuck Berry

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 4:28 pm

Oh, and Daniel Lanois deserves mention. I've only seen him play once, on TV, but his style was mindboggleingly revolutionary. It was mesmerising to watch and listen to. Like Hendrix, he approaches it not only as an instrument, but as a machine that makes sounds, and seemingly to the nth degree.

Tim(e) · Post by **Tim(e)** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 5:36 pm

Django Reinhart
Peter Green
Frank Zappa
Larry Coryell
Robert Fripp

Others of note:

Jimi Hendrix
Elmore James
Harvey Mandell
Bill Nelson
Roy Buchanan

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 10:53 pm

2 chuck berrys
5 pete townshends
no chet atkins

Jackson Doofster · Post by **Jackson Doofster** » Wed Jul 09, 2003 2:17 am

I've never had this male thing for serious, fuck you macho guitar playing. I've always been a melody man myself. Hendrix, Clapton and the like were clearly amazingly talented - but they always left me cold.
My taste in music reflects the choices:

1. Roddy Frame (incredibly underrated)
2. Pet Townsend
2. Brian May (never liked Queen or May's hair, but credit where due and all that...)
4. Glenn Tilbrook (If you never saw Squeeze live....you missed out. Man can this boy twang)
5. Johnny Marr
6. Bernard Butler

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Wed Jul 09, 2003 10:39 am

let me get this: eric clapton=fuck you macho guitar playing; pet townsend=not?

Jackson Doofster · Post by **Jackson Doofster** » Wed Jul 09, 2003 11:35 am

point made OS. I'll re-phrase........

Eric Clapton bores the hell out of me
Pete Townsend does not.

JD

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Wed Jul 09, 2003 12:08 pm

alright, i get it now. just put that "h" in there and we'll be all set. you ought to know how to spell the name of one of your 5 favorite anythings!

SoLikeCandy · Post by **SoLikeCandy** » Wed Jul 09, 2003 12:14 pm

My personal choices, not in order:

1. Jimi--no one did what he did. NO ONE. And no one ever will.
2. Vernon Reid--gets a bit crazy, but a very imaginative musician.
3. My dad--Not a professional musician now, but he would silly songs for my older sister and me and tell us stories with his guitar before bed. The best.
4. BB King--77 years old and he still plays his ass off.
5. Eddie Hazel--if you know who I'm talking about, then you know I'm right.

Jackson Doofster · Post by **Jackson Doofster** » Wed Jul 09, 2003 1:43 pm

Oops, sorry for my spelling limitations......I bow to your superior knowledge of all matters musical....

noiseradio · Post by **noiseradio** » Wed Jul 09, 2003 1:51 pm

So like Candy,

I humbly acknowledge your choices as mostly superior to mine. That I left out Eddie Hazel and Vernon Reid is to my shame.

I need a top 10 list; top 5 is too hard.

1. Charlie Hunter
2. Jimi Hendrix
3. Chuck Berry
4. Eddie Hazel
5. Django Reinhart
6. Vernon Reid
7. BB King
8. Prince
9. Johnny Greenwood
10. Pete Townshend

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Wed Jul 09, 2003 2:10 pm

didn't you see my smiley phace? how come that lets everyone else get away with murder? but thanks anyway jak, now send in another photo. with an arrow. and i never have said anything about it being "jacksons". not that you didn't point out once that the partridge family was in the 70's (by a month) and not the 60's! oily have good memory. can remember long time back, but not yesterday.

Goody2Shoes · Post by **Goody2Shoes** » Wed Jul 09, 2003 3:04 pm

Not 5, but a few of my favorites that haven't been mentioned:

1. Sonny Landreth
2. Barney Kessel
3. Dick Dale

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Wed Jul 09, 2003 4:07 pm

ah, dick dale. a friend of mine i was visiting in another state just saw dick dale, so he made me sit and listen to surf music all night.

Goody2Shoes · Post by **Goody2Shoes** » Wed Jul 09, 2003 6:32 pm

Yes, there is such a thing as too much surf music.

Boy With A Problem · Post by **Boy With A Problem** » Wed Jul 09, 2003 10:04 pm

Goody -

Kessel is a nice choice. I especially like his stuff with Stephane Grappelli. Did you know that Kessel produced and played guitar on the early Ricky Nelson recordings - before the great James Burton (another guy that should be in the guitar pantheon - sorry El Vez).

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