Best Guitar Player of All Time!!

[ecug]

Just tell who is, in your opinion, the best guitarist of all time

My opinion: John Antony Frusciante from Red Hot Chili Peppers

:happy:

[thelastbastian]

not my favorite, you asked who the best is: Phil Keaggy

[Adster]

Joe Satriani

[Afronaut]

...right now, i'd say Tommy Emmanuel

Guitar Boogie +
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ije4MqZCVPg

Amazing Grace
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGWAVzPY9cg

Somewhere Over the Rainbow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZNJf-h7F8s

...about those harmonics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbY-ipTPIt4

;)

[yosarian]

J Hendrix, J Scofield

[RPF]

Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)...or Brian May (Queen)...or Jimmy Hendrix!

[hijump]

santana

[ketan]

jimmy handrix

[cynner]

You guys should check out Pavel Steidl
I saw him live just less than a week ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-RVppLPTYg

I like John Frusciante too; Django Reinhart.

[The_Martinator]

One more vote for Brian May here!

[GuitarLegend]

santana or hendrix

[hasu]

http://www.austinchronicle.com/binary/f4b8/music_roundup-39410.jpeg

[Leandrof]

hendrix!

[clocker]

Depending on mood:
-Danny Gatton
-David Gilmour

[jack808]

Eddie Van Halen
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Steve Vai?

[Pierce34]

Hendrix, Slash

[cpt_azad]

Wow, epic fail you guys, I have lost faith in the guitar community on FST.

My picks for obvious reasons:

Syu:
Ex1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF6dH_exFZg
Ex2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxir1xglvCM

Jeff Loomis (Nevermore):
Ex1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd_P1-zRUNA
Ex2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nY-XDF_Ask
Ex3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6Y7iLDj9Cg
Ex4) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak6M4blISuA

Chris Broderick (Nevermore, Megadeth):
Ex1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkpZ645ztl0
Ex2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSchoITeht0
Ex3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5zV-IlSvP4

Jason Becker:
Ex1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wFoSbjXB68
Ex2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87Iz3RHZNDQ
Ex3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z6Du3yIln0


The Amott Brothers (Arch Enemy):
Ex1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jryd6Xtm0dM
Ex2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIbsIxRxZWo&feature=PlayList&p=989B0CD782075E3C&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=37
Ex3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33U3bGZOcX8
Ex4) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMGpcjzb67Q

Malmsteen:
Ex1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS_IYe5JTZ4
Ex2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqVetuQiwLI
Ex3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFI8ONnAX4c (couldn't find a good version by himself, so this is a cover, it's spot on)
Ex4) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHewmVW1QYo (cover)

Oziel Zinho:
Ex1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1xzs6tBfDE

John Petrucci (Dream Theater):
Ex1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YWXpHl9sGk

Rusty Cooley:
Ex1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Eo1bXom2I
Ex2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOcA2oW9DGU

Dominic Frasca:
Ex1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2BOApUvFpw
Ex2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsU9_2Cpp5s

Vogg (Decapitated):
Ex1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pWfqhKl3E4
Ex2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKjgpTis0Vo

Muhammed Suiçmez (Necrophagist):
Ex1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt-9ZS9ViMo

I'd post more but what's the point? No one cares about true talent, they'll just stick too well known artists from the 80's...it's 2009 people, wake the fuck up!

[clocker]

Wow, epic fail you guys, I have lost faith in the guitar community on FST.


I'd post more but what's the point? No one cares about true talent, they'll just stick too well known artists from the 80's...it's 2009 people, wake the fuck up!
Your definition of "true talent" seems to be "can play very fast and cram more notes into a minute than anyone else".

One way to go, I guess.

[cpt_azad]

Wow, epic fail you guys, I have lost faith in the guitar community on FST.


I'd post more but what's the point? No one cares about true talent, they'll just stick too well known artists from the 80's...it's 2009 people, wake the fuck up!
Your definition of "true talent" seems to be "can play very fast and cram more notes into a minute than anyone else".

One way to go, I guess.

Not at all, these are just examples albeit to you and others it may seem I just chose fast shredders, fast != good and I know that. These are examples to check out the artists themselves and I just took whatever came up on youtube when I typed in there name w/o looking. Prime example, follow the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ea8fJx4hio

And just b/c they play fast most of the time doesn't mean they don't put feeling behind it, Oziel Zinho is a prime example of that, he's fast and has a ton of emotion behind his playing w/ excellent phrasing and dynamics.

Only reason I was miffed is b/c everyone keeps posting "slash, hendrix, etc etc", yes they're good but for gods sake move on, there are way better players out there than those guys. Yes they were pioneers but its time to start recognizing better players and giving credit where its due.

[Bone.W.Machine]

Mattias IA Eklundh, no doubt.

I have no idea which videos are good, but here's some:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb_1wENDIIM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXC6yq-QNOE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKXEdHgEq_Y&feature=related

[brento]

for me it's got to be hendrix. he could do insane things with a guitar, still blows my mind

[Eros]

hendrix!

[roger200]

http://i41.tinypic.com/2r4oim8.jpg

[bigboab]

Matt "Guitar" Murphy

[Andrew26]

Jimmy Hendrix & Santana

[j2k4]

Why, our very own JP, of course.

[copacabana]

Jimi Hendrix.

[technodrome]

Jimmy Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Kirk Hammett, James Hatfield, Jo Satriani, Steve Vai bla bla bla..

[xel04]

not easy but Jimmy Page probably

[darc]

Hendrix or SRV. For this generation I'd give john mayer a slight edge over frusciante, mayer's live stuff is absolutely incredible, amazing blues solos.

[AlphaPlayer]

It's hard to say who because it's hard to compare.. In my opinion there are many best players :D

[Topick]

Rusty Cooley

[inf3]

Angus Young is my favorite (best performer anyways)

[2slick4u]

ok my top to guys are C.Santana and J Hendrix

[Camaleon]

Hendrix is the best,

Slash in second place

[mangmel]

this one..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_pkJc7dKvA

[Speedo]

Hendrix is the best,



I think there is a confusion about technicality and music. Jimi fused those the best.

[gionman]

Check out Derek Trucks

[daniel08]

Joe Satriani

[SelfMadeMMAn]

Jon Schaffer [Iced Earth/Demons and Wizards

[rab-nesbitt]

ritchie sambora

[Burnsy]

My favourite guitar player of all time has to be Steve Gaines... career tragically cut short in the plane crash that killed other members of Lynyrd Skynyrd :(

He wasn't part of their original line up but joined through his sister Cassie, who was a backing singer and who also tragically died in the crash.

For any of his solo's just YouTube him, there are thousands of clips of him playing and when people talk of emotion in their playing, just watch him get engrossed in his music. Tbh, any one of Lynyrd Skynyrd's guitarists could easily have been in the greatest guitarists of all time, Gary Rossington or Allen Collins were equally as good. Even now people are still trying to play Freebird, everyone knows the guitar rifts of Sweet Home Alabama, and one of the best guitar solo's I've heard Steve Gaines ever play was in T for Texas.

Top class guitarist, but rarely if ever mentioned in these sorts of thread.

[Dan33185]

Jimi Hendrix, hands down

[blackbird]

page , jimmy page

[gohan]

Joe Satriani

[fabio2009]

Santana

[boomsat]

John Antony Frusciante the best guitar player looool u must be joking
best guitar player: Slash(guns n roses)
gary moore ,kirk hammet, joe satriani

[spunyluv]

It's cheesy, but its Hendrix!

[TankGrrl]

Rock players... Steve Vai, Richie Blackmore, Richie Ranno (Starz), almost every guitar player that was in Thin Lizzy (Scott Gorham, Brian Robertson, Gary Moore), Ace Frehley (very underrated), Brian May, (no one mentioned Ted Nugent?) and of course the Jimis, Hendrix and Page for innovting most of it...

Blues & Jazz there are simply too many good players to pick out a 'best'

[Xsonvet]

Joe Satriani for me

[BullRock]

My best Guitar Player is David Gilmou

[Gasior77]

Agreed. David Gilmour.

[loplandy]

Carlos Santana is the best .

[boCKa21]

hendrix THE BEST !

[anonymous0711]

I love David Gilmour but i couldnt say best of all time... he did amazing things with the guitar b/c he made you feel the music but honestly it was kind of like a cleaner version of the hendrix(in that it had a lot of emotion behind it) and since he was neither the pioneer of that style nor the best at it its hard to call him the best... he also had the benefit of being surrounded by other very talented musicians

If i were to pick a best tho i'd have to put buckethead up there, dude is ridiculous even if he is a complete wackjob
maybe i missed it but im sad i havent even seen clapton mentioned in this thread as well as others such as Yngwie Malmsteen

and if we were gonna go with pioneers which is what sets Jimi Hendrix apart can Les Paul get a little love i mean cmon...

Hard arguement i must say i also love me a little Zach Wylde lol

[LubTheStaringCat]

I've always liked Mark Knopfler's style of play.

[theone1]

Joe Satriani

[prozkom]

David Gilmour the best !

[FucktheNet]

Jimmy Hendrix or Jimmy Page may be

[ybk1797]

jimmy handrix is the one

[filstop]

jimmy handrix

[cinephilia]

django reinhardt of course.

[marlish]

ritchie sambora

[Diablo]

Jimmie Hendrix

[paniks]

hendrix and satriani

[napalm1773]

Who could go wrong with Jimmy Hendricks!? He was one of the first left hand guitarists!

[magicpsycho]

Jimmy handrix with no doubt

[Jej]

maybe too "new" for being the best of all time, but I think Paul Gilbert is the best :)

[rabie1981]

Joe Satriani

[nietos]

for me the best is mattrach ^^ young but very good guitarist :D

[crespo9]

with the time goes on ,I believe there will be many good players in the future.but in the past there also have some good players that I love,such as John Frusciante ,Stevie Ray Vaughan,Jimi and Robert

[statorwb]

Hendrix

[clocker]

Who could go wrong with Jimmy Hendricks!? He was one of the first left hand guitarists!
No, Jimi Hendrix came before him.

[charvelshred]

george lynch, alex lifeson, dave mustaine are a couple of my fav's

[darkroom]

I am stuck between Joe Satriani, Yngwie Malmsteen, Eddie Van Halen or Dweezil Zappa. Most of them old school guitarists

[bigdaddydude]

If we are talking about the best guitar player of all time, that can be a close call. You've got Herman Li from DragonForce. The rock legend Angus Young from AC/DC. Of course, no one can argue with Jimi Hendrix either.

[theprofessor]

Not enough love for John Petrucci here!

[don24]

1st Jimmy hendrix !!!!
2nd Ritchie blackmore

[alk3076]

jimmy hendrix is best
he is god of guitar

[Assassin1]

Jimmi Hendrix ist no 1
and I love style from Mark Knopfler ( Alchemy)

[gotfree]

django reinhardt of course.

I would say, fingers are the best guitar players. Django had lost some of them, but surely is exellent example to the said.

[dalin]

Joe Satriani and Eddie Van Halen

[wootwoot]

For me it's jaco pastorius (bass) :)

[sofalva]

Jimmy Hendrix

[gotfree]

Quite alot people seems to have tendency to express their opinion on what is the best guitar player. I would suggest to moderators to setup a voting for the best Guitar Player. That might be interesting.:)

[Nilou]

I totally loved "Olga: Michael Algar" of THE TOY DOLLS

An example -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wNS7uqu1hk

[Bakura]

jimmy handrix is the best for me

[ccs434]

David Gilmour is best

[RedDev1l]

Jimmy Hendrix

[darkinc]

David Gilmour & Jimi Hendrix

[TheTerminator]

Jimmy Hendrix