15 Best Guitarists

talljackhole · Groupie Joined: 10 Apr 2005 Posts: 26

Eric Johnson is splendid. Carlos Santana is also good. I am not very knowledgable of his technical abilities, but I know he has a distinct sound and he (from what I have read) puts his creativity into his music. So he is up there, but in my opinion, I don't really think he is one of the 15 best guitarists ever. As far as listening goes though, he's on my list. Players that can make songs and compose and play songs that put you in a certain mood or make you feel something are definitely worth something especially if they are real good as a guitarist.

lee_UK · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 9:26 pm Post subject:

Also of the Bluesbreakers spawning ground came such greats as Mick Taylor, later going on to join the Stones after the sacking and subsequent death of Brian Jones, Mick added a fantastic edge to the stones, many of their greatest records were recorded while he was the resident '2nd' guitarist, also did anyone mention Peter Green??? if not then i think we should all bow our heads in shame, Bluesbreakers, Fleetwood Mac, and later on his Splinter group, If anyone had a Blues touch on guitar it was Greeny.

lee_UK · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 9:32 pm Post subject:

Oh and was anyone jammy enough to get tickets for the Cream reunion??
ive seen them going for £500+ a pair on ebay. pity Eric doesnt use a wireless guitar setup, otherwise id have been down there with my ES335 and my cloning wireless system and wiped him out on the PA and played all his solo's for him!! just like i did with Angus.

1bassleft · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 11:20 pm Post subject:

Guaranteed to force me to post, Lee Wink

. I remember on UK TV a while back they did a long prog on John Mayall and he recently had a (was it 70th birthday?) gig and they were all there, playing.

TV again, but Channel 4 in the UK runs a weekly 'top ten' and they did "Guitar Gods" or "Heroes" or something. Carlos was in there, but they did go on about how barmy he is. Maybe all that "I meet aliens, me" talk puts people off. I'd put up with it if he wanted to come round my house for a yak and a jam. Richie Blackmore was also in the Ten, and I don't know about that. I've never rated him especially (of course, he can play. I'm not daft, I mean in the upper stratosphere of all time top 10).

Good call on Peter Green, BTW

Ibanthrasher · Groupie Joined: 23 Apr 2005 Posts: 27 Location: Easton PA

Oy what about Garry Hoey, and Erno Vuorinen from nightwish, Timo Tolkki from Stratovarius, and John Petrucci from Dream theater... I mean have you ever heard the live solo of him playing flight of the bumble bea at like 300bpm??

lee_UK · Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 5:37 pm Post subject:

300bpm?? wow, id love to have that on Vinyl LP, i'd take it round my old Nans house and give it a spin on her old 78, that should take that solo up to a more respectable 712bpm !! now thats rock'n'roll whooa.
You still cant beat Ywengie for a sheer alround fruitball speedking, if your man can play it at 300bpm the Swedish fruitbat could play it at 600bpm and backwards too while making love to a Marshall TSL100. Man is a pure genius in pure spandex and lycre, where would we be without him??

1bassleft · Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 1:28 am Post subject:

Thrasher, not meaning to knock anyone's op but...

"Flight of the Bumblebee" is bad enough on violin. An electric guitarist's "interpretation" of Ripya-Korsetsoff gives me the shivers. Reminds me of that 1970s "Symphony for piano, bass and drums in Emin sus7" stuff that Keith Emerson was fond of (preferably in pi-r-squared time signature).

Fair enough, I can't play it, so I've got a chip on my shoulder, but it's not my idea of music. I'm with Mark E Smith; "We fought a war to stop this."

lee_UK · Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 11:57 pm Post subject:

I kind of switch off if the beat goes above 120bpm, i think thats my 'red line' my limit. If you want to listen to a real speed king get Ywengie on the ipod, ive never been into that kind of music, the album that made me pick up a guitar and want to learn is 'Never mind the bollocks' by The Sex Pistols, raw energy, Steve Jones guitar is outstanding, nothing fast, nothing flash but it was so powerful, i'd never heard anything like it, and when it was released you couldnt get a copy it was banned, i remember my Dad bringing home a copy he'd got in central London, those songs are just as relevent now as they was back in 76'/77' , now that was a year.

jgriffin187 · Joined: 09 May 2005 Posts: 2

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lee_UK · Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 4:59 pm Post subject:

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