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Best Guitarists Evah!!!
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Already a huge Matteo Mancuso fan.
I discovered it by chance, I fell madly in love with it. I find his technique incredible and innovative. If we then think that he is only 28 years old, you realize that he has a life ahead of him and can become a great in the same way as Pat Matheny or John Mclaughlin or Paco De Lucia or perhaps even more.
There are some songs that I find fantastic, even if he still has to find his way and a well-defined personality. But he is on the right path.
But the thing I like most is his extreme humility, dressing normally like any boy and not conforming to the fashions dictated by record marketing.
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Eric Natural
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haven't yet read this entire thread to see if Adrian Belew was mentioned - in my mind, in the top three players easily
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Yorkshire Mouth
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My favourite trio.
Todd k
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I started listening to rock a roll in the late 60’s. So i’am most influenced by the rock of the 70’s. In that vein no one could touch Alvin Lee, Carlos Santana, an Roy Buchanan. Really enjoyed this thread and as someone has mentioned prior it’s just who did it for YOU.
I’ve always been a fan of guitar based music, and any best of list pretty much takes in other aspects other than purely technical ability, mainly composing/songwriting ability and them actually making music you like, otherwise players like Guthrie Govan would be near the top of everyone’s list. I like Guthrie and my jaw drops at his ability but he’s nowhere near my top 10 because quite simply there’s lots of other guitar players that I much rather listen to.
1: Brian May
2: Dave Gilmour
3: Ritchie Blackmore.
These three have always been my top three and have produced many of the most brilliant, inventive, emotionally involving guitar parts ever recorded. The rest of my top ten is a bit more fluid so I will not order them but will include:
Rory Gallagher
Mark knopfler
Paul Kossoff
Micheal Schenker
Richard Thompson
Gary Moore
Slash
1: Brian May
2: Dave Gilmour
3: Ritchie Blackmore.
These three have always been my top three and have produced many of the most brilliant, inventive, emotionally involving guitar parts ever recorded. The rest of my top ten is a bit more fluid so I will not order them but will include:
Rory Gallagher
Mark knopfler
Paul Kossoff
Micheal Schenker
Richard Thompson
Gary Moore
Slash
Eric Natural
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also : Mike McCreary of Pearl Jam (along with his great bassist Jeff Ament)
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It is a method of marketing a magazine with no relevance to music whatsoever.
During Neil's Ragged Glory/Arc/Weld phase I remember him referenced as "the world's worst great guitar player."
Anyone mention Julian Lage above? Less pyrotechnics, but unbelievably fertile improvisation and brilliant musicianship (see also Guthrie and Matteo playing the same tune below)
Anyway, here’s Guthrie:
And Matteo does his version (and flubs the tapping part)
Anyway, here’s Guthrie:
And Matteo does his version (and flubs the tapping part)
May I include classical music guitarist?
Wes Montgomery. Several inspired and skilled copycats after. Including several mentioned.
akamatsu
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Classical guitarists don't use picks. They go straight to the top of the list. It's all about the right hand. 右手
No mention of John Scofield until now. I believe the ability to improvise and compose is as important or more so than only the ability to play the guitar.
Yorkshire Mouth
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I quite agree.
Just to throw in a curveball. Who is the best guitarist ever? It doesn't matter.
Eric Clapton once said he'd never bought an album to listen to the guitarist.
I've see many polls, articles, votes, programmes over the years as to who was the best guitarist, singer, bass player, or drummer.
And you know what? They never come up with The Beatles. Or any of The Beatles.
So I love a great guitarist, and will happily join in with excellent threads like this. But songwriting and interpretation are far, far more important considerations, and ones which you rarely see threads like this about.
