Greatest Guitarist Ever!!!!

[Mr. Cleanface]

Myself and my boy KA were drinkin' and arguin' (as usual) about the greatest guitarists ever. My thoughts; top 3 baby:


1. Clapton


2. Hendrix


3. Stevie Ray Vaughn


Anastasio(Phish)and Frusciante(RHCP) a close third.


Opinions and feedback will win me money!!!!


Please help my great cause! Myself. Thank you.


out!

[SpecialJ]

Django Reinhardt? Jimi Hendrix? Robert Johnson? Blind Blake? wayy better than anyone on that list

[Mr. Cleanface]

#2, Hendrix is onthe list.Hellooooo!!! Robert Johnson was a horrible guitar player. He wrote a bunch of great songs.But, Iam talking about great guitar players.


out!Edited by: Mr. Cleanface

[SpecialJ]

Sorry, I'm a little blind. I think it's pretty stupid though how you can say that Johnson was horrible! he was the first one to record the 12 bar blues! that is huge! Blind blake or Django reinhardt could take clapton any day, and he'll admit to it. I think Layla was a great album with great guitar playing, but Django can do it better than clapton can, even with three less fingers. Hands sown

[Mr. Cleanface]

Yeah "horrible" is a little strong. I am sober now, sorry about that. But RJ is not in anyone's league. Django is incredible, but "Clapton is God."


out

[MC JMS]

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Edited by: MC JMS

[Mr. Cleanface]

Too many p-p-p-p-p-p-puppies. Too many Pu-uppies! Primus was a great band!! That leads me to think about another topic; Greatest bassist, hummm??? Lets see where this goes first.

[NickiJ]

Bassist- John Entwistle from The Who

[B-Love]

Hendrix....clapton...stevie ray vaughn....Robert randolph...keller williams..tim reynolds...trey.....

[psilo-cowboy]

i say 'favorite' & 'greatest' get confused quite often. my list would change on a daily basis.



today i'd have to throw the name, 'junior brown', out there to yall.

[billgutsky]

Tim Reynolds...#1(Accoustic); Eric Clapton...#1(most diverse); Stevie Ray...#1(Blues); Dwayne Alman #1(slide guitar); Xavier Rudd...best new arist I've heard

[dmakoviney]

Eddie Van Halen. He has the speed chops, but he's also got soul!


D-MAK

[Monica*]

clapton, hendrix, vaughn. totally love johnson and also...slash!!

[DaveRS575]

Holy cow....Nobody mentioned these guys????


Steve Howe (Yes), John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu) Joe Satriani, Steve Morse (Dixie Dregs, Master of the 64th note!!), Steve Vai, Paco De Lucia, David Gilmoure (Pink Floyd)????? Hell.. Even Jerry Garcia deserves some props here... ;)

[justinreid]

I have always liked Eric Johnson. He's really good. I wonder if there is a greatest guitarist?

[sassy]

Finally, a real question.....I wonder that too.....everybody seems to have a slightly different style than everybody else....maybe what I really want to know is what is the greatest style??

[justinreid]

Would'nt that just come back to everyone's personal preference? We all know what we like. I do know that every name that has been mentioned is great in their own right. Who could really make a case for the greatest guitarist being anybody. I bet the greatest guitarist is someone that none of us have ever heard ofsmileys/smiley16.gif

[DaveRS575]

I dunno.. I think if he or she exists, we'd have heard ofthem by now! :)


Good point though, "The best" is a pretty subjective description.. How about "The fastest and most accurate" I'd vote for Steve Morse or John McLaughlin personally in that subject. "The most emotion"? Maybe David Gilmoure or Steve Howe, the most rockin? Maybe Angus? :)


How about Most soul?


Most Funky?


Best Blues player?


etc... This could be fun....

[Mr. Cleanface]

Soul - Santana


Funky - Frusciante


Blues - Clapton....Stevie Ray

[justinreid]

My vote for most rockin might be Randy Rhoads??? He rocked pretty good.....Blues guitarist......I'm not real great in this department but Albert King is pretty damn good???? Funk.....ahhhh, whoever plays guitar in the Parliment Funkadelic is probably pretty high up there????? You know who is a really great guitar player is Kyle Gass? The guy who isn't Jack Black in Tenacious Dsmileys/smiley16.gif

[Mr. Cleanface]

DaveRS575 - John Mclaughlin? Paco De Lucia? Must be "Friday Night in San Francisco." They are unreal.


out

[mooney]

im callin mick taylor....he can make that thing sing

[sassy]

I love music Edited by: sassy

[dcarey]

No'ones ever heard Jake Cinninger...Umphreys Mcgee


other wise


Trey is over rated, Ive seen phish many many times and he just dont got it anymore....sorry

[Mr. Cleanface]

What???Trey "don't got it anymore." That is stupid. What, did he once have it, and lost it??? Trey is the man. Not one of the greatest, butalmost.

[dcarey]

started in 99' and by the second coming(post Hiatus)hes been making the worst mistakes Ive ever seen. Sure some new tune like 7below can get awesome but mostare getting pretty fruity, especially the new lyrics..http://www.philadelphonic.com/forum/smileys/smiley3.gif

[Mr. Cleanface]

The new lyrics are fruity??? Ever heard "Contact," YEM, or "Simple.". Come on, "the worst mistakes I've ever seen," what the hell are you talking about.What mistakes??? Do you really think you can judge Trey Anastasio???Trey solo and Phish are better than 99.9% of the bands out there. Please!!!!

[B-Love]

Phish is pretty tight...and I love trey...he is great guitarist willing to push the envelope on new techniques and everything...But I am not a huge phish fan...I see the talent...I realize they are amazing just cant become this huge fan...dunno why.....just cant...but they have the utmost respect from my end...and I will always to some extent stick up for them...but trey is great...I dont know if any y'all caught any of those dave matthews and friends shows...but Trey was off the hook...and he really brought out a different side to dave...overall trey deserves credit...

[dcarey]

by fruity lyrics I mean the "look at me, time goes past" bs thats in every NEW song.(round room) but your right who cares about that.


the mistakes Im talking about are his guitar parts. Ive yet to see a flawless coil,mikes,slave... hes messed up many divided skies, weekapaugs, things that Ive seen him nail with fire years ago.plus new stuff....Ive seen alot after the hiatus too,so Im not just talking from tapes either





Im not happy about it, but thats how it is.

[dcarey]

Its OK if hes your favorite , he was mine once too, but he is far from the greatest.

[Mr. Cleanface]

Definitely not the greatest, but still great.

[MC JMS]

What tastes better Vanilla or Chocolate? Ya like who ya like and thats all that ya likes. Me? Doc from Bad Brains, Chuck Treece from every band ever that he played guitar in, but especially McRad, and Larry LaLonde from Primus, its all about the accents.

JMS
Back off of Hiatus

[B-Love]

Not saying he is the greatest...far from it...in fact I even said I dont like phish...I respect them...but dont like..and JMS just said it the best..ya like who ya like...

[geg10115]

It is very hard to pick the greatest guitarist of all time. I think that there are a few on a par with one another, but if someone put a gun to my head and said chooseI would have to say Robert Johnson. He was an inspiration to all other guitarists. When you listen to him on some songs it sounds like a band of guitars playing, but it's just one, being played by Robert Johnson!!! Close behind are Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Keith Richards amd Jimmy Page. There are a few others, but that would have to be an essay!!!!!

[SpecialJ]

wow....get off theboard Edited by: SpecialJ

[Mr. Cleanface]

Ummm...OK.....Next!!!

[umm_bacon]

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Uhh...err..nice reply...put down the bong and try again...

[Mr. Cleanface]

Do you knowwhere the hell you are???I don't think many people here care about Dire Straits, Blue Oyster Cult, Dick Dale, Dimebag Darrell, orfreaking Ted Nugent!!! Go back to your classic rock in your trailer pock!!!


Out!

[umm_bacon]

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By the way, check the topis...do YOU know where you are "Greatest Guitarist EVER"...

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Thats what I thought...

[Mr. Cleanface]

Peace bro....whatever.

[Mr. Cleanface]

You are still here??? Damn man, you are crazy as hell!!! Listen, I consider Clapton, Beck, Hendrix, Page, Richards, Allman,andR. Johnsonas blues guitarists, each in their own way. Not "classic rockers.""Classic Rock" has always been a put down label to me. Anyway, this topic was only started to get opinions, and I think we have your expert opinion. We are humbled in your presence. Thanks for posting. Now go f**k yourself.


By the way, what do you think of Garrett Dutton???

[SpecialJ]

hey bacon, you're an idiot.A lot of people here play guitar, and best guitarist ever is an opinion, everyone's got a different one. stop being a self righteous ass. There are so many different kinds of guitar players and different styles, no one person can be the best, it is Impossible! Edited by: SpecialJ

[geg10115]

Bacon. You are pumping this page full of bullsh*t. You're rolling of a bunch of guitarists who are irrelevant in the world of rock 'n' roll. You accuse us of the same old, same old, like saying Hendrix, Clapton etc are amoungst the the greatest guitarists ever, but it's simple; they f**king are!!!! You ask how many artists have been influenced by the likes of the Stones or the Beatles or the Yardbirds then I think you will find it difficult to find those who haven't. Your list I think will feature very lowly. You are one who tries not to conform and base your own opinion, which is great, but grow up man, you are just being arguementative. Whether you like it or not Robert Johnson was a f**king genius as was Hendrix. Your guitarists aren't doing anything new. Open your eyes and stop acting like a f**king 3 year old and lets hope your guitar playing doesn't ever have to cross the Atlantic to Britain. Peace out!!

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hehe

[geg10115]

Hey bacon, with words like that you should be in the Hip Hop room. Bust that freezey sneezy gangtstaaaaa sh*t. That was an impressive epitome. Eminem is shaking in his boots. Bit of advice though, loosen up on the thesaurus sh*t, cuz that just ain't hip ma wigger. WORD!!!

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Right...ok, you wanna talk about white guys that think their black? How about your guy's idol over here, Mr. G Love...thats about as "wigger" as it gets, he isn't smooth. Teddy P. or Otis Redding are smooth, but not him. It isn't my fault that you've never taken an English class above the third grade level. How you equate proper grammer with hip hop, is beyond me. I don't know about you, but I that sh*t is as much a joke as your boy Dutton.

[geg10115]

Ok whatever third grade is. Here in England we use a different class system. But i presume third grade is quite young. Guess you like trying to wind up little kids. Yeah? But no. I am in my final year at university so you can't do your paedophile sh*t with me. Mate I am a hip hop fan as well as a rock 'n' roll fan. Hip hop is an expression of peoples struggle agianst f**king oppresion that sh*tty corrupt racist twats from America and Britain enforce on them, just like blues was. We do agree on one thing though; Otis Redding was cool. Somewhere along the way you have forgotton what music is about. Real shame really, cuz you sound quite intelligent. Perhaps you will wake up one day and take your blindfold off. Don't waste your time argueing with us, try and prove us wrong.

[PERRY]

I have self appointed myself as a part time administrator of this Philadelphonic forum, and am hereby closing this topic. It has gotten out of hand and some of the posts are just down right nasty. We here at Philadelphonic don't appreciate such language and vulgarity. This topic is now closed. Have a nice day !smileys/smiley1.gif peace and love. Not trying to be a dick,but don't ya'll think that this topic has gotten out of control. It lost the topic. If you dont agree with me than keep cursing at eachother and giving eachother crap. I don't care. Just my opinion. peace.smileys/smiley5.gifEdited by: PERRY

[elephantus]

If you want to hear some amazing guitar-work by Trey from Phish, please contact me.... I can put together a custom CD for you of some of the great guitar moments....

I read the sh*t talking about them, but until you give a good hour listen, I don't think you would say the same things....


Jacob - jacob@oniracom.com (jacob@oniracom.com)


And you don't have to be high to appriciate it :P

[PERRY]

Thanks Jacob. peace.

[SpecialJ]

sounds goodEdited by: SpecialJ

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Pussies...

[justinreid]

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Wow. I turn away from this topic for a little while and it just get's nasty. Every name listed in this topic is great at playing guitar. I posted a couple of weeks ago that I didn't think there was any way to determine the answer to such a question. It's all a matter of personal preference. And all this bashing that's going on is just mindless, stupid, BS. I post here to talk about music in a fun way. Grow up peoplesmileys/smiley16.gif

[Monica*]

right on...

[integritous]

TWO WORDS:&lt;B&gt; CHET ATKINS&lt;/B&gt;

Also, thanks to DaveRS575 for mentioning the virtuosos Satriani and Vai, cause if you're talking the BEST they just can do anything, literally, its a freak show.

But if you are saying the greatest guitarst ever, you have to look at the whole package. So yes, Robert Johnson is up there, Hendrix and Slow Hand Clapton too.

When hendrix was asked what it felt like being the best guitarist in the world he said, "I dont know, ask Phil Keagy"

Truth

[galactic]

Wow, most of my votes have already been said, but one who REALLY sticks out in my mind is Omar Rodriguez-Lopez.

[B-Love]

Yo...first off People need to relax...and the kid jacking on G should just be banned...this is his board...and for the brits trying to tell me what hip hop is all about..spare me...I am from NYC...but I am all about the love...I see no need for people to fight over silly things like this...lets all act our age...I know I am..but then again I dont know how old some of you are...Where is the honor and harmony? Everyone has an opinion like it or not...we must RESPECT!

[geg10115]

I see there is a bit of tension in this discussion, but thats cool. It's rock 'n' roll. Wasn't rock music an expression for youths to have a go at society and to say what they like?! Aheated discussion hurts no-one.People get way too offended too easily now a days and I think that people in this discussion who aren't happy with the aggravation need to chill out (contradiction in terms!!!) Now come on Yanks where has all your rebellion gone? Changing the story does anyone rate Big Bill Broonzey and Blind boy Fuller. Also I don't think Keith Richards is getting enough love or George Harrison. Peace

[RobW]

C'Mon now people... Can't we all just get along. Let's tone it down a knotch.

[Livetotell]

I've got dreeeeeaaaaaaamss.

Dreeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaamss to remember.

can you remember &gt; + &lt; = 0

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[Monica*]

is that Otis?!

[qbjacob16]

Ican't believe that in 4 pages of replies, only 1 (!) person mentioned JIMMY PAGE and that was in a list of about 5 people. Seriously, the man was incredible, and if you want to see for yourself, check out the zep's new dvd. I'm obviously too young to have seen them in person, but the things he could could do with a guitar were incredible. Now Hendrix may have him on pure talent and energy on electric guitar but Page's mastering of the instrument (see Since I've Been Loving You) is out of this world. I came out of the womb worshiping Clapton and his journey from the Yardbirds, Cream, Derek and the Dominos, and on to a great solo career, but once I got into the zep in the 9th grade, my ideas were forever changed. Really, I think there are about 10 guitarists who could shift around and challenge for the top spot in all honesty, but Jimmy needed his due and I couldn't see him get ignored. Peace


P.S. If anyone's been to a G.L.a.S.S. show lately, what John Lee Hooker CD do they play before and after they come on? I was just at their show at Axis in Boston and all I could get out of people was that it might be a live CD. PLEASE, let me know if you have any idea which CD it is. Thanks!

[B-Love]

I love zeppelin...love them...and page......we all know mr page deserves to be highly regarded...but at the same time mr page could be sloppy from time to time...

[Ray_Gun]

To me John Frusciante and Jimi Hendrix.

[c-land]

No love for Prince here?


Tsk...tsk.

[poelske]

01. Jimi Hendrix
02. Jimmy Page
03. Eric Clapton
04. Stevie Ray Vaughan
05. Kirk Hammet
06. John Frusciante
07. Eddie van Halen
08. Mark Knopfler
09. John Petrucci
10. Joe Satriani
11. Slash
12. Steve Vai
13. The Edge
14. David Gilmour
15. Angus Young
16. Randy Rhoads
17. Ritchie Blackmore
18. Steve Lukather
19. Zakk Wylde
20. Brian May
21. Jan Akkerman
22. Tom Morello
23. Yngwie Malmsteen
24. Kurt Cobain
25. Rory Galagher
26. Paul Gilbert
27. Pat Metheny
28. Alexi Laiho
29. Jeff Buckley
30. Steve Morse
31. James Hetfield
32. Jonny Greenwood
33. Charlie Christian
34. Dave Navarro
35. Billy Corgan
36. Django Reinhardt
37. Jeff Beck
38. Stochelo Rosenberg
39. Wouter Planteijdt
40. Carlos Santana
41. Alex Lifeson
42. BB King
43. Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen
44. Jim Hall
45. Larry Carlton
46. Robert Johnson
47. Harry Sacksioni

[Monica*]

rock on!!

[B-Love]

Damn man, u went for broke.... smileys/smiley1.gifCorgan made list! Made me smile...

[oH_FuNK]

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Hey all


I'd have to say there are many ace guitarists of all time... but more recently i'd have to say for:


1) John Mayer is absolutly brilliant, went to a recent show of his in sydney and he played the guitar behind his back, on his neck, on his lap, is there anywhere with this phenomenal guitar play can't play his guitar?!?!? NOT only did he do it all those ways he did it superbly!


2) i love the latino sound of Santana.. say no more!


3) Andre Dimitri from the Andre Dimitri Band


Check him out www.andredimitri.com (http://www.andredimitri.com)smileys/smiley14.gif


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[IntenseMelodies]

yeah i've seen john live a number of times...he kills it on the electric.


buddy guy is the sh*t as well.

[Milhouse]

Alexi is the best, he should be #1

[float]

i really think Eddy Van Halen is the best. hes the Masta Shredda.

[JIMBOBASS1]

DEFINETELY


JIMMY PAGE


SLASH


JIMI HENDRIX


G N R RULE

[JIMBOBASS1]

WAT IS THE BEST RIFF EVER?





PARADISE CITY RIFF

[naptown]

Scottishmcmillan (http://www.scottishmcmillan.com)&lt;acoustic Never seen anyone that can out play this guy live.


David Lindley (http://www.davidlindley.com/) &lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt; just plan old bad ass .


Prince (when he was young ) he never rocks in the new sh*t .

[weasel]

Here are my top guiatrists. Now, this list doesnt really mean anything to to anyone but me because this is what I listen to and I prefer.





1. Jimi Hendrix


2. Jimmy Page


3. Stevie Ray Vaughan


4. David Gilmour


5. Eric Clapton


6. Eddie Van Halen


7. Randy Rhoades


8. Dickey Betts


9. Slash


10. Kirk Hammett


11. Angus Young


12. Joe Satriani


13. Steve Vai


14. Trey Anastacio


15. Neil Young


16. Brian May


17. Dimebag Darrel


18. Zakk Wylde


19. Allan Collins


20. Gary Rossington


21. Mark Knopfler


22. Joe Perry


23. Mike McCready





Thats all I could come up with that I really know and listen to.

[undercoverlover]

http://www.philadelphonic.com/forum/smileys/smiley10.gifthis certification is prestented to the forum of g love and special sauce; on sun june 06 2004 for optaining the longest lasting topic in forum history. congrats you have all over come A.D.D.


just f**king kidding, but on the real we started this topic like 5 month ago or something. that is awesome !!!! i guess when people really love music it's hard to hide


any how rock on forum

[Mr. Cleanface]

....and Clapton is still the Greatest!!!


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