Who's your favorite guitarist?

[AllenETreat]

Mine : Jimi Hendrix.

I like his Hey baby ( New Rising Sun )

( is the microphone on? )

Hey baby, where do you come-a from?
Well, she looked at me and smiled, and looked into space
and said : " I come from the land of the New Rising Sun."
Then I said : "Hey baby, where you tryin' to go to?"
And she said : "I come to spread around peace of mind, and
a whole lotta love to you and you!"

Then I said : "May I come along?"
"Would you love to come along?" she asked me

Yeah, take me along right now.


What say the augurers?

AET :D

[snuffaluff]

this is a tough one... There's so many greats out there, like Stevie Ray Vaughn, JImi, Joe Satriani(sp?) etc etc... I don't think I have a favorite...

[ront]

I think I have to say David Gilmour. I love to listen to him play. Many Greats though!!

Ron

[lerman]

my favorites are tommy emmanuel and Stevie Ray Vaughn

[Irish Lager]

For me it would be Hendrix and Tom Morello,
for obvious reasons. Though who doesnt like Stevie Ray Vaughn, Eric Claptin, and the likes. I just really love Tom and Jimi's work.
J

[hornshwangler]

Very tough question. I like all of the greats like Hendrix, Satriani, Eric Johnson, Kottke, and Santana but I think the best new talent may be John Mayer. I happenend to see him live in Boston (as a warmup for Bonnie Raitt) in a really cool, small, venue. If you can survive all the sreaming teenagers then I say he's worth a look and a listen live, if not, then check out an album (any of 'em) as they're all good.

Dan

[Hannibal Lecter]

Dear Friends,

I have spent the last twenty years of my life as anon-again-off-again semi-professional musician and have enjoyed working with a lot of great local guitarists. I have, through them, been exposed to some of the finest guitar recordings ever.

I have enjoyed Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Reb Beach, Trevor Rabin, Steve Howe, Alex Lifeson, Eric Johnson and George Lynch, among countless others.

(Strangely enough, one of my all-time favorites is Walter Becker of Steely Dan.)

However, my all-time favorite guitarist would have to be... (drum roll, please)






Steve Lukather of Toto.

Always supporting the rhythm section, solos that will truly inspire and move you, and never a note too many or too few.

--------
Hannibal

[buferoe]

Hi Guy's,

My favorite guitar player is Joe Satriani, i love to here him play my favorite song "Satch Boogie" live.
But because iam a guitar lover there are also some others:Eric Clapton, Joe Walsh, Steve Vai, Steve Lukather, Larry Carlton, Gary Moore and John Petrucci

kind regards,

Werner

[BlackNinja]

Trey Anistasio......Slash.........Clapton........Vaughn

[squad314]

Two very distinct and different sounds but my two faves are SRV and Matthews/Reynolds.....I guess thats three. :o

[boxer93]

Mine are Carlos Santana and Johnny A. and Mark Knopfler.
Chris

[ront]

Phil Keaggy is also pretty good.

Ron

[dedguy]

if you would asked me 5 years ago i would have probably said Robert Smith. these days i'd probably have to go with Kozaburo Narita aka Sonic Dragolgo. he's still young and hasn't put out huge amounts of music but his guitar work is among the most unique i have heard. he's generally considered "hardcore techno" but his guitar playing is always the centerpiece of his songs.

[Terry Trahan]

Let's see,
Tracii Guns
Randy Rhodes
Slash
Tracii Guns
and for variety, a Bass player, Nikki Sixx.

[Dr. Snubnose]

Carlos Santana.....Doc :D

[cobrajoe]

When I'm thinking best guitaring, I always think of acoustic pieces. Examples:

Clapton -- Classical Gas
Zeppelin (Robert Plant?) -- Swan Song
Black Sabbath -- Laguna Sunrise

Of course I respect the greats: Jimi, Van Halen, Slash, Santana, etc. But sometimes I think they hide behind the screamin distorsion.

[dedguy]

speaking of acoustic, despite being in a "joke" band Kyle Gas of Tenacious D is a pretty **** good musician.

[KSDbass]

my favorites are Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Duane Allman, and Ronnie Van Zant.

[Slick]

Allen, Silly post!!!

Should be favorite 5 or 10 or 20... guitarist. Can't pick one. Some very good picks so far but...

I see no mention of Leo Kottkee. Everyone should check out Leo's abilities on the 12 string.

No one has mentioned Jeff Beck? Jeff Beck is amazing. I saw JB promoting a new album (Letterman or Leno) and can not fathom how he could produce the sounds he did. The sounds from his guitar were physical texures perceived in the audible frequency range. Unbelievable skill even with a close up on his hands I was stunned. No tricks or editing needed.

Adrian Legg for the sheer virtuousity on acoutic guitar.

Many many more.

[Fairlane]

I have to say... I prefer Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimi Hendrix on the very top!!! But there are so many others! Mark Knopfler, A Norwegian called Øystein Sunde, Santana... The list could go on and on :)