Favourite Guitarists

No set number or anything. Just who are your faves?

Mine...

1. David Gilmour
2. Roy Buchanan
3. Albert Collins
4. Mark Knopfler

Those are the ones who really get my pussy wet, and have the most influence on my own playing (not so much Knopfler). Other faves are Albert King, T-Bone Walker, Freddie King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Winter, Ronnie Earl (heard him for the first thyme this morning, but instantly a big fan). Still like Clapton a lot too.

Pretty obvious I'm into blues guitar. Also a big fan of John Fahey and Nick Drake for their acoustic folk guitar playing. Nick Drake moreso for his approach to writing songs on guitar than anything else.

Harry Manx for his acoustic slide playing.

I would encourage people to check out Roy Buchanan, who to me is quite possibly the greatest lead guitar player ever. Also Albert Collins who had a unique approach to playing blues lead guitar, which produced a fucking awesome sound.













This next one is an absolute fucking masterclass in lead guitar playing. This is with no pedals or effects or anything. Just an absolute genius and his telecaster. Obviously heavily improvised too. One of my favourite tracks of all thyme...



A couple of awesome Albert Collins shows...

The solo at the start of this song is probably my favourite piece of guitar ever. This is what's meant when somebody refers to a guitarist's "touch" (which is the most important aspect of lead guitar playing imo, and why I will take Gilmour and Buchanan over guys like Hendrix and Page any day of the week).



Gilmour's touch is unparalleled by anybody else I've heard. Listen to the way this guy solos on an acoustic guitar. His control is ridiculous.

as i don't know anything about music + can't play guitar, i can't really comment with any certainty about who the best guitarist is etc. But i'd agree with Dave Gilmour, based solely on the fact that the sounds he made with Pink Floyd were consistently amazing. prince is probably the best guitarist of all time. I don't know/don't care to know enough about musicians to know what guitarists played all the prog/kraut rock i enjoy, but i particularly like that kind of guitar work (repetitive, chugging kind of stuff that slowly evolves over 10 minutes) and how it morphed with things like Post Punk and eventually Math Rock etc. In line with that, i really enjoy the guitar on Mogwai records, but i have no idea who plays what....some guitar playing that i've been appreciating quite a bit recently is that of Sun Kil Moon douche Mark Kozelek. what would you say about his technical aptitude noel? i really have no idea, sounds alright to me though, i'll have to check out this buchanan character, never heard of the guy before honestly:













what would you say makes a guitarist good to you bro????

playing at the start of the first track & on that second track is great - first time hearing anything off The Division Bell for me (my fears re. vocals/lyrics are confirmed)

Cool mate. I'll check out this stuff tomorrow hopefully. I'm no expert or anything. I just play and really love the instrument.

Lolz before I got into guitar I thought DB was pretty lame. Now it's the Floyd album I listen to most (albeit minus 3 tracks, which brings it down to the 45 odd minutes it should've been). Gilmour's best playing is on that album, as well as his 'On an Island' and 'Live in Gdansk' albums.

As for what makes a guitarist good to me, like I say I think touch is most important. Style. What you do with a note. How you go into and out of a note. One note played by David Gilmour is worth more than a full album of most flashy, super fast metal guitarists. Fuck that rubbish. I like guitarists who express something through their playing. Listen to 'Sweet Dreams' and 'The Messiah Will Come Again' by Roy Buchanan. He's expressing more with his guitar than almost anybody could through words. That's what I look for and what impresses me.

You don't have to play guitar or understand music to know who a good guitarist is. If you're connecting to their music then they're doing their job right.

Checked out those links. Dude plays some pretty nice finger style stuff on the nylon strings.

son seals

I'll check back after work with links but

Eddie Hazel is my number one favourite guitarist.

Dave Gilmour, Eddie Van Halen and Tony Iommi are right behind

Good choices. I really like Joe Pass, Earl Klugh, John Mclaughlin and George Benson.

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This next one is an absolute fucking masterclass in lead guitar playing. This is with no pedals or effects or anything. Just an absolute genius and his telecaster. Obviously heavily improvised too. One of my favourite tracks of all thyme...

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Man this shit is just too fucking awesome to comprehend. I actually often think the whole thing is completely spontaneous and improvised. Certainly the second half. In the second half it basically just sounds like he's trying all different ideas. Reaching into his bag of tricks, pulling something out, trying it for a few bars, then abandoning it and pulling something different out. His absolutely mastery of the guitar is on full display in this track. I am so fucking grateful this track made it onto an album. It's an absolutely priceless recording to have.

Just repeating. No pedals or effects used in this track (or almost any other recordings he did). He is creating all of those sounds with nothing but his hands, his Telecaster, and an endless supply of mind bending skill and talent.

Munkey from Korn, and Jimmy Hendrix

i cant see a singe one of those links so i have no clue what is being mentioned in here.

is that just a me thing?

id like to hear some of this guitar shredding

as for me i think Prince is pretty damn good on the guitar.

what about Buckethead? i thought he was pretty good too and im pretty sure he improvises a lot.

Buckethead is really fuc'n good. Electric tears and electric sea r fuc'n fantastic. A lot of his stuff I've looked at I don't like one little bit. The Metal and shred stuff. Shred guitar is an abomination. I dl'ed a video of a long concert of him n didn't like anything he played, lolz.

But yeah, he's an enormously talented player. And those 2 albums r fantastic. I fux wit' population override and colma too.

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i cant see a singe one of those links so i have no clue what is being mentioned in here.

is that just a me thing?

id like to hear some of this guitar shredding

as for me i think Prince is pretty damn good on the guitar.

what about Buckethead? i thought he was pretty good too and im pretty sure he improvises a lot.

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There's something wrong with YT linking and the like atm

Johnny Marr (The Smiths). Very recognizable sound and hughly enjoyable. I'm not familiar with the work he did after The Smiths broke up.

I haven't really learned to play the guitar. If someone would want to show me some pointers, you can.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4KmbUCwkyE

^great isht. I love that Paris soundtrack shit he did. Do u know of any other of his albums where he plays a lot of that sort of shit? The acoustic slide guitar n shit.

That's a fuc'n weird, chunky looking slide he uses too. Especially for a pinky finger one.

obviously Elias.

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^great isht. I love that Paris soundtrack shit he did. Do u know of any other of his albums where he plays a lot of that sort of shit? The acoustic slide guitar n shit.

That's a fuc'n weird, chunky looking slide he uses too. Especially for a pinky finger one.

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yeah man, great soundtrack. i'd say his other soundtrack stuff honestly. Southern Comfort, Performance, some stuff off Long Riders like 'Archies Funeral', Alamo Bay and some great tracks on the "The End of Violence" soundtrack. also earlier albums like "Boomer's Story". he pops up all over the place playing slide on various tracks of his own and other's of course, the soundtrack stuff obviously just has more of an instrumental focus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31FrrSlQoxo

why the fuck can't you post more than one video per post smh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui_3nwcQ7F4

Peace God. Def dig that shit u posted. Will look into the joints u mentioned.

Since you all keep begging me for it, I decided to post a list of my personal top 20 guitarists...

1. David Gilmour
2. Roy Buchanan
3. Mark Knopfler
4. Ronnie Earl

The rest is in no order, though I might categorise them a bit.

Blues guys...

Freddie King
Albert King
Albert Collins
Stevie Ray Vaughan
T-Bone Walker
Buddy Guy
Eric Clapton (Not strictly a blues guy, but his blues playing is why I love him)

Acoustic...

John Fahey
Nick Drake (moreso cos of the way he composed songs on guitar than his actual playing)
Neil Young (great electric guitarist as well though)
Harry Manx (slide)

Instrumental...

Danny Gaton (a lot of his music was average to shit, but his playing was brilliant, and his blues tracks were fucking amazing)
Larry Carlton
Tinsley Ellis (blues guy who sings as well, but he's on my list for his instrumental album 'Get It', which is amazing)


The final 2 spots could have gone to a number of different cunts, but I decided to go with 2 guys who I'm not enormously fond of, but who I had to put ahead of all my other possible choices...

Jimmy Page (Maybe the best all rounder ever. Rhythm, lead, acoustic, electric, slide. Still not that enormous a fan, but def still love his playing)
Jimi Hendrix (Watching Hendrix I actually find it off putting how effortlessly he played. You look at him and it's like this guy's not even trying, but what you actually hear is ridiculous and flawless, lolz. Touch/feel is number one for me, which is why I don't like him as much as others (same with Page). I mean the guy had amazing touch/feel, but when you watch him play it's hard to imagine he's really connecting with what he's doing on that level. The compilation of his blues shit ('Blues') is legendary though. No doubt dude was an absolutely fucking amazing player).

A few other guys who were strongly considered...

Duane Allman (amazing player, but not that fond of The Allman Brother's Band)
Derek Trucks (Haven't heard too much of his studio stuff, but what I have heard didn't engage me too much. Amazing player though, especially slide)
Joe Bonamassa (only heard a few of his albums and only into one of them, which is a full blues album and his playing is fucking fantastic)
B.B. King (He's just not really one of my absolute fave blues players. Fucken love his playing, but not huge on his music. 'Spotlight on Lucille' is great though)
Buckethead (His non metal shit is fantastic, but unfortunately the majority of his stuff is super fast metal shit, and tbh I fucking hate that garbage)
John Lee Hooker (actually haven't heard that much of his stuff, but I like his style a lot. Might be on my list one day)
Johnny Winter (Amazing blues player, but more show than feel is why I don't like him as much as others)
Junior Brown (discovered this guy recently, and his ability is other worldly. Really unbelievable. But he's a country guy, and I don't fux wit' country. I've tried 2 of his albums and one had a blues instrumental, and it's out of this fucking world. If he was a blues player he'd prob go so far as to actually get an allocated top 5 spot in my list. Same with Danny Gaton, really)

Recently I forgot to bring my music device to work, and so I streamed a blues radio channel on my phone for the shift. There were 4 guys who made me grab my phone and check who it was as soon as I heard them play. They were...

Joe Bonamassa
Tinsley Ellis
Eric Clapton (got up after like 2 notes but then recognised who it was before I even got to my phone. Didn't know the song though)
Jamie LaRitz (dl'ed the album and his playing was great, but pretty fucking middle of the road music and didn't like the vocalist. Will look into him some more though)

Since u all keep asking about it, I'll do some album recommendations for my top 20 guitarists, which I think best showcase their playing...

David Gilmour - live in gdansk, the division bell (pink Floyd), wish you were here

Roy Buchanan - Roy Buchanan, second album, live in 1971

Mark knopfler - communique, dire straits, love over Gold, making movies (all dire Straits albums)

Ronnie Earl - the colour of love, I feel like goin' on, spread the love, blues guitar virtuoso (live)

Freddie king - let's Hide away and dance, a Bonanza of instrumentals

Albert king - in session (with stevie Ray Vaughan), born under a bad sign

Albert Collins - ice pickin'

Stevie Ray Vaughan - anything, but in session is my fave

T-bone Walker - t-bone blues

Buddy Guy - a man and the blues

Eric Clapton - from the cradle, layla and other...

John Fahey - the yellow princess

Nick drake - pink moon

Neil young - harvest, unplugged

Harry Manx - anything, but West eats meat is prob my fave of his albums

Danny gaton - 88 Elmira St, unfinished business

Larry Carlton - Fire wire, sapphire blue

Tinsley Ellis - get it, midnight blue

Jimmy Page - first 4 Zeppelin albums

Jimi Hendrix - blues

The Fogherty Brothers were mighty underated

does this include air guitar?

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Originally Posted by Give peace a chance

I haven't really learned to play the guitar. If someone would want to show me some pointers, you can.

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buy a guitar pick, before you buy a guitar

changing my vote to clapton, layla is goat

I've been listening to Joe bonamassa a lot lately n he's drf moved into my top 20. I'd remove either Hendrix or Page to make space for him. Prob slightly prefer Page over Hendrix.

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changing my vote to clapton, layla is goat

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Duane allman wrote the famous layla riff tho. He raped that whole album. As did Clapton. It's probably the best collaboration of 2 guitarists in music history. Their chemistry was amazing. Such a fucked up shame that Duane died like a year later tho. I'm certain those 2 cunts would have done plenty more recordings together.

I doubt most casual listeners even realize that half the guitar work on that album is Allman. I prefer Clapton all in all, but tbh I think Allman was probably the star of that album if I had to choose.

I've always had an enormous amount of respect for Clapton even in his heroin junkie stage to have brought Duane Allman on board for that album n let him rip the fuck out of it for his sheer love of music n appreciation of epic guitar playing.

A lot of guitar heroes would never let that happen.

syd barrett (pink floyd)
david gilmour (pink floyd)
george harrison (the beatles)
jimmy page (led zeppelin, the yardbirds)
tony iommi (black sabbath)
frank zappa (the mothers of invention)
dave davies (the kinks)
pete townshend (the who)
keith richards (the rolling stones)
roger mcguinn (the byrds)
jimi hendrix (the jimi hendrix experience)
eric clapton (cream, derek and the dominos, the yardbirds, blind faith)
ritchie blackmore (deep purple, rainbow)
brian may (queen)
carlos santana (santana)
jeff beck (the yardbirds)
robert fripp (king crimson)
adrian belew (king crimson)
steve howe (yes)
steve hackett (genesis)