fav. strat player

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

Jeff Beck
Jimi Hendrix
SRV
David Gilmour



And if Junior Brown played a Strat, he'd be my ultimate Strat player.

 

[Just Another Smith]

Mark Knopfler
Jeff Beck
Steve Rothery (Marillion)

 

[MSP]

Hendrix, Knopfler, Gilmour.  Actually, I think most of my favourite guitarists have played Strats.  No wonder I like single-coils. 

 

[Rickgrxbass]

Sadly, since this poll was open, Belew has switched to Parkers  :doh:

 

[bagman67]

Um... George Benson?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfu7MYC0cZ0&feature=related




Edit:  Actually, it's a Telecaster.  Which is equally bizarre to see hanging around his neck.

 

[Updown]

Frank Zappa  :blob7:

 

[Tipperman]

John Frusciante. Myself.

 

[GearBoxTy]

Clapton probably got me started on the Stratocaster fetish.
Jeff Beck is my favorite guitarist and the reason I'll always want a White Strat with a Rosewood fingerboard.

But, someone that may not have been mentioned is Michael Gurley of Dada.  He is a true Strat player.  He uses every possible sound you can conjure from a Stratocaster.  Check out the "Puzzle" album.

 

[Phinox]

Dick Dale is one of my favorites .

 

[Jeremiah]

Hank Marvin

 

[KaiserSoze]

Robin Trower all time fav, Rory, Mark Knopfler.  Odd but Oz Noy is growing on me.

 

[KaiserSoze]

And I have to second the earlier post of FIVE YEARS AGO, and agree that Sultans of Swing from the Alchemy Live album is as cheer-worthy a track as I've ever heard.  I still get goosebumps from that arrangement.

 

[lafromla1]

and Gary Moore when he played Red House on some Fender celebration thingy. arty07:

That was a great rendition of Red House.....made me appreciate Gary Moore even more (no pun intended).

 

[xDave]

I'm taking this question to mean who do I think makes the most out of what a strat can do.
My favorite guitarist of all time is Hendrix and he definitely covered the entire range of a strats capabilities. I want to give Gilmour 2nd but he's altered the basic electronic configuration of the strat so I'm disqualifying him from this question. So Beck gets 2nd.  SRV is 3rd.

 

[xDave]

Showing my age I'll also mention some guys that can really work a strat I didn't see here.
Ron Wood, George Harrison, and a guy that basically introduced the rock 'n roll world to the strat sound IMHO, Buddy Holly.

 

[JCizzle]

Showing my age I'll also mention some guys that can really work a strat I didn't see here.
Ron Wood, George Harrison, and a guy that basically introduced the rock 'n roll world to the strat sound IMHO, Buddy Holly.

Ron Wood is a rockstar, he can out-drink and out-party guys 1/3 his age.

 

[Kadmium]

I'd probably have to say that Dave Gilmour is the epitome of a Strat player to me.
Adrian Smith is probably a close second. He's always been my favourite Maiden player, and an early inspiration.
Malmsteen sets new records for being a dick, but it's hard to deny his talent.

 

[JCizzle]

I'd probably have to say that Dave Gilmour is the epitome of a Strat player to me.
Adrian Smith is probably a close second. He's always been my favourite Maiden player, and an early inspiration.
Malmsteen sets new records for being a dick, but it's hard to deny his talent.

All great players with very different strat-styles.  arty07:

 

[TBurst Std]

WOW, I thought I had responded to this old thread, but I guess not.
My 3 in no particular order

Jeff Beck
Robin Trower
David Gilmour

 

[m4rk0]

Alan Morse is such a weird strat player.. he plays with a lot of effects, uses the sustainer a lot and doesnt use a pick!
his solos are great though...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XevtvJSJ250&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEx8wgqpcKE

"flow" is another favorite, so simple, but so powerfull!!