favorite/ best guitarist a 2011 update.

[stubhead]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJbV0e4Wrxw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB3CPoXc8l4&feature=related

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgBlHM5TW5Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whx8Cg70LfY&feature=related

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

Hey! Wait! NONE of these guys are on the list? A "best" list without Mahavishnu & Morse...  :icon_scratch: I mean, I gotta agree with Page, Garcia, Beck, Allman and Hendrix, but it gets a bit silly. Eric Johnson learned a lot from Hendrix and Beck, Morse learned a lot from Beck and McLaughlin, but then Petrucci learned a lot from Morse and Johnson. The ability to translate feeling and the quality of the tools used are quite widespread, so then it becomes a question of the intent. And that can't be "rated' as it's individual.

 

[m4rk0]

Why are a bunch of obscure guitarists that I really like not in here????  :icon_jokercolor:

also, why are they coupled in such a weird manner?
I love Townsend but I hate Cobain!
and remember, I will get really upset when others do not agree with my choice or taste !

(btw, where is Steve Howe!! I will allow to have him coupled to Trevor Rabin!)

 

[line6man]

and remember, I will get really upset when others do not agree with my choice or taste !

Everyone, please be considerate of Marko's taste in music. He is VERY sensitive, and will resort to childish temper tantrums and flaming if someone disagrees with it.
I'm very sorry for all the grief it caused you when I said I did not enjoy your Dutch scooter music! Please forgive me, and spare me your internet wrath!
:blob7:

 

[m4rk0]

last time Joey said that Yngwie was a one trick pony, I actually drove all the way to californiay to slap his fluffy face and kick his hairy ass!!!

 

[line6man]

last time Joey said that Yngwie was a one trick pony, I actually drove all the way to californiay to slap his fluffy face and kick his hairy ass!!!

Right, but to be fair, you only did that because you wanted to appreciate the majesty of my fluffy beard in person.

Also, you had spent your days with a woman unkind that smoked your stuff and drank all your wine, so you made up your mind to make a new start and come to California.

 

[jrybicki]

MARKO!  YOU ROCK BUDDY!  i agree with your obsevation to every ones obscure choice! haha, and your dutch so so you prefer eddie  van halen! 
  so are you in holland? ive been to amsterdam 3x over the years.. my moms whole family is there, ive got a cousin name marko...
and, i was thinking of the obscure with rabin and howe!  lol, cobain- townshend was a viewers chioce...
how about 1987 and warren DeMartini / vitto bratta ? lol  from??? :headbang1:

 

[DangerousR6]

First off your match ups are all way off, except for Vai/Satch and Rhodes/VH.

And secondly, Dickey Betts is in now way in the same category as SRV...

 

[bagman67]

Okay, I'll play.

Ry Cooder/Bill Frisell.

 

[jrybicki]

what match ups? just  2 at a time  just vote already, what prevail in the community... pick two! :icon_thumright:

 

[jrybicki]

ahhh  ry cooder another original!  loved his work in crossroards ( the ralph macchio parts)  then went out and bought two tapes of his and wasnt as excited about the songs.. kind of reserved i thought at the time..  then came eric johnson!

 

[DangerousR6]

what match ups? just   2 at a time   just vote already, what prevail in the community... pick two! :icon_thumright:

I did vote...But you've paired them up, most of which are not comparable to each other except for vai/Satch, Rhodes/VH...

SRV should be paired with Hendrix...etc.
Here are the wrong match up..


stevie ray vaughn / dickie betts
eric clapton / john mayer


hendrix / joe bonamassa

alex liefson /  jimmy page
angus young / b.b. king / albert king


pete townsend / kurt cobain

the edge / mike McCready

And you left out Billy Gibbons... :dontknow:

 

[stubhead]

You can't beat a dead pony's new tricks, but if you lead him to water another one opens.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx7vOb7GNBg

 

[crash]

Have to vote for Vai.  He is the modern day Chopin. 

I can't believe that list has John Mayer and no David Gilmour  :icon_scratch:

 

[hannaugh]

Django.  Chet Atkins.

 

[jrybicki]

ill say no to your no Dr6... angus young. Direct influence from bb king!  check some of his interviews!  and who have you seen john mayer play with??  um, clapton. see crossroards in chicago. pretty identical.  randy and eddie are nothing alike in techniqe or background. one never had a lesson, one classical lessons all over the place! 

anywho, its just 2 thrown togather to create a long list as opposed to choose from therse 5... ( i wrote that in a reply).

#1 all time is jimmy page
# 2 all time is alex lifeson
# 3 all time is eddie van halen
the, the rest like these adequate players

 

[crash]

Gilmour/Trower

 

[jrybicki]

ok maybe sort of a popularity contest. wanting to see what this community is made of?
question, if your main number 1 selection would be someone obscure, what do you turn on the radio?

and really interested in cageys interests. hes quite adept at answering folks!  when not feeling uncomfortable like a 13 year girl! :binkybaby: lol

 

[m4rk0]

MARKO!  YOU ROCK BUDDY!   i agree with your obsevation to every ones obscure choice! haha, and your dutch so so you prefer eddie  van halen! 
   so are you in holland? ive been to amsterdam 3x over the years.. my moms whole family is there, ive got a cousin name marko...
and, i was thinking of the obscure with rabin and howe!  lol, cobain- townshend was a viewers chioce...
how about 1987 and warren DeMartini / vitto bratta ? lol  from??? :headbang1:

Thanks! I left holland 14 years ago, and live in Texas now
Where are you ?

Funny you mention Vitto Bratta!, most view them as a hairy girl band, but he was one of the most underrated guitarists from that time... I would put him up against EVH!!

 

[jrybicki]

hey marko, im in canton mi, outside of ann arbor.
at least texas is way more guitar oriented! The dam has...cheese and eels and the beers ccasion14: has anyone ever made a van halen house there, would be like the rembrandt house but actually cool.

 

[Cagey]

and really interested in cageys interests. hes quite adept at answering folks!  when not feeling uncomfortable like a 13 year girl! :binkybaby: lol

What can I say? I'm interested in good guitar players. You have a large list of them there. You want me to pick one or two? Can't do it. I'm not going to ignore Trower to pick Satriani, or ignore Clapton to pick Johnson, or Hendrix vs. SRV or any other choice vs. any other choice. Everybody has something to offer, and I can't identify a one in the lot who I'd never want to hear again or who didn't have some influence on me or who didn't entertain me. They're all great. Except, of course, Death From Above 1979 <grin>