favorite/ best guitarist a 2011 update.

[jrybicki]

and thats how you give a proper answer folks!  the man, the legend, the isum..

 

[stubhead]

Steve Morse won the Guitar Player Magazine "Best Overall Guitarist" five years running, they had to invent something called "The Gallery of the Greats" to take him out of the competition. The only other guitarist to win it five times was Steve Howe... Kurt Cobain couldn't play for shite. Or rather, he could. Back in the 70's concerts were looser and less structured, and it wasn't out of the ordinary for a guitarist to invite other people up to jam. However, Ted Nugent rather quickly put a stop to it, because bar-band guitarists from Scranton to Keokuk were smoking his ass - he only knows a few licks, there's a reason the only hits he had were with Derek St. Holmes playing and singing while "The Nuge" climbed around on the speaker scaffolding in his diapers.

In contrast, John McLaughlin is the only white man who can put together a band of Indian musicians and tour India, playing Indian music to standing ovations - he's put in the decades to learn the stuff. And his flamenco trio with Paco DeLucia and Al DiMeola was one of the finest examples of that genre ever recorded, not the least because Al DiMeola and Paco DeLucia would make the top 25 list of just about... oh, right. Wango Tango... did I mention that John McLaughlin practically invented the fusion genre (before it turned sucky) with his playing in Miles Davis's '69 - '70 band and his own Mahavishnu Orchestra? Did I mention that McLaughlin also invented the "world music" genre (before it turned sucky) with his late 70's band Shakti? Did I mention that he has written and performed concertos for guitar and orchestra, and recorded  wicked jazz/blues tunes with his friends Jeff Beck & Carlos Santana? When Jeff Beck and Carlos Santana (and Zakk Wylde!) say he's the best guitarist they've ever heard, you'd have to... oh right.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI-DXxY4vl0&feature=related

Oooh baby baby...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADwfyxpriAM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlAyEN07JjI&feature=related
(Paco actually wins this one, if you ask me, but notice how these guys, even, defer to McLaughlin and let him finish the tune.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FID9lAuOxEg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dyvws-nJD0U

Yup. No comparison, The Nuge's my man.

 

[Cagey]

Yup. No comparison, The Nuge's my man.

Yeah, well, you've clearly never heard the insightful and inspiring stylings of Ace Frehley. Join the KISS army! DO IT NOW!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Env5iMrBjws​

Ahem. Ok, I was gone for a while, but now I'm back.

Al Dimeola's "Elegant Gypsy" album has always been in my stack of "go to" disks when I want to hear something that either inspires me or makes me want to sell all my guitars and support gear and take up knitting. It's just untouchable.

 

[B3Guy]

Django.  Chet Atkins.

+1 for both . . . and yeah, pairing Clapton with Mr. Fag is just plain messed up. not cool, man.

 

[crash]

Django.  Chet Atkins.

+1 for both . . . and yeah, pairing Clapton with Mr. Fag is just plain messed up. not cool, man.

I actually think it is a good pairing... I don't like either.


Kiss... the Poison of the 70's.  Ace Frehley is a great guitar player, no doubt about that.  I just think his talents were wasted in that craptacular band called Kiss.

 

[anorakDan]

Django.  Chet Atkins.

Finally! Someone who knows something about guitar players! I will add Joe Pass.

 

[Tipperman]

John Frusciante or Al Di Meola, if I had to pick.

 

[jrybicki]

- response- NOW THIS IS GETTING GOOD!  someone sipping tea in their turtleneck should listen to morning sunrise by TED!  michigan man..  (now in texas, enjoy)
i still like john mayer playing alongside eric clapton and robert cray....?  guess ya missed that one. 
cant we start with... "i voted other" then spout the greats/obscure ?
has anyone ever notice robert plant ( a white man ) in the sixties and seventies traveling to morocco and tibet playing and getting influence??  or was there only ONE who did that to great audiences all over india? ( a hard ticket to be had with all the fine entertainment in bombay! )

does anyone play those attached clips?

 

[Cagey]

has anyone ever notice robert plant ( a white man ) in the sixties and seventies traveling to morocco and tibet playing and getting influence??  or was there only ONE who did that to great audiences all over india? ( a hard ticket to be had with all the fine entertainment in bombay! )

I think some or all of The Beatles did a fair amount of traveling around India and the orient back during their peace/love/dope days.

 

[jrybicki]

agreed cage, harrison and his sitar influence and john and his hashish influence  :tard:

 

[crash]

How did Hammet make the poll?  I'm a huge metallica fan, but Hammet pretty much sucks. 

How about Iommi/Hetfield?

 

[Jusatele]

Django.  Chet Atkins.

Finally! Someone who knows something about guitar players! I will add Joe Pass.

do not add anyone next to Joe Pass, he was good enough to be by himself

 

[anorakDan]

Django.  Chet Atkins.

Finally! Someone who knows something about guitar players! I will add Joe Pass.

do not add anyone next to Joe Pass, he was good enough to be by himself

I've seen Chet Atkins play 2 songs at the same time, on the same guitar, with only his own two hands. I've heard it said that Joe Pass could play THREE!

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

I love the internet.  In the real world, I should be taking lessons from Cobain's corpse before advancing to Masters lessons from C.C. DeVille.  Instead, John Mayer is called Mr. Fag, and I'm surprised no one's referred to Slowhand as Crapton yet.

 

[m4rk0]

I love the internet.  In the real world, I should be taking lessons from Cobain's corpse before advancing to Masters lessons from C.C. DeVille.  Instead, John Mayer is called Mr. Fag, and I'm surprised no one's referred to Slowhand as Crapton yet.

you forgot Mark Knobler

 

[hannaugh]

I thought it had more to do with John Mayer being incredibly annoying?  :dontknow:

 

[m4rk0]

I thought it had more to do with John Mayer being incredibly annoying?  :dontknow:

before he went mainstream or whenever he was on Austin city limits all the time, I always liked his playing, but his singing was extremely annoying. I assume it still is

 

[SustainerPlayer]

Let's be fair. Guitarist are plain annoying.

 

[jrybicki]

ahh yes back to john mayer..iiis great!  wouldnt be where he is without some talent.  so the new poll expresses this! check it out!

 

[jrybicki]

turbo deluxe, youve made the best reply on john mayer and clapton!  thanks for that nod. :headbang: