Greatest Guitarist Ever?

[BringBackBuck]

I'd probably have to go with Jimi, but there has definitely not been enough mention of the outstanding B.B. King in this discussion

Spoiler: Still Got It

 

[Necrofudge]

Hendrix or Michael Angelo (no not Michelangelo, he was a different kind of artist)

 

[The Artificially Prolonged]

Davy Graham or Bert Jansch both great blues/folk guitarists

 

[Sviests]

Antonio Forcione and John Petrucci.

 

[Thrashgrinder]

Eddie Van Halen. its Eddie Van Halen.

 

[Trilaanus]

Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser of Blue Oyster Cult. He was even said to be the favorite guitarist of Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page. Search YouTube for Buck's Boogie to find an excellent example of his work. The man has got some of the fastest fingers on the planet and can do the most amazing things with a whammy bar.

 

[Greyhald]

Brian May.

Clicky Clicky... [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFhIoB8CrWA]

 

[Aggressor and Usurper]

Ehhhhhhh...

Joe Satriani, probably. I'm a sucker for neoclassical stuff so I'll put Yngwie in there as well. One of my favourite duos is Phil Demmel and Robb Flynn from Machine Head.

I'll mention Dino Cazares from Fear Factory because of his distinct style of simple riffs played at ridiculous speeds and very rarely using solos.

 

[Ryan Stephens]

Ehhhhhhh...

Joe Satriani, probably.

He's good, I'll give you that.
But nobody can beat Frank Zappa!

 

[spookydom]

It's Jimmi. There would be nothing without him. To say it's anybody apart from Jimmi is just you talking cods^%t. If we were talking about personal favorite guitarists my personal fave would def be Jimmi, distantly followed by John Frusciante.

 

[minus_273c]

Clapton.

 

[allyhewitt]

yeah i heartily agree with srv but he's not really that influencial, see this is why it's hard

 

[reg42]

My person favourites are

Spoiler: Randy Rhoads. I actually get a bit emotional when I hear the Crazy Train solo. Ignore the stupid trailer in the beginning of the video

and

Spoiler: John 5. He's just been my favourite since his Manson days. Fucking excellent guitarist, and he can play a lot of different styles.

 

[Void(null)]

Bebop just makes Void(null) sooooo mad! Beepity Boop Grrrrrrrrr!

Seriously I'm just glad someone mentioned Django before I had to. Thank you.

But its truuuuuue!

Like seriously, I rage if I have to listen to it for longer than a few minutes. Absolutely irrational and uncontrollable.

Miles Davis is my Kryptonite.

Back on track however, glad to see so much love for the old Gypsy Guitarist.

 

[Tonimata]

..........Me?

If you're gonna smack me around the head, do it with a guitar. I won't have it any other way. And specify what guitar you're using.

A Fender Stratocaster Mexican Made From 1991. Can I be more specific?

Don't think so no. You couldn't also be much more awesome.

 

[Burningsok]

Joe Satriani. Yes he does play fast in some songs, but he can do it all if he wanted to.
here is my favorite instrumental by him.

your avatar hella syncs up to the song lol

OT: via, satriani, malmstien, hendrix. toss up i think.

lol your right his headbanging goes right with the beat. Oh about Petrucci, his instrumental call Glasgow Kiss is a pretty sweet. If I remember correctly I think Satriani was one of Petrucci's mentors.

 

[Red_Serpent]

Hideto Matsumoto aka Hide
former lead guitarist of X-Japan

 

[godevit]

Who cares....It's not a question of the best guitarist but the music and the meaning behind it.

 

[Snake Plissken]

I don't think anyone has posted him yet, but PHIL X! If you haven't heard of him, you should. If you are a guitar geek like me, you'll understand. If you aren't, you might not.

http://www.youtube.com/user/frettedamericana?blend=1&ob=4