RnBAmbassador said:

I would hardly label Ernie Isley overrated especially since he learned
his craft from who many consider to be the best in Jimi Hendrix.
And furthermore i don't recall anyone saying Ernie was the best.
It was said he is a beast. And even if Ernie was doing the same solo
over like you claim it's still pretty damn good.

Must we do this

this dude is pretty cool

Hummm.....that is a loaded question but I'd go with:

Prince
Buckethead
Jimi Hazel
Jessie Johnson
Carlos Santana
Jef Johnson

Graycap23 said:

It is a loaded question but Jimi Hazel certainly should be
in the discussion.

phunkdaddy said:

That was my point. If you are going to have a "best" discussion, you have to have an understanding of what criteria determines "best".

PurpleDiamond2009 said:

You gotta be kidding ain't yer? All that technical ability with shreddin' and delay doesn't make for interesting compositions but abhorrent aesthetics.

hey i dont know anythng about guitar the only song i heard from him was Jordan off of Guitar Hero and i thought it was cool so yeah lol

But the kfc bucket ain't too stylish either, what the fuck's up with him? is it what becomes of Axl's croneys?

Dweezil Zappa is a wonderful player. Tasteful and intricate over a wealth of styles and tones.

Check out ZPZ
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I can't say who is best, but I'd rather listen to John Mayer than that John 5 guy. Warren Haynes is a bad, bad mf. Personally, I love Jack White. Clapton and Beck for sure. Prince is great but he seems to have finally hit a wall as far as creativity goes (only took, like, thirty years - and he still writes better songs than most anybody on Erf). A ton of jazz and metal guys that nobody knows by name. Santana has a BEAUTIFUL sound and I still dig his music, but dude isn't nearly as good a player as he used to be.
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vikings said:

Yeah, Dweezil is a great guitar player. I saw the Zappa Plays Zappa concert live and I also own the DVD.

nursev said:

Great picture - and of course great guitarist - but I hate to see such a lovely looking Stratocaster ruined with one of those hideous Floyd Rose trems. Yeeeew.

Even if I weren't a total whammy-ophobe (I block mine off), I'd much prefer a vintage trem than one of those double-locking monstrosities.

rocknrolldave said:

I could not agree more! I was actually thinking about this at work a few hours ago. Prince must use a Floyd because a standard Fender trem just pulls the whole shit out of tune (doesn't it?) but still - Floyd Roses are SO 1985.

I think Lace pickups are gay as well.

Phil Keaggy (who's a nice guy, to boot)
Jeff Beck

abigail05 said:

YES! I hate the look of those blank pickup covers without the pole-pieces sticking out. Just looks wrong to me, like a face with no eyes or something..although I admit I have no idea what they sound like, so this is purely an aesthetic judgement!

(Didn't Clapton use them at one point..? Euch, not a tone I'd want to replicate myself in that case....)



EDIT: oh and yeah, the vintage trem is for the lighter touch only, not Prince in full on Fury/ Peach mode. Mind, Gilmour manages OK with the deep dives at the start of Sorrow..so maybe if they're set up right they're fine..?

Could be worse, could be a Bigsby..now they ARE "light wobbles only" territory!
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Graycap23 said:

I forgot about him, def an underrated musician.

Had it not been for the solo work in the extended mixes, I probably would've never given his earlier hits the time of day.

To me, Bare My Naked Soul and Verbal Penetration are what REALLY sat him apart from Prince's camp,,,,both albums could def speak for themselves

I'm still trying to track down his b-sides from "Naked Soul" though thesexofit made mentions of them couple of months ago.

paligap said:

Where the fuck is Eric Claption?

dseann said:

This isn't Rolling Stone's list.

BlaqueKnight said:

BlaqueKnight said:

Seasick Steve. http://en.wikipedia.org/w...sick_Steve

Most interesting to me anyway.

dseann said:

Yeah, make your own list of favorites!!!!






...

BlaqueKnight said:

About the pickups, unless he's changed up fairly recently they're probably EMG's. From all accounts I've read about his rig he's used the SA,85 combo on his main stage guitars since the Purple Rain era. Not saying he's never used Lace Sensors, they're good pickups. I've never read any mention of them being used. I have the Silver, Silver, Blue set in my Strat-Plus.
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paligap said:

+ 1! Nice cross section of musicians on your list.

Slash..Angus Young..
Guitar heroes whose been trailing one heck of a legacy

kstrat said:

Thanks ! Again, different styles and ability, but they all make me nod my head when they get going...but I couldn't begin to sit here and say who's "best"....

...and yeah, guys like Clapton, Mclaughlin, DiMeola, SRV, Satriani...all are legendary, and I certainly respect all those guys.... but my list is just personal favorites....




...

hmmm...well let's talk about the greats that I rarely ever see (or read) any write-ups in many the guitar rags..

Jessie Johnson
Eddie Hazel
Mike Hampton
Blackbyrd
James "Blood" Ulmer
Ernie Isley
Wayne Krantz
Micheal Landau
Kendall Jones (Fishbone)
Spacey T
Victor Johnson
James Nolan
Tommy Bolin
Jean Paul Bourelly
Micheal Gregory
Felicia Collins
Ronnie Drayton
Gordon Gaines
Arthur Rhames (big influence on Vernon)
Dr. Know
Cornell Dupree
Hillel Slovak
Wah Wah Watson

..I know they're not "popular" in the record sales world, but they're all great and unique.

paligap said:

You've listed most of my favorites so i'll expand a bit.

Johnny Smith (alive/retired)
George Benson (pre-Breezin')
B.B. King
Steve Vai
Greg Howe
Michael Landau
Kirk Fletcher
Robben Ford
Albert Lee
Tommy Emmanuel
Bill Frisell
John Scofield
Mike Stern
Lionel Loueke

Maybe more later as I think about them.

The "best living guitarist" is probably someone no one knows.
And I agree that these "best whatever" questions are pretty pointless without any specific parameters.


Music for adventurous listeners


tA

Tribal Records
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