Not taking an obvious one, but I'm going with Prince. He could destroy a guitar when it was time..
OT Best Guitarist of all time
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He was before my time but I’m going with Jimi Hendrix. His signature guitar that he played was a right handed Stratocaster that was strung and setup for a left handed player and when he played it he played it upside down.
There are so many great ones. I cannot say who is the greatest of all time because to me there were so many styles. I will list some of my favorites.
Jimi Hendrix
Eric Clapton
Carlos Santana
Stevie Ray Vaughn
George Benson
Leslie West
Chet Adkins
Jeff Beck
Joe Walsh
Eddie Van Halen
These all came along before the turn of the century and I'm not too familar with those who are playing now. So who in my opinion of the above is best. Hendrix of course, no it's gotta be Clapton but Carlos had his own style like no other but so did Hendrix and Clapton. But to be fair have any of you ever heard Leslie West of Mountain rip on Mississippi Queen? No I can't go there when Hendrix whips out Purple Haze or Clapton gets into Layla and Carlos feeling it with Soul Sacrifice. To be honest I have given this thought before and I'm always changing my mind between Hendrix,Clapton and Santana. So we will see who gets the most votes and I will disagree even if it's one of my three. OFC
Jimi Hendrix
Eric Clapton
Carlos Santana
Stevie Ray Vaughn
George Benson
Leslie West
Chet Adkins
Jeff Beck
Joe Walsh
Eddie Van Halen
These all came along before the turn of the century and I'm not too familar with those who are playing now. So who in my opinion of the above is best. Hendrix of course, no it's gotta be Clapton but Carlos had his own style like no other but so did Hendrix and Clapton. But to be fair have any of you ever heard Leslie West of Mountain rip on Mississippi Queen? No I can't go there when Hendrix whips out Purple Haze or Clapton gets into Layla and Carlos feeling it with Soul Sacrifice. To be honest I have given this thought before and I'm always changing my mind between Hendrix,Clapton and Santana. So we will see who gets the most votes and I will disagree even if it's one of my three. OFC
Jimmy Page, Bob Dylan, Jeff Beck, Neil Young, and Eric Clapton are my favorites. Page is the best though.
Chet Atkins won’t get his due but he should
Jimmy Page. But Vaughn is my favorite. Zeppelin in my opinion is truly the most talented band of all time. If you look at each member of the band, you could make a strong argument they are the best ever at their "position." I was in HS in the late 90's and we would literally listen to Zeppelin for hours on end every weekend. Give me some Buuussshhh light and Tangerine.
Fantastic album, if you like it where the guitar is the lead, and not the vocalist:
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A little bit more recent but Slash from GNR is a hell of a guitarist too
Lindsey Buckingham! One of the GOATS. The man can shred like very few can.
Lesser known, Robbie Blunt killed it for Robert Plant in one of my favorite songs here:
Brian May of Queen is quite good
My favorite bass guitar player is John Taylor of Duran Duran. He is recovering from covid 19
Robert Plant is one of the all time greats. My lord, everything he's involved with turns to freaking gold.
Trey Anastasio is my pick
Underrated: Duane Allman, Keith Richards, David Gilmour
Underrated: Duane Allman, Keith Richards, David Gilmour
Eddie Van Halen hands down for me.
And I’ve had some good musicians tell me that to play bass and sing lead is next to impossible, so shout out to Geddy Lee
And I’ve had some good musicians tell me that to play bass and sing lead is next to impossible, so shout out to Geddy Lee
Yngwie Malmsteen has incredible stuff too.
If you don’t know who that is, you really should watch this
If you don’t know who that is, you really should watch this
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I love Nugent playing the star spangled banner. It takes a minute before he is actually playing it but I think it sounds awesome. There are some things I don’t like about Ted,but the man can play
@smashmouth5
I don’t know any of the guys you are posting unless they play for bands that I know but don’t know the members names. You must be a music freak!! Anyway, these guys are incredible!! But I’ll still take Malmsteen!!
The only band I would say I have extended knowledge on is Def Leppard. My all time favorite
I don’t know any of the guys you are posting unless they play for bands that I know but don’t know the members names. You must be a music freak!! Anyway, these guys are incredible!! But I’ll still take Malmsteen!!
The only band I would say I have extended knowledge on is Def Leppard. My all time favorite
If someone ends up starting a thread on greatest drummer of all time. The drummer from Def Leppard is the first drummer that I’m going to be the first one I name because he lost his arm in a car accident and is still a drummer and fans call him “Th; Thunder God”.
I am. Love music. Couple of the guys I posted play in groups. Tom Morello plays in Rage Against The Machine and Nuno plays in Extreme. There are so many great musicians and I thought we could use a good music thread. Will have to come up with some more to help us pass the time.
Joe Bonamassa
Guthrie Govan
Terry Kath
Jimmy Page
Martin Barre
Prince
Stevie Ray
Ritchie Blackmore
Steve Morse
Guthrie Govan
Terry Kath
Jimmy Page
Martin Barre
Prince
Stevie Ray
Ritchie Blackmore
Steve Morse