list pfunkboy posted to start the revive is just a sad fucking commentary on the state of guitar playing in music ppl actually listen to
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 10 April 2010 00:41 (fourteen years ago) link
hey dont blame me!! ;)
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 10 April 2010 00:45 (fourteen years ago) link
lol i didn't, just sayin dogg
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 10 April 2010 00:49 (fourteen years ago) link
like i stan hard for a lot of r.e.m. but buck's guitar rep is entirely based on like one thing he did in the early 80s
muse guy and radiohead guy are insane britisher picks
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 10 April 2010 00:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Larry Coryell, based on his first few solo albums and some of what preceded them. Weird that he doesn't appear earlier in this thread...
― dlp9001, Saturday, 10 April 2010 01:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Radiohead guy is really good, come on. If we're talking technique, the actual best guitarists are probably noodling behind the counters in guitar stores, or playing lutes in orchestras tbh. The best I ever saw was a young guy playing flamenco in a bar in Jerez, I'll cast for him.
Also Oranthi Panagaris, if you want female virtuosity.
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 10 April 2010 06:45 (fourteen years ago) link
No love here for Michael Timmins?
― anagram, Saturday, 10 April 2010 07:14 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeaBNAXfHfQ
― Turangalila, Saturday, 10 April 2010 07:53 (fourteen years ago) link
i dig that clip. also:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoq6_2xnQeY&feature=player_embedded
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 10 April 2010 09:31 (fourteen years ago) link
These lists are so frustrating because as noted earlier, they're basically just lists of people's favorite guitarists.
So I'll do the same. If I had to make a short list it would look something like:
John McGeoch (Johnny Marr would rally for him before himself)Peter Koppes/Marty Willson-Piper (OK I'm biased here)Ed Kuepper (those who only know him from The Saints really need to listen to Laughing Clowns/solo albums)Nick McCabe
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 10 April 2010 09:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Forgot Michaels Karoli and Rother! Also, Derek Bailey, Joe Morris, Robbie Basho, Steffan Bash Jungans, Sandy Bull, John Renbourne, Ike Turner, Curtis Mayfield...
― Count Palmiro Vicarion (Stew), Tuesday, 13 April 2010 13:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Ooh, Ben Chasny.
― anagram, Tuesday, 13 April 2010 13:40 (fourteen years ago) link
If I was going to pick best female guitarist, I would say Charo.
― Bear Ana Gasteyer (HI DERE), Tuesday, 13 April 2010 13:42 (fourteen years ago) link
This should be so simple. Just count raving fanboys and tote up the winner.
― Aimless, Friday, 9 April 2010 19:34 (4 days ago) Bookmark
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 13 April 2010 13:51 (fourteen years ago) link
the only three people I can listen to play an extended guitar solo are Prince, Eddie Hazel and Frank Zappa, fwiw
― i'm so j0rd with the u.S.a (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 13 April 2010 13:53 (fourteen years ago) link
There is a lack of Uli Roth on this thread. A sad, sad lack.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 13 April 2010 14:13 (fourteen years ago) link
wow, horror director, actor and master guitarist; is there anything he can't do?
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 13 April 2010 14:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Har, Har. Ulrich Jon Roth - that better? The link between Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 13 April 2010 17:27 (fourteen years ago) link
and in the Britpop category, rampaging at the fore are Martin Carr and Graham Coxon
― pretty girl, filking a clown (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 13 April 2010 17:38 (fourteen years ago) link
The whole thread premise is kind of dumb. It was a C-Man thread, that should have tipped everyone. Best in a certain style? Proficient in the most styles? It's too broad; confuses "favorite" with "best," which is a crock no matter what xhuxk says.
That said, Whiney's post did prompt me to go listen to "Holiday in Berlin (Full Blown)" this morning. Fantastic solo.
― millions now zinging will never lol (WmC), Tuesday, 13 April 2010 17:50 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.lastingtribute.co.uk/image/George_Formby_2781317.jpg
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 18:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Got a soft spot for Manuel Gottsching and Gabor Szabo.
― Moka, Friday, 16 April 2010 04:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Whom, by the way, haven't been mentioned at all on this thread. Shame on you ilx.
― Moka, Friday, 16 April 2010 05:05 (fourteen years ago) link
I would have mentioned both had I ever heard of either.
― Bill Magill, Friday, 16 April 2010 20:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Gabor Szabo's pretty amazing, sorta Django Rinehart v 2.0
― I won't vote for you unless you acknowledge my magic pony (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 16 April 2010 20:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Thanks for saving ILX from eternal shame, SMC.
― Bill Magill, Friday, 16 April 2010 20:43 (fourteen years ago) link
love this album coverhttp://www.shugarecords.com/images/records/69ed8649-e5ae-4ba5-acdd-4fcc04a97c7e-0.JPG
― I won't vote for you unless you acknowledge my magic pony (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 16 April 2010 20:43 (fourteen years ago) link
the answer to this is is, btw, Jonny Greenwood, and idgaf
― Turangalila, Friday, 16 April 2010 20:44 (fourteen years ago) link
-is
will anyone high-five me for randy holden?
― government meme (samosa gibreel), Friday, 16 April 2010 20:53 (fourteen years ago) link
I like that one Blue Cheer record he's on
― I won't vote for you unless you acknowledge my magic pony (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 16 April 2010 20:54 (fourteen years ago) link
i used to be all "i like song structures, nuffa that guitar wank" and then i heard population ii.
― government meme (samosa gibreel), Friday, 16 April 2010 20:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Anyone with a bit of oversight care to tell me if Rory Gallagher is ranked up there at all? We make a big fuss of him over here, but then it's really him, The Edge or Tim Wheeler so there's not much option.
― just darraghmac tbh (darraghmac), Saturday, 17 April 2010 02:09 (fourteen years ago) link
I think he used to be
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 17 April 2010 02:10 (fourteen years ago) link
The Edge?
― iago g., Saturday, 17 April 2010 02:23 (fourteen years ago) link
that welsh guy in U2
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 17 April 2010 02:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Johnny Marr
Carlos Alomar Andy GillJimi HendrixTom VerlaineLonnie Johnson
― Now, Saturday, 17 April 2010 04:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Dave Gregory from XTC is the secret agent man
― solid yet bouncy (herb albert), Saturday, 17 April 2010 04:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Charo otm
Randy RhoadsRobert FrippRobert Johnson
though it's really
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBi6hBrpgqQ
― solid yet bouncy (herb albert), Saturday, 17 April 2010 04:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Hendrix is the best sloppiest guitar player, beats any other classic rock guitarist for style alone. He played with such soul and feeling that every wrong note he played sounded right. Kinda wish more black people cared enough to get involved in rock music, seems that right after laying the roots of rock they just lost interest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCQBbgb_Lvo
― Moka, Saturday, 17 April 2010 06:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Also:
Bill FrisellDaniel LanoisRy Cooder
― Moka, Saturday, 17 April 2010 06:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Davie Allan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgXHchnQtt8
― solid yet bouncy (herb albert), Sunday, 18 April 2010 02:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Hendrix had a direct connection to the Muse
― solid yet bouncy (herb albert), Sunday, 18 April 2010 02:20 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't think anyone's mentioned the amazing slate of early blues guitarists, e.g., blind willie johnson; blind blake; scrapper blackwell; miss. john hurt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxovd6tS8mk
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 18 April 2010 02:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Grant Green Classic Or Dud?
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 15:43 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E1qCAPJJPE
my favorite noisy guitar album is "Axis: Bold as Love"
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:16 (six years ago) link
electric guitar it's obviously Hendrix, no one comes close
acoustic guitar... I submit Elliott Smith:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBKAADRzqsc
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 18:35 (six years ago) link
I don't know if I'd say Steve Vai in a walk, but I think you could at least say he's...VAI-ING FOR THE TOP SPOT!
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 18:39 (six years ago) link
lol psych I hate that guy
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 18:40 (six years ago) link