top guitar heros

[wOoDz]

i couldn't fail to notice, working my way thro past posts, some of you guys are keen musicians, so i got to ask who is you fav guitarists?
*if Jimi sez jimmy Paige i'll fall of my chair!*

Mine is *loud riff* Brian May (queen), Tony Iommi(black Sabbath) comes a close second

then there's clapton, hendrix,blackmore.....on and on.


heres a tester... does anyone know the artist of Deep Purple's album " Deep Purple" album sleeve? i've seen the picture on the net but it was only tiny and wouldn't enlarge, and its a proper painting not just an album sleeve

woodz

[SSH]

Does it have to be guitar heroes and not general musical influence? I wouldn't say I admire these folks, which is why they're not in my top 10, but they make some darn fine music:

Billy Joel
The Beautiful South
Beethoven
Tchaikovsky
Mozart
Queen
Boublil & Schonberg
Elton John & Bernie Taupin
Diane Warren

[Creed Malay]

Hamell on Trial. I fuckin' love that guy.

[Timosity]

Does Bass count cause my favorites are

Robert Trujillo: Infectious Grooves, Suicidal Tendencies, and now metallica (I'm not a metallica fan, and I remember them paying out funky bass players, saying they didn't want one after their first bass player died)
but he's awesome.

Les Claypool: Primus, probably one of the most talented I've seen

and as far as normal guitar goes

Brian Setzer: Stray Cats, Brian Setzer Orchestra, awesome rockin' guitarist

[wOoDz]

generals good! thing with music its timeless, its one of the only things that stands the test of time, ask any teenager here to name a beatles track or album and i bet they can it doesn't matter if its mozart to modona, some one will be playing it now.
i like any music, from some classics to the beatles, floyd, sabbath, to punk, ultravox, queen, anything heavy, maybe not the glammy 80's stuff, dark gothic even cradle of filth! musically they are talanted, some of the backing track are pretty good, abit iron maiden-ish

woodz

[Simple]

Depends on my mood.

Bob Dylan for contemplative wit.
Pete Townshend for brash and choppy.
Trey Anastasio for winding and elegant.
Neil Young because he's too damn cool to leave off of any list.

[plasticman]

aha, another Trujillo fan ! that guy is incredible, easily my favorite bass player.
he also played with Muir in Cyco Miko..

right now, my 3 favorite guitarists are :

Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth)
Bob Mould (Hüsker Dü, Sugar)
Walter Schreifels (Rival Schools, Quicksand, Gorilla Biscuits,...)

but tomorrow it might just be Greg Ginn...

[Rincewind]

Well, most of my musical inspriation comes from all kinds of Heavy Metal, such as Black Sabbath,(Best band ever) old Metallica, Led Zeppelin, Entombed, Slayer, Kiss, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Electric Wizard, and many, many more... So therefore, all my guitar-heroes are mostly from Heavy Metal-groups.

- Angus Young (AC/DC)
One of my first heroes. Don't know why, but his cool style and energy really appeals to me.
- Tony Iommi
The inventor of the doomy, gloomy, and heavy sound that came to represent future metal bands.
- Nicke Andersson (The Hellacopters, ex. Entombed)
This guy is incredible. Not only does he play guitar incredibly good, he's one heck of a drummer, and has a voice that can go from bluesy rock n' roll-tones into deep, Death-metal growls... How does he do it?



And bass players are just represented by two people on my list:
Geezer Butler(Black Sabbath - Still is one of the most amazing bass-players I've seen. I get tired just by watching his fingers in action...) and Clifford Burton(Metallica - May he rest in peace).

[Nacho]

Brian May, I love the solo in Innuendo.

Paco de Lucía, the spanish guitar-man who teached the man above. You may remember him because he played with Bryan Adams in "Don juan de Marco"

Jimmi Hendrix. What more can i add?

Mark Knopffler. Maybe it´s misspelled... Well, Dire straits.

George Harrison... Teacher of:

Eric Clapton.

BB King.

[Jimi]

Jimmi Hendrix. What more can i add?

Too right!

I'd say.....Jimmy page!  

Seriously....

Jimi Hendrix (Favourite song is Voodoo child. That Wah wah bit at the start rocks, not to mention his switching between Rythmn and Lead including the solos. *Jimi daydreams for 10 minutes*. I also like All along the Watch tower. The best solo in that is the 3rd which i can play.  )

BB king,

Freddie king (too many kings)

Peter green (from Fleetwood Mac)

Gary Moore

Dave Gilmore

I have a DVD of Gary Moore and BB king in concert playing "The Thrill is Gone" together, which I am also learning.

[Adamski]

Django Reinhardt, anyone?

[Vel]

Eric Clapton, Brian May, Blackmore and so on...

[remixor]

I'd have to put Jimmy Page first, not because he's the most technically incredible guitarist or anything, but because he really "led" (haha) rock into new directions.  I'm aware he often ripped off blues riffs, so don't feel compelled to let me know.  Nobody can deny, however, that he had an incredibly unique style and with the rest of Zeppelin really brought a lot to the genre.  This whole band deserves a spot (I could talk about any of those four ages), but I'll stick to Page and Jones, since they were guitarists.  John Paul Jones was Zeppelin's bass guitarist, and again, while he wasn't the craziest bassist you've ever heard, he also played guitar, organ, keyboard/mellotron, mandolin, and seemingly countless other instruments.  That guy has also maintained enormous artistic integrity since Zeppelin's break-up in 1980, and his solo work has been great; he never sold out.

David Gilmour of Pink Floyd brought so much to Pink Floyd's signature style.  This guy is like the opposite of Page, but just as awesome for different reasons.  Whereas Page was raw and improvisational, Gilmour was note-perfect and immaculate.  You get the feeling that he would hever have played a single note that didn't belong.  Every bend was perfect, every tremolo was used tastefully, and he has the absolute best tone I've ever heard in my life.  I don't know what setup he used, but he's got it dialed in right.

Brian May of Queen: more than most guitarists,
May played for the song.  It's even hard to assign him a personal style (though it's definitely there) because he was such a consummate musician that he would always perfectly complement the rest of the band no matter the style--and with Queen, they had almost as many different styles as songs.  Also, this guy's guitar tone is almost up there with Gilmour for me to be honest.

Pete Townshend is, to me, much more impressive for his thematic brilliance than his mastery of the guitar, but his style is so damned energetic and driven that it's hard not to like it.  He's not in the league of the guys listed above, but it's okay, because he always considered himself a rhythm guitarist.  One of the coolest experiences I've ever had is Towshend playing live.  I don't know how he can maintain such precise control over his chords while playing as aggressively as he does.  He really set the stage for that style of playing in bands to come, but he could always scale it back if he needed (which was often in The Who's repertoire).

Angus Young--well, I can't say he's nearly as versatile as the above guitarists, but he's damned good at what he does, which is rock out in one of the msot explosive ways possible.  His style is absolutely unmistakable.  Like Towshend, I don't know how he manages to play so well while being so crazy on stage.

There are plenty more, but I tend to write too much (as I'm sure you all have noticed), so I'll cut myself off here.  I could add so many more if the category wasn't just "guitarists" but that's probably for another thread.

[wOoDz]

i didn't put pete townsend mainly because like the beatles, The Who worked together best as a whole band, probably the worlds most distructive band with endless energy, keith moon the ultimate nut case, who else would take a 50 foot extension lead to a hotel so he could see what happens when a telly hit a swimming pool switched on? like remixor sez townsends ability to hit the right cords, the power in roger d's voice and jon entwistle's ability to play on as the end of the world looms near, who else had a top 20 hit, in the 60's with a song about wan****..........*pictures of lily*  top band
woodz

[Matt Brown]

Does Bass count cause my favorites are

Robert Trujillo: Infectious Grooves, Suicidal Tendencies, and now metallica (I'm not a metallica fan, and I remember them paying out funky bass players, saying they didn't want one after their first bass player died)
but he's awesome.

Les Claypool: Primus, probably one of the most talented I've seen

and as far as normal guitar goes

Brian Setzer: Stray Cats, Brian Setzer Orchestra, awesome rockin' guitarist

you've got great taste

[Helm]

Gilmour is so slow... and so very predictable. I love Floyd's middle period, but it's certainly not because of the guitar work.

My picks would include:

the allmighty Robert Fripp, from King Crimson.

The guitar duo, Dan Rock and McAlpine from Psychotic Waltz.

Ron Yarzombek of Watchtower/Spastic Ink.

The first Sieges Even guitarist, Macus Steffen.

The dude in Jesus Lizard.

Spruance of Mr.Bungle.

The crrazy guy in CAN.

Al DiMeola, John McLaughlin, Paco De Lucia. Wee.

Trey Azagzoth from Morbid Angel.

the guitar duo from Cynic, Jason Gobel and Paul Masvidal.

Atheist guitarist/vocalist, Kelly Schaeffer.

Rites of Spring/Fugazi guitarist, Guy Picciotto.

Nirvana guitarist/vocalist, Kurt Cobain.

The Marillion guitarist whose name I always forget.

Steve Albini from Big Black/Rapeman/Shellac.

And Kai Hansen and James Hetfield because I can't forget the impact they had on me, even if there's a trillion guitarists that can play their stuff in their sleep.

[cpage]

Wow after reading this list I must say I'm scared
my "Heros" are
Pete Townshend- One of the best I've ever seen.
Eric Clapton- Clapton is god.
BB King- I like the cool blues sound.
George Harrison- Beatles!
Noel Gallager- I like his beatles like sound.
Rivers Cuomo- For calling his fans little bitches.
Jimi Hendrix- I love it all, so I learned to play his version of the national anthem!
Buddy Holly- Simple yet awsome.
Chuck Berry- come on every one likes Johnny B Good!

theres more but I wont bore you people

[n3tgraph]

I seem to miss a few on your lists....


- John Petrucci
- Steve Vai
- Joe Satriani
- Dave Meniketti
- Guitar player from 'extreme' - can't recall his name
- Steve Lukahter
- Jon Myung

You can't forget these - imo!

[plasticman]

Rites of Spring/Fugazi guitarist, Guy Picciotto.

the man who invented octave chords ! seriously though, i totally agree with that choice.
and the "dude" from Jesus Lizard is Duane Denison, an amazing guitarist too, and very influential.


today, plasticman's favorite is J. Robbins (Burning Airlines, Jawbox)

[Jimi]

I forgot to mention Dave Edmunds becuase he did a guitar arrangment for the song "Sabre Dance". I love the song, and have almost learned it..HARD!!!!!