Rock guitarists......your opinion on greatest ever

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LesBaker

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Mine....

Howe from Yes. Close to the Edge.

Second. Page. Living Loving Maid.

If anything else is in the conversation I wanna hear it.
 

Thordaddy

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"Seasons will pass you by ,I get up"

Yeah good stuff,but My two are Clapton and Knofler ,your plus mine in top five with Alvin Lee in there ,Stevie Ray Vaughn,
And then where do ya put this?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfM6nRVBvGs[/youtube]

Just a tough call
 

Thordaddy

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Some guys doin' some good stuff now and more recently
Dan Auerbach .... Black Keys
Slash
Angus Young
 

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Gotta be Carlos Santana if we're talking about lead/rhythm guitar.
Slash is a good one too of course.

Know who I used to like a lot? Steve Stevens.

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

LesBaker

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Thordaddy said:
"Seasons will pass you by ,I get up"

Yeah good stuff,but My two are Clapton and Knofler ,your plus mine in top five with Alvin Lee in there ,Stevie Ray Vaughn,
And then where do ya put this?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfM6nRVBvGs[/youtube]

Just a tough call

That's on my phone.....love that one.

Never been a fan of Clapton.
 

Mojo Ram

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Jimi Hendrix.
You either love it or you hate it it seems....thats too bad because he was a rare pioneer of the instrument itself and the evolution of music too.
Not to mention the blues and Jimi's thing for electifying it.

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

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For me it comes down to the two Jimi/Jimmys. Hendrix and Page are both great in their own way. No one can bend a note to wrench the soul like Jimi Hendrix and no one has the groove of Jimmy Page. I give a slight edge to Hendrix.

I want to make a distinction between the greatest guitarist and the most skilled/technical guitarist. Going on skill neither Page or Hendrix are in the discussion IMO. You could be taking about Zappa, Buckethead, Satriani, and Van Halen
 

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libertadrocks said:
For me it comes down to the two Jimi/Jimmys. Hendrix and Page are both great in their own way. No one can bend a note to wrench the soul like Jimi Hendrix and no one has the groove of Jimmy Page. I give a slight edge to Hendrix.

I want to make a distinction between the greatest guitarist and the most skilled/technical guitarist. Going on skill neither Page or Hendrix are in the discussion IMO. You could be taking about Zappa, Buckethead, Satriani, and Van Halen

Buckethead is amazingly skilled. I had totally forgotten about him until you mentioned his name.
 

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Surprised nobody mentioned Randy Rhoads.
 

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Since we are naming the "near great" Martin Barre
 

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X-Love the acoustic version better. He is bad ass.

Also always loved SRV, just love blues rock and he was the best IMO. Also big Satriani fan.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN1HFo7g2is[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEJh2FFUUoU[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGNgcRwKW4Q[/youtube]
 

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Some may not of heard of this guy but I think Joe Bonamassa is pretty bad ass also. He also had a pretty cool voice.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn09Xn9JF5s[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8mW8SZWLrY[/youtube]
 

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I'm partial to Johnny Lang...dig the whole vibe he lets loose....that man can make the strings sing.

the old rock bands, they're almost all loaded it seems, so it just depends on your flava. You throw Alex Lifeson into the conversation and I'm in.
 

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bwdenverram said:
Some may not of heard of this guy but I think Joe Bonamassa is pretty bad ass also. He also had a pretty cool voice.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn09Xn9JF5s[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8mW8SZWLrY[/youtube]

Bonamassa is a bad mamma jamma. Big ups on that one!
 

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Dog said:
I'm partial to Johnny Lang...dig the whole vibe he lets loose....that man can make the strings sing.

the old rock bands, they're almost all loaded it seems, so it just depends on your flava. You throw Alex Lifeson into the conversation and I'm in.

+1

Seen him in concert twice. Just a great talent.
 

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See attached, haha. That was me in another lifetime.
Seriously thougb, there are just too many to mention for me. Marty Friedman is an amazing guitarist tho. As is Paul Gilbert... Just to name a couple.

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Damn this is very very hard and since numerous others I would nominate have already been expressed I'll go w/ these 3 of mine.
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