I dare, nay, challenge you to mention a greater guitarist

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Joe
Satriani.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuX_OGjgSms&search=joe%20satriani


Smile and nod.

[katyon6th]

I'd have to give that title to the Hanson brother who plays guitar. Forsure.

[timvp]

No comment.

[Billy Cobham]

Dude, who says "nay" anymore?

Can we mention dead guys?

[Leetonidas]

Herman Li.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-qOi-0H4cPs&search=dragonforce%20solo

(On left)

[Guru of Nothing]

Peter Frampton Forum.

[Solid D]

Peter Frampton Forum.

:lol :tu

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Satriani is pretty good, but there's this guy named Stevie Ray Vaughan, maybe you've heard of him?

[Solid D]

..and Billy Gibbons, and BB King and Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page and Duane Allman and

[Mavschick]

Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, John Frusciante, Jeff Beck, Brian May, Johnny Ramone, etc.

[jman3000]

Definately talented... but for some reason I want to punch him in the face... not sure why.

[Guru of Nothing]

Best dude I ever WATCHED play guitar is a 400 pound Mexican dude. Plays for a band called The Blazers.

[Gatita]

Joe
Satriani.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuX_OGjgSms&search=joe%20satriani


Smile and nod.

Steve Vai
Yngwie Malmsteen
Dave Mustaine

[ZStomp]

http://g.sheetmusicplus.com/Look-Inside/covers/HL-2500199.jpg

ZAKK FUKEN WYLDE

[Spurminator]

Kurt Cobain

(Ducks)

[CharlieMac]

Steve Vai
Yngwie Malmsteen
Dave Mustaine
Yeah, that's a good list.

[spurs=bling]

Steve Vai
Yngwie Malmsteen
Dave Mustaine


holy crap. you wouldn't happen to know my uncle would you?

[Leetonidas]

Herman Li.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-qOi-0H4cPs&search=dragonforce%20solo

(On left)

No, seriously. Look at it.

[tsb2000]

Carlos Santana
Brian May- saw Queen in March. That man can rock! :)

[leemajors]

buckethead, eddie hazel, paul gilbert.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7meQx0jly_U

the first part is cool, but the fresh solos are in the latter part of the video. i saw buckethead in austin this last march and he played for 3 hours.

[AlamoSpursFan]

Gary Hoey.

Alex Zivojinovich.

David Abeyta.

[RashoFan]

Dave Matthews
:tu

[RashoFan]

(For my brother)....Randy Rhodes.

[Winnipeg_Spur]

I know he's not the best (or even close), but I was always partial to Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath fame. I just love his sound. :tu

[Condemned 2 HelLA]

I know he's not the best (or even close), but I was always partial to Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath fame. I just love his sound. :tu

Completely under-rated.
Listen to the solo that ends the song "Over and Over" on the "Mob Rules" album and tell me that is nothing short of awesome!

[Gerryatrics]

This guy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52IiVXnas3w

[Jimcs50]

Joe
Satriani.





Saw him 2 Summers ago at Cynthia Woods' Pavillion at The Woodlands with Thiin Lizzy and Deep Purple and came away very impressed, but he is not #1..no way.

You have to pay homage to:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7c/RS_100_Guitarists_of_All_Time.jpg


Also better than Satriani IMO:


Jimmy Page, Stevie Ray, Tony Iommi (BLACK SABBATH), Kirk Hammett(METALLICA), Angus & Malcolm Young (AC DC), Eddie Van Halen, Dimebag Darrell (PANTERA), Adam Jones (TOOL), Kerry King & Jeff Hanneman (SLAYER), Dave Murray (IRON MAIDEN) Jeff Beck, Brian May(Queen), and Ted Nuggent

[Extra Stout]

Would I expose myself as an effete snob if I mentioned Andres Segovia?

[Lebowski Brickowski]

Dimebag. Best Metal Guitarist Evvvvvvverrrrrrrr.

[Vashner]

Yngwie... 4 teh win... old school..
http://www.yngwie.org/images/Entertainment%20Today%2009-09-05.jpg

[tlongII]

Tommy Bolin (dead guy) - the most under-rated guitarist I know of.

[shelshor]

Would I expose myself as an effete snob if I mentioned Andres Segovia?
Not in my book--more currently Christopher Parkening
Also Carlos Santana, Jerry Garcia, Chet Atkins, Django Reinhardt among others

[MrChug]

Jazz: Stanley Jordan...if you're ever lucky enough to hear a clip, the guy innovated a way to play a 12 string and make it sound like he's playing 2 flippin guitars...it's awesome. You could SWEAR there are 2 guitars playing but it's just him. It's amazing.

Metal: I don't know...gotta be a tossup. Pure speed and awe? Prolly between Malmsteen, Van Halen, Vai. I don't know if anyone else, even Satriani comes close. Brilliance? Randy Rhodes, Dimebag, Ace Frehley, ZAK WYLDE!! Joe Perry,Tony Iommi, Kirk Hammet (Metallica) and you can't forget Carlos Cavazo from Quiet Riot (Battle Axe solo)-very good composers.

Classic Rock: DUH..Santana, Jimmy, Stevie Ray, Jimmy Page, Clapton, the list goes on and on.

The Rest: Jose Feliciano, Brian May (Queen), BB King...

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Hendrix, Fampton, and yes even Vaughn never have come close to playing at shred speed with such fluidity like Satriani.


Okay so the word "Great" in the title was wrong, I meant mention a guitarist who can shred like Satch or better.

Vaughn and Hendrix never came close to matching his speed. Unless I haven't heard those songs, in which case, gimmie their names.

Steve Vai is the only guitarist I can think of that you can compare speeds with Satch, and Satch was his teacher as a kid..

Other guitarists you mentioned are bad ass, but page, frampton, everything pre 79 just doesn't even approach the speed Satch has played at, especially on his Surfing with The Alien LP.

The ultimate shredder:

Joe

Satriani

[scott]

Satriani, Vai, Malmsteen and the like may be great guitarists... but their music sounds like cats dying. When showing off ones talent takes precedance over making good music, you suck ass by proxy.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

I disagree....the sheer talent is what turns me onto guys like vai, malmsteen and satch.

I watch the original link I posted from youtube.com and my mouth just drops wide open. I am so amazed that I love it. BTW, Satch did burn out, but his old shit--Surfing With The Alien, etc, it pretty much redefined the guitar at the time.

Plus, every fucker post 85 who's ever used the WHammy bar creatively or made his guitar "scream" pretty much ripped off Satch.

[tlongII]

Hendrix, Fampton, and yes even Vaughn never have come close to playing at shred speed with such fluidity like Satriani.


Okay so the word "Great" in the title was wrong, I meant mention a guitarist who can shred like Satch or better.

Vaughn and Hendrix never came close to matching his speed. Unless I haven't heard those songs, in which case, gimmie their names.

Steve Vai is the only guitarist I can think of that you can compare speeds with Satch, and Satch was his teacher as a kid..

Other guitarists you mentioned are bad ass, but page, frampton, everything pre 79 just doesn't even approach the speed Satch has played at, especially on his Surfing with The Alien LP.

The ultimate shredder:

Joe

Satriani

Dude check out the tracks "Stratus" and "Red Baron" on Billy Cobham's Spectrum recorded in 1973. Tommy Bolin tore it the fuck up!


Smoking-cannon solo debut from the drummer of the Mahavishnu Orchestra. The compositions are fast 'n' fierce fusion, more directly steeped in soul and the blues than the MO's. This means the harmonic vocabulary and general song structures are simpler, not as flamboyant or classical-sounding as Cobham's previous band. But Spectrum's pieces are by no means less fiery, and the virtuosic intricacies on this disc are sure to knock prog fans of that persuasion like bowling pins right into the gutter. Along for the ride here are: fellow disgruntled Mahavishnu departee Jan Hammer on keys; the late, cult-legend Tommy Bolin on guitars; and Lee Sklar (that's right, the same guy who would later show up on Phil Collins' wimpy 80s solo albums), flexing much more muscle on bass. Particularly noteworthy are the tracks "Quadrant 4," "Spectrum" (the bass riff of which was later sampled by Massive Attack for "Safe" from their album Blue Lines), and the laid-back "Red Baron." This stuff would probably have been earth-shaking with McLaughlin. Nonetheless, Bolin fills some big shoes without blinking an eye, inserting smoldering solos left and right. One downside to this album is that drum solos are inserted before each of the 'main' tracks, but thankfully these only each last about a minute or so. A great purchase for the Mahavishnu fan, just don't expect any Indian scales, Bartok harmonies, or anything like that.

[SA Gunslinger]

(For my brother)....Randy Rhodes.

Dimebag/Diamond Darrell
Andreas Kisser (fixed typo.)
John Christ

[chode_regulator]

the sheer talent is what turns me onto guys
:elephant :elephant :elephant


but seriously, im glad cbf narrowed down hwat he meant as there really is no greatest guitar player ever
shredder, perhaps it is vai, perhaps satch, perhaps randy rhoads (that dude could shred) though i never really got into thewhole steva vai kinda sound


i think some of the people here got confused with favorite for best. i mean come on, cobain??? dave matthews??? neither one of them are even in my top 50 list of best guitarists. write good songs, yeah. have good bands, yeah. but not great guitarists


in no particular order i'd say the best/fav are clapton, hammet, the dude from in flames, zakk, randy rhodes, dimebag, vaughan, hendrix, mustaine, and bb king
im half drunk so im sure ive left a few out
and oh yeah the hanson kid is bad ass.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

:elephant :elephant :elephant


but seriously, im glad cbf narrowed down hwat he meant as there really is no greatest guitar player ever
shredder, perhaps it is vai, perhaps satch, perhaps randy rhoads (that dude could shred) though i never really got into thewhole steva vai kinda sound


i think some of the people here got confused with favorite for best. i mean come on, cobain??? dave matthews??? neither one of them are even in my top 50 list of best guitarists. write good songs, yeah. have good bands, yeah. but not great guitarists


in no particular order i'd say the best/fav are clapton, hammet, the dude from in flames, zakk, randy rhodes, dimebag, vaughan, hendrix, mustaine, and bb king
im half drunk so im sure ive left a few out
and oh yeah the hanson kid is bad ass.

Satch taught Kirk Hammett when he was a kid too!

He pretty much wrote Master of Puppets for him.

[chode_regulator]

Satch taught Kirk Hammett when he was a kid too!

He pretty much wrote Master of Puppets for him.
yeah i forgot about that. good point cbf

still dont really like him.

oh whats that guys name tha tplays devil along a highway or something liek that. he might have already been mentioned

its joe d'........

hes pretty good

i tried to get into that steve vai, satch shit but just never realy liked it. maybe bc i dont like them personally

ill have to give it another shot though

[leemajors]

Satch taught Kirk Hammett when he was a kid too!

He pretty much wrote Master of Puppets for him.

i think he taught him and larry lelonde from primus at the same time. i prefer ler. buckethead can shred faster than satriani. i haven't seen anyone match buckethead for pure speed. he's not just fast, he can play anything. most of his stuff is pretty avant garde and out there, but he plays all kinds of stuff.

[Spam]

Al Dimealo is solid and so is Mark Knopfler.
Guitarists, just like any other musician, cannot be judged to be the best because it is all a matter of opinion and taste.
Chet Atkins, Eddie, Vivan Campbell, Warren DiMartini, Eric Clapton, Hendrix, Vai, Satriani, Santana, Rhoades, Gary Richrath, Frank Marino, Frank Gambale, Neil Schon and the list goes on and on and on.
I never even heard of "dimebag" before he died. I've gone through guitar god cycles from Hendrix to Page to Clapton to Ace to Eddie to Vai and Satch to Campbell to Santana to Vaughn...to each his own.

[Spam]

Speed doesn't equate greatness in my book..although I do love a good shreddin' solo like Vivian Campbell and...damn it...the guitarist for Dokken..what was his name. The guy who would shred with his pick hand fingers wide spread?

[JoeChalupa]

I like the classic rock guitar era myself.

[TheSanityAnnex]

Santana and Hendrix.


Their guitar playing speaks to people.



My favorite guitar song would most definitely be "Samba Pa Ti"

[McKenzie]

Eddie Van Halen


Yep, Yep, Yep.....Eddie was killer live. His brother is as good a drummer as Eddie is a guitarist. They were awesome when I saw them.

[Vashner]

In the late 70's.. I forget.. the police showed up to one of our jam sessions on the south east side. Anyway they said "report of chain saw and screaming"..

It was just our very bad metal band practice.. I had a ben wah scratch pedal and another one "METAL" something cranked up lol.

[Leetonidas]

CBF, watch this video:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jf4iAlLtur8&search=dragonforce%20solo

I've never seen ANYONE play faster than Herman Li.

[leemajors]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=veFLvVMTCBA&search=buckethead%20solo

he starts speeding up about 1:40 in. he did this kinda stuff for around 3 hours when i saw him in march in austin. he mixed in some pretty awesome hendrix covers as well.

here is another good one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqrFesMGtvA

and one a lot different than the first two:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUWakUtxq2o

sorry, i think this guy is awesome. i have been buying everything he has put out since 96. kfc guitar = badass.

[SA Gunslinger]

I never even heard of "dimebag" before he died.

You should listen to Cemetary Gates and tell me what you think.

Also, how about Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman? They should be included in the conversation for their work on Hell Awaits and Raining Blood.

If you want to talk about pure evil and the horror of hell, they captured it better than anyone.

[AlamoSpursFan]

Speed doesn't equate greatness in my book..although I do love a good shreddin' solo like Vivian Campbell and...damn it...the guitarist for Dokken..what was his name. The guy who would shred with his pick hand fingers wide spread?

George Lynch?

[batman2883]

jimi hendrix

[leemajors]

fred frith

[Mavschick]

John Frusciante on guitar in "Under the Bridge" = classic.

[NameDropper]

Rumor has it Steve Lukather of Toto has some monster chops!! Listen to his solo on "Hold the Line".

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Any of yall have a mp3 downloader? Download "Die By The Sword" by Slayer, there is a solo on that song that ranks amongst one of the fastest cruelest evilest soloes in history of music, I dunno if King or Henneman does it, but it ownz you.

DIE BY THE SWWWWOORRRD

[scott]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=veFLvVMT...ckethead%20solo

This is what I'm talking about... it sounded really good until he started showing off his talent... then it just sounded like shit.

I'll take a slow simple Muddy Waters so-funky-you-can-smell-it groove over some shredder solo any day... just a matter of opinion.

[SA Gunslinger]

Any of yall have a mp3 downloader? Download "Die By The Sword" by Slayer, there is a solo on that song that ranks amongst one of the fastest cruelest evilest soloes in history of music, I dunno if King or Henneman does it, but it ownz you.

DIE BY THE SWWWWOORRRD

Hell yeah. "If you live by the sword, you shall die by the sword!"

That's some good shit.

Chemical Warfare, South of Heaven, and Live Undead are incredible too.

FYI, Slayer will be in SA this month. I will be checking them out in July in Long Beach.

[Vashner]

LOL I remember that shit.. Chemical Warfare was a crazy song...

One drum beat the whole album.. well besides the double bass rolls.

[Condemned 2 HelLA]

Hell yeah. "If you live by the sword, you shall die by the sword!"

That's some good shit.

Chemical Warfare, South of Heaven, and Live Undead are incredible too.

FYI, Slayer will be in SA this month. I will be checking them out in July in Long Beach.

"Chemical Warfare", "Hell Awaits", "The Final Command" and "Reborn" are prime examples of Slayer at their peak.
I'm planning on going to the Slayer show in L.B. on 7/22 as well.
Honestly, I'm more interested in seeing Mastodon than Slayer.
If you haven't heard them yet, do yourselves a favor and give them a listen.
The drumwork on each song truly defies description!

[leemajors]

This is what I'm talking about... it sounded really good until he started showing off his talent... then it just sounded like shit.

I'll take a slow simple Muddy Waters so-funky-you-can-smell-it groove over some shredder solo any day... just a matter of opinion.

well, that's your opinion. glad you at least took the time to check it out. he plays all sorts of stuff, doesn't always take it to where he did in that clip - but when he goes in that direction he usually brings it back to where he started. he also has whole acoustic albums that sound great, and loves to cover disney songs like a pirate's life for me, it's a small world, etc. as well as pure imagination. speaking of funk, he's one of bootsy's favorite guitarists to work with, they have had some awesome collaborations!

[IX_Equilibrium]

Technical guys like Satriani and Steve Vai....bah

They couldn't even begin to compare with the soul and emotion that Duane Allman and Stevie Ray Vaughn had in their playing.

[Jimcs50]

I never even heard of "dimebag" before he died.

Listen to Five Minutes Alone by Pantera, it has one of the top 20 guitar riffs all time in it...I do not lie.

[leemajors]

Technical guys like Satriani and Steve Vai....bah

They couldn't even begin to compare with the soul and emotion that Greg Allman and Stevie Ray Vaughn had in their playing.

steve vai did the soundtrack for PCU!!

[JoeChalupa]

I like all types of guitarists. Steely Dan has some great guitar work. Larry Carlton and Walter and yeah, Steve Lukather has some great chops but is not very well known. I saw Steve Vai with Whitesnake and had front row seats and some of the stuff I saw him do was amazing but yeah, he doesn't have the "soul" that many other guitarists have. The slow hands of Clapton, BB King, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray and all the great blues players are legendary.

But I too like a great, finger flying solo.

[leemajors]

bump for eddie hazel. if you doubt, go listen to maggot brain by funkadelic. the title track is a masterpiece composed after george clinton told eddie to play like his momma died.

[ALVAREZ6]

Listen to Five Minutes Alone by Pantera, it has one of the top 20 guitar riffs all time in it...I do not lie.
Yeah it's pretty good, I also like "walk" by Pantera

[Liar]

Paul Gilbert, Blues Saraceno

[leemajors]

paul gilbert taught buckethead how to play.

[Spam]

George Lynch?

:tu Love his Dream Warriors solo.

[chode_regulator]

george lynch is pretty damn good
al di meola is who i was thinking of with the devil onthe spanish hwy song
and the guy from toto can shred. i remember watching an instructinal video of his years ago and totally blwon away by him.

and x three million on dimebag being awesome
and ill tipmy hat to kerry king

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Technical guys like Satriani and Steve Vai....bah

They couldn't even begin to compare with the soul and emotion that Duane Allman and Stevie Ray Vaughn had in their playing.
pfff

listen to Satch's 2003 album Strange Beautiful Music. When he was younger he was all about shred shred shred shred, and then shred some more. But he reaches a new peak of artistic expression in Strange Beautiful Music.

You can't hear a song that has an amazing solo only 500 people in the entire world could play, then slam it as gay just cuz he's "showing off"

There are multiple soloes in this album, but hte music itself, the structure, its all solid. Download "Belly Dancer" and "Mindstorm" and "THE TRAVELER" (second best Satch song EVER, after Surfing with the Alien)

Also, most people don't realize Satch even did a techno-electronic album. I forget the name, but it was an album or two before SBM. It had guitar, but it was laced with electronic beats and rhythms.

Seriously though, download everything you can from Strange Beautiful Music. This album shows you that he is an amazing artist, and not just a stereotype shredder showing off his incredibly elite talent.

His album after SBM, Is There Love in Space? sucks though. I only listend to it once and have never listened to it again. It only reinforces the fact that he overaccomplished anything he could ever hope to do on SBM. It was his peak, and people think his peak was back in the 90's when he was screaming with his Whammy Bar and breakin out 3 minute solos.

[valluco]

John Petrucci

[AFE7FATMAN]

Noone mentioned Chet Adkins- guess he was before you all were born.

[Spam]

Al Dimealo is solid and so is Mark Knopfler.
Guitarists, just like any other musician, cannot be judged to be the best because it is all a matter of opinion and taste.
Chet Atkins, Eddie, Vivan Campbell, Warren DiMartini, Eric Clapton, Hendrix, Vai, Satriani, Santana, Rhoades, Gary Richrath, Frank Marino, Frank Gambale, Neil Schon and the list goes on and on and on.
I never even heard of "dimebag" before he died. I've gone through guitar god cycles from Hendrix to Page to Clapton to Ace to Eddie to Vai and Satch to Campbell to Santana to Vaughn...to each his own.

Chet Atkins was one bad ass guitar player.

[scott]

Hmmm... has anyone mentioned Jeff Beck? Blow by Blow is the shit.

[ChumpDumper]

I have to second MrChug's plug for Stanley Jordan. Really mind blowing stuff when you think one man is making all those sounds.

Leo Kottke has the same effect with acoustic guitars.

George Benson was incredible if you ever hear any of his pre-pop/smooth stuff.

Les Paul usually played crappy material, but he could do more with two fingers than most could do with five.

[Leetonidas]

Steve Vai
Yngwie Malmsteen
Dave Mustaine

Satriani taught Steve Vai.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Joe
Satriani.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuX_OGjgSms&search=joe%20satriani


Smile and nod.



Herman Li.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-qOi-0H4cPs&search=dragonforce%20solo

(On left)






Steve Vai is the only guitarist I can think of that you can compare speeds with Satch, and Satch was his teacher as a kid..



Satriani taught Steve Vai.

:smchode:

[tlongII]

Listen to Stratus on Billy Cobham's album Spectrum. Then tell me who is better than Tommy Bolin.

[leemajors]

shawn lane. from his website, shawnlane.com :
Rock stars like Kirk Hammett and George Lynch, staying at the legendary Memphis Peabody Hotel while on tour, caught The Willys in the act and spread the word about Shawn's amazing talents. He once mesmerized Billy Gibbons, who literally fell off his chair when hearing Shawn, and blew away Ted Nugent in an on-stage riff duel.

sadly, he passed away in 2003.

[JoeChalupa]

Hmmm... has anyone mentioned Jeff Beck? Blow by Blow is the shit.

:tu

[Jules]

John Lee Hooker, Ben Harper, Graham Coxon... there are many great guitarists.

[Zombie]

(For my brother)....Randy Rhodes.
Faded can never say "Nay" to that! :smokin
For my own greatest Guitarist:
Randy
Eddie Van Halen
SRV
Dimebag
ZAK
in no particular order! :smokin

[NorCal510]

E-40 would boss all dem weak sauce ninjas

[Condemned 2 HelLA]

'MoCal,
until you have a functioning brain cell rattling around in that melon of yours.........
STFU!!!!
Now get back to your WoW tournament, GrandBastard B!