Frusciante was the first who came to mind when I saw the topic on the sidebar, one of the most distinguishable guitarists of the past 20 years. He is instantly recognizable on any record he plays and on top of that a great songwriter.

I also really like Tony Iommi because the amount of awesome riffs he wrote is ridiculous.

Fenrax

United States5018 Posts

April 21 2012 12:42 GMT

#246

Thursten Moore from Sonic Youth! He (and his wife Kim Gordon) are so creative at rocking my brains.

Vindicare605

United States16117 Posts

April 21 2012 12:44 GMT

#247

On April 21 2012 21:40 Slapshot wrote:

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Admittedly he was like 4th or 5th that came to mind for me. but like I said already, this thread brings at least 50 names to mind so 4th or 5th isnt bad.

ThezelAudacity

United States30 Posts

April 21 2012 12:53 GMT

#248

This thread has a serious lack of early blues musicians, the best of which still alive is in my opinion Buddy Guy. He played a lot of guitar for such names as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Koko Taylor, among others. Buddy is one of those few musicians for whom, when I find an opportunity to go to his concert, I'll drop basically anything I'm doing and save whatever money I have to save in order to get myself a ticket. He's 75 years old, still owns and appears frequently at his own blues club in Chicago, and still plays as well as he ever did. He's also a fantastic showman. His guitar style owes a lot to John Lee Hooker (also completely worth checking out if you're curious about blues) with the Delta/Louisiana sound, and it's something I can listen to all day, every day.

This whole video, and just about anything else by him, is worth watching in its entirety, but if you're only interested in what he can do with a guitar, skip ahead to 4:00.

Soulriser

United States192 Posts

April 21 2012 12:54 GMT

#249

as a bassist: Les Claypool, Flea, and John Myung. those 3 are definitely some of the best bassists ever, im not sure what else you could ask for!

benKrO71

France65 Posts

April 21 2012 13:00 GMT

#250

Joe Pass > all this fucking guitar heroes : )

close with jango reihnart or paco delucia ^^

qotsager

Germany585 Posts

April 21 2012 13:02 GMT

#251

pete townshend anyone...?

Xiron

Germany1233 Posts

April 21 2012 13:11 GMT

#252

andy mckee

1hpBuiltForLove

Canada89 Posts

April 21 2012 13:30 GMT

#253

Jeff Martin and Claudio Sanchez.

CaptainCharisma

New Zealand808 Posts

April 21 2012 13:42 GMT

#254

I'm glad this is a favourite guitarist thread rather than greatest guitarist. Mine is Mick Taylor, of the Rolling Stones (1969-1974).

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I've always admired his combination of speed and precision, and of course all his solos are perfectly composed (and I don't mean speed in the silly tapping sense). Check out his solos at the end of Sympathy for the Devil, live on the Get Your Ya Yas out album to see what I really mean. Plus the fact that he was with one of the best bands of all time during their most productive period (how much of it had to do with him is up for debate). Presumably he added at least something in the way of musical professionalism. He was a great foil for Keith.

m00nchile

Slovenia240 Posts

April 21 2012 13:50 GMT

#255

I didn't read the whole thread, did anyone mention Michael Romeo from Symphony X yet? Incredible speed, technique and precision coupled with playing in nonstandard time signatures got me gripped on this band so much I pretty much listened to them exclusively for about a year.

scaban84

United States1080 Posts

April 21 2012 13:56 GMT

#256

Close your eyes and imagine a far away place.

Saline

United States73 Posts

April 21 2012 13:59 GMT

#257

Pat Metheny

Utinni

Canada1196 Posts

April 21 2012 14:03 GMT

#258

Fred Durst.

TALegion

United States1187 Posts

April 21 2012 14:11 GMT

#259

Al Di Meola

On April 21 2012 21:54 Soulriser wrote:
as a bassist: Les Claypool, Flea, and John Myung. those 3 are definitely some of the best bassists ever, im not sure what else you could ask for!

Jaco Pastorious?...