Favourite Guitarists?

Wed Feb 11, 2009 6:34 pm

Im gunna say John Petrucci.

Whos else?

Thu Feb 12, 2009 3:11 am

AndrÃƒÂ©s Segovia.

Fri Feb 13, 2009 5:20 pm

Jerry Garcia

Fri Feb 13, 2009 6:36 pm

Norman Blake particularly during his time with The Rising Fawn Ensemble. I loved John Fahey. Jeff Hannah is a favorite. This list could go on forever. I've played harmonica for 35 years. I stumbled into bars where I played with Jimmy Buffett and Alabama in the mid to late 70's before anybody heard of them. Some of the best pickers I've seen are still unknown but are living room and boat dock musicians who just do it for the love of it.

Sat Feb 14, 2009 4:28 am

Will Marker. Personal favourite.

Sat Feb 14, 2009 1:09 pm

I'm a blues-ey kinda girlie myself....

B.B.
Stevie Ray
and
Eric

Sat Feb 14, 2009 5:13 pm

Sienna Dawn,

I'm a blues-ey kinda girlie myself....

B.B.
Stevie Ray
and
Eric

Then surely you must have listened to Robert Johnson. He was amazing, very spartan by today's standards but inspiring nonetheless.

Norm

Sat Feb 14, 2009 5:59 pm

He's one of my Husband's favourites too!

Sat Feb 21, 2009 1:38 am

I`ve listened to all those guys and theres no denying they are all great...
I listen mainly to rock and metal though, Joe Satriani, early Van Halen, and Yngvie Malmesteen, all those long haired geetar heroes.!

My biggest influence though is probably Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top. The style and sound is unmistakable, the guy just rocks.

Sat Feb 21, 2009 8:13 am

*ahem*

Jimmy Page

Thu Feb 26, 2009 3:05 pm

Anyone heard of Jeff Achison, a blues Guitarist from Australia? He endorsed by Gibson who gave him an acoustic guitar. Hes amazing but not well known.

Sun Mar 15, 2009 9:40 pm

David Gilmour for sure! He wrote phenomenal music, great solos, and has an amazing voice.

Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:05 am

OOh, yeah I second that, he`s one of those guitarists that can make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up, I always remember listening to solos of his on the likes of Comfortably Numb etc and thinking wow I want to play like that....some hope!

Fri Mar 27, 2009 4:18 am

Ummm its a tie...Jorma Kaukonen or Leo Kottke. Nobody else makes my jaw drop like that...and I'm more an acoustic guy, really... A gardening themed song called Bean Time by Kottke is my favorite guitar song (by which I mean no vocals, just guitar). Simply amazing...

Satriani is a machine (as is Eddie VH) , and I saw Stevie Ray right before he passed; top of his game and really fantastic. Jerry had his nights, but he was also the worst guitarist I've seen some nights... his fav was Django Rheinhardt (sp.?); his stuff with Stephan Grapelli is too cool, despite its age... Electrically the guy I like to listen to most (maybe not the most technical; like Satriani is hugely technical, but a little soulless) is Jeff Beck. Listen to Air Blower off of Wired, and tell me he ain't the complete package...

Scott

Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:32 pm

What about geddy lee from Rush???