The Official Best Guitarist Thread (jazz, metal, white stripes, member)

[mosesandtherubberducky]

^ Fo Sho,

Name another guitarist that can make his guitar sound like a turn table and make it sound good

[boo boo]

Originally Posted by half_baked87

for technical skill i think dime takes the cake.

No way, not even close.

[Merkaba]

Dimebag could sometimes be heard playing rough as guts. Definitely doesn't win the technical proficiency title.

[boo boo]

Originally Posted by Merkaba

Dimebag could sometimes be heard playing rough as guts. Definitely doesn't win the technical proficiency title.

He was very technicaly skilled, but the most skilled guitarist ever?, thats a good side splitter.

[From Cosmic Left Feild...]

His chops were good...thats it I guess. I mean, I'd kill to be as good as he was, but there are alot that are better.

[Chronic]

Thanks, I'll check those SRV songs out.

Dimebag was awesome, some amazing riffs and solos, though to label him the best, is perhaps a bit far.

I think overall Page or Gilmour are my favourites, Page is technically superior, but Gilmours solos are some of the best ever, in my opinion.

Glad to see Morello get a mention, from someone other than myself. He is truly awesome One of my favourites, just because he's so different.

[mosesandtherubberducky]

...there has to be more great/best guitarist that these, what about some jazz guitarists or jazz fusion or swing?

damn my lack of knowledge and naivtivity towards other genres

[boo boo]

Originally Posted by From Cosmic Left Feild...

His chops were good...thats it I guess. I mean, I'd kill to be as good as he was, but there are alot that are better.

If we are talking about the most skilled players ever, hell yeah...My list of the most skilled players, just a few i can name, it would take years to name them all.

John Mclaughlin
Shawn Lane
Yngwie Malmsteen
Allan Holdsworth
Steve Vai
Michael Hedges
Paco De Lucia
Lenny Breau
Ron Thal
Chet Atkins
Ritchie Blackmore
Phil Keaggy
Marty Friedman
Joe Pass
Buckethead
Andres Segovia
John Petrucci
Paul Gilbert
Ian Akkerman
Joe Satriani
Andy Latimer
Frank Zappa
Ry Cooder
Pat Matheny
Steve Howe
Rusty Cooley, his music still blows ass
Steve Morse
Django Reinhardt

[From Cosmic Left Feild...]

the problem with jazz guitar, if we look at jazz on the whole is its mostly a rhytham instrument. There are guitartists who lead, but not many, and pople don't know jazz much to begin with.

I have a few jazz CD's but if any of them have guitar on the track, I wouldnt know it. To be honest, improv guitar is a metal thing...for the most part.

[boo boo]

Originally Posted by From Cosmic Left Feild...

the problem with jazz guitar, if we look at jazz on the whole is its mostly a rhytham instrument. There are guitartists who lead, but not many, and pople don't know jazz much to begin with.

I have a few jazz CD's but if any of them have guitar on the track, I wouldnt know it. To be honest, improv guitar is a metal thing...for the most part.

Are you joking?, improv is a metal thing?, dude, jazz in the most part is based on improvising, most metal players cant improvise that well, especialy compared to the jazz greats, theres little compromise at all in jazz guitar. You want to hear some great jazz players then you can start with Django Reinhardt and Joe Pass, and believe me, they can play lead just as well as they play rhythm, in fact, they often do both at the same time. Also check out John Mclaughlin of The Mahavishnu Orchestra, hes like the jazz equalvent of shreding, his edgy style would definitely appeal to you, check him out.