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All Time Greatest Guitarist?

Tapehead47 said:
Clapton's "Have you ever been Mistreated" is still one of the best he's ever done. Didn't enjoy his Unplugged: I need Electric Power!
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I have always liked his Blue Power Live version on the Just One Night LP.

Unplugged was OK, but I agree, clapton plugged in is better
 
Rock: Hendrix went where no one had been before and it was great, if not technically the best.

Classical: John Williams

Country: Chet Atkins

Jazz: Jean Baptiste "Django" Reinhardt

Blues: This is a tough one. Roy Buchanan was a guitarists guitar player but the blues is about feeling. Albert Collins? Buddy Guy or Robert Johnson maybe.

Folk: Richard Thompson

Flamenco: Paco de Lucia

Honorable mention: Johnny Winter, Duane Allman, SRV, John Cippolina and others.

Sorry no time to decide on one song per artist!
 
chicks said:
Five pages, and no mention of the greatest flat-pickin' guitarist - Doc Watson.
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I've only heard a few tracks by Doc but loved Hesitation Blues, the one he did with his son. Awesome picking!

If I ever run across a cd or lp of his I'll snatch it up.

Rick
 
daza152 said:
Who's yours?

Mine is probably David Gilmour or Eric Clapton or Jimi Hendix Too hard to pick just one isn't it so top 3 is the call of today, Lets try and make this a little different from others.... Top 3 Guitarists AND which song they play which puts them into your top 3!

Jimi Hendix for All Along The Watch-Tower( or voodoo child slight return)
David Gilmour for Wish you were here( or Shine on you crazy Diamond)
Eric Clapton for White Room( or Sunshine of your love)

Sorry couldn't even name just one song VERY HARD you try!!

Thanks Daza:music:
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Gilmore is my favorite, but the "best" may be Andrés Segovia or if he has to be still alive maybe Jose Feliciano.
 
jimi - "voodoo child" (the original)
jimmy page - "stairway..."
srv - "tightrope", "dirty pool" from the carnegie hall disc
slash - "paradise city", "estranged"
sorry that's 4
mike
 
Charlie Christian
John McLaughlin
Shawn Lane
Jimmy Nolen
Michael Hedges
Grant Green
Steve Howe
Alex DeGrassi
Vernon Reid
Greg Koch
Mike Keneally
Nile Rogers
Eddie Hazel
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
 
I had to add a few after my first choice of SRV

Don Ross
Lenny Breau
Paco de Lucia
Steve Vai
Joe Satriani
Eddie Van Halen
Kirk Hammett
Yngwie Malmsteen
Zakk Wylde
Albert Collins
Nuno Bettencourt
Randy Rhoads

No particular order
 
danabil said:
..."Ollie" Halsall (of PATTO)...
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No one in the U.S. ever thinks to cite Ollie Halsall (Patto, Timebox & The Rutles) as among the best (rock) guitarists. My hat's off to you, sir. Perhaps you are of European origin?
 
Jimi Hendrix
John McLaughlin
John Abercrombie
Robert Fripp
Django Reinhart
Kenny Burrel
Joe Pass
Ralph Towner
Alan Holdsworth
Charlie Christian
Chuck Berry
Chet Atkins


and Esteban :lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao:
 
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