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 Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:49 am
Why is Jason Becker not on there. He's one of my favorite guitarists and he's amazing because even though he's paralyzed completely he continues composing music. And the guitar stuff he did when he could move was just amazing.
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Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 4:05 pm
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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:19 pm
Herman Li..he's new and fresh..plus he's amazing fast.
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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:26 pm
Gazlowe Why are the best guitarists seemingly unheard of outside of the guitar community? My non guitarist friends still think Jimi is the best in history. My vote goes to Michael Angelo Batio. By far the best soloist imo and his techniques are fantastically entertaining and amazing. Plus he built a double neck guitar for himself and plays both necks from the top or at the same time better than 99% of guitarists can play a single neck normally. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb5QaCfm7bgat 2:55 he starts showing off. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rutyA12z3Oka demonstration of his double neck guitar. I would put Paul Gilbert in second. He does some pretty amazing stuff as well. Ok um first thing is..for the super showing off single neck as you call it..that 2:55 point the camera is fast forwaded..you can tell if you look at his head and see how fast it moves while he's doing his "Mad Shredding." I would definatly give you the second video because its more of a fused guitar than a real double neck like the Gibson double neck guitars..secondly he's playing one guitar then tapping the two guitars at the same time...thats just fretboard tapping with high gain. He's a good guitarist and a great shredder but not the guitar god your trying to make him be.
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 11:26 am
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 12:00 pm
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:10 pm
It's not like I don't love the classics like Hendrix or Clapton, but I prefer newer music.
Imma have to say Tom Morello. I know I'll probably get flamed, but eh. Just know that I am a fan of the classics. They just don't suit my tastes or influence me as much as modern day stuff. I'm not saying Morello or RATM are anything fresh or anything, but they're from my generation at least.
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 3:40 am
PunkRockFaces !Skate.fo.Life! who the hell cares who the best guitarist is? plus, all the people you listed there are famous and really well known. what if there's somebody, somewhere, that is a hermit, and doesn't leave his home ever, and is the most amazing guitarist and could demolish any of these guitarists? and b.r.a.n.d.f.l.a.k.e.s is right, there are too many different playing styles and genres to judge. jimi played with soul and used everything from feedback to his mouth to make his guitar sound amazing. michael angelo shows off his speed skills but speed isn't everything. Don't get me wrong, he's a great guitarist, but just cuz he's fast doesn't mean he's "the best" So more gimmicks make you better? If that's the case then Vai can/has done everything that Hendrix did (except set his guitar on fire), and then some. (I.E. playing with his tongue, or making his guitar "neigh") The fact is that it's a subject of OPINION as to who the "best" guitarist is. You can't judge by gimmicks, or speed, or even talent. People are going to believe what they believe, and nothing you say is going to change their mind. EXAMPLE: My dad thinks Angus Young is the best player of all time. I have tried to convince him otherwise by making him listen to Satriani, Vai, Maalmsteen (Sp?), Batio, Gilbert, Chet Atkins, Paul Simon (and Garfunkle), Brad Paisley, and many more. The response I recieve is always the same though, "Yeah, they're pretty good but they just don't have that sound that Angus does." It's true, and I can't argue that. So what did I do you ask? I started learning AC/DC songs, (I can currently play Back in Black and Highway to hell) after about three weeks of practice and learning other things I can copy his style... "Somewhat well", but "i'm still no Angus." Yes that's a true story, and yes it did have a meaning to it. The only way you could actually figgure out who the "Greatest Guitarist" is, would be by asking everybody in the world who their favorite guitarist is and then seeing who got the most votes. That would be the current "Worlds greatest guitarist", because that would be what the WORLD has chosen, not just some thirteen year old in front of a computer. THANK YOU GAIA!!! GOODNIGHT!!! Congrats bud that was really somehting but tbh an easier way would just to get every single guitarist that wants to be worlds best and stick them on a test, who can do what the best, e.g. sweeping, then sight reading, then improvising etc but obviously all rediculously hard and stuff no guitarist is a good guitarist until he can read and understand music like eating crisps. Personally i like Paul Gilbert, he makes everything so effortlessly amazing brilliant little licks and great personality, always makes me smile whilst listening to him! 2nd would be Brian May for his AMAZING tone!!!
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 11:54 am
ill go with none of the above and choose the not as famous guitarist Jason Becker. played with Marty Friedman in Cacophony who is also better than most of those people
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:50 pm
WHERE'S BUCKETHEAD?!! The freak taps faster and more accuratley than I thought possible, and he doesn't even look at what he's playing. Not to mention you can't top the bucket.
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Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:11 pm
I have 3 things to say.
1#: Michael Angelo Batio.....meh. He's really good, and a great teacher(even though he's had only one prodegey: Tom Morrello), but he's really show-offy to me. Too much flash.
2# WHERE"S BUCKETHEAD, SLASH, ALEX LIFESON?
3#I vote............................of the people on the list: Kirk Hammet
4#BEST GEETARIST EVER....I vote Slash, for it doesn't matter how fast you go, or how technical you are: it matters how melodic you are. In second is Alex Lifeson, and third is Kirk Hammett
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 4:32 pm
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:48 am
i dunno about best but my three favourites would be
3rd Joe Satriani
2nd Steve Vai
1.5st Shawn Lane is a crazy guitarist . More a shredder though
1st he isn't on the list but Guthrie Govan is amazing just got his Cd and wow dudes check him out
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:21 am
Drumur_Boy 1st he isn't on the list but Guthrie Govan is amazing just got his Cd and wow dudes check him out Yeah, I would be reluctant to call any guitarist "best" because there are so many different styles of music, but Govan is just so much more accomplished in the instrument than anyone who's come before him, that I would have no problem calling him "best". He's the Tiger Woods of guitar. He can improvise in virtually any style with incredible fluency. The only thing he doesn't have, IMO, it's a really identifiable and tasty vibrato, like most of my favorite players -- like Schenker, DiMeola, Schon (who's better than most of the guitarist on the OP's list), etc.
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