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Lots of people talk about who the greatest guitar player of all time might be

 
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Re: Lots of people talk about who the greatest guitar player of all time might be
Meh

Not very creative
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Yeah, another Joe Satriani rip off. There's a whole industry of those

He's good though.

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Re: Lots of people talk about who the greatest guitar player of all time might be
Thinking about this last evening. I think Lindsey Buckingham is one of the most underrated guitarists.

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The most difficult of performances is being able to sing a difficult set of lyrics while playing a complex guitar riff solo. Few do it well. Buckingham is one of the best in the world at it...



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I agree. Personally, cannot do either, but can imagine how challenging, and how much talent it takes to do so.
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Re: Lots of people talk about who the greatest guitar player of all time might be
Paco de Lucia

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Yep. Flamenco players annihilate the shredders. Every time. Superior mechanics, multiple techniques, actual rhythm.

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Re: Lots of people talk about who the greatest guitar player of all time might be
i have never heard anyone talk about who is the best guitarist of all time . thats because the premise is retarded .
have you personally listened to all the guitarists ever in history ?
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Re: Lots of people talk about who the greatest guitar player of all time might be
Too mechanical. One star.
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I guess you’re talking about the slide into a two step bend with a whammy whammy let off vibrato. You’re right. So robotic and completely lacking in emotion /s
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Guitarist's guitarist


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Re: Lots of people talk about who the greatest guitar player of all time might be

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EVH IS THE GOAT

Not because he invented what everyone else was trying to do, not because he’s the most copied guitarist ever, not because he’s one of the greatest live performers ever, but he’s the GOAT because he’s arguably the greatest SONGWRITER of the last 50 years. If you can’t bring you’re genius to the masses, it’s irrelevant. EVH’s the greatest cause he did BOTH.


No one know who the rest of these clowns are…unless you are the dork who works at Guitar Center…
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Re: Lots of people talk about who the greatest guitar player of all time might be
Thinking about this last evening. I think Lindsey Buckingham is one of the most underrated guitarists.

Time stamp 2:20


 Quoting: LadyeJaneSmith


The most difficult of performances is being able to sing a difficult set of lyrics while playing a complex guitar riff solo. Few do it well. Buckingham is one of the best in the world at it...



(Impatient people can skip the first 45-seconds)
 Quoting: Tie Nylon


I agree. Personally, cannot do either, but can imagine how challenging, and how much talent it takes to do so.
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I can play a lot of stuff on guitar. I’ve been paid for my playing so I guess that qualifies me as a pro lol. It’s not my job though. I can play some very shreddy stuff but I also have a couple of nylons that I’ve spent hundreds of hours playing. I can play eruption. I can play tornado of souls. I can play moonlight sonata. I CANNOT sing and play Mary had a little lamb at the same time.

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Re: Lots of people talk about who the greatest guitar player of all time might be
Boring...

Yea Tommy Emmanuel is one of the greats definitely better than OP video but the true OG Guitar master is

Paco de Lucia




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sheright
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Re: Lots of people talk about who the greatest guitar player of all time might be
This is the end of that discussion.


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This is the end of that discussion.


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Who? That was just sad......
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Meh

Not very creative
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Wut?
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He's a fucking drummer, ignore.

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Re: Lots of people talk about who the greatest guitar player of all time might be
Technically, Steve Via at his peak, is the best so far.

He was able to separate his technique from his phrasing so that he could play anything with any kind of phrasing.

An incredible level of musicianship that reveals a mastery of
not just technique, but of ear-training and internalization of music.

One of my favorite tracks.
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Meh

Not very creative
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Creative enough to sound like Satriani attempting EVH's brown sound.
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Re: Lots of people talk about who the greatest guitar player of all time might be
Listen to the opinions of people whose names are actually in the conversation about who is "the greatest guitar player of all time".
Tommy Emmanuel would tell you the answer is Chet Atkins.
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Re: Lots of people talk about who the greatest guitar player of all time might be
Brian Setzer from the Stray Cats is a great guitar player. I don't think there is just one "greatest", there are many, and it depends on who thinks so.
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Re: Lots of people talk about who the greatest guitar player of all time might be
This is the end of that discussion.


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Hard to argue with that one.

Govan is amazing.
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Re: Lots of people talk about who the greatest guitar player of all time might be
Technically, Steve Via at his peak, is the best so far.

He was able to separate his technique from his phrasing so that he could play anything with any kind of phrasing.

An incredible level of musicianship that reveals a mastery of
not just technique, but of ear-training and internalization of music.

One of my favorite tracks.

 Quoting: AnonyMouse Howard


I will grant you this: no one does a guitar face better than Vai.
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Re: Lots of people talk about who the greatest guitar player of all time might be
Buckethead

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Re: Lots of people talk about who the greatest guitar player of all time might be
No other guitar player I know can play the last minute of this song


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Re: Lots of people talk about who the greatest guitar player of all time might be
Well nobody has brought him up yet, so ill say it again, Allan Holdsworth.

You cant have a discussion about the best guitarist or bass player of all time and not mention Allan Holdsworth on guitar or Jaco Pastorius on bass, anybody who knows anything about the fundementals of playing and whom pays attention to technical ability, talent and creativity will simply throw their hands up and acknowledge, well shit, yeah they are one of the best, clearly, not really much contest there.

Id be the first to admit a ton of Holdsworth is inaccessible and nigh on unalistenable, his entire point though was he was basically channeling coltrane or charlie parker as a guitar player instead of sax.
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Re: Lots of people talk about who the greatest guitar player of all time might be
Have to give a nod to Randy Rhoads...died way too young

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Re: Lots of people talk about who the greatest guitar player of all time might be
best/greatest is 100% subjective.

Guthrie is amazing, i'll give you that

but I would put either of these Guys above Guthrie, better songs, better and more melodic soloing and they both have 20 times more credits to their names than Guthrie will ever have.




any of these Guys are better than Guthrie imho

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I do love buckethead. It’s rare to hear a shredder create such a thick atmosphere.
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Re: Lots of people talk about who the greatest guitar player of all time might be
Video wont load, but if its not Buckethead your wrong.
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Re: Lots of people talk about who the greatest guitar player of all time might be
It all comes down to listening preference.

The greatest is not necessarily the most listenable to every ear.
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Re: Lots of people talk about who the greatest guitar player of all time might be
This is the end of that discussion.


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Many good players.
Here's three more.
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