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

 
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Reminds me of Eric Johnson somewhat


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The guy who started all this double stop and double bends in rock music was Chuck Berry. And he inspired in turn countless others, of which I can mention Keith Richards and Eric Clapton. Most rock guitarists today use some techniques that are derived from Chuck Berry's playing. He was a pioneer. He did it first.
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Re: Lots of people talk about who the greatest guitar player of all time might be

 Quoting: Brown Chicken Brown Cow


1. Les Paul
2. Jimmy Hendrix
3. Eddie Van Halen

Those three were pioneers, and everyone these days are just moving the ball forward, but they are not reinventing the craft like those three did.

I'd take EVH all day long...

I will admit, this guy is really good. I'll have to give him some more listen time.
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This is the end of that discussion.


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That music wasn't being strung by that guitar...lol
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It's all a matter of taste. I prefer songwriters over shredders with amazing technical abilities myself but to each their own.

While I'm here, a few of my favorites:

David Gilmour - you can tell its him playing from a mile away. So much emotion in his playing and man can he bend a note.

Eddie Van Halen - Sure his leads are great but i love his rhythm playing and his riffs. Unique sounding and timing.

Duane Denison ( The Jesus Lizard - Tomahawk ) Another guy with unique timing and riffs.

Tony Iommi - Master of the heavy metal riff.

Terrance Hobbs ( Suffocation ) Death metal master

And the classic picks - Jimi Hendrix, SRV, Jeff Beck, etc.
Masters of their trade.

Also, Dave Murray and Adrian Smith from Iron Maiden deserve mention!
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The guy who started all this double stop and double bends in rock music was Chuck Berry. And he inspired in turn countless others, of which I can mention Keith Richards and Eric Clapton. Most rock guitarists today use some techniques that are derived from Chuck Berry's playing. He was a pioneer. He did it first.
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Carl Perkins came before Chuck Berry with that, which he derived from Chet Atkins. Perkins was playing that style on live radio going back to 1946
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John Scofield will crush any player you put him up against!
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The guy who started all this double stop and double bends in rock music was Chuck Berry. And he inspired in turn countless others, of which I can mention Keith Richards and Eric Clapton. Most rock guitarists today use some techniques that are derived from Chuck Berry's playing. He was a pioneer. He did it first.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 85474108


Carl Perkins came before Chuck Berry with that, which he derived from Chet Atkins. Perkins was playing that style on live radio going back to 1946
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You can tell that Perkins was the true originator also by how much more skilled a player he was, besides the fact he came before Berry
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Re: Lots of people talk about who the greatest guitar player of all time might be
Lol who is better? Hendrix? Lol jimmy page?
 Quoting: Guv’nor


Fingerpickers.
Tommy Emmanuel, Bruce Cockburn, etc.
Any kid can shred.
 Quoting: Tie Nylon


Yea I agree. Guthrie is a soulful and technical guitarist. Smooth and shreddy. He isn’t just blistering through 32nd notes. There is some real flavor there and his songs tell a sonic story.
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If you mean greatest by who can play the most technical shit, I think the people who play the Chet Atkins style of fingerpicking to be at the top. My pick would be Tommy Emmanuel. This is not even close to his most technical songs, but I’ve always liked it.



Edit: see Tommy has been mentioned already.

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This is the end of that discussion.


 Quoting: Guv’nor


No depth and not creative. Just an average player by any standard.
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I am a better than average guitar player and can say with great certainty that this guy is elite. Top 0.1%
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Re: Lots of people talk about who the greatest guitar player of all time might be
Not even close to the likes of Satriani, hendrix, clapton, Buchanon, Bonamasa or even Justin johnson.

Damn son, seriously? OP you need to get out more.
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Re: Lots of people talk about who the greatest guitar player of all time might be
Justin Johnson
 Quoting: TBJ1026


This. My favorite among today's crop. Justin Johnson is a virtuoso bluesman.

Why doesn't my Gretsch Honey Dipper sound like that???





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John Scofield will crush any player you put him up against!
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Yet in 20-30yrs from now nobody will know his name
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Stanley Jordan is also a top tier player. Very unique and difficult style that few have tried to emulate because it is so fucking hard.


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Not the greatest but....


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Technical virtuosity and greatness are not mutually inclusive.
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Maybe not the GOAT but definitely a great.
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Shawn Lane. There is no one even close.
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PRINCE!

End of story.

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I am not a big fan of his but there can be no fucking arguments


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IDK about the greatest, but my two favs to listen to are Eddie Van Halen and Prince.
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Re: Lots of people talk about who the greatest guitar player of all time might be
Charlotte Caffey from the go go's is the best I've ever heard.






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