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kiteless
Original Poster
6,334 posts
74 months
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OK. Let's all put our musical and personality prejudices aside for one moment. Put to one side the thought that mindless shredding brings nothing to the table. Take the blinkers off, and celebrate those guitarists who - whilst they may grip your s  t either by their style / genre / personality / scalar noodling - are technically outstanding. Examples? Well, I hate Country & Western. But Albert Lee is an astonishing guitarist: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjbR_Os9GWEI can't get my head around what Al DiMeola thinks, both personally and when playing. It's too cerebral for me, but by f k he can play: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgaRjKe2HkgAlso, I don't mind shredding if its in context and needless 64th notes do nothing for me. But I like to see it done: step forward Michael Angelo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XQMaCDOoVw&fea...Of course there are other technically gifted guitarists that play stuff I really like (Simon Dinnigan / Steve Vai / Martin Taylor to name three), but I can't deny there are players out there that - whilst not flicking my switch musically - make my jaw drop a little with their ability. Any more for any more? Oh, and a post-script vote for Django Reinhart as well.
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Wetwipe
2,827 posts
83 months
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John Williams linkymakes it look oh so easy
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AdeTuono
3,826 posts
97 months
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Guthrie Govan has some licks, and seems to be able to play just about any genre better than 99.9% of the rest of us. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_585dCblI4See also Erotic Cakes et al. Footnote: I sincerely hope this doesn't turn into another of those 'Who's the best guitarist?' threads. Can we keep it technical? Slash isn't allowed to be included!
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silvagod
598 posts
30 months
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Flamenco - Paco de Lucia (I'm not a huge flamenco fan, but this guy is unreal)
Classical - Andres Segovia (How he can play like that with such fat fingers always baffled me!)
Country - Albert Lee (as mentioned by OP)
Rock - Stevie Ray Vaughan (often imitated, never bettered)
The above are all top of their own respective trees, in my opinion obviously.
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Durruti
989 posts
108 months
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james_gt3rs
2,585 posts
61 months
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Crackie
1,035 posts
112 months
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Obiwonkeyblokey
4,860 posts
110 months
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Apache
38,278 posts
154 months
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audidoody
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126 months
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Baryonyx
7,055 posts
29 months
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Shawn Lane. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glpqs6hI388Known as one of the great 'shredders' in guitar circles, but really he is more of a fusion virtuoso who just happens to be able to shred like a madman. His technical facility is near unparalleled but what strikes me is his ear for writing a great tune. He was as good on the piano as he was on guitar too. He could have easily made a career from Rusty Cooley style guitar acrobatics, but he was too much of a talent to spend his time doing that. On the above track, Shawn and Jonas Hellborg were at the peak of their exploration in Indian music. Incredible playing from both of them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJRHXSElKcYPast the 6:00 mark, this is probably my favourite Hellborg/Lane tune. Incredible improvisation, and some frightening guitar playing from Shawn too. Nice to see Al Di Meola mentioned above. My favourite work of his was the Guitar Trio stuff with John McLaughlin and Paco De Lucia. Al was the 'speed man' of the trio. Everyone had a trick. Paco's was that he didn't use a pick, John's was that his comping and soloing was unparalleled in a theoretical capacity, and Al's was that he could alt-pcik like there was no tomorrow. In truth though, I suspect John McLaughlin was probably just as fast whilst playing more demanding lines.
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PVN
250 posts
100 months
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Gaspode
2,705 posts
66 months
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spyder dryver
720 posts
86 months
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Gaspode
2,705 posts
66 months
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^^^ oh yes. Vaseline Machine Gun. Awesome.
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Gaspode
2,705 posts
66 months
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Actually, I've just realised that Leo Kottke and Preston Reed both get a very similar kind of multi-layered sound but through very different techniques, Preston through two-handed tapping and percussion and Leo through using a 12 string and doing some pretty fancy conventional picking.
Compare Vaseline Machine Gun and Shinkansen, for example. Both very different and very similar at the same time
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kiteless
Original Poster
6,334 posts
74 months
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Crackie said: This is exactly what I'm on about  Paul Gilbert (and I've watched many of his clips) musically leaves me stone cold, but by god he can play the guitar.
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tdm34
4,761 posts
80 months
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How about Joe Bonamassa?
Just got the Beacon Theatre BluRay disc, which is bloody awesome.....
and I rate him up with the best.
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Steffan
6,221 posts
98 months
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Wetwipe said: John Williams linkymakes it look oh so easy Good Post. Technically the best Classical guitarist I have ever seen bar none and I watched listened to and enjoyed Segovia and most of the great classical guitarists in the last 40 years. Technically John¬Williams is the best. Julian Bream was a sublime interpreter and expressive musician. Glorious sound wonderful style. There are so many wonderful guitarists. Bert Jansch, Davy Graham. John Renbourne. Manitas De Plata. Paco Penna to name five more. The guitar is a great instrument. I have enjoyed playing myself for fifty years. Biggest advantage over keyboards when I started was you could carry a guitar to a party! Try that with a Bechstein!!
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Apache
38,278 posts
154 months
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Could I throw Jan Akkerman into the mix?
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