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AdeTuono
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tdm34 said: How about Joe Bonamassa?
Just got the Beacon Theatre BluRay disc, which is bloody awesome.....
and I rate him up with the best. Read the thread title and watch some of the YouTube clips; he's a fantastic blues player, no doubt, but the title is 'technical greats', of which he isn't one.
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spyder dryver
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Wetwipe
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Steffan said: 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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tuscaneer
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vicente amigo.what this guy can do absolutely stuns me
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kiteless
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Apache said: Could I throw Jan Akkerman into the mix? Please do (with a clip, if you could, of your favourite) 
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Apache
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NDA
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Larry Carlton..... Joe Walsh......
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Fantuzzi
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Well in terms if electric players there has to be a few cliches...
Ritchie Blackmore-Superb Neo classical player, great composer of full songs and solos, was doing 5 string sweeping in the 70s long before the likes of the shred era of the 80s.
Rhandy Rhoads- No need to say much really, tapping techniques far more interesting than EVH.
Theyd be my two choices, sure there are 'faster players' but playing fast isnt too hard, advanced sweep picking and tapping picking (not 8 finger tapping though) are rather easier than expected, simple 3 string sweeps can turn into 4 string more complex exercises in only days.
Other notes, Gilbert is alt picking genious, Dimebag dig some more interesting pieces of lead work, didnt just get on the thrash shred band wagon of lead styles.
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drumsterphil
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kiteless
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drumsterphil said: Very good, although is there not an argument that says all classical guitarists are technically great (at least, all those at a level that can perform public recitals?). Just watched those Kottke clips from another poster  The tips of my fretting fingers are bleeding just watching them.
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drumsterphil
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Chris isn't known for his classical playing - he's possibly the best metal guitarist currently (along with Jeff Loomis) - the fact that he can play any style he likes shows his mastery of the guitar (plenty of his shredding is on YouTube - and it takes a lot for Petrucci to say he can't fathom some of the stuff Broderick is doing....).
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tdm34
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AdeTuono said: tdm34 said: How about Joe Bonamassa?
Just got the Beacon Theatre BluRay disc, which is bloody awesome.....
and I rate him up with the best. Read the thread title and watch some of the YouTube clips; he's a fantastic blues player, no doubt, but the title is 'technical greats', of which he isn't one. Ah! the old "he's only a blues player" my old man's nearly 70 years old* and knows a thing or two about what makes a good guitarist watched this clip and was astonished. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AOsP8KBp8gAnd watch it all! Remember this was at what JB has always called his dream concert, the place he'd always wanted to perform at, in front of an audience of nearly 17000 and who was his guest on the night? Slowhand himself Eric Clapton. To do that live and in one take, without the benefit of stopping the tape and starting again as happens in studios shows the quality of the man, whilst not as technically gifted as some mentioned on this thread, he is in my opinion one best new guitarists to surface in the last decade, i've seen him over a dozen times since hge first came to the UK and am never anything but totally blown away by his quality. Oh! and yes I was there that night at the RAH to see that performance - Guitar session man to any and every band and performer you can think of, and some you cant! from the late '50s and '60s
and a guitar teacher for over 30 years.
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AdeTuono
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tdm34 said: AdeTuono said: tdm34 said: How about Joe Bonamassa?
Just got the Beacon Theatre BluRay disc, which is bloody awesome.....
and I rate him up with the best. Read the thread title and watch some of the YouTube clips; he's a fantastic blues player, no doubt, but the title is 'technical greats', of which he isn't one. Ah! the old "he's only a blues player" my old man's nearly 70 years old* and knows a thing or two about what makes a good guitarist watched this clip and was astonished. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AOsP8KBp8gAnd watch it all! Remember this was at what JB has always called his dream concert, the place he'd always wanted to perform at, in front of an audience of nearly 17000 and who was his guest on the night? Slowhand himself Eric Clapton. To do that live and in one take, without the benefit of stopping the tape and starting again as happens in studios shows the quality of the man, whilst not as technically gifted as some mentioned on this thread, he is in my opinion one best new guitarists to surface in the last decade, i've seen him over a dozen times since hge first came to the UK and am never anything but totally blown away by his quality. Oh! and yes I was there that night at the RAH to see that performance - Guitar session man to any and every band and performer you can think of, and some you cant! from the late '50s and '60s
and a guitar teacher for over 30 years. But that just reinforces what I said earlier. Whilst he is a supremely accomplished blues guitarist (and at no point did I say 'only'), the thread title asks for technical greats, and JB isn't one of them. Plenty of pull-offs and hammer-ons, but it's not technical. Try some of the earlier suggestions; Al DiMeola, Leo Kottke are both supreme technicians, and there are dozens of others. No-one has mentioned Richard Thompson yet. He could wipe the floor with just about anyone you care to mention without breaking into a sweat. Who is your Dad; we must have heard of him if he's played with everyone from the last half-century.
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Baryonyx
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Fantuzzi said: Rhandy Rhoads- No need to say much really, tapping techniques far more interesting than EVH. It doesn't take much to have a more interesting tapping technique than EVH though, does it? I wouldn't say Randy was a technical great. One name that is easy to overlook these days as a technical great is Steve Vai, probably because he has spent so long as a 'guitar god' that people often look for new names because he seems obvious. But we'd do well not to overlook him. Consider the impact he had on the guitar scene when he arrived. He had that fluid, left hand legato style of Satch, combined with the alt picking chops of Al Di Meola. Vai was able to turn his hand to pretty much any technique and make himself the master of it. His impact on phrasing has to be noted too; his phrasing I would say is where he has made the biggest impact. Super slinky phrases with perfect use of the tremolo unit (or vibrato arm...). Some super tough stuff too, back when tablature was popular Vai's tabs were a nightmare to read! I've seen him live twice, he is an incredible musician.
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AdeTuono
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Baryonyx said: It doesn't take much to have a more interesting tapping technique than EVH though, does it? I wouldn't say Randy was a technical great.
One name that is easy to overlook these days as a technical great is Steve Vai, probably because he has spent so long as a 'guitar god' that people often look for new names because he seems obvious. But we'd do well not to overlook him. Consider the impact he had on the guitar scene when he arrived. He had that fluid, left hand legato style of Satch, combined with the alt picking chops of Al Di Meola.
Vai was able to turn his hand to pretty much any technique and make himself the master of it. His impact on phrasing has to be noted too; his phrasing I would say is where he has made the biggest impact. Super slinky phrases with perfect use of the tremolo unit (or vibrato arm...). Some super tough stuff too, back when tablature was popular Vai's tabs were a nightmare to read!
I've seen him live twice, he is an incredible musician. Coudn't agree more. In this case, probably a victim of his own success, as he's perceived by some as the God of Fretw  k. But there's no doubt he moved the game on considerably, both in terms of technique and showmanship. His live shows are absolutely mind-blowing. If he was good enough for Zappa at 19 years of age...there can't be a more ringing endorsement than that.
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PJ S
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james_gt3rs said: John Petrucci?  No question mark required - his playing ability is not in any doubt.
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PJ S
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Some others many may not have heard (of): Andy Timmons (glam rock Danger Danger guitarist) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKYBJTut-CcDan Huff (Giant) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyYc-iPTaEcMichael J Romeo (Symphony X) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_z4LTWvpOY (5:51) Excerpt from Arjen Lucassen's site: "What he ended up playing surpassed my wildest expectations. Both melodically and in virtuosity. There is a chromatic riff in the solo that is technically impossible; even Russell couldn’t believe his ears. After I heard that, I didn’t touch my guitar for a few months… what’s the use?" John Sykes (Whitesnake/Blue Murder) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfsZ4EzSn80George Lynch (Dokken/Lynch Mob) - Kiss of Death/Mr Scary are worth a watch/listen to. And that's not forgetting about Eddie Van Halen, Joe Satriani, Jason Becker, Larry Carlton, Steve Luthaker, Jeff Beck, Gary Moore, and a whole load more of extremely talented musicians.
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tdm34
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AdeTuono said: Who is your Dad; we must have heard of him if he's played with everyone from the last half-century. He's very private these days, but whilst listening to radio in the early '60s you'd get a track by the latest big thing and he'd nod and say it was him, he'd given up session stuff by the end of the '60s but he kept his hand in giving lessons and was very accomplished in all styles except spanish finger style which he couldn't master to his standards, his all time favourite was Django, followed by Hendrix but he really rates JB as one of the best he's seen, we got an invite to a sound check to one of his early gigs (before he really took off) to which we both attended, and we witnessed a warm up routine that had my old man in raptures, he thought his technique was stunning, he has real feel and the music really flows which is what Blues is all about I suppose. but if you could see JB doing some of these warm up things i'm sure you'd understand why I rave about him so much mate. His live stuff isn't about flashy stuff, it's about Music, which if we're honest is what we're all about, isn't it?
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garycat
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Michael Hedges - Sadly missed amazing acoustic guitarist who moved playing to a new level in the 80's & 90's.
There's quite a few youtube videos of him, but I can't list them from work.
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NDA
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garycat said: Michael Hedges - Sadly missed amazing acoustic guitarist who moved playing to a new level in the 80's & 90's.
There's quite a few youtube videos of him, but I can't list them from work. I'd never heard of Hedges until about 4 years ago...... I'm a huge fan. I'm struggling to put Metheney up here. Technically great? Hmmm, yes (seen him play the guitar harp thing?!)..... There's Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter and Jon Herrington too. Gawd, so many!
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