The Official Best Guitarist Thread

I flame you... His solos are so boring and lame IMO. The funny thing is he makes it look like he is rocking out real hard while he plays 7 notes from a scale and goes back to the chorus of the song... that pretty much explains most modern soloists. I think mayer has studied jimmy pages stage acting a little too much...
 
hedrix, simply for his creativity, just blows me away listening to stuff that he came up with on the spot. Page, the guy is simply brilliant, no other way to put it. there are others of course, santana deserves to ge mentioned. right now I'm really into mark knopfler, just an unbelievable blend of skill and style. van halen had amazing techincal ability, but if it came down to it, I'd have to put page and knopfler at the top, followed very closely by hendrix, then van halen, then a ton of other people, including santana, jerry garcia, clapton, too many others to list here.
 
Scales make a good solo?...When?


Almost every David Gilmour solo is in the minor pentatonic, but i would take his beautful soloing over Michael Angelo Batios painful wankathons anyday...Wouldnt you?
 
gary moore
john lennon
jimmy page
jimi hendrix

probably some more. angus young is a ***, hes so overrated hate him so much..
 
My opinion is that being the best guitarist should be purely judged on technical skill. since it can be quantified.

Beyond that, its all going to be a battle of wills anyway since other than technical skill you can't quantify anything about a musician other than whether you personally like it.

Symphony X are my favourite band at this moment in time, Jeff Buckley is also one of my favourite musicians, as are Paul Gilbert, Hendrix, Ed Wynne and others. Fact of that though is that if we're asking best guitarist, Romeo blows them all out of the water bar Gilbert, who he edge it over imo, its just he writes music that appeals to a more limited audience.
 
Hes overated.
He gets all this hype on MX and stuff.
Then i check him out.
and was disappointed.
I prefer steve vai.
and how am i an idiot for not considering him best?
I can't name anyone better off the top of my head.
But he most certainly isn't the best.
 
Back
Top