Top Guitarists

[IGN64skanker]

Tom Morello is my fave overall just because he can get more out of a guitar and effects than anyone else.

Herman Li (DragonForce)
Joe Satriani
Yngwie Malmsteen (I really don't like this guy, but he is good at guitar...)
Blake Sennett (Rilo Kiley. Not the best at all, I just like his songwriting and playing style)
Dave Knudson (Minus The Bear. Way technical)


I don't really feel like listing too many more... Minus the Bear is awesome.

[Rigormortis]

At last I see someone who has heard of Satriani, he rules.

To the people who wrote Jimmy Hendrix. He was the particular reason I said guitarists ALIVE TODAY, cos I knew if I said ever he would no doubt appear all over the place.

[trekull]

All great guitarists, but here are my overlooked favorites

1. Tom Petty, lots of great stuff, nice 12 string action
2. Jack White, he is the band and can make it happen live
3. Dave Grohl, multi talented
4. Chris Cornell, Somebody mentioned Kim, but no Chris?
5.6. Mike and Stone from Pearl Jam, great duo especially early on
7. Dave Navarro, especially with Jane's Addiction
8. Prince, don't laugh he is an AWESOME guitarist
9. Jewel, Courtney Love, Meredith Brooks, Sharyl Crow, and every other chick rocker, way to go
10. ME, I rock the hardest (if only in my own mind)

[muchacho]

yeah, dave navarro, tom petty, dave grohl, prince, alex lifeson, and kyle grass (yes, K.G from tenacious D) cant be forgotten

[Mwork]

1. John Petrucci (Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment)
2. Marcel Coenen (Sun Caged, solo)
3. Ron Jarzombek (Spastic Ink, Watchtower)
4. Herman Li (Dragonforce)
5. Ron Thal (Bumblefoot)
6. Steinar Gundersen (Spiral Architect)
7. Michael Romeo (Symphony X)
8. Luca Turilli (Rhapsody, solo)
9. Timo Tolkki (Stratovarius, solo)
10. Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom, Sinergy)


YES

[Shockwave Pulsar]

1 . Michael Romeo
2 . John Petrucci
3 . Kiko Loureiro
4 . Yngwie Malmsteen
5 . Jason Becker

[Chzn8r]

Hetfields solos are more simplistic than Kirks. ie. The first solo in Master of Puppets is done by Hetfield and its sounds so good even though its just a simple penatonic scale with a few bends. The second solo is Kirks and its full of fast Hammer ons and pull-offs, Legeto and unisone bends(sp). Hetfield wrote some badass solos but when you say Kirk is washed up...uhhhh... well, the last record didnt have them but go see him live and you would be amazed. That is how I determine good guitarist, live material is there true test. If I had the right equipment and lots of time, I could make a recorded track of Flight of the Bumblebee (Yngwie) and just do part by part and piece it together. What I like is the fact these guitarist can do these things no sweat on stage perfectly. Kirk uses alot of Wah but he does know how to use it good... Like I said earlier, not the best but my favorite.

I didn't doubt Kirk's ability to play... back then... I pointed out that he didn't write the solos. Hetfield and Burton did...

And yes, he is sloppy and washed up now. Maybe you have a different definition for it... but my brother sure doesn't, and he didn't enjoy Kirk's playing at all seeing Metallica last summer. He is nowhere near his skill of long ago.

[Zell's Fists of Fury]

John Frusciante
And seriously. Hendrix owns everyone.

[admat97]

What about Al Pitrelli?

[Moose Knight]

If I had the right equipment and lots of time, I could make a recorded track of Flight of the Bumblebee (Yngwie) and just do part by part and piece it together.

Are you saying that fast guitarists such as Malmsteen, Petrucci, or Satriani piece each solo they do note by note during long hours in the recording room? I hope to hell that's not what you mean, because that's just stupid.

Anyway, even if that is what they did, they can still play their fast solos live, just the speed they were on their recording (if not faster), so it wouldn't even matter.

Best guitarists who don't play classical...

1. Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)
2. John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
2. Joe Satriani (Solo)
2. Yngwie J. Malmsteen (Solo)
5. Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
6. James Hetfield (Metallica)
7. Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath)
8. Adrain Smith (Iron Maiden)
9. Alex Lifeson (Rush)
10. Michael Romeo (Symphony X)

[Chzn8r]

(if not faster)

That reminds me... on the Dream Theater tour with Queensryche last summer, in boston, they played the middle section of Metropolis at 2x speed... as if it weren't already fast enough. Man, those guys are monsters!

Oh... and... how can you put up Adrian Smith, and not Dave Murray? The sum of the parts are not as great as the whole... or whatever. Basically, these guys are probably the best guitarist duo in metal, but individually, they're just... other metal guitarists.

[Calliope]

GEORGE HARRISON <3

[Rostum]

Hendrix
Jeff Martin
Slash
Jeff Buckley
John Butler
Hammet
Xavier Rudd
Carlos Santana
Robert Johnson
John Mayer (despite his pop image, he IS a brilliant guitarist, you should hear some of his blues solos, they are brilliant).

It's really a matter of what style guitaring you like, and what style the player plays.

Yeah some of them are Australian artists, very very VERY good on guitar, but you might not have heard them.

[jrgen]

Speed has never impressed me.
Ok, if they want to show off their wanking hands on stage,
but there is nothing I hate more then having to hear that trout on albums.

[Erdrick Holmes]

<b>1 . Michael Romeo</b>
2 . John Petrucci
3 . Kiko Loureiro
4 . Yngwie Malmsteen
5 . Jason Becker

Hell yeah, dude.

Anyway
1. Michel Romeo
2. Van Halan

Those are the only two I can think of.