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Guitarists Everyone Can Agree On

No Tony Iommi?

Da fuck?

Father of Metal. Bow down and worship.
 
Billy Gibbons, Iomi, Slash, and Mustaine are all awesome choices.

What John Williams are you guys talking about? The film score composer?
 
THE GOAT


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close but no cigar.

guitar god goat by default:
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All these guitar threads and nobody ever mentions George Lynch. One of my favorites.
 
Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple and Rainbow). Iconic riffs and kick ass guitar solos.

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just discovered this kid on youtube, pretty awesome!!
 
How well known is Paul Gilbert? Cant think of anyone that dislikes hin. And surely eddie van halen is worth a mention? Everyones heard of van halen
Dimebag would be my all time favourite but im not sure how well known he is
 
How well known is Paul Gilbert? Cant think of anyone that dislikes hin. And surely eddie van halen is worth a mention? Everyones heard of van halen
Dimebag would be my all time favourite but im not sure how well known he is

Yeah, but a fair number of people (myself included) don't really like EVH. Also, whoever mentioned Keith Urban and John Mayer, wrong thread. This is guitarists everyone can agree are good. Whether those guys are good or not, a lot of people think they suck.

And yes, Clapton with Cream I think is universally liked, and who doesn't like Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs? P4P top 10 all time rock album. But late 70s and 80s Clapton was terrible.
 
I am shoced no one has mentioned Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, or Yngwie Malmsteen yet. And an honorable mention to Adrian Vandenberg.
 
And yes, Clapton with Cream I think is universally liked, and who doesn't like Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs? P4P top 10 all time rock album. But late 70s and 80s Clapton was terrible.

Layla was Derek and the Dominos not Cream.
 
I'm gonna get flamed, but I never cared for Jimi Hendrix. Something about his playing just rubs me the wrong way. Not that I think he's bad, in fact I do think he's a top notch player, but there's many others I just much prefer to listen to.
 
WHAT DA SWEET HELL IS GOING ON IN THIS THREAD
HOW HAS NO ONE MENTIONED WARREN HAYNES YET SRSLY WHAT DA HELL IS WRONG WITH U PEOPLE



^Includes Joe Bonamassa
 
In response to the 'worst guitarist' thread, who are some guitarists that essentially everyone thinks are talented and make good music? It's a pretty short list I think. I came up with:

- Jimi Hendrix
- David Gilmour
- Django Reinhardt
- Brian May
- Mark Knopfler
- Duane Allman
- Keith Richards
- Dick Dale

Does anyone really not like any of these guys? Who are other guitarists who basically 99.9% of people like?

all are great, duane allman probably my favorite out of that group - clapton a close second.
 
Laugh at me all you want, joke me too but....

John Mayer and Keith Urban are great guitarists.

All time, or course not. However both are great in their own right...

dude, john mayer can really shred. i much prefer john mayer trio over his solo stuff.
 
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