Parabar Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 slagg asked: parabar,what amps do you run those premo archtops thru? For practice or smaller gigs, I use a Line 6 Spider II 75 watt with 12" Celestion. For bigger ones I use a Peavey Austin 400. I use both for recording, also sometimes a Korg Toneworks AX1500G direct into the board. Most of my public performances are on keyboards --- if I was playing a lot more guitar I'd probably add a good tube combo amp as well. I'm very interested in the Epiphone Blues Custom 30 (heard one of my favorite guitarists use one on a gig last summer and it sounded awesome), but haven't had a chance to try one out in person yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Flick Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Been thinking about this thread. Here's a list of what I believe are incredibly talented and innovative guitar players that nobody ever seems to mention: I'm not going to go back over all the posts, but here are a few that might have been overlooked: James Burton Scotty Moore Roger McGuinn The Edge Alvin Lee Nils Lofgren Leslie West Duane Eddy Waddy Watchel Skunk Baxter B.B. King Mike Campbell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Been thinking about this thread. Here's a list of what I believe are incredibly talented and innovative guitar players that nobody ever seems to mention: Al Dimeola Andres Segovia Ardeshir Farah Antonio Carlos Jobim Any Brazilian named Assad (Sergio' date=' Odair and Badi) Ben Andrews Barney Kessel Charlie Byrd Charley Christian Carlos Montoya Django Reinhardt Eric Gales Jorge Strunz Juan Carlos Quintero Lightnin' Hopkins Lorenzo Almeida Paco de Lucia Ronnie Earl Taj Mahal for those of you who've never heard some of these names, that are younger, or only interested in rock -- your art is bigger than that. You owe it to yourself to grow beyond one genre. They are all jaw-dropping good. You will DEFINITELY hear stuff you can't play without lots and lots of practice.[/quote'] I started to post a list last night that very closely resembled yours but had to take off.. and even you missed a couple that I can't believe no one's mentioned like Larry Coryell, Joe Beck, Jim Hall, Johnny Smith, Tal Farlow,Fred Van Epps, Tommy Tedesco, Nick Lucas, Hubert Sumlin. Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Otis Rush, Robert Johnson, Big Bill Broonzy, Elmore James, Howlin' Wolf, Freddie King, Albert King, Buddy Guy, Stephen Stills, Mike Bloomfield, Henry McCulloch, Denny Laine, Eric Stewart, Dave Stewart, Marc Bolin, Earl Slick, Steve Marriot, Peter Frampton, Robben Ford, Robin Trower,Steve Howe, Andy Summers, Robbie Robertson, Stevie Winwood, Billy Gibbons, Ronnie Wood, Paul Kossoff,...no one's mentioned any women like Nancy Wilson, Meredith Brooks, Mary Kaye, Mary Ford, Lita Ford or Charo. I figure by the end of this thread everyone who's ever strummed a chord will get a mention here...maybe even Les Paul. ...and Al's your uncle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volt1281734017 Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 I'm surprised no one has mentioned Phil Keaggy, so I will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judybat Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 I can't believe no one has said Jerry Garcia. Mine would be Jerry Garcia Duane Allman Derek Trucks Slash Jimmy Page Not in that order, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyelcrrt1281733995 Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Truth, Uncle Al -- your post looks like you were reading my album list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johno Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Al., I mentioned Buddy Guy, Sephen Stills, Mike Bloomfield and Andy Summers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schtang Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 David Gilmour SRV 1970's Carlos Santana Neil Young (yes yes - grudgey sounding Rust never Sleeps and Live Rust - Cortez the Killer, need I say more) Nils Lofgren (under-rated, superb guitarist). Tommy & Phil Emmanuel But really there are so so many, but you did only ask for 5 so I gave you 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arillio Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 1. Stevie Ray Vaughan 2. Jimi Hendrix 3. John Petrucci 4. Dave Mustaine 5. me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarbug Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Five's too hard' date=' so I'll just vote for one: Richard Thompson.[/quote'] :- =D> Amen to that! I simply cannot believe the number of posts on here that fail to mention this man. IMHO one of the greatest acoustic guitar players on the planet, yet a million times better on electric. Genius. Prodigy. Iconoclast. A songwriter of enormous talent and originality. For my part, you can forget many of the others just so long as I get to listen to him. Best of all, he's still going and coming to a town near you soon. If you don't know who he is then you need to do yourself a favour and check him out. My top 5: 1: Richard Thompson Electric 2: Richard Thompson Acoustic 3: Mark Knopfler 4: Pat Metheny 5: Jeff Beck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSDx Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Nils Lofgren (under-rated' date=' superb guitarist). [/quote'] Yeah, Nils seems to be mostly forgotten/overlooked/unknown ....... Dang, that's a couple more lp's I've been reminded of stashed in the basement that I can't play - I HAVE to get a new system (or at least a working turntable, anyway...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chobro Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Clapton, Harrison, Hendrix, B.B. King, Roger McGuinn (favorites) Too many great guitarists, to list...a lot of which rarely, if ever get mentioned, to begin with, but I noticed Uncle Al, listed some of them. Cool! Charlie b. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rraguse Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 There are too many to list so I'll just add two I haven't seen yet: James JY Young and Tommy Shaw. After all, Stix has so many obscure songs that no one has ever heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Clapton' date=' Harrison, Hendrix, B.B. King, Roger McGuinn (favorites)Too many great guitarists, to list...a lot of which rarely, if ever get mentioned, to begin with, but I noticed Uncle Al, listed some of them. Cool! Charlie b.[/quote'] I was being facitious and trying to list every guitar player I could think of because I don't know if you can have any one set of favorites. Mine change hour to hour and I have plenty of things I listen to but don't care for the guitar player and there are bands, like Queen, for example where I'm not crazy for the group but really like Brian May's guitar playing. One can rattle off a list of names no one's ever heard of to impress others with their eclectic and esoteric tastes, or a list of the obvious popular guitarists who've attained icon status, or the root innovators of the genres, or the oddities and no one list is going to make any concrete statement with any of it. I've learned and borrowed from nearly every guitarist I've ever heard. There a guy around my age that hangs out at a local shop and his entire background is country but he wouldn't know a flatted third or how to bend a note if his life depended on it and I have only a vague idea of country playing but playing with him I suddenly start emulating him by using double stops and slide ups and he's looking at me and he's bending notes and shaking that left hand vibrato like Richard The Third so perhaps even on a subconscious level we all influence each other... so every guitar player has something to take away from the listening. Strangely enough with all the guitar players I've listed I missed someone I could consider a favorite in that I've always said I wanted *his* job and that's Andy Fairweather-Low. Anyway I wasn't trying for any absolutes, more like trying to get across that as soon as I think of five favorites I think of five others...and then five others.. ...and Al's your uncle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arobatto Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 1. Steve Morse - All around great guitarist! 2. Jimi Hendrix - My first love of guitar and all around guitar God. 3. Al Di Meola - Saw him live with Paco De Lucia and Steve Morse - Wow! 4. Joe Pass - Brilliant Jazz guitarist bordering on classical influence. 5. Pat Metheny - Love his inovation in jazz sound. 6. Bela Fleck - Awesome banjo player and does play the six string too! (ok, this is six) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarreNone Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Alex Lifeson Steve Howe Jimmy Page Pete Townshend Jerry Garcia Carlos Santana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarreNone Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Alex Lifeson Steve Howe Jimmy Page Pete Townshend Jerry Garcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarreNone Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Alex Lifeson Steve Howe Jimmy Page Pete Townshend Jerry Garcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Led Head1281734019 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 1) Jimmy Page 2) Eric Clapton 3) Pete Townshend 4) Robby Krieger 5) Duane Allman 6) Stevie Ray Vaughan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keanu bear Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 1. Lindsey Buckingham - Unique and you can spot him a mile off. "Hold Me" has some amazing playing in it. To my ears he is the king of orchestrated overdubbed guitars. 2. John Lennon - If all he played was the intro to "Revolution" and his solo on "The End" I'd still have him on this list. Listen to all the beatles stuff, simply great driving rhythm playing. He really gets the band rocking, which leaves room for McCartney to go be melodic. Lennon/McCartney again. 3. Elliot Easton - Amazing memorable solos, flashy but always fitting the song. Underrated IMO. 4. Paul McCartney / George Harrison - In a way you could just say "Beatles" rather than single them out for a list like this. McCartney did play a bunch of leads and things, like "Sgt. Pepper" and the intro guitar on "Getting Better", but George played all sorts of awesome guitar. Of course the main guitar when you add up all the guitars used in beatles recordings could arguably be the Casino. **Of course if all George Harrison played was the opening chord to "A Hard Day's Night" he should be on a list like this. And that chord on anything but a 12 string ricky wouldn't be the same! 5. Peter Buck - As a guy starting to play in the 80's it was so awesome having Peter Buck around when seemingly everyone else in High School wanted to be Yngvie (not that that isn't cool). Of course Roger McGuinn figures prominently in this pick too... jangly arrpegiated rickenbackers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAL314 Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 1. JIMMY PAGE 2. Adrian Smith & Dave Murray 3. Buckethead 4. Buck Dharma 5. Jimi Hendrix (Ritchie Blackmore, Randy Rhodes, David Gilmour, Alex Lifeson, John Frusciante) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFKollath Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 1. Slash 2. EVH 3. Jimi Hendrix 4. Herman Li 5. Sam Totman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluser Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 1. Jimi Hendrix 2. Danny Gatton 3. Django Rheinhardt 4. Joe Pass 5. Blind Blake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJ Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Chet Atkins Duane Allman Earl Klugh Pat Methaney Stevie Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin134 Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Rick Nielsen, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Gaines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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