favorite guitarist and why

Started by gtarbeast March 30th, 2010 7:29 PM
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well right now i amm really digging TOSIN ABASI from his instrumental genre defying band animals as leaders he is the most innovative guitarist i have heard in a long time

besides that there are to many to list
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Either Guthrie Govan or Stevie Vai.
Guthrie Govan won my heart with his instrumental piece named "Fives". Watch it here.
Pure guitar bliss.
Stevie Vai is by far, has the biggest presence on stage. One of the most technical guitarists I've ever seen, he's truely amazing.

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This is going to be really typical but Slash is amazing... and his swag is really sexy when he is playing.

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That guy, that performs in P!nks concerts... he's pretty awesome especially when i watched the australlian tour, he played Boheniam Rhapsody =D and that was so amazing... I also like that guy that plays the guitar in Queen i think he's pretty cool too



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Matthew Bellamy



I am pretty much in love with this man. His playing style is unique, as is his wardrobe and eccentricities. Furthermore, he is a multinstrumentalist and master lyricist.

Here are some vids to convince you to love him too:

Guitar - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1y0LhGukiQ

Piano - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V91sQozzFgc&feature=fvw (check out 00:57 especially)

Sexyness - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAdGR1QVlHg (I'm still very heterosexual)

There you go! :cer_boogie:



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John Petrucci for me, basically he's always throwing something crazy technical out with each track you hear him play, and he plays it all almost perfectly live. It's really amazing... that and he's a super nice guy.

A good jam by him: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5VwPfyEq3w
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Jani Liimatainen (ex Sonata Arctica (an amazing band) guitarist). When I started to really listen to music, my father gave me some SA CDs and I liked them instantly, particularly the guitar work. Then when I started to play guitar, Jani was my main influence.

My second favorite guitarist is Michael Angelo Batio, simply because his instructional DVDs taught me so much about guitar, and also because I think he is the most amazing player the world has ever known (even Guthrie Govan and Shawn Lane don't impress me that much) and I love his CDs.

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Matthew Bellamy



I am pretty much in love with this man. His playing style is unique, as is his wardrobe and eccentricities. Furthermore, he is a multinstrumentalist and master lyricist.

Here are some vids to convince you to love him too:

Guitar - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1y0LhGukiQ

Piano - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V91sQozzFgc&feature=fvw (check out 00:57 especially)

Sexyness - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAdGR1QVlHg (I'm still very heterosexual)

There you go! :cer_boogie:


I think we have our answer here >=D

Yes Matt Bellamy for me too =D

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Herman Li from DragonForce for hopefully extremely obvious reasons.

The fact that I've absolutely never heard of any of the above people proves how awesome I think Herman is.
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well right now i amm really digging TOSIN ABASI from his instrumental genre defying band animals as leaders
Awesome, someone else has heard of this guy. He's insane, I want a new album.
Stevie Ray Vaughan is easily my favorite guitarist
Also amazing, Texas Flood is surely the best electric blues album there is.

There are so many amazing guitarists out there that I can't pick one, but I can make a top three:
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
David Gilmour
Steve Hackett

All play very different styles, all god-tier.

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Tom Morello, Angus Young, EVH.

Morello for his eclectic value, Angus for his passion, EVH for his sublimity.
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John Petrucci for me, basically he's always throwing something crazy technical out with each track you hear him play, and he plays it all almost perfectly live. It's really amazing... that and he's a super nice guy.

A good jam by him: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5VwPfyEq3w

I'll have to agree with Algo Fonix about John Petrucci. Just... phenomenal.

My 2nd pick woild be either Yngwie Malmsteen or Steve Vai. They are such experts, seems like their fingers just fly through the frets at every song! =D


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Guthrie Govan // Steve Vai When I'm in the mood for ... ''Soft Guitar'' Lol But I'd have to Say KillrBuckeye(youtube) His Covers are awesome ... :p And the best of all times even tough I think there is no way to tell which is the best guitarist... I think its probably Michael Romeo From Symphony X. Also , Type Mr.Rubber Finger On youtube he's my guitar teacher , he's damn good.

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For me, this is quite simply Synyster Gates of Avenged Sevenfold. His solos are simply amazing.
"Eternal Rest", "Second Heartbeat", "And All Things Will End", "M.I.A.", "Seize the Day", "Strength of the World", "Afterlife", "Dear God", "Lost", "Girl I Know"... they're all amazing!
And his live solos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urbv_Dx1CFs

Honorable mentions:
Jack White
Billy Corgan
Jade Puget
Dimebag Darrell
Kirk Hammet
The Edge
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Can't just pick one so i'll list two.

David Gilmour - He plays with more feeling than every other guitarist i've seen combined, and has fun doing it. Been listening to Have a Cigar lately. Great solo.

Buckethead - The master of avant-garde shred. There are some really great insane shredding things he does (I recommend Soothsayer and Lurker at the Threshold Pt2) but also soulful slower pieces without much shred (I recommend Padmasana and Too Many Humans).
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Herman Li from DragonForce for hopefully extremely obvious reasons.

The fact that I've absolutely never heard of any of the above people proves how awesome I think Herman is.
What, for being amazingly talented at recording something slowly and speeding it up?

Some of my friends saw Dragonforce live. Awful. Play 1/8th of the notes. Besides, there's no technique in what they do. Through The Fire And The Flames is all E chords.