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The very first post is the funniest of all. Prince! Flea! lol...
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Quoted from GregCon:The very first post is the funniest of all. Prince! Flea! lol...
When Flea gets done changing his strings he hands the bass to this man:
I like Flea, but....... his last name isn’t Wooten.
Quoted from Minnpin65:Terry Kath absolutely ROCKS! Hendrix himself said Terry was the best!
Quoted from zombywoof:Mike Douglas asked Jimi Hendrix "What's it like to be the best guitarist in the world?" Jimi responded "I don't know. You'll have to ask Rory Gallagher."
Quoted from Pinfidel:When Jimi was asked if he was the greatest guitarist, he laughed and said, "No." Asked who he considered to be the greatest, he said, "Phil Keaggy."
Apparently Hendrix had trouble making up his mind on that.
Quoted from Budman:I would say David Gilmour, Chet Adkins, Andres Segovia, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Glen Campbell.
Chet Adkins? I tried the Adkins diet for several months.
Unfortunately it did not improve my guitar playing.
Quoted from Elvishasleft:The fact that most people think guys who play fast are "the greatest" always cracks me up.
That shit was tired in the '80s never mind 40 years later.
Thanks for posting that. After seeing all the greats in this thread I was about to give up the guitar.
Quoted from Jamesays:Has anyone mentioned Eric C ?
What, are you trying to be a troublemaker?
Quoted from zombywoof:Link Wray popularized the use of power chords back in the 50s. Many great guitarists cite his influence.
Can you provide a Link to some of his stuff?
Quoted from littlecammi:Can you provide a link to some of his stuff?
Here are a couple of his most famous hits from the 50s, Rumble and Rawhide.
This CD is a good one to start with:
Sana'a
Quoted from vid1900:That's an oddball list for sure.
Not really a valid Greatest Guitarists list without Yingwie
No Yingwie fat jokes from you?
Have we finally found your sacred cow??
(we've found the cow alright...and he's swedish. With scalloped frets. And scalloped potatoes)
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Don't disagree with much of the top 15 from this list at all. I might change a few of the numbers around, but it's a pretty good list.
Quoted from vid1900:No lack of Yingwie jokes from me..
I think the main issue is people in general expect jokes to be funny... you are about zero for 20 in that regard.
Quoted from Elvishasleft:I think the main issue is people in general expect jokes to be funny... you are about zero for 20 in that regard.
English is my third language.
What's funny to me and my associates, would go right over your head
And it's not my fault that all your heroes are racists, rapists and pedophiles
Quoted from vid1900:And it's not my fault that all your heroes are racists, rapists and pedophiles
What should be an enjoyable thread about our favorite gutarists, and you have be throwing out all of the ugly stuff.
Show some class.
Quoted from electricsquirrel:What should be an enjoyable thread about our favorite gutarists, and you have be throwing out all of the ugly stuff.
Show some class.
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I was surfing YouTube and came across a video that technically breaks down Prince's solo from post #1 in this thread. Well worth watching if you have the time!
That was a good show he put on, but some serious wanking slipped in there. I think Tom Petty knows wanking when he hears it, his facial expressions tell all.
Quoted from vid1900:Robert Fripp posted his cover of Green Days 'basket case' today
Is this video slightly NSFW? I think you can see some things on the lady that most people don't want to see normally.
After much consideration, I’m changing my vote to Keith Richards. I love raunchy riffs over virtuosic playing anyway. I like bands with a one-two punch on guitar the best. And besides, he’s 1/2 of the second best rock and roll song writing duos of all time (behind Lennon/McCartney). So, yeah, Keith Richards.
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This thread has slowed a little,I would be interested to hear more tasteless(funny) Clapton jokes.
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Quoted from OutlawTorn304:After seeing Judas Priest in concert last night.......
(!) Nice!! 
Jealous.
Quoted from OutlawTorn304:After seeing Judas Priest in concert last night I’m going to toss Ritchie Faulkner into the ring. Dude is a fucking beast on a guitar. If you haven’t listened to him I highly suggest you do so.
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They might be at their very best right now. I will catch their next show in my area.
Quoted from Azmodeus:They might be at their very best right now. I will catch their next show in my area.
They're still going, huh? I saw them ages ago in a small venue on the Jersey Shore. Twisted Sister opened for them, and we really came to see them, because it was their very first major gig. We used to see them a lot on the club circuit, and got somewhat friendly with Dee and Jay Jay.
I'll never forget Halford coming out on a Harley, and you couldn't even hear it with the music playing. At that time, it was the loudest thing I'd ever heard!
Quoted from Azmodeus:They might be at their very best right now. I will catch their next show in my area.
1982 Priest would like a word with you.
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Quoted from amxfc3s:I have always been a SRV fan but Joe Bonamassa is definitely up there. Saw him recently and he killed it.
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I recently listened to this whole thing. Very Nice.
So I had passed on these tour tickets in Detroit, because I was a fresh graduate and I had already bought three other pairs on my big boy cook salary.
I always regretted this, but the others concerts were very good too. This would have been better. I passed on 5th row left pine knob. He died a little later...
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SRV was great. I was fortunate to see him in Finland, a while before the tragic accident. Bonamassa not so bad either, but I still give my vote to Frank Zappa! Not only a great guitarist, but a composer, orchestral director and whatnot. A musical genius.
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Quoted from OutlawTorn304:After seeing Judas Priest in concert last night I’m going to toss Ritchie Faulkner into the ring. Dude is a fucking beast on a guitar. If you haven’t listened to him I highly suggest you do so.
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Fun fact: George Lynch is his uncle. I'm sure he picked up a few pointers at family reunions.
Quoted from tourney9000:I know I’ll be in a minority here. I like Ted Nugent, especially Stranglehold
Talk to me Fred.
Quoted from Azmodeus:Talk to me Fred.
Bought the cassette as a teen. I grew up in Metro Detroit so ted is in my blood. He Polarizes many now.
Quoted from Azmodeus:He Polarizes many now.
He's got an IQ of 79, so he's not as dumb as everyone thinks.
His magic is that he has found a very narrow demographic to enthusiastically worship him. Like Mo White on the US version of Shameless.
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