BEST Guitarist of All Time

**speedy** · June 15th, 2008, 07:23 PM

Wasn't a fan of the list I posted - but here's AIC:

**speedy** · June 16th, 2008, 06:26 AM

nevermind

**speedy** · June 16th, 2008, 06:31 AM

Dimebag:

**speedy** · June 16th, 2008, 11:23 AM

Originally Posted by speedy2

Dimebag:

Sorry to post again- but forgot these:

**Gambrinus** · June 18th, 2008, 12:18 AM

Originally Posted by CliftonThomas

It's extremely hard to pick one guitarist, but I really like Paul Gilbert as one of the very best. My judgement would be how well you play your own style, and how well you can play other peoples music/ styles. I'm not sure there is anything Paul can't play.

WORD. END OF THREAD...

PG owns. INSANE player. His pick attack is impervious to scrutiny. Killer phrasing, and he doesnt take himself to seriously. I love it. AND, he can play in a space suit.....

**Gambrinus** · June 18th, 2008, 12:22 AM

Originally Posted by speedy2

Sorry to post again- but forgot these:

While i dont thing Dime is the "best of all time", he's always gonna be one of my top three favorite guitar players ever. He's what a guiat player should be.

**Ninja Loco** · June 18th, 2008, 12:23 AM

Paul rocks. Impervious to scrutiny........yes, I'll buy that for a dollar.

The best?................. Man that's a hard one.

**Gilmour** · June 18th, 2008, 12:24 AM

There can be no " best ever " IMO . My favorite is David Gilmour , mainly due to his vibrato and soaring solos . Great voice too . Shredding is lame . Nothing that hasn't been dome one million times before . Any asshole can learn how to do it . That said , many great players do it with some flair and it enhances their playing , i.e Dimebag . When Tom Morello does it I tend to dig his playing more so .

**Ninja Loco** · June 18th, 2008, 12:30 AM

Originally Posted by Gilmour

There can be no " best ever " IMO . My favorite is David Gilmour , mainly due to his vibrato and soaring solos . Great voice too . Shredding is lame . Nothing that hasn't been dome one million times before . Any asshole can learn how to do it . That said , many great players do it with some flair and it enhances their playing , i.e Dimebag . When Tom Morello does it I tend to dig his playing more so .

Great post. I agree wholeheartedly.

Dio had a great guitarist named Tracy G that I considered the Metal Gilmour. OMG, he could do more things with one soaring note than Vivian Campbell could do with 100. His live solo on Dont Talk To Strangers off of Last In Live is too perfect for words. Easily out does Vivian's original, which I once thought was an impossibility.

**Klaus Urine** · June 18th, 2008, 01:05 AM

Originally Posted by Gilmour

There can be no " best ever " IMO

Yeah, for a start, there are so many different styles of playing.

**RJP** · June 18th, 2008, 07:29 AM

Originally Posted by Gilmour

There can be no " best ever " IMO . My favorite is David Gilmour , mainly due to his vibrato and soaring solos . Great voice too . Shredding is lame . Nothing that hasn't been dome one million times before . Any asshole can learn how to do it . That said , many great players do it with some flair and it enhances their playing , i.e Dimebag . When Tom Morello does it I tend to dig his playing more so .

While I tend to agree, there are a lot of horrible "slow" players as well. Ace Frehley is one that immediately comes to mind. John "I'm a Fucking Poser with my Shitty Tattoos and Faux-Worn-Away-But-Really-Sanded-Down-Guitar" Mayer is another.

Malmsteen IMO still has the best tone and vibrato of the shredders. Satch and Vai are right there in a more modern way. More guys today have copped their tone than that of EVH back in the day.

**chrisco915** · June 18th, 2008, 12:59 PM

Originally Posted by Ninja Loco

Vivian was indeed a badass.

That is, until, he pussed out and left Dio to play more "artsy fartsy" shit.

You mean like in Whitesnake and then/currently in Def Leppard as a backup guitarist.? LOL.

**chrisco915** · June 18th, 2008, 01:02 PM

Remember Jeff Watson? The other guitar player besides Brad Gillis in Night Ranger. Ever catch his 8 finger solos. Hysterical.

**speedy** · June 18th, 2008, 01:16 PM

Originally Posted by chrisco915

Remember Jeff Watson? The other guitar player besides Brad Gillis in Night Ranger. Ever catch his 8 finger solos. Hysterical.

Here's Jeff........

........catch the whole thing........

**Gambrinus** · June 18th, 2008, 01:53 PM

Heres a funny old clip of PG doin a clinic. He's a really funny dude. That little bit where he's hitting the same F on adjacent strings is friggin funny. Fun to do, I suggest you try it.

**RJP** · June 18th, 2008, 02:05 PM

LOL. I used to do something similar with the bar. I would slide a note up the fretboard while depressing the bar along the way only enough so that the note doesn't actually change. It gives a weird, wobbling effect and was a little more interesting way to end a solo rather than a typical dive bomb.

**Gambrinus** · June 18th, 2008, 02:24 PM

Originally Posted by RJP

LOL. I used to do something similar with the bar. I would slide a note up the fretboard while depressing the bar along the way only enough so that the note doesn't actually change. It gives a weird, wobbling effect and was a little more interesting way to end a solo rather than a typical dive bomb.

Yeah man ive done that before too. I like little guitar tricks like that. I want to get an electro harmonix HOG too. I figure using that with my kahler equipped 8 string 28 fret bernie rico Jr Jekyll I have coming, i should be able to get some pretty crazy sounds going.