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Greatest Rock Guitarist?  

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  1. 1. Greatest Rock Guitarist?

    • Eric Clapton
      5
    • Brian May
      2
    • Mark Knopfler
      2
    • Jimi Hendrix
      24
    • Eddie Van Halen
      5
    • Stevie Ray Vaughn
      0
    • Jimmy Page
      6

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Far too many great guitarists to have a 'greatest'

On the rhythm front I find Malcolm Young to be part of (IMHO) the most powerful rhythm section in rock.

One guitarist that was highly impressive on the only occasion that I saw him play live was Randy Rhoads. Unfortunately he didn't live long enough to become a great.

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One guitarist that was highly impressive on the only occasion that I saw him play live was Randy Rhoads. Unfortunately he didn't live long enough to become a great.

I read somewhere that apparently Rhoads was getting into the glam scene (including keytars) just before he died. Sounds bad, but perhaps we were saved from that!

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I love the late Wilko Johnson. I use his pick-free playing style all the time on my own Telecaster. It can be hard to pick out individual notes with this technique, but for a syncopated or funky rhythm, it feels natural and easy for me.  I don't just think he's underrated. I think he's wildlly disregarded. Love him. 

 

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22 minutes ago, Marka Ragnos said:

I love the late Wilko Johnson. I use his pick-free playing style all the time on my own Telecaster. It can be hard to pick out individual notes with this technique, but for a syncopated or funky rhythm, it feels natural and easy for me.  I don't just think he's underrated. I think he's wildlly disregarded. Love him. 

 

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Someone has too much time on their hands. 

Oh and Lindsey Buckingham. Seriously good picker. 

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12 minutes ago, rjw63 said:

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Someone has too much time on their hands. 

Oh and Lindsey Buckingham. Seriously good picker. 

Oh, totally. Listened to a recent album of his and was pretty blown away by the all-around quality of the songs and cool production. 

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4 minutes ago, Seat68 said:

Thought you would be going for November Rain. 

You know what, it was very close! I love November Rain, probably my favourite song of all time. I love both guitar solos. 

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