The Best Guitarist Of All Time

[Parche]

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[Beer on a stick]

1. There isn't one.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

2. That was my first reaction too, especially on the day Les Paul died

I love most of Gilmour's stuff, and as a guitarist myself, I have a L-O-N-G list of players that I admire. But "best?" Impossible. That's not what music is about. PERSONAL best, yeah. That's what separates a musician like David Gilmour from...as an example, CC DeVille from Poison. One's an artist, the other is a wanker-slash-effing-clown.



:toast:

[_dynamicdems]

3. Their names are Legion.

:)

[Beer on a stick]

4. Indeed. I could quickly name, oh, 15 who are light years away from Gilmore...

and there's no 'best' amongst them.

[DevonRex]

5. Everybody knows it's Jimmy Page, whether on his Les Paul 1959, or his

Danelectro, or the Gibson double neck.

[HopeHoops]

6. Steve Hackett

No question.

[Arugula Latte]

7. Dunno if he's the best, but personally I like Johnny Marr.

[lost-in-nj]

8. GORN MISSES PARCHE

:hug: :hi:


really
you have my number

if not ASK

lost

[n2doc]

9. Seen him. He couldn't hold Jeff Beck's nor Al Di Meola's guitar strap

He did make some monster sounds, though.

[Flaxbee]

10. Jim Mankey from Concrete Blonde and the Sparks

He was a friend of mine (married to a good friend) a lifetime ago. Really nice guy, great guitarist.

[Spider Jerusalem]

11. There is no one 'best guitarist'.

So it's a matter of opinion. Is Gilmour a better guitarist than Richard Thompson? Prince? Willie Nelson? Chet Atkins? Steve Vai? Django Rinehardt? Even if you narrow it down to 'best rock guitarist', there's a LOT of competition.

[MilesColtrane]

12. With all due respect,...

Get the fuck outta here.

[Orsino]

13. An instantly-recognizable sound.

One of the handful of guitarists who are unmistakable. And on my short list of greats, even if I couldn't possibly pick one favorite.

[Burma Jones]

14. Folks that get paid to come up with such honors usually choose this guy:

If you have to pick just one, he's a good choice.

[dana_b]

31. Haha! I didn't see your post

I posted the same thing post #30. "Machine Gun" just proves it to me.

[CBGLuthier]

15. Django Reinhardt, Wes Montgomery, Anton Segovia,

John Williams, Michael Hedges, Pat Methaney, Charlie Christian, Roy Clark, Tommy Tedesco ....


And yes, David Gilmour is pretty damn good too.

[bif]

27. Is Anton Andre's brother?

[Mudoria]

16. I very much agree!

[Orrex]

17. Yeah, but he's a lousy lyricist

[dembotoz]

18. i don't know--alot of people thought hendrix was pretty good

and les paul should now be included in this conversation

[asdjrocky]

19. ...is still learning to play.

[edbermac]

20. Ringo Starr!

Not a bad drummer either.

[gbate]

21. This guy.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

22. my brother.

:D

[Forkboy]

23. I don't know about the best...

...but Agata from Melt Banana does shit with a guitar that I've never heard before, and with the amount of music I go through that's really saying something.



I think a more fitting question might be who is the best guitarist from certain genres. There's some amazing blues guitarists, there's some amazing death metal guitarists (hello Karl Sanders!), and some amazing guitarists in almost everything in between.

[Pharlo]

24. From RECORDED history, my favorite is Andres Segovia.

Pre-recorded history, I'm unable to determine. So, the best guitarist of ALL time - unable to determine. But, I'll bet Segovia is in the top ten.

I'm also fond of Prince, Cat Stevens, Chet Atkins - to name a few.

[Roon]

25. I read your heading in your post

and Gilmore was the first person to pop in my head.

[guitar man]

26. If I had to pick

it's a question that can't be answered because "best" can mean different things to different people, but the best I've ever seen personally is Tommy Crook from my own hometown of Tulsa. Chet Atkins once told Johnny Carson in an interview that Tommy was the best he ever saw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlBUuOM8G1o

[PJPhreak]

28. This Dude,

Let the debate continue...

[DevonRex]

29. Vastly underrated, IMO.

But he's definitely one of the gods.

[dana_b]

30. I love Gilmour BUT I'm still crazy about this guy:

Machine Gun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV74PsUo1dc

[SteppingRazor]

32. I subscribe to the Garage Joe Theory.

That is, the greatest guitarist of all time was some guy named Joe who played in his garage and whom no one has ever heard of.

[old mark]

33. Tal Farlow. nt