Favorite Guitarist's

[BillyDeath]

Joe Satriani

Tony Iommi

Jimmy Hendrix

Steve Vai

Johnny Cash

Willie Nelson

Zack Wylde

Elvis

Daniel Ash

Jimmy Page

Keith Richards

Eric Clapton

Stevie Ray Vaughn

B.B. KIng

John Lee Hooker

Johnny Rotten

Garth Brooks

Steve Stevens

Eddie Van HAlen

YnVai Malmsteen.

[Blackmail]

Will Seargant

Bernard Sumner

Johnny Marr

Vernon Reid

Robin Guthrie

Lou Reed

Martin Gore

Ronny Moorings

[LuluVox]

Johnny Marr

Johnny Marr

Johnny Marr

Johnny Marr

Johnny Marr

Johnny Marr

Robin Guthrie

Will Sergeant

Tom Verlaine

Thurston Moore

[BrassFusion]

mark knopfler

bb king

eric clapton

matt bellamy

jimi hendrix

that'll do it

[torn asunder]

Joe Satriani

Tony Iommi

Jimmy Hendrix

Steve Vai

Johnny Cash

Willie Nelson

Zack Wylde

Elvis

Daniel Ash

Jimmy Page

Keith Richards

Eric Clapton

Stevie Ray Vaughn

B.B. KIng

John Lee Hooker

Johnny Rotten

Garth Brooks

Steve Stevens

Eddie Van HAlen

YnVai Malmsteen.

top how many!? :erm

[Paper Hearts]

top how many!?  :erm

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Well, he could remove Johny Rotten, because Steve Jones played guitar for the Sex Pistols.

[The_Dark]

The top 5 are in order of preferance.. the rest are in random order

1. Dave Glimore

2. BB King

3. Steve Vai

4. Yngwie Malmsteen

5. Les Paul

6. Jimmy Page

7. Steven Seagal (He plays far better than he acts)

8. Eric Clapton

9. Martin Mull (Yes, the actor.. saw him play with BB King once... wow)

10. Carlos Santana

[Paper Hearts]

Anyone w/ the first name 'Mick' like Mick Ronson or Mick Jones. Also, Johny Marr has to go in at least like 7 of the top spots...someone here only listed him 6X. So that leaves one spot and that should probably go to Keith Richards because...he will survive nuclear winter.

Keith Richards after nuclear winter is probably the one you'd want more, but I'll still list him now, to be fair.

[Homicidalheathen]

Santana

Hendrix

Satriani

Steve vai

Eric Johnson

Eddie VH

Prince

Roland Orzabal

Stevie Ray vahn

'Flea' for Base.

Oh yes Jimmy Page but thats 11

[BillyDeath]

What band does Martin Mull play for?

[The_Dark]

He doesn't play in a band. He plays solo... like many Blues guitarists.

[Der Nister]

Mine though not in any order.

John Lennon

Dweezil Zappa

Randy Rhoads

Andy Summers

Dimebag Darrell

Steve Vai

Patrick Pentland

Johnny Ramone

Glen Tipton

Dave Petrie (Of Sick n tired from Detroit)

[BrassFusion]

Mine though not in any order.

John Lennon

Dweezil Zappa

Randy Rhoads

Andy Summers

Dimebag Darrell

Steve Vai

Patrick Pentland

Johnny Ramone

Glen Tipton

Dave Petrie (Of Sick n tired from Detroit)

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PATRICK MOTHERFUCKING PENTLAND?

you and I have to party now... I never even thought he was all that good, but...

SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAN

[Steven]

David Gilmore for emotion

Jimmy Page for Riffs

Johnny Marr for originality

Johnny Cash for simplicity

Slash for bringing it back to square one

Zakk Wylde for intensity

Joe Perry for attitude

Mick Ronson for groove

Marc Bolan for making something "wrong" sound right

Ritchie Blackmore for pure talent

[Blackmail]

Martin Gore should be in more of these lists....have you heard the guitar licks on 'Ultra' ?????

[Paper Hearts]

Martin Gore should be in more of these lists....have you heard the guitar licks on 'Ultra' ?????

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Martin Gore is a good player. I wouldn't put him in my list for favorite guitarists though.

Once in a while I get in the mood for good guitar...and I can like listen to Hendrix or Zappa or whoever but I just don't feel satisfied until I listen to Marr. I don't think anyone could really figure out how to work a guitar compared to Marr. I mean Hendrix, was great...but he basically played blues...which I like, but it's like it's only really like one scale, it's easy. In fact, all those 60's guys pretty much just played blues. Sure Hendrix played upside down and all that...but these compositions he and his peers wrote were not all that complex, comparitively.

Depech Mode blows my mind still, after many years and it's manily Gore responsible, but it's more like his overall songs...which usually didn't contain much guitar.

Marr-the guitar on Girl Afraid still amazes me each and every time I hear it like it's brand new to me. A lot of his songs are like that for me.

[Paper Hearts]

Actually Ha! I should not have listed Zappa and then started talking about those standard sort of 60s blues guys. Zappa was a MF. But I still like the way Marr played more...and I think* Marr was better technically, speaking.

[Paper Hearts]

Here's something I'll use as an example: You can start learning to play the guitar and within a month or so, maybe less, you'll be able to figure out how to play a lot of the 60s stuff by ear...

You can teach the guitar for years and not know what the fuck Marr is really doing. If you ever want to see a guitar instructor panic, bring in some Smiths.

[Blackmail]

Martin Gore is a good player. I wouldn't put him in my list for favorite guitarists though.

Once in a while I get in the mood for good guitar...and I can like listen to Hendrix or Zappa or whoever but I just don't feel satisfied until I listen to Marr. I don't think anyone could really figure out how to work a guitar compared to Marr. I mean Hendrix, was great...but he basically played blues...which I like, but it's like it's only really like one scale, it's easy. In fact, all those 60's guys pretty much just played blues. Sure Hendrix played upside down and all that...but these compositions he and his peers wrote were not all that complex, comparitively.

Depech Mode blows my mind still, after many years and it's manily Gore responsible, but it's more like his overall songs...which usually didn't contain much guitar.

Marr-the guitar on Girl Afraid still amazes me each and every time I hear it like it's brand new to me. A lot of his songs are like that for me.

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Depeche Mode's last 3 albums featured tons of guitars. Right now I think Martin Gore is my favorite, even more than Johnny Marr.

[Paper Hearts]

Depeche Mode's last 3 albums featured tons of guitars.  Right now I think Martin Gore is my favorite, even more than Johnny Marr.

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*cough, cough, Marr is better, cough* Sorry, had a frog in my throat. John Maher (Johny Marr) dresses better and has better hair, too. Those are always factors with rock musicians. I look at the whole picture.

I wish Amanda would come online right now and see your little post, because there would be a fight.

[Blackmail]

*cough, cough, Marr is better, cough* Sorry, had a frog in my throat. John Maher (Johny Marr) dresses better and has better hair, too. Those are always factors with rock musicians. I look at the whole picture.

I wish Amanda would come online right now and see your little post, because there would be a fight.

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Well, it's a hard comparison because the first like 8 DM albums had almost no guitar. He didn't learn to play until the late 80's. Gore plays more bluesy riffs, Marr is a strummer. I think Gore's electro past hurts him in any debate here. Guitar World magazine actually did a huge article on Gore though.

As for fashion, again, Martin Gore had horrible fashion in the 80's and he admits the dressing in drag was silly. Now he normally just wears black slacks and a black shirt, pretty low key. He also has decent hair nowadays.

Johnny Marr looked really silly when he formed Electronic with New Order's Bernard Sumner. Marr got all Manchester acid house and wore baggy pants and striped shirts and wore sunglasses indoors. There is even a video on youtube where they lipsynched on top of the pops, both Sumner and Marr and dancing around like idiots, Marr is pretending to play guitar on a dance track that has no guitars and it's all really, really bad. Now with the Healers, Marr has shaggy hair like all the indie rock bands, he follows trands too much.

[Paper Hearts]

Well, it's a hard comparison because the first like 8 DM albums had almost no guitar.  He didn't learn to play until the late 80's.    Gore plays more bluesy riffs, Marr is a strummer.  I think Gore's electro past hurts him in any debate here.  Guitar World magazine actually did a huge article on Gore though.

As for fashion, again, Martin Gore had horrible fashion in the 80's and he admits the dressing in drag was silly.    Now he normally just wears black slacks and a black shirt, pretty low key.  He also has decent hair nowadays.

Johnny Marr looked really silly when he formed Electronic with New Order's Bernard Sumner.  Marr got all Manchester acid house and wore baggy pants and striped shirts and wore sunglasses indoors.      There is even a video on youtube where they lipsynched on top of the pops, both Sumner and Marr and dancing around like idiots, Marr is pretending to play guitar on a dance track that has no guitars and it's all really, really bad.  Now with the Healers, Marr has shaggy hair like all the indie rock bands, he follows trands too much.

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I'm just messing with you man.

I remember picking up a Guitar World (or something like that) magazine at the store a while back just to browse through it, I didn't really buy it, just wanted to look through it, because it listed "the top 100 rock guitarists of all time". The bastards only put Marr at #7.

Marr was actually designing clothes for a bit, recently. I was reading about it on the Healers website maybe 8 months ago.

And Marr did so much more than strum! His rhythm rocks, yeah, but his appregios are rapid fire...and his tunings are crazy sometimes, indecipherable. And his progressions, oh my god! And such great taste, too, in the things he played...he doesn't like wank at all with it as the rest of these guitar heros do.

But I have to say that Gore is great and I see where you're at.

[Der Nister]

Here's something I'll use as an example: You can start learning to play the guitar and within a month or so, maybe less, you'll be able to figure out how to play a lot of the 60s stuff by ear...

I have to disagree with this one. I've played guitar for over 20 years and taught for 8 of those years and I can assure you that not everyone would be able to pick up on any songs by ear after just one month of playing. Most people do not have good enough ears to do that. I've heard people that have played for years and they still had trouble with a 4/4 time signature.

[Paper Hearts]

I have to disagree with this one. I've played guitar for over 20 years and taught for 8 of those years and I can assure you that not everyone would be able to pick up on any songs by ear after just one month of playing. Most people do not have good enough ears to do that. I've heard people that have played for years and they still had trouble with a 4/4 time signature.

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Ok, I'll give you that, but I mean most people would be able to pick out a lot of those old riffs. People can usually do like 'Satisfaction', the main riff or like 'Smoke on the Water', no lessons at all, I think.

[Paper Hearts]

Mine though not in any order.

John Lennon

Dweezil Zappa

Randy Rhoads

Andy Summers

Dimebag Darrell

Steve Vai

Patrick Pentland

Johnny Ramone

Glen Tipton

Dave Petrie (Of Sick n tired from Detroit)

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I like that you have John Lennon, a Zappa, and Johnny Ramone. No one else has a Zappa- personally I preffer Frank, but you MUST have a Zappa in your list or I mean, what are you on. Lennon wrote such great songs...not hard at all really, but the way he used the guitar was beautiful. Johnny Ramone=fucking lightining; I cannot do the speed limit if I'm listening to the Ramones in the car, at all. he rocked and again not really difficult stuff to play, but it sounds so amazing. Somtimes it's more of a matter of taste than technical ability.