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December 10th, 2005
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The Best Guitarist Ever
The real reason for my posting this topic is just to find out about new guitarists, but I really wanted to know who all of your favorite guitarists are?
Mine personally are Stevie Ray Vaughan and Chet Atkins. I know they may sound fairly generic but I really cannot think of any better guitarists out there (excluding Lowell and Kirk.) Of course Lowell has my favorite style and my favorite down to earth, nitty-gritty guitarist is Kirk, but there are no other guitarists that I dream every night of sounding like.
Man Lowell was a great songwriter...
Anyway, I would really like to know who you established virtuosos think is the most tallented slinger around
(sorry for all the parenthases...I read 1984 too many times) Will added parenthetically.
If you wanna feel real nice
Just ask the rock n' roll doctor's advice
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Hey LittleFeat ... you're back! Cool ... and thanks so much for your kind words.
It's hard, isn't it, coming up with a 'best' guitarist. It's such so subjective. Segovia was undoubtedly a maestro, but more at interpreting other people's compositions; SRV was definitely the master of Texas Blues; Lowell was King of Slide; Carlos, master of the pentatonic scale; Knopfler, Clapton, Raitt ... all great in their own way ... John Schofield is mind blowing, BB, all those guys that invented certain styles ... countless others ... George Benson in his own jazzy way; Satriani and that whole clan. Steve Stills, Jim Messina, my friend Mick Martin ...
I give up!
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Great idea for a topic LittleFeat!...
I don't know about the best guitarist ever but some of the players I've always enjoyed are Jerry Douglas, Vince Gill, Jeff Beck, BB King, Ry Cooder, George Harrison, Mark Knopfler, Santana (in small doses) and for his heartfelt delivery... I couldn't possibly leave out Willie Nelson.
and... of course my absolute favourite player would have to be the one I'm lucky enough to hear on a daily basis.... 
Clancy
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December 10th, 2005
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I like Tommy Emmanuel, Ry Cooder, Eric Clapton, Jesse Ed Davis, John Fahey, Stefan Grossman, John Renbourne, Leo Kottke, and Whit Smith from Hot Club of Cowtown.
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All the above. As long as they play strong melodies and avoid scale running,I dig them all.
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Tommy Emmanuel is my Favorit . It makes me happy to hear and see him play and thats all what matters for me
If you never saw him , go to www.woodsongs.com and download the shows 245 and 349 from their archive and you understand what i mean.
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i enjoy listening to Michael Chapdelaine. He studied under Segovia but he has ventured away into a more rock opriented fingerstyle. http://www.michaelchapdelaine.com/
check out some of his videos of California Dreaming or Come Together. I also like Trace Bundy, Leo Kottke, John Fahey. All of them are amazing guitarists in my opinion.
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Clancy and I were discussing great guitarists last night ... we forgot to mention one who seems to be able to outplay anyone in any style ... someone we saw a couple of years ago in Brisbane: Prince. He is undoubtedly the most amazing performer/player/singer I've ever seen live. I usually get itchy feet after a few tunes when I go to a concert ... I could have stayed for a whole other show that night. He played the most amazing guitar solo I've ever heard, then casually threw the Telecaster high in the air over his shoulder as he sauntered off stage ... telling the audience "don't hate me 'cause I'm brilliant" ... or words to that effect.
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Prince,he is an under rated player for sure. He plays a mean bass and keys too. He did a simple acoustic version of Dock of the Bay, the first tune he ever learned and nailed it using a minimalist approach. He has that magic quality that some of the old times blues players had. He is able to bring out the magic in simple tunes just like John Lee Hooker or Lightning Hopkins. Just try to play some of their stuff that looks so simple,yet when we play it, it sounds flat and lifeless.
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Originally Posted by chipper3344
check out some of his videos of California Dreaming or Come Together. I also like Tra
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This isn't really on topic but didn't Kirk do a california dreaming lesson? I can't seem to find it in the lessons forum or with the search function. I'm sure there was one!
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Originally Posted by Kirk
we forgot to mention one who seems to be able to outplay anyone in any style ... someone we saw a couple of years ago in Brisbane: Prince. He is undoubtedly the most amazing performer/player/singer I've ever seen live. I usually get itchy feet after a few tunes when I go to a concert ... I could have stayed for a whole other show that night. He played the most amazing guitar solo I've ever heard, then casually threw the Telecaster high in the air over his shoulder as he sauntered off stage ... telling the audience "don't hate me 'cause I'm brilliant" ... or words to that effect.
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Originally Posted by allthumbs
Prince,he is an under rated player for sure. He plays a mean bass and keys too. He did a simple acoustic version of Dock of the Bay, the first tune he ever learned and nailed it using a minimalist approach.
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... all that AND he also manages to do it all in a pair of 6" stiletto boots and a tight white jumpsuit... now I'd like to see any of the other guitar players mentioned in this thread try and pull THAT off 
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December 11th, 2005
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Originally Posted by Kirk
Clancy and I were discussing great guitarists last night ... we forgot to mention one who seems to be able to outplay anyone in any style ... someone we saw a couple of years ago in Brisbane: Prince. He is undoubtedly the most amazing performer/player/singer I've ever seen live. I usually get itchy feet after a few tunes when I go to a concert ... I could have stayed for a whole other show that night. He played the most amazing guitar solo I've ever heard, then casually threw the Telecaster high in the air over his shoulder as he sauntered off stage ... telling the audience "don't hate me 'cause I'm brilliant" ... or words to that effect.
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I concur with everything you say about Prince. I had more or less the same experience at a concert in london about 3 years ago. The guy is simply phenomenal! Definitely a very underated guitarist. He sings like an angel, plays the piano beautifully and is a great entertainer. Amazing how so much talent can be embodied in such a small frame. I wonder if he has a trick (like Kirks plane talk) that he uses to master the guitar so beautifully?
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December 11th, 2005
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Originally Posted by mushroomlord
This isn't really on topic but didn't Kirk do a california dreaming lesson? I can't seem to find it in the lessons forum or with the search function. I'm sure there was one!
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No, I didn't ml. Good idea though.
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December 17th, 2005
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this is a very subjective subject ... like asking who was the most beautiful woman
we all have our likes and dislikes ...classical,jazz,folk,flamanco..shred ..
peronally ...i like blues guitarists ..but everytime i see video of wes montgomery i am floored ..
~JMHO~
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