Great Guitarists.

the egde? You're kidding me?!

Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy

the egde? You're kidding me?!

Bit reliant on effects for my liking, good but not great

I reckon the Edge is both over and under rated. As for effects- he is very good at getting very individual sounds on the guitar- both from the pedals/rack and from his playing too. I've got a lot of respect for his guitarring.

Personally, I'm most influenced by David Gilmour and Jimmy Page. But I love Satriani, Via, Petrucci and Eddie Van Halen. I often forget Hendrix but the documentary last week reminded me of how good he really was.

Joe Walsh is often forgotten in the lists too- another of my favourites and a great songwriter too...

Also Buck Dharma from Blue Oyster Cult- great riffs and lovely melodic lead stuff too.

It's good to rock!

[pegasus]

Rory Gallacher ----

Walter Trout ----

lyndsey Buckingham ----

Johnny Winters ----

Lyndsey buckingham- awesome. That acoustic version of Big Love, from The Dance is amazing. Totally blew me away when I heard it.

anyone heard of Jo Satriani........genius I think...

Cant believe nobody has mentioned Brian "Head" Welch, formerly of KoRn, or Munky for that matter. Both 7 string masters. My 2p worth!

Oh, and if you wanna see something a bit out of the ordinary, check this out. Not strictly guitar based, but theres a lot in there. The class bit is the drummer. * Make sure you watch it until the end *

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

Originally Posted by M65

Cant believe nobody has mentioned Brian "Head" Welch, formerly of KoRn, or Munky for that matter. Both 7 string masters. My 2p worth!

Oh, and if you wanna see something a bit out of the ordinary, check this out. Not strictly guitar based, but theres a lot in there. The class bit is the drummer. * Make sure you watch it until the end *

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

That drumming is sweet, more for the spinning shananigans than the playing although the juggling at the end is absolute class

I bow down and worship at the alter of Jimmy Page, Eddie Van Halen & Angus Young. Three totally opposite guitarists, but all fantastic.

Been listening to a lot of Black Sabbath recently (love 'Master Of Reality') & Tony Iommi is great. Very economical, but hugely effective.

[Stingo]

Originally Posted by thedonal

Lyndsey buckingham- awesome. That acoustic version of Big Love, from The Dance is amazing. Totally blew me away when I heard it.

Yes - also one of my faves!! But what is also 'great' is that tomorrow I'm going to get my maulers on a ticket to see Joe Bonamassa...now...if you like the blues, and you like rock...this is yer man!!