Killingmesoftly
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Jimmy page....
He's my other favourite Jimmy. 3rd would be the Krankie one.It's Hendrix.
Nobody else comes anywhere near IMO.It's Hendrix.
Can't disagree with any of those. First time I saw Wilco at the Kite Club at the then Station Downtown bar in about 1998 he absolutely blew me away with his choppy style & how the hell he got individual notes out whilst playing rhythm simultaneously. I've sussed him out now having watched him closely many times & whilst he is somewhat limited in his range he still deserves a mention. He should have stayed with Dr Feelgood instead of being a Billy Big bollocks & I've heard him admit such.David Gilmour, Comfortably numb is my all time favourite track
Clapton, Hendrix obvs brilliant
Best I've seen, Wilko
This is a harder shortlist for me than the singers I think!
Django Reinhardt, Prince, Eric Clapton, Eddie Van Halen, Mark Knopfler and Jimmy Page I love them all. However Hendrix is always my number one. Not least cos he played left handed on a right handed guitar.
As an aside on that note, and as a sort-of-related guitar geek thing, Hendrix was why I picked up a guitar in my youth. My dad was a fan so had his records around and I loved the stuff. Anyway, when I picked up a guitar in my youth, not having lessons or knowing other guitar players, and seeing pics on the album and sleeve notes of how Hendrix held his Strat, I picked up my right hander and started playing lefty (I'm right handed), thinking that was normal. However with not having anyone to tell me otherwise I had no idea that yes, Hendrix was indeed a lefty playing a right hand guitar, he'd still restrung it to put the strings back in the 'right' order - high strings down the bottom. I missed that. So I was and am forever cursed to play left handed but with my guitars strung and set up for a right hander. For the final confusing twist, I have even bought left handed guitars (easier to play with the knobs out the way etc.) that I subsequently have to restring for a traditional righty set up then play lefty. Confuses the crap out of people - and me sometimes!
They're ok live these tear em ups but for me generally lack melody. Saw Bonamassa in his infancy at the Central working mans club, he was mainly covers from memory but technically brilliant.A great story - thanks for telling us
Eric Gales - the rock/blues guitarist - is a lefty and plays a right handed guitar with the high strings at a the top, because that's how he learned as a child. He's certainly in the top ten of guitarists playing today.
Here he is in a duel with Joe Bonamassa on a mediterranean blues cruise. It's about 6 minutes before his first solo comes in.
One of the comments said, "Taking my guitar back to the shop cause 90% of them notes don't seem to be on it."
Edit: and Joe Walsh.We're talking favourite really aren't we.
So, honourable mention for George Harrison. Definitely Dave Gilmour but also Ry Cooder.
That is possible the most difficult question to have ever been posted.... Too many! TOO DIFFICULT!!Jimmy page....
Geoff Beck for me too.I was always a massive Hendrix fan and would always put him at number one. But in recent years I'm beginning to realise how good Geoff Beck is and how he's still progressing the sound. We'll never know what Jimi would be doing now but I'm sure it would be different. It would be a good guitar duel between the two of them.
Didn't know anything about SRV, then a couple of years back stumbled on an album of his which was fantastic. I decided to see if he was touring. Imagine my disappointment...talented bloke though!Stevie Ray Vaughan
I play. I'll have it if you don't want it!Saw Joe Bonamassa and Ritchie Blackmore in Glasgow... brilliant stuff.Brian May also well up with the elite.Ive had a fender guitar for 20 years but cant play the bugger.
I play quite badly but I think a fender might make all the difference so I could rehome it for you tooI play. I'll have it if you don't want it!