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Post by dontask on Oct 1, 2008 20:03:04 GMT
seems obvious given the other two
the title says it all
my favourites are hendrix and pete townsend btw.
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Post by Fergal on Oct 1, 2008 20:15:29 GMT
In terms of guitaring all in all, I couldn't say, I've a soft spot for some classical guitar and them lads are superb.
In terms of "popular music guitaring", it has to be Johnny Marr, no doubt
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Post by dontask on Oct 1, 2008 20:34:15 GMT
sorry i'll clarify abit. this is dead opinionated and technical skill is only important if u want it to be. i meant overall like, stage presence, style whatever you think.
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Post by Fergal on Oct 1, 2008 21:04:12 GMT
Aye. I'd still say Johnny Marr though. He can conquer it all. Hendrix was great...but Marr took it to a whole new level and didn't just rip off blues (however good Hendrix was at ripping off blues), he did sumat new. I've heard few guitarists in pop music who can make sumat as beautiful as Back To The Old House, as danceable as things like This Charming Man and Handsome Devil and as frightening and massive as How Soon is Now or London.
And he's incredibly cool, you only have to look at the What Difference Does It Make video for that
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Post by dontask on Oct 1, 2008 21:11:04 GMT
townsend though =p. to be honest im not a big smiths fan in that i havent heard much by them =p. call me blasphemer lol the following video is as close as ive got to getting into them; uk.youtube.com/watch?v=IX_QoisjBQ0not that i doubt they'd be ace. just not got round to it yet |
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Post by benraul on Oct 1, 2008 21:16:04 GMT
I really dont think I am in any position to judge. As so many different types of music use guitars I probably dont know who half the best guitarists around are.
I mean, Mark knoffler is a fantastic guitarist, then you look at Jimmy Page, Steve Vai, Eddie Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Joe Satriani, Slash, Marr, Richards. In the modern era people like Coxon, Greenward, Bellamy are all fantastic guitarists. No way is it possible to pick one. The instrmaent is so complex. I play it myself and techniquly I imagine I am shite. They all make it look so easy. Some of the best guitarists around are probably not playing in commercial or mianstream music so we dont even know who they are.
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Post by dontask on Oct 1, 2008 21:25:27 GMT
ahhhh your missing the point man =D go for who YOU love, who you think has the best stage presence or plays your favourite riffs or whatever
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Post by benraul on Oct 1, 2008 21:26:19 GMT
ah, my bad. Well then. Ummm. I might go for Coxon. Actually. Nah, Keith Richards.
Keith Richards is my answer.
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Post by upton on Oct 2, 2008 15:58:04 GMT
Jimi Hendrix
Johnny Marr
Jimi Page
Keith Richards
JOHN SQUIRE why has nobody mentioned him I mean Begging You nuff said.
Graham Coxon
Johnny Greenwood
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Post by mc18988 on Oct 2, 2008 17:07:09 GMT
Jay Z?
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Post by dontask on Oct 2, 2008 18:22:47 GMT
yeah Jay-Z is a proper shredder
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Post by antoine010891 on Oct 2, 2008 19:12:57 GMT
Jay-Z, lol, very funny.
I have to agree with Fergal, I just have a thing for Mr Marr, I'm a massive fan of the smiths and have a love for Marr, what he does is just fucking brilliant, magic more than anything, I've heard so many people say in interviews how hard they find it to play something by Marr, one of them being Noel G. Maybe we are saying this because when we were little the smiths were one of the first bands we heard of from our parents and that, or maybe not and he is just a fucking magician.
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Post by mc18988 on Oct 2, 2008 21:41:55 GMT
Id have to go with Marr too, The Smiths are immense and probably have the greatest guitarist and frontman (i'm sure many would argue with that though)
Marr and Morrissey, hard to beat that
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Post by dontask on Oct 2, 2008 22:18:26 GMT
course theyd argue, my favourite guitarist and frontman are the same people. its all subjective init
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