Whos The Greatest Guitarist?

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  • hoopinman
    hoopinman Posts: 294
    sorry to bring this up...but its buggin the hell outta me


    His name is spelled Stevie Ray Vaughan not Vaughn....with two a's in his last name
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    only one of many
    but i really enjoy this piece
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPaz9-nLClA
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
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  • stevieraveon
    stevieraveon Posts: 413
    Joe2TheRevenge wrote:
    "hi, i'm jimi hendrix, i can play novice blues songs through a wah peddle. call me the greatest ever"

    "hi, i'm john frusciante. i take the less-is-more approach because i am too inferior to even play more than i do"

    "hi, i'm stevie ray vaughn. i graduated from the jimi hendrix school of guitar playing. when i bend one note for 87 seconds, people think i have soul"

    in case you haven't figured it out, i think every one of these guys is a fucking joke.

    You, sir, are the fucking joke.
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  • deadnote
    deadnote Posts: 1,678
    santana
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  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5F7nv5eAEk
  • Trailer
    Trailer Posts: 1,431
    On second thought, I'm gonna have to change my vote to Robert Johnson. Dude went down to the crossroads and sold his soul to the devil:cool:
    Whoa, chill bro... you know you can't raise your voice like that when the lion's here.
  • Joe2TheRevenge
    Joe2TheRevenge Posts: 904
    stevieraveon wrote:
    You, sir, are the fucking joke.

    maybe.

    but at least i am not entertained by boring average-at-best guitar players.
    You can't spell "dumb" without DMB
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Joe2TheRevenge wrote:
    maybe.

    but at least i am not entertained by boring average-at-best guitar players.


    Okay, so what's you criteria for an above-average player? Seriously, now. The ability to demonstrate an encyclopaedic knowledge of scales, played using stretch fingering and such devices as string skipping and/or sweeping? (Lots of players can do that, but when it comes to improvising, should they suddenly say, "Actually I could change the intervals here and add a little lydian mode, just these notes, and maybe a suggestion of that one"? Or should they keep twiddling through their scalar/modal workouts? Would an above-average player sacrifice bombing up and down the fretboard playing a two-handed whole tone scale, where a one-handed pentatonic, played with one or two fingers, might do?

    How do you rate rhythm playing? Fingerpicking styles? Do you prefer finger vibrato or finger-tapping? Silly questions to many, as what matters about technique is how it sounds or makes them feel.

    Do you play? How long have you been playing? Do you play live? If so, what's your guitar setup?
  • reeferchief
    reeferchief Posts: 3,569
    Joe2TheRevenge wrote:
    "hi, i'm jimi hendrix, i can play novice blues songs through a wah peddle. call me the greatest ever"

    "hi, i'm john frusciante. i take the less-is-more approach because i am too inferior to even play more than i do"

    "hi, i'm stevie ray vaughn. i graduated from the jimi hendrix school of guitar playing. when i bend one note for 87 seconds, people think i have soul"

    in case you haven't figured it out, i think every one of these guys is a fucking joke.

    It's all true, lol, this really is one of the worst posts I have ever seen, you must be a seriously good guitar player to come up with such a statement, are you Satriani and pissed off by some of the previous posts?
    Can not be arsed with life no more.
  • elmer
    elmer Posts: 1,683
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Okay, so what's you criteria for an above-average player? Seriously, now. The ability to demonstrate an encyclopaedic knowledge of scales, played using stretch fingering and such devices as string skipping and/or sweeping? (Lots of players can do that, but when it comes to improvising, should they suddenly say, "Actually I could change the intervals here and add a little lydian mode, just these notes, and maybe a suggestion of that one"? Or should they keep twiddling through their scalar/modal workouts? Would an above-average player sacrifice bombing up and down the fretboard playing a two-handed whole tone scale, where a one-handed pentatonic, played with one or two fingers, might do?

    How do you rate rhythm playing? Fingerpicking styles? Do you prefer finger vibrato or finger-tapping? Silly questions to many, as what matters about technique is how it sounds or makes them feel.

    Do you play? How long have you been playing? Do you play live? If so, what's your guitar setup?
    I play, but haven't the foggiest as to what some of this means.

    The case against Hendrix that I've heard once or twice is because he could play bass notes with his thumb people are duped into believing he was the greatest. A pretty weak argument.
  • LavaLamp_GuitarTramp
    LavaLamp_GuitarTramp Posts: 143
    Fact - Jimi Hendrix is the greatest guitarist of all time.
    "Why stand when you can sit?" - Winston Churchill
    "Why sit when you can dance?" - Me
  • Mike_Muse_Rage
    Mike_Muse_Rage Posts: 677
    reeferchief wrote:
    It's all true, lol, this really is one of the worst posts I have ever seen, you must be a seriously good guitar player to come up with such a statement, are you Satriani and pissed off by some of the previous posts?
    Satriani's idol is Hendrix, so unlikely.
    Also, I doubt anyone would argue that Hendrix is great because he can use his thumb on the fretboard. How is that important?
  • boxwine_in_hell
    boxwine_in_hell Posts: 1,263
    Stevie Ray Vaughan.....I mean anyone that plays Hendrix better than Hendrix gets my vote. Granted Hendrix didn't have the technology that SRV had, but holy shit was SRV amazing.

    Decide for yourself, this is sick.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__Z6lNp3Ako&feature=related
    one foot in the door
    the other foot in the gutter
    sweet smell that they adore
    I think I'd rather smother
    -The Replacements-
  • Cropduster84
    Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    boxwine_in_hell wrote:
    Stevie Ray Vaughan.....I mean anyone that plays Hendrix better than Hendrix gets my vote.

    True....but Hendrix WROTE that shit.....
    'The more I studied religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.' - Sir Richard Francis Burton
  • IndianSummer
    IndianSummer Posts: 854
    mark knopfler
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    Swim the magic ocean,
    I've been crying all these years
  • Cropduster84
    Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    boxwine_in_hell wrote:
    Stevie Ray Vaughan.....I mean anyone that plays Hendrix better than Hendrix gets my vote.


    That may be true....but Hendrix WROTE that shit.....
    'The more I studied religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.' - Sir Richard Francis Burton
  • IndianSummer
    IndianSummer Posts: 854
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Here's the second greatest guitarist of all time, in my view. One note from this man wipes out whole universes of shredders. This, my friends, is tone:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSZHT2XvoLM
    what exactly is tone??
    I have faced it, A life wasted...

    Take my hand, my child of love
    Come step inside my tears
    Swim the magic ocean,
    I've been crying all these years
  • boxwine_in_hell
    boxwine_in_hell Posts: 1,263
    Cropduster84 wrote:
    True....but Hendrix WROTE that shit.....

    True, but SRV has some badass tunes too. All you have to do is listen to a songs like "Lenny" or "Riviera Paradise" to see his brilliance and versatility. I mean he plays jazz guitar better than any of the best jazz guitarists.
    one foot in the door
    the other foot in the gutter
    sweet smell that they adore
    I think I'd rather smother
    -The Replacements-
  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    boxwine_in_hell wrote:
    True, but SRV has some badass tunes too. All you have to do is listen to a songs like "Lenny" or "Riviera Paradise" to see his brilliance and versatility. I mean he plays jazz guitar better than any of the best jazz guitarists.
    I wouldn't call that shit jazz. It's pretty straight blues. I think SRV's weakness was as a songwriter. He wasn't INNOVATIVE, he just kicked serious ass.
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • stupidcorporatewhore
    stupidcorporatewhore Posts: 761
    Joe2TheRevenge wrote:
    "hi, i'm jimi hendrix, i can play novice blues songs through a wah peddle. call me the greatest ever"

    pioneer
    Joe2TheRevenge wrote:
    "hi, i'm john frusciante. i take the less-is-more approach because i am too inferior to even play more than i do"

    slightly overated.
    Joe2TheRevenge wrote:
    "hi, i'm stevie ray vaughn. i graduated from the jimi hendrix school of guitar playing. when i bend one note for 87 seconds, people think i have soul"

    uped the voltage
    Joe2TheRevenge wrote:
    in case you haven't figured it out, i think every one of these guys is a fucking joke.

    It's okay to be wrong and have no taste. If it makes you feel any better you are in the majority based on what's selling right now.

    just curious who you consider to be good?
    boxwine_in_hell wrote:
    Stevie Ray Vaughan.....I mean anyone that plays Hendrix better than Hendrix gets my vote. Granted Hendrix didn't have the technology that SRV had, but holy shit was SRV amazing.

    Decide for yourself, this is sick.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__Z6lNp3Ako&feature=related

    serious goosebumps...f**k me!

    I was fortunate enough to see him live twice before he died.

    he's simply stunning!

    anyone mention Angus Young? I mean, most consider him a one trick pony but there's something to be said for simplicity.

    If you have a copy of highway to hell put it on and skip to "night prowler"

    the opening blues fill is astounding!

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