Where does Mike fit in?

angryyoungman wrote:

i know we're not suppossed to do be negative here but how is jack white a top guitarist? they play the most basic riffs ever. . . i havent played my guitar in months and i could pick it up today and play just about any white stripes song within 10 minutes

I hear what your saying but you couldn't get that tone in 10 minutes. Sure his riffs are simple but he manages to fill so much space with great fills. Have you heard him play slide guitar live? He is incredible. That said i prefer Hendrix, page, and company.

My personal favourite guitar player is Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys. Simple and primitive but he is untouchable in terms of rythm and style (which is based totally on personal opinion of course.) That said i love mike; particularly on Yield and Binaural. Also love stone, there is only one stone.

I thought id mention that i can not tolerate Malmsteem, Vai, or Van Halen. How can they have so much talent and still produce rubbish? I hate each their tone and i hate their music. I can definitely understand why people like them because of their talent. Their music on the other hand is insufferable. I know i shouldn't say that but i hate the way my favourite players (Mike included) are looked down upon by these guys.

B nice wrote:

Bronson Arroyo

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sennin wrote:

Jimi
SRV
Clapton
BB King
Page
Richards
Townsend
Waren Haynes
Eric Johnson
Jeff Beck
Chuck Berry
Santana
Mark Knopfler
Buddy Guy
EVH
Buckingham
Neil
Angus Young
Les Paul
Bo Diddly
Kirk Hammet
Allman
Veron Reid

I second this list.....only Duane Allman would be at the top and Derek Trucks would be added

if you don't think Jack White is a great guitar player it's because all you know are the singles on the radio.

if you heard deeper tracks, you'd realize his exquisite style

sennin wrote:

Of course he's my favorite guitarist in my favorite band....but in reality.

....He'd be about 30th on my list.

I'm the same

These conversations always kind of crack me up because who people list is entirely dependent on how they define a "great guitar player." For some people, it's songwriting. For other's it's technical ability or difficulty of their songs. For me, it is mostly about the emotional reaction I have when I hear/see them play. Based on that, Hendrix and SRV are on a world all their own. They are followed by Mike McCready and Lindsay Buckingham. I am always blown away that people ignore Lindsay Buckingham. His finger-picking style (Chet Atkins-like) is enormously difficult, and few mainstream guitarists could duplicate it without immense amounts of practice. There are times where it sounds like he's playing three guitars at once. It's incredible. I'd also throw in David Gilmour, Jimmy Page, Omar Rodriguez Lopez, and Robby Krieger. Also, it always cracks me up when I see Tremonti on these lists. At no point have I ever thought that blatantly stealing others' riffs and chord progressions made someone a great guitar player.

Darrell Lance Abbott A.K.A. Dimebag Darrell

list of my favorite guitarists:

Jimmy Page
Jimi Hendrix
Mike McCready
Adam Jones
Tom Morello
Stone Gossard
John Frusciante
Eric Clapton

Ok, well I'd have to put Mike, and about 100 other guitarists ahead of fuckin Tremonti...that said, I'd say Mike is probably in the top 20 or 30 of guitarists...even though he is the reason i started playing guitar...I cant say he is better than David Gilmour or Duane Allman and the like...I would say he is the best of the 90's however.

chris01 wrote:

Mike is one of my fav's, my no.1 is John Frusciante but Mike is up there with the best.

I was waiting for someone to say that. He's my #1 also.