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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

guitarist of all time?

I'd say Johnny Marr is a contender, as is Jeff Beck...

thoughts please?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I reckon kurt bobain

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"guitarist of all time?

I'd say Johnny Marr is a contender, as is Jeff Beck...

thoughts please?"

Wonder what you're watching, anyway Mark Knopfler

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By *uddlybear2015Man
over a year ago

BEDFORD

Such a subjective question,if its on technical ability then someone like Segovia is somewhere up near the top of the list,If its a matter of personal taste,then Steve Albini tops my list,his use of dissonance,volume and brutality floats my boat

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Such a subjective question,if its on technical ability then someone like Segovia is somewhere up near the top of the list,If its a matter of personal taste,then Steve Albini tops my list,his use of dissonance,volume and brutality floats my boat

its just a question on a forum on a swingers site...don't read too much into it

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By *r SelectiveMan
over a year ago

newcastle

Hendrix 100%

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Good grief at this time of night, listen, it's Mark Knopfler, end of story and goodnight!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mark knoffler or joe satriani id kill to be abke to play like either of them lead on a dirty channel is a doddle playing lead clean leaves every mistake open and obvious its where the you see the true great guitarists

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By *uv2bseenCouple
over a year ago

Midlands

"Hendrix 100%"

You beat me to it. Hendrix has to be there.

Here is one for you.

Anyone heard of Jose Feliciano??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Frank Zappa's up there

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Hendrix 100%

You beat me to it. Hendrix has to be there.

Here is one for you.

Anyone heard of Jose Feliciano??"

Hendrix is like van halen for me a visionary and a pioneer but nowhere near the most talented

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"guitarist of all time?

I'd say Johnny Marr is a contender, as is Jeff Beck...

thoughts please?

Wonder what you're watching, anyway Mark Knopfler"

lol not seen Johnny Marr so far...

but as I used to watch him practice in Andy Rourkes garage I always knew he would amount to something

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Hendrix 100%

You beat me to it. Hendrix has to be there.

Here is one for you.

Anyone heard of Jose Feliciano??"

yes

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By *uv2bseenCouple
over a year ago

Midlands

"Hendrix 100%

You beat me to it. Hendrix has to be there.

Here is one for you.

Anyone heard of Jose Feliciano??

yes"

Fantastic guitarist.

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By *uv2bseenCouple
over a year ago

Midlands

Obviously grew up in a fine age for music Scarlett!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

OP's question was best guitarist, not the same as most talented.

Carlos Devadip Santana or Stevie Ray Vaughan

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"OP's question was best guitarist, not the same as most talented.

Carlos Devadip Santana or Stevie Ray Vaughan"

Id argue its the same thing if were after our personal favorite id say jannick gers from iron maiden but as far as the best guitarist (the person who is the best at his craft) you will struggle to find a better guitarist than knoffler

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Buddy Guy can pick out a decent tune

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By *edRapscallionMan
over a year ago

London

Steve Vai is certainly excellent.

I'd have to put Alex Lifeson forward for consideration. His playing is understated for the most part, but he knows exactly how to enhance, lead, and improvise within a song.

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By *uv2bseenCouple
over a year ago

Midlands

Earl Klugh

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dimebag Darrell

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By *edRapscallionMan
over a year ago

London

"Dimebag Darrell "

He was good, but not the best.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Dimebag Darrell

He was good, but not the best. "

Oh sorry I though she was asking for individuals opinion

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Dimebag Darrell

He was good, but not the best.

Oh sorry I though she was asking for individuals opinion

I was... ignore him

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Dimebag Darrell

He was good, but not the best.

Oh sorry I though she was asking for individuals opinion

I was... ignore him

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Girl power nothing like it lmao

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By *uddlybear2015Man
over a year ago

BEDFORD

its just a question on a forum on a swingers site...don't read too much into it

I know,and wasnt

Marr or maybe john Squires best of their generation.

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By *uddlybear2015Man
over a year ago

BEDFORD

Good grief at this time of night, listen, it's Mark Knopfler, end of story and goodnight!"

Not in my universe

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Hendrix 100%"

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By *uddlybear2015Man
over a year ago

BEDFORD

I know many will be offended,but I find knopfler dull in the extreme. Give me eastbay ray,D Boon,greg ginn,Paul leary,paul fox,mick jones any day of the week. I am now going to retreat to a secret bunker!

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By *edRapscallionMan
over a year ago

London

"Dimebag Darrell

He was good, but not the best.

Oh sorry I though she was asking for individuals opinion

I was... ignore him

Sorry, I thought individual opinions were what was wanted here, hence adding my own to the thread...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Rory Gallagher

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"OP's question was best guitarist, not the same as most talented.

Carlos Devadip Santana or Stevie Ray Vaughan"

With you on the late great SRV. Was lucky enough to see him at Manchester Apollo in 1988

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mark king

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Mark king "
On bass I d agree

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Brian May deserves a mention and my favorite is the Wilson sister out of Heart

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By *andsonjohnMan
over a year ago

in the eye of the storm

For my tastes it would be any one of these three .

Jimmy Hendrix the man didn't as such play a guitar in my opinion he make love to it

Jimmy page put a truly great guitarist with one the best lead singers of all time with possible the greatest drummers of all time although one could make very good case for Keith moon of the who add a great bass guitarist and you have one of it not the greatest super group of all time .

Jimmy page not only a true great but also one of the most plagiarized guitarists of all time.

Slash guns and roses like Hendrix the man not only plays the guitar he make love to it raw passion like Hendrix .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"For my tastes it would be any one of these three .

Jimmy Hendrix the man didn't as such play a guitar in my opinion he make love to it

Jimmy page not only a true great but also one of the most plagiarized guitarists of all time.

Slash guns and roses like Hendrix the man not only plays the guitar he make love to it raw passion like Hendrix .

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Could throw Ritchie Blackmore at that list

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By *ost SockMan
over a year ago

West Wales and Cardiff

"For my tastes it would be any one of these three .

Jimmy Hendrix the man didn't as such play a guitar in my opinion he make love to it

Jimmy page not only a true great but also one of the most plagiarized guitarists of all time.

Slash guns and roses like Hendrix the man not only plays the guitar he make love to it raw passion like Hendrix .

I like Led Zep, but if any of them moan about people plagiarising their work, they're stake ting on thin ice

Best guitarist is fun, but utterly impossible to be definitive about.

I've seen 9 year old French gypsy guitarists who are way better guitarists than Hendrix, if you're judging on raw ability, technical skill, knowledge of the instrument etc.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

John frusciante....

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By *andsonjohnMan
over a year ago

in the eye of the storm

"For my tastes it would be any one of these three .

Jimmy Hendrix the man didn't as such play a guitar in my opinion he make love to it

Jimmy page not only a true great but also one of the most plagiarized guitarists of all time.

Slash guns and roses like Hendrix the man not only plays the guitar he make love to it raw passion like Hendrix .

I like Led Zep, but if any of them moan about people plagiarising their work, they're stake ting on thin ice

Best guitarist is fun, but utterly impossible to be definitive about.

I've seen 9 year old French gypsy guitarists who are way better guitarists than Hendrix, if you're judging on raw ability, technical skill, knowledge of the instrument etc.

No I don't judge on technical ability a computer program could best any human if that was the case .

I judge on feeling that their playing invokes Hendrix was raw passion not only in his playing but also in his stage present .

Zeppelin live were the same although in the studio they were perfectionist live they were a different animal .

Guns and rises early years where the same raw emotion played out on stage .

That how I like my guitarists raw talented passion they drag you by force into there guitar riffs you lose yourself in the raw power of their playing Hendrix had that knack of doing that page the same slash to.

All the groups I truly love apart from Zeppelin are very raw or were before they got to big even early Zeppelin is raw .

Punk I love to for the same reasons raw passion nirvana the same raw passion .

I like my groups to be a bit raw just like I like my guitar players on the whole to be the same .

Perfection is not raw its lacks something to my ear prefer live work to studio work for the same reason when its come to my listening tastes .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Slash fron GnR

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I would have to say Jimmy Page , though its close with Eric Clapton.

They do have to doff their caps though to the great blues legends of the past

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

John squire

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My top 3 are:

Eddie Van Halen (perhaps the most innovative musician of the last century after Les Paul).

Gary Moore.

Rory Gallagher.

To me though, there no "best".

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Doyle Bramhall II

I have seen this amazing guy many times and he blows your mind with guitar.

Bramhall collaborating with artists such as T-Bone Burnett, Elton John, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Gary Clark, Jr., Gregg Allman, Dr. John, Allen Toussaint, Billy Preston, Erykah Badu, Questlove and Meshell Ndegeocello, Bramhall has produced several records, including Sheryl Crow's 100 Miles from Memphis in 2011. He also joined her on a tour for this album

In 2013, Bramhall completed co-production on Eric Clapton's 2013 release Old Sock, and played guitars on his 2014 release The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale. He joined Clapton on his 50th anniversary tour as an opening act and backing musician. He appeared at Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival, and was recorded for the subsequent live album and DVD.

Bramhall also played lead guitars on Elton John's 2013 album The Diving Board

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

"Hendrix 100%"

Hmmm nice torso...

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

Oh guitarists. ..well I find myself listening to David Gilmour and Gary Moore most of all, but I would not want to do without Jimmy Page, Santana, BBKing, SRV, Clapton....I guess the best songwriters win in the end.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Prince

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Toni iomi from sabbath has to be up there

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By *igeiaWoman
over a year ago

Bristol

Thurston Moore. I like noise with my melody.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mark Knopfler. I love his music and how he plays it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Toni iomi from sabbath has to be up there"

Proper head banging heavy metal riffs!

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

Ritchie Blackmore. Played on a huge amount of decent songs. Some very different from each other. From heavy rock to classical to aor commercial pop/rock and back again!

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By *rman82Man
over a year ago

Manchester

John squire ain't bad!! But Johnny Marr for me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Gary Moore or randy Rhodes

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By *uddlybear2015Man
over a year ago

BEDFORD

"Thurston Moore. I like noise with my melody."

What a Star You are! Lee Ranaldo too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nuno Bettencourt with his beautiful Washburn for me.

Mrs x

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