FabSwingers.com forum: Who has the best guitar solo?

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

I would say it is gary moor and the track still got the blues

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

Gary Clark Jr is pretty good

https://youtu.be/An_TLCw-p_I

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

Hi Shag that is a really good one, but my favourites are

Dave Gilmore’s second solo in Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb

Michael Schenker’s solo on Rock Bottom on UFO’s Strangers in the Night live album

And Alex Lifeson’s guitar masterpiece La Villa Strangiato by Rush

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By *ed-monkeyCouple
over a year ago

Hailsham

Hard to beat Clapton... but there are so many greats

Knopfler

May

Mark King for bass

Hendrix

Santana

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

Or how gary holds the note in parisienne walkway

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

One of my favs is the live version of Sultans of Swing on Alchemy

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

"Or how gary holds the note in parisienne walkway

I’m still working on perfecting that. And I still can’t do the run down after getting the feedback to cut in.

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

"One of my favs is the live version of Sultans of Swing on Alchemy "

Oh yeah. Cracking choice.

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By *ark ph0enixWoman
over a year ago

Teesside

Slash's Anastasia does it for me

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By *orksRockerMan
over a year ago

Bradford

Tough one..But up these come to mind immediately. Good guitar solo isn't haw fast but how it flows with the music, so no Satriani or Vai in my list....

Dave Gilmore - Comfortably Numb from Pulse

Alex Lifeson - Xanadu from Exit Stage Left

Daryl Stuermer - Inside Out from But Seriously Live.

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

Frank Zappa - Watermelon in Easter Hay

2 minutes in after the talking, and an amazing track to make love to,

note I said make love, not just a fuck.

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

Slash, Prince , Jimmy Hendrix

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By *hatYorkLadMan
over a year ago

York

David Gilmour - High hopes

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By *nto My ArmsMan
over a year ago

Herts/London

For a different take, I really enjoy Graham Coxon's 'non-solos', all atonal and angular, with Coffee and TV being a good example.

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

"Or how gary holds the note in parisienne walkway

I’m still working on perfecting that. And I still can’t do the run down after getting the feedback to cut in.

Winners will keep trying... you'll get there!

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

"Hi Shag that is a really good one, but my favourites are

Dave Gilmore’s second solo in Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb

Michael Schenker’s solo on Rock Bottom on UFO’s Strangers in the Night live album

And Alex Lifeson’s guitar masterpiece La Villa Strangiato by Rush"
Hi and yes that is a good one too

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By *moothdickMan
over a year ago

stoke

George formbey

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

"Hard to beat Clapton... but there are so many greats

Knopfler

May

Mark King for bass

Hendrix

Santana"
Yes there are many to choose from

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

Pink Floyd. Comfortably Numb (live at Gdansk)

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By *nto My ArmsMan
over a year ago

Herts/London

"Mark King for bass"

Always sounds like he's fallen down a massive flight of stairs with his bass plugged in to me!

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

Lynyrd Skynyrd's Free Bird if you like a lengthy thrash..

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

So many to choose from and definitely depends what I'm in the mood for but love some Satriani or Jan Akkerman.

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By *heltenhamBiGuyMan
over a year ago

Cheltenham

Brian May... Last Horizon

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

Prince - purple rain (live)

Or prince "while my guitar gently weeps"

https://youtu.be/efhlDbZ4SmY

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By *lint-EverhardMan
over a year ago

Perpignan and cap

Freebird- Lynyrd Skynyrd.

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

Pink Floyd - Comfortably numb

Guns 'n' Roses - Sweet child of mine

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

Doyle Bramhall II - Comfortably Numb

Doyle Bramhall II - Dogs

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

Everything by Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell, Grant Green.....

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By *eesideMan
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

This

19:34 in it starts.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i6ckXQoBw2M

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By *asilForty77Man
over a year ago

a hundred and sixty of us living in a small shoebox in the middle of the road

stevie ray vaughan paradise riviera

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

"Prince - purple rain (live)

Or prince "while my guitar gently weeps"

https://youtu.be/efhlDbZ4SmY

Try The Jeff Healey Band version of While My Guitar Gently Weeps. It's one of my faves .

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By *ax777Man
over a year ago

Not here

"Or how gary holds the note in parisienne walkway

I’m still working on perfecting that. And I still can’t do the run down after getting the feedback to cut in.

Have a listen to The Supernatural by Peter Green

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By *entlemenpipMan
over a year ago

not far

Hard to say as so many are little more than showing off and don't add anything to the track

That said I kind of alway lean to BB King

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By *obert2Man
over a year ago

durham

some good but obvious choices..how about the great solo in goodbye to love by carpenters or pull the damn thing down by john miles a really underated player

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

"Or how gary holds the note in parisienne walkway

I’m still working on perfecting that. And I still can’t do the run down after getting the feedback to cut in.

Have a listen to The Supernatural by Peter Green"

Oh yeah, that’s good. Funny how that sound must have been an influence on Gary Moore

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

Another brick in the wall part 2

Pink Floyd.

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By *rgoodnbadMan
over a year ago

greenock

"Frank Zappa - Watermelon in Easter Hay

2 minutes in after the talking, and an amazing track to make love to,

note I said make love, not just a fuck."

Beat me to it, though I was going to say anything by Zappa

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By *olly_chromaticTV/TS
over a year ago

Stockport

"So many to choose from and definitely depends what I'm in the mood for but love some Satriani or Jan Akkerman."

Glad to see a mention of Jan Akkerman. I'm going to throw in Robert Fripp, never been a huge public name, and even in his own band King Crimson he prefers to sit at the back and just play with no on-stage theatrics. Hard to pick out any particular tracks, but Fracture and Starless have pretty incredible guitar work. And then there's a huge amount of session work that Fripp did with other bands giving them a sound that just couldn't have happened without him. Bowie's Heroes - that amazing guitar that raises the track from good to blows your socks off - that's Robert Fripp.

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

Eddie van Halen eruption

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By *ax777Man
over a year ago

Not here

"Or how gary holds the note in parisienne walkway

I’m still working on perfecting that. And I still can’t do the run down after getting the feedback to cut in.

Have a listen to The Supernatural by Peter Green

Oh yeah, that’s good. Funny how that sound must have been an influence on Gary Moore"

Gary Moore bought the famous ‘Greeny’ 1959 Les Paul from Peter Green when the latter quit the music business in the 70s

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

Anything by Jason Simon

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By *ax777Man
over a year ago

Not here

A great one from Nils Lofgren ( there’s also a great 10 minute version of this with his band at Musikfest 2004)

https://youtu.be/u9ru7Cuh2Qc

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

"Or how gary holds the note in parisienne walkway

I’m still working on perfecting that. And I still can’t do the run down after getting the feedback to cut in.

Have a listen to The Supernatural by Peter Green

Oh yeah, that’s good. Funny how that sound must have been an influence on Gary Moore

Gary Moore bought the famous ‘Greeny’ 1959 Les Paul from Peter Green when the latter quit the music business in the 70s"
Ah bingo!

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By *ensual 2Couple
over a year ago

Blackpool

"Lynyrd Skynyrd's Free Bird if you like a lengthy thrash.. "
Agree ....play it loud ....terrific ...

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

Still got the blues by Gary Moore is to my mind perfection!

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By *DGF20Man
over a year ago

Dublin

Joe Satriani - Made of tears live

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

Thin Lizzy "The Rocker" Eric Bell on lead rips it up

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

LA woman

The Doors.

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By *ecky and justCouple
over a year ago

Godalming

As many have said.

Comfortably Numb.

Prefer the original version rather than the later live versions.

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By *ushandkittyCouple
over a year ago

Gloucester

"One of my favs is the live version of Sultans of Swing on Alchemy

Oh yeah. Cracking choice.

I prefer the live version of telegraph road

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

"As many have said.

Comfortably Numb.

Prefer the original version rather than the later live versions. "

I like every version bur prefer Gdansk as it prolongs the experience!

Love this thread and will definately get some of them of them on Spotify...

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By *assy69Man
over a year ago

West Sussex and Wales

Am just a Steve Vai fan here..... he can do no wrong

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over a year ago

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By *dward_TeagueMan
over a year ago

wolverhampton

Spoonful - Howlin’ Wolf, simple yet beautiful

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

Mike McCready (Pearl Jam) - Alive

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

Some of dimebag darrell's were great.

I do like some of marty friedman early work.

And reb beach...

Recent music though i like an australian prog rock player called "plini".

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

"One of my favs is the live version of Sultans of Swing on Alchemy

Oh yeah. Cracking choice.

I prefer the live version of telegraph road

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Anything by knopfler is amazing but my favourite is private Investigations.

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

Peter Frampton

'Do you feel like we do'

Give it a go

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By *hatYorkLadMan
over a year ago

York

"Freebird- Lynyrd Skynyrd."

Love that song, I want it played at my funeral when I pop my clogs

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

No one mentioned any by joe bonamassa...yet!

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

"Hi Shag that is a really good one, but my favourites are

Dave Gilmore’s second solo in Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb

Michael Schenker’s solo on Rock Bottom on UFO’s Strangers in the Night live album

And Alex Lifeson’s guitar masterpiece La Villa Strangiato by Rush"
oh excellent choices ,love a bit of UFO and that's an amazing album

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By *hatYorkLadMan
over a year ago

York

"No one mentioned any by joe bonamassa...yet!"

True story - a good friend of mine knocked him off the top of the iTunes blues charts a couple of years ago and Joe got in touch with him to congratulate him

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By *odd4funnMan
over a year ago

Walthamstow Leyton

Classical Gas

Masson Williams

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

"No one mentioned any by joe bonamassa...yet!

True story - a good friend of mine knocked him off the top of the iTunes blues charts a couple of years ago and Joe got in touch with him to congratulate him

No way! What a compliment

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

Dimebag Darryl's solo from pantera's Domination does it for me. But like others have said, so many to choose from

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

As a guitarist myself I have Themis discussion with fellow musicians a lot and I always shocked people always mention old school guitarist but never recent ones.

Personally I don’t enjoy a lot of old school I appreciate it but don’t think wow it’s amazing which always shocks people

But my greats are:

Edge u2 the stuff he does is wow

Graham coxon blur he is amazing with change and style along with experimental

Johnny greenwood Radiohead amazing and so skilled

James Dean Bradfield manics one of my all time greats every song is lead guitar perfect

Matt Bellamy muse again amazing and so skilled

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By *rclean66Man
over a year ago

durham

No mention of Mike Campbell on Running down a dream !

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

"I would say it is gary moor and the track still got the blues

I’m with you on this one, great track

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

Search "funkadelic maggot brain" on YouTube and thank me later

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

In no particular order:

Eddie Van Halen in Michael Jackson's Beat it.

Gary Moore's live rendition of The Messiah Will Come Again.

George Harrison's beautiful solo in Something.

Mark Knopfler's Tunnel of Love.

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By *ittleRed-riding-HerWolfCouple
over a year ago

Carlisle

To many to name.

Slash - second solo in November Rain.

Randy Rhoades - Crazy Train

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Little Wing

Marillion - Jigsaw

Pink Floyd - Shine on you Crazy Diamond

Santana - Black Magic Woman

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

"To many to name.

Slash - second solo in November Rain.

Randy Rhoades - Crazy Train

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Little Wing

Marillion - Jigsaw

Pink Floyd - Shine on you Crazy Diamond

Santana - Black Magic Woman

stevie ray vaughn's version of little wing is pure class..

I like the live version of gary moore's "still got the blues" too there's an extra few minutes of great solo (i saw him live ages ago)

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

Carlos Santana - Europa (Moonflower)

Nils Lighten - Youngstown (Springsteen Live in NYC)

Bill Nelson - pictures from a Yorkshire landscape (live in the air age)

John Frusciante - don't forget me (RHCP live in Hyde park)

Duane Allman - statesboro blues (Allman brothers at Filmore east)

Jimi Hendrix - star spangled banner (Woodstock)

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By *alandNitaCouple
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

My favourite guitar solo is the one in Hello by Lionel Richie, not fast or technically complex there's just something magical about it.

On a more technical level I really like Satriani's Flying in a Blue Dream.

Cal

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By *UNKIEMan
over a year ago

south east

Dave Gilmour- shine on you crazy diamond is my fave of all time

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

Synyster gates from avenged sevenfold

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

Oh, so many choices...the one that I prefer, right now, is Brent Hinds (Mastodon)'s solo in "Jaguar God".

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By *ensual 2Couple
over a year ago

Blackpool

Joe Walsh ...Somebody like you ..Live from Daryls house ...does it get any better ??

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By *artyanna16200TV/TS
over a year ago

leeds

Carlos santana, keeping it together through his entire set despite coming right up on LSD, the whole set was blistering , and the whole group took their audience right along with them.

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

"My favourite guitar solo is the one in Hello by Lionel Richie, not fast or technically complex there's just something magical about it.

On a more technical level I really like Satriani's Flying in a Blue Dream.

Cal"

the track "hello"- yes it's really tasteful and understated.

There's a track by Suzanne Vega called "left of centre" - there's a really tasteful solo on that track too. (don't know who played it though)

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

"Mike McCready (Pearl Jam) - Alive

Brilliant guitarist

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

Albert king for an all in voice song and guitar expression. A good filling sound.

Roy Buchanan for what he can do with a telecaster. It's a bit alien but accomplished.

Gilmour for finding that sound.

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT

Some great shouts so far. I usually contribute to these threads with something from one of the usual suspects, Rory Gallagher, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Peter Green. Tonight I’m going to give a mention to Danny Kirwan. One of the 5 original members of Fleetwood Mac who doesn’t get as much recognition as Peter Green but is no less worthy. A track he wrote for the band called Something Inside of Me highlights his guitar skills. Sadly no longer with us R I P.

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By *ooBulMan
over a year ago

Missin’ Yo’ Kissin’

Van Halen - Eddie Van Halen (EVH) - Eruption.

It's got to be him as he re-purposes builds his guitars from different guitar parts, pick ups etc. and saws them up to get a different sound! The red, white, black "Frankenstrat" is the most famous one of his.The Smithsonian had a replica on display in 2015.

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By *harlieRiderMan
over a year ago

Vauxhall/Waterloo

John Sykes - "Still in love with you" on Thin Lizzy's last live album. He surpasses all the different players on the track over the years including the original.

Good to see Lifeson on here too, so underrated. My fav of his is " Between the wheels"

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

John Frusciante, the 3rd solo in RHCP Scar Tissue

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By *ecky and justCouple
over a year ago

Godalming

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

"As a guitarist myself I have Themis discussion with fellow musicians a lot and I always shocked people always mention old school guitarist but never recent ones.

Personally I don’t enjoy a lot of old school I appreciate it but don’t think wow it’s amazing which always shocks people

But my greats are:

Edge u2 the stuff he does is wow

Graham coxon blur he is amazing with change and style along with experimental

Johnny greenwood Radiohead amazing and so skilled

James Dean Bradfield manics one of my all time greats every song is lead guitar perfect

Matt Bellamy muse again amazing and so skilled

I know we all have different tastes and I applaud that but I just can't see U2's Edge as being one of The Greats. To much ching chingy ching ching for me.

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

Herman Li - Through the Fire and Flames

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