Best guitarist ever....

Don't disagree KMS, but there's so many to choose from.

And one I've just come across recently, Paul Gilbert. Shame on me for not knowing him before, but he's a bit special.
 
Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Dave Gilmour ,Jon Williams, are but a few fantastic guitarists, too many to name and too many genres to consider.
 
This is a harder shortlist for me than the singers I think!

Django Reinhardt, Prince, Eric Clapton, Eddie Van Halen, Mark Knopfler and Jimmy Page I love them all. However Hendrix is always my number one. Not least cos he played left handed on a right handed guitar.

As an aside on that note, and as a sort-of-related guitar geek thing, Hendrix was why I picked up a guitar in my youth. My dad was a fan so had his records around and I loved the stuff. Anyway, when I picked up a guitar in my youth, not having lessons or knowing other guitar players, and seeing pics on the album and sleeve notes of how Hendrix held his Strat, I picked up my right hander and started playing lefty (I'm right handed), thinking that was normal. However with not having anyone to tell me otherwise I had no idea that yes, Hendrix was indeed a lefty playing a right hand guitar, he'd still restrung it to put the strings back in the 'right' order - high strings down the bottom. I missed that. So I was and am forever cursed to play left handed but with my guitars strung and set up for a right hander. For the final confusing twist, I have even bought left handed guitars (easier to play with the knobs out the way etc.) that I subsequently have to restring for a traditional righty set up then play lefty. Confuses the crap out of people - and me sometimes!
 
Tangerinemoss said:
David Gilmour, Comfortably numb is my all time favourite track

Clapton, Hendrix obvs brilliant

Best I've seen, Wilko
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Can't disagree with any of those. First time I saw Wilco at the Kite Club at the then Station Downtown bar in about 1998 he absolutely blew me away with his choppy style & how the hell he got individual notes out whilst playing rhythm simultaneously. I've sussed him out now having watched him closely many times & whilst he is somewhat limited in his range he still deserves a mention. He should have stayed with Dr Feelgood instead of being a Billy Big bollocks & I've heard him admit such. 👍 👍 👍 👍
 
I was always a massive Hendrix fan and would always put him at number one. But in recent years I'm beginning to realise how good Geoff Beck is and how he's still progressing the sound. We'll never know what Jimi would be doing now but I'm sure it would be different. It would be a good guitar duel between the two of them.
 
Hevster said:
This is a harder shortlist for me than the singers I think!

Django Reinhardt, Prince, Eric Clapton, Eddie Van Halen, Mark Knopfler and Jimmy Page I love them all. However Hendrix is always my number one. Not least cos he played left handed on a right handed guitar.

As an aside on that note, and as a sort-of-related guitar geek thing, Hendrix was why I picked up a guitar in my youth. My dad was a fan so had his records around and I loved the stuff. Anyway, when I picked up a guitar in my youth, not having lessons or knowing other guitar players, and seeing pics on the album and sleeve notes of how Hendrix held his Strat, I picked up my right hander and started playing lefty (I'm right handed), thinking that was normal. However with not having anyone to tell me otherwise I had no idea that yes, Hendrix was indeed a lefty playing a right hand guitar, he'd still restrung it to put the strings back in the 'right' order - high strings down the bottom. I missed that. So I was and am forever cursed to play left handed but with my guitars strung and set up for a right hander. For the final confusing twist, I have even bought left handed guitars (easier to play with the knobs out the way etc.) that I subsequently have to restring for a traditional righty set up then play lefty. Confuses the crap out of people - and me sometimes!
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A great story - thanks for telling us 👍 🎸

Eric Gales - the rock/blues guitarist - is a lefty and plays a right handed guitar with the high strings at a the top, because that's how he learned as a child. He's certainly in the top ten of guitarists playing today.

Here he is in a duel with Joe Bonamassa on a mediterranean blues cruise. It's about 6 minutes before his first solo comes in.


One of the comments said, "Taking my guitar back to the shop cause 90% of them notes don't seem to be on it." 😄
 
Grumpy_no_more said:
A great story - thanks for telling us 👍 🎸

Eric Gales - the rock/blues guitarist - is a lefty and plays a right handed guitar with the high strings at a the top, because that's how he learned as a child. He's certainly in the top ten of guitarists playing today.

Here he is in a duel with Joe Bonamassa on a mediterranean blues cruise. It's about 6 minutes before his first solo comes in.


One of the comments said, "Taking my guitar back to the shop cause 90% of them notes don't seem to be on it." 😄
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They're ok live these tear em ups but for me generally lack melody. Saw Bonamassa in his infancy at the Central working mans club, he was mainly covers from memory but technically brilliant.
 
Grumpy_no_more said:
I was always a massive Hendrix fan and would always put him at number one. But in recent years I'm beginning to realise how good Geoff Beck is and how he's still progressing the sound. We'll never know what Jimi would be doing now but I'm sure it would be different. It would be a good guitar duel between the two of them.
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Geoff Beck for me too.
 
Hendrix.... No.... Gilmour.... No...... Alvin Lee..... No...... Richard Thompson...... No........ Zappa....... No......... Steve Howe........ No........ Steve Hackett....... ARGHHHHH!! 🤬🤬🥵🥵
 
Saw Joe Bonamassa and Ritchie Blackmore in Glasgow... brilliant stuff.Brian May also well up with the elite.Ive had a fender guitar for 20 years but cant play the bugger.
 
Martin Taylor, Adrian Legg, Tommy Emmanuel, Jon Gomm ,
Michael Hedges, Peter Green , Robben Ford, Jan Akkerman,
Django Reinhardt, Chet Atkins, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jon Butler,
Ry Cooder....too many to choose from
 
Saw Tommy Emmanuel with Frank Vignola and Vinnie Raniolo at Warrington a couple of years ago,very good.
Also check out Tommy with Pedro Javier Gonzalez doing Sultans of Swing.
Carlos Santana isn't to shabby either
 
Many to choose from, but to suggest an artist not mentioned yet, I would say Prince is worthy of a mention.
I can remember Eric Clapton being asked what's it like being the best guitarist in the world, he replied "I don't know ask Prince". Prince wasn't my cup of tea (sorry Lala) but I can recognise that he was very talented.
 
Quite a few of the above, especially Jimi, Richard Thompson and Gary Moore. Just to confuse the issue further, how about Rory Gallagher, John Màrtyn, Al Di Meola, Paco De Lucia and John Mclauchlin ?
 
BobHatton said:
I play. I'll have it if you don't want it!
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I play quite badly but I think a fender might make all the difference so I could rehome it for you too 👍

that being said, before lockdown I bought a genuine fender telecaster. The setup was utter sh1te, even compared to my Chinese knockoff Gibson LP! If we ever get out of lockdown completely I’ll get the fender set up professionally and see if it’s makes me a rock legend 😀
 
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