Guitarists whose technique you admire

i just think that hendrix used too much wah and nothing sounded good.....its only as good as what your on

 

Neil Young.
I just love his style of playing.

 

I guess to each their own because I think it ALL sounded good. But that's just me. (and I dont think you can have too much wah)

 

You are obviously not a guitarist or you wouldn't be talking out your ass on Hendrix. He wasn't a Technical guitarist... hell, he didn't even know how to read music! Miles Davis was completely astonished by this. Many very technical guitarists were amazed by his playing. Jimi had an inimitable style, nobody can play like that. I am all about the blues, and Jimi Hendrix was my blues messiah!

 

Amen

 

Johnny Marr (and therefore Roger McGuinn)
Jose Gonzalez (and therefore Nick Drake)
Tony Iommi
Trey Anastasio
Hendrix

Kevin Shields, although technically I'm not sure he knows how to play guitar...but the sounds he gets out of one are incredible...

 

Ben Harper, Duane Allman, Joe Strummer, Eric Clapton, Al di Meola, Colin Hay, David Bromberg, George Harrison, Joe Satriani, Carlos Santana, John Mayer, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Joe Walsh. please don't make fun of me.

 

Trey Anastasio (Phish) for his tone, mostly, love that tone...

and Robert Fripp (King Crimson) for sheer fucking insanity. Listen to the song "Fracture" - it's like three guitarists playing at once, and that's all one take from Robert.

 

Steve Hackett (Genesis)
Frank Zappa

 

Bob Marley, whilst he wasnt perhaps as technically skilled as say Stevie Ray Vaughn, Satriani, Slash or whoever, the rhythym, the style, the execution are all A* in my opinion.

Playing sound isnt always playing music.

(didnt mean to sound like a fortune cookie)

And also of course minus the kiddy fiddling, i gotta say Pete Townshend from 'The Who' purely because he revolutionized a style of playing and of course again, the timing, notes, style etc.... are all spot on.

Gotta jump on the bandwagon and say Hendrix here again because his music captures an energy unlike any other. While i didnt perhaps like his 'experimental' sounding songs which arent exactly music but more collective sounds, i did however love songs such as 'Fire, Hey Joe, Highway Chile' and of course the immortal 'Little Wing'.

 

didn't you just prove my point?

 

gabor szabo

fred frith

 

Thurston Moore
Lee Ronaldo
Nels Cline
Nick Zimmer
Jack White



and the classics, of course. (Gilmour, Hendrix, Page, SRV, etc etc)

 

Ani Difranco

 

adrian smith..

 

I really admire Eric Erlandson's technique. He got some really interesting sounds out of his guitar on Hole's first CD. That's actually the main thing I liked about the CD at first.

 

i like john cippolina's (quicksilver messenger service) style a lot... and keller too!

 

For those who are interested in learning percussive guitar, check out magic brook:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVJRv1mvNwo

www.myspace.com/magicbrook

 

George Harrison
Les Paul
B.B King
Eric Clapton
Neil Young
Keith Richards

 

omar rodriguez lopez !