One great guitarist in a band ist great, like Jeff Beck, Rory Gallagher or Hendrix or SRV. But I believe that real R'n'R needs two guitars in a band. So here we go : favourite guitar-tandems :

Keith Richards - Mick Taylor
Duane Allman - Dickey Betts
Dick Wagner - Steve Hunter
Brinsley Schwarz - Martin Belmont
Keith Richards - Brian Jones
Keith Richards - Ronnie Wood
Johnny Winter - Rick Derringer
Mark Knopfler - David Knopfler
Lowell George - Paul Barrere
Tom Verlaine - Richard Lloyd

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Keith Richards - Brian Jones
Keith Richards - Mick Taylor
Keith Richards - Ronnie Wood
Rick Parfitt - Francis Rossi
Clarence White - Roger McGuinn
Andy McCoy - Nasty Suicide
Slash - Izzy Stradlin
Rich Richards - Marc Ford
Gary Louris - Mark Olson
Rick Richards - Dan Baird



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Pierre de Beauport and Blondie Chaplin

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dickey betts/duane allman
kk downing/glenn tipton
marty friedman/jason becker
david mustaine/chris poland
brad whitford/joe perry



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Keith with Brian/Ronnie/Mick T/Waddy Wachtel
Hubert Sumlin with Mr Howlin
Buddy Guy with Muddy Waters
Jimmy Reed with Lefty Bates/Eddie Taylor
Robert Johnson with whoever that other cat is (i mean that's got to be at least two cats playin, right?! :E)

Hetfield/Hammett Metallica

Kramer/Smith in MC5
Slash N'Gilby Clarke - Guns'n'roses
Verlaine/Lloyd - Television
Valensi/Hammond Jr. - The Strokes

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Hetfield/Hammett Metallica

Kramer/Smith in MC5
Slash N'Gilby Clarke - Guns'n'roses
Verlaine/Lloyd - Television
Valensi/Hammond Jr. - The Strokes

You're a Spaghetti Incident-fan?

Allman/Betts is amazing. Allman and Betts on their own is equally good. Check out Highway Call by Betts, and check out Duane's session work, particularly with Wilson Pickett, Boz Scaggs, and Clarence Carter.

Rory Gallagher and Albert Lee on Jerry Lee Lewis's London Sessions is awesome.

Keith & Mick Taylor - what more can be said ?

Elvis Presley & Scotty Moore : Sun sessions. One acoustic and one electric: the basis of rock n roll and rockabilly.

Bobby Womack & Ronnie Wood - On Now Look album - it does exist, it sounds good !

Keith Richards/Brian Jones
Björn Olsson/Ian Person
Angus Young/Malcolm Young
Niklas Almqvist/Mikael Karlsson
John Fogerty/Tom Fogerty
Mark Knopfler/David Knopfler

Thunders - Sylvain!
Gossard/mcCready (Pearl Jam)
Jones/Strummer
Corgan/Iha (Smashing PUmpkins)
Innes/Young (Primal Scream)
Spooner/Steen (Tubes)
Moore/Ranaldo (Sonic Youth)

All my favorite teams are mentioned otherwise:
Hunter/ Wagner
Verlaine/Lloyd
Smith/Kramer
Allman/Betts
Whitford/Perry
Izzy/Slash

I like the guys from the Hellacopters.
Also Michael Bruce and Glenn Buxton; not flashy.

I have to add Brian Robertson/Scott Gorham. They had a wonderful interplay when Thin Lizzy was at their height.

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Allman/Betts is amazing. Allman and Betts on their own is equally good. Check out Highway Call by Betts, and check out Duane's session work, particularly with Wilson Pickett, Boz Scaggs, and Clarence Carter.

Rory Gallagher and Albert Lee on Jerry Lee Lewis's London Sessions is awesome.

Keith & Mick Taylor - what more can be said ?

Elvis Presley & Scotty Moore : Sun sessions. One acoustic and one electric: the basis of rock n roll and rockabilly.

Bobby Womack & Ronnie Wood - On Now Look album - it does exist, it sounds good !

Good album, but in fairness there mostly is a guitar trio there, consisting of Keith, Ronnie and Bobby (+ Mick Taylor on a couple of tunes). Listened to it on my way to work today, actually

This is hard as many of my favorite bands outside the Stones have only one guitarist so let's see.....

Keith Richards - Ron Wood
Keith Richards - Mick Taylor
Mark Knopfler - Mick taylor (on Dylan's Infidels)
Pete Townshend - Pete Townshend (studio overdubs)
Jimmy Page - Jimmy Page (studio overdub WIZARDRY)
Mick Taylor - Bob Dylan (Dylan's Real Live)
Brian May - Brian May (studio overdubs)
John Lennon - George Harrison

99% of the time I agree with the two guitar line up. There are exceptions like Free where the Guitar and bass are both lead instruments at times.

Moast of my favourites already mentioned

Hill-Holder in Slade. Rossi - Parfitt in Quo. Neither team great shkes on the guitar but excellent sound.

stonesdan60,

Real Live is awful, apart from Tangled Up In Blue's rewrite. It's mix is like wading through tar.

Knopfler/Taylor is a good tandem on Infidels.

Harrison/McCartney on Taxman is brilliant.

Harrison/McCartney/Lennon on The End is awesome.

Keith Richards overdubbing on Beggars Banquet is excellent.

Warren Hayes and Dickie Betts (sorry Duane is not better than Warren or Derek)

Walter Trout and Coco Montoya from John Mayall's band

Keith/Ron
Keith/Taylor
Lou Reed band's guitarists( I believe Lou stole them from Alice Cooper) on R&R Animal;to be very specific opening part of "Sweet Jane"
Rock and Roll,
Mops

Johnny Winter - Rick Derringer

Johnny Winter - Floyd Radford

Mick Taylor - Keith Richards

Robert Johnson - Robert Johnson (the four-handed and double-brained man)

Frank Zappa - Steve Vai

Joe Satriani - Steve Vai

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Johnny Winter - Rick Derringer

Johnny Winter - Floyd Radford

Mick Taylor - Keith Richards

Robert Johnson - Robert Johnson (the four-handed and double-brained man)

Frank Zappa - Steve Vai

Joe Satriani - Steve Vai

Is this a dreamlist?

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Johnny Winter - Rick Derringer

Johnny Winter - Floyd Radford

Mick Taylor - Keith Richards

Robert Johnson - Robert Johnson (the four-handed and double-brained man)

Frank Zappa - Steve Vai

Joe Satriani - Steve Vai

Is this a dreamlist?

Historical list, all are existing tandems ...

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Keith/Ron
Keith/Taylor
Lou Reed band's guitarists( I believe Lou stole them from Alice Cooper) on R&R Animal;to be very specific opening part of "Sweet Jane"
Rock and Roll,
Mops

yes alice cooper used them too. they were mentioned by the thread starter

Dick Wagner - Steve Hunter

hound dog taylor/brewer phillips

Ollie Halsall and Alan Holdsworth

Robert Johnson / Robert Johnson

Bob Dylan-Van Morrison Athens -87

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Other than the Stones tandems:
Angus and Malcolm - AC/DC
Perry/ Whitford - Aerosmith
Buxton/ Bruce - original Alice Cooper band
Downing/ Tipton - Judas Priest
Murray/ Smith - Iron Maiden
Frehley/ Stanley -KISS
Slash/ Izzy - GNR

Angus & Malcom
Keith & Ronnie
Ray & Dave
Eric & Duane
Mike & Stone
Mike & 2 bags
Mike & Tom
Bruce & Steve or Nils
Neil & Stephen
Waddy & Blondie

(explanations upon request)

Haynes and Trucks currently.

Thin Lizzy - all of the guitarists that have been a member.

Vilhelm
Nordic Stones Vikings

Keith & Taylor
Muddy & Jimmy Rogers
Jimmy Reed & Eddie Taylor
Dave & Louis Myers
Clapton & Duane Allman
Dickey Betts & Duane Allman
Bobby Womack & Reggie Young
Mike Bloomfield & Elvin Bishop
Bert Jansch & John Renbourn