This is an informal survey of the solo performances of three very talented and famous rock guitarists. Please refer to the YouTube video entitled The Rolling Stones With John Mayer-2012. Listen to Respectable played first by John Mayer, Ronnie Wood, then Keith Richards.

I think my choice is the obvious one, but I am not going to say who I like best, for fear it may influence the survey.

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Hmm..
JM has a great sound on his Strat, and you can't fault him for over-playing. he's on stage with the Stones, and he is obviously going to bring some fire. He is bit more relaxed on his second solo.
Ronnie sounds good, but one wonders why he doesn't give his Strat some bottom in the sound.
Keith is the best IMO because he is all double stops.

I believe Keith does the best job. It carries on the melody of the song, which is Respectable. Ronnie is next, and Mayer is last. He plays way too many notes, and it is a solo that could be played with just about any other fast paced rock song.

The Keith style is easily recognizable, and always very good.

Whose guitar style I do prefer on almost every song is:
The Rev. Billy F Gibbons.

oops - sorry for going ot

This is a song that was probably lost to much of the crowd at the show as it wasn't a big time hit or well known tune they were familiar with. A good listen if you wanna hear the Stones put more guitar into a song. No solo stood out for me, though, KR's was the most economical in terms of notes being played.

As for whose guitar style I prefer, for rock, there's only one: Mister Jimi Hendrix.

I like whoever played guitar for Merle Haggard. Talk about economical and great tone.

Merle Haggard had a great band. His guitarist for a number of years was Roy Nichols. Very tasty player, knowing just what to play in a song without overdoing it, sort of like Harrison in the Beatles. Here's a link re Nichols.

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Woody has a hand for picking out guitars that truly lack in style. The yellow one with the blue marble in it being just the latest example. Then there's of course the faux sitar jobs. I also remember a totally disfigured looking Rickenbacker or something

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Woody has a hand for picking out guitars that truly lack in style. The yellow one with the blue marble in it being just the latest example. Then there's of course the faux sitar jobs. I also remember a totally disfigured looking Rickenbacker or something

Agreed. Here is an example of Woody guitar fail. Of all the great guitars he has in his collection for some reason he chose this crappy Epiphone to play "Stay With Me" with Rod Stewart at Royal Albert Hall in 2013. His tone sucks here.

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Merle Haggard had a great band. His guitarist for a number of years was Roy Nichols. Very tasty player, knowing just what to play in a song without overdoing it, sort of like Harrison in the Beatles. Here's a link re Nichols.

[en.wikipedia.org]

Great to know. Thank you.

Awww... Keith, of course!

This show had a great set list - 22 songs including The Last Time and Around And Around. Love to see the likes of that again, but it was great just to be there!

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Interesting to see that Jagger takes John on stage. For musical reasons or what?

Keith …. go in -- do the damage then get out …..



ROCKMAN

Keith Richards
Nick Taylor
Jimi Hendrix
Chuck Berry
Buddy Guy
David Gilmour
Michael Schenker
Eric Clapton
Mark Knopfler
John Fogerty
Billy Duffy
Brian May
Jimmy Page
The Edge

I love Ronnie the best. JMs a great player and plays great but just doesn’t feel right for the song. His tone is great, but too much gain for Stones. Ronnies tone is good, classic strat sound.

Keith is great too but he plays the same lick in every solo which eras me. Great feel and grove if his fingers could only do what he wanted them too...

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Awww... Keith, of course!

This show had a great set list - 22 songs including The Last Time and Around And Around. Love to see the likes of that again, but it was great just to be there!

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I was there!!!!