....damnit!!! I left out Neil Young!!

George Harrison

Richard Thompson

Brian Jones


All outstanding

i don´t have three. for me there is keith and jimi and then very long there is nothing comparable or on the same level.



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Keith/Jimi - very close tie

Brian May - really got me wanting to learn to play electric guitar

Frank Zappa - totally underestimated and unpredictable

Keith
Pete Townsend
Mick Ronson

Dave Davies - so underrated, and lives in the shadow of his brother.

Waddy Wachtel - some of the stuff he did with Warren Zevon still blows me away.

Jimmy Page - how he could turn a moronic riff into a great song never ceases to amaze me.

Kenny Håkansson (ex MeckiMarkMen, T-Boones, Kebnekajse, Dag Vag etc) - S
Franz Beckerlee (watched my ooool' 1978 Gas-vid & it still amazes me) - DK
Sándor "Samu" Bencsik (P Box, died in 1987 under mystical circumstances in Vienna) - H
[www.pbox.hu]
Freshly uploaded pic of late Bencsik at P Box' site.


Way way beyond or underneath comes Blackmore.

(Interesting that they all got astablished nick names:
Beno Zeno, Mr Stone Free & Samu)



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brass olive Wrote:
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> Jorma K - brilliant stinging vibrato in his
> prime...similar to Taylor
>
> Mick T - no more needs to be said
>
> Ron W (1968 - 75) - superb as the leader of the
> Faces, got lazy with the Stones and lost his
> brilliance (drugs & keith).
> Him & Townesend both superb in their roles.


Yes, great
Jorma is also from another planet, so beautiful.
Pete Townshend himself is an endless universe.
I think this is a beautiful topic but to name just three guitar magicians is...well...

Lets keep it under 25
Johnny Lang - The new Stevie Ray
Derek Trucks - even Clapton gave him a thumbs up in his book + I saw him with EC
Kenny Wayne Sheppard - Blew the place away aat the Jimi Hendrix Exp tour

All the others are mostly in there 50 and 60's and no dought they earn it

Keith - very simply style, i love to play in open g, he's pure genius of rhythm guitar. i think it's very hard to play,invent so easy things with such a feeling

Pete Townshend - great composer and melodist, he uses very unique chords, i like this way of playing guitar

Robert Fripp - genius, frippertronicks, soundscapes - he is one of the few guys that really invented sth new. I admire him for his discipline

Good call on Fripp, thrak. He's a pioneer

I agree with lots of the already mentioned guitarists, but I like to add three more. Robin Trower, Jan Akkerman and Nils Lofgren.

Kenny [www.kennyhakansson.se] (Black Hole, 1996)

Stone Free

(Bob-Shi-Bam 78, see at 3:00 ab)
Hear the open-wound-guitar solo from 2:27, sharp.
What A Lemon



Samu

(1983, see i.e at 3:40 & 8:01..
Rare soloing at that clip mix; but ya get to hear his clear tune
& he is a helluva Gods-given rhythm guitarist as well)

All also inventive..



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Keith Richards
Ron Wood
Ace Frehley
Mike Campbell (Tom Petty& The Heartbreakers)


PECMAN

Hard to name only three...
Keith clearly number one..
The rest, in no paticular order:
- Ron Wood
- Slash (GN'R)
- Kirk Hammet (Metallica)
- John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
- Carlos Santana
- Mick Taylor

- mjOL

Topic is favorite as opposed to who we think are the best, although they might be the same.

Keith, Angus, Eddie VH.

Jimi Hendrix ----The best ever

Peter Frampton--The heart of Humble Pie and weaving with Steve Marriott while "Rockin the Fillmore" and just rocked that Les Paul.

Ry Cooder
Keith
Townshend

BDuncan Wrote:
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> Including Keith, Ron or Mick Taylor (if any of
> them are amongst your picks), who are currently
> your 3 favorite rocks guitarists (irrespective
> whether nayone named is deceased or still alive)
> and please say why, for anyone named.


Has Brian Jones been banned from this list?

Like many others, it's hard to pick out just three.

1) Keith - duh!
2) MICK Green - Very unique style of playing. Once you've heard it, you'll never forget it. Influenced Pete T, Jimmy P and Richie B. Pete supposedly nicked the 'wind mill' from Mick after seeing him in the early 60's.
3) Ollie Halsall - Patto/Boxer guitarist. Same reason as Mick. A very destinctinve sound/style. Died several years ago in Spain. May he rest in peace.
4) Wilco Johnson - Dr Feelgood/solo. Love his guitar chords by the handful style. Very manic.
5) Hollywood Fats(RIP) or Kid Ramos - solo/James Harmon Band. I can 'feel it' when they play.

I prefer to listen to people you DON'T hear on the radio. That's where the magic is.

Scotty

Bo Diddley
Chuck Berry
Mick Jones



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micknkeef@cox.net Wrote:
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> 2) MICK Green - Very unique style of playing.
> Once you've heard it, you'll never forget it.
> Influenced Pete T, Jimmy P and Richie B. Pete
> supposedly nicked the 'wind mill' from Mick after
> seeing him in the early 60's.


I don't know who Mick Green is, but I've read Townshend interviews where he admits nicking the windmill from Keith Richards. You wouldn't be referring to Peter Green by any chance would you?

John Cipollina (Quicksilver Messenger Service, Copperhead, Zero, Dinosaurs et al.)
Jorma Kaukonen (Hot Tuna)
Warren Haynes (Gov't Mule)
Mick Taylor

Best wishes
Norbert

Jimmy Page and Mick Ronson

sorry Gazza brian average guiatrist - good slide player but overall average compared to others...

If only Janis could play a guitar....

JJ Cale
Rainer (deceased)
Keith

Chuck Berry, Mick Ronson and Paul Kossoff - concise but incredibly melodic.

1. Steve Howe- won guitarplayer magazine's Best Overall Guitarist the first 5 years in a row it was a category. amazingly precise lap steel, pedal steel and regular slide, classical/nylon, acoustic, 12-string, coral sitar guitar, electric, etc. many times doing several of those in the course of a song. suffers the same fate as slash and alex lifeson in that many folks can't stand the lead singer's voice. inventive, amazingly fluid octave leaps, odd meters, fingerpicking. some of the most original guitar parts ever. not a rawker in the sense of crunchy keef, townsend, page style chords, but much warmer than the other 'technically advanced' players (mclaughlin, morse, fripp). don't know of any other rock guitarist who could entertain a stadium audience as much with solo acoustic instrumentals like 'The Clap' and 'Mood For A Day'.


vid link

-essential listening: Yessongs live (the awe-inspiring guitar parts to 'Siberian Khatru' and 'Close to The Edge' will make you feel completely not-worthy of composing/playing anything like them, but please keep playing, you'll get over it)

2. Mr Gilmour. everyone knows the Floyd. experimental, psychadelic, minor blues with incredible empathy. precursor to the Edge thru his signature use of delays.
beautiful bends, whammy work, sustain, serious slide.

-essential listening: Floyd's Animals cd ('Dogs','Pigs') and the songs 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' and 'Echoes'.

3. Jimmy Page; enough said.


edited to add vid link for Howe solo.



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Keith Richards,Keith Richards and Keith Richards....oh and Frank Kaiser and Jimi Hendrix

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oh and Frank Kaiser


i've seen that name pop up every now and again, could you tell me a bit about him? Euro avant-garde guitar or related to zappa (or was that henry)? what fun things/sounds inspire you to put him up with keef and jimi?