Greatest guitarist of all time

#51
#51
I think Brad Paisley might be the best in Country Music today. Historically you'd have break it down into genres to compile a list. It's a tough question to ask who is the greatest overall, but y'all have made mention of some great ones. Jack White included.
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TXVOL07 said:
I think Brad Paisley might be the best in Country Music today. Historically you'd have break it down into genres to compile a list. It's a tough question to ask who is the greatest overall, but y'all have made mention of some great ones. Jack White included.
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Jack White excluded. He is innovative, I will give him that but his guitar playing is nothing to write home about.

Unique, yet catchy riffs doesn't qualify him to be in the same convrsation as the all-time greats.

He seems to get the Kurt Cobain/Rolling Stone ( mag ) treatment from a lot of folks.
 
#53
#53
White is a very good guitarist, but like many it doesn't always show through in his music.

Although I wouldn't put him in the GOAT conversation. The best of the best can work in parts which are both extremely skillful and well-thought out with the song.

White is one of the many rest of us, who is a highly skilled individual player and can compose a song that's catchy and memorable, but not do both at once.
 
#54
#54
I typically don't like his music, but someone passed along to me a video clip from that upcoming/ recent documentary about the evolution of the electric guitar. I appreciated his talent from that.
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#55
#55
The ability to merge technical skill with strong compositional skills and uniqueness seems to be standing out for the discussion.

For that, Jimmy Page is always at the top of my list. He really brought a lot of different styles together to create some really inventive rhythms. Take a listen to Physical Graffiti - it's really a guitar showpiece on many levels.
 
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TXVOL07 said:
I typically don't like his music, but someone passed along to me a video clip from that upcoming/ recent documentary about the evolution of the electric guitar. I appreciated his talent from that.
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The one where he builds a guitar from scratch?

Not saying he isn't cool and talented but he isn't that great. Take it from someone who has played guitar for over a decade.
 
#57
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volinbham said:
The ability to merge technical skill with strong compositional skills and uniqueness seems to be standing out for the discussion.

For that, Jimmy Page is always at the top of my list. He really brought a lot of different styles together to create some really inventive rhythms. Take a listen to Physical Graffiti - it's really a guitar showpiece on many levels.
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He is certainly one of a handful of guitarists that should be on every list.

As innovative as there was, great composition ( maybe best ever ), very versatile and enough technical skill to boot.
 
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milohimself said:
White is a very good guitarist, but like many it doesn't always show through in his music.

Although I wouldn't put him in the GOAT conversation. The best of the best can work in parts which are both extremely skillful and well-thought out with the song.

White is one of the many rest of us, who is a highly skilled individual player and can compose a song that's catchy and memorable, but not do both at once.
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I don't doubt that if he wanted he could compose a song that fills the music sheet.

Plenty of guys like that, too many to name honestly.
 
#60
#60
volinbham said:
A great example of Page's work

YouTube - Led Zeppelin - Ten Years Gone
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To be honest, the more I think about, the more I think that Page is the best ever.

He is as immulated a guitarists as there has ever been.

I'm just going through all of these amazing riffs in my head, then I hear the amazing composition of something like "The Rain Song" in my head.

He had it all.
 
#62
#62
Buckethead is twenty years ahead of everyone that's been mentioned.

Buckethead or Dimebag
 
#63
#63
Oh yeah and SRV is waaaaaaaaaaay better than Clapton.
 
#64
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GahLee said:
To be honest, the more I think about, the more I think that Page is the best ever.

He is as immulated a guitarists as there has ever been.

I'm just going through all of these amazing riffs in my head, then I hear the amazing composition of something like "The Rain Song" in my head.

He had it all.
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A friend of mine and I asked the GOAT question years ago and both came to this conclusion.

Just listening to Ten Years Gone you hear the entire range of what people look for in the GOAT.

I don't see how you can go wrong with JP as the choice.
 
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volinbham said:
A friend of mine and I asked the GOAT question years ago and both came to this conclusion.

Just listening to Ten Years Gone you hear the entire range of what people look for in the GOAT.

I don't see how you can go wrong with JP as the choice.
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You can't go wrong, he is the ultimate architect of rock n' roll.
 
#67
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Electric Orange said:
Buckethead is twenty years ahead of everyone that's been mentioned.

Buckethead or Dimebag
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Lots of guys can shred. To say that he is 20 years ahead of some of the greatest technical guitarists of all-time is absurd.

Dime was great. For his genre, he is at or near the top of the list.

Overall though, comparing him to other legendary players kinda leave him more than a few steps behind.

Wylde is every bit as good as Dime.
 
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milohimself said:
Yes, but make it good? On a consistent basis? That is another story entirely.
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I will put it like this, any of the guitarists named can do what Jack White has done, he cannot do what they have done and if he can, he has never shown the ability to do so.

He is good, no doubt. Just not a great player to me. I have seen better in bars.
 
#69
#69
Don't discount these guys ability...

The best guitarist I have ever met in person is SOAD's Daron Malakian, and most of the stuff he plays for SOAD isn't mind-boggling, but when I met him he was ripping a 12 string Rickenbacker (aka the most uncomfortable thing to play, ever) to shreds.
 
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#75
milohimself said:
Don't discount these guys ability...

The best guitarist I have ever met in person is SOAD's Daron Malakian, and most of the stuff he plays for SOAD isn't mind-boggling, but when I met him he was ripping a 12 string Rickenbacker (aka the most uncomfortable thing to play, ever) to shreds.
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Daron is very talented, moreso than White, by miles IMO. White's music is basic, there isn't anything that makes me say "wow".

Again, I like him, he makes good music, wrong thread for him though.
 
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