3 best guitarists

[jrbassman712]

my list is:
1) Jeff Beck
2) Santana
3) Eric Clapton

whats your list? Oh and fyi word on the street is that Jeff Beck is releasing a new album, from his performance live at Ronnie Scotts night club from a couple years ago, I heard a clip and it sounds amazing. The album gets released on november 25, just in time for me to get paid!!

Here's the link to the sound clip:
http://fontana.edgeboss.net/wmedia/fontana/jeffbeck/cause_weve_ended_as_lovers.wax

Jordan Fontana

 

[RobertB]

1> Stevie Ray
2> Petrucci
3> Jeffrey Hunter - you've never heard of him. A friend from my hometown. Check out "Gone Away", here: Hungerfield
This band quit playing 13 years ago, they put up this myspace page recently, for us old fans & friends from the day. Jeffrey was 18 when this demo recording of Gone Away was made, probably 16 years ago. The intro is cool, but the solo toward the end is even better ... such maturity in his playing for 18 ... technical mastery & pure soul .... ladies & gents, I give you, Jeffrey Hunter!

 

[TNT]

Is that three "best" guitarists or three "favorite" guitarists??

The "favorite" ones may be a tad easier to decide on. If so, Neal Schon, Van Halen, Johnny Winter, just to mention a few.

 

[bovinehost]

I'll go with "favorite" guitarists for argument's sake.

1. Rob Fetters from the Raisins, the Bears (w/Adrian Belew) and of course my faves, the Psychodots. When I finally saw Fetters and Belew live, together, and having been a Belew fan for years and years, I thought, "Whoa. That Fetters guy has something special going." He is the master of the whacko-cool guitar lead in a rather accessible pop-song format.

2. Bill Frisell: not always am I in the mood for Frisell, but when I want to hear someone play guitar like no one else plays guitar, I break some Frisell out. Especially fun is 1990's "Is That You?"

3. Steve Lukather: can play anything and make it fit with the particular genre, while you still say, "Ah, that's Luke." I can't stress enough how GREAT his newest solo record ("Ever Changing Times") really is. For fun, I sometimes go through my old records and find little-known Luke work - Hall & Oates "Along the Red Ledge", for instance. A guy who can stand next to Santana or Jeff Beck and never take a step back.

Jack

 

[boombox]

1) A quiet one
2) One that plays in tune
3) One that only solo’s 8 bars

At least that’s the ones that I like.

 

[SquidLizard]

I agree -- favorites. I don't know how you could define "best."

1) Bill Nelson

2) Joe Pass

3) Narciso Yepes

Not necessarily in that order. With regrets to Django Reinhardt, Andrés Segovia and David Gilmour.

 

[phat5]

1) Steve Morse
2) Dan Huff
3)Robben Ford

 

[T-bone]

Hmmm, this might depend on the genre:

Paco De Lucia
Al Di Meola
John McCaughlin

or

Jeff Beck
Jimmy Page
SRV

Them's my choices.

tbone

 

[Duarte]

1) Bill Nelson
2) Morello
3) Kenny Pirkle, guitarist in my band!

Saw Bill Nelson a few weeks back and he was incredible, a 12 hour 'Nelsonica', and have yet to see Rage. Kenny is so funky it is unreal.

 

[oli@bass]

1.) David Gilmour
2.) Nuno Bettencourt
3.) Steven Wilson

and then some...

 

[HEWLIO]

Not Really In Any Order But

Frank Zappa
Al Di Meola
Jeff Beck

 

[thunder]

steve vai
robert smith
slash

 

[ronnyG]

Stevie Ray
John Frusciante
Myself (well if I don't think I'm the best who else is?)

Honorable mention goes to Angus Young since I don't think anyone else will mention him..but he kicks it.

Also keep in mind I don't really believe any particular guitar player is the "best" so I simply listed my favs..personally for me I'd rather be a bass player in the greatest band..then the worlds greatest bass player..and luckily it seems to have worked out.

 

[ronnyG]

1) Bill Nelson
2) Morello
3) Kenny Pirkle, guitarist in my band!

Saw Bill Nelson a few weeks back and he was incredible, a 12 hour 'Nelsonica', and have yet to see Rage. Kenny is so funky it is unreal.

Seen rage once opening for U2 in Memphis..gotta tell you..Morello is A------mazing..stressing the capital "A".

 

[strummer]

Mattias IA Eklundh
Andy Partridge
Steve Morse

 

[Grand Wazoo]

Not Really In Any Order But

Frank Zappa
Al Di Meola
Jeff Beck

Hell yeah, took the words right out of my mouth on all 3 acounts!

+10000000000000

 

[Micolao]

Robert Smith
Morello
Johnny Marr

 

[and lombardini]

mmm

1- john scofield
2- kurt rosenwinkel
3- federico casagrande

 

[francric]

Al Di Meola
Johnny Hiland
Emil Werstler

 

[petch]

Johnny A. (his bassist Jesse Bastos lays it down with a Bongo)
Robben Ford
Eric Johnson