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Who do u think is the top 5 greatest guitar players?

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Well i wanna now what some of the runescape comunnity thinks about music and guitar players... Please dont flame ppls answers cause i imagine some ppl will pick crazy ppl that no one has heard of and might not even be a guitariest lol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

anyway my 5 in no order

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Stevie ray vaughan (SRV my personal fav)

 

 

 

2. Jimmi hendrix (but of course)

 

 

 

3. Eric clapton (yup another white guy)

 

 

 

4. BB king (one of the founders of blues)

 

 

 

5. Jimy paige (greatest ever to be in an actual "band")

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My top 5 favourite are:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow)

 

 

 

2. Joe Satriani (solo, Deep Purple)

 

 

 

3. Kirk Hammett (Metallica)

 

 

 

4. John Petrucci (Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment, solo)

 

 

 

5. Dave Gilmour (Pink Floyd)

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Yeah, I have no freaking idea who the 5 best are, but my top-5(/11) favourites are:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Dave Gilmour (Pink Floyd)

 

 

 

2. Janick Gers (Iron Maiden)

 

 

 

3. Jimmy Hendrix (Jimmy Hendrix)

 

 

 

4 Dimebag Darrel (Pantera, Damage Plan)

 

 

 

5. Dave Mustaine (Megadeth)

 

 

 

(6). Joe Satriani (Joe Satriani)

 

 

 

(7). Tommi Sartanen (Twilightning)

 

 

 

(8.) Alexi Laiho (Children Of Bodom)

 

 

 

(9.) Randall "Randy" Rhoads (Quite Riot, Ozzy Osbourne)

 

 

 

(10.) Jimmy Page (Led-Zeppelin)

 

 

 

(11.) Timo Tolkki (Stratovarius)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry, for adding an extra 5, couldn't narrow it down, heh.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[edit] [cabbage], forgot about Dimebag. Had him in my mind when I wrote, but then forgot to add him...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

// Azvi.

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Hmmmmm, this is difficult, not sure i can put them in order so here's a general top 5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jerry Cantrell (Alice In Chains

 

 

 

Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society, Ozzy Osbourne)

 

 

 

Dimebag (Pantera, Damageplan)

 

 

 

Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave)

 

 

 

Mark Morton/Willie Adler (Lamb Of God) i'm not sure who plays which parts but they're both insane guitarists.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm pretty sure that list would change if you asked me again tomorrow, but sod it.

Kirk and Lars I could handle. At the same time.

In no particular order:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dave Gilmour

 

 

 

Eric Clapton

 

 

 

Brian May

 

 

 

Jimmy Page

 

 

 

Joe Satriani

 

 

 

Tony Iommi

 

 

 

"He who plays guitar for Metallica", whose name I don't know.

 

 

 

"He who plays for Thin Lizzy", I know Garry Moore did, but so did Brian Robertson; I'm not sure which I'm talking about.

I'm not really an expert, but:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David Gilmoure

 

 

 

Joe Satriani

 

 

 

Blackmore

 

 

 

Eric Clapton

 

 

 

Frank Zappa

 

 

 

Jimmy Page

 

 

 

Jimi Hendrix

 

 

 

That dude from Iron Maiden. Hmpf, Azvy just informed that Iron Maiden has got three guitar dudes, so let me rephrase: Those three dudes from Iron Maiden.

 

 

 

That dude from Guns 'n Roses

 

 

 

That dude from Metallica

 

 

 

That Japanese dude from Dragonforce

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and some more that I can't think of at the moment. :wink:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Cray, he's some blues dude. He doesn't plays pretty good I think, nothing really awesome or spectacular as those named above, but I though I'd metion him, since most probably won't know him, and I want to promote him. :)

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Metallica = Kirk Hammett

 

 

 

Guns 'n' Roses = Slash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As for Thin Lizzy, they had alot of guitarists. But in my mind Gary Moore was easily the best of them. His blues work is so awesome.

thirdeyesig0tl.jpg

Dreaming of that face again

It's bright, and blue, and shimmering

Grinning wide

And comforting me with it's three warm and wild eyes

Metallica = Kirk Hammett

 

 

 

Guns 'n' Roses = Slash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hagel̢̮â¬Å¡Ãâî - if swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me. zegt:

 

 

 

"That dude from GNR" is Slash.

 

 

 

Daan. zegt:

 

 

 

Yea

 

 

 

Daan. zegt:

 

 

 

I know

 

 

 

Daan. zegt:

 

 

 

but I wasn't sure

 

 

 

Daan. zegt:

 

 

 

He plays in velvel revolver, right?

 

 

 

Hagel̢̮â¬Å¡Ãâî - if swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me. zegt:

 

 

 

And Kirk Hammett from Metallica.

 

 

 

Daan. zegt:

 

 

 

yea

 

 

 

Hagel̢̮â¬Å¡Ãâî - if swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me. zegt:

 

 

 

Yeah.

 

 

 

Daan. zegt:

 

 

 

I know that too

 

 

 

Daan. zegt:

 

 

 

but I wanted to sound cool saying dude

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I wanted to sound cool saying "dude". Guess nobody wants me to feel cool. :cry:

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Signature by Maurice Sendak

When the stars make you drool just like a pasta fazool, that's amore!

 

Metallica = Kirk Hammett

 

 

 

Guns 'n' Roses = Slash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hagel̢̮â¬Å¡Ãâî - if swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me. zegt:

 

 

 

"That dude from GNR" is Slash.

 

 

 

Daan. zegt:

 

 

 

Yea

 

 

 

Daan. zegt:

 

 

 

I know

 

 

 

Daan. zegt:

 

 

 

but I wasn't sure

 

 

 

Daan. zegt:

 

 

 

He plays in velvel revolver, right?

 

 

 

Hagel̢̮â¬Å¡Ãâî - if swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me. zegt:

 

 

 

And Kirk Hammett from Metallica.

 

 

 

Daan. zegt:

 

 

 

yea

 

 

 

Hagel̢̮â¬Å¡Ãâî - if swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me. zegt:

 

 

 

Yeah.

 

 

 

Daan. zegt:

 

 

 

I know that too

 

 

 

Daan. zegt:

 

 

 

but I wanted to sound cool saying dude

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I wanted to sound cool saying "dude". Guess nobody wants me to feel cool. :cry:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You shouldn't pretend to be something you're not. :P

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Dreaming of that face again

It's bright, and blue, and shimmering

Grinning wide

And comforting me with it's three warm and wild eyes

Aaw, Danniboy, don't be so hard on me. I wanna be a cool boy. :cry:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And to make things worse, look what Azvy just said.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hagel̢̮â¬Å¡Ãâî - if swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me. zegt:

 

 

 

You look Canadian.

 

 

 

Daan. zegt:

 

 

 

Really?

 

 

 

Hagel̢̮â¬Å¡Ãâî - if swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me. zegt:

 

 

 

Yeah.

21o4pav.jpg

Signature by Maurice Sendak

When the stars make you drool just like a pasta fazool, that's amore!

Hagel̢̮â¬Å¡Ãâî - if swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me. zegt:

 

 

 

You look Canadian.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ouch!

Kirk and Lars I could handle. At the same time.

Ritchie Blackmore

 

 

 

Michael Schenker

 

 

 

Uli Jon Roth

 

 

 

Criss Oliva

 

 

 

Joe Satriani

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Those are the first five that come to mind

my favorites are Tom Morello, Jimmy Hendrix, Guy from velvet revolver/guns and roses, Jimmy page.

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5. Joe Perry

 

 

 

4. Joe Sattriani

 

 

 

3. Ace Frehley

 

 

 

2. Randy Rhodes

 

 

 

1. Angus Young

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My Top 5

 

Hagel̢̮â¬Å¡Ãâî - if swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me. zegt:

 

 

 

You look Canadian.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ouch!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You hoser!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyways, Don Ross is the best :P he's been rated #1 at finger picking twice in the last little bit... thing is nobody knows about him because he writes folk music :)

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Well i might edit this later after i have put some thought it to it but my fav player would probably be Mark Knopfler.

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Cant belive no one said srv :( o well most of u guys dont seem to be into blues anways :P mostly metal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

kirk, dimebag, gilmore are awsome guitar players aswell would be in my top 10 easily :D

Cant belive no one said srv :( o well most of u guys dont seem to be into blues anways :P mostly metal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He was mentioned in the first post of this thread :P

Kirk and Lars I could handle. At the same time.

 

Cant belive no one said srv :( o well most of u guys dont seem to be into blues anways :P mostly metal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He was mentioned in the first post of this thread :P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah dude, by her.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:lol:

thirdeyesig0tl.jpg

Dreaming of that face again

It's bright, and blue, and shimmering

Grinning wide

And comforting me with it's three warm and wild eyes

 

 

Cant belive no one said srv :( o well most of u guys dont seem to be into blues anways :P mostly metal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He was mentioned in the first post of this thread :P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah dude, by her.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:lol:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm such a tool.

Kirk and Lars I could handle. At the same time.
Yeah, I have no freaking idea who the 5 best are, but my top-5(/11) favourites are:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Dave Gilmour (Pink Floyd)

 

 

 

2. Janick Gers (Iron Maiden)

 

 

 

3. Jimmy Hendrix (Jimmy Hendrix)

 

 

 

4 Dimebag Darrel (Pantera, Damage Plan)

 

 

 

5. Dave Mustaine (Megadeth)

 

 

 

6. Joe Satriani (Joe Satriani)

 

 

 

7. Tommi Sartanen (Twilightning)

 

 

 

(8.) Alexi Laiho (Children Of Bodom)

 

 

 

(9.) Randall "Randy" Rhoads (Quite Riot, Ozzy Osbourne)

 

 

 

(10.) Jimmy Paige (Led-Zeppelin)

 

 

 

(11.) Timo Tolkki (Stratovarius)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry, for adding an extra 5, couldn't narrow it down, heh.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[edit] cabbage, forgot about Dimebag. Had him in my mind when I wrote, but then forgot to add him...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

// Azvi.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

look at those Finns! 8)

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Does this also count bass guitar players?

In no order:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. John Petrucci

 

 

 

2. Joe Satriani (My guitar playing is most influenced by 1 & 2)

 

 

 

3. Paul Gilbert

 

 

 

4. John McLaughlin

 

 

 

5. Marty Friedman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I've redone this list and its never the same, but these guys have consistently been in my top 8, so I'm going with them.

Chris Broderick- Jag Panzer

 

 

 

"Dimebag" Darrel Abbot- Pantera / Damageplan

 

 

 

Dave Murray- Iron Maiden

 

 

 

Eddie Van Halen- Van Halen

 

 

 

Bobby Gustafson- Overkill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All Metal... I know. :P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are plenty of other guitarists that I'd name under jazz, blues, and

 

 

 

rock... but this was just a top five list and my favorite genre is heavy metal.

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