Name some good guitarists..

[beemercer]

Jason Becker
Buckethead
Marty Friedman

 

[mrzed]

Bill Frisell
Mark Ribot

 

[iRONic]

Jonny Lang
David Bromberg
George Gusman
Henry Garza

 

[Zoblefu]

Steve Vai

 

[wheresmybacon]

My homie Ryan Waters.

 

[f4phantom2500]

Herman Li and Sam Totman of Dragonforce are very fast and I would consider them good, but I don't know if you would consider them well known or not, after all they did play mainstage Ozzfest in '06. One great guitarist is Jasun Tipton of Zero Hour. He and his brother Troy (bassist) make a great melodic team. Definitely not big, but they are very very good imo.

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: Gibsons
Leo Kottke

love him, i have a show of him with mike gordon that i enjoyed

another vote for trey anastasio, good stuff

keller williams is another favorite of mine. hes also a one-man jam-band type, adna little folksy. there are a few songs on his homepage, but imo, he is *far* better heard live than on a studio recording.

you can find some of his stuff on etree free and legal. as well as some stuff on archive.org and if youre into trying out different music i suggest giving him a shot.

 

[Starbuck1975]

John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
Steve Howe (Yes)
Trevor Rabin (Yes)
James Root (Stone Sour, Slipknot)
Jim Martin (Faith No More)
Adam Dutkiewicz (Killswitch Engage)
Alex Lifeson (Rush)
Adam Jones (Tool)

 

[Lounatik]

Craig Chaqico is what I am listening to now. Used to play in Jefferson Airplane/Starship. I like his stuff.

Edit: I also like Pat Metheny . Excellent music on the jazzy side which I am partial to, but very enjoyable.


Peace

Lounatik

 

[40sTheme]

Originally posted by: VWhed
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN is alright, just a little too "hairband" for me

He sucks; he can't play a melody to save his life. Sure he's got crazy moves, and that's respectable, but he can't hold a song together. And yes, JS80, Satriani is big.

 

[40sTheme]

Originally posted by: HomeAppraiser
David St. Hubbins

Nigel Tufnel

Derek Smalls

Sorry for the double post, but LOL.
BIG BOTTOM!

 

[CraKaJaX]

Originally posted by: hdeck
i saw kenny wayne sheperd band live in 2000 i believe. great show, too bad he's an asshole.

:Q Why's that?

 

[Fineghal]

Originally posted by: SSSnail
Tommy Emmanuel

Seconded.

Also lookup "Guitar Drifting" pretty cool stuff.

 

[Fritzo]

Check out Peter Green. He was probably one of the greatest guitarists ever, but a short life/drug abuse cut it short.

 

[Vic]

Off the top of my head, the 2 best guitarists I know of that don't get enough recognition are Robin Trower and Alex Lifeson.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
Check out Peter Green. He was probably one of the greatest guitarists ever, but a short life/drug abuse cut it short.

Huh? Peter Green is still with us. He hasn't died yet. His career was cut short by severe mental illness. For those who don't know of him, he was the original founder of Fleetwood Mac, long before Stevie Nicks or Lindsey Buckingham joined the group.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Steve Howe

 

[SViper]

Monte Montgomery is pretty awesome. He does some things with an acoustic guitar that make you think it's actually an electric.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Originally posted by: BrianH1
Derek Truks
Warren Haynes
Trey Anastasio (outside of the jamband community he has little respect)
Jimmy Herring (this guy smokes on the geetar)

3/4 are well known ... please try again.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Alot of votes for Buckethead? I know he is not mainstream, but he isn't exactly unknown.

 

[SWScorch]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004

Originally posted by: BrianH1
Derek Truks
Warren Haynes
Trey Anastasio (outside of the jamband community he has little respect)
Jimmy Herring (this guy smokes on the geetar)

3/4 are well known ... please try again.

I beg to differ. I play guitar so I usually keep up on who good guitarists are and I've only heard of Trey. Yes, I am admitting that I am ignorant, but it shows to go ya that just because you have heard of someone and assume they are famous doesn't mean they really are. I play mostly metal but listen to everything, so that's probably why I don't know them even though I do try to keep my musical horizons open.

BTW, I will add Alex Skolnick. He played for the thrash metal band Testament, but has since started a jazz trio and also plays for Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

 

[CraKaJaX]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
Steve Howe

Are you kidding me? Like people haven't heard of Yes? :roll:

 

[Kelemvor]

Jason Kostal.

http://jasonkostal.com/

Good friend of my wife and former Special Forces type guy in the army.

EDIT: Well, apparently his site doesn't work any more.

 

[SWScorch]

Originally posted by: CraKaJaX

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
Steve Howe

Are you kidding me? Like people haven't heard of Yes? :roll:

Dude, prog rock from the 70s. I can guarantee I can ask every single one of my friends, even the ones who play guitar, and they would have no idea who he is, or even the band itself. They might recognize a song or two but Yes is relatively obscure among my generation.

 

[CraKaJaX]

Originally posted by: SWScorch

Originally posted by: CraKaJaX

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
Steve Howe

Are you kidding me? Like people haven't heard of Yes? :roll:

Dude, prog rock from the 70s. I can guarantee I can ask every single one of my friends, even the ones who play guitar, and they would have no idea who he is, or even the band itself. They might recognize a song or two but Yes is relatively obscure among my generation.

Good point. But if you're really into music (like myself), you'd know of him. I mean, I'm only 19....