10 Pioneering Funk Guitar Players
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/pioneering-funk-guitar-0125/
Just went to that Gibson link and had to look ‘em up, wow
The Ohio Players - Fire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y47G-Wa4qfs
Larry Sugarfoot Bonner (Ohio Players)
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/pioneering-funk-guitar-0125/
Ohio Players classics such as Love Rollercoaster, Fire and Skin Tight owe a heavy debt to the scratchy funk rhythms and single-note wah sounds of Sugarfoot Bonner. Bonner has spoken eloquently of the origins of funk music, saying, Funk was born the day after the blues
to take away some of the sadness of the blues. Funk is a sort of happy blues, to me.