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Gibson.com Top 50 Guitarists of All Time
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Posted on 06/15/2010 5:19:20 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

And, so it begins. You voted and so did we, and at the end of a month-long process, we’re ready to start revealing Gibson.com’s Top 50 Guitarists of All Time.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: chat; entertainment; guitarists; music; rockandroll
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To: Pan_Yan

my step-cousin (you like that) Galen Henson, plays rythm guitar for Joe Satriani.


261 posted on 06/16/2010 5:48:46 AM PDT by Clovis_Skeptic (The answer to 1984 is 1776!)
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To: wku man
But the two cannot be separated. Although "Joe who plays at 49th & Broadway every Wednesday" could probably very easily make this list and deserve it, there has to be some transcendence beyond just being the lead guitarist in a band. Look at the top 10, most of those guys are known beyond strictly playing. Keith, Jimi and Jimmy are all probably as well known for their off stage excesses. There are a lot of guys who are talented and will hit their marks every time, but that isn't enough to make these lists. Nels Cline probably belongs on the list, but outside of the solo on Impossible Germany no one is at a Wilco show to see him. Bob Dylan has had some great guitarists through the years, but they won't make this list either. Being a star is just how you make these lists. It might be a shortcoming of lists like this, but at this point has to be an accepted shortcoming.

We don't really disagree on much, I think Jack White is more talented than you do, but admit there are more talented guys. However, none especially in the last decade have been as everywhere as Jack White and turning out quality work. He had 9 albums out in the last decade and at worst they were good (Horehound, The White Stripes debut) to great (Elephant and Van Lear Rose by Loretta Lynn). As the reader poll shows, this isn't just Gibson catering to a younger generation. Presumably there were a lot of older voters. From what I know of what a Gibson costs, probably a lot of older voters.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (a concept I don't approve of to begin with) should have never been called that. It is the Pop Music Hall of Fame. Sam Cooke was in the first class inducted. Not a rock artist, but someone that definitely belongs in a pop music hall of fame. Rap has been the dominant form of pop music for 20 years or so now.
262 posted on 06/16/2010 5:52:29 AM PDT by Mr. Blonde (You ever thought about being weird for a living?)
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To: ConservativeStatement
No Grady Martin?

The solo guitar part on El Paso by Marty Robbins is his. And sublime.

263 posted on 06/16/2010 5:59:23 AM PDT by Cincinatus (Omnia relinquit servare Rempublicam)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Les Paul better be on that list.


264 posted on 06/16/2010 6:06:35 AM PDT by PJ-Comix ( Redundancy Can Be Quite Catchy As Well As Contagious)
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To: nonliberal

You are absolutely right. LOL He’s that good.


265 posted on 06/16/2010 6:17:38 AM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: PJ-Comix

#22, one behind the guitarist from the Smiths.


266 posted on 06/16/2010 8:02:29 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement (Obama "acted stupidly.")
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To: ConservativeStatement
This list is a lot of Photobucket

Steve Hackett and Steve Howe (not the ex-Dodgers pitcher) belong on this list, not the Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist, whose name I've already forgotten.

267 posted on 06/16/2010 11:06:39 AM PDT by rfp1234
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To: dfwgator

Amen brutha. Dat shit don’t lie.


268 posted on 06/16/2010 11:28:18 AM PDT by montyspython
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To: MitchellC
I love Nirvana’s work, but having Cobain on there is a joke. Being a great song writer doesn’t make up for the fact that he was an average at best player. I’m no guitarist, but my understanding is that he could barely play the opening to ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit,’ and he always fudged it live.

Heck, Dave Grohl is a better guitar player than Cobain.

269 posted on 06/16/2010 11:30:12 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

My left nut has more talent than Cobain.


270 posted on 06/16/2010 11:33:47 AM PDT by montyspython
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To: Clovis_Skeptic

“They have Frank Zappa listed??? I love his old songs, but I thing his writing skill tops his musicianship.”

Zappa always viewed himself as a composer first and a guitarist second. That said, I think he played pretty well.


271 posted on 06/16/2010 12:28:07 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Just leave this long-haired conservative alone.)
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To: OldDeckHand

“Best guitarist no one has ever heard of, Doyle Bramhall (sp>). “

I’d agree with that. I saw him as part of the Experience Hendrix tour earlier this year and was quite impressed.


272 posted on 06/16/2010 12:29:05 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Just leave this long-haired conservative alone.)
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To: EGPWS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjA5faZF1A8

hehe.

273 posted on 06/16/2010 12:33:23 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (A half-truth is a complete lie)
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
Were you close enough to see his playing style? He plays a guitar strung for a right-handed player, but he plays it left-handed. IOW, the low E is where the high E would normally be. It's very peculiar.
274 posted on 06/16/2010 12:36:46 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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To: OldDeckHand

I was in the balcony, so I wasn’t close enough to see the actual strings. But I could tell by watching his fret hand. Albert King also played left-handed with the strings arranged for a rightie, although in his case it was on a right-handed Flying V.

There’s a local guitar player here in Silicon Valley who does that as well, and like Doyle (and Dick Dale too, for that matter), he plays a lefty Strat strung right-handed.


275 posted on 06/16/2010 12:49:28 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Just leave this long-haired conservative alone.)
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To: dennisw

WOW!! Haven’t heard that forever.


276 posted on 06/16/2010 1:08:26 PM PDT by wordsofearnest (Brad Ellsworth is giving Indiana a twofer.)
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To: Clemenza

Irresistable funk from the great Mahavishnu John.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYf92MAeAk0


277 posted on 06/16/2010 1:14:05 PM PDT by EyeGuy
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To: SpaceBar

Zappa:

Shut up and play your guitar.

MOST of the time.


278 posted on 06/16/2010 1:18:20 PM PDT by EyeGuy
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To: Beelzebubba

Frankly I always thought Hendrix was overratd.


279 posted on 06/16/2010 1:26:59 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: ConservativeStatement

Steven Howe
Dominic Miller
Todd Rundgren
Alex Lifeson
Dave Stewart


280 posted on 06/16/2010 1:35:20 PM PDT by Mashood
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