Who's the best guitarist?

[Ibanez_Guy]

Dave Murray and Adrian Smith from Iron Maiden are pretty bad ass... love the dual guitars

 

[bobobill]

I'd have to say right now it would be Daron Malakian, but all time I would say Dimebag Darrell.

 

[antixbush]

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[coolstuff]

jimmy page ,hendrix
eric clapton
david gilmour
slash

 

[Michael24]

Don't know if he's been mentioned yet (don't have time to go back through all the pages), but I love Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits.

 

[Texan]

Stephen Stills

 

[messa]

Saw Queen recently, and Brian May brings it big time.

 

[hyck]

Edward Van Halen
John Petrucci
Zakk Wylde
Joe Satriani
Michael Schenker
Jon Schaffer(Iced Earth)
Kirk Hammett
Steve Vai
Glenn Tipton(Judas Priest)
Adam Jones(TOOL)
Nuno Bettencourt great player in an average band(Extreme)

 

[CASTOR :::]

Santana
P.O.D. - America (feat.Santana) for example

 

[Karynak]

Dimebag - Rhythm/Lead

Les Claypool - Bass

 

[Gibson]

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DctCyO-E3s

It's all about the walking basslines.

 

[quixotically]

First awesome threat.

Second, the best, in my view, has to be Howard Alden.

Here's why

There's a movie by Woody Allen called "Sweet and Lowdown." It stars Sean Penn. In the movie there's a made up character named Emit Ray. Howard Alden wrote all the music and is really the one playing the tunes. On Limewire and any other mp3 download site, I would posit that 95 percent of people think Emit Ray truly exists and have no idea who Howard Alden is. That is some serious lore. If you're special enough to create your own make believe guitar great, you're unreal.

 

[arsewipe]

best guitarist

i reckon johnny marr or tool's adam jones

 

[blackmetal]

K.K. Downing(Judas Priest)or...Yngwie Malmsteem

 

[METALHEAD666]

check out herman li from dragonforce-he plays wild and fast with a unique sound

 

[blackmetal]

How 'bout Zakk Wylde?

 

[snatch]

Jime hendrix his the one for me

 

[woden666]

Awsome post, Impossible to say who is the best, way too many styles, but heres my twopence worth....
Rock..................Angus Young
Heavy Metal.......Edie Van Halen
Blues Acoustic....Robert Johnson
Blues Electric......Rory Gallagher
Thrash...............James Hetfield
Death................Trey Azagthoth
Black.................Ihsahn
Speed................Kerry King and Jeff Hannemann
Shredding..........John 5
Jazz.................. Djanjo Reinhardt
Classical............John Williams

 

[elitebomber]

I'm the best guitarist ever! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeUj4mrRy_I

jk

My top 3 list:
1) John Petrucci
2) Vinnie Moore
3) Joe Satriani

 

[blackmetal]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksDsl2rkbCA G3 Malmsteem,Vai,Satriani-3 of the greatest guitar playersd in the world.