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dr wu23
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Topic: Fav Prog Guitarist based on PA Top 100 albums? Posted: November 11 2013 at 20:25 |
Fripp but then KC are my favorite prog band.....I also love Hackett, Howe, Gilmore and Santana.
and I don't want to forget Barre and Latimore.
Edited by dr wu23 - November 11 2013 at 20:28
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Posted: November 10 2013 at 22:33 |
Steve Howe and Alex Lifeson.
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Posted: November 10 2013 at 11:32 |
Sorry if I didn't have your favorite guitarist listed. I had to narrow about 46 years of prog guitarists down to 24 choices. That's for voting and contributing. Gilmour, Fripp and Howe leading the pack. I think Gilmour is the least technically gifted and plays the most limited range of guitar, but, his touch is simply superb. Fripp is the most adventurous. Howe is simply in a class of his own. As is Fripp too, I suppose.
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Posted: November 10 2013 at 03:53 |
Akkerman!
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Posted: November 10 2013 at 03:10 |
I voted for Fripp, but I'd have to include all Crimson guitarists in that vote.
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Posted: November 09 2013 at 13:07 |
Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:
I stand by my comment that if you think Fripp is a cross pick one trick pony you are missing the huge depth of his sound. What the hell it's only one opinion. |
That's all I was saying as well, but I know how that guy responds to anybody who disagrees with him. Somewhat ironically.
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Posted: November 09 2013 at 09:08 |
Such a difficult question! Gilmour has excellent tones and a great style, Robert Fripp goes to the extremes of heavy jazz-rock, Steve Howe is easily the greatest at psychedelic guitar and all have unique acoustic styles... I don't really think Hackett is quite in the same league as these (even though he employs great techniques like tapping), and I'm probably going to go with Steve Howe. Also like to mention Lifeson, he did a great job fusing heavy blues-based rock with the much more complex progressive styles
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Posted: November 09 2013 at 09:00 |
When Gilmour is good, he is just heavenly. The next group (Fripp, Howe & Hackett) are just not as essential......
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Posted: November 09 2013 at 08:18 |
1. Steve Howe2. David Gilmour 3. Alex Lifeson 4. Steve Hackett 5. Robert Fripp
after that, NO EXCEPTIONS (besides Frank Zappa)
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Hercules
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Posted: November 09 2013 at 08:13 |
Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:
Apologies if you took offense Hercules, I always viewed our back and forth as good natured. I'm used to everyone hating my music taste so maybe have a higher tolerance for differing opinions. I'm certainly in the minority as an avanthead on this site.
I stand by my comment that if you think Fripp is a cross pick one trick pony you are missing the huge depth of his sound. What the hell it's only one opinion. |
To be fair, I absolutely shouldn't have included you in that post as I agree that, whilst we have very different musical tastes, you have always been civil even when we vehemently disagree. I apologise unreservedly.
Unfortunately, triceratopsoil and I have "history". I had hoped it had ended as (I thought) that we had agreed that we would ignore each other, but clearly not.
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Posted: November 09 2013 at 07:47 |
Apologies if you took offense Hercules, I always viewed our back and forth as good natured. I'm used to everyone hating my music taste so maybe have a higher tolerance for differing opinions. I'm certainly in the minority as an avanthead on this site. I stand by my comment that if you think Fripp is a cross pick one trick pony you are missing the huge depth of his sound. What the hell it's only one opinion.
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Posted: November 09 2013 at 07:11 |
David Gilmour off this list. Could just as well have voted for John Weinzierl, Manuel Göttsching, Michio Kurihara and Reine Fiske though
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Posted: November 09 2013 at 06:09 |
ProgMetaller2112 wrote:
Triceratopsoil wrote:
Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:
Hercules wrote:
The one I really don't rate is Robert Fripp. Once you've seen his fast cross picking technique once, there's not much else to enjoy. |
Oh dear god. |
Yeah, meet Hercules.
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You guys need a chill pill. Hercules has his own opinions |
Thank you.
These guys (Nogbad and Triceratopsoil, amongst others) and their intolerance for any opinion which does not coincide with theirs, have undoubtedly contributed to some long-time members of this site leaving for other prog sites.
Since I joined 5 or so years ago, a lot of people I know personally and who broadly (but by no means exactly) share my views on prog, have gone to progressive ears and other sites where there is more civility and less abuse.
I may join them, because I'm sick of the pathetic "if you don't like what I like, I'm going to attempt to ridicule you" approach. Diversity of opinion is good. If we all liked the same, the world would be a very boring place. I simply say what I think and I won't resort to personal abuse; if you don't like it, that's not my problem.
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Posted: November 09 2013 at 03:28 |
Mr Howe
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Posted: November 09 2013 at 02:26 |
Jethro Tull's Belgrade concert 1975 was the first rock concert I'v ever attended. I was 11 yrs old; thanks to older guys from the block who took me there. Well, I remember Barre's heavy riffs more than Anderson's flute.
Edited by Svetonio - November 09 2013 at 02:26
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Posted: November 09 2013 at 01:41 |
Svetonio wrote:
p.s. I'm surpised that Barre get only two votes since now because Barre is one of the greatest prog guitarists who made that Jethro Tull's success possible nothing less than Anderson; actually, the whole British Progressive Rock movement owes him a lot.
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^ this. If it wasn't for Fripp my vote would have gone for Martin. He could play hard rock (Aqualung, Locomotive Breath) crazy prog (Back Door Angels, TAAB) heavy blues and everything in between. I saw Tull several times from the "Too Old to Rock and Roll" to the "Crest of a Knave" tours and Martin was always the star of the show to me
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Posted: November 09 2013 at 01:14 |
I have voted for Gilmour but I haven't seen Latimer in the list. He would have been my vote.
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Posted: November 09 2013 at 00:22 |
Totally just noticed that Jon Preston Bouda from Discipline is sadly missing too. I'd definitely give him a shout-out.
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Posted: November 09 2013 at 00:15 |
Triceratopsoil wrote:
Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:
Hercules wrote:
The one I really don't rate is Robert Fripp. Once you've seen his fast cross picking technique once, there's not much else to enjoy. |
Oh dear god. |
Yeah, meet Hercules.
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You guys need a chill pill. Hercules has his own opinions
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: November 09 2013 at 00:12 |
Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:
Hercules wrote:
The one I really don't rate is Robert Fripp. Once you've seen his fast cross picking technique once, there's not much else to enjoy. |
Oh dear god. |
Yeah, meet Hercules.
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