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crimhead

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Topic: Prog Guitar Gods
Posted: November 23 2008 at 23:26

MisterProg2112 wrote:

Gods:

-Fripp

-Lifeson

-Hackett

-Di Meola

-Morse

-Holdsworth

-That guy from Camel

Current, on their way to Godly status:

-Petrucci

-Wilson

-Akerfeld, Lindgren (although not a present member), Akkeson

-Romeo (don't like his band, love him)

-Waggoner, and Dustie (w/e his last name is)

-That bro from The Mars Volta

^The current is mostly ProgMetal, other people can help you out with other sub-genres)

???????

What!?! No Greg Lake on this list. Smile

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Posted: November 22 2008 at 03:42

trackstoni wrote:

There's no Guitar Gods , it's only a matter of musical creativity, you like it , but i don't . There's only one
GOD , in Heaven , but thousands of guitar players , From Hendrix till Petrucci , technics yu like maybe not , that why we have to use only < Best Guitar players > ( and in Fact there's a hundred of Good guitar players )
but One God !!!

I believe in many Gods, including, Allan Holdsworth, Roine Stolt, John McLaughlin...

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Posted: November 22 2008 at 02:43

There's no Guitar Gods , it's only a matter of musical creativity, you like it , but i don't . There's only one
GOD , in Heaven , but thousands of guitar players , From Hendrix till Petrucci , technics yu like maybe not , that why we have to use only < Best Guitar players > ( and in Fact there's a hundred of Good guitar players )
but One God !!!

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Posted: November 21 2008 at 23:17

My top ten guitarists (most of which are prog or jazz)

1. Allan Holdsworth

2. Roine Stolt

3. John McLaughlin

4. Pat Metheny

5. Frank Zappa

6. Steve Howe

7. Robert Fripp

8. Steve Hackett

9. David Gilmour

10. Jimi Hendrix

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Posted: November 21 2008 at 19:13

are there really 'prog guitar gods' ? ..I don't know, seems prog distinguishes itself as a form requiring no guitar gods but rather a collective ensemble of gods and demi-gods.. that said, Steve Howe is one of the most accomplished players in rock history, Hackett too, and I love Gilmour's playing

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Posted: November 21 2008 at 19:05

I must have read this thread too quickly, I could have sworn that nobody has mentioned Jeff Beck...(and shockingly few mentions of Steve Howe!).

While he never played in a "prog" band per se, he has always been a truly progressive player - very inventive melodically, and seems to reinvent himself every few years while still being unmistakably Jeff Beck...Check out Guitar Shop, Flash, and any of his stuff with Jan Hammer...

I'd say....

Jeff Beck
Steve Howe
Brian May
Jimi Hendrix (standard disclaimer: he almost joined ELP!)
Steve Vai - to see him live is essential for anyone who loves guitar - it's like the instrument is just an alternate voice box for him...

Edited by jplanet - November 21 2008 at 19:09

..::welcome to the shadow circus::..

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Posted: November 21 2008 at 18:29

I wonder what the consensus opinion would be if we were to ask this question of 100 of the top guitarists?

For what it's worth, I really like the style of Dave Gilmour and Andy Latimer. Whilst I appreciate the technical brilliance of someone like Petrucci, his playing doesn't touch me in the way the aforementioned artists do. I have a lot of time for Jon Preston Bouda from Discipline too. Honourable mention for Buck Dharma from Blue Oyster Cult who is respnosible for two of my favourite ever guitar solos...Astronomy from Some Enchanted Evening and Veteran of the Psychic Wars from Extraterrestrial Live.

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Posted: November 21 2008 at 17:28

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (The Mars Volta)

Frank Zappa

Robert Fripp (King Crimson)

Alex Lifeson (Rush)

As you can tell from the list, I'm not too much into shredders, I go more for people with really idiosyncratic approaches to the instrument, and who while not technically the best, still do really amazing things.

my favourite band of all timeis Van der Graaf Generator and while I'll freely admit that Peter Hammill is not the greatest guitar player, his style suits the music and on the last album he picks up the slack left by the absence of David Jackson's sax more than adequately.

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Posted: November 18 2008 at 15:54

Well, let's see...

There's...

Alex Lifeson (Rush)

John Petrucci (Dream Theater)

Frederik Thorendal (Meshuggah)

Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth)

Steve Hackett/Steve Howe (Genesis/Yes)

Chris DeGarmo (Queensryche)

Brian May (Queen)

Frank Zappa

Mind you; those are in no particular order, and there's probably more that simply haven't sprung to mind.

Cheers, and welcome to the Archives!!!!!

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Posted: November 17 2008 at 06:33

Steve Rothery
Alex Lifeson
Trevor Rabin

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Posted: November 10 2008 at 16:48

Dave bainbridge veil of gossamer

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Posted: November 10 2008 at 13:48

FRANK ZAPPA

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Posted: November 03 2008 at 16:03

For a god of all guitar gods, a Zeus I'll have to go with John Pettruchi of Dream Theater. His solos are full of mode changes not just pentatonic - dorian minor to eolian minor stuff, but harmonic minors, diminished scales, chromatic scales... Man if you look at some of his solo runs he would encompas several mode changes in a span of only 4-5 bars... This guy is a genious......

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Posted: November 03 2008 at 13:10

Pro Guitar Gods??? mmm let see there are plenty....

Blues Saraceno is one of a hell guitarrist.

but not Prog

and all the aforementioned early

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Posted: November 02 2008 at 08:51

Grimfurg wrote:

Holdsworth, Mclaughlin, Fripp. :)

And also James McGaw of recent Magma.

Gotta add, Richard Pinhas too.

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Posted: November 01 2008 at 17:08

Such a difficult call. I've been on this Earth 48 years and my favorites to date are: -

Randy Rhodes

Alex Lifeson

John Petrucci

Al diMeola

Richie Blackmore

There we are - not so difficult after all. I thought I would add Randy - he died too soon as far as I was concerned - he would have established himself as one of the most accomplished players ever!!!

Dave Gilmore

Ulrich Roth

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Posted: November 01 2008 at 08:47

Negoba wrote:

If you want to see jaw dropping musicianship, go to youtube and watch some Shawn Lane. Make sure you watch the one with the guitar and piano solos. There is no one like that alive.

That's sadly true - especially because Shawn Lane has been dead for the last 5 years.

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Posted: November 01 2008 at 08:26

Gong - Steve Hillage.

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Posted: October 31 2008 at 22:10

Nobody will mention him, so I will: Rich Williams.

Here's a guy who, over the years, has created a great tone ("Meatwall," they call it), and can play with his group as well as solo above it when it's time for him to do so.

And he only uses one eye. Ouch

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Posted: October 31 2008 at 21:37

Sasquamo wrote:

I don't know about Fripp. I remember the first time I hear 21st Century Schizoid Man. I was having a great time, and then all of a sudden there's this awful, awful guitar solo that made me feel sick. King Crimson had the same problem with the saxophone solos.

If your avatar is the result of Frippian sickness , we should send Robert some bananas . Mind you, he is bananas

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