In no particular order:-

1/ Jimmy Page

2/ Eric Clapton

3/ Jimi Hendrix

4/ Angus Young

5/ BB King

1. Pete Townshend

2. Jimmy Page

3. David Gilmour

4. Alex Lifeson

5. Jimi

But there are others. Oh SOOOO many others.

Alex Lifeson

Steve 'fatty' Jones ( an under-rated master)

Mick Jones

Mick Ronson

Brian Setzler

Edited January 26, 200620 yr by BongoVonBudvar

1. Pete Townshend

2. Jimmy Page

3. David Gilmour

4. Alex Lifeson

5. Jimi

But there are others. Oh SOOOO many others.

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True Greig....Here's my 6-10

6/ Chuck Berry

7/ Jeff Beck

8/ Gary Moore

9/ Johnny Marr

10/ Keef

Again in no particular order.

1.Gary Moore-Thin Lizzy

2.Alex Lifeson-Rush

3.Angus Young-AC/DC

4.Ritchie Blackmore-Deep Purple & Rainbow

5.Joe Perry-Aerosmith

Bert Weedon. Say no more.

Bert Weedon.  Say no more.

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Please,,say no more

Bert Weedon.  Say no more.

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" Play in a day!"

6. Nile Rogers (Chic)

7. Django Reinhardt (made a career as a guitarist despite having two missing fingers from his fret hand)

8. Steve Howe (Yes)

9. Ry Cooder (for slide guitar if nothing else)

10. Eddie Van Halen (cos it’s his birthday)

No-one gonnae mention Hank Marvin.

1. Johnny Marr

2. The Edge

3. Roddy Frame

4. Pete Townsend

5. John Squire

6. Nile Rogers (Chic)

7. Django Reinhardt (made a career as a guitarist despite having two missing fingers from his fret hand)

8. Steve Howe (Yes)

9. Ry Cooder (for slide guitar if nothing else)

10. Eddie Van Halen (cos it’s his birthday)

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Yeah Django.....good shout!

Jeff Healy has to be due a shout as well! This could go on for some time Greig!

Roddy Frame is excellent. Many people go on about Johnny Marr but Roddy Frame, in my mind, is just as good. The difference is RF plays major chords.

The Edge is an interesting one. He doesn’t show off great dexterity but there’s no denying his inventiveness with a reverb & delay. Bad has got about two chords and about five notes all in but it’s a great song and it’s drenched in guitar work and sounds fantastic.

He’s not really a one for the shit-hot guitar solos but he’s still a worthy player.

Jimi Hendrix

Eddie Hazel

Kevin Shields

Neil Young

Johnny Greenwood

Roddy Frame is excellent. Many people go on about Johnny Marr but Roddy Frame, in my mind, is just as good. The difference is RF plays major chords.

The Edge is an interesting one. He doesn’t show off great dexterity but there’s no denying his inventiveness with a reverb & delay. Bad has got about two chords and about five notes all in but it’s a great song and it’s drenched in guitar work and sounds fantastic.

He’s not really a one for the shit-hot guitar solos but he’s still a worthy player.

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Yeah agree about the Edge....gets a bad press IMO! Who says you have to play x amounts of notes to be regarded as a " player ".I think he has produced some excellent music as has Charlie Burchill with Simple Minds.Roddy Frame is an excellent acoustic player!

mmm El nombre "no stolen from" in this thread I see

A few more,

Brackets to help the weans know who I am referring to

Paul Kossof (Free)

Joe Satriano

Rory Gallagher (sadly dead now Irish blues man)

Wilco Johnson (Dr. Feelgood)

Ted Turner (Wishbone Ash)

Ronnie Montrose (Montrose)

Carlos Santana ( I take it the weans have heard Smooth)

mmm El nombre "no stolen from" in this thread I see

A few more,

Brackets to help the weans know who I am referring to

Paul Kossof  (Free)

Joe Satriano

Rory Gallagher  (sadly dead now Irish blues man)

Wilco Johnson  (Dr. Feelgood)

Ted Turner      (Wishbone Ash)

Ronnie Montrose  (Montrose)

Carlos Santana  ( I take it the weans have heard Smooth)

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If yer referring to the P&B thing this is entirely on its own and came from a conversation that Greig and I were having earlier.So felt no need to mention the P&B thread.Although I see what you are driving at!

Rory Gallagher was f**king magic! No bullshit, just that battered old Stratocaster, a bass player and a drummer, heid doon, arse up straight forward boogie & blues. It’s a while now since he died. Still a shame.

A mate of mine went to see Wilko Johnson (at King Tut’s I think) and said he was magic. There was one point where he had the guitar up in his shoulder, pointing at the crowd and he leathered the chords out. Says it looked and sounded like a machine gun.

Bass Guitarists I rate:-

Jack Bruce

John Entwhistle

John Paul Jones

Billy Sheehan

Gene Simmons(He's an arse....but quite entertaining in a camp/kitch sort of way)

WHAT???? NO GEDDY LEE????!!!!

Different slant.....top 5 Guitarists who really should be dead with the amount of drugs/drink consumed:

1. Keef Richards

2. Eric Clapton

3. Peter Green

4. Slash

5. Lemmy/Duff McKagen (for all you bassists out there)

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Ye forgot Nikki Sixx(Motley Crue) who WAS deed....and then came back!

Now that whole band should be dead with the amount of stuff they took.

In no particular order:-

1) Jimmy Page

2) Slash

3) Eric Clapton

4) Jimi Hendrix

5) Eddie Van Halen

Rory Gallagher was f**king magic! No bullshit, just that battered old Stratocaster, a bass player and a drummer, heid doon, arse up straight forward boogie & blues. It’s a while now since he died. Still a shame.

A mate of mine went to see Wilko Johnson (at King Tut’s I think) and said he was magic. There was one point where he had the guitar up in his shoulder, pointing at the crowd and he leathered the chords out. Says it looked and sounded like a machine gun.

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Dr. Feelgood and Wilko are awesome most underestimated ever IMO. Stick the Artic Monkeys on then play Feelgood nae prizes for guessing who would wipe the floor with who

Forgot to mention Paul Kossof also sadly dead now.

1. Dave Murray - Iron Maiden (an all time favourite, can't beat that flowing style)

2. Herman Li - DragonForce

3. Sam Totman - DragonForce

(totally OTT fast stuff from both of them which is something to behold when seeing and hearing - if 3 - 4 minute long fretboard shredding solo duels is what you want in a song!!)

4. Luca Turilli - Rhapsody (classicly inspired and fairly unique)

5. Kerry King & Jeff Hannemen - Slayer (neither particularly technical good but work brilliantly together)

Bass Players:

Steve Harris - Maiden

Cliff Burton - Metallica

Shane Embury - Napalm Death

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7. Django Reinhardt (made a career as a guitarist despite having two missing fingers from his fret hand)

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Good choice in Django. Many people say he was the greatest ever guitarist and it's amazing he was still as good after loosing two fingers. He was certainly the best exponent of the Hot Club of France Gypsy Jazz sound. He played a guitar made by Maccaferre ( may not have splelt that correctly) notable because of a high string action and the oval hole which was designed to give a particular sound. Django at one time played with the likes of Stepane Grapelli and his own brother (rythm guitar) was also in his band.

Watch the film 'Sweet & Lowdown' starring Sean Penn for a taste of the Django sound.

Probably most famous for performing the song ' Two for Tea'.

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Thor, pardon my ignorance if he's not to your taste, but what did you think of Dimebag?