Guitar Heroes !

[thenry]

Had enough of the Olympics. Who is the greatest guitarist ?

[rojash]

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[rojash]

I can never get these Youtube links to work properly

[zinnie]

Hi, 'thenry' .. at least your post at 02.07h approached it sensibly , I think you have to be more specific in makiing comparisons. With an 'electric guitar' Knopler , Clapton & Paul...clearly great. but with a 'classical or flamenco' they are insignificant compared with Segovia or Manitas de Plata..
who would be 'lost' with the 'electric guitar', and like most things in life.... the best is all subjective . But it's worth asking the question to see how we all differ.!!

[Pollylod]

burt weedon

[jomifl]

Was Segovia, is John Williams.

[argorstran]

Here's John at his best :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDAHl54V0CU

[Sooper]

David Gilmour, easy!

[Sipowicz]

Phoebe from Friends.

[argorstran]

Coming back again to this question in the evening (....yeah , I've had my fill of Olympics for the day too ...) I notice that the rock fans have gone for their favourites and the classic fans have gone for their favourites .
How's this for an interesting fusion of the two - Edgar Cruz's arrangement of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody :_

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay5n4lN_jIc&feature=fvst

[NOX]

Depending on your choice of style:-

Django Reinhardt or Hermann Li.

[HowardKennitby]

Some people I know reckon Joe Satriani is quite good.

[thenry]

Thanks for the great response ! I admit to being a Hendrix fan. I particularly like his version of All Along The Watchtower. I also like Narcisso Yepes and his version of Concierto D'Aranjuez. Or conshirto d'orange juice as Pete Postlethwaite once postulated. Love the music ! (Back to the Olympics - Jessica !)

[Duncer]

Satriani, Vai, Schenker, Blackmore, so many.

[cupid04]

Type Your Answer Here.. .Duanne Eddy.

[kawakiri]

All very subjective and to personal taste, however Nils is in my list.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QQtHWBfQaQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[thenry]

The guy with the strange eyes in Deliverance !

[TTG]

Angus Young, Ritchie Blackmore, Eddie Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix, Randy Rhoads, Michael Schekner...could not really choose. If I had to though, Angus Young. He has played on one of the top selling albums (Back in Black) of all time.

[TTG]

* Schenker.

[bensmum]

John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess
I like Zakk Wylde and Mark Knopfler too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQF0oervpoU&feature=related