Best Guitarist - GROUP D Voting *CLOSED*

[nöyd]

Tony Iommi - Black Sabbath

Joe Satriani - Solo performer

Randy Rhoads - Ozzy Osbourne, Quiet Riot

Brian May - Queen

Billy Gibbons - ZZ Top

 

[nöyd]

Brian Setzer - Stray Cats, Brian Setzer Orchestra

Nils Lofgren - E Street Band

Martin Rotsey - Midnight Oil

Ricky Wilson - B52's

 

[carcharias]

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[nöyd]

Schweet! Cheers.

 

[carcharias]

This is very hard to pick

Satch is probably my pick.
However Brian May is incredibly versatile and I would rather listen to Queen than any satriani music.
Brian Setzer absolutely rips on that huge hollow body ..very underated.
Randy Rhoads ...well just another diddler but extremely good at his niche.


Dark Horse = billy Gibbons.
I have a queens of the stone age DVD ( bonus disk with a cd ) and this Billy fella comes into the studio during recording.
I thought he was osme old bum off the street .
Next thing he picks up a guitar and freakin tears it apart.
Then I twigged who it was....he looks about 90 years old.

Rotsey is a genius rythm player.
He knows all the chords.

 

[Christmas Ape]

Setzer for me.

Great tone, feel and execution.
Can play fast when he wants to.
Writes incredible songs.
Knows chords that haven't been invented yet.

 

[Mr. Fahrenheit]

This was an immensely tough group compared to previous ones. I went Rhandy Rhoads, his fusion of classic + metal = awesome.

 

[Ron Jeremy]

This is extremely Hard to pick, Noyd maybe you should've used a 3,2, 1 points sytem.

I have no idea, i might come back and answer it later, on first glance Satch but Rhoads? and even Gibbons was awesome in his own right.

 

[HevyDevy]

Bloody hell, how tough is this one?

Satch, Iommi and Randy Rhodes ... I had to go Satch although Randy is my favourite

 

[JB]

Wow. This is tough. Some good guitarist's are going to miss out in this one.

I cant go past the innovative, influential, and highly original Brian May. But respect to the Saatch, Iommi, Rhodes, and Gibbons. Masters all!

 

[madunit]

May is a class about most guitarists, moreso when you consider he even made his own guitar.

His sound is distinct, versatility is unmatched.

The fact he can sing and write great songs just adds further to his brilliance

 

[carcharias]

yes too hard to judge as they all play different styles.

Setzer would out play them all in Rock-a-billy.
Satch would probably out play them all in theory based scales and actual musical knowledge.

I eventually voted for Brian May.
He could make it heavy and he could make it sing.
He knew what sounded good and only played the good bits....that takes skill.

 

[HevyDevy]

It's a shame we didn't get to hear much of Randy before his death

 

[Ron Jeremy]

yes too hard to judge as they all play different styles.

Setzer would out play them all in Rock-a-billy.
Satch would probably out play them all in theory based scales and actual musical knowledge.

I eventually voted for Brian May.
He could make it heavy and he could make it sing.
He knew what sounded good and only played the good bits....that takes skill.

agree satch while is technically the best in the group others brought something new to the guitar.

I may vote May here not to say he was better but because i cannot split Rhoads, Satch, Tony and May was developed his own sound, sign of a good guitarist.

 

[Ron Jeremy]

May is a class about most guitarists, moreso when you consider he even made his own guitar.

His sound is distinct, versatility is unmatched.

The fact he can sing and write great songs just adds further to his brilliance

Many guitarist though dude;-) guitarist are very picky you'll find and many make their own instruments and then a manufactuer comes along and develops that guitar with the guitarist name attached attached to it.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Wow. This is tough. Some good guitarist's are going to miss out in this one.

I cant go past the innovative, influential, and highly original Brian May. But respect to the Saatch, Iommi, Rhodes, and Gibbons. Masters all!

Yep, those 5 all have a pretty good claim. However I think it' probably between Satch for his out and out virtuosity, May for his skill and versatility and Iommi for his immense influence. I'm chucking a vote Iommi's way because out of all the list I think he's the guy who's had the biggest influence on modern guitar playing.

 

[Marshall_magic]

Tough group, but May is a class above the rest.

 

[HevyDevy]

I wouldn't say a class above - certainly not a class above Satch!

 

[hineyrulz]

This group is harder to pick than a broken nose, but Satch just gets my vote over May.

 

[Ron Jeremy]

Tough group, but May is a class above the rest.

How so?

May is a great guitarist, but your kidding if you think he's technically as good:lol: