Give the guitarist and their band as well. And trust me, there are good guitarists right now.
2007-10-15 04:46:39 · 25 answers · asked by The Ghurag 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
Paul Gilbert, John Petrucci, John 5, Nuno Bettencourt, Marco Rizzo, Synyster Gates, Matt Heafy, Corey Beauloui, Dimebag Darrell
but Jimi Hendrix for eternity
2007-10-15 04:50:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Josh Homme-Queens Of The Stone Age
Matt Pike-High On Fire
Gary Jennings-Cathedral
John Hoyles-Witchcraft
2007-10-15 07:44:28 · answer #2 · answered by ike white 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Alvin Lee fomerly of Ten Years after, yes he's still playing. He was a guitar virtuoso 35 yrs. ago,was called The Fastest Fingers in the West and imagine how much more his skills have been honed by today. I saw him with Ten Years After at Keil Auditorium in St. Louis in 71. J. Geils played first and tore the place up. They were unknown at the time. Then Ten Years After proceeded to wreck havoc. Alvin Lee did this thing with the microphone stand,using it as a slide, then slowly began to tune his strings down until it was a low, low growl then he did a progression of a classical bent tuning his big red Gibson until he was back in tune with the song he had been playing. It was mesmerizing.
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2007-10-15 05:11:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave)
Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society, Ozzy)
Jerry Cantrell (Alice In Chains, Solo)
Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme, Mourning Widows, Population1, Dramagods)
Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth)
2007-10-15 11:22:04 · answer #4 · answered by Dani G 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm going to refrain from answering here simply because most of the guitarist that I recognize as being exceptional have been playing since at least the 80s. Of the new breed of axe slingers (of course, they don't call them that anymore), the only one that I can even name is DJ Ashba of Beautiful Creatures and Sixx AM, and certainly wouldn't call him the best at anything.
NP: "Mrs. Robinson" - Simon and Garfunkel
2007-10-15 04:55:41 · answer #5 · answered by Mike AKA Mike 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
John Frusciante - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Kirk Hammett - Metallica
Synyster Gates - Avenged Sevenfold
Daron Malakian - System of a down
Tom Morello - Audioslave
2007-10-15 06:21:33 · answer #6 · answered by Fool in the Rain 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'd have to nominate Mark Tremonti from Creed and Alter Bridge. Before you all start laughing, you should see some of the solos this guy pulls off. On the 2 albums by Alter Bridge he does some really killer riffs including some of Zakk Wylde's trademark sounds. In concert I saw him do a 4 minute guitar solo that I would only expect to see from some of the greats. I think he's the best guitarist to emerge in the last 10 years.
2007-10-15 05:11:06 · answer #7 · answered by GK Dub 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Richie Sambora--Bon Jovi
Dimebag Darrell - Pantera
Buckethead - Solo, Guns N Roses, Praxis, C2B3
Zakk Wylde - Ozzy, Pride & Glory, B.L.S., Solo
Nuno Bettencourt - Extreme, Mourning Widows, Solo
2007-10-15 05:41:13 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Alex Lifeson , Warren DeMartini , Synyster Gates
2007-10-15 05:25:46 · answer #9 · answered by LexLuger 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chris Rubey - The Devil Wears Prada
Matt Good - From First to Last
Zacky Vengeance - Avenged Sevenfold
2007-10-15 05:37:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋