Making my own top 50 or so guitarists.


Slasher
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09/03/2003 6:59 pm
I've seen a few top 50/100 lists and most of the placings seem very odd to me. So just for fun I'm asking you guys either to post up your top 5 axe players or preferably you can email yor entries to:
asblaydes@hotmail.com

Cheers. It may seem a bit pointless but its only for fun. And I will post up the list on the 1st October.
Remember, the chickens that fly will always beat the rubber plants that bounce!
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09/03/2003 8:53 pm
In no particular order:
[list=1]
  • David Gilmour - Pink Floyd

  • Slash - Guns 'N Roses

  • Jimmy Page - Led Zeppelin

  • Jimi Hendrix

  • Edge - U2

  • [/list=1]

    I know that within the next 5 minutes I'll want to change this list.
    ... and that's all I have to say about that.

    [U]ALL[/U] generalizations are [U]WRONG[/U]

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    Dr_simon
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    09/03/2003 9:26 pm
    1) Me
    2) Azrael
    3) Schmange
    4) Noticingthemistake
    5) Jon "our leader" Broderick
    6) Jimi Hendrix

    Tee Hee !!!
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    Cody_King
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    09/03/2003 10:16 pm
    1.Some Tree chopper in africa
    2.Jesus
    3.Justin timberlake
    4.Bob the Builder
    5.Jimmie hendrix
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    Vladimir Hubitcherkokov
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    09/03/2003 10:31 pm
    1) Chris Carr
    2) Matt Skiba
    3) Mr. Precision
    4) Eddie Van Halen
    5) David Gilmour


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    09/03/2003 11:50 pm
    In no order at all: Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, David Gilmour, Joe Satriani, Azrael.

    P.S. I'm not sucking up, Azrael is really good.
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    Vladimir Hubitcherkokov
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    09/04/2003 12:34 am
    How can I hear Azrael's songs?
    When i'm gone you wont miss me, youre dying to fist me, out of the closet and into the fire, out of these dumb little quips that inspire
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    Gainer
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    09/04/2003 2:09 am
    Go to Azrael's Tricks
    If I leave here tomorrow,
    Will you still remember me?
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    09/04/2003 3:36 am
    Dave Gilmour in the top 5 guitarists that ever lived? Yeah ****in' right!

    I want to know how you figure that; He hasn't improved as a guitarist since 1973; Even admits it in inteviews. Says he wants to "Have a life".

    ~Incidents
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    zepp_rules
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    09/04/2003 3:42 am
    my list in no particular order:
    Jason Becker
    John Mclaughlin
    Jimi Hendrix (can't deny his influence)
    Jon Schaffer (for rhythm)
    Michael Romeo



    although i must day Dave Gilmour has some of the best technique out of anybody

    To improve technique and of course trying to keep all as clean as possible. I know my own limits and speed limits and so on I never play anything I'm not capable of. That wouldn't make any sense. After three years of playing I tried to play everything as fast as possible and that sounded, I would say, like shit, and I didn't realize that if I'd play bit slower things than I was capable of playing then everything would sound much better.

    --Aleksi Laiho - Advice to Play By
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    Lordathestrings
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    09/04/2003 4:09 am
    Originally posted by Incidents Happen
    ... He hasn't improved as a guitarist since 1973; Even admits it in inteviews. Says he wants to "Have a life"...
    ...which fits rather well with your hypothesis about non-guitar-playing activities adding to your playing, yes?

    As for not improving since '73, that begs the question "What needs improvement?" He's a damn fine player, and if you check out some of his work outside Pink Floyd, you'll find he does what he does at least as well as anyone else does. I can happily listen to his stuff for several hours - while supposedly superior virtuosos sound very stale after about 10 minutes.
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    09/04/2003 5:19 am
    That's mine:
    1/Allan Holdsworth
    2/BB King
    3/Robben Ford
    4/SRV
    5/Jerry Donahue.

    Here's Yngwie malmsteem's:

    1/Me
    2/Me
    3/ME
    4/MEEEE
    5/Johann Sebastian BACH

    :)
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    09/04/2003 5:45 am
    actually i think he would put paganni in there.



    lali, i thought you would say ron thal
    To improve technique and of course trying to keep all as clean as possible. I know my own limits and speed limits and so on I never play anything I'm not capable of. That wouldn't make any sense. After three years of playing I tried to play everything as fast as possible and that sounded, I would say, like shit, and I didn't realize that if I'd play bit slower things than I was capable of playing then everything would sound much better.

    --Aleksi Laiho - Advice to Play By
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    09/04/2003 7:11 am
    *cries tears of happyness*



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    09/04/2003 9:40 am
    1: Alex Lifeson
    2: Jimmy Page
    3: SRV
    4: Ritchie Blackmore
    5: Slash

    Lali, nice to see someone choose Robben Ford, not in my top 5 but a damn fine player :)
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    09/04/2003 12:23 pm
    What , only FIVE ? That's not fair ! :mad:

    Steve Vai
    Joe Satriani
    Jason Becker
    Jimi Page
    Hendrix

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    09/04/2003 1:11 pm
    hmmmm...this is a biased list

    1.chuck shuldiner(he spoke with his guitar better than peter frampton could with effects)

    2.jeff hanneman(the most underrated,out of the spot light innovator ever)

    3.Randy rhoads(Ahead of his time)


    4.Marty friedman(a fretboard mastermind)


    5.Alex laiho(gives malmsteen and the rest a run for there money...already one of the best guitarists of the new century)


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    09/04/2003 1:59 pm
    daevid allen
    dave navarro
    jimi page
    tom morello
    kristen hirsch

    and theres others which will replace these i guess, if i think about it too long....namley samoth.

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    09/04/2003 2:04 pm
    django reinhart

    hehe and many more im sure
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    09/04/2003 3:16 pm
    That's true, I forgot Ron... **** :)
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