Favorite guitarist?

13360397:Blake.P said:
Jimmy page. His work with Zeppelin is almost untouched. Definitely one of the most versatile guitarists (listen to bron-yr-aur stomp then rock n roll to see the differences)
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Non-consistent enough, still one of the greatest.
 
Not my favorite, and by no means the best, but he is pretty under rated... well in my opinion at least.

Claudio Sanchez - Coheed and Cambria (Shabutie) and Prize Fighter Inferno

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I'm a total poser but I'm a sucker for any of Dave Mustaine's work in Megadeth. That being said, Yngwie Malmsteen is a close second. Basically, any metal or thrash guitarist I'll probably love.

 
Tony Iommi, his riffs from master of reality and Sabbath bloody Sabbath are some of my all-time favorites. National acrobat is on a constant replay in my head 24/7. I fucking love black Sabbath so god damn much.

David Gilmour, especially in the live pompei performance Floyd did. some of the most mesmerizing music ive ever listened too.
 
13360426:JOYSTICK* said:
know your roots, bert jansch is a person worth looking up, here's the legend much later in life;

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My man, was going to post old Bert. Absolute legend, yet criminally under-appreciated. His influence was immense - such an amazingly humble and nice guy, too.

Couple of favourites of mine...


His take on the traditional standard:



All really fun songs to play and sing to, too. RIP Bert
 
13360397:Blake.P said:
Jimmy page. His work with Zeppelin is almost untouched. Definitely one of the most versatile guitarists (listen to bron-yr-aur stomp then rock n roll to see the differences)
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It's just a shame that a large number of the songs he openly claimed were his were actually direct plagiarisms off old folk and blues tunes. The reason he may sound so versatile to you is because most of the driving melodies and grooves within his songs (including Bron-Y-Aur Stomp) weren't his creations.

It's funny Bert Jansch has been brought up because he was one of Page's main targets for material theft. I understand the whole artistic influence and one's own interpretations sort of thing, but the difference with Jimmy Page was that he not only didn't credit any of the people he ripped off of, he straight up refused to when those original artists and their labels approached him about it. By then, too, Led Zeppelin were large enough to take on and quash any legal action against them, and Page knew that. It's unforgivable, in my opinion
 
Not my favorite necessarily but Django Rheinhardt is absolutely insane and inspired a ton of people that are probably posted in this thread.

 
13360317:theabortionator said:
The night they drove old dixie down is one of my favorite songs. Always wanted to learn it on piano. I just want somebody to teach me that one song.

Fuck that's a great song. The night or night after levon died I saw the heavy pets and dopapod in noho mass. The guitarist from dopapod came out and did the night they drove old dixie down solo for the first encore. Really intense.

Wish I had made the ramble when moe. played in 2010. Couldn't even buy a ticket, not surprised.

Luckily got to see him one last time at moe.down 2011. Ended with the weight. Bobby sang a verse, levon sang a verse, then everyone sang. I think there was a light rain and it was just magical.

Huge tangent and unrelated to guitar but that's where your post led me.
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Fantastic song. The Band is my favourite and they definitely wouldn't be who they were without Levon. All of the songs they did at The Last Waltz were amazing.

I suggest trying to find a copy of the DVD, them and their guests are amazing. They are joined by Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Neil Young (high as a kite), and others.
 
13361744:las. said:
It's just a shame that a large number of the songs he openly claimed were his were actually direct plagiarisms off old folk and blues tunes. The reason he may sound so versatile to you is because most of the driving melodies and grooves within his songs (including Bron-Y-Aur Stomp) weren't his creations.

It's funny Bert Jansch has been brought up because he was one of Page's main targets for material theft. I understand the whole artistic influence and one's own interpretations sort of thing, but the difference with Jimmy Page was that he not only didn't credit any of the people he ripped off of, he straight up refused to when those original artists and their labels approached him about it. By then, too, Led Zeppelin were large enough to take on and quash any legal action against them, and Page knew that. It's unforgivable, in my opinion
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I'm so sick of people bitching about Led Zeppelin's "plagiarism." It's completely ignorant of American musical history (let alone art in general) to impose such a futile standard, especially when then genre of music in question has a grand total of 5 notes to pick from. And I say this as somebody who can't stand Jimmy Page.

Besides, where are all the people castigating every popular hip-hop artist ever to exist, who by all means actually plagiarized their music? Don't even pretend that the entirety of 90's hip-hop wasn't essentially dudes rhyming over Isley Brothers samples that were shamelessly kept in their original form.
 
13362317:lIllI said:
I'm so sick of people bitching about Led Zeppelin's "plagiarism." It's completely ignorant of American musical history (let alone art in general) to impose such a futile standard, especially when then genre of music in question has a grand total of 5 notes to pick from. And I say this as somebody who can't stand Jimmy Page.

Besides, where are all the people castigating every popular hip-hop artist ever to exist, who by all means actually plagiarized their music? Don't even pretend that the entirety of 90's hip-hop wasn't essentially dudes rhyming over Isley Brothers samples that were shamelessly kept in their original form.
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You're missing the crucial point here. If you're going to copy/paste or "interpret" someone else's music, you must NOT claim it as your own completely original composition, and you MUST credit those who you've "interpreted" from. Jimmy Page is a slimy rat who ignored and broke both of those unspoken rules, and basically said fuck you to anyone who challenged him over it. That's what bothers me, and many other people
 
Also, traditional celtic only having 5 notes? What have you been smoking?



Look someone in the eye and tell them that's interpretation and not straight plagiarism - you won't be able to. Stop being so naive
 
13362757:las. said:
You're missing the crucial point here. If you're going to copy/paste or "interpret" someone else's music, you must NOT claim it as your own completely original composition, and you MUST credit those who you've "interpreted" from. Jimmy Page is a slimy rat who ignored and broke both of those unspoken rules, and basically said fuck you to anyone who challenged him over it. That's what bothers me, and many other people
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Meh who cares. Essentially all music is just different levels of plagiarism. There's no way in hell you could give credit to everyone who inspired a song or even remember all the influences yourself. Also how would you respond to a song like Bron-Yr-Aur?


There are essentially no complaints about this song being plagiarized except for small similarities in the intro(Which are pretty distant anyways). It doesn't seem plausible to me that a guitarist that relies on heavy plagiarism for all his music would be able to churn out an original masterpiece like that. Even if all his music was plagiarized, which it's not, then he's a damn good plagiarizer. Probably the best to ever touch a guitar.
 
13362757:las. said:
If you're going to copy/paste or "interpret" someone else's music, you must NOT claim it as your own completely original composition
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The fact that you think originality exists as a zero-sum game in art only demonstrates how little you know what you're talking about.

And yes, the vast majority of songs that were purportedly "stolen" were blues songs => 5 notes. I've heard people bitch about the descending arpeggiated intro to Stairway to Heaven being "plagiarized," as if it's possible to own an unavoidable musical phrase to begin with (kind of like every blues song ever).

Page is an arguably shitty guitarist for plenty of reasons, but plagiarism is not one of them. Show me one famous guitarist (fuck it, artist) who doesn't "steal" the way you describe.
 
peter green of the very first fleetwood mac lineup is an incredibly underrated guitar player. Also dont know if anyone said syd barret yet.. both super unique and innovative guitar players that lost their shit after doing too much lsd, coincidence?


 
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Duane Allman's slide solo throughout the background is unbelievable. Such an amazing guitarist, probably the best slide player ever as well. Dickey was great after Duane died but he can't be replaced.

Clapton kicks ass too, his earlier more blues oriented shit, when he was with the Bluesbreakers etc, was his best sounding work but damn he's great regardless.
 
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13361472:will_powder said:
You guys know guitarists exist past 1975 right?
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Well some of the best guitar work came from back then. Both because good music sold, and people didn't give a fuck. No it's all about doing this or that to make your song great for the radio = lameeee

13361940:MuckMaestro said:
Fantastic song. The Band is my favourite and they definitely wouldn't be who they were without Levon. All of the songs they did at The Last Waltz were amazing.

I suggest trying to find a copy of the DVD, them and their guests are amazing. They are joined by Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Neil Young (high as a kite), and others.
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IT's on netflix and agree it's good. I think there's a levon doc on there as well.

moe. played a ramble in woodstock in 2010. Couldn't get tickets for it but wanted to go so bad.

Saw him one last time in 2011. Shitty weather messed up the sets so bob weir and him merged. They closed with the weight. Levon sang a verse, bobby sang a verse, then everyone sang a verse. The mud was insane, people falling down left and right, porto potties that had sunk in etc, but it was magical. Glad I got to see him again.
 
Probably Brian Wilson of the beach boys. I don't even care if he didn't plat guitar he was a better musician than everyone in this thread combined so he wins all competitions.
 
13425502:Spagett+ said:
Probably Brian Wilson of the beach boys. I don't even care if he didn't plat guitar he was a better musician than everyone in this thread combined so he wins all competitions.
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Well that makes no sense.
 
13425502:Spagett+ said:
Probably Brian Wilson of the beach boys. I don't even care if he didn't plat guitar he was a better musician than everyone in this thread combined so he wins all competitions.
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my favourite skier is shane white
 
Buckethead, Curtis Mayfield, Trey, Zappa, Jerry, Krasno, Eddie Hazel, Scofield, in no particular order
 
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