Quote from audimasta :

Mark Knopfler

Can't argue with that:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2nQZPC2uTs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjJzlIedCuo

I think Lindsay Buckingham is highly under-rated. Definitely one of the best:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwGQKuUeQC8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6mce3LdkyA

Quote from Forbin :

Carter Beauford

He is - pardon my French - a full-on mother****er of a drummer. When they first turned up on MTV a bunch of us thought it was Dennis Chambers!

Quote from mr_x :

Matt Bellamy?

muppet


Anyhow, Jimi Hendrix is still the best. Whenever I put on my woodstock dvd, I always put it on him first

have to add a video of him of course:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCwCBh0z3Hs

enjoy BSG geeks

Quote from Mazz4200 :

Yeah, Rage Against the Machine did some decent stuff (even though it's not really my thang) But is Morello a great guitarist or a great sound engineer ?

Well he did use the Whammy pedal a lot on that first album, but that was a brand new effect at the time and nobody else had really used it, and he used it in a really wild way. Hendrix also used effects that had never been heard before (he was the first to use an octave fuzz for one) to give him a unique sound - was he a guitarist or a sound engineer?

Morello's whole kill-switch transform-scratch type sound was very innovative too - hard to believe nobody thought of that before but they didn't. That's the sort of thing I mean - there are always ways to innovate, even in simple ways.

Eric Johnson's another one of those "obvious" names that's missing here.

And Jeff Buckley was unique in his ways and deserves a mention.

hmm, i dont remember the name. i say the guitarist of CoB is the best
EDIT: hes name is Alexi Laiho. atleast i couldnt do this tough http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di_UbxpCprk

I vote Kev!!!!

"Of all time" is too general if you ask me. Hendrix revolutionised what you could do with a guitar. Page and Clapton came up with some of the most phenomenal riffs of all time.
Without those 3, none of the others would be on that list

Vai is my favourite though. Amazing guitarist, reasonable singer, great songs and a nice guy.

Eric Clapton and Richie Blackmore.

Most UNDERATED Guitarist of all time...George Harrison. (Pity he was tied into an average group that didn't let him REALLY express his talent :tilt

Having said that, Keef Richards has had his moments too!

Quote from audimasta :

Mark Knopfler

Agreed. He is probably the best of them all.

No question here. Hendrix. Could get whatever sounds he wanted out of the guitar. The absolute best.

Eric Johnson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55nAwmVLQSk

That's one of my all time fav's. So clean and has a great tune.

Same old names... How about some others:

Sir Richard Bishop
John Fahey
Robbie Basho
Nick Drake (If he'd done nothing else, 'Black Eyed Dog' would still elevate him above pretty much everything else)
Keith Rowe
Robert Fripp

Ron Thal aka Bumblefooot. Not so known guitarist, but incredible technique, lots of fresh and new ideas, perfect performance while improvisating and a very particular conception of the music
http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=TVcPp62czqk
http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=55PdvkxbGjE

I've made a few years ago another poll in another forum asking for the most overrated guitarist of all time... Results (with more than 1000 votes) were not very surprising:

1.- Santana
2.- Keith Richards
3.- Eric Clapton
4.- Hendrix
5.- Slash
6.- Hammet

so u think tht link is hendrix....and matt belomy....lol...?

it's amazing ,that just from starting this thread, to see just how many decent guitarists there are out there.
like my mate (14):http://www.youtube.com/results ... amp;search_type=&aq=f

hes cool. giv me contrusctive feedback plz. btw his band is at the NCCR radio concert at chipping campden school at the weekend....just if u were interested....

1.- Santana
2.- Keith Richards
3.- Eric Clapton
4.- Hendrix
5.- Slash
6.- Hammet[/quote]

hendrix is not overrated...hes amazing-the first person to widely introduce shredding

ive just relized ive been posting on my own for the last 4 threads

someone reply plz, i soooo bored. Hang on a minute! im on a game forum-y dont i just play LFS? hah lol

im such a noob. but my mate isnt:http://www.youtube.com/results ... amp;search_type=&aq=fhe plays the guitar quite well.

he's that link again in case you have missed it on my last 1000000 posts...http://www.youtube.com/results ... amp;search_type=&aq=f

have i mentioned my mate at all?- i forgot to say he plays quitar.. here he is:http://www.youtube.com/results ... amp;search_type=&aq=f

How about you go play outside or something? Nobody gives a **** about your mate.

Quote from egghed6 :

have i mentioned my mate at all?- i forgot to say he plays quitar.. here he is:http://www.youtube.com/results ... amp;search_type=&aq=f

PLEASE stop spamming the thread egghed....not the best way to get your post count up mate

PS...Thats what I MEANT to say Kev