Favorite Guitar Virtuoso!!!

I probably should've mentioned Criss Oliva as well, as that guy was a bit insane at guitar.

old thread i know, but i've recently been getting into the Marty Friendman album called "Loudspeaker". anyone else think this is a fantastic album? i think Marty is severly underrated!

it has gota be the great "Dimebag" Darrel Lance Abbott

my favourite rythmn player has to be james hetfield. he aint no virtuoso but his rhytmn is so tight it is unreal

Dimebag was a virtuoso?????

My fav was on the list....Randy Rhoads.

He is THE reason I picked up the guitar and started playing. I had tiddled around with it and basically lost interest....then I heard Blizzard of Oz....and it totally changed my outlook.

Others that inpire me:

Adrian Smith
Mathias Jabs
Rudy Schenker
Paul Gilbert
Toni Iommi
Dave Mustaine

BUCKETHEAD!!!

mc666 wrote:

Trey Azagthoth

Azagthoth is INSANE on guitar. I love his playing. I also like guitarists like Hank Shermann, Michael Denner, Andy Larocque, Jeff Hanneman, Stachel and a ton of others.

I voted for Yngwie from the list, but I'll take a well written riff over a technically brilliant solo anytime...and there Tony Iommi stands alone.

PAUL GILBERT!!!

SAHB Healer wrote:

I voted for Yngwie from the list, but I'll take a well written riff over a technically brilliant solo anytime...and there Tony Iommi stands alone.

i gotta agree all those people owe a lot to iommi when you yhink about it. he is probably the greatest guitar pLAYER EVER. hell he even invented heavy metal!

Marty of course... one of my favorites.
As for others:
Buckethead
Jeff Loomis
Jeff Waters
Chris Broderick

I like Marty and Jason Becker(Cacophony.) They are some crazy guitarists!!!!!

mc666 wrote:

old thread i know, but i've recently been getting into the Marty Friendman album called "Loudspeaker". anyone else think this is a fantastic album? i think Marty is severly underrated!

I love Loudspeaker. I thought it might bore me a bit because it was all instrumental, but Marty has such a great way of writing that kind of music. I was going to catch him on the tour but I wasn't able to make his one UK date in the end, which was a shame. I would've loved to see that material live.

Oh and as for the main topic, I would also have to add Paul Gilbert to my list of favourite guitarists. Buckethead gets an honourable mention for being insanely unique.

Its Randy Rhoads not Rhandy Rhode.

Rhandy
Eddie
Yngwie

Marty, because I just love megadeth's Rust In Peace, and Tourniquet's Where Moth and Rust Destroy.

NIGEL TUFNEL.

Where's Akira?

I could have selected "someone else" from the poll choice, since I would have picked Angus Young or Brian May or Jimmy Page.

but since I guess it is better to choose someone from the poll choices, I choose the one and only - Randy Rodes!

I voted Yngwie. Second would be Chris Impellitteri for me.

Jeff Loomis