guitarists who make the hairs on yer neck stand up

[art of fact]

robert johnson

 

[jammer]

django rhinehardt
frank zappa
jerry garcia
carlos santana
and of course...THE man.......JIMI

 

[tangerinedream]

Bert Jansch
Thurston Moore
Jack White
Eric Bachman
Efrim Menuck (for the oh so gorgeous Morricone-esque bits)
Stuart Braithwaite
Ali Farka Toure
RL Burnside
Will second John Reis
Doug Martsch

 

[Riff]

Brian May and Dave Gilmour.Both not technically brilliant but fantastic at conveying emotion.

Seconded!

Jimmy Page and Hendrix really float my boat also. I'm disappointed that this is only the second mention of Slash - check out some Velvet Revolver you lot!

 

[sojourner]

Jack (my husband) White

and the lovely wibbly John Frusciante

 

[milesy]

Rudy Van Disarzio

 

[Magic Sam]

Peter Green
Magic Sam
Blind Willie Johnson
Bukka White
T-Bone Walker
Earl Hooker
Tommy Johnson
Robert Johnson
Clarence Gatemouth Brown
Ike Turner
Skip James
Mississippi Fred Mcdowell

 

[Hocus Eye.]

Stevie Ray Vaughan
Segovia

alas both dead and lots of the ones on the lists so far especially Django and Carlos.

Julian Bream - still out there somewhere

H

 

[Firky]

Greenwood, but only live

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Seji
The end!

 

[Groucho]

Eddie Cochran
Cliff Gallup

 

[Dubversion]

Brian May and Dave Gilmour.Both not technically brilliant but fantastic at conveying emotion.

You're kidding, right?

Mine:

Neil Young
J Mascis
Steve Albini (solo-free but fantastic)
the geezer out of Afghan Whigs (Curley?)
Scott Gorham / Gary Moore / Brian Robertson etc - the various duelling guitarists in Thin Lizzy in their prime.
Paul Leary

 

[killer b]

eddie hazel.

 

[Dubversion]

eddie hazel.

true, true..

John Fahey...
Frankie Stubbs

 

[Groucho]

Bert Weedon
Hank Marvin

Cliff Gallup info here:
http://www.rockabillyhall.com/gvCliffGallup.html

 

[Firky]

Who's the bassist out of Violent Femmes? It aint Richie Rich is it... any, he lays down one of hte best bass lines ever.

 

[Firky]

You're kidding, right?

Gilmour does do some epic guitar wankery though, comfortably numb live is just dave aurally masturbating.

 

[Firky]

Django Reinhardt
Stanley Jordan
Jeff Buckley
Hendrix as well obviously
Matt Bellamy

I have to admire Bellamy for being a one man wall of guitar whilst singing at the same time, he's pretty damn good at that too - and only about 25. Buckley is shite

 

[linerider]

John Renborne is rather good

 

[Iam]

Yngwie J. Malmsteen

 

[jiggajagga]

For outstanding sound and originality, Jeff Beck on 'Amused to Death'

For exquisite pingerpicking/bending/pulling techniques, Jerry Donahue on 'Beak & Claw'

Both outstanding musicians in their own fields.

 

[Roadkill]

Can't believe I'm the only person to have mentioned Johnny Marr so far...

 

[elevendayempire]

Ooh, where to start...

Hendrix
Slash
Jimmy Page
Brian May
Buckethead. .
Robert Johnson
Keef
Matt Bellamy
Ron Thal

SG

 

[killer b]

buckethead sounds like a very odd character... he used to play with george clinton didn't he?

 

[elevendayempire]

buckethead sounds like a very odd character... he used to play with george clinton didn't he?

Yup. And Axl Rose. And Les Claypool. He does hang around with the weird 'uns...

SG

 

[Sunspots]

Asheton/Williamson
Kramer/Sonic Smith
Reed/Morrison
Catfish Collins
Eddie Hazel
Cliff Gallup
Dave Davies
Jimi Hendrix
Paul Leary
Ry Cooder
Greg Ginn
Chuck Berry
Henderson/Slade
Leo Kottke
Jimmy Page
Neil Young
Craig Scanlon
Rock Prophet
Michael Karoli
Phil Manzanera
Mike Bloomfield
Howlin' Wolf
Tony Iommi
Bill Callahan
Keith Richards



(PS: -Where are all the guitar heroines?)

 

[northernhord]

Yngwie J. Malmsteen

Surely you Jest, the mans a fuckin riff machine

 

[Sunspots]

Malmsteen: "-UNLEASH THE FUCKING FURY!!!"

Can't speak for his guitar-playing, but that air rage recording showed his ridiculous pompous arrogance.

 

[elevendayempire]

(PS: -Where are all the guitar heroines?)

They don't feel the need to twiddle with a great big phallic cock-stick? I can think of scary-big-haired Jennifer Batten and, er, that's it...

EDIT - speaking of which, I went to see Axl Rose's new Guns N' Roses the other day. One of the solo interludes had two guitarists playing a duet of Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful" at each other on their great big phallic cock-sticks. Not homoerotic at all, nosiree.

SG

 

[Iam]

Surely you Jest

Of course.