Twelve Great Guitarists
 

Love the different styles, these guys are amazing:

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/44201

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Good stuff! I liked the Doc Watson and Chet Atkins.

MCS

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Very nice.:tu I remember reading somewhere once that Andre Segovia brought the classical guitar from extinction.

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Dick Dale, King of the Surf guitar!:banger

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So glad that brought in the TRUE Sultan of swing :banger

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Doc Watson and Eddie Van Halen were awesome as always.:tu

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That list is woefully incomplete without Stevie Ray Vaughan.

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It's hard to please everyone. I'm glad Chet Akins made the list, but dissapointed that Roy Buchanan didn't

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Wow Roy, I didn't know anybody knew of him. That guy is the father of the artificial harmonic. Too bad he hung himself. He really had the blues.

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Yeah, it was a shame. He had a lot of talent.

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The two that that list is incomplete with in my mind are Frank Zappa and Stevie Ray Vaughn.

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Lists like this are always a matter for debate. If you choose to add someone with a relatively small body of work like Stevie Ray who to you take off the list. Stevie's talent was no doubt great, but his potential was unfulfilled. Arguments could be made for Jeff Beck, Jeff Healey, John Mayer, Jorma Kaukonen and many others. This is one man's list and I like the variety of his choices. :tu

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This isn't a "best off" list anyway. Its just "12 great guitarplayers" and not "the 12 greatest guitarplayers".

The author even wrote it himself

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They forgot Django Reinhardt, probably the greatest jazz guitarist that ever lived...:2

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:tpd:

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:tpd:
Yeah, but Django Reinhardt should be on top of anybody's list...:banger

PS - And yes I know I'm quoting myself...:D

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Plus someone named Jimi

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:r:r I don't think anyone actually READ the article given some of the comments, :r

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Even after I quoted it in the topic, people still didn't get it.

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That has to be the best version from Mark Knopfler of Swing I have ever heard.

A thought that occured to me a few years ago as I was surfing Youtube watching some guitar vides, who was playing with the guitarists that I thought were good? Most of the greats like to play with others to whom they have respect for. Opened my ears a little better on who else to listen to.

It was a good list and I learned of a few more artists to go out and listen to. Thanks.

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That Doc Watson was incredible...... :O


I'm a firm believer Eddie Van Halen is the hardest-working, fastest-moving, guitar slinger ever!!! :tu

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I liked the list, a few names I knew and a few that were new to me. I also would like to see SRV on any list, but like has been said, the author wasn't trying to big the 12 best of all time.