Randy Rhoads hands down. Really nice technique and an amazing kinda classic and fast smooth legato style playing. Also a great composer.
Albert King
>because it wouldn't be patrician to say Stevie Ray Vaughan
>>64640910
Matt Pike cause he can play anything.
>>64640910
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkDnSt3Zfi8
>>64641435
Hell yeah. Paul Gilberts shredding video is some of the most glorious shit I've ever downloaded. His signature guitar is cool as hell too
>>64641435
>>64641527
Gilbert is the patrician pick.
JUST
>>64641435
Yeah I love Gilbert too, he just seems like he's a really friendly and funny dude. Racer Xs first three were cool.
>>64641636
Good fucking pick, homie.
>>64641636
most guitarists couldn't even play a barre chord on one of his guitars
>>64641725
has science gone too far!?
Thomas Erak of Fall of Troy
I like guitarists that do a combination of fast licks, odd shapes, and jump quickly between heavy syncopated chords and alternate picking up the neck. I also like guitarist that don't rely on too much gain so that they don't have to play with as much balls. I love speed, but I hate sweep picking. The first Fall of Troy album was a treasure trove of all of the things I like about this style of guitar playing.
Too bad the sophomore album tanked and everything since then has been terrible. Doppelganger is still my favorite guitar album.
>>64642182
Fuck yes. All of their albums are great, not sure what you are talking about. Listen to them a few times, they'll grow on you. Especially manipulator. Thomas is amazing.
>>64642510
Listening to 'OK' and it seems like a return to form. The other albums seemed, I dunno, "emo" to me.
>>64641725
I know nothing about guitars, what's the deal with Mascis'?
>>64643327
He's an extremely proficient guitar player
having a high acton I'm not sure about the ins and outs of, but his knowledge on not only music theory in general, but guitar technicals (such as different effects and functionalities) is lightyears beyond most.
For a man who seems like he got a little /too/ high once, he's an undisputed genius
>>64641725
hearing the slightest buzz must throw him into a maniacal rage
>>64643327
the gap between the strings and frets is really fucking huge, making it more difficult to play notes
Matt Weed, from Rosetta, most underrated guitarist in my opinion. He has such a mastery of effects that he can make one guitar sound like three, using delay and split rigs to their full potential. His style is very clean and pretty, almost Edge-like, which brings a totally unique sound to the heavy music he's playing alongside.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2Kj1IBLcgQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiR3rUCR0Nc
lemmy from megadet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3JsuWz4xWc
Great songwriting
Not the most technical guitarist in the world but every note sounds fucking amazing
I just dig his sound. and Django, but that's obvious.
>>64640910
I thought Weird Al played accordion?
Mike Einziger from Incubus. Whether you think they're a crap band or not this guy's playing style and use of effects are brilliant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiUEt0jvc6A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUSoSTaLRkI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJgX_630V-U
The dude outdoes everyone from a strictly academic and technical point of view and also in levels of originality and unorthodox experimentation
Will Swan; He can be cringy at times, but nobody can beat this dude's licks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orcP8fAFn7Q
>>64643666
Phil Lynott doesn't even play guitar
Wata is cute and a distortion god
Save for the industrial shit
Glenn Branca for the noise/experimentation/feedback/guitar effects/prepared guitar idk what to call all this.
Alf Svensson when he was in At The Gates for writing riffs that are both visceral and clever.
Django Reinhardt is my jazz pick. Technical but not a showboat, and a huge influence on the styles of the above two players.
>>64645839
Ahem
>>64640910
I'm with OP here. Marty is amazing and creative. I dont see how he can pick the way he does, though. Really uncomfortable for me
