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Who is the best guitarist you know?
I am making this thread not for arguements, but so people may know about some. . .well. . .good unknown guitarists. If you have somebody you know personally that you think is just absolutely the best guitarist or just the best you know of, post some info here about them, maybe a link to where you can listen to some of their music or maybe buy their album.
Mine is a guy named Rick Mals. He went to Berklee and he is amazing at everything, but probably shines at improvisation and rhythms more than anything. He has all the technique in the world too, and he taught me everything i know. He was real big in the Pittsburgh area in the mid-90's, and probably would have got his music much farther than that but then got married and had a child. But starting last month, hes making another CD. you can buy his CD here and listen to a sound clip or two of his works. He takes a very Steve Vai - Allan Holdsworth take on music, but in no way is he copying their style, its completely original.
http://www.trinityrecords.net/
Just go to the menu bar and click on Rick Mals to hear two tracks off his CD.
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Yngwie J. Malmsteen
But Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman´s been the biggest source of inspiration for me since 94. They rule!
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jason becker back when he was mac daddy.
some of the guitarists at favored nations are really good.
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http://www.favorednations.com/
theres a little radio that has a song of each artist except steve vai. there's no local guitarists that stand out around where i live. theres only one but he's ok
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there so many great guitarists, but some that do it for me are muhammed (necrophagist) and astennu (dimmu borgir) both i like only solo wise btw (well riffwise also a bit, but im a solo freak so)
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He means guitarists you personally know, like someone in your area or who you went to school with ect.
There was a dude here last night i went to school with and hes fuckin awesome on guitar, not really technical but he knows so many fucking songs.
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ooh ok  euhm, my old guitar teacher, he is amazing
hes more a rocker than a metal guy, buthe can play verry hard songs easily, eruption is a piece of cake (he makes it sound JUST like v halen does) and that nothing yet, hes just amazing 
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My classical guitar teacher knows a shit load of stuff. His fingerpicking stuff is amazing and he can sight read pretty much anything. I'm really enjoying his lessons.
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well...then it must be my buddies Jimmie, Johnny and Jeppie. They rock.
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Dylan Huphries from bristol, whos my guitar teacher is fucking awesome, also his mate dave.....i forget his last name....
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My old guitar teacher, a guy named Tom Fryer, was nuts. He's some 40-something music nerd who barely scrapes out a living from music, playing any gig he can get, but with the skill he's got, he should be famous. He could play Meshuggah solos better the Thordendal could (he was a Holdsworth nut) and learned Foul Body Autopsy in about 15 mins when I showed him the music.
Not only that, the cunt showed me some ridiculous things you can do with a guitar. For example, one time he stuck the neck of a wine bottle (removed from the rest of the bottle of course!) on his pinky finger, and a small thimble on the tip of his ring finger (both on his picking hand). He then used the bottleneck to do a technique that was like a combination of sweeping and pick scraping at the same time, whilst doing arpeggios with his fretting hand, and then topping that all off by sliding along the strings with the thimble at the end of the sweeps. It sounded like Necrophagist meets later-era Gorguts, needless to say one of the craziest things I've ever heard.
If that wasn't enough, the last time I saw him he was nearly finished designing this sort of "computer guitar" thing, I can't really explain it other than it looked really crazy and was incredibly intricate. I was lucky to see it, he had it hidden away because he was paranoid as all hell about anyone stealing the idea!
Haha, writing this makes me want to call him up again and get more lessons!
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Sam, because he's the only metal guitarist I know.
You guys are very privelaged to know Malmsteen and Becker.
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A buddy of mine named Seth. Been playing since he was 3. He's quick! And his teacher Paul Travis. Fantastic guitarist. Virtuoso status. Sorry no clips.
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He means guitarists you personally know, like someone in your area or who you went to school with ect.
There was a dude here last night i went to school with and hes fuckin awesome on guitar, not really technical but he knows so many fucking songs.
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Than it would be our other guitarist in my band Maze of Torment, Mangus Lindvall.
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If I knew Pat O'Brien it would be him.
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me.
the next best guitarist i know is the rythm guitarist in my band.
actually its a fucked up situation, cause my rythum guitarist is miles better than me.he can play anything you put infront of him.
but i kick his arse in making it sound good.
ill post some clips in a few weeks, when we've finished in the studio
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eric johnson is the best guitarist i have seen.
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Besides me,
Dam I personally know some really good ones ,
Ive seen most of the greats ,Rhoads , Iommi , Clapton , Page , warren Hynes, Priest , Maiden , Jeff loomis , Mercyful fate , king Diamond , vai , Petrucci , yngwie , Lynch , Zakk , Dime , Morbid angel , dimmu, Testament ,
And I know Im leaving out tons, oh yeah Gary moore ,holdsworth ,
Dam I cant think of anymore off hand  , but Ive seen most of the legends except hendrix .
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For me, Jesse Cook, a Flamenco guitarist from Canada. I love flamenco. 
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the best i know besides myself is my friends dad. hes been playing for like 30 years or so. i love jamming with that guy.
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It has been said an enumerable amounts of time but for me it is Yngwie J. Malmsteen. His extremely fast classical playing sparks something in my brain I cannot explain.
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A guy called Jackson Proud. Couple years older than me. I don't know him personally but know of him. In my group of friends, probly me (not to sound like an ass like I manage to do a lot).
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I know a lot of guitarists but the guitarist for this band is definitely the most badass... Tell me what you think about those song clips, they have a southern metal sound....
http://andthentherewerethree.com/
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well my friend haydn, hes been playing classical since he was 3 or 4 and now he just plays anything hes so crazy he mixes spainish with rock to make some crazy shit and my guitar teacher hes just awsome on the guitar
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Haydn? Isn't that the name of a classical composer?
Hmm let me restate:
Favorite guitarists, skill wise: Van Halen, Paco de Lucia, and Jim Malone and Steve Vai(but also music wise).
Favorite guitarists, music wise(meaning not caring that much about skill): Trey Azagthoth, Quorthon(of Bathory), Karl Sanders(also skill wise) and Chuck Schuldiner.
Edit: People that I actually know... well, if my co-worker is as good as he brags that he is, I guess it's him. But he's a fucking liar about just about everything he tells me so I wouldn't be surprised if he sucks. A person I met interested in people for a Necrophagist-style band said he could play "a lot of diminished shit", so I guess he's the most skillful dude I've ever talked to.
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If it's someone I know personally, Geoff Dean. However, he doesn't play metal, and none of you have heard of him.
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A friend of my dad's , who used to work for Washburn, is the best I've ever heard. He used to have a collection of 150 or so guitars, but his house got fucking burglarized and all but 5 were stolen.
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I think a lot of people missed the best guitarist they know bit.
For me, best I have met would be Joe Haley from Psycroptic - and best I am good mates with Ben Lawless from Mephistopheles.
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for me the best guitarist is Zakk Wylde. also i havent seen u guys mention Michael Angelo Batio, he's fucking amazing!
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for me the best guitarist is Zakk Wylde. also i havent seen u guys mention Michael Angelo Batio, he's fucking amazing!
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This dude is the lead guitarist in our band Alaska. He is great at improv shred. He can out shine almost anybody at our school that plays guitar. The most impressive thing is hes only been playing for 2 years, a little less actually. these are 2 of our bands songs, I play rhythm on it but he pretty much wrote it all and the lead over the song is all improv.
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Ingwe Malmsteen is the best guitar player in the world. Listen to Black Star and you'll know what I mean.
Trey Azagthoth, Erik Lindmark, and Samoth are a few of my favorites.
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MAB is one of the best guitarists, and also he is the fastest. his musical pieces kind of suck but his speed is amazing. hehe also that 29 fret guitar is amazing
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