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    Some Essential Electric Guitarists

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    My (the OP) list was only electric guitarists and only lead players, which is why many players were not included. Thanks for the many suggestions, they include several players I might have included if they came to mind at the time I made the list.* I don't expect everyone to like every player on my list, but I do think that every electric guitar player should hear all of them at least once.

     

     

    *especially Sister Rosetta Thorp, Tom Morello, Tosin Abasi, Nicky Skopelitis

     

     

    My last thought as I went to bed was, 'Oh, waitâ¦it was ELECTRIC guitarists! I"ll fix it in the morning.' Then I forgot. ð¤ª

     

    Still, King has expanded into electric playing, and still stands out.

    Some Essential Electric Guitarists

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    Michael Hedges. Most people dismiss him because of his early association with Windham Hill. But he"s one of the early giants of the percussive finger tapping style of acoustic guitar practiced by other greats like Kaki King and Andy McKee.* in fact, McKee has said Hedges was the player that got him into guitar, and has covered a number of his songs, including 'Aerial Boundaries'.

     

     

     

    * Both of whom are epic guitarists worthy of consideration in their own right.

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    Some Essential Electric Guitarists

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    Nile Rodgers. The man plays a Hardtail strat ('Hitmaker') and wrote some of the funkiest riffs in funk, pop, hip-hop and new wave*. It has been estimated that he has played Hitmaker on songs totaling $2bn in revenue.

     

     

     

     

     

     

    * for Chic, David Bowie, Daft Punk, Duran Duran, INXS, and more

    Some Essential Electric Guitarists

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    There"s a trio of guitarists mining similar musical veins (and whom I gather don"t particularly care for each other):

     

    Dan Auerbach

    Jack White

    Ben Harper

     

    Each has his own strengths and weaknesses.

     

    IMHO, White is the most creative & talented. When he"s at his best, the others can"t touch him. However, he"s SO mercurial that he"s virtually guaranteed to release at least one clunker per album.

     

    Auerbach is the most consistent of the three. His playing rarely makes my jaw drop, but he almost always gets me in a good mood. Good grooves abound, even when he"s playing outside The Black Keys.

     

    Harper is by far the most soulful, emotional singer in this group. When he sings about pain, you feel it.

    Some Essential Electric Guitarists

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    I"m familiar with at least 75% of that initial list. I"ll add a few of my own:

     

    Steve Vai, if for no other reason than he did a lot of transcription for the guitar work by his predecessors in Zappa"s band.

     

    Joe Satriani. A shredder, a rocker, a teacher. His students have included Vai, Hammet, Hunter and others.

     

    Ronnie Montrose. The man who occupied the sonic niche Satriani currently does, with a similar taste in science fiction themed compositions. Also launched the career of Sammy Hagar

     

    David Gilmour. I don"t know if he ever plays a sour note.

     

    Mark Knopfler. See Gilmour, above.

     

    Ry Cooder. One of the best slide players out there.

     

    Chris Rea: somehow sounds like a cross between Mark Knopfler, Ry Cooder, and Tom Waits

     

    Shawn Lane. Not only a shredder"s shredder, he also demonstrated his virtuosity on fretless guitar.

     

    Tony Iommi. The father of metal, and one of the great riff masters.

     

    Alex Lifeson. Who knows more chords than he does?

     

    Eric Johnson. Another extremely tasteful player with a style that few others emulate.

     

    Tom Morello. Invented the trick of making his guitar sound like a DJ"s turntable, but also a formidable rhythm player.

     

    Bill Kirchen. King of dieselbilly and credited with one of the best Telecaster mods there is.

     

    Brian Setzer. Talented guitarist & vocalist, he virtually single handedly revived rockabilly and big band jazz back into cultural relevance.

     

    Jennifer Batten. Seemingly more often hired for people"s touring bands than recording albums, she has had to play the music of some of the best, often more frequently than they themselves did. And she never disappoints.

     

    Tosin Abasi. Possibly the best djent guitarist of all.

     

    Scott Holiday. His band, Rival Sons, plays an array of music in styles ranging from the mid 60"s to the late 90"s rock & roll, and he never seems to be cliche or stylistically off.

     

    Peter Wells. The man sho brought slide guitar to punk rock via the Australian band, Rose Tattoo.

     

    Neil Young. Classic rocker, country rocker and the 'Godfather of grunge'. Listen to his largely improvised work for the soundtrack for the movie, Dead Man.

     

    Alex Skolnick. One of the driving forces in the thrash metal band Testament, he also has a nifty jazz trio that is damn good.

     

    Helios Creed. Posessed of possibly the most complex and convoluted signal chains ever. He gets sounds out of his guitar yiu may never have heard before.

     

    Buckethead. Incredibly prolific, he has released a few hundred albums ranging from thrash metal to industrial to ambient to jazz fusion to neoclassical to rock. Often works with bass legend, Bill Laswell

     

    Nicky Skopelitis. Another guitarist in Laswell"s orbit, he tends towards the fusion/ambient/world side of things.

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    The kids are alright

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    Soon to be followed by their next hit, "Big White Monkey." Those who speak Chinese and have been to China will probably know what I am talking about. :)

    Isn"t that jobs/work set aside for foreigners- usually white Americans- because of certain stereotypes? If so, there"s a similar phrase in Japanese culture, as I forget.

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