Greatest guitar solo of all time

[the other mike]

Nice scalloped fretboard......like Yngwie's

 

[Billo_Really]

Duane Allman.

Oh man, he was the greatest slide guitarist of all time. And, in my humble opinion, he is the greatest southern rocker of all time! I love the Allman Brothers live at the Filmore East!

 

[Billo_Really]

There are so many. As an aficionado, I wouldn't directly compare them. I just think they are amazing in their own ways.

Kingfish
Albert Lee
Derek Trucks
Warren Haynes
Robert Randolph

What, no SRV? Oh wait, he's dead!

 

[Orangecat]

What about Billy Gibbons?

Good, but not great. You gotta do more than rehashed blues pentatonics to make my list. Super nice guy, though. His business card says “friend of Eric Clapton” on it.

 

[Billo_Really]

Good, but not great. You gotta do more than rehashed blues pentatonics to make my list. Super nice guy, though. His business card says “friend of Eric Clapton” on it.

Slowhand was the best.

 

[Blaster]

Slowhand was the best.

That is just your opinion. There are many folks that would disagree.

 

[Orangecat]

Gotta give props to Nuno for this solo.

 

[Godboy]

You are still full of shit!

Name me one guitarist today that can play blues as well as Eric Clapton.

Clapton is WAAAAY down the list of great blues players. If Stevie Ray Vaughan was a 10 on a scale of 1-10, then Clapton is a 7 at best.

 

[Clipper]

Jorma Kaukonen of Hot Tuna/Jefferson Airplane, especially his work with H.T.

As a side note, Jack Casady is one of the greatest bass players who ever lived.

 

[Billo_Really]

Clapton is WAAAAY down the list of great blues players. If Stevie Ray Vaughan was a 10 on a scale of 1-10, then Clapton is a 7 at best.

I can tell, you enjoy hating Clapton?

 

[Blaster]

I can tell, you enjoy hating Clapton?

I don't hate him. I just think there are other better guitarists.

 

[Godboy]

I can tell, you enjoy hating Clapton?

Im not hating on him. He is a perfectly fine musician and a great song writer. My issue is with people who think he is anywhere near the top of the list of great guitar players. He was great for his time, but no longer great. He wouldnt even make the top 20,000 greatest guitarists of all time. There are literally that many alive today that are better than he is.

 

[Billo_Really]

I don't hate him. I just think there are other better guitarists.

Well, I disagree.

 

[Billo_Really]

Im not hating on him. He is a perfectly fine musician and a great song writer. My issue is with people who think he is anywhere near the top of the list of great guitar players. He was great for his time, but no longer great. He wouldnt even make the top 20,000 greatest guitarists of all time. There are literally that many alive today that are better than he is.

Now I know you are full of shit!

 

[Blaster]

Well, I disagree.

We all have differing opinions.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Im not hating on him. He is a perfectly fine musician and a great song writer. My issue is with people who think he is anywhere near the top of the list of great guitar players. He was great for his time, but no longer great. He wouldnt even make the top 20,000 greatest guitarists of all time. There are literally that many alive today that are better than he is.

*at sweep picking and neoclassical patterns

Ask Yngwie Malmsteen to play the blues sometime. You'll get a pentatonic metal solo with a blues note thrown in here and there for "branding". Like this:



I would rather listen to Clapton play the blues. I kind of feel the same way about Bonamassa.

 

[Blaster]

 

[Billo_Really]

We all have differing opinions.

Yes we do. Dissent is part of a healthy democracy.

 

[Godboy]

Now I know you are full of shit!

You have zero knowledge of guitar if you think that. You just liked some Clapton songs and you heard people claim he was awesome for decades. That isnt proof of his ability. Every generation is better than the last. This goes for all sports, and musical instruments, dancers, actors, etc. Every generation is better than the last because, they learn from the previous generation and then improve on it.

Here is a great example for you, if you care to actually engage. Here is Jimmy Hendrix playing Voodoo Chile...



Now listen to the kid that Hendrix inspired to become even better at it...




The difference between those two performances is STAGGERING. SRV doesnt fuck up a single note, his string bends are WAAAAAYYYY the fuck more accurate and he just generally plays cleaner all around. His technique is flawless and not only that, he is improvising the entire performance. He has never played any song the same way twice. He always improvises on the spot.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

You have zero knowledge of guitar if you think that. You just liked some Clapton songs and you heard people claim he was awesome for decades. That isnt proof of his ability. Every generation is better than the last. This goes for all sports, and musical instruments, dancers, actors, etc. Every generation is better than the last because, they learn from the previous generation and then improve on it.

Here is a great example for you, if you care to actually engage. Here is Jimmy Hendrix playing Voodoo Chile...



Now listen to the kid that Hendrix inspired to become even better at it...




The difference between those two performances is STAGGERING. SRV doesnt fuck up a single note, his string bends are WAAAAAYYYY the fuck more accurate and he just generally plays cleaner all around. His technique is flawless and not only that, he is improvising the entire performance. He has never played any song the same way twice. He always improvises on the spot.

And he plays a lot of prescribed locks and substitutes volume (number of notes) for quality.

SRV reminds me of a technical pointilist or realist painter compared to an expressionist painter (Hendrix). The untrained eye would point at a work by the former(s) and claim it displays much more skill than that of the latter.

To an artist who understands the methods and the goals of each, such a sentiment is nonsensical.