Here is a list of guitar players that I always thought were good, but were probably overlooked because of the bands they were with . For some, I really dug the rhythm playing. And for others,just thier unique approach or their tone. But all of them made me want to play guitar. You may laugh at some, but remember the subject. I'm very interested in your opinions on my choices and the one's you come up with.
1. Elliott Easton(Cars)
2. Neil Geraldo(Pat Benatar)
3. Neal Schon(Journey)
4. Billy Gibbons(ZZtop)
5. Steve Stevens(Billy Idol)
6. Richie Sambora(Bon Jovi)
7. Prince
8. Keith Scott(Bryan Adams)
9. Paul Dean(Loverboy)
10. Lindsey Buckingham(Fleetwood Mac)
Sorry it's a bit retro, but I was a child of the eighties.

On the main discussion page, where everyone was asked to rate guitarists, many of the ones you mentioned made my list, specifically:

Lindsey Buckingham, Richie Sambora, Paul Dean, and Neal Schon. I thought of Prince, but some people just don't like him.

Good choices overall.

I would add the guitarist who played for Jim Croce (sorry, I don't know his name), the Edge (U2), Vito Bratta (White Lion) and Andy Summers (The Police).

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[This message has been edited by Olen (edited April 09, 2000 at 10:26 PM).]

Ross Childress of Collective Soul is an awesome guitarist that I think is overlooked.Also Chris Duarte if your into blues guitar.

As a guitar player, I can appreciate all styles of guitar playing. The guitar player for Jim Croce was an interesting and very cool coice. Jim Croce was an excellent player in his own right. I always thought that Vito Bratta's solo for "Wait" was brilliant, but I'm afraid I don't know his other work because the lead singer for that band turned me off, so I've probably don't know half of what he can do. As for Collective Soul,I love the three-guitar attack that they have.Triple threat.

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Baluchitherium

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I know a guy here in Italy that's is very good in guitar playing ! ... His name is Alex De Rosso ! His sound is similar to George Linch sound ! ... He's a genius for me !

Eddie_italian from Italy

hey six, anyone from the 90s or later?anyone still active?
dave navarro-janes addiction -cmon
danial ash-love and rockets- bauhaus
robert smith-cure LISTEN TO THE NEW ALBUM...sonic textureshttp://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/cool.gif
preston smith

Craig Goldie and Vivian Cambell are definately underated.

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"I feel like a shining example, but I'm not sure what of." - Dave
"We're not in the music business, we're in the business of making music." - Edward
"Yeah, I saw a yard gnome once...it didn't scare me." - Space Ghost

How about Joe Walsh and James Taylor those two never seem to get the recoginition they deserve!

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keith scott is awsome
id say yngvie malmsteen is underrated
hes probobly the fastest guitar played on the planet.
reb beach is also underrated


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*For Those About To Rock...We Salute You*

I'll throw a few out:
Matthias Jabs
Brad Gillis & Jeff Watson
Dave Menneketti
Jake E Lee
John Sykes
John Norum
Warren DeMartini
Zamfir, Master of the pan flute

cool responses, definately agree with Joe Walsh and Keith Scott. Richie Sambora is also WAY underrated.

Here's a guy that no one ever mentions. Mick Ronson of David Bowie fame. Not fast or flashy but the backbone of early Bowie and a great player. As far as blues players go, the most underrated is Albert King. He was a HUGE influence on Stevie Ray Vaughn and blues in general but gets overlooked.

[This message has been edited by sinner's swing (edited April 10, 2000 at 10:27 PM).]

Let's not forget Rik Emmit and Alex Lifeson.

Here's a few more...
1. Craig Chaquico
2. Ralf Illenberger
3. Tom Scholz and co.
4. Steve Howe
5. Brian May
6. Mark Knopfler
7. Donald " Buck Dharma" Roeser
8. Steve Lukather
9. Adrian Vandenburg
10. Sammy Hagar

1) Matthias Jabbs
2) Reb Beach
3) Brian May
4) James Taylor
5) John Fogerty ( Creedence)

Trey Anastasio of Phish he is a great guitarist and a better musician tru;y overlooked
George Harrison is always overlooked too.
Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead too great minor playing.
I would say Sammy Hagar too Cause he never has gotten too much credit.


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IS IT VAN ROTH? OR VAN HAGAR? OR VAN CHERONE? NO MOTHERFUCKER IT IS VAN HALEN!!!!

Mehttp://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif


My friend Chrishttp://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif

My other friend Sandrohttp://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif


But seriously, how many of you guys think you could give anybody a run for their money. I don't think I'm the only egotistical prick who thinks he can playhttp://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif

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Baluchitherium

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sammy
brian may
george harrison
the edge
slash
kirk hammett (sorry, still love his playing)
satriani
billy gibbons
ross childress ( CS, my favorite 90's band, besides VH)
joe walsh
james taylor
definitely vivian campbell
those are my choices. i might have also mentioned a few that may not be overlooked that much.

accidentally forgot to mention eddie van halen. you should listen to his stuff if you haven't yet. http://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/tongue.gif

How about Ted Nugent?

Homeunit,
I am also quite confident in my proficiency.
I also told Michael Harris ( an underrated shredder ) once that "On any given night any player who is "in the zone" can be considered the greatest player at that moment", so that includes you, me, Brett, Hain, Eddie Italy and any other neck wrangler out there pouring mind, body, and soul into the tones.
As far as other underrated neckheads;
Michael Schenker
Ty Tabor
Pat Thrall
Blues Scaracneo
Andy Timmons

Frank Gambale.
He comes from Australia and used to play in Chick Corea Elektric Band. He made a record with Steve Smith and Stu Hamm (Satriani) a couple of years ago and they've just finished their second album. Music style is fusion jazz/rock. You should check the album.

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"Winners- They Come And Go
But Finland- You Motherfuckers Are Forever..." -DLR

Frank Gambale is a monster. I had a vid of him teaching and he's the dorkiest guy I've ever seen, and then he plays, and all of a sudden he's not so dorky.

Although I must say. lose the leather pants please!

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Baluchitherium

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Pat Metheny - best contemparary jazz guitarist

Stevie Ray Vaughn - rips a blues guitar to shreds

Eric Johnson - Austin guitarist with the best phrasing I have ever heard

Danny Gatten - revolutionary blues guitarist
with more creative licks than anyone playing his style

Stanley Jordan - takes Eddie's 2 hand technique up 2 or 3 levels

John Petrutti - Dream Theater guitarist extrordinare

Al Petteway - fingerstyle guitarist that is smooth as silk

Gary Richrath.

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Eat Us And Smile!

Cause you can't get this stuff no more.

I understand what Homeunit is saying. Many times I've seen bands, and thought,"Hell, I can play as good as that guy can, and HE'S the one up on the arena stage!" I know there are a ton of guys who can smoke my ass, but I can hold my own I believe.

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Eat Us And Smile!!!!!

"I won't go down in history, but I will go down on your sister!"...David Lee Roth

Six String Slinger and Steven B has my list!! Im a 80s child to!!!

It's not about being egotistical really, it's just interesting how many guys don't really value, or take pride in their playing. I guess there are guys who are extrinsicly motivated and do what they have to, and there are intrinsically motivated guys who just love to play. IMO to be any good you have to be of the latter bunchhttp://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif

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Baluchitherium

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Musicians by nature tend to be a little eccentric. And guitarists are blessed with the instrument IMO that most closely resembles the human voice. It takes confidence to do anything, but as Homeu alluded to earlier, if it gets out of hand, the playing is affected and the audience can feel it.
A couple other underraters I missed in my earlier post:

Adrian Belew and Robert Fripp on King Crimson's Discipline CD. Totally psycho bombastic playing and lyrics. Check it out!

Larry Carlton-
Cooks with taste, groove, and feel

Akira Takasaki from Loudness

To homeunit:

Finally somebody agrees with. BTW, what was the name of the video? I'd really like to get that one.

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"Winners- They Come And Go
But Finland- You Motherfuckers Are Forever..." -DLR

Keith Richards and Ron Wood. Enough said.

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And somebody said Fair Waring! Lord, strike that poor boy down. Turned you from hunted into hunter, gonna hunt somebody down.

Stephen Egerton - Descendents / All
Tommy Keene
Gary Louris - The Jayhawks

John Petrucci(Dream Theater)
Robert Fripp

Also has anyone heard of this guy called Buckethead???? He is fucking awesome.

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"The Head Has Spoken!"

I've heard OF him, (guitar mags), but have never heard him, who the fuck is he?

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Baluchitherium

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I always thought it was Vai in a chicken bucket mask. But I don't think so anymore.
I bet that it is someone we would recognize though. I have heard a lot about him, but like Homeunit, not actually heard him play.
Peace
GH4L


Chooose wisely Grasshopper

Heres my list:

Richie Sambora - Great guitarist who has escaped recognition for some insane reason

Ritchie Blackmore - A legend who the media has continued to overlook. They recognise the talents of his contemproraries like Page and Iommi but ignore him. A real shame.

Vivian Campbell - his guitar work on the Def Leppard albums, as well as other projects is great!

Brian May - Some of riffs have been really groundbreaking and he has had quite an infuence on many guitarists. Yet again he escapes recognition.

I'm sure there are quite a few more. Just cant think of any.

Eddie's definetly NOT on this list. He's damn good and everyone knows it http://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/wink.gif


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[This message has been edited by sixxkiller (edited April 21, 2000 at 06:17 PM).]

brian may
uli jon roth- go buy the scorpions "in trance" cd now!!!! roth kicks some ass!!!!
john sykes
chris robinson-black crowes
ernie isley- isley brothers
andy taylor-duran duran
warren cucurillo-duran duran,missing persons,frank zappa
reb beach- he kicks ass in dokken!
al di meola-pick up the elegant gypsy cd!
buckethead
john frusciante-red hot chili peppers
dean de leo- stone temple pilots
pete willis-early def leppard

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vh3fan aka the lone warrior
" a good soldier is always prepared during the times of peace"

Nice choices VH3! I've always thought that Warren Cucurillo was a very inventive player. He sure knows how to abuse his effects,doesn't he? I've always liked Andy Taylor's funky,chunky rhythm playing too. I discovered Ernie Isley in my early twenties and have been a fan since. Do you have the new Isley Brothers box set? As for Al Di Meola. I don't think the general public really knows a lot about him because he makes instrumental music , but I think among Guitar players, he is a god. So I can't really say he is underrated. Anyone, guitar player or not, should pick up "Elegant Gypsy" and the live albums "Tour De Fource" and "Friday Night in San Francisco"(Recorded in 1981), featuring the trio of Di Meola/ John Mclaughlin and Paco De Lucia.

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Who is this buckethead?????????

I've been asking that very question since 1990http://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif


Who the fuck knows???????

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Baluchitherium

Reb Beach was in Dokken?? And is Kip Winger the new VH singer? (God, my fingers cramped just trying to type that!!)

reb beach played on dokken's erase the slare cd and the live from the sun cd. i seen dokken last year with reb and he totally kicked ass and he didnt even get a guitar solo. on to buckethead he plays with primus and p-funk all-stars once and awhile. he may turn up on a couple of the new guns n roses songs also. 3

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vh3fan aka the lone warrior
" a good soldier is always prepared during the times of peace"

Peter Buck (REM) is underated (mainly by you guys!) his melodys/chord changes etc. are cool!

Buckethead-I've heard quite a lot of his stuff. He's really good. Toured with Ozzfest last year I believe.

Rory Gallagher-just listen to "Photo-finish"

Eric Johnson

The Edge

Vivian Campbell

Robin Trower

Andy Summers

Ritchie Blackmore-he should be up in the ranks with Iommi and Page: I agree.

I'm a fan of Collective Soul as well. I just re-surfaced all my CS CD's the other day. They kick ass.

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by huntjosh:
How about Ted Nugent?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
I think that Ted Nugent is increadable! I highly recommend the two albums he did with the Damn Yankees!

you know I never got Ted, he's good and all, but I was never really blown away. To me he's just a good solid player, probably a better bowman then axemanhttp://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif

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Baluchitherium

The most underrated guitarist here is definitely Eddie_Italian!

He sent me a video where he was jamming. If I didn't know better, I could swear it was Eddie Van Halen himself!!!

It's no wonder where he got that name.

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Great topic..

Brian Robertson - Thin Lizzy
Steve Howe - Yes
Lindsy Buckingham - Fleetwood Mac
The Edge - U2

Dam the guitar payer from Kansas.... blonde hair... shit what was his name???? I'm having a brain fart..

and let me not forget... Pete Townsend!!!!




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Living at a Pace that KILLS!

Alex Lifeson (everyone in Rush is phenomenal with their chosen instruments)

Matthias Jabs and Rudolf Schenker

Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing (both awesome live)

I guess I'm also an old fart and can join the 80's club.

Zakk Wylde has been forgotten since leaving Ozzy. This is one guy who can make a Gibson sing!

Les Paul...more filling!

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RLRR LRLL

chris polands work w/ megadeth is underrated especially compared to that overblown freidman

The one and only Steve Morse guys!

The Edge
David Gilmour

David Gilmour is one of my all time favs, he says more with one note then I can say with 1000http://www.vhlinks.com/vhlforum/smilies/biggrin.gif


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Baluchitherium

Does anyone remember Jeff Healey, the blind blues guitarist that played on his lap? The guy kicked major ass. I think if he had some better songs and and the right producer, he'd still be around. Maybe he is, but I haven't heard anything lately.

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