Which guitar player has the most unique/instantly recognizable

>>71100878
Eddie Van Halen.
In the vast sea of dipshit shredders, you can always spot Eddie.

>>71100878
Kurt cobain

You know I'm right

>>71100919
came in here to say this
and Hendrix

>>71100878
gilmour

Albini

>>71100878
Thurston Moore/Lee Ranaldo

J Mascis

Hendrix

>>71100878
Jimmy Page desu

Rob Chapman,

every time i hear his style and signature licks I hit ctrl + w

>>71100878
billy corgan

Zappa

Prince

>>71101617
sounds like shit all the time
>>71100878
the Edge

>>71101804
>the Edge
great pick. his style is its own genre

marc ribot

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>>71101025
Seconding this. His style/solos go with the music like few other guitarists.

>>71101796
prince isn't remarkable/unique at all

its just cheesy 80s wankage when he solos, hes not even that great

>>71100919
Hmm

I guess in his time yeah

He does that really weird triplet timing in his solos

fuck I'm gonna listen to some Van Halen right now

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>>71100919
>mfw the shred on eruption every time

Johnny Marr

>>71102285
This

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Not saying he's good, but it meets the criteria of the thread 100%. It is completely impossible to mistake his solo's for anyone other than him

fripp's octatonic noodling is pretty distinctive

>>71100878
hate to sound like a redditor dad rock nerd, but honestly Brian May.

hum the solo from Killer Queen in your head.
his style is so uniquely his own that you know it's him not only from the tone but from the types of melodies he plays and the flair with which he plays them.

>>71101054
He definitely has one of the most unique tones.

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Yeah I'm listening to Van Halen right now, his shredding isn't even about playing fast and wacking the wang bar, he was focused musically on making the craziest sounds, within the context of shredding

more jimi than vai

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>>71101777
These. Also, Richard Blackmore.

>>71101009
>You know I'm right

More like You Know YOU'RE Right! HA! :^)

>>71102301
Are you saying he's NOT good? You fucking shit

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>>71100878
Marty Friedman, any other answer is wrong.

The second you hear him bend a note and do vibrato you know it's him. And even people who learn his solos note for note can't get the same feel in the phrasing.

>>71102402
Yeah he's terrible.

Django
Dick Dale
Kerry King


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-NshzYK9y0

>>71102402
he's awful

DUDE WHAMMY PEDAL LMAO

>>71102402
He's not terrible, but all he can really do is come up with RAWK riffs. His solos are just novelty trash and their "charm" wore off by the time their Evil Empire album came out.

>>71102563
it's a wah pedal dumbass, but I agree he's shit at guitar so he tries really hard to compensate by being "dude so inventive and creative lmao"

>>71102680
lel
u retard
dimebag and morello were the reasons digitech brought the whammy back

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Unique tone also

>>71102402
well. he's the best part of ROTM. but that's already not saying a lot

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>>71102674
>saying a successful professional musician sucks at his craft

I bet none of you virgin faggots have ever even set foot on a stage. And even if you have you're probably shit and either play faggy indie shit or just "shred" as fast as you can pretending you're yngwie.

>>71102753
1/10
made me reply

>>71102746
>makes a career ripping off a dead black man
>dies
Really makes you think

>>71102753
>successful

Proof that he's shit.

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>>71102680
>it's a wah pedal dumbass
>dumbass

Robert Fripp
Phil Manzanera
Adrian Belew
john Frusciante
David Gilmour

>>71100878
Django Reinhardt.

>>71102765
>1/10
Because it's true. Don't worry, I'm sure you'll actually play for a real crowd some day. They probably won't like you though.

>>71102859
you having a bad day buddy? it's gonna be fine

>>71102859
>They probably won't like you though.

Maybe he should go WOOOO WOOOO WEEEEEE on his geetar, then they'll like him!!!

>>71100878
Kevin Parker

>>71102859
Every crowd i've ever performed for loved it. So that sucks for you.

>>71102225
agree, but prince is god. During the 80s, he hired a guitarist to record and perform with him. Prince originally taught himself piano; but from the 80s to the earliest 00s, he learned guitar. I think around in '07 prince got inducted to the 'rock n roll hall of fame' and he learned all the solos and did an improvisation with tom petty, clapton, elo dude et al...
You have to respect that as a musician

mark knopfler

>>71102402
he sucks on a technical level. But he took a negative (tone whoring), cranked it up to 11 and owned it.
Also Bulls on Parade is possibly the best attempt to play gangsta rap with guitar

>>71100878
>Which guitar player has the most unique/instantly recognizable solo playing style?
Marty friedman from megadeth
Amazing consistent sound thats branched different styles

Joshe Homme from Qotsa
His sound is iconic at this point

Buckethead for hypershredding and quick change ups. Hes got an amazing range tho too bad hes a bit repetitive.

Slash is really recognizable. Even been parodied how they all sound alike

For me Buckethead

>>71100878
Lucas Mann
But not in a good way
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1QBXi7EtQiE

>>71102402
The idea of being the band's DJ but playing guitar was cute in the 90s. Why he didn't abandon the gimmicky sounds during Audioslave is beyond me.

Like another anon said though, he's a fucking great riff writer. Gotta give him that. I would like to hear him do a fucking straight forward solo though.

John Frusciante in my personal opinion

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>>71103030
Seconding these

>>71100878
Peter Green, only player that made BB king break out in cold sweats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSbjNWPAMdo

>>71102421
His solo stuff is incredible Inferno and Tokyo Jukebox 2 are great

>>71103128
Frusciante Is shit now, attempts to play Ahex Twin and fails

>>71100878
Glenn Tipton

>>71102773
>takes what a black man did and does it better

whoa

>>71103006
Not really
Prince has always been a competent musician on keys, drums, guitar/bass, but he isn't recognizable, his music is, his skill on individual instruments isn't. I get irked reading about that shit when Prince did a solo for my guitar gently weeps in the hall of fame and people cummed in their pants over it

firstly, it was just standard rock masturbation, go into any guitar store and hear someone playing that shit while just fucking around trying out some amp or guitar
secondly, it completely ruined the entire point of the solo
my guitar GENTLY WEEPS
he turned it into a showboating jerk session
completely ruined the vibe of the song

but he was black and 'cool' so people want to suck his dick

not a great guitarist

>>71103163
kk downing

>>71103207
Well, The whole event was a 'standard rock masturbation.' That's why I put it in quotes. The whole thing was lame, but Prince showing his progress as a multi-instrumentalist was inspiring. There are voicings in prince songs that haven't really been done in popular music.
I mean the Beatles stuck to diatonic chords their entire careers. I heard shit in Prince song that were really fucking different

>>71103173
>takes what a black man did
>makes it normie friendly
History repeats itself

>>71103155
He was always shit.

I would say Eric Johnson has a very distinct sound to his playing.

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Alex Lifeson

>>71103455
I disagree.

>>71103464
Ditto.
Also a distinct sound of not playing as he berates his crew for his guitar not being 1000% in tune.

>>71102773
Not hard to do.

Victor Villarreal

Probably one of the best and most creative / original guitarists of the last 20 years desu

>>71103482
I've never really liked Rush; but HOLY FUCK, the solo on Tom Sawyer was incredible. I trained for jazz music, so I think interesting comping is as good as an interesting solo. Peart and Lee break out in this really fucking tight rhythm; then Lifeson plays the most beautiful solo he could've ever played.
>THE
>FUCKING
>PHRASING

>>71103607
Kek. A true champion of his craft.

>>71103713
Exactly. Lifeson has such brilliant, unique phrasing that you could identify him 100% of the time in a blind listening test.

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>>71103876
Yeah, Lifeson really improved as Rush moved into the 80s. He was fine from the start, but he did a lot of generic Blues noodling on their earlier albums. By the time they reached Moving Pictures he had become something else entirely.

Gregg Ginn

>>71103455
LOL fruisciante is the best of our generation

>>71100878
allan holdsworth

>>71104248
Frusciante is literally the most overrated guitarist I know of. Absolute garbage.

>>71104268
what a cutting edge opinion. do you mind If I screenshot it?

>>71104128
Even his generic blues noodling had elements of his uniquity though. But yeah his late '70s, early '80s sound is simply amazing.

>>71104265
I've kinda thought that holdsworth sounded like a more thought-out Zappa. Not dissing Allan of course. My guitar teacher bootlegged his live show and played that shit in my car in the parking lot. What are Allan holdsworth's 'bangers'

>>71104291
Go right ahead, maybe someday you'll actually see the truth in it.

>>71104322
thank ya suh
by golly I hope I do !

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>>71100878
Wes Montgomery.

>>71103058
this

>>71104309
>I've kinda thought that holdsworth sounded like a more thought-out Zappa.
Not really. You've only listened to a couple of songs. As far as my recommendations go, listen to all of his solo albums, UK's first album, Soft Machine's Bundles. Here's a list of the albums he's played on:
http://rateyourmusic.com/list/warpigcat/allan_holdsworth___i_knew_that_he_plays_on_many_albums_but_look_here____/
He's reinvented his sound so many times; you're in for a treat.

>>71102525
except the drums and guitar were totally out of time before the song starts.
I wonder why they didn't fix up this obvious mistake.

cool geetar but

Tony Iommi
Ritchie Blackmore
Ron Asheton
Eddie Hazel
Rocky George

>>71104422
>except the drums and guitar were totally out of time before the song starts
are you sure you just dont suck?

>>71104265
>allan holdsworth
I agree. I mean, just listen to these:
https://youtu.be/k8t45eCC0zM
https://youtu.be/TjE896B2QUE
https://youtu.be/_RC6XSAZwOs
https://youtu.be/71pPCjIS4P0
Not only has he reinvented his sound many times throughout his career, he's got such unique phrasing and chord voicings. Beautiful chord progressions and melodies, most players can dream of, forget actually playing.

>>71100878
This is such a:
>I've been playing for 6 months
circle jerk; but jimi's style is quite recognizable. He wasn't a Joe Pass, of course, but Miles wanted to cut an album with him.
He had a distinct style and he stuck with it.
I've heard towards the end of his career he was frustrated by his lack of theory.
He can't live up to the hype of two generations of white suburan awkward-boners, revering him as god. But he didn't play like a lot of other players at the time

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John Baizley

Trey

>>71102773
>>71103406

>WE WUZ MUSICIANZ N SHIT

>>71104481
Holdsworth is the perfect marriage of theoretical substance and strong melody. I've listened to so many bullshit 21 century composers that couldnt make a lasting melody. And I've listened to so many 'shred' Steve Vai guitar-'gods' that just beat their dick on the fret broad.

I'm really glad his music isn't necessarily jazz. Coltrane went batshit with 'free jazz' and Miles rested on his laurels till he died.
I'm tried of having to listen to Philip Glass bullshit to hear new music. I don't know where we're headed but Holdsworth gives me confidence that the instrument isn't completely dead

>>71104636
True.

shawn lane

>>71100878
Is that a Reverend?

All these posts

Carlos Santana?

>>71105098
no, but I am on ritalin

>>71102753
You got me dude I won't talk shit on ROTM anymore

>>71101009
No, you are in fact wrong. His sound can be approximated with a Boss DS-1 and EHX Small Clone. And his solos aren't much more than pentatonic riffs and twitchy fuckery. He was just your average punk rock guitar player.
https://youtu.be/R4qFTl_1R5c
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>>71101777
Yep

>>71101804
I hate to admit it, but the Edge does have a distinctive sound. Even though he's more of an extension of his delay units than a guitar player...
>>71102325
It's definitely interesting and outside. You've inspired me to steal some of those lines.
>>71102525
Seconding Django
>>71102773
He would have died anyway. And although Hendrix was definitely the more creative and experimental of the two, and my personal favorite, I think Stevie had a slight edge on Jimi in terms of pure blues chops.
>>71104265
Yep.
>>71104309
That's funny that you hear a connection between Holdsworth and Zappa, because I saw an old MTV interview of Frank from the early 80s once where he named Holdsworth as an influence/inspiration. I've also heard of Van Halen and Malmsteen (not that I like him, but he has credibility) praising his playing.
>>71104351
Yeah, with all the octaves and chord soloing and his thumb-picking he does stand out. I hesitated to name him though because he borrows heavily from blues and bebop though, which is standard vocabulary for any straight ahead jazz player. He was nevertheless a master.

Jerry Garcia
Chet Atkins (when he plays solo)
Pat Metheny

Greg Ginn

>>71100878
Santana and Robert Fripp. You can recognize their playing in a single note, can't say that about too many players.

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Kirk Whammett

>>71100878
Specifically rock?

Knopfler?

>>71104723
When you say Coltrane went "batshit", you mean in a good way right? And Miles may have gotten credit for Coltrane's emergence into the spotlight, but I seriously doubt he was starved for attention in his own endeavors at that. He was off doing his own things with his second quintet, he just had a habit of hiring musicians that made him look better by association. Not that Miles was a bad player, but almost everyone who played in his bands in the 60s was above him musically.

>>71102448
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>>71103049
He's actually done some pretty impressive stuff live. One of the concerts he did recently he played a guitar solo with his teeth that sounded pretty good.

>>71106458
Adding to this, check out his solo in The Ghost of Tom Joad with Bruce Springsteen.

>>71100878
Gary Moore.

John Sykes and John Norum could cop him to a certain degree, but they never had Moore's vibrato down pat.

>>71101777
This. He sounds unique without even using gimmicky effects.

>>71104723
Is a guitar player, Allan Holdsworth forever changed the way I look at the instrument. From jazz rock style playing in Soft Machine to something no one's ever dreamed of playing on guitar in his solo career, to his experimentation with the SynthAxe - he's truly the master of it all. All that while not wanting to actually play guitar.