Most Talented Guitarists of Our Day

[ictponder]

Y'all have missed one a few ... Jeff Beck comes to mind immediately
It's still got 6 strings .. tho played with a slide .. and is called a resophonic guitar ... Jerry Douglas
Joe Bonamassa
Buddy Guy
Sonny Landreth

and Mr Hendrix .. just exists on a different plane

Is it the same Jerry Douglas, known Dobro player? If it is, I've got some of his stuff on my USB stick, my fav is Monkey Let the Hogs Out!

Edit: Apparently the Dobra is the same as resophoninc guitar lol It's the same guy.

[CoopKill]

I thought it was * Most Talented Guitarists of Our Day

Try Al Di Meola! Not of our day but still alive and still Jazzin it up! Check out the timing changes at around 1:15ish and 2:44...

[skater334]

Creed? Meh the worst live show I have ever had to sit through period...

I understand after the Weathered album that the band was due to split, however, Mark Tremonti has shown exactly what it is he is capable of when they formed Alter Bridge especially w/ the Blackbird album. He is great friends w/ Rusty Cooley, Michael Angilo Batio, and others. For someone who has sold well over 30 million albums, I'd say he's among the top 5.

Also Dan Donegan from Disturbed.

[93STLTH]

I understand after the Weathered album that the band was due to split, however, Mark Tremonti has shown exactly what it is he is capable of when they formed Alter Bridge especially w/ the Blackbird album. He is great friends w/ Rusty Cooley, Michael Angilo Batio, and others. For someone who has sold well over 30 million albums, I'd say he's among the top 5.

Also Dan Donegan from Disturbed.

Ah Wes... you're so young.....
I watched your clip. I'd put him in a class with guys like Micheal Schenker and Neil Schon, but no where near as talented as the guys in the poll.
Maybe you need a refresher....

[CoopKill]

Ah Wes... you're so young.....
I watched your clip. I'd put him in a class with guys like Micheal Schenker and Neil Schon, but no where near as talented as the guys in the poll.
Maybe you need a refresher....

There is not a musician on that stage that isn't God like!

[EZnTn]

Is it the same Jerry Douglas, known Dobro player? If it is, I've got some of his stuff on my USB stick, my fav is Monkey Let the Hogs Out!
Edit: Apparently the Dobra is the same as resophoninc guitar lol It's the same guy.

Tomato .. tomaato
Dobro is a registered trademark, owned by Gibson. Everyone else manufactures & sells the resonator or resophonic. Those of us that have em .. it's a dobro
The term comes from the brothers that invented the instrument back in the early 20th century. The Dopyera Brothers perfected several different iterations of the instrument in an effort to get a louder sound out of a guitar. This was back in the time before amplified music was available for the masses.

[ictponder]

I only said that cause I had no idea. I went to search resophonic guitar and found out they are the same.

[Zaroth]

Keep in mind it's not about your favorite guitarists. This is about who CURRENTLY (playing right now not 5 years ago) is the most talented guitarist. This means being able to write their music, technical ability, speed & clarity and the ability to improvise with the same exact skill as though playing memorized music.

My favorite guitarist isn't even on the list.

You guys are missing a lot of the current Gods of Guitar :P. Joe Satriani and John Petrucci are definetly up there at the top for me as is SRV. My favorite current day guitarists are:

Jeff Loomis - Miles of Machines



Michael Romeo - Symphony X



Paul Gilbert



Yngwie Malmsteen



I could go on, but these guys are my top 4. Michael Romeo and Jeff Loomis have instrumental albums that are incredible.

[ictponder]

I was gonna add Yngwie but all he does is scales over and over and over again.

[Primus101]

Larry 'Ler' Lalonde