Favorite Strat Player?

**ShawnRT** · 07-26-2002, 07:24 AM

Just wondering who you guys love to listen to on a strat? Gazza recently turned me onto Rory Gallagher and he is rapidly becoming my favorite strat player, although David Gilmour is still up there. Who do you guys like?

**Gazza** · 07-26-2002, 07:30 AM

My favorites are.......

Rory Gallagher
Robert Cray
Walter Trout
Gary Moore

**Black Bear** · 07-26-2002, 07:33 AM

Even though I tire of hearing his copycats anymore, I still think Stevie was tops!

**ShawnRT** · 07-26-2002, 07:35 AM

I love the avatar pic Black Bear

PS: Tell me about it, living in Dallas you can't walk into any bar without hearing a note for note perfect version of Texas Flood. On one hand it's impressive, but on the other it gets old real fast.

**Freddy** · 07-26-2002, 07:41 AM

Favorite?...I'd have to go with Hendrix.

**60Strat** · 07-26-2002, 07:42 AM

SRV and certainly Hendrix

And of the newer ones:
Bramhall2
Kenny Wayne Shepherd

:wail1

**Pickdropper** · 07-26-2002, 07:44 AM

Yeah, I'd have to go with Hendrix, too.

I need to check out some Rory Gallagher, tho. I'm getting tired of not knowing who the hell he is. ;-)

Altho not my absolute favorite strat players, Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West did some interesting things on em, too.

**Black Bear** · 07-26-2002, 07:53 AM

I gotta add Hendrix, Bramhall II and Robin Trower to my list of faves...

ShawnRT,
Thanks... Andy and Barney are my heroes. Hey, Andy was a picker and made smoking look wholesome!
I love SRV, and I own everything he put out (living and posthumously), but the copycats are ruining it for me...

**Dave Paetow** · 07-26-2002, 08:14 AM

Jimi
Uli Roth
Beck
Gilmour
EJ
Knopfler

**ShawnRT** · 07-26-2002, 08:18 AM

Dave P,
Uli Roth is another person I have to check out. Any reccomendations on a good starting album? BTW That mp3 you did with Spose was awesome, very tasteful lead work!

**FatStrat** · 07-26-2002, 08:20 AM

Hendrix
SRV
KWS
Eric Johnson

All the strat you'll ever need.

oh....and for some 80's cheese I'd go to Sambora

**Dave Paetow** · 07-26-2002, 08:32 AM

Originally posted by ShawnRT
Dave P,
Uli Roth is another person I have to check out. Any reccomendations on a good starting album? BTW That mp3 you did with Spose was awesome, very tasteful lead work!

Thanks! :)
I would start with some of the old Scorpions albums, like Virgin Killer or Taken By Force, there is some cool stuff there. VK and Taken by Force have just been remastered and re-released after being oop for a while. :)

**ShawnRT** · 07-26-2002, 08:33 AM

Dave P,
Cool and thanks, I'll try and pick them up this weekend!

**Aaron Maxon** · 07-26-2002, 09:17 AM

Clapton, Hendrix, Gilmour, SRV and Blackmore. :wail2

**Riscchip** · 07-26-2002, 10:09 AM

I would put Hendrix at the top of my list, but I love lots of strat players.

**Bluester** · 07-26-2002, 11:00 AM

Rory Gallagher
Jimi Hendrix
SRV
Magic Sam
Buddy Guy

**GeetarGoul** · 07-26-2002, 11:00 AM

In order:

Hendrix
SRV
Clapton
Buddy Guy
Knopfler (he's know for his Gibson tones too)

**sunburst** · 07-26-2002, 11:16 AM

Clapton
Trower
Hendrix
Buddy Guy
SRV
Doyle II

**tsutpen** · 07-26-2002, 11:26 AM

Clapton
Hendrix
Gilmour
Beck
Richard Thompson
Buddy Guy
Robin Trower
Tommy Bolin
Walter Becker

**Ed Driscoll** · 07-26-2002, 11:26 AM

Lots of great Strat players:

Clapton
Gilmour
Hendrix
Jimmy Page on "In The Evening"
Jeff Beck
Buddy Holly
Buddy Guy

**ElTigre** · 07-26-2002, 11:37 AM

There are players who play Strats and then there are "Strat players," the ones who get the most out of the Strat and play in a style which best utilizes the instrument's tonal and textural qualities. The "Strat player" is a rare and special breed. For me, Jimi and Stevie Ray are the ultimate "Strat players."

Since the obvious choices have been made, I'll throw in a few others. Holdsworth, when not playing that Synthaxe, likes to wield a Strat. How about Ernie Isley, Garey Shider, Adrian Belew, Warren Haynes, Cesar Rojas, and Elliott Easton? And Yngwie.

**TBoneDeluxe** · 07-26-2002, 11:47 AM

Robin Trower
Rory Gallagher
Buddy Guy (pre 1990's)
SRV
Eric Clapton
Michael Katon

**ElTigre** · 07-26-2002, 12:10 PM

Damn! How did I forget Dick Dale?!

**SFK** · 07-26-2002, 12:25 PM

TBone Deluxe,

I knew I was gonna like it here,

I came into this thread to post a vote for Mike Katon so I'll second yours. The new album smokes!

And
Hendrix
Blackmore
Uli Roth
Rory..etc

SFK
Toledo OH

**1959burst** · 07-26-2002, 12:52 PM

[list=1][*]hendrix[*]moore[*]malmsteen[*]eddie shaver r.i.p.[*]srv[*]blackmore[*]knopfler[*]beck[*]johnson[*]kossoff[*]and a hundred others[/list=1]

**Ed Driscoll** · 07-26-2002, 01:10 PM

Originally posted by ElTigre
There are players who play Strats and then there are "Strat players," the ones who get the most out of the Strat and play in a style which best utilizes the instrument's tonal and textural qualities. The "Strat player" is a rare and special breed. For me, Jimi and Stevie Ray are the ultimate "Strat players."

Since the obvious choices have been made, I'll throw in a few others. Holdsworth, when not playing that Synthaxe, likes to wield a Strat. How about Ernie Isley, Garey Shider, Adrian Belew, Warren Haynes, Cesar Rojas, and Elliott Easton? And Yngwie.

I was thinking of putting Holdsworth on my list, but as much as I love his sound (I was just playing I.O.U. in my car the other day), it's tough for me to think of him as "a Strat player" in the way you use it above. He has such an idiosyncratic sound, it's tough to hear any real pick attack or any trace of a characteristic Fender sound.

Along similar lines, I don't know how much he played guitar on it, but Curtis Mayfield certainly looked cool with his Strat in Superfly, one the great movie soundtracks of the 1970s

Ed

**ElTigre** · 07-26-2002, 01:17 PM

Ed, I agree with you. I don't put Holdsworth in the category of "Strat player" - nor some of the others I listed. I just wanted to list some other players of the instrument who, sometimes, get overlooked. I feel that "Strat players," per my definition, represent a small substrate.

In the meantime, I thought of a few others: Jeff Healey, Steve Hillage. I've seen a few pics of Elliott Randall w/ a Strat, although I don't know what his main axe was.

P.S. Curtis Mayfield, a composer/arranger/player/stylist in his own right, is a good choice. He wrote the "Superfly" sountrack and played the guitar on it. More often than a Strat, though, he played a Tele.

**gibs** · 07-26-2002, 02:02 PM

Clapton, Hendrix, and SRV fer sure, but there are sooooo many more......session guys, like John Staehely (although he's doing a lot of production now, I hear), and the myriad of players around the Austin area (where I lived for years)........gibs

**Marcondo** · 07-26-2002, 02:12 PM

Jimi
SRV
Jimmy Bryant
Eddie Shaver
Robin Trower
Buddy Guy (his older stuff)
Eric Johnson
Los Straitjackets
Jeff Beck

**acschmit** · 07-26-2002, 02:13 PM

Hendrix, Buddy Holly, Dave Murray (not really in the category of Strat Player but I've never seen him play any other guitar).

**burst_king** · 07-26-2002, 02:53 PM

Buddy Guy
Jimi Hendrix
Eric Clapton
Robin Trower

P.S. Hello!

**Big Al** · 07-26-2002, 02:56 PM

Beck, Hendrix, Trower, Gallagher, Knopler and Gilmore all distinct stylist I have been inspired and influenced by.

**Don** · 07-26-2002, 03:30 PM

Jimmie Vaughan.

**gibs** · 07-26-2002, 04:24 PM

J. Vaughn is very good.....used to see him when the band played tiny venues, (way before Stevie got known)...and they rocked ......gibs

**Mike Roberts** · 07-26-2002, 04:56 PM

SRV
Coco Montoya
Debbie Davies
Scott Henderson (Dog Party, Tore Down House
Volker Strifler
Roger Girke (link)
Ian Moore
Clapton
Ronnie Earl

**changeling** · 07-26-2002, 08:24 PM

ike turner
curtis mayfield
jimi hendrix
jeff beck
rory gallagher
ernie isley
eddie hazel
richard thompson
albert king(yup..see the cover of "i'll play the blues for you")
nile rodgers
jimmy vaughn
stevie ray vaughn
pat thrall(actually,before nile rodgers)
ritchie blackmore(almost quit playing because i could'nt cop his lix in"you fool no one)
buzzy feiten
ray gomez
...sorry,i guess i don't have one favorite...if pressed,i'd say jimi hendrix for overall dominance

**TBoneDeluxe** · 07-26-2002, 08:26 PM

Originally posted by SFK

I knew I was gonna like it here,

I came into this thread to post a vote for Mike Katon so I'll second yours. The new album smokes!

Hey SFK,

Katon rocks! I hope some people read this and go check him out. He's trying to play some more dates in Southeastern Michigan/Toledo area. And of course in Bowling Green! In addition to being a great strat slinger, he's a great guy, and a good friend to boot! And he's giving guitar lessons on Mondays at my store in Ann Arbor!

TBD

**BluejazzMalmsteen** · 07-26-2002, 08:32 PM

Guess.

**Dave Paetow** · 07-26-2002, 08:35 PM

Originally posted by BluejazzMalmsteen
Guess.

Ritchie Blackmore?

**BluejazzMalmsteen** · 07-26-2002, 08:46 PM

Originally posted by Dave Paetow

Ritchie Blackmore?

Outstanding~! How'd ya know? :)

But to specify faves....I'll listen to anything by Malmsteen, Hendrix, and Jeff Beck. 3 completely unique styles of great artistry.

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