Jimi Hendrix was a brilliant player, and is, hands down, the best to ever live......
Jimi Hendrix was a brilliant player, and is, hands down, the best to ever live......
i know i'm gonna get hell for it....but...
tom delonge.....
or
billy joe armstrong....
or
steve klein of NFG
Rory Gallagher
Robin Trower
Coco Montoya
Walter Trout
Jimi Hendrix
Ian Moore
Chris Anderson
Jimi
Jeff Beck
SRV
Eric Johnson
Randy California
Clapton
Trower
Tommy Bolin!!
www.tbolin.com
Rob
Have guitar will travel
I wouldn't say Billy Joe is one of the best ever to play a strat, but he is the reason I play guitar.Originally posted by strat_master84
i know i'm gonna get hell for it....but...
tom delonge.....
or
billy joe armstrong....
or
steve klein of NFG
Tommy Bolin!
Tommy was really an amazing Strat player.
From Zephyr to the James Gang to his solo work and collaborations with Billy Cobham, Alphonse Mouzon, Deep Purple, Jeff Beck and others. He was amazing. Too bad he bailed before his time...
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Yes, Tommy did so many different styles so well - so convincingly. I believe he'd have gone down as one of the greatest had he lived even just a few years longer - but I give the nod to Hendrix as the best Strat player ever, for Machine Gun if nothing else...
Hey wasn't Tommy Bolin a LP player? Or did he at sometime play a LP?
Yes, Tommy played a Les Paul on some of his stuff, but he tended more towards the Strat. Hendrix played that Gibson V alot but he's known, and justifiably so, as a Strat player first and foremost. I believe Tommy's preference, based on my listening experience, was the Strat although he wasn't averse to picking up other brands from time to time....
"The lord will take two things so much alike that he would not mind choosing from them blindfold - and then for a great jest he will allow the slaves to choose."
I've heard good things about him I guess I'll have to check some of his material out.
Robert Cray.
He is the reason I bought my first Strat.
Paul
Last edited by pgurlea; 11-10-2002 at 05:47 PM.
I put Jeff Beck at the top of my list for Strat players. Here's the order I put my favorite Strat players in:
Jeff Beck
Jimi Hendrix
Mark Knophler (he completely changed the way I thought about tone, melodic solos and finesse)
Eric Johnson
Richie Blackmore (I'm surprised only 2 people here mentioned him)
Robin Trower
Steve Vaughn
Dave Gilmore (for his no nonsence, bare bones, highly emotional melodic solos)
Jimmy Page (known more as s Les Paul and Tele player, but his tone and soundscapes all over the Presence album with a Strat were masterfull)
Jimi
Stevie Ray
Jeff Beck
Tommy Bolin
David Gilmour
Eric Clapton
Robin Trower
Mark Knoplfer
Randy California
Derek St. Holmes
For unmistakeable clean strat tones (in order)- Hank Marvin, Mark Knopfler, Robert Cray, Phil Emmanuel, SRV, Enrico Crevillaro
For unmistakeable dirty Strat tones (in order) - Hendrix, Trower, Beck, Phil Emmanuel, Malmsteen, Johnson, SRV, Clapton, Blackmore, Ian Moss
I've been fortunate enough to see most of them play live (not Marvin, Hendrix, Malmsteen or Johnson). The players that use heavy gauge strings, high actions and tune down a half-step get that destinctive Hendrix-esque Strat sound!
Mark Knopfler
Stevie Ray
Ritchie Blackmore ( though, he is a jerk)
Popa Chubby ( when he's playin one)
'62 Vintage Reissue Startocaster -
circa 1985 - USA!
"She's just about to to graduate Highschool"!
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