My Top 10 Guitar Heroes
Saturday, September 12th, 2009 at
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By G. Springfield
When learning another language, many experts recommend that you submerge yourself in the language. The same principle is true when to learning to play the guitar. You should listen to the great guitarists of the past. They can be an inspiration source to encourage you to continue practicing, and to provide you with a source of goals as you learn. In my opinion, here are the ten best guitar players of all time in no particular order:
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Jimi Hendrix -one of the most innovative and best remembered artists. His creative impulse, technical capability and effects such as the wah-wah and distortion transformed forever the sound of rock and roll. It was his innovation and its ability to play the guitar in any position, with any part of the body, that constantly it places to him like one of the best guitarists of all time.
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Eric Clapton – Clapton, is also considered one of the greatest guitarists of rock and one of the major blues guitarists, but he has also earned acclaim for his classical guitar concerts. His style is smooth but precise, and the chords almost seem to flow from his fingers.
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Robert Johnson – recorded his songs for the first time on November 23, 1936 in San Antonio, Texas. Although many modern guitar players complain that Robert Johnson was outside time and tone and his voice is hard to understand, his style was different from any other guitarist at the time. Legend has it that Johnson sold his soul to the devil to be able to play guitar.
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Eddie Van Halen – the speed of the light and the innovating sounds of the guitar of Eddie Van Halen are easily recognizable. They are still more impressive if you consider that he was totally self-taught, who never had had a professional lesson of any kind.
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Stevie Ray Vaughan – Born on October 3, 1954 in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas, Texas. Vaughan’s blues style was influenced by many blues guitarists. Foremost among them were Albert King, Otis Rush, Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, and Jimi Hendrix. Vaughan’s older brother Jimmie Vaughan has stated that Johnny “Guitar” Watson was the guitarist he and Vaughan studied the most. Vaughan also cited his brother as an influence.
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Tony Iommi – For many people, Iommi is considered the first true metal guitarist, using a great amount of distortion, but maintaining total control over the sounds he produced. Its fire style is still more impressive because he is lacking the end of two fingers that demands the use to him of rubber prosthesis to play.
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Jeff Beck was born on June 24, 1944. He is an English rock guitarist. He was one of the three noted guitarists — the others being Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page — to have played with The Yardbirds. – Many consider that the guitarist Jeff Beck to be one of the most distinct sounding guitarists in the world, able to produce incredible unique tones with what seems to be so little effort.
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Jimmy Page – also an English guitarist to play with The Yardbirds. He has the unique ability to write incredible guitar riffs that are so intricate that few others can play them perfectly as he can.
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Randy Rhoads – was an American heavy metal guitarist that is better well-known to play with Ozzy Osbourne. Rhoads was perfect and precise in each note he played and did it with a great depth of feelings. He was not only a great guitarists, but he was a good song writer.
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Joe Satriani – was born July 15, 1956 in Westbury, New York, and is an American multi-instrumentalist, known as an instrumental rock guitarist, who has been nominated for Grammy Awards. Early in his career, Satriani worked as a guitar instructor. Satriani has been a driving force behind other musicians throughout his career, as a founder of the ever-changing touring trio, G3, as well as performing in temporary positions with other famouns bands such as the Rolling Stones and Deep Purple.