Badass Players With Shitty Vibratos, Vibrato Snobs, & More

[Hung Huy Tran]

I strongly agree with a few posts up, Sykes and Moore are at the top, as is Friedman. Gary Moore's Victims Of The Future

Dude, I'm wayyyyy late to the party on this, but I always associated Gary Moore with Live at Montruex and Still Got the Blues. I went back this past week and listened to Victims of the Future, Corridors of Power, G-Force, Wild Frontier, Back on the Streets, etc. for the first time...Good. Lord. I've never heard hard rock electric guitar played with more balls and fury yet still being super melodic at the same time. His playing on these albums is so beautifully intense and inspiring. Moore is now one of all-time favorites. Better late than never.

Yes!! Victims of the Future was so crazy good. The solo in Law of the Jungle still blows me away.

 

[SavageRiffer]

Names That Should Have Been Mentioned But Weren't
Vinnie Moore
Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden)
Phil Campbell (Motorhead)
Phil Sandoval (Armored Saint)
Alan Hinds
Blues Saraceno
Danny Gatton
John Petrucci
George Bellas
Jeff Healey
Paul Gilbert
Michael Akerfeldt
Ted Nugent
Slash
Phil Collins
Pete Thorn

 

[Monkey Man]

At least a few of them have, but good choices overall I reckon, 'Riffer.

 

[Crunchity]

Great mention of Blues Saraceno, not only vibrato but an overall a great touchiness to his playing, definitely a great feel player to go along with his other skills.

 

[mdc1mdc11]

lot of good ones mentioned here Schenker, Moore, etc. Leslie West if really up there as well. Another guy that is amazing is Allen Hinds, phenomenal guitar player. different league

 

[napalmdeath]

This album kills.

Good vibrato all day long!

 

[mdc1mdc11]

I'm surprised to see 46 posts here, yet no mention of Randy Rhoads (my personal favorite electric guitarist of all time)

My favorites for vibrato are Randy Rhoads, Marty Friedman, Zakk Wylde, and Yngwie Malmsteen

I'm with you on Randy Rhoads. He's one of my biggest influences.

not sure I can agree on the vibrato part however, as his bending skills were pretty limited based on his guitar background. Plenty of studio magic with double tracking.

 

[SavageRiffer]

I'm surprised to see 46 posts here, yet no mention of Randy Rhoads (my personal favorite electric guitarist of all time)

My favorites for vibrato are Randy Rhoads, Marty Friedman, Zakk Wylde, and Yngwie Malmsteen

I'm with you on Randy Rhoads. He's one of my biggest influences.

not sure I can agree on the vibrato part however, as his bending skills were pretty limited based on his guitar background. Plenty of studio magic with double tracking.

He didn't have a bad vibrato at all. If you listen to Crazy Train, you can hear at least 3 different kind vibratos. His vibratos at least kept to tempo and weren't unsteady. There's not much about Randy to criticize. Keep in mind also that he was very young and had only made the transition to heavy metal for limited years. If he had lived, he would probably have grown exponentially as a player.

 

[blackie13]

when it comes to vibrato I think of this guy...

Schenker as well...

 

[mrcak]

Uli mentioned yet? Uli Jon Roth has sick vibrato

 

[DrewJD82]

No Gilmour mention yet?!

Growing up, I only cared about Gilmour, EJ, Zakk Wylde, Jerry Cantrell and Petrucci, I definitely have some vibrato snobbery on my part, but it's such a big part of my playing and one of the things I find most important about it.

I've been singing almost as long as I've been playing and vibrato played an even bigger part vocally than guitar wise....growing up on Queensryche and Alice In Chains....I'm also a vocal vibrato snob!

 

[supersonic]

Angus Young has a pretty unique vibrato.

 

[Qweklain]

I am surprised no one has mentioned Marty Friedman yet. Him being my "guitar idol" when I was young was what made me start playing guitar and also is what made me put so much time and effort into vibrato technique and expression, bending technique and expression, and understanding pitch with bends and vibrato.

Like others have stated here, there are so many guitarists who use vibrato and bends as a 1-step technique rather than an infinite form of expression.

 

[SavageRiffer]

I am surprised no one has mentioned Marty Friedman yet. Him being my "guitar idol" when I was young was what made me start playing guitar and also is what made me put so much time and effort into vibrato technique and expression, bending technique and expression, and understanding pitch with bends and vibrato.

Like others have stated here, there are so many guitarists who use vibrato and bends as a 1-step technique rather than an infinite form of expression.

I think he was mentioned a few times. Yeah, Marty is utterly phenomenal. Outside of his Megadeth years, there is a wealth of Marty Friedman instrumentals which showcase his playing and vibrato skills.