Best Whitesnake guitar duo

[spirit7]

Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody. Class acts!

-C

 

[Blix]

Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody. Class acts!

-C

Indeed! Moody and Mel Galley(RIP) was fine as well.

While Sykes is awesome, Whitesnake as a fun rocking band ended when he entered.

 

[Shark Diver]

Vandenburg and whoever else.

 

[Deleted member 13074]

Post classic WS with Marsden & Moody, the modern sounding band with higher gain
doesn't need a guitar toting duo
Sykes proved that
all post-Sykes incarnations continue to prove it by being too noisy
Aldrich on his own would be fine and dandy
(I love Reb btw)

 

[threadkiller]

Vandenburg and whoever else.

Yep

 

[rupe]

Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody. Class acts!

-C

By a landslide...with honorable mention to Mel Galley for having recorded a lot of the guitars on the Slide It In album.

 

[shredhead7]

While I'm not a big fan of the songwriting, I think that the band that David has now is the most talented. Between the two of them, they can do every era with authority. I don't see Sykes doing the Steve Vai stuff, which is why it's nice to have Reb in the band. Plus, Reb has a great voice, which gives them three part harmonies (something that I don't remember from before).

 

[Anonymous]

Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody. Class acts!

for sure....the songwriting was much better too!

Coverdale sang in his natural killer range instead of going all "Tarzan" ....

plus early incarnations also featured, Ian Paice, John Lord, Cozy Powell, and amazing bassist Neil Murray....

the old band could boogie!

 

[racerevlon]

Big fan of the Vivian Campbell / Adrian Vandenberg era...

 

[crwnedblasphemy]

To hell with the duos, Sykes by himself.

 

[SFW]

I really like the current lineup. Although they have yet to produce a killer album. 1987 will forever be my favorite Whitesnake album. It just set the bar on so many levels.

 

[Mr. Willy]

To hell with the duos, Sykes by himself.

My thoughts exactly. Nothing Whitesnake has done before or since has topped the 1987 album.

 

[snowdog]

Vandenburg and whoever else.

Basing this on live shows I'm guessing ? Since he never played on any of their good albums. (Edit- I guess he did play one solo on '87)

I saw him once on the Slip of the Tongue tour with Vai, and the day I went he was buried in the mix, I wasn't too happy.
Not bashing Vandenberg, I like his solo bands albums, always wished he did more.



My vote also goes to SYKES.

 

[Shark Diver]

Vandenburg and whoever else.

Basing this on live shows I'm guessing ? Since he never played on any of their good albums. (Edit- I guess he did play one solo on '87)

I saw him once on the Slip of the Tongue tour with Vai, and the day I went he was buried in the mix, I wasn't too happy.
Not bashing Vandenberg, I like his solo bands albums, always wished he did more.



My vote also goes to SYKES.

Yes. Saw them live and his solo slay'd Vai's even though Vai had all the theatrics... It was pretty wicked.

 

[Badronald]

I like Mardsen/Moody (probably my favorite songs), but I have to go with Sykes.

 

[Red_Label]

Sykes WAS Whitesnake IMO (with Coverdale's voice of course). Despite having monster players like Vai, Vandenberg, Campbell, Beach, and Aldrich since... they've never been even close to as good as they were with him.

 

[squank]

To hell with the duos, Sykes by himself.

My thoughts exactly. Nothing Whitesnake has done before or since has topped the 1987 album.

While I agree with this, Good to be Bad came very close. Doug's rhythm tracks were too dry and a bit bassy for the most part. But the riffs and lead work are great.

I agree with the earlier comment that Aldrich and Beach can cover all the eras guitar work. I'm not sure that could be said about any other guitarists in WS history.