the underrated guitarists thread

[degenaro]

Ray Gomez!

 

[Gainfreak]

Ray Gomez!

I think Ray's problem was under exposure. I never heard of him until way later on and when I did I was like Why the hell isn't this guy a househould name with guitar players!!

 

[Gainzilla]

Ray Gomez!

I think Ray's problem was under exposure. I never heard of him until way later on and when I did I was like Why the hell isn't this guy a househould name with guitar players!!

Agreed but thats where the Underrated gets confused/blurred with the underknown...

 

[degenaro]

Ray Gomez!

I think Ray's problem was under exposure. I never heard of him until way later on and when I did I was like Why the hell isn't this guy a househould name with guitar players!!

Agreed but thats where the Underrated gets confused/blurred with the underknown...

Here's my definition...under rated=not as familiar as some one should be by how influential they are.

 

[degenaro]

Ray Gomez!

I think Ray's problem was under exposure. I never heard of him until way later on and when I did I was like Why the hell isn't this guy a househould name with guitar players!!

Also bad timing...Volume came out right around VH1.

 

[Gainfreak]

Ray Gomez!

I think Ray's problem was under exposure. I never heard of him until way later on and when I did I was like Why the hell isn't this guy a househould name with guitar players!!

Also bad timing...Volume came out right around VH1.

That explains a lot.

IMHO Ray was doing stuff back then that was mind blowing. (sill mind blowing today of course !)

 

[degenaro]

That explains a lot.

IMHO Ray was doing stuff back then that was mind blowing. (sill mind blowing today of course !)

Sure is, hence him being such a huge influence. He was the first guy I'm aware of that did the playing melodies with the whammy (before Beck), or playing slap bass stuff on guitar.

 

[messenger]

mick mars

 

[Digital Jams]

Vernon Reid

Yeah I said it Ralph Man that freaking band blew onto the sceen and imo just blew the joint up....nobody brought to the plate what Vernon and the boys brought in the late 80s.

Yes.....I hear Vernon

 

[messenger]

C.C. Devill I don't think he's as bad as every one says.

 

[CaseyCor]

Joe Bonamassa
Prince
Guthrie Govan
Ed. D
Jerry Cantrel
Damon Johnson
Claudio Sanchez and Travis Stever
Doc and Dallas Coyle
Joel Strozel
Adam D. (he's underated as a guitar player, but popular because he's funny as fuck.)
Mark Morton (his solo's on the new record RIP!)
Brent Hinds and Bill Kelliher
Billy Sheehan
Stone Gossard and Mike McCready
Josh Homme
Adam Jones (?)
Dean DeLeo
Michael Wilton and Chris Degarmo (I'm not too sure about this one, anyone else wanna chime in?)
Kim Thayll
Christopher Amott
Andy Timmons
Peter Wichers

 

[Anonymous]

Guthrie Govan

Guthrie is underrated? Hmmmmm... Just about every guitarist who hears him thinks he's the greatest thing since [insert last great player here]... I don't think he's underrated, just unkown outside the "shredder guitar player" community...

Steve

 

[Anonymous]

Ritchie Kotzen.




While a small niche' of people know how amazing a player he is there are just as many who dont.

Once again, Kotzen is not underrated, just unkown outside the guitar player insider community. He is highly rated by those who've heard him. To me there is a big difference...

Steve

 

[Bob Savage]

Neil Giraldo.

 

[Gainzilla]

Neil Giraldo.

OOOOFFFF ABSOLUTELY!!!!!

 

[Anonymous]

Neil Giraldo.

Absolutely! I'm impressed everytime I see him play. I saw him and that wife of his play at The Joint in Vegas several years ago and he blew me away.

This is what I mean by underrated. Guitarists don't talk about how great a player he is. Totally opposite from Kotzen and Govan who are just unknown and not underrated...

Steve

 

[mrp5150]

I forgot to mention Pete Lesperance.

 

[Digital Jams]

Ok Steve.......................

Lindsey Buckingham.

 

[Anonymous]

Ok Steve.......................

Lindsey Buckingham.

Well played, sir... What blows me away is watching him play some of that intricate fingerpicking acoustic stuff while singing live. I've seen Fleetwood Mac in concert a few times and that is always the highlight for me.

Steve

 

[Bob Savage]

Well played, sir... What blows me away is watching him play some of that intricate fingerpicking acoustic stuff while singing live. I've seen Fleetwood Mac in concert a few times and that is always the highlight for me.

Steve

No doubt! Lindsey is freakishly good at both playing and writing, and is a good singer to boot.