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re: Rank your top 10 "clean" guitarists

Posted on 10/16/14 at 10:32 am to
Posted by TigerPanzer
Orlando
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Posted on 10/16/14 at 10:32 am to
Buck Dharma
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
One State Solution
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Posted on 10/16/14 at 10:49 am to
'95 trey is pretty clean.
Posted by Burt Reynolds
Monterey, CA
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Posted on 10/16/14 at 10:54 am to
Noodling /=/ clean
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
One State Solution
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Posted on 10/16/14 at 10:58 am to
It was much cleaner noodling than lol3.0.
Posted by Galactic Inquisitor
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Posted on 10/16/14 at 1:46 pm to
Robert Fripp
Mark Knopfler








Everyone else.
Posted by Galactic Inquisitor
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Posted on 10/16/14 at 1:47 pm to
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Buck Dharma



I guess I need to figure out how we're defining clean. Buck was a great guitarist, but he used some pretty raunchy tones.
Posted by Galactic Inquisitor
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Posted on 10/16/14 at 1:48 pm to
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Adrian Belew circa 1982


This is another one that I have trouble seeing the "clean" part. Dude is one of the most creative guitarists ever, but he's at his best when he's twisting the shite out of the signal from his guitar.
Posted by Galactic Inquisitor
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Posted on 10/16/14 at 1:49 pm to
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Jimmy Page is not really what I would consider smooth.


He also had a reputation for being fairly sloppy live.
Posted by Galactic Inquisitor
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Posted on 10/16/14 at 1:50 pm to
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Robin Trower - my favorite tone of all the guitarists.


Yes, and if you disagree, Bridge of Sighs

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David Gilmour - great tone and one of the best at bending notes, ghost bends, bend vibrato, etc.
Posted by Galactic Inquisitor
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Posted on 10/16/14 at 1:55 pm to
If you were to ignore his metal passages and listen to his melodic and acoustic stuff, Mikael Akerfeldt deserves credit in the "clean" realm.

Opeth - Bridge of Sighs
Posted by Chitter Chatter
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Posted on 10/16/14 at 2:32 pm to
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David Gilmour circa 1975
Mick Taylor circa 1971


I like this. Taylor doesn't get the love he deserves.
Posted by Burt Reynolds
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Posted on 10/16/14 at 3:17 pm to
Okay Jester
Posted by hawkster
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Posted on 10/16/14 at 6:28 pm to
Roy Buchanan
Posted by Lakeboy7
New Orleans
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Posted on 10/16/14 at 10:27 pm to
Ive seen some good ones but Billy Gibbons before the beards back when they just stood there and killed it was as clean as you get.

Robin Trower (who is touring now)is even heavier live if that's even possible, super clean.

I saw Gary Moore and Scott Gorham when they were with Thin Lizzy and to watch them go back and forth was something special. A friend saw Thin Lizzy in Boston and Gary Moore, Scott Gorham and Snowy White were all on the stage together.
Posted by mikrit54
Robeline
Member since Oct 2013
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Posted on 10/17/14 at 12:31 am to
Peter Green.
Posted by TigerRad
Columbia, SC
Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 10/17/14 at 12:13 pm to
its insane that Chet Atkins isnt mentioned until page 3

everybody knows he had the sweetest tone of all time
Posted by TexasTiger1185
New Orleans
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Posted on 10/17/14 at 1:13 pm to
I've always thought Jerry Garcia's sound was clean.

I can hear and feel every note he's playing throughout the 70's.
Posted by Poodlebrain
Way Right of Rex
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Posted on 10/17/14 at 1:16 pm to
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Roy Buchanan
People mentioning tone and omitting Roy Buchanan just can't have listened to him. The sounds he got from his Telecaster, known as Nancy, without any effects to modify the signal freaked out other guitarists. LINK This is a good sample of the range of sounds he could produce with Nancy.
Posted by Lakeboy7
New Orleans
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Posted on 10/17/14 at 1:35 pm to
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that Chet Atkins isnt mentioned until page 3


And I didn't see Roy Clark
Posted by LSUTygerFan
Homerun Village
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Posted on 10/17/14 at 1:37 pm to
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Roy Clark

so good he gives me chills
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