Most UNDERRATED guitarist

fatjack · Post by **fatjack** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 12:49 am

cgalves wrote:
Ranting Thespian wrote:Well, I'll be the first to say it. Outside of dmb guitar players, Dave, even to himself, is underated.

Oh, and one not looked at by most is Mark Knouphfler. He is from Dire Straits.
Mark Knouphfler is fuckin amazing, his solos are so melodic and expressive, IMO he's one of the best guitarists out there, and he fingerpicks all of his songs too. THe outro solo to Sultans of Swing and Tunnel of Love are amazing, check them out.

sultans of swing is my favorite rock and roll song ever

Macht · Post by **Macht** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 9:13 am

fatjack wrote:
cgalves wrote:
Ranting Thespian wrote:Well, I'll be the first to say it. Outside of dmb guitar players, Dave, even to himself, is underated.

Oh, and one not looked at by most is Mark Knouphfler. He is from Dire Straits.
Mark Knouphfler is fuckin amazing, his solos are so melodic and expressive, IMO he's one of the best guitarists out there, and he fingerpicks all of his songs too. THe outro solo to Sultans of Swing and Tunnel of Love are amazing, check them out.
sultans of swing is my favorite rock and roll song ever

we don't give a damn about any tumpet playing band

Ranting Thespian · Post by **Ranting Thespian** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 10:23 pm

I never thought of it, thne I was watching A Concert For George

Jeff Lynn is highly underated

sunglassesatnight · Post by **sunglassesatnight** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 9:43 am

ELO Jeff Lynne? He is a pretty solid player. I dig ELO too. I told my friend that yesterday and he says, "Man ELO? Electric Light Orchestra? That's such bullshit. They might as well just call it PCP."

JaDaRu · Post by **JaDaRu** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 10:13 am

I just checked out Kaki King for the first time.....and that stuff is amazing! Really creative

DrFartbrain · Post by **DrFartbrain** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 2:55 pm

jeffro wrote:
dmbguitar718 wrote:
jeffro wrote:I think Keller is great, but all he really does is funky picking patterns and hammer-ons. So I don't think he really counts as an underated gutiar player as much as he counts as an underrated artist. And he definitely counts as one of my favorites.
Plllleeeeeeeeaaaasssee tell me you're joking.
I'm not. He's undoubtedly a good guitarist, but I don't think he's really great, Kinda like Dave. He can write a great song, and knows his theory, but he can't really compare to guys like SRV, and Clapton. Besides, he doesn't just use one guitar, he uses quite a few guitars, a loop machine, drums, a bass, his mouth, and all that other stuff that you see on stage at his shows. Like I said, he uses just your average everyday chords and adds funky picking patterns and hammer on's (i.e. Its a plant, its just F and Gm, Best Feeling is just G#m, B, F#, and E, and Freeker by the Speaker isn't as hard as songs like R&R, the Stone, and SMTS) So Keller is definitely underrated, underapreciated, underpublicized, just not as a guitarist so much as an artist IMHO.

Leo Kottke is much better than Keller in terms of technical ability and style. And they're very close in style.

IronMike778 · Post by **IronMike778** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 6:53 am

Easy: The Edge. Theis guys is so gifted when it comes to catchy hooks, killer sound, and staying true to his own style. I love this guy.

ctmike04 · Post by **ctmike04** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 12:58 pm

Charlie Hunter - jazz player who plays an 8-string guitar. Absolutely incredible. Definitely check his stuff out if you've never heard of him.

Mike

titow · Post by **titow** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 12:02 am

Monte Montgomery

a1075dd63aa12 · Post by **a1075dd63aa12** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 5:36 pm

Bernard Allison, hes the son of blues legend Luther Allison, Ive seen him live twice and hes amazing, his solos are insane

Beauford33 · Post by **Beauford33** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 5:37 pm

Walter Becker.

Plain and Simple. That dude is a fucking badass.

ericwormann · Post by **ericwormann** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 5:42 pm

IronMike778 wrote:Easy: The Edge. Theis guys is so gifted when it comes to catchy hooks, killer sound, and staying true to his own style. I love this guy.

I'm pretty sure he's on every "Top guitarist" list in every music magazine of the last 10 years. That's not underrated.

HendrixWS · Post by **HendrixWS** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 3:46 am

Ranting Thespian wrote:Well, I'll be the first to say it. Outside of dmb guitar players, Dave, even to himself, is underated.

Oh, and one not looked at by most is Mark Knouphfler. He is from Dire Straits.

Mark Knopfler's not underrated. He played with Clapton Stin and McCartney at a show for Monsterrat Island a phenominal show none the less. He also has a signiture Martin and on his solo cd he plays with James Taylor.

HendrixWS · Post by **HendrixWS** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 3:50 am

NJPearce22 wrote:
andyrice_13 wrote:Howie Day

his shit's easy, But he's fuckin creative
Howie is awesome! Even his covers are creative!

Karma Police anyone?

NJPearce22 · Post by **NJPearce22** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 1:11 pm

HendrixWS wrote:
NJPearce22 wrote:
andyrice_13 wrote:Howie Day

his shit's easy, But he's fuckin creative
Howie is awesome! Even his covers are creative!
Karma Police anyone?

I'm thinking of his version of Watchtower/Halloween, SMTS, Slide by the GooGooDolls, Sex and Candy. That stuff!