Underated Guitarists

Mkjackary

stimpsonslostson;776202" said:

I'm currently watching Muse play the Live Lounge (it's on iplayer if you're interested).
Matt Bellamy is a fantastic player, I never appreciated it till seeing him do it live.

He is. However whenever there is a poll for "greatest guitar player ever" he wins (or comes close) because the muse fanbase is obsessed to say the least.

Apart from their old stuff and the odd new song I only like them live.

Great player, brilliant front man imo

thomasross20

markv said:

thomasross20 said:

I think Brian May is underrated.

Why so? He's my favourite player of all time - but underrated?

A bit like Lindsey Buckingham - I just don't think he's thought of in a lot of polls. Or maybe I'm talking b0ll0cks

Longtallronnie

Tim Wheeler from Ash.

Phil_aka_Pip

I'd like to add Laurie Wisefield

BGG

Chuck D'Aloia after discovering him on a thread on here, lovely player.

Vibetronic

Ronnie Le Tekro from TNT, Vito Bratta from White Lion, Francis Dunnery, Nik Kershaw and lastly Brion James from the Dan Reed Network. All ace.

thomasross20

@Vibetronic is underrated

boogieman

Phil_aka_Pip;814378" said:

I'd like to add Laurie Wisefield

Wis'd. Never achieved the credit he should have, he was excellent in Wishbone Ash and Ted Turner was a very hard act to follow.
He's in Snakecharmer these days (Whitesnake tribute band, well kind of. It does have Neil Murray and Micky Moody in it).

Philly_Q

boogieman said:

Phil_aka_Pip;814378" said:

I'd like to add Laurie Wisefield

Wis'd. Never achieved the credit he should have, he was excellent in Wishbone Ash and Ted Turner was a very hard act to follow.
He's in Snakecharmer these days (Whitesnake tribute band, well kind of. It does have Neil Murray and Micky Moody in it).

On the whole I like the Wisefield period albums better than the (Ted) Turner period, I think.

Phil_aka_Pip

Philly_Q said:

On the whole I like the Wisefield period albums better than the (Ted) Turner period, I think.

I sympathise with that but every time I listen to Argus I decide it's the best!

Philly_Q

Phil_aka_Pip said:

Philly_Q said:

On the whole I like the Wisefield period albums better than the (Ted) Turner period, I think.

I sympathise with that but every time I listen to Argus I decide it's the best!

Yeah, I think Argus stands on its own.  But I really like There's the Rub, Just Testing, New England and even Front Page News even though the latter doesn't contain any "classics".  Not so keen on the stuff after Martin Turner left.  

I think they're on good form nowadays too, it's a shame the relationship between Andy Powell and the other original members has become so acrimonious.

richh

Jimmy Thackery, does some great jump blues stuff!

Phil_aka_Pip

Philly_Q said:

Phil_aka_Pip said:

Philly_Q said:

On the whole I like the Wisefield period albums better than the (Ted) Turner period, I think.

I sympathise with that but every time I listen to Argus I decide it's the best!

Yeah, I think Argus stands on its own.  But I really like There's the Rub, Just Testing, New England and even Front Page News even though the latter doesn't contain any "classics".  Not so keen on the stuff after Martin Turner left.  

I think they're on good form nowadays too, it's a shame the relationship between Andy Powell and the other original members has become so acrimonious.

Just Testing, New England, Front Page News and No Smoke Without Fire are chock full of excellent guitar work
Live Dates Vol II likewise, Living Proof is the highlight. The guitar solo SINGS

AxeWieldingBastard

Did anyone say Carlos Alomar yet?
Jose Gonzales is pretty good too and i never read much about him on guitar forums.

Kebabkid

Ian Bairnson of Pilot who also played the solo on "Wuthering Heights" but apart from Pilot, his main body of work was with the Alan Parsons Project.

Another Ian - Ian Thornley of Big Wreck.

Carlos Rios (played with Lionel Richie) but his guitar work with Gino Vanelli on the Brother To Brother album was fantastic.

ToneControl

Steve Hillage

KKJale

Possibly worth mentioning Glenn Tilbrook.

Saw him playing back-up Telecaster for Nick Harper once, and he was off the scale. 

scrumhalf

Kebabkid said:

Ian Bairnson of Pilot who also played the solo on "Wuthering Heights" but apart from Pilot, his main body of work was with the Alan Parsons Project.

Love the intro to "Magic".

Snap

Some of my favourite players aren't rockers. I'm interested in people who play a bit differently, so

Bernard Sumner
John McGeoch
Johnny Marr
Vini Reilly
Robin Guthrie
Josh Homme
Tom Morello
Peter Hook - yes bass strictly speaking, but he's more of a lead player, 6 string bass too, often
Bill Nelson
Richard Hawley
John Squire

that'll do for now

StageStruck

Deke Leonard and Mickey Jones(RIP) of Man.
Tony "TS" McPhee
Del Bromham of Stray.

Their respective bands were never in the A- List of their times, but all of them are/were very good players.