Last great guitar hero

koneguitarist

Who to you is the last great guitar hero, and to quantify this, someone who brought something new to the guitar and changed the direction of how to play.

Be it blues, rock,country Jazz whatever.

octatonic

Tim Miller, although most people won't know him.

koneguitarist

Your right, i don't know him !

Rocker

Leo Fender [Telecaster circa 1950s]

octatonic

Lixarto

Great idea for a thread - have a Wisdom

I'll keep my own counsel for the minute: mainly owing to the fact that it'll make me appear old (albeit younger than the good Rocker, above).

monquixote

Tom Morello is the last person who profoundly changed the way people play guitar. 

I was tempted to say Matt Bellamy, but I'm not sure he has been as influential. 

I suppose you could also say the guys from Korn who popularised the 7 string thing, but I've never been a fan.

koneguitarist

Lixarto said:

Great idea for a thread - have a Wisdom

I'll keep my own counsel for the minute: mainly owing to the fact that it'll make me appear old (albeit younger than the good Rocker, above).

Ta, I'll hold back mine, even though it's someone that I am not a fan of.

ThePrettyDamned

John 5. Made country metal.

Or James hetfield for... Well...

octatonic

koneguitarist said:

Lixarto said:

Great idea for a thread - have a Wisdom

I'll keep my own counsel for the minute: mainly owing to the fact that it'll make me appear old (albeit younger than the good Rocker, above).

Ta, I'll hold back mine, even though it's someone that I am not a fan of.

That would be Bonamassa then.

koneguitarist

octatonic said:

koneguitarist said:

Lixarto said:

Great idea for a thread - have a Wisdom

I'll keep my own counsel for the minute: mainly owing to the fact that it'll make me appear old (albeit younger than the good Rocker, above).

Ta, I'll hold back mine, even though it's someone that I am not a fan of.

That would be Bonamassa then.

) Eh , No !

Lixarto

Ha ha ha ha!

You haz a Lol. Joe has a Facepalm. Every day. Forever. The bastard.

guitarcookie1

Matt Bellamy for the soundscapes maybe?
At least he can use a tuner, unlike Hendrix...

not_the_dj

monquixote said:

Tom Morello is the last person who profoundly changed the way people play guitar. 

I was tempted to say Matt Bellamy, but I'm not sure he has been as influential. 

I suppose you could also say the guys from Korn who popularised the 7 string thing, but I've never been a fan.

Bellamy and Morello were the two names that jumped into my head. 

digitalscream

Probably the one who last inspired legions of teenagers to start playing guitar.

Annoyingly, that would most likely be Slash.

Lixarto

digitalscream said:

Probably the one who last inspired legions of teenagers to start playing guitar.

Annoyingly, that would most likely be Slash.

I disagree, although you may still be annoyed: Noel.

monquixote

You've had Cobain and Noel Gallagher since then who despite what you may think of their playing made a lot of people buy guitars. 

digitalscream

Lixarto said:

digitalscream said:

Probably the one who last inspired legions of teenagers to start playing guitar.

Annoyingly, that would most likely be Slash.

I disagree, although you may still be annoyed: Noel.

For a short time, yes - however, Slash is still inspiring kids to learn to play worldwide, after nearly 30 years at it. Noel probably got more kids into it in the UK while Oasis was at its peak, but not really any more.

jd0272

Ah, the no definitive conclusion at all thread!!!

Leo Kottke got my attention years ago tho. Anyone dead flash with an acoustic. And I don't even own one. Sigh.

koneguitarist

monquixote said:

You've had Cobain and Noel Gallagher since then who despite what you may think of their playing made a lot of people buy guitars. 

Is that what makes a guitar hero, sales ? I can see Them getting kids to play again, similar to punk rock in 70's, but what guitar skills did they bring to change the way we think about playing etc

monquixote

koneguitarist said:

monquixote said:

You've had Cobain and Noel Gallagher since then who despite what you may think of their playing made a lot of people buy guitars. 

Is that what makes a guitar hero, sales ? I can see Them getting kids to play again, similar to punk rock in 70's, but what guitar skills did they bring to change the way we think about playing etc

I was responding to @digitalscream my answers were further up the thread. 

But I'm also going to throw in Joey Santiago and Jonny Greenwood.