Guitarist of the Decade

[spawnofthesith]

I only really started paying attention to him after 2015 when he became fake jerry

 

[mercifulfuzziness]

He is the new Hendrix

 

[la szum]

1960s = Jimi Hendrix
1970s = Jimmy Page
1980s = Eddie Van Halen
1990s = Dave Matthews/John Petrucci
2000s = John Mayer
2010s = Ed Sheeran
2020s = Yet to be determined

 

[fetishfrog]

60's: Hendrix
70's: Page
80's: EVH
90's: Cobain
00's: Omar Rodriguez Lopez
10's: Henson/Abasi

 

[paisleywookiee]

 

[TSJMajesty]

1960s = Jimi Hendrix
1970s = Jimmy Page
1980s = Eddie Van Halen
1990s = Dave Matthews/John Petrucci
2000s = John Mayer
2010s = Ed Sheeran
2020s = Yet to be determined

Great list. I'd put Matt Bellamy in the 2000's.

 

[mercifulfuzziness]

1960s = Jimi Hendrix
1970s = Jimmy Page
1980s = Eddie Van Halen
1990s = Dave Matthews/John Petrucci
2000s = John Mayer
2010s = Ed Sheeran
2020s = Yet to be determined

John Mayer again

There aren’t that many guitarist left besides in the underground.

 

[spawnofthesith]

2010s should probably have a nod to Tosin Abasi and/or Bulb as far as guitar driven music goes

 

[fetishfrog]

2010s should probably have a nod to Tosin Abasi and/or Bulb as far as guitar driven music goes

Agreed re: Tosin. what a monster player.

 

[mercifulfuzziness]

Why the “hate” to Frusciante??

 

[la szum]

2010s should probably have a nod to Tosin Abasi and/or Bulb as far as guitar driven music goes

Always on the fringes man.

 

[Will Onyx]

I like some of these lists…. but would definitely have to say Brent Mason for the 90s.

 

[Sascha Franck]

Omar Rodriguez Lopez

I have never ever even heard/read that name before so I YT-ed the guy. Fantastic stuff, his pop tunes are incredible.

 

[spawnofthesith]

I have never ever even heard/read that name before so I YT-ed the guy. Fantastic stuff, his pop tunes are incredible.

Check out some Mars Volta, especially the first two albums

(warning, not pop lolol)

 

[Sascha Franck]

Check out some Mars Volta, especially the first two albums

(warning, not pop lolol)

Oh, I do know them. Also at the Drive-In - just didn't associate his name with them.

 

[la szum]

The test here is to try and NOT be subjective and robotically list your own preferences. I know it's
a challenge, but I believe in you guys, and gals.

 

[LeftyLoungeLizard]

Alright. After hours... nay, days of sussing over all of the possibilities, I'm going with this guy:

Unknown Hinson

 

[DrewJD82]

Definitely agree with Tosin/Periphery/Plini/djent guys leading the pack in the 2010’s. Just look at the gear that came out in the last 14 years aimed at doing the djent thing, from ERG’s to pedals to amps, I have never seen a genre define gear like that in my 31 years as a player. Those guys are the EVH of the modern era and guys like Petrucci or Devin Townsend will back that up, they both said on that Beato interview that they’d be backstage and have no clue how the fuck Tosin was doing what he was doing.

The early 00’s had that whole New Wave Of American Heavy Metal with Killswitch, LoG, Slipknot, Shadows Fall, etc, I definitely got into that whole scene at the time.

Hard for me to look at things from an outside looking in POV, I get so entrenched in my own listening tastes and shut out a lot of other stuff.

I don’t think I’ll ever understand the Mayer thing. I see his face making those expressions like he’s feelin’ it, but that’s not what my ears ever pick up from his playing. I haven’t heard him doing any Dead stuff as I’m not a Dead fan, but I heard his trio music and the best I could sum it up is “blues for the upper middle class”.

 

[PLX]

2020s = Yet to be determined

Toan Hansen

 

[Los-D]

2020s = Yet to be determined

Wolfgang coming strong on the mainstream side.

Toan Hansen