cylinder: fave guitarists

cylinder 07.02.26	M////////EN AND ONE WO//////MAN
budgie 07.02.26	who even are any of those fuckers dave mustaine, brent hinds, ace frehley, evh
el_newg 07.02.26	bro who are they where is my goat Giovanni Paolo Foscarini
arthropod 07.02.26	Robert Sadowski, Jan Borysewicz, Brian May, Olli Tukiainen, Anders Nyström, Ryo Yokochi, those from Metallica, Trivium, A7x and Nemophila, etc. etc.
cylinder 07.02.26	@budgie who even are any of those fuckers
budgie 07.02.26	who even is ur MOM!!!
bighubbabuddha 07.02.26	Where's John McGeoch, Robert Smith or Keith Levene
cylinder 07.02.26	@budgie I often wonder the same thing
brickhed 07.02.26	real hipsters would put Jandek at number 1, end the poser blight infested on sputnikmusic.com also yearly reminder for me to try his stuff out
cylinder 07.02.26	that is true
unclereich 07.02.26	check frusciante
cylinder 07.02.26	he's pretty good
EoinCofa 07.02.26	Taylor Swift
Rowhaus 07.02.26	Paul Stanley
cylinder 07.02.26	Kurt Cobain (according to Rolling Stone)
Eakflanderyof 07.02.26	None of these guys hold a candle to roy donk
NudeTayne 07.02.26	classic budgie saying something insane like "Dave Mustaine" and not Marty Friedman, I bet his second fave is Chuck Schuldiner
NudeTayne 07.02.26	gun to my head I'd say David Gilmour
Zac124 07.02.26	Nice to see Ben Weinman here. He has created some of the tastiest riffs ever and is one hell of a performer in the live setting.
cylinder 07.03.26	Switched out Taku Sugimoto for Michael Hoggard. Sorry Taku, still love you
Wildcardbitchesss 07.03.26	As someone who mostly listens to rock and metal and hardcore or whatever, for me the two GOATS who have very different styles are Kurt Ballou (hyper technical) and Jerry Cantrell (just heavy as shit but more melodic I guess). Kurt is just one of a kind but to me Jerry took everything great about the old school kings like Iommi and Hendrix and perfected it. Ben is a close second for that first style, and it’d be a crime to not mention Chuck, but I feel his talent lies more with being an excellent songwriter and just really knowing how to pick out talent that meshed well with his style. Out of all the Death records and the couple dozen or so guys that played on those albums I really can’t think of a single weak link. All are excellent musicians that complimented his style flawlessly. Chuck really might be my single favorite songwriter ever aside from maaaaaybe Luc Lemay, and I’d maybe throw Aaron Turner in there too. I don’t really know (or if anyone really knows for that matter) if DsO has a single “most important” songwriter but they’re up there for sure too.
Deez 07.03.26	Isiah Mitchell Alan Holdsworth Terry Kath Trey Azagthoth
budgie 07.03.26	"Paul Stanley < 3 hes def underappreciated song writer that iss for certain
Obrotherartthou 07.03.26	Hetfield for riffs. As far as pure rhythm guitarists go he's top of the line still to this day. Unmatched down picking and timing as well
cylinder 07.03.26	Ballou above Ben? I mean he’s awesome too but idk
Wildcardbitchesss 07.03.26	Yeah despite what a lot of haters might say, I’ll agree that Hetfield is a fucking god. He deserves every bit of praise that he gets. It’s kinda hacky to even bring this up but just imagine that band’s trajectory had Cliff lived. You had the best rhythm guitarist / vocalist and best bassist in the thrash scene together. Hell, add Mustaine and it really makes you wonder. @cylinder yeah. i’d take Kurt over Ben any day of the week. I love TDEP and of course Ben is wicked talented in his own right, but Kurt is capable of that level of shredding and just writes the meanest fucking riffs. Again, this ain’t putting Ben down, 43% Burnt is fucking MEAN, but Kurt has like, 30 riffs that are on that level, and I generally find that his guitarwork is usually more in service of the song itself, where I feel like Ben writes cool guitar parts and then constructs the song around them. That’s totally just vibes tho, obv I have no fucking clue what either of their songwriting processes are like. And I really just think Converge has a much stronger discography overall. Again, love The Dillinger Escape Plan, but Converge has twice as many records and I feel like at least half of them are just as good as anything Dillinger put out… but I also know that I just love Converge that much. I know not everyone is as crazy for records like Dusk in Us, Bloodmoon, or even the two new ones. Hell, I even love their not so well received compilations and even Halo In a Haystack, even tho there’s a ton of overlap there. He’s genuinely just my favorite guitarist ever, and I truly don’t think he’s ever written anything subpar at any point in any Converge track. And when we’re talking output from outside their main projects, Kurt just absolutely bodies Ben. Granted, most of that is production, but he’s a beast behind the boards and frankly, Ben hasn’t done anything memorable outside of Dillinger. Yall remember Giraffe Tongue Orchestra? Yeah me neither. But really, they’re the two best guitarists in the genre, like, by a wide margin. The difference between them is damn near negligible, but they’re head and shoulders above everyone else.
budgie 07.03.26	that is a lot of words
unclereich 07.03.26	Hawks leads the site in comment count but wildcard overwhelmingly leads in words per comment
keaton_86 07.03.26	I love Bo Madsens playing. He does seem like a bit of a dick though.
Wildcardbitchesss 07.03.26	Those creative writing classes pay off from time to time. But really I just vie to use the most words to not actually say much of anything at all
gabba 07.03.26	buddha knows it: Where's John McGeoch, Robert Smith or Keith Levene? + Andy Gill
bighubbabuddha 07.03.26	Love you Gabba
unclereich 07.03.26	It’s ok wildcard I always read every bit of them
Confessed2005 07.03.26	Scott Hull is probably my favourite guitarist. Second is Kurt Ballou. But the list would be endless if I augmented it.
EyesWideShut 07.03.26	I like Thurston Moore and Poppa Hetfield
Wildcardbitchesss 07.03.26	@confessed Me leaving out Scott Hull is unforgivable, I’ll take my 30 lashes @unc im blushing🫶
razeen 07.03.26	This list is wrong...cuz they are not my faves
razeen 07.03.26	Wildcardbitchass is right Mr.Metallica hate will not be tolerated. You are ONLy allowed hate their new albums post Black Album.
AlexKzillion 07.03.26	beyond the obv names + favs already metinoned here... prince's guitar work kinda gets glossed over by everything else he does. i have never heard anyone play quite the way he does and am in awe every couple times per album he decides its time to put it on display.
jrlikestodance 07.03.26	Post hardcore: Justin Trosper Metalcore: Ballou or Weinman Prog: Jeff Loomis Ska: Tomas Kanolky DM: Chuck Schuldiner Punk: Jade Puget or Brett Gurewitz Hardcore: Joey Z Primus: Larry "Ler" Lalonde
EoinCofa 07.03.26	Actually Death Magnetic has better riffs than Black Album
budgie 07.04.26	"prince's guitar work kinda gets glossed over by everything else he does. i have never heard anyone play quite the way he does youve never heard anyone suck dick at guitar?
RVAHC13 07.04.26	Not a single mention of Jeff Beck in here smdh
BAT 07.04.26	might be one of the most inconsistent of all time buuut gotta give omar rodriguez lopez a shoutout. robert fripp is pretty absurd for his era, the guy from melt-banana is sick, mick barr is a monster, chris arpp back in the aughts
Confessed2005 07.04.26	Death Magnetic does indeed have riffs. Metallica are also king of down-picking and if it wasn't for me getting into them at the tender ages of 11 and 12, I wouldn't have picked up the guitar. Been playing for 25 years and it was mostly Hetfield that inspired me - obviously as time has gone by I've become attuned with a mad array and amount of music that demonstrates good musicianship. I take pride in how I play - I sort of mix metalcore and screamo, maybe a little thrash and a touch of prog. As long as the weather is palatable I go and sit in the high street of my town and play those styles on an acoustic guitar. I always make money if I chuck a hat on the floor but I like it when people say "oh, that's good!" or "you're very talented". Keeps me entertained.
cylinder 07.04.26	Omar and Fripp good inclusions yes and Prince is good too, just a shame I can’t listen to his music
EyesWideShut 07.04.26	I like Elvis Costello and Tom Warrior too
evilford 07.04.26	Vigna
Confessed2005 07.04.26	I liked Alexi Laiho a lot too. RIP.
cylinder 07.04.26	Yeah Alexi slayed, RIP
rockandmetaljunkie 07.04.26	I tried listen to #8 and I vomitted...
cylinder 07.04.26	I know, it’s great, isn’t it
rockandmetaljunkie 07.04.26	no, it's not XD
cylinder 07.04.26	You’re right. It’s brilliant
BAT 07.05.26	ah nah fred friths a beast, 'guitar solos' might not be the best introduction to him but he's one of those guys that could play anything and everything
NudeTayne 07.05.26	honestly the best guitarist I've ever heard is Steve Vai and I don't think anyone comes close