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Post subject: Re: Best Strat Players In History
Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 9:39 am
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Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, David Gilmour, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Mark Knopfler, Jeff Beck, Hank Marvin, Buddy Holly...

And two guitarists who don't play so often on the Stratocaster:
- Jimmy Page (Song "In the Evening")
- Pete Townshend (Using Eric Clapton's signature strat)

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Post subject: Re: Best Strat Players In History
Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 9:43 am
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No457 Snowy wrote:
In no particular order these are my top 10

Jimi Hendrix
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Eric Clapton
Mark Knopfler
Rory Gallagher
Dave Gilmour
Ritchie Blackmore
Jeff Beck
Buddy Guy
Dick Dale


I like your list the best....

Need to add Davy Knowles, (Too bad Fender would sponser him, so PRS did)

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Post subject: Re: Best Strat Players In History
Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 10:15 am
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1.Beck- for strambotic technique
2.SRV- for tone
3.Hendrix- for attitude
4.Gilmour- for finesse
5.Buddy Guy- for expresiveness
6.Guitar Shorty- for musicality
7.Malsteem- for virtuosity
8.Hank- for coolness
9.Vince Gil- for seamless extended solos
10. John Mayer- for carrying the tradition forward

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Post subject: Re: Best Strat Players In History
Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 12:04 pm
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mike07502 wrote:
9.Vince Gil- for seamless extended solos


+1!

Most folks think of Vince as a Tele master (which of course, he is) but he rocks a Strat with equal aplomb......really a great picker with some very intricate licks.

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Post subject: Re: Best Strat Players In History
Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 2:30 pm
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Aw come on guys. No one had Speedy Haworth in their top 10. This guy was amazing...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-XPJt3AZ-4

I would love to have seen him do something Sultans of Swing like.

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Post subject: Re: Best Strat Players In History
Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 7:39 am
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What!! :shock: No one's mentioned Uli Jon Roth!!!!!


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