Thread: Great fingerpicking guitarists.

Hard to throw a net over all the styles this covers but basically any style that doesn't use a plecktrum or strumming style :

This bloke is mustard but relatively unknown



Also unknown



and another



An oldie



As good as the original



And something south american




Some blues

3 Things ...............

#1



#2



and #3

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Check out this guy...toe picking

Think this guy meets your criteria:

Mark Knopfler

Reverend Gary Davis:

Also give his "Cocaine Blues" a listen.

The best.

Originally Posted by robuzo

Also give his "Cocaine Blues" a listen.

Blues. I like da blues. Not sure if Buddy Guy fits the "fingerpickin" category but he sure is a great guitarist.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

The best.

Damn. Forgot all about him. He was great.

Originally Posted by Norton

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

The best.

Damn. Forgot all about him. He was great.

Feliciano was amazing, really underrated.

Seven strings on this guitar. I had the pleasure to see this guy live. Relatively unknown outside Brazil

does this one fit ?
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Tin Pan Alley (Rockpalast) part 1

Originally Posted by Norton

Damn. Forgot all about him. He was great.

Originally Posted by robuzo

Feliciano was amazing, really underrated.

He brings a tear to my eye when I listen to him perform not to mention his physical impediment.

A genius and freak all rolled into one.

I've had the luck to see this guy live twice. An eight string guitar with angled frets. If you close your eyes and listen, you would swear you're listening to a bass player and a guitar player.

What is that!? Jazz? Less is definately more imo.

Originally Posted by steevee

Seven strings on this guitar. I had the pleasure to see this guy live. Relatively unknown outside Brazil

Very talented playing although I don't think I could listen to it all day ....way out there. The seven string guitar is interesting. I've got a few clips of a guy with an 8 string somewhere. Obviously, 12 string guitars don't really count because the strings are mostly played in pairs. Heres something odd though :

Who's to say who's the greatest? There are many guitar virtuoso's, and the guitar is a very versatile instrument. For all around virtuosity though, few can match the great player/ composer Paco de Lucia. Born into a famous flamenco family, he was already considered a prodigy in his teens.



A Spanish technique standard- every classical guitarist with street cred needs to master Asturias (written for the piano, strangely)-




If you lurv Jazz guitar (I do) you've just gotta listen to the collaborations of Django Reinhardt and Stephan Grapelli (violin) though.

Natural evolution of the guitarist...

1) Listen to people who you think are guitar greats..

2) Purchase a guitar, practice the riffs and think you're gonna be the next big thing....

3) Come across Django Reinhardt

4) Sell guitar

Originally Posted by sabang

Natural evolution of the guitarist...

1) Listen to people who you think are guitar greats..

2) Purchase a guitar, practice the riffs and think you're gonna be the next big thing....

3) Come across Django Reinhardt

4) Sell guitar

That sums up my guitar career pretty neatly. Still play but no wind in my sails.

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same but different player

Wolfgang Fink, the Lobo half of Willie and Lobo

Originally Posted by Bangyai

Originally Posted by sabang

Natural evolution of the guitarist...

1) Listen to people who you think are guitar greats..

2) Purchase a guitar, practice the riffs and think you're gonna be the next big thing....

3) Come across Django Reinhardt

4) Sell guitar

That sums up my guitar career pretty neatly. Still play but no wind in my sails.

At least you skipped step 3.5) Try to remodel your hand to make it more like Django's, thinking that was his secret.

Not a guitar but the very talented Steve Martin on the banjo