BEST GUITARISTS EVER GAME! Suggestions

VOTE FOR THE NEXT GAME: Best bassists OR best drummers?

  • Best bassists

    Votes: 9 56.3%

  • Best drummers

    Votes: 7 43.8%
  • Total voters
    16
Night Prowler

Night Prowler

Customer Deathcycle Manager
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This game's elimination stage will start when the vocalists game finishes. I made a preliminary list of guitarists that will enter the game:

*LIST MOVED*

Your first task is to suggest more guitarists so that I can fill this list up to 100 guitarists. Try to suggest only famous and well-known players :ok:
Your second task is to suggest the game format - how many groups should I make for the game, and how to divide guitarists into groups :ok: Also, if you have any other suggestion about the game format, say it here :ok:
 
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My first task: Simple - I recommend Dennis Stratton, and it's Jimi Hendrix, not Jimmy.  :ok:

2nd task: Uhh, maybe you should split them into:

Rock
Metal
Other.
 
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Black Thunder said:
I recommend Dennis Stratton
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I won't include him because he would make the game less interesting - we all know that he's the best guitarist ever :ninja:
 
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What about Mike Oldfield? Is he famous enough?
Bob Dylan?
Eric Johnson?
Paul McCartney?
Buckethead?

I dunno which of those meet the requirements  :ninja:
I don't care much for the game format, but I would not like to have nonsense like Brian May VS Yngwie M., or B.B. King VS Davey.
 
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Jan Akkerman (Focus)
George Harrison (The Beatles)
Andy LaRocque (King Diamond, Death)
Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme)
 
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Rory Gallagher
Kiko Loureiro
Joe Bonamassa
Neal Schon
Axel Rudi Pell
Paul Gilbert
Vivian Campbell
 
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Maybe we could divide the guitarists into they're respective era's, 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, etc.
 
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Dityn DJ James said:
Maybe we could divide the guitarists into they're respective era's, 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, etc.
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Good idea!

Mikeal Akerfeldt - Opeth
Steven Wilson - Porcupine Tree
 
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I'll bring in these seven guys.

Per Nilsson (Scar Symetry)
Craig Goldy (Dio)
Nils Norberg (Nocturnal Rites)
Lars Johansson (Candlemass)
Steve Hillage (Canterbury scene, psycadelic rock, electronica)
John McLaughlin (Mahavishna Orchestra, jazz, Indian classical music, fusion, and Western classical music and flamenco)
Django Reinhardt (jazz, Gypsy music)

I am able to promote** each of these seven guys and I'm pretty sure most of you might be appealed. However, if you find some of these not known enough, please let me (co-)decide which to eliminate. I at least would love to keep the latest three I mentioned (Hillage, McLaughlin, Reinhardt).

By the way, I'd also love to do Andy Powell (Wishbone Ash) and Ted Turner (Wishbone Ash) but the problem is that I am not aware yet which dude plays which solo. I recognize the different styles, but don't know who is who! A shame because they're both amazing. That's why we should leave them out (weird, if Wishbone Ash had one guitarist it wouldn't be a problem. ;) )

I have another favourite jazz guitarist (Grant Green) but I feel he hasn't a chance on this forum (this man was a melodic genious with his improvisations, but I think people out here care more about technique), so I'll leave him out as well.

**Is it possible to promote guitarists? I can imagine that some are unknown here, but that doesn't mean that they're not famous (enough).
I could post a few clips later on, alright?

Dityn DJ James said:
Maybe we could divide the guitarists into they're respective era's, 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, etc.
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I wouldn't do that. Some guitarists are active in 5 decades or so.

I wouldn't even make categories (genres). Just mix all these guys randomly (not alphabetic), and bring them on in groups of 10-15 players per group.

With small groups people might take more time to investigate every player. I expect these forumers to be open minded enough to listen to each guitarist if he doesn't know him (well) yet. Even if someone doesn't care for a certain style of music, maybe he still can be impressed by what the guitarist has done. Style (genre) doesn't matter. It's the works!  :shred:
 
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Forostar said:
Craig Goldy (Dio)
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Already on the list before you posted ;)

Forostar said:
Is it possible to promote guitarists? I can imagine that some are unknown here, but that doesn't mean that they're not famous (enough).
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Do it, but keep in mind that there are only 7 spots left. Updated list:
*LIST MOVED*

There will be 5 groups of 20 guitarists - now I only need an idea how to shuffle the list. Maybe there is something like an Internet List Shuffler? :D
 
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Night Prowler said:
There will be 5 groups of 20 guitarists
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Why such big groups? This is a huge project, why rush it? If you work with several rounds before the final, smaller groups work fine.
My comments are easy because I'm not doing al this work of course.  :D

Night Prowler said:
Do it, but keep in mind that there are only 7 spots left.
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You mean I have to be quick before the game starts? That's logical indeed, but I lack the time now.
I might promote two or three as soon as his name appears (the problem is that people might have voted before that, but I'll risk that).
 
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Elimination starts on Monday afternoon (by then, vocalists game should end). If I understand correctly, you want to promote the guitarists to not get eliminated? If you want, post one clip per guitarist and I will make a hyperlink - so when you click on their name in the poll, you get redirected to the video.
4 groups with 12 guitarists and 4 with 13 - with 4 guitarists per group being promoted to the finals - what do you think?
 
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^

Sounds good to me.

Billy Gibbons
The Edge
Steve Howe
Robert Fripp
Duane Allman
Andy Summers
George Lynch?
 
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Night Prowler said:
Elimination starts on Monday afternoon (by then, vocalists game should end). If I understand correctly, you want to promote the guitarists to not get eliminated? If you want, post one clip per guitarist and I will make a hyperlink - so when you click on their name in the poll, you get redirected to the video.
4 groups with 12 guitarists and 4 with 13 - with 4 guitarists per group being promoted to the finals - what do you think?
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Sounds excellent.

Steve Hillage: The Glorious Ohm Riff -> http://youtu.be/oBPv1EYE9FU
Nils Norberg (Nocturmal Rites): Lick Me -> http://youtu.be/0qsKAdabuf8
Per Nilsson (Scar Symmetry): Deviate From the Form -> http://youtu.be/4WAwU4uduCE
Lars Johansson (Candlemass): Spellbreaker -> http://youtu.be/cX63BfakYgQ


edit:
@Night Prowler:
Knowing how quick you are (and how much I edit  :P) -> I replaced the Nils Norberg link. Please take the one you see now.  :ok:
 
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I'm hoping if I spam him enough he'll get in the game.
 
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I'm busy translating some articles, so I have no time to recheck the list - don't expect this game to start before Thursday. So suggest more, and maybe I ditch some guitarists that are already on the list to make room for new ones :D
 
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