Unsung Guitar heros

[jt]

:D Cheers March it was Carl Verheyen.  Already have Shawn Lane. Great Player.

 :D  8)

[Philly Q]

Not exactly obscure, but I still think they don't get the attention they deserve(d):

Jake E Lee
Chris Poland
Michael Amott
Ulrich Roth
Robin Trower
Frank Hannon
Roy Buchanan
Randy California
Kyoji Yamamoto
Ronnie Montrose
Vernon Reid
Richard Lloyd
Alex Lifeson
Bruce Franklin and Rick Wartell
Woody Weatherman and Pepper Keenan
Chris Haskett
Robert Quine
Brad Gillis
Michael Landau
James Byrd
Dave Meniketti
Tim Sult

and +1 to numerous others already mentioned, like Bob Mould, Ty Tabor, Reb Beach, John Norum and Matthias Jabs...

[March]

Jørn Viggo Lofstad (Pagan's Mind)
Gus G (Firewind, Ex-Dream Evil & Nightrage)
Jeff Loomis (Nevermore)
Jari Maenpaa (Wintersun, Ex- Ensiferum)
André Olbrich (Blind Guardian)
Jon Schaffer (Iced Earth)
Antti & Pekka Kokko (Kalmah)

The ones in bold are extremely underated.

 :D + 1 on all them espiecially Jorn Viggo Lofstad he played a blinder here in London with the band in March...

 :D  8)

He is such an amazing player, but his band arn't that well recognised yet, i love his solos in ' The Prophecy of Pleiades' and 'Aegean Shores'.

 :D Yep they are  great  i`d have to say "Enigmatic Calling" was for me the best album of last year loved  his solos on "Entrance To Infinity" & Resurrection [ Back In Time] I just hope there next album is as good to be honest

 :D  8)

Another Pagans Mind fan here. Caught them at the Prog Power festival in Cheltenham last March and to be honest they were by a mile the best band of the day. Jorn is some player.

[Ratrod]

Yesterday I listened to some old school Sepultura. Max Cavalera is probably the most underrated rhythm guitarist on the planet. So what if he played a cheapo drop tuned Warlock with four strings? Have a listen to 'Dead Embryonic Cells'. Excellent riffage!

[Crazy_Joe]

Jørn Viggo Lofstad (Pagan's Mind)
Gus G (Firewind, Ex-Dream Evil & Nightrage)
Jeff Loomis (Nevermore)
Jari Maenpaa (Wintersun, Ex- Ensiferum)
André Olbrich (Blind Guardian)
Jon Schaffer (Iced Earth)
Antti & Pekka Kokko (Kalmah)

The ones in bold are extremely underated.

 :D + 1 on all them espiecially Jorn Viggo Lofstad he played a blinder here in London with the band in March...

 :D  8)

He is such an amazing player, but his band arn't that well recognised yet, i love his solos in ' The Prophecy of Pleiades' and 'Aegean Shores'.

 :D Yep they are  great  i`d have to say "Enigmatic Calling" was for me the best album of last year loved  his solos on "Entrance To Infinity" & Resurrection [ Back In Time] I just hope there next album is as good to be honest

 :D  8)

Another Pagans Mind fan here. Caught them at the Prog Power festival in Cheltenham last March and to be honest they were by a mile the best band of the day. Jorn is some player.

I was going to go to prog power, but no one would go with me!

Pagan's Mind are the best prog/power band out there imo, Jorn is amazing.

[lifted]

Well, my new fave is Andy Timmons ( Andy Timmons Band),  And like Townsend, Ted Nugent ( old Ted that is),  is famous, but I never see him featured in Guitar mags . Wait, guitarone tabbed out Cat scratch, but, no interview or nothing.  All the skynryd guitarists, especially Ed King,  +1 for Jake E. Lee,   Dave Fzyuzinski,  Marc Ribot , Elliot Easton (Cars), Jimmy Nolen (James Brown)  Leo Nocentelli  (the Meters)  and Actually, Frank Zappa if you think about it.   Whew!   THere's lots more, but....

[LiamH]

That John Norum solo kicked ass. Whoa, I thought he was just a Yngwie wannabe too.

[March]

How did I forget this one?!

Danny Schmidt. An acoustic performer in the vain of great Nick Drake.

Check him out at http://www.dannyschmidt.com . in the songs section the track This Too Shall Pass is highly recommended listening.

The late Rainer Ptacek is another. 'Life Is Fine' is one of the heaviest songs ever recorded. For me heavy does not require highly distorted guitars and screaming vocals, but often songwriting with a vocal delivery that makes you think. In Rainers case Life Is Fine strikes a particular chord as the man was fighting a brain tumor at the time.

[cjpmmd]

Stanley Whittaker (Happy The Man)

I was fortunate to have gotten some lessons from him almost 20 years ago, and I'm still trying to get some of those exercises right!  :)

[Crazy_Joe]

The guitarists from Testament!

Eric Peterson and Alex Skolnick, highly underated, always looked at as the poor mans Metallica, when actually they could out play Hammet anyday.