Underrated guitarists

[Kiichi]

To me...different people.

Scotti Hill and Dave "the snake" Sabo of Skid Row are forgotten to often, especially when it comes to pinched harmonics. In general great riffs (I love their style), but the solos are just so amazing to me, with the pinched harmonics just in the right space.

Tim Millar and Luke Hoskin of Protest the Hero are not only very fun and insanely nice guys (all of prostes the hero signed the headstock of my Ibbie S, which is just soooo very amazing to me) and are part of one of my favorite bands (their Kezia album is one of my favorite ever by anyone), but very good guitar players, especially when you concider their age.
The music they create by using interresting rythms and scales with the lead work and tapped riffs of Luke over the jazzy high gain chords of Tim...wow.

Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails is also often forgotten and what a shame. He is not a technically great guitar player, but his work with sounds and using the guitar outside the box of what we usually hear is, at least to me, bloody good.

[Philly Q]

Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody.

They may not have been technically amazing (although anybody's technically amazing to me), but Whitesnake was an infinitely better band with them than it has been with all the hot-shot guitar players who've joined and left since.

[Denim n Leather]

Norifuma Shima of Concerto Moon --

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs3njmal_QU



Fumihiko Kitsutaka of XYZ>A --

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD2W3Ho01Tc



Charley Corbiaux and Olivier Lapauze of Heavenly --

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_bJWVmbiAQ



Andy Midgley of Power Quest --

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnTORxEkOv8&feature=related

[Lezard]

Jan Akkerman, the guitarist from early Focus, has been underrated all his life and he is a bit pissed about that himself.
Vid from 1973, but still fun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4ouPGGLI6Q

+1

anyone get a chance to see him this year? I was floored, he's one of the main reasons I started playing in the first place.

[Frank]

any votes for Clapton?

[FELINEGUITARS]

For those saying who the heck is Russ Parish ?

He was guitarist in War and Peace (Jeff Pilson's post Dokken group)
then he was in Rob HAlford's fight http://youtu.be/enlkGU6L7qc
He was also in Paul Gilbert's Electric Fence

I first saw him live as the Guitarist in LA's Atomic punks - Van Halen tribute,
Check this out - I swear Eddie and Dave can't do it this well
http://youtu.be/sk4LJkJuylw

BUT he had a side project with the Punk's singer called Metal Skool, who later changed their name to Steel Panther.
This is how you make a guitar solo fun - Doug Aldrich and Reb Beech take note!!!!

http://youtu.be/S5ZCs9jHo60

Gets funnier after 4.00 minutes

[Philly Q]

For those saying who the heck is Russ Parrish ?

Did anyone?  :P

I'm sure I once saw some clips of him playing in a Rush tribute band, too.  They weren't lookalikes or using the same gear etc, just playing the songs really well.

[Afghan Dave]

To me...different people.

Scotti Hill and Dave "the snake" Sabo of Skid Row are forgotten to often, especially when it comes to pinched harmonics. In general great riffs (I love their style), but the solos are just so amazing to me, with the pinched harmonics just in the right space.

Totally agree, they were awsome live as well.

[FELINEGUITARS]

For those saying who the heck is Russ Parrish ?

Did anyone?  :P

No - but I am so enjoying the new Steel Panther album that I was in the mood to share

[Philly Q]

No - but I am so enjoying the new Steel Panther album that I was in the mood to share

 :lol:

Is it more of the same?  I might have a listen on Spotify.

[Elliot]

any votes for Clapton?

I already did.

[gwEm]

Jan Akkerman, the guitarist from early Focus, has been underrated all his life and he is a bit pissed about that himself.

Vid from 1973, but still fun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4ouPGGLI6Q

Do you not think the yodelling might have been too much for a 1970s audience?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCXBQFYlYOQ

[Philly Q]

Jan Akkerman, the guitarist from early Focus, has been underrated all his life and he is a bit pissed about that himself.

Vid from 1973, but still fun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4ouPGGLI6Q

Do you not think the yodelling might have been too much for a 1970s audience?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCXBQFYlYOQ

I don't think there was ever a better time than the 1970s for yodelling at a rock audience.

[darkbluemurder]

I personally think Jake E. Lee is a very underated guitarist. I think because he came straight after Randy Rhoads, people were still getting over Randy's death as well as how much of a great guitarist he was! U listen to the 2 Ozzy albums Jake E. lee was on, and you can't help but to really appreciate his style, as well as his inventiveness. To name a well known song: Shot in the Dark was a great song in terms of uniquness. He tuned his guitar to a weird tuning, and managed to creat a great opening out of harmonics and bending the strings behind the nut. He really was on a different level when it came to songwriting.

+1. His songwriting skills also show in his band Badlands. Anyone into 70s hard rock with a contemporary sound should look (or rather hear) into the three Badlands albums.

Cheers Stephan

[Nephilim]

Buckethead! :)