Members 1001gear Posted July 17, 2016 Members Share Posted July 17, 2016 Who's your favorite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jtr654 Posted July 17, 2016 Members Share Posted July 17, 2016 Blackmore & Beck ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesmann Posted July 17, 2016 Members Share Posted July 17, 2016 Frank Marino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted July 17, 2016 Author Members Share Posted July 17, 2016 Vote gdammit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted July 17, 2016 Author Members Share Posted July 17, 2016 Write ins like SRV are allowed just vote other and specify in a post. Also you can vote for all for options if you like. Gotta be a Strat with a whammy though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wankdeplank Posted July 17, 2016 Members Share Posted July 17, 2016 I voted other. I like the spank of a clean Strat so my choice would be Mark Knopfler (contemporary), but Hank Marvin for his seminal impact on Strat players with his band the Shadows. It was Hank Marvin that inspired the Beatles to get Strats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted July 17, 2016 Author Members Share Posted July 17, 2016 Apache! The Ventures version is the one I knew. I like the sound on this version. Must be that Matchless amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted July 17, 2016 Members Share Posted July 17, 2016 So many great ones. My first thought was Eric Johnson, so I'll stick with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted July 17, 2016 Members Share Posted July 17, 2016 Nile Rogers is right up there for me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onelife Posted July 17, 2016 Members Share Posted July 17, 2016 Buddy Holly also inspired early strat players (including George Harrison). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members humbuckerstrat Posted July 18, 2016 Members Share Posted July 18, 2016 Hendrix and EVH are probably my favorite players of all times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onelife Posted July 18, 2016 Members Share Posted July 18, 2016 What do you think of Nuno Bettencoutr's playing? It seems he learned a lot from EVH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesmann Posted July 18, 2016 Members Share Posted July 18, 2016 I did, Jimi all the way Frank Marino does have a SG with 3 singles so, its a strat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onelife Posted July 18, 2016 Members Share Posted July 18, 2016 I always thought this guy knew his way around a stratocaster... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Juicy Elk Man Posted July 18, 2016 Members Share Posted July 18, 2016 Blackmore and Hendrix for me mate. And let's not forget Gilmour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members humbuckerstrat Posted July 18, 2016 Members Share Posted July 18, 2016 He's good, too. Bettencourt has a great tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wankdeplank Posted July 18, 2016 Members Share Posted July 18, 2016 At 1001 gear: yeah, the amp helps but it may also be the guitars. The original strats that the band used were like Fender copies with a real funky headstock. At Onelife: Undoubtedly true, even the band name was derivative of the Crickets (Beatles). But Marvin took Holly's rhythm thing to a new level with the slap back echo and the twangy single line riffs. In comparison, I thought a lot of the Buddy Holly stuff was a little primitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 I voted for Beck, strictly for the longevity... but it's too close to call between him and Jimi IMHO. Jimi was the far bigger innovator, but Jeff managed to stay alive and keep playing. Rogers, Marvin, Guy, Holly, Clapton, Knopfler, Johnson, Blackmore and SRV (among others) are all worthy of honorable mentions IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onelife Posted July 19, 2016 Members Share Posted July 19, 2016 ^^^^ It's interesting that you mention both Beck and Hendrix. The way I see it, there are three quantum leaps in the history of the beloved stratocater. The first was the design and we can credit Leo Fender and company for that. It was designed for the music of the time and the whammy bar was there with the intention of getting some pedal steel effects. Then along came Hendrix and said this is what else you can do with it - this is what it sounds like with lots of overdrive and this is what happens when you light it on fire etc. Although there were many innovators since Hendrix, I think they built on what he did. I would even put EVH in the Hendrix era. Jeff Beck, IMO, has actually taken it to a new quantum level. His approach to the instrument is unique and exclusive to the strat. He takes advantage of the whammy and control layout to the point where the sounds are almost vocal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted July 28, 2016 Author Members Share Posted July 28, 2016 I'm the only one likes Scott Henderson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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