All-time Best Rhythm Guitarist
 

I know most of you in this forum will disagree with me, but my alltime favorite rythm guitarist is James Hetfield(worst singer)

let me know your all-time favorite.

Worst singer? You are crazy. I think the best Rhythm guitarist is the duo Janick Gers and Adrian Smith from Iron Maiden. They basically invented harmonizing with the guitar. Or it would Malcolm Young of AC/DC.

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I didn't know what I would say when I clicked on this thread, but since you reminded me of Maiden I'll go with that. Janick Gers and Adrian Smith created some truly addicting guitar riffs. It is hard to not enjoy the good Maiden songs because of them. Flight of Icarus anyday...

the correct answer is

MALCOLM YOUNG

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Jon Schaffer-Iced Earth is impressive.

Is this even a question? Hendrix is the king of rhythm guitar.

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Hendrix is more of a jack of all trades, though...I kind of took this thread as best rhythm guitarist when there are two distinct rhythm and lead guitarists in the band.

ah, sounds reasonable.

In that case I pick Stefan Koglek. Hes is the lead/only guitarist for Colour Haze a German stoner outfit. Apparently he started his carrear by learning nearly every Hendrix song, and when someone called him a little hendrix he stopped listening him altogether so he could develop his own style. It paid off.

same here

That is what I meant in creating this thread.
another one of my favorites is Izzy Stradlin of GunsNRoses.
He's made some of my favorite riffs in songs like Mr Brownstone and Nighttrain

Izzy Stradlin is without doubt the most talented member of the band (even though he is no longer with them)

yeah, I had a chance to go see the new guns the last couple years and i can't bring myself to do it. its not the same. don't even think i would have fit into the building with the size of axle's ego in there. lol

Right on!
I was about to post Izzy. Awesome guitarist, awesome songwriter, awesome singer,

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and not a shabby solo career either.

Page, Hendrix, Johnny Marr, Keef.

Rhythm guitarist. When did Hendrix and Page play rhythm on anything?

Seriously??? How about almost every song each ever made.

the thing with Hendrix is that he seamlessly blended his rhythm and lead styles into a cohesive and unique package. seriously though, any time i comment in a 'best' guitar player thread i always read it as 'best not counting Hendrix since none have eclipsed him yet'.

and to say Page never played rhythm is the mark of a troll trying FAR too hard to get a rise out of guitarists as LZ's songwriting style kept the rhythm and lead parts quite distinct. you don't need to like his rhythm playing but to deny he did is absolute folly.

I just learned he used a Tele on a lot of his earlier stuff. Single coil ftw???! It is now my mission to turn my new Xaviere Tele into a hard rock machine.

yeah most of LZ1 is a tele

I always thought him mainly aLes Paul player. I just enjoy seeing single coils being used for heavier sounds. I love Strat/Tele (p90 style) guitars but for the music I play they seem to be far to thin sounding. Tele can get heavy but I doubt they could ever have enough bottom end and thickness covering a Kyuss and Sleep song.

ps awsome video

yeah i wouldn't tune a single coil guitar lower than D. going down to C pretty much necessitates humbuckers.

your also right that Page was more of a Les Paul player but just like Hendrix sometimes played a Gibson they were never 100% exclusive to their main models.

glad you liked the clip :thumb:

Page is a riff master, ergo, rhythms. Just because they also did solos doesn't mean they couldn't play rhythm.

I dunno, every song they ever made?

When a band only has one guitarist then usually that person has to fill the roles of both a lead and rhythm guitarist, the use of overdubbing is common.

You never struck me as an AC/DC fan.

i'm not really a fan. love hearing them on the radio when i'm on a road trip and that's about it. there's just no denying Malcolm is the man when it comes to playing rhythm guitar. he understands and appreciates the role implicitly, he never tries to show up his brother or to draw any attention away from the rest of the band. he just stands there, drives the groove, and rocks the f*ck out all night every night.

James Hetfield, of course. He truly is talented, call him the devil, or tell him he can't sing, the guy is crazy good.

agreed, he definitely helped reinvent what playing rhythm in a metal context was all about, but he's still no Malcolm Young hehehe.

the bit that killed me the most in that intro was the very last lick. that effing triplet of muted notes on 3 different strings threw me off every single time, especially after getting through the preceding riff-age of the intro hehe.

funny how combining riff-age gets censored haha

I would say Maiden uses more of a dual-lead/swap lead sort of style rather than a traditional rhythm/lead style.



It's hard to argue against Malcolm Young, he's one of the best at just rocking out the jam time and time again.

Keith Richards & Pete Townshend
 

The Rolling Stones & The Who, has produced some of the best rythm guitar ever, just my personal opinion.

I don't know who played it-but one of my favorite rhythm guitar pieces is in "Roll on Down the Highway" by Bachman Turner Overdrive. Nuthin fancy but great chops that back up the lead playing perfectly!............ok, Malcom Young rules.

See imo Malcolm reinvented basic blues rock great band, especially the "Let there be Rock" album. Another couple of great rythm/lead guitarist are Dimebag Darell and Randy Rhoads. Rhoads was amazing.

Rhoads isn't exactly a lead guitarist, but he was one of the best. So was Dime, shame that the good die young.

Its true, and the two of them died so violently.

Yeah. They were good people too. But no one should die the way Dime did. That is just messed up.

Never heard of Thin Lizzy? My classification of a rhythm guitarist is solely that. No solo's etc so that would mean both Smith and Gers discounted as they both play solo's.

Ah yes, but I was exagerating. It is kin of hard to tell who is Rhythmand who is lead in Thin Lizzy. If both lead and rhythm play the same Riffs are they not both lead guitarists? I understand what ou meant by rhythm guitarists not playing solos, but I don't think that takes away from being considered rhythm, everone needs their chance to stand out.

I forgot to mention Black Dog by Zepp. That rhythm alone is one of the best ever.