Phrasing...favorite players?

[NickLayton]

Who are some of the players who's phrasing you enjoy most? I'm talking about things like vibrato, note choice, etc.
A few of mine are Andy LaRocque, George Lynch and Vinnie Moore.

 

[bluepowder]

VAI
Petrucci
Andy Timmons
Vinnie Moore
Frank Gambale
Jason Becker
Marty Friedman

 

[Levaiathan]

Lee Ritenour

 

[fgl]

1. Steve Morse
2. Mark Knofpler
3. Eric Clapton
4. Angus Young
5. SRV

 

[Stillborn]

Andy Timmons
Eric Johnson
Steve Vai
Kiko Loureiro
Rafael Bettencort
Mikael Akerfeldt

 

[TheBreed]

britney sperm :evil:
christina kaninama :evil:
backsideboys :evil:
crap david :evil:
Zoe Tay (cha cha cha) :evil:
last but not least......Steve Vai.

 

[MrRhoads]

Jeff Beck
Albert King
Robben Ford

 

[Vaiyen]

Vai
Timmons
Friedman

 

[Kwerty]

B B King
SRV
Clapton
Ford

 

[subversion]

Holdsworth- the only person to phrase the ENTIRE song to my liking, instead of just passing glories.

 

[gkinsingapore]

Steve Lukather!

 

[Indigo_blues]

Glenn Pearce - he's the guy who plays for Michael W Smith.

 

[Mobius]

David Gilmour!!!!

 

[akira]

Randy rhoads
Eddie Van Halen
Akira takasaki ( Loudness )
Andy timmons ( ex danger danger )
Steve Vai
Reb beach ( ex winger )
Vinnie moore
Jason becker ( cacophony )

 

[NickLayton]

Indigo_blues--I am familiar with Pearce as well. He is very good.

 

[NickLayton]

Also love Timmons, Gilmour, Lukather and Holdsworth. Great choices guys!

 

[Paulo]

all those already mentioned - great stuff.

2 missing names in phrasing, i would want to mention is Arjen Lucassen www.ayreon.com
and my fav High Priestess of Guitar, Lori Linstruth \m/

his project release featuring Lori @ www.streamofpassion.com

 

[ShredCow]

and my fav High Priestess of Guitar, Lori Linstruth \m/

Oh, I've heard of her... very nice stuff coming from her. She has a website with a great page on Modal theory. Very good.

For me ... tops... phrasing?

1) Vai/Mattias (toss up between the 2)
2) Shawn Lane
3) Duke Ellington.

Yes yes... jazz purists, don't get worked up... I'm a rock player lah.

 

[Drewgie]

Michael Romeo. His solo album has lots of great phrasing in it

 

[bluepowder]

Michael Romeo has a solo album??man that shld be good...where did u get ur hands on it??