Favorite Strat players?

[djangolad]

Hendrix, Clapton & Beck still sit on top of the pile for me

 

[djangolad]

+1 for Ian Moss :dude:

Yep Mossy rates high! I'm also an Ed Kuepper admirer. He's an under-rated and very creative strat player.

 

[Xpensive Wino]

Sonny Landreth another not mentioned yet.

Good call! He's otherworldly.

For those who haven't heard the man Eric Clapton called "the most advanced" musician in the world, listen to this duet with Tom Principato:

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[mistersnappy]

Isn't Brownie on display in Paul Allen's EMP Museum? At least, I'm pretty sure I saw it there around 2003 when first I toured the place, and Wikipedia claims:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownie_(guitar)

Oh, I didn't mean it *was* Brownie-I know he auctioned it-I just meant vintage like Brownie. Sorry for the confusion. :salude

 

[mistersnappy]

Richard Thompson. Cool bends, open drone string leads, *melody*, etc...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7JlxB4KQnU

 

[Xpensive Wino]

Richard Thompson. Cool bends, open drone string leads, *melody*, etc...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7JlxB4KQnU

Didn't mention him sooner 'cause he rarely plays a Fender Strat these days...but you are spot on in your assessment! :salude

Henry Kaiser, though? :hmm

 

[frankjohnson]

You guys named a whole bunch of the regular heavy hitters for sure!
Even though he plays an Xotic a lot - he still plays strats - Mr. Chris Duarte! I have been a fan since before the freightliner tour!

 

[DanMan]

Nils Lofgren another one.

 

[Red Baron]

I don't mind some Popa Chubby too :hank

 

[mistersnappy]

A king of Western Swing: Eldon Shamblin. He had a gold '54 up until the end given to him by Leo. He was a "rock star" amongst musicians back in those days in California. If you played with Bob Wills, you were The Shit and Eldon had since the '30s.

 

[Tom Wittrock]

I don't mind some Popa Chubby too :hank

That reminded me of this moment, with my 60 Burst, Curly.

 

[yeti]

A king of Western Swing: Eldon Shamblin. He had a gold '54 up until the end given to him by Leo. He was a "rock star" amongst musicians back in those days in California. If you played with Bob Wills, you were The Shit and Eldon had since the '30s.

Really? I thought he sold it to a "guy with more money than sense"(Eldon's own words IIRC).
My kinda guy:dude:

 

[DMartini]

David Gilmour
SRV
Eric Johnson
Jimi
Buddy Guy
Jeff Beck
Ed O Brien, plays them now days quite a bit
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
didn't Ike Turner use one when he was with Otis Rush?
and im quite partial to the odd surf band using one also with a touch of echo and drowning in REVERB!!!:spabout

 

[mistersnappy]

Really? I thought he sold it to a "guy with more money than sense"(Eldon's own words IIRC).
My kinda guy:dude:

Not the literal end.

 

[Ed Driscoll]

I don't think anybody's mentioned him in this thread, but I thought Robbie Blunt had some great moments with Robert Plant, and did a great job as Plant's first "replacement" for Jimmy Page. Impossible shoes to fill, but the difference in tone between the two men helped to bridge the gap remarkably well. Blunt's playing on "Big Log" is really pretty -- and his tone is excellent:

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[DMartini]

dam forgot Hank Marvin.
late 1950's Fiesta Red m/b Stratocaster + Vox AC30 + WEM echo + Hank = a lot of young guys very interested in playing electric guitar! :hank

 

[Red Baron]

I don't think anybody's mentioned him in this thread, but I thought Robbie Blunt had some great moments with Robert Plant, and did a great job as Plant's first "replacement" for Jimmy Page.

Agreed, Robbie Blunt was IMO the most creative and melodic of Robert Plant's post-Zeppelin guitarists.

 

[Xpensive Wino]

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[Ad_02Std]

Thinking about it now, some of my favourite Strat moments have come from Jimmy Page. I don't really think of him as a "Strat player" though, for obvious reasons.

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[Dragjet]

Dick Dale
Hank Marvin
Rip Thrillby
Nokie Edwards
various bands you will never have heard of because im a lowly surf guitar player.....The Eliminators,The Bel Airs,Man or Astroman,The Penetrators and The Woodies.

Chris Rolph