Favorite Strat players?

[zoommutt]

Robbie Robertson needs to show up here.

 

[RnB]

Besides many that have already been mentioned, I really like Chris Rhea. His slide work is great. :jim

 

[humbucking]

How about:

Doyle Bramhall II
Richard Lloyd
Robert Quine
Michael Gurley (DaDa)
Audley Freed on the Cry of Love albums

There are too many to list.

 

[Minibucker]

SRV and Hubert Sumlin.

 

[chuckNC]

Magic Sam could operate one very well.

 

[FretsAlot]

Since humbuckers have always been my first love, I rarely hear strat tone that makes me want to try and duplicate it... except for when I hear Steve Miller, Joe Walsh or Mick Ralphs (Bad Company). I was just listening to Bad Company today and it made want to get home and plug my strat into my plexi clone.

Fretsalot/Scott

 

[Formvar]

I`ve been digging Philip Sayce lately. He`s got fire in his playing.

 

[steve_p]

Nobody for Paul Kossoff?

 

[Midnight Blues]

 

[Rev.WillieVK]

Jimi
Rory
Trower
Jimmie Vaughn (Girls Go Wild!)

 

[RnB]

Anson Funderburgh

 

[emmadet]

For my money, both Robin Trower and Jeff Beck did the transition from paula to strat better than EC. There's one unmentioned cat though who shined tremendously on a modded '63 strat; Allan Holdsworth, and especially on his first solo record from 1982. Everything through a humbucker in the bridge, and with lots of volume pedal swells. It's jazz, but it's not. It's almost fusion, but not really. The drummer later went on to make a career in Level 42, the british band with the ridiculously busy bassplayer. It sounded like this

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

 

[Tom Wittrock]

Alan Haynes deserves to be with this crowd. :yah

 

[RnB]

I almost forgot about one of the guitarists who inspired me a great deal years ago in the 70's & have been a big fan of theirs since. :jim Usually seen playing a Burny LP, but he could play the heck out of an EC Strat...Prog Rocker Andy Latimer of Camel. I saw this tour when Camel came to town and he played that strat for the entire show. What a great show...!

At the time he was living in the Bay Area. I had a friend at a music shop that was good friends w/ him and I had just bought a Fulltone OD pedal that I didn't like, so I ended up giving the pedal to him & he gave to Andy. He really liked the pedal & it soon became part of his rig. In turn, Andy gave me a bunch of goodies that I have stashed in my memorabilia cabinet. He was out seriously sick for some time, but better now & out recording & playing once again. :salude .

There used to a live cut of this, but YT must have taken it down. Only the whole show is available now. Andy lets it rip towards the end...

 

[sglp63]

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

R.I.P. Rip

 

[Dothedew]

Eric Gales is quite the player...

 

[Tom Wittrock]

Eric Gales is quite the player...and his true lefty style makes him that much more impressive

Both guitars are strung right handed.
How can that possibly be "true lefty style"? :wah

 

[Dothedew]

Long day TW59:##

 

[The Shifter]

Good to see Eric healthy and doing well these days.:salude

 

[roadrunner]

Anson Funderburgh

Anson's great!

Magic Sam could operate one very well.

Yup!

Nobody for Paul Kossoff?

Nope! Despite the Backstreet Crawler thing, I don't think anyone, at least around here, associates Koss with a Strat.