Favorite Clean/effect-less guitarist

[devnulljp]

would have to say it's a tie between Bill Frissell ...

You've got to be kidding. At least one iteration of BF's 'board'



That's a lot of FX for effect-less

[smile_man]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo5bT9NclTQ[/youtube]

that tim kinsella jawn

[devnulljp]

Clean, no effects...

[MEC]

Geoff Farina
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbB2yjJg0g8[/youtube]

[Gearmond]

fuck yeah karate.

though he has a killer lead tone too

[grindonomicon]

Any 60's garage band. I love the clean sounds of those old recordings almost as much as reverb and fuzz.

And Sonny Sharrock, his clean playing is some of the most beautiful guitar I've ever heard.

And the guitarists from Television.

[RR Bigman]

And the guitarists from Television.

Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd. I didn't even think of them, I feel ashamed

[Dandolin]

So many great ones already mentioned--here are a couple few more:


Princer Nico Mbarga is one of many tremendous African gitflailers who live on clean:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mecNrIaWOA[/youtube]

Manuel Galban has been guilty of flogging up the trem and verb on his amp, but that's a nice clean tone he's pushing (his co-conspirator here is also a clean tone king (who stared down Old Nick) and shall remain unnamed for anti-TGP infiltration reasons):

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oInhtaOztbs[/youtube]

I'm probably wrong on this, but Michael Karoli of Can, to my memory, is almost always clean. Just to be perverse, thios track is by Can's bassist Holger Czukay, and the guitat was sped up in post-production, but it's one of my favorite clean solos ever:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if5eTwaieMw[/youtube]

SSG (sorry so grand-daddish)

[Dandolin]

First two that come to mind:

[American Football]
(I know it's two guitars, but it just sounds awesome)

I downloaded some of this a while ago and never really listened. Silly me.

[Carson McWhirter]
(He usually uses effects, but this is a great example that he doesn't have to)

This makes me want to pull out my beat pre-WWII archtop. And it made me think of Dr Sir Warrior, and then, Prince Nico Mbarga who's even better.

ilovemusic!



Really loved both of these so much (and many others on this thread too)! Thanks mang!

[Gearmond]

So many great ones already mentioned--here are a couple few more:


Princer Nico Mbarga is one of many tremendous African gitflailers who live on clean:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mecNrIaWOA[/youtube]

Manuel Galban has been guilty of flogging up the trem and verb on his amp, but that's a nice clean tone he's pushing (his co-conspirator here is also a clean tone king (who stared down Old Nick) and shall remain unnamed for anti-TGP infiltration reasons):

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oInhtaOztbs[/youtube]

I'm probably wrong on this, but Michael Karoli of Can, to my memory, is almost always clean. Just to be perverse, thios track is by Can's bassist Holger Czukay, and the guitat was sped up in post-production, but it's one of my favorite clean solos ever:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if5eTwaieMw[/youtube]

SSG (sorry so grand-daddish)

yes.

soukous and highlife are easily my favorite guitar styles

[bubstance]

I really dig Tim Collis from This Town Needs Guns.

YES!

Audio/video assistance is necessary:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS56_MfEnrg[/youtube]

THIS. ALWAYS THIS.

[adrianlee]

Wes Montgomery, Joe pass.

FUCKIN A RIGHT.

[D.o.S.]

Straight up acoustic:
Django
John Williams
Another Segovia acolyte who's name I'm blanking on right now.

[Gearmond]

Wes Montgomery, Joe pass.

FUCKIN A RIGHT.

no me gusta wes montgomery

[CBGB]

Any 60's garage band. I love the clean sounds of those old recordings almost as much as reverb and fuzz.

And Sonny Sharrock, his clean playing is some of the most beautiful guitar I've ever heard.

And the guitarists from Television.

Are you me?!!