A mark in time

[Jules]

Today, having dinner I listened to a few guitar notes of a song that I didn

[dustyvalentino]

A couple off the top of my head

Chet Atkins
George Harrison's slide sound

[superval99]

A couple I recognize for a different reason - because I dislike their style.   Santana - to me his style is really lacking in tone and is very boring.  The other is The Edge, who has been playing the same tink-a-tink riff for about thirty years! 

[markknopflerfan1985]

Carlos Santana...And yes,SRV is my favourite too.
  Jeff Beck

[Jackal]

Hello all and merry Christmas!

I believe all guitarists have their own sound, but, true, some are more easily recognizable than others. It's really a matter of listening much to different players, and then you'll pick up certain phrases, licks or "idioms" they use.

To name some:
Albert Lee
Ry Cooder
Tony Rice
Danny Gatton
Scott Henderson
Jerry Garcia (FFW to halfway ...)
Mike Oldfield
JJ Cale

For me it's more difficult with instruments and styles of music that I'm not accustomed to listening to. I'm listening to jazz quite a bit these days, and it's cool to notice that I'm beginning to recognize how for instance the famous sax players sound diffferently.

It's a big world 

[Hoops McCann]

I'm in the current mind set that you don't need to be a great "technical" guitarist like say...Eric Clapton or Santana...or whomever...to produce good music. To be honest, I find most guitar players that are only strictly "guitarists" quite boring. So I rarely listen to them. Bands have a certain appeal to them that solo artists (or even bands where one artist is highlighted) just don't have.

But anyway, that's way off topic. A simple answer to your question would be Robert Fripp.  

[dustyvalentino]

Hello all and merry Christmas!

I believe all guitarists have their own sound, but, true, some are more easily recognizable than others. It's really a matter of listening much to different players, and then you'll pick up certain phrases, licks or "idioms" they use.

To name some:
Albert Lee
Ry Cooder
Tony Rice
Danny Gatton
Scott Henderson
Jerry Garcia (FFW to halfway ...)
Mike Oldfield
JJ Cale

For me it's more difficult with instruments and styles of music that I'm not accustomed to listening to. I'm listening to jazz quite a bit these days, and it's cool to notice that I'm beginning to recognize how for instance the famous sax players sound diffferently.

It's a big world 

Welcome to the best Mark Knopfler forum in the world Jackal.

[superval99]

Another very recognizable guitarist - Django Rheinhardt.


BTW Welcome to the forum, Jackal.  I hope you'll enjoy being with us.   

[Pottel]

mk, for obvious reasons.
DG, that tone, recognisable out of a gazillion other guitars..
Leo Kottke, the fingerpicking
The Edge, does have his own style as well, very recognisable
Satriani
JJ Cale is harder for me, i mean, i love the guy, and got all his cd's plus a very big lot of his live recordings, but to say his guitar tone itself is unique,...not really.

[dustyvalentino]

JJ Cale is harder for me, i mean, i love the guy, and got all his cd's plus a very big lot of his live recordings, but to say his guitar tone itself is unique,...not really.

Damn right, he just sounds like a Mark Knopfler impersonator.

[Rollergirl]

JJ Cale is harder for me, i mean, i love the guy, and got all his cd's plus a very big lot of his live recordings, but to say his guitar tone itself is unique,...not really.

Damn right, he just sounds like a Mark Knopfler impersonator.

 

[kaleo74]

don't forget DAVID GILMOUR sound ! unique too

[goldenheart96]

Oldfield, definitely. I love his dreamy, playful sound. Wonderful soundscapes. I always see fantasy landscapes when I hear him play.

[IrisRose]

  Live on Letterman
  American Saturday Night
I'm gonna miss her

You can hear MK's influence but it's all BP.    Arpeggios to kill for.   Nice eyes too.

[superval99]

IrisRose,   The videos are blocked in UK!    I can't for the life of me think who is BP!    

Just a thought - could it be Brad Paisley?   He has lovely eyes!  

PS   Found a lot of BP on YouTube and I agree he is a very good guitarist, but I don't think his style is distinctive enough to pick him out in a line-up, blindfold!   Whereas MK........