Guitarists who are neither overrated nor underrated

PonchoGreg

George Harrison?
Mick Mars from Motley Crue (some serious riffage)?

Stuckfast

Funkfingers said:

Glenn Tilbrook.

I saw him play solo once and he widdled non-stop.

The 16-year-old Glenn Tilbrook was also briefly in the Only Ones and ruined some of their early tracks by widdling non-stop over them.

Not sure if that makes him over- or under-rated -- clearly a good guitarist from a technical point of view but possibly prone to self-indulgence.

prowla

Steve Howe - exactly the right guitarist in exactly the right band at exactly the right time.

skullfunkerry

Me

mort

Steve Hackett?
 Don’t recall his name coming up in the overrated or underrated threads.

guitars4you

I like many of those great 'pop' guitar players whose playing supports the song - Lindsey Buckingham, Neil Finn, Mike Campbell, Keith Scott etc - Never flashy but everything they do is just right and adds colour to the song 

JezWynd

Tim Renwick.

richardhomer

guitars4you said:

I like many of those great 'pop' guitar players whose playing supports the song - Lindsey Buckingham, Neil Finn, Mike Campbell, Keith Scott etc - Never flashy but everything they do is just right and adds colour to the song 

I’d add Robbie Macintosh to that list - his playing on The Pretenders’ ‘Hymn to Her’ is a masterclass in taste - and he’s played plenty of weirder stuff such as on Talk Talk’s ‘The Colour of Spring’ album. A great player.

prowla

mort said:

Steve Hackett?
 Don’t recall his name coming up in the overrated or underrated threads.

A very underrated guitarist - he invented tapping, y'know!

rain.parade

Will Sergeant - not the most technically proficient, perhaps, but his playing probably wouldn't be half as good if he were...

zepp76

Danny Kirwan was one of those "just right" players, although the more I think about it the more I think he was seriously underrated. 

Whitecat

Joe Walsh
Alex Lifeson

Ché

I vote Derek Trucks. 

RaymondLin

This thread is essentially a list of guitarist whom I have never ever heard of, ergo fits the title perfectly. 

DiscoStu

James Hetfield.

sev112

 prowla said:

Steve Howe - exactly the right guitarist in exactly the right band at exactly the right time.

Asia ?  

guitars4you

richardhomer said:

guitars4you said:

I like many of those great 'pop' guitar players whose playing supports the song - Lindsey Buckingham, Neil Finn, Mike Campbell, Keith Scott etc - Never flashy but everything they do is just right and adds colour to the song 

I’d add Robbie Macintosh to that list - his playing on The Pretenders’ ‘Hymn to Her’ is a masterclass in taste - and he’s played plenty of weirder stuff such as on Talk Talk’s ‘The Colour of Spring’ album. A great player.

I think there is a host of players you can add to this - Andy when in The Police and Steve Stevens in Billy Idol days - ie the guitar player who is there to support the song and not just about big solos or another 12 bar break

Nikc

Danish Pete - tasty player and has played on quite a bit fo stuff

Tenebrous

jonnyburgo

Leo Nocentelli from The Meters and Barrie Cadogan, two players that just have “it”