Tools of the trade: Guitarist Reference

There are tons of pretty good tools for a guitarist of the modern era, out there. If you are looking for a quick reference (chords, scales, arpeggios) here you are Guitarist Reference. Available as a Chrome Plugin and a classic web site it can help finding what you need quickly. I'd rather have the guitar fretboard in horizontal view, but you can't have everything, right?

Guitar Heroes: Igor Presnyakov

Igor "Iggy" Presnyakov, another YouTube celebrity.
Nothing Else Matters (cover Metallica)
Sweet Child O' Mine (cover Guns 'n' Roses)
Pirates Of The Caribbean Theme

Guitar Heroes: Frank Gambale

Frank Gambale.

Guitar Heroes

My posts tagged Guitar Heroes are just a reminder of the guitarists I admire or listen to. So:

• they are not meant to be comprehensive (neither the list nor the single post)
• they are not necessarily the "best" guitar players
• they play very very different music styles and genres
• they are not about speed: there are fast ones and slow ones

The only trait they have in common is that I would like to learn something from anyone of them!

Guitar Heroes: Al Di Meola

Al Di Meola... well... what can I say... here in Aliens 3:
Here playing Libertango:

Guitar Heroes: Earl Slick

Earl Slick used to play lead guitar to David Bowie, and that's enough (for me, at least) to put him amongst the living legends. Listen to this beautiful version of Stay:

Or this cover to the Beatles' song One After 909:

Guitar Heroes: Andy McKee

Andy McKee took youtube by storm, and for good reasons. A cover of Africa (by Toto): And, while your mouth's still agape: