Greatest Guitarists

by **Sierra Apathia** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 1:16 pm

I'm listing alot here. I want your opinion actually. You may select up to 5 in the poll

My list (In order of the first five only)
Jimi Hendrix
Slash
Zakk Wylde
BB King
Orianthi
Matt Bellamy
Herman Li
Steve Vai
Kirk Hammet
John Petrucci
Carlos Santana
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Randy Rhoads
Joe Satriani
Tom Morello
Duane Allman
Yngwie Malmsteen
Kurt Cobain
Tony Iommi
The Edge
Jeff Beck
Paul Gilbert
Joe Perry
Pete Townshend
Billy Joe Armstrong
Jack White
Buckethead

Post up yours, these are the guitarists that i recognize as the most talented musicians of all.

by **Mad hatters in jeans** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 1:24 pm

pretty tough to beat that list you've already got all the well known ones.

I note satriani and Stevie ray vaughn.
Uh would you say Gary Moore was a good guitarist? I liked some of his songs.

by **Brandenburg-Altmark** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 3:57 pm

Dave Mustaine, more from a writing sense than playing, but he is fantastic at that as well.

Marty Friedman

Paul Gilbert

Jason Becker

Steve Vai

Joe Satriani

There are many, many more who completely overpower the people on your list that aren't Yngwie, whose only real talent lies in his precise fingering and sweep picking, tbh.

by **Sibirsky** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 4:02 pm

Jimmy Page, Kirk Hammet

by **Ralvey** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 4:11 pm

For "Others" I'd say:

David Rawlings (of Gillian Welch fame)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AchmYEqztWg

and

Django Reinhardt (of Gypsy Jazz fame)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY2BQk9s11Y

by **Stewies Room** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 4:45 pm

I personally voted for Jimi Hendrix, but I really think Roy Clark deserves mention. Outstanding ability without gadgetry.

by **Sierra Apathia** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:28 am

No votes fro Jimmy page? He's not a genius in Stairway to Heaven? Personally, since it is one of the most played song on guitar, Jimmy page should have alot of credit.

by **North Wiedna** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 9:00 am

David Gilmour.

by **Kommunismus Fellowship** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 9:03 am

B.B King.

by **Monoff** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 9:04 am

Jonny Ramone

by **Hora Zero** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 12:03 pm

This really has to be won by Hendrix. All the guitarists on this list are technically excellent but he reinvented the instrument.

Steve Vai wanks his guitar, Hendrix makes love to it.* You can hear the difference.

I think the acoustic guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela deserve recognition too. They are outstanding and don't have to rely on studio overdubs or distortion to make their music compelling and impressive. Check this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9ZxozEsdgQ

PS. Where is Dimebag on this list?

(*Not literally, obviously)

by **GetBert** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 12:56 pm

Elliott Randall
Dave Davies
Mike Oldfield
Richard Thompson
Robert Fripp
David Gilmour
Slash
Jeff Beck
Mark Knopfler

by **Tsa-la-gi Nation** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 2:44 pm

Hora Zero wrote:This really has to be won by Hendrix. All the guitarists on this list are technically excellent but he reinvented the instrument.

Steve Vai wanks his guitar, Hendrix makes love to it.* You can hear the difference.

I think the acoustic guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela deserve recognition too. They are outstanding and don't have to rely on studio overdubs or distortion to make their music compelling and impressive. Check this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9ZxozEsdgQ

PS. Where is Dimebag on this list?

(*Not literally, obviously)

My vote was for Hendrix as well. However, if the question was still playing today, I think Steve Kimock would get my vote.

by **Friedman and Rothbard** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 2:46 pm

Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler and B. B. King are my favorites. Jimi Hendrix was mediocre at best: he was more show than anything else. Clapton's work with Cream was phenomenal, especially on Disraeli Gears.

by **Mad hatters in jeans** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 3:05 pm

Hora Zero wrote:This really has to be won by Hendrix. All the guitarists on this list are technically excellent but he reinvented the instrument.

Steve Vai wanks his guitar, Hendrix makes love to it.* You can hear the difference.

I think the acoustic guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela deserve recognition too. They are outstanding and don't have to rely on studio overdubs or distortion to make their music compelling and impressive. Check this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9ZxozEsdgQ

PS. Where is Dimebag on this list?

(*Not literally, obviously)

I don't know i recognise Hendrix was amazing with the guitar, but i've listened to a number of his songs and they're pretty rubbish really.

by **Soratsin** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 4:48 pm

Miley Cyrus.

by **Tsa-la-gi Nation** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:38 pm

Mad hatters in jeans wrote:
Hora Zero wrote:This really has to be won by Hendrix. All the guitarists on this list are technically excellent but he reinvented the instrument.

Steve Vai wanks his guitar, Hendrix makes love to it.* You can hear the difference.

I think the acoustic guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela deserve recognition too. They are outstanding and don't have to rely on studio overdubs or distortion to make their music compelling and impressive. Check this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9ZxozEsdgQ

PS. Where is Dimebag on this list?

(*Not literally, obviously)

I don't know i recognise Hendrix was amazing with the guitar, but i've listened to a number of his songs and they're pretty rubbish really.

I don't live today, maybe tomorrow I just can't say......maybe the best native american protest song ever.

by **Nanatsu no Tsuki** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:45 pm

Paco de Lucía.

"Skallvia" · by **Maurepas** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 6:29 pm

Of that list, Jimmy Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page...

I would also include Dimebag Darrell, the man could do anything on Guitar...

by **Taeshan** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 6:30 pm

Friedman and Rothbard wrote:Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler and B. B. King are my favorites. Jimi Hendrix was mediocre at best: he was more show than anything else. Clapton's work with Cream was phenomenal, especially on Disraeli Gears.

Eric Clapton. After all he is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 3 times. Twice in a band and once solo.

by **Friedman and Rothbard** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 6:45 pm

Taeshan wrote:
Friedman and Rothbard wrote:Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler and B. B. King are my favorites. Jimi Hendrix was mediocre at best: he was more show than anything else. Clapton's work with Cream was phenomenal, especially on Disraeli Gears.

Eric Clapton. After all he is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 3 times. Twice in a band and once solo.

The Layla album is closest thing to perfection that I've found. The title track is incredible on its own, but "Bell Bottom Blues," "Anyday," and "Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?" are great, as well. The pure emotion that Clapton put into the album is astounding.

by **Errinundera** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 12:19 am

Steve Howe
David Gilmour
Mike Oldfield

by **Republica Espanola** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 8:47 am

No Les Paul? For seriously?

by **Skworn** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 2:41 pm

Michael Romeo is one of mine that I don't see listed in here yet.

One of those guys who wakes up in the morning and thinks to himself, "Gee, I haven't written a riff that no one else can play yet this week. I'd better get to work."

by **Blitzkrenia** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 8:23 pm

Buckethead
Paul Gilbert
Jimmy Page
Yngwie Malmsteen (If only for his pioneering of Shred.)
Carlos Santana.

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