Top 5 Best Guitarists Ever

Originally posted by Darth Jello
Why does it seem like a lot of you don't have an opinion of your own and just copied an article out of Guitar World? The same names keep cropping up. It doesn't matter how good you can tap or shred or play scales if the bands you're in suck or if your music is soulless, generic, and completely based on technical proficiency.

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Go to any highly respected music school where they teach blues/rock guitar, or ask a music snob like Eric Clapton, and they'll more or less tell you something similar about some of the names mentioned in this thread.

Originally posted by Darth Jello
Why does it seem like a lot of you don't have an opinion of your own and just copied an article out of Guitar World? The same names keep cropping up. It doesn't matter how good you can tap or shred or play scales if the bands you're in suck or if your music is soulless, generic, and completely based on technical proficiency.

Because this thread is about BEST guitarists, not who is good with a guitar.

Joe Satriani's name will keep popping up because he is still one of the best on the instrument.

-AC

well if 4 out of 5 people are going copy and past lists, what's the point of having this thread?

No doubt these aren't even nearly the 5 most technically gifted guitarist, but my 5 favourites are:

Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy Page
Johnny Marr
George Harrison
Eric Clapton

I like all from Kovacs86's list, but I thought I'd mention

Tony Iommi
Eddie Van Halen
"Fast" Eddie Clarke
Ritchie Blackmore
The 2 from Dragon Force

Jimi Hendrix IS the best though, no one can deny that.

Originally posted by Darth Jello
well if 4 out of 5 people are going copy and past lists, what's the point of having this thread?

One thing I find amusing about these types of threads is that when one person lists someone who noone has thought of before, the next few people tend to list that person too.

Well I'm not seeing Dick Dale, Albert King, Fred Frith, Bill Frisel, Keith Rowe, Glenn Branca, Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore, Andre Segovia, Stephen Malkmus, or anyone else who doesn't conform to rock radio hits post 1980 or uses unorthodox extended techniques.

Well, yeah. Introducing a technique makes you pretty awesome, and worthy of greatness, even top.

John Petrucci
Michael Romeo

you just can't beat these guys

okay well i DO NOT REALLY LIKE ANGUS YOUNG OR JIMMY HENDRIX SOOO

1.SLASH
2.EDDIE VAN HALEN
3.CARLOS SANTANA
4.JIMMY PAIGE
5.KIRK HAMMET

IF I WOULD GO ON I WOULD SAY

6.BILLY GIBBONS
7. DIMEBAG DARREL
8.KURT COBAIN
9.C.C DEVILLE
10.RANDY RHOADS
11.Jerry Cantrell

Originally posted by yesac2015
okay well i DO NOT REALLY LIKE ANGUS YOUNG OR JIMMY HENDRIX SOOO

1.SLASH
2.EDDIE VAN HALEN
3.CARLOS SANTANA
4.JIMMY PAIGE
5.KIRK HAMMET

IF I WOULD GO ON I WOULD SAY

6.BILLY GIBBONS
7. DIMEBAG DARREL
8.KURT COBAIN
9.C.C DEVILLE
10.RANDY RHOADS
11.Jerry Cantrell

here is my list...
5. Alex Lifeson
4. Al Di Meola
3. John McLaughlin
2. Robert Fripp
1. Steve Howe

Ok Ill admit I just made a list without the usual suspects on purpose 😛. Maybe not totally what I was supposed to do, but still a fine list 😛

Originally posted by Pezmerga
here is my list...
5. Alex Lifeson
4. Al Di Meola
3. John McLaughlin
2. Robert Fripp
1. Steve Howe

Ok Ill admit I just made a list without the usual suspects on purpose 😛. Maybe not totally what I was supposed to do, but still a fine list 😛

A fine list if you like prog rock and jazz...Personally I don't. I can appreciate their technical skill though. I do like Rush though so Lifeson is a good pick.

Dimebag
Cliff Burton
Dave Mustaine
Jimi Hendrix
Yngwie Malmsteen

Originally posted by Tattoos N Scars
Dimebag
Cliff Burton
Dave Mustaine
Jimi Hendrix
Yngwie Malmsteen

You guys and your bassists in guitar threads......i.e. Cliff Burton..

Hendrix
Prince
Zappa
B.B King
Robert Johnson

Eddie Van Halen
Brian May
Slash
Jimmie Page
Joe Walsh

1.Mikael Akerfeldt
2.Dimebag Darrell
3.Buckethead
4.Eric Johnson
5.John Frusciante

Originally posted by RSSR
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Go to any highly respected music school where they teach blues/rock guitar, or ask a music snob like Eric Clapton, and they'll more or less tell you something similar about some of the names mentioned in this thread.

At said highly respected music school you would be instructed by the most talented individual ever to pick up a stringed instrument. That would be Mr. Robin Trower. It is incomprehensible to think this thread made it to page 12 before his name came up. There is no equal.

Honorable mention: Junior Brown, B.B. King, Johnny Clyde Copeland and Albert Collins.

Before you slag off on Junior I suggest you get a studio recording of the song Guit-Steel Blues.