The Greastest Guitarist of all Time

[Craig.]

dave grohl. kurt cobain.

[Sock]

kurt cobain.

Kurt Cobain?  You're not serious right?

You can't single out one guitarists as the best.  You can only make an insanely long list of the best.  :P

[Clipper]

I agree with you Papa...I was just feeling sorry for myself

[Gary R.]

Well, since I am obviously the only person around who is familiar with the "other" popular music genre, in America at least (not jazz, blues or soul either) I shoould mention a few greats no one has considered.

[Clipper]

Roy Clark, Chet Atkins, Randy Travis, Vince Gill, Brad Paisley.

Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes. Nice to see a different brand of guitarist showing up! Great choices...."You've got my number, you've got my name, so whyyyyyy don't you call me, little Liza Jane.

[SeaNorris.]

Guns n Roses: Slash (How could you forget?)
Queen: Brain May (How did you forget?)

[Wing Nut]

You forgot Joe Satriani and Eddie Van Halen, not to mention the REAL greatest guitar player ever...

CHUCK BERRY!

[marick626]

dude,

wheres John Petrucci?

[Wing Nut]

According to Rolling Stone Magazine, the top 100 Guitarists of all time are:

1Jimi Hendrix
2 Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band
3 B.B. King
4 Eric Clapton
5 Robert Johnson
6 Chuck Berry
7 Stevie Ray Vaughan
8 Ry Cooder
9 Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
10 Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones
11Kirk Hammett of Metallica
12 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana
13 Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead
14 Jeff Beck
15 Carlos Santana
16 Johnny Ramone of the Ramones
17 Jack White of the White Stripes
18 John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
19 Richard Thompson
20 James Burton
21 George Harrison
22 Mike Bloomfield
23 Warren Haynes
24 The Edge of U2
25 Freddy King
26 Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave
27 Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits
28 Stephen Stills
29 Ron Asheton of the Stooges
30 Buddy Guy
31 Dick Dale
32 John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service
33 & 34 Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth
35 John Fahey
36 Steve Cropper of Booker T. and the MG's
37 Bo Diddley
38 Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac
39 Brian May of Queen
40 John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival
41 Clarence White of the Byrds
42 Robert Fripp of King Crimson
43 Eddie Hazel of Funkadelic
44 Scotty Moore
45 Frank Zappa
46 Les Paul
47 T-Bone Walker
48 Joe Perry of Aerosmith
49 John McLaughlin
50 Pete Townshend
51 Paul Kossoff of Free
52 Lou Reed
53 Mickey Baker
54 Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane
55 Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple
56 Tom Verlaine of Television
57 Roy Buchanan
58 Dickey Betts
59 & 60 Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien of Radiohead
61 Ike Turner
62 Zoot Horn Rollo of the Magic Band
63 Danny Gatton
64 Mick Ronson
65 Hubert Sumlin
66 Vernon Reid of Living Colour
67 Link Wray
68 Jerry Miller of Moby Grape
69 Steve Howe of Yes
70 Eddie Van Halen
71 Lightnin' Hopkins
72 Joni Mitchell
73 Trey Anastasio of Phish
74 Johnny Winter
75 Adam Jones of Tool
76 Ali Farka Toure
77 Henry Vestine of Canned Heat
78 Robbie Robertson of the Band
79 Cliff Gallup of the Blue Caps (1997)
80 Robert Quine of the Voidoids
81 Derek Trucks
82 David Gilmour of Pink Floyd
83 Neil Young
84 Eddie Cochran
85 Randy Rhoads
86 Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath
87 Joan Jett
88 Dave Davies of the Kinks
89 D. Boon of the Minutemen
90 Glen Buxton of Alice Cooper
91 Robby Krieger of the Doors
92 & 93 Fred "Sonic" Smith, Wayne Kramer of the MC5
94 Bert Jansch
95 Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine
96 Angus Young of AC/DC
97 Robert Randolph
98 Leigh Stephens of Blue Cheer
99 Greg Ginn of Black Flag
100 Kim Thayil of Soundgarden

[Tequila Sunrise]

Cobain shouldn't be in the top thousand never mind 12th and Jack White at 17th, EVH is at 70 and Gary Moore isn't even their nor is Yngwie Malmsteen... somethings screwy over at Rolling Stone

Craig

[Clipper]

BB King at 3? I love the guy, he's a true bluesman, but I never considered him to be techically impressive. Granted he had a great feel for his guitar, but not too many memorable riffs...Leo Kottke should be on that list, so should Strunz and Farah. Anybody know what #57 Roy Buchanan's greatest hit was? And Joni Mitchell?,seriously. Nice to see someone we all forgot about on the list Buddy Guy.

[Souichiro]

Dunno! Some great ones out there. Slash and Hendrix


Ow yeah guys If you do Remove vote!! You should be able to change your vote!!

[Mr. Bones]

There are so many. A while ago they published a Top 100 list here in local magazine. I was very similar to the Rolling Stone list, but if I remember, they also had Les Paul in the top ten as wel as several others.

Ones that come to my mind are: Jimmy Page, Jimmy Hendrix, Brain May, Slash, Tom Morello, Adam Jones, Kirk Hammet, Mark Knopfler,...and did anyone forget my neighbour George Kooymans of Golden Earring??? You don't want me to tell him you forgot him when I see him at the local grocery store again do you?  ;D