The Greastest Guitarist of all Time

[Gunny04]

None of the above, I say Edward Van Halen!

[Souichiro]

None of the above, I say Edward Van Halen!

Indeed also a very worthy and rightful Contender!

He makes amazing wonderfull music!

+ the guitarist from AC/DC
Thunderstruck intro on the live cd's gives you goosebumps straight away!

[Sytse]

pick me! pick me!  :P

[C]

Queen: Brain May (How did you forget?)

I was going to add Brian May. Not many of them have a degree in Astrophysics (or something similar) either.

To be fair though, it's hard to single out a single member of Queen for individual praise. They were all exceedingly talented musicians, and all of them wrote hit songs (John Deacon was the best songwriter in the group IMO). Awesome band...

[Poseidon]

I would vote for Richie Blackmore.

[waspiflab]

Dave murray

[dcunning30]

There's no such thing as a greatest guitar player of all time.  There are "greatest in a given generation of players", but it's impossible to quantify a "greatest of all time".  Why?  Because each generation of players build upon technique from a previous generation.  For example, Jimi Hendrix was arguably the greatest of his generation.  But today, there's a number of pro and amateur players what are better than Hendrix.  Obviously, today's players have all benefited from what Hendrix pioneered, so it's an unfair comparison to find a "greatest of all time".

[Willit Run]

I always been a Hendrix fan.

Now don't laugh at me but, Peter Frampton handles a guitar very well.

Now really don't laugh but, I like to listen to the Spanish Guitar and Charo plays a mean Spanish Guitar!

[dcunning30]

Charo is an awesome guitar player!

[Willit Run]

Charo is an awesome guitar player!

Thank you for agreeing.  Some people would look at me like i'm nuts when I would say that.

[Airshow_lover]

where is the "me" option?

[Fitter]

Again I'll say Definately not Clapton...and Definately not Malmsteen. But yes to Steve Howe from "Yes", David Gilmour From Pink Floyd