Top 10 Guitarists of all time

[DaveC]

STEP 1: Read title.
STEP 2: Do as follows with your own picks.

1. Dave Gilmour
2. Stevie Ray Vaughan
3. Pete Townshend
4. Eric Clapton
5. Jimi Hendrix
6. Jimmy Page
7. Angus Young
8. Jeff Beck
9. Carlos Santana
10. B.B. King

 

[u2popmofo]

Who I think is best or who my favorites are?

 

[DaveC]

Either or. I did best.

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

Best 10 (in no order)

1) John Petrucci
2) Jimi Hendrix
3) Jimmy Page
4) Yngwie
5) Joe Satriani
6) Steve Vai
7) Tom Verlaine

I can't name any more, but I despise most of them apart from a bit of Page and Hendrix and Verlaine, which I don't mind in small doses.

Favourite:

1) The Edge
2) James Dean Bradfield

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

oh I forgot under favourite

Peter Buck

 

[Strato Edge]

1. Jimmy Page
2. The Edge
3. Jonny Greenwood
4. Pete Townshend
5. Thom Yorke (talented believe it or not)

 

[u2popmofo]

Best:

1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Jimmy Page
3. EVH
4. Clapton
5. BB
6. Satriani
7. Vai
8. Yngwie

Favorite:

1. Edge
2. Tom Morello
3. Johnny Greenwood
4. Johnny Marr
5. Robert Smith
6. Rivers Cuomo
7. Jimmy Page
8. Peter Buck
9. Bryan Setzer

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

Johnny Marr! I love Johnny Marr! And also Mike McCready from Pearl Jam.

 

[thurco]

Favorite guitarists:

1. The Edge
2. Jimmy Page
3. Adam Jones
4. Tom Morello
5. Eric Clapton
6. George Harrison
7. Lindsey Buckingham
8. Mark Knopfler
9. Johnny Marr
10. B.B. King

It's always nice to see nods for Robert Smith and James Dean Bradfield. I'd drop Chet Atkins and Joe Pass onto a "best" list along with a lot of the other names already mentioned. I'm not a big country or jazz fan but they're gods in those realms.

 

[Mirrorball Man]

My fave guitarists are:

The Edge
Geordie "I've got chords to play" Walker (Killing Joke)
Andreas Bruhn (german guitarist, ex The Sisters of Mercy)
Dave Gilmour
Peter Buck

I'm not a big fan of guitar solos. They can be like jazz, great fun to play but boring to listen to IMO. That's why I was so disappointed with the last Pink Floyd album, most of the songs ran out of imagination and into DG's rent-a-solo. But on every PF album before he plays brilliantly - melodically and emotionally.

 

[brettig]

A few who deserve mentions:

John Squire
Robbie Robertson
Keith Richards
Mick Ronson

 

[Elvis Presley]

how can nobody mention Phil Keaggy?

 

[U2girl]

What about Brian May?

 

[Nate Dogg]

What about Brian May?

I was going to ask that!!!He's probably my favorite....

 

[Bono's shades]

My favorites:

1. Edge
2. Eric Clapton
3. David Gilmour
4. Peter Buck
6. Keith Richards
7. Jimmy Page
8. B.B. King
9. Jimi Hendrix
10. Carlos Santana

 

[cass]

I can't do the best /favourite thing.....so I'lljust rattle off some that have delighted me over the years, there's far more than 10.

Stevie Ray Vaughn....ahhhhhh, what a deft touch, magic
Jimi Hendrix
Edge
Nuno Bettencourt
Brian May
Gary Moore
Tommy Emmanual
Jose Feliciano
John Williams
Slava Grigoryan
Zakk Wylde and Dimebag on occasion
woops more than 10 already
and some local guitarist you guys will never know or hear
but I have the privilege and pleasure of calling friend
Johnny Pepp, Jode, Prez, Mr Crudley, unknown virtuoso's all

ahhhhhhhh the guitar

 

[~LadyLemon~]

All of my favorites have been mentioned, but even though I'll probably get flak for this....someone's gotta mention Prince.

 

[DaveC]

How can anyone say that Keith Richards is one of the best guitarists of all time??? The guy plays rhythm guitar 95% of the time and tries to pass it off as lead. And the rhythm guitar that he plays isn't even all that fantastic, IMO. He's not that great folks, and definitely doesn't deserve to be up there with SRV and Gilmour and Townshend.

 

[cass]

How could I possibly have forgotten to mention?

WILLIE NELSON
I heard him play/sing Townes Van Zandt's "marie" on the radio last night. Willie's unique style, his timing, has ALWAYS impressed me.
And one of the original "good davids", DAVID GILMOUR.
and Carlos and God(EC) and Rory
what everybody else said +some

 

[Elvis Presley]

Im serious, nobody know Keaggy?

 

[brettig]

 

[ACROB@T]

Robin Guthrie
David Gilmour
John Squire
Matt Bellamy
Nick McCabe
Johnny Greenwood
The Edge
Johnny Marr
Nick Drake
Jeff Buckley

 

[MrBrau1]

best rock geetarists:

Bernard Butler
Mick Ronson
SRV
The Edge
Jimmy Page
Jimi Hendrix
Billy Corgan
Nick McCabe
Angus Young
Randy Rhodes

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

fuck me I forgot Nick McCabe, John Squire and Bernard Butler. All greats indeed.

 

[thurco]

Ah yes, Randy Rhoads...

 

[Dorian Gray]

How can anyone say that Keith Richards is one of the best guitarists of all time??? The guy plays rhythm guitar 95% of the time and tries to pass it off as lead. And the rhythm guitar that he plays isn't even all that fantastic, IMO. He's not that great folks, and definitely doesn't deserve to be up there with SRV and Gilmour and Townshend.

Keith Richards might not be the most brilliant guitarist, but his sound and style are without a doubt his own, and much imitated... even today he's just plain cool

Conversely, someone like like Eddie Van Halen, who is/was a fantastic guiatrist, has a sound that now seems horrendously dated.


of course, this is just my opinion... worth no more than your own.

 

[IWasBored]

best: i don't know/care

favourite:
the edge
chad taylor (live)
john frusciante

 

[Strato Edge]

Clapton
Morello

 

[IWasBored]

tom morello! i can't beleive i forgot him...