Gunsnhalen said:

As you can tell by name i'm a GNR stan Slash is fantatsic & versatile. But he is also a bit overrated.

Well I see . One day, I saw an interview that he gave about his health. He said that he has to go cold turkey on the drugs because it was messing with his heart.

What about others who weren't necessarily "rock" artists, like B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, Bo Diddley, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Roy Clark, or metal artists like Randy Rhoads? Or the great surf guitarist Dick Dale?

728huey said:

What about others who weren't necessarily "rock" artists, like B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, Bo Diddley, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Roy Clark, or metal artists like Randy Rhoads? Or the great surf guitarist Dick Dale?

I'm not 100% sure but I think all of the people you listed made the list with the exceptions of Matt "Guitar" Murphy and Roy Clark.

728huey said:

What about others who weren't necessarily "rock" artists, like B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, Bo Diddley, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Roy Clark, or metal artists like Randy Rhoads? Or the great surf guitarist Dick Dale?

Top 100 Guitarists of All Time (2011 version):

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1.Jimi Hendrix

2.Eric Clapton
3.Jimmy Page
4.Keith Richards
5.Jeff Beck
6.B.B. King
7.Chuck Berry
8.Eddie Van Halen
9.Duane Allman
10.Pete Townshend
11.George Harrison
12.Stevie Ray Vaughan
13.Albert King
14.David Gilmour
15.Freddy King
16.Derek Trucks
17.Neil Young
18.Les Paul
19.James Burton
20.Carlos Santana

21.Chet Atkins 22.Frank Zappa 23.Buddy Guy 24.Angus Young 25.Tony Iommi 26.Brian May 27.Bo Diddley 28.Johnny Ramone 29.Scotty Moore 30.Elmore James 31.Ry Cooder 32.Billy Gibbons 33.Prince 34.Curtis Mayfield 35.John Lee Hooker 36.Randy Rhoads 37.Mick Taylor 38.The Edge 39.Steve Cropper 40.Tom Morello 41.Mick Ronson 42.Mike Bloomfield 43.Hubert Sumlin 44.Mark Knopfler 45.Link Wray 46.Jerry Garcia 47.Stephen Stills 48.Jonny Greenwood 49.Muddy Waters 50.Ritchie Blackmore

51.Johnny Marr 52.Clarence White 53.Otis Rush 54.Joe Walsh 55.John Lennon 56.Albert Collins 57.Rory Gallagher 58.Peter Green 59.Robbie Robertson 60.Ron Asheton 61.Dickey Betts 62.Robert Fripp 63.Johnny Winter 64.Duane Eddy 65.Slash 66.Leslie West 67.T-Bone Walker 68.John McLoughlin 69.Richard Thompson 70.Jack White 71.Robert Johnson 72.John Frusciante 73.Kurt Cobain 74.Dick Dale 75.Joni Mitchell

76.Robby Krieger 77.Willie Nelson 78.John Fahey 79.Mike Campbell 80.Buddy Holly 81.Lou Reed 82.Nels Cline 83.Eddie Hazel 84.Joe Perry 85.Andy Summers 86.J Mascis 87.James Hetfield 88.Carl Perkins 89.Bonnie Raitt 90.Tom Verlaine 91.Dave Davies 92.Dimebag Darrell 93.Paul Simon 94.Peter Buck 95.Roger McGuinn 96.Bruce Springsteen 97.Steve Jones 98.Alex Lifeson 99.Thurston Moore 100. Lindsey Buckingham

omo - overlooked

Ernie Isley? a guitarist on the Janet Jackson album, Discipline, on the tracks "Never Letchu Go" and "The 1". Ernie was inducted into the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.

Steve Vai? a three time Grammy Award-winning American guitarist, songwriter and producer who has sold over 15 million albums. Steve Vai is widely known as a flamboyant guitar virtuoso.

How did Robert Johnson go from the top 10 last list to number 71? and Eddie was like 73 last time & now 8? wtf rolling stone just making these big leaps

John Lennon?

hhhhdmt said:

John Lennon?

THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING!

for me, it's just good to see a list with Jimi on top, he deserves it and usually they come up with some white guy to give that to. The rest of the list is nearly incidental. Truth be told, there are thousands and thousands of great guitarists no one will ever hear of. I could probably go any day of the week to some club and find better technical players than 80 percent of that list. Playing doesn't really mean anything by itself, that's why a Jimi was special, the entire package was incredible and he comes from my town too!

hhhhdmt said:

John Lennon?

I think a solid case could be made that he was the third best guitarist in the Beatles. I'm not saying that McCartney should have made the list but he is probably a better guitarist than Lennon.

petes2 said:

for me, it's just good to see a list with Jimi on top, he deserves it and usually they come up with some white guy to give that to. The rest of the list is nearly incidental. Truth be told, there are thousands and thousands of great guitarists no one will ever hear of. I could probably go any day of the week to some club and find better technical players than 80 percent of that list. Playing doesn't really mean anything by itself, that's why a Jimi was special, the entire package was incredible and he comes from my town too!

Huh? I don't think I've ever seen one of these lists where Jimi wasn't number one. Can you cite an example where "some white guy" was ranked ahead of him?

petes2 said:

for me, it's just good to see a list with Jimi on top, he deserves it and usually they come up with some white guy to give that to. The rest of the list is nearly incidental. Truth be told, there are thousands and thousands of great guitarists no one will ever hear of. I could probably go any day of the week to some club and find better technical players than 80 percent of that list. Playing doesn't really mean anything by itself, that's why a Jimi was special, the entire package was incredible and he comes from my town too!

Jimi is usually number 1... your talking out your ass here ]

Mother fuckers always got to bring race into shit

Jimi was ALWAYS number-one on the best guitarists' lists...lol

Timmy84 said:

Jimi was ALWAYS number-one on the best guitarists' lists...lol

Well, maybe not on any pre 1967 lists.

Did they even make these kinds of lists that far back? If so I bet it would be funny to see who made the cut.

rialb said:

Timmy84 said:

Jimi was ALWAYS number-one on the best guitarists' lists...lol

Well, maybe not on any pre 1967 lists.

Did they even make these kinds of lists that far back? If so I bet it would be funny to see who made the cut.

No. Rolling Stone magazine was the first rock mag to make lists in the first place as far as best guitarists.

Timmy84 said:

rialb said:

Well, maybe not on any pre 1967 lists.

Did they even make these kinds of lists that far back? If so I bet it would be funny to see who made the cut.

No. Rolling Stone magazine was the first rock mag to make lists in the first place as far as best guitarists.

Sigh, another one of my fine ideas comes a-crumbling down around me.

rialb said:

Timmy84 said:

No. Rolling Stone magazine was the first rock mag to make lists in the first place as far as best guitarists.

Sigh, another one of my fine ideas comes a-crumbling down around me.

As good as Eric is he's most famous for playing a riff he didn't write in the first place for Layla, (which the riff was compsed by Duana Allman), i saw Eric in concert a few years ago and he was so rude, just came on played and then just fucked off, didn't actually say 1 word to the crowd, I had spent £60 on a ticket and i get no thanks for coming

Predictable.

Indeed a rather predictable list. Some quick observations:

- Where are Vai and Satriani? I don't like them at all personally, but they seem to be loved by people who like the fast, technical shredder-type of guitarists.

- Prince, Richard Thompson and B.B. King are placed too low IMO.

- Where are Marc Ribot (great session guitarist), Robert Quine (Lou Reed, Tom Waits, Matthew Sweet) and David Hidalgo (Los Lobos)?

- Where is Django Reinhardt, the gypsy-master?

- Acoustic guitarists in general are a bit overlooked on this list: why no Nick Drake for example?

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Husky said:

Indeed a rather predictable list. Some quick observations:

- Where are Vai and Satriani? I don't like them at all personally, but they seem to be loved by people who like the fast, technical shredder-type of guitarists.

- Prince, Richard Thompson and B.B. King are placed too low IMO.

- Where are Marc Ribot (great session guitarist), Robert Quine (Lou Reed, Tom Waits, Matthew Sweet) and David Hidalgo (Los Lobos)?

- Where is Django Reinhardt, the gypsy-master?

- Acoustic guitarists in general are a bit overlooked on this list: why no Nick Drake for example?

[Edited 11/28/11 4:23am]

Keep in mind that a hundred slots is not that many. Most of those will go to people that were active circa 1950-2000 so that is an average of just twenty people per decade. When you factor in the great guitarists that were active prior to 1950 it really illustrates how impossible it is to fit all of the "worthy" candidates into a list of only 100.

Basically these lists are popularity contests with the occasional odd inclusion to try to give them credibility.

Such a bullshit list.It's kinda like the academy awards.

rialb said:

hhhhdmt said:

John Lennon?

I think a solid case could be made that he was the third best guitarist in the Beatles. I'm not saying that McCartney should have made the list but he is probably a better guitarist than Lennon.

probably true.

I mean, he wrote some of the greatest songs ever, and wrote them for guitar, but...no he was not one of the greatest guitar players. Not by any stretch of the imagination.

I could argue that the beatles as a whole were important for guitar, and that they have some great guitar moments

bigd74 said:

As good as Eric is he's most famous for playing a riff he didn't write in the first place for Layla, (which the riff was compsed by Duana Allman), i saw Eric in concert a few years ago and he was so rude, just came on played and then just fucked off, didn't actually say 1 word to the crowd, I had spent £60 on a ticket and i get no thanks for coming

I heard Eric was real ignorant anyways... Duane Allman was the reason "Layla" became a classic.

NDRU said:

rialb said:

I think a solid case could be made that he was the third best guitarist in the Beatles. I'm not saying that McCartney should have made the list but he is probably a better guitarist than Lennon.

probably true.

I mean, he wrote some of the greatest songs ever, and wrote them for guitar, but...no he was not one of the greatest guitar players. Not by any stretch of the imagination.

I could argue that the beatles as a whole were important for guitar, and that they have some great guitar moments

Yeah the Beatles were important as far as making the guitar a major instrument in rock but none of them - John or George - rank as top ten guitarists to me and Lennon is not even in my top 40... Paul's bass playing was okay. I actually think Ringo Starr brought the best musical quality of the four. His drumming always impressed me.

Eric may seem ''ignorant'' to everyone. But i have a hunch none of you have listened to his albums, He does fantatsic bluesy playing on his albums. And has created some great records

Not to mention he played for Cream, The Yardbirds, Bad Faith.. he has made tons of famous riffs & solos.

And your going to act like he doesn't deserve any credit? get out of here

[Edited 11/28/11 13:34pm]

NDRU said:

rialb said:

I think a solid case could be made that he was the third best guitarist in the Beatles. I'm not saying that McCartney should have made the list but he is probably a better guitarist than Lennon.

probably true.

I mean, he wrote some of the greatest songs ever, and wrote them for guitar, but...no he was not one of the greatest guitar players. Not by any stretch of the imagination.

I could argue that the beatles as a whole were important for guitar, and that they have some great guitar moments

I think that George is ranked much too high (11) but I can see him being on the list due to his/The Beatles' influence but I don't think that we need two Beatles when realistically none of them were super fantastic guitarists.

It is true that they did experiment a lot and brought a degree of sophistication to guitar based music that did not previously exist. Obviously they were tremendously influential and successful and they deserve a ton of credit for that but, darn it, as great a songwriter as he may have been John Lennon was, at best, an average guitarist and certainly not one of the hundred best.

Timmy84 said:

bigd74 said:

As good as Eric is he's most famous for playing a riff he didn't write in the first place for Layla, (which the riff was compsed by Duana Allman), i saw Eric in concert a few years ago and he was so rude, just came on played and then just fucked off, didn't actually say 1 word to the crowd, I had spent £60 on a ticket and i get no thanks for coming

I heard Eric was real ignorant anyways... Duane Allman was the reason "Layla" became a classic.

I would give Jim Gordon quite a bit of the credit for the success of "Layla." He was the one that contributed the piano bit on the end of the song.

Gunsnhalen said:

Eric may seem ''ignorant'' to everyone. But i have a hunch none of you have listened to his albums, He does fantatsic bluesy playing on his albums. And has created some great records

Not to mention he played for Cream, The Yardbirds, Bad Religion.. he has made tons of famous riffs & solos.

And your going to act like he doesn't deserve any credit? get out of here

Bad Religion? I would love to hear Eric as a member of that group. Maybe you were thinking of Blind Faith?

rialb said:

Timmy84 said:

I heard Eric was real ignorant anyways... Duane Allman was the reason "Layla" became a classic.

I would give Jim Gordon quite a bit of the credit for the success of "Layla." He was the one that contributed the piano bit on the end of the song.

I forgot about the piano solo. Yes props to Jim.

Gunsnhalen said:

Eric may seem ''ignorant'' to everyone. But i have a hunch none of you have listened to his albums, He does fantatsic bluesy playing on his albums. And has created some great records

Not to mention he played for Cream, The Yardbirds, Bad Religion.. he has made tons of famous riffs & solos.

And your going to act like he doesn't deserve any credit? get out of here

I know about his records lol