Top 20 greatest guitarists?

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ms. anthrope

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Here are the Top 20 greatest guitarists of all time, as selected by the readers of Total Guitar:

01. Jimi Hendrix
02. Jimmy Page
03. Eric Clapton
04. Slash
05. Brian May
06. Joe Satriani
07. Eddie Van Halen (VAN HALEN)
08. Dave Gilmour (PINK FLOYD)
09. Kirk Hammett (METALLICA)
10. Steve Vai (soloist)
11. Carlos Santana (SANTANA)
12. James Hetfield (METALLICA)
13. Tom Morello (RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE)
14. Kurt Cobain (NIRVANA)
15. Mark Knopfler (DIRE STRAITS)
16. Zakk Wylde (OZZY OSBOURNE)
17. Gary Moore
18. Jeff Beck (YARDBIRDS, JEFF BECK GROUP)
19. Stevie Ray Vaughan (STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN AND DOUBLE TROUBLE)
20. Angus Young (AC/DC)

IM humble O: there are some people who are MISSING, and some who shouldn't even be on the list!
 
Oh no .. Not this... That list is fuckin bullshit..... Why the hell is it here??? It's the same exact one I read over at Blabbermouth earlier today and it's already caused enough trouble between people over there. All it is, is a list of popularity and not of actual talent. I think its a disgrace that now I have to read it on the James Murphy board too. It's just shameful and blasphemy to the true master for which this board was setup for. Even if we wanna get into commercial players, Randy Rhoads isn't even on that list making it truely discreditable. One thing I will say is atleast Hendrix got the #1 slot.
 
Originally posted by JAH
I think its a disgrace that now I have to read it on the James Murphy board too. It's just shameful and blasphemy to the true master for which this board was setup for.
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uh, chill, i didn't post this to disrespect or discredit james in any way :rolleyes:!

i think the list is a joke myself, and was curious to see what other people had to say about it. after all, this IS a great guitarist's forum.
 
LOL! I know! Sorry! I was just messing around. You know, letting others know that JM is above all that list crap! I'm just glad I'm not in the U.K. where that mag is at. We may have cheesey guitar mags here but that little blip of a list makes me think it could be worse. Yes this is a great board. I'm starting to like ultimatemetal's boards more than any board I've ever used. no pop ups and cookies rule. I notice you post all over the damn place! hehe.

take care

JAH
 
WOAH! I just found the complete list to this... It gets so much worse. Know why Randy Rhoads wasn't on it? because he was #21 and the list we've seen only goes up to #20 . LOL! . Here it is below. Notice John Petrucci's position. I've come to just laugh my self into a coma when looking at this. It's really nothing to get angry about when you read "noodles" is 31 counts ahead of Frank Zappa.

100. Nile Rodgers
99. Steve Cropper
98. Jeff Hanneman
97. Deryck Whimbley
96. Kelly jones
95. Tom Verlaine
94. Paul Simon
93. Richard Thompson
92. Rivers Cuomo
91. Marty Friedman
90. Peter Buck
89. Walter Trout
88. Johnny Ramone
87. Munky
86. Robbie Krieger
85. Lee Gaze
84. Steve Howe
83. Lindsey Buckingham
82. Neil Young
81. Dave Mustaine
80. Janick Gers
79. Tommy Emmanuel
78. Steve Morse
77. John McLaughlin
76. Stuart Adamson
75. Chet Atkins
74. John Squire
73. Django Reinhardt
72. John Petrucci
71. Eric Johnson
70. Paul Gilbert
69. Robert Fripp
68. Graham Coxon
67. Nuno Bettencourt
66. Paul Weller
65. John 5
64. Mike McCready
63. Head
62. Frank Zappa
61. Mick Ronson
60. Paul Kossoff
59. Robert Johnson
58. Nick Drake
57. Alex Lifeson
56. Peter Green
55. Kerry King
54. Adrian Smith
53. Daron Malakian
52. Dave Grohl
51. Dave Baksh
50. Noel Gallagher
49. Mike Einziger
48. Billie Joe Armstrong
47. Johnny Marr
46. James Dean Bradfield
45. Billy Corgan
44. Steve Jones
43. Tom Delonge
42. Rory Gallagher
41. BB King
40. Dimebag Darell
39. Joe Perry
38. Hank Marvin
37. Wes Borland
36. Chuck Berry
35. Jonny Greenwood
34. Yngwie Malmsteen
33. Pete Townshend
32. Mick Thomson
31. The Edge
30. Noodles
29. Matt Bellamy
28. Richie Sambora
27. Keith Richards
26. John Frusciante
25. Dave Murray
24. George Harrison
23. Ritchie Blackmore
22. Tony Iommi
21. Randy Rhoads
20. Angus Young
19. Stevie Ray Vaughan
18. Jeff Beck
17. Gary Moore
16. Zakk Wylde
15. Mark Knopfler
14. Kurt Cobaini
13. Tom Morello
12. James Hetfield
11. Carlos Santana
10. Steve Vai
9. Kirk Hammet
8. Dave Gilmour
7. Eddie Van Halen
6. Joe Satriani
5. Brain May
4. Slash
3. Eric Clapton
2. Jimmy Page
1. Jimi Hendrix


Then again when has commercial media known anything about real music?

take care

JAH
 
I don't know about all of that, but here is a list of 20 players I love, off the top of my head. This list includes new as well as old, is in no particular order or ranking, and will undoubtedly miss somebody that i will kick myself for later.

Shawn Lane
Allan Holdsworth
Mike Stern
Randy Rhoads
Tony Iommi
Ace Frehley
Uli Roth
Adrian Smith
Dave Murray
Bill Connors
John Scofield
John Williams
Scott Henderson
Frank Gambale
Vinnie Moore
Tony Macalpine
Bill Steer
Don Mock
Carl Verheyen
Brett Garsed

There are soooo many more.... wait... ahhhggghh!! Marty Friedman and Jason Becker!!!

Ok that's 22... sue me!
 
I can imagine the absence of death/heavy metal guitarists and obscure fusion freaks in that top 100, but where's Al DiMeola ?

btw, US-guitarmags are just as bad as UK ones.
 
Greg Howe's playing with 'N Sync (or was it the Backstreet Boys ?) so he pretty much "deleted" himself from the list.

It's a joke, don't bother to inform me about the killer stuff he did.
 
Originally posted by JAH
yeah and most of all where is GREG HOWE!
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Chill out man, you know how hard it is to be a solo fusion player these days? The man does it to pay the bills.

Here's my list, very heavy on neo-classical and fusion.

Tony Macalpine - Gretest ever, no contest
Greg Howe - How the hell did he do that?
Yngwie Malmsteen - My first shredder album and still my hero
Joe Stump - Awsome chops and a really cool dude
Allan Holdsworth - No, stop, your killing me!
Paul Gilbert - So do you really have 8 fingers on each hand?
Jason Becker - I liked the part when he did the sweeping
Marty Friedman - That's weird, I like it
George Bellas - I hate you cuz your better than me
Zakk Wylde - More metal than a school bus
James Murphy- Great picking
Frank Gambale - If there's sweeping it's good!
James Byrd - The man's got the tone
Steve Morse - The man could join a black metal band tomorrow and fit perfectly
 
Chill out? My god what ever do you mean?!?!? This is a serious situation, sir. :yow: It can not be taken lightly! I mean it is by a magazine of all things! It should be taken like it's the word of christ! It is to late for letting this go! I've already broken off all ties with this message board and my family. I have sold all my personal possesions and placed a order with the help of a few muslim extremists and purchased a dirty bomb made of this new thing called "blue pepsi" and I am traveling to the UK to protest this thing they call a best guitarists list. I mean after all what would life be if main stream media was to not able control my vision of what is talent! I can't stand thinking for myself! Thats to much work and it hurts after awhile! So I am making a pledge to march down to their office and force them to rewrite history since their opinion is the most important! I will not stop untill freedom is reached and they have made "Noodles" #1 . I mean if we are going to screw this up lets go all out and make mother earth proud!!!

pfffft! :)

anyways.
My personal fav list (without proper order) would go:

1/2. Greg Howe / James Murphy (Changes from day to day)
3. Chuck Schuldiner
4. Jason Gobel
5. Paul Masvidal
6. Santiago Dobles
7. Brett Garsed
8. Tommy Victor
9. Justin Broadrick
10. Adam Jones
11. Pat Metheny
12. Pepper Keenen
13. Al Di Meola
14. Allan Holdsworth
15. Trey Azagthoth
16. Kenny Hickey
17. Jimi Hendrix
18. Randy Rhoads
19. Sammy Duet
20. Frank Zappa

some are what I consider the greatest but mostly I just enjoy how the sound and express themselves on the frets.



JAH
 
Here's my current faves:

Allan Holdsworth (an absolute alien)
Greg Howe (from the same planet as Holdsworth)
Yngwie Malmsteen (changed the world in 83)
Steve Vai
Michael Romeo (from Symphony X, best prog/metal guitarist ever)
Paul Gilbert (only in the early Racer X day)
Tony MacAlpine (Maximum Security = pure genius)
Vinnie Moore
Marty Friedman
Jason Becker (a great inspiration)
Frank Gambale (the god of sweeping, fusion master)
Al Di Meola (one of the early heroes)
Joey Tafolla (Plastic is an amazing CD)
George Lynch (killer tone)
 
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