Who are the greatest guitarists of all time? - Page 10

I think calling anyone the "best" is a personal opinion. I would rather call them my favorite players

1) Michael Schenker. To me, the most under rated player of all time. Great sound, feel and technique. Listen to "this kids" some time, especially the solo at the end.

2) Tony Iommi. Best riffs ever. There would be no heavy metal without him.

3) Albert Collins. The master of the telecaster. Incredible sound, you know it when you hear it.

4) Randy Rhoads. Technical ability and great soul in one player.

5) Alex Lifeson. Geddy and Neil are so good the he is often overlooked. Working man is one of the best guitar songs of all time and on their latest albumn, he hasn't lost a step.

There are several others (Beck, Page, Vaughn) that I think are great players too but those are my top 5.

Stumbled onto this thread,enjoyed it and has given me some new directions
To explore

My Faves,usual crowd
1-SRV
2-Clapton
3- dickey betts & Dwayne Allman
4-Santana
5-Hendrix

However there are a couple of guys I didn't see mentioned.

1- the late Jeff Healey. Great technique and did some good jazz work too.
He was in the movie 'Road House'
2- Robert Cray- love the blues
3-Gary Moore- his solo in 'Still got the Blues for You' gives me goosebumps
Every time. RIP

The best of the best are from Metal, mostly is because they have a classical background fused with rock...

Randy Rhoads
Eddy van Halen
Jimmy Page
Ritchy Blackmore
Jake E Lee

I have one on my list that NOBODY ever says: Prince

Actually, if you do a search you will see he is mentioned several times AND rightly so.
IMO, one of the finest axe-men alive.

http://www.guitarworld.com/readers-poll-results-100-greatest-guitarists-all-time

According to the readers of Guitar World, Edward Van Halen is still tops.

My favorites to listen to are

1) George Lynch
2) Stevie Ray Vaughan
3) Satriani
4) Ed Van Halen
5) most of the guys that played on Shrapnel Records releases

Can't believe I hadn't seen this before. One I haven't seen mentioned is a personal favorite of mine, not an electric guitarist like most mentioned, although he did use amplification exquisitely IMHO, Michael Hedges. A bassist that he turned me on to, Michael Manring, is no slouch either.

I was surprised to see Frank Zappa and Dweezil Zappa mentioned only a few times, fantastic guitarists. Jimi Hendrix, Duane Allman, Dicky Betts,Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Alvin Lee, Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, John Entwistle, Mark Knopfler, Buddy Guy, Robert Johnson, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Steve Vai, Jonny Lang, Ry Cooder, Leo Kottke, Al di Meola, Paco de Lucia, John McLaughlin, Justin Chancellor, Les Claypool, Carlos Santana, Jerry Garcia, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, Neal Schon, Joe Satriani and some others I'm not thinking of at the moment are among those are I like the most (my SF bay area roots showing in the last bunch ).

Just the other night ac500 came over to listen to my speakers and he used some Dream Theater as a demo, somehow I've never heard them before so will see about this John Petrucci guy now. I saw a video on the tv the other night with Sublime's new guitarist, Rome Ramirez, he's got some talent, too.

George Harrison defeated Neil Young round 1.
Brian May defeated Hendrix round 6.

Uhhhh, OK....

is it allowed to add Kirk Hammett to the list?


(I admit I don't know if he was mentioned before, the thread is quite long. But Kirk to me is still one of the bests hands down)

I'll throw everyone for a loop with this one...Roy Clark. Had him in concert many years ago in the town I was working. Backstage, someone made a comment about country music being the easiest of the musical genres to play. Roy very deadpanned asked what he'd like to hear. The guy mockingly said Led Zeppelin and Roy launched into a medley of Zep tunes that had everybody's jaw hit the ground. He also did a few jazz tunes as well that were indistinguishable from the original artists. The original WTF moment in my budding radio career.

(Pachelbel) Canon - Sungha Jung

In no order:
Rory Gallagher
Frank Zappa
Jeff Beck
John McLauglin
Jack White
Neil Young- not as technically gifted as above, his guitar is great.

No particular order
- SRV
- Andy McKee
- Randy Rhoads
- Antonio Dufour
- Slash
- Hendrix
- Andre Segovia

Check out Joe Bonamassa's version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggLgFDzqwCA

God and Devil (or vice-versa)
Jimi Hendrix
Eric Clapton

Angels and Demons:
Alex Lifeson
Billy Gibbons
David Gilmour
Duane Allman
Eddie Van Halen
Gary Moore
George Benson
Jan Akkerman
Jeff Beck
Jimmy Page
John Mclaughlin
Johnny Winter
Larry Carlton
Michael Schenker
Peter Green
Richie Blackmore
Robert Fripp
Robin Trower
Rory Gallagher
Roy Buchanan
Steve Hackett
Steve Howe
Steve Lukather
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Tony Iommi

Oops not Still Got The Blues but another Gary Moore classic, Midnight Blues covered expertly by my new favorite guitarist Joe Bonamassa.

Thanks, my wife turned me onto Joe B. ("honey,come here quick! You gotta
Check this guy out!") I've got the DVD 'live at the Royal Albert Hall'

I don't think anyone has mentioned Lindsay Buckingham. I've always really enjoyed his playing.

Cheers,

Yeah, he is good.
Some people don't understand the difference between a musician and a mechanic (as Mozart once described it).

My favorite that I haven't seen mentioned,
Kenny Wayne Shepherd

A couple only mentioned in the last few posts,
Gary Moore
Billy Gibbons

Mentioned several times,
SRV
Hendrix
Lifeson
Gilmour
Satriani

Honorable mention,
Angus Young, more energy than any 20 year old.

Here are two guys - Paco De Lucia & Al Di Meola -having a conversation on their guitars few could join in-

http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=related&v=v35YhhzCrYk

I remember their collaborating decades ago on albums...real fireworks to be sure.

Great great guitarist!

Their collaboration with John McLaughlin for A Friday Night in San Francisco is one of the all time great records to have...IMHO. When all three are "conversing" it's just amazing.

I recall that too.

In that light, I can't get James Walbourne out of my head.

After several years and ten pages of posts, I've seen just about everyone I can think of mentioned... except one.

What? No love for Lee Ritenour? Loved his album 'Rio'. I believe he worked with Pink Floyd on at least one song on 'The Wall', and has collaborated with the likes of Larry Carlton.

One other thing I would like to mention (in the spirit of the OP of the thread). Hendrix might not have been as good as a guitar player as many mentioned in this thread. But what makes Hendrix notable is he created the framework of heavy metal guitar playing, which prior, did not exist. Most of the great rock guitar players mentioned in this thread (although good), still only play within THAT framework. And that's why Hendrix, is Hendrix.
Edited by Rutgar - 4/24/13 at 6:42pm

Lee Ritenour and Larry Carlton are both fine guitarists, and I have several records of each but rarely put them on, guess they're just a bit mild for my taste overall. Didn't know about Ritenour working with Pink Floyd, tho.

Someone who's up and coming and don't think has been mentioned as yet is Gary Clark Jr.