Top 100 Guitarists Of All Time

[le harry]

As recorded by the Rolling Stones magazine - seems kind of accurate - Slash isnt on there, and a tonne of people like Van Halen & Angus Young are way back, but yeah what do you think.

1 Jimi Hendrix
2 Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band
3 B.B. King
4 Eric Clapton
5 Robert Johnson
6 Chuck Berry
7 Stevie Ray Vaughan
8 Ry Cooder
9 Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
10 Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones
11Kirk Hammett of Metallica
12 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana
13 Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead
14 Jeff Beck
15 Carlos Santana
16 Johnny Ramone of the Ramones
17 Jack White of the White Stripes
18 John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
19 Richard Thompson
20 James Burton
21 George Harrison
22 Mike Bloomfield
23 Warren Haynes
24 The Edge of U2
25 Freddy King
26 Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave
27 Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits
28 Stephen Stills
29 Ron Asheton of the Stooges
30 Buddy Guy
31 Di'ck Dale
32 John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service
33 Lee Ranaldo
34 Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth
35 John Fahey
36 Steve Cropper of Booker T. and the MG's
37 Bo Diddley
38 Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac
39 Brian May of Queen
40 John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival
41 Clarence White of the Byrds
42 Robert Fripp of King Crimson
43 Eddie Hazel of Funkadelic
44 Scotty Moore
45 Frank Zappa
46 Les Paul
47 T-Bone Walker
48 Joe Perry of Aerosmith
49 John McLaughlin
50 Pete Townshend
51 Paul Kossoff of Free
52 Lou Reed
53 Mickey Baker
54 Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane
55 Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple
56 Tom Verlaine of Television
57 Roy Buchanan
58 Dickey Betts
59 & 60 Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien of Radiohead
61 Ike Turner
62 Zoot Horn Rollo of the Magic Band
63 Danny Gatton
64 Mick Ronson
65 Hubert Sumlin
66 Vernon Reid of Living Colour
67 Link Wray
68 Jerry Miller of Moby Grape
69 Steve Howe of Yes
70 Eddie Van Halen
71 Lightnin' Hopkins
72 Joni Mitchell
73 Trey Anastasio of Phish
74 Johnny Winter
75 Adam Jones of Tool
76 Ali Farka Toure
77 Henry Vestine of Canned Heat
78 Robbie Robertson of the Band
79 Cliff Gallup of the Blue Caps (1997)
80 Robert Quine of the Voidoids
81 Derek Trucks
82 David Gilmour of Pink Floyd
83 Neil Young
84 Eddie Cochran
85 Randy Rhoads
86 Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath
87 Joan Jett
88 Dave Davies of the Kinks
89 D. Boon of the Minutemen
90 Glen Buxton of Alice Cooper
91 Robby Krieger of the Doors
92 & 93 Fred "Sonic" Smith, Wayne Kramer of the MC5
94 Bert Jansch
95 Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine
96 Angus Young of AC/DC
97 Robert Randolph
98 Leigh Stephens of Blue Cheer
99 Greg Ginn of Black Flag
100 Kim Thayil of Soundgarden

[Tash.]

I'd say thats quite accurate, but I really don't know how they've left Slash off there altogether.. i'm shocked.

[le harry]

Same, he was a legend.

[Poky]

I've heard better guitarists than Slash.
DragonForce's guitarist is immensly fast, and plays it clean; even live.

[le harry]

I know, Slash was good, but he was more of just an upstanding guitarist, not crazy or anything. I would rather listen to Slash then some crazy guitar solo which is just rubbish notes put together to sound fast.

I've heard DragonForce's guitarist - Herman Li right?

[sam-lewis-11]

glad Jonny Greenwood is on there. He rules!

Wheres matt belemy from muse? Has to be in there surely!

[samsaBEAR]

yeh but if you htink about it, this is of all time, so people from more newer bands probably wouldnt make it
if they were to do a top 100 guitarists of today, more people from newer bands would be on it

[Ezzie.]

12 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana

LOL

Also Clapton's above Page? *** o.o that list is so flawed ^_^

[Seren]

glad Jonny Greenwood is on there. He rules!

Wheres matt belemy from muse? Has to be in there surely!
are you mad?

Muse are rubbish..

[Ed.]

that is pretty good - I knew Jimi Hendrix was gnna be num 1 :P

[Ezzie.]

that is pretty good - I knew Jimi Hendrix was gnna be num 1 :P

Well he is God you know..

[-mark74-]

12 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana


Im a nirvana fan but thats just wrong..


70 Eddie Van Halen

70!? He should defintley be in the top 10.


85 Randy Rhoads

Should be higher


96 Angus Young of AC/DC


Im not a big AC\DC fan but he should be alot higher.

Wheres Slash and marty friedman?

[distraction]

no graham coxon? o_O.

[Ezzie.]

Tom morello should be where cobain is.

[RedStratocas]

glad Jonny Greenwood is on there. He rules!

Yes, Jonny Greenwood is my hero. Radiohead is one of like 4 bands with multiple guitarists on it. Most of my favorite guitarists are on it which Im happy about. Or at least guitarists from bands I liked but never really considered outstanding.


17 Jack White of the White Stripes
18 John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
26 Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave
34 Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth
59 & 60 Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien of Radiohead
95 Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine
100 Kim Thayil of Soundgarden

Cobain shouldnt have been on it really, I think that was a dumb decision, but otherwise the list was okay. And if they let Slash in they'd have to let tons of 80's bands in.

[Neversoft]

Jack White, 17!? Woah... I like The White Stripes but he should definitely not be 17th. No Slash!? Thats just wrong. Kurt Cobain 12th, LOL.

[RedStratocas]

Jack White, 17!? Woah... I like The White Stripes but he should definitely not be 17th. No Slash!? Thats just wrong. Kurt Cobain 12th, LOL.

Jack White is a hell of a guitarist. Some songs you cant really tell, but you can really tell live. He's pretty amazing.

[cocaine]

wheres billie joe armstrong then??

[YoManGo!]

that list is a few years old now.
it's a bit questionable tbh.
how kurt cobain & johnny ramone made the top 20 i will never know.
oh and lol@ the matt bellamy suggestion

[summer]

12 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana

LOL

Also Clapton's above Page? *** o.o that list is so flawed ^_^
pfft, clapton is a legend.

[YoManGo!]

clapton > page

[le harry]

12 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana

LOL

Also Clapton's above Page? *** o.o that list is so flawed ^_^

Claptons a bloody good guitarist as well...

[Ezzie.]

I know clapton's a damn legend! :p but I think page is a better guitarist , clapton would be below

[le harry]

I love Crossroads, Claptons best song easily.