Top 10 Guitarists

[Not-Thrilled]

Top 10 Guitarists In History

Hendrix...Of course. (Jimi Hendrix Experience)
Eric Clapton (Yardbirds, Cream, Derek & The Dominos, Solo)
Jimmy Page (Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, The Firm)
Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
Jeff Beck (Yardbirds, Jeff Beck Group, Solo)
Stevie Ray Vaughan (Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble)
Joe Satriani (Solo)
Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow, Blackmores Night)
Steve Vai (David Lee Roth, Whitesnake, Solo)
David Gilmour (Pink Floyd, Solo)
Top 10 Current Guitarists (Gotta' still be producing music)

John Petrucci (Dream Theater: One of the greatest in history.)
Buckethead (Guns n' Roses, Solo: He's not just a shredder, he can do any style he wants.)
Slash (Guns n' Roses, Velvet Revolver: You knew I'd put him in, didn't you?)
Kirk Hammett (Metallica)
Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave)
Keith Richards (Rolling Stones: They just released an album, so he counts.)
Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne, Guns n' Roses, Black Label Society)
Joe Perry (Aerosmith, Solo: Released a solo in album 2004 or 2005)
John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers: Underrated Imo.)
Adam Jones (Tool)
What do you think? Can you do better? =P

[kaut]

John Frusciante should be up higher... but that's just me. And I'm hoping Thurston Moore is in at least the top 20.

[Not-Thrilled]

John Frusciante should be up higher... but that's just me. I was considering that, but I can't see him being above Joe Perry. It might be personal preferance but if you've heard Perry's solo album, you'd know what I mean.
And I'm hoping Thurston Moore is in at least the top 20. Top 20 current definately. Top 15 probably.

[kaut]

I was considering that, but I can't see him being above Joe Perry. It might be personal preferance but if you've heard Perry's solo album, you'd know what I mean. Top 20 current definately. Top 15 probably.


Meh, I'm not a fan of Perry so haven't checked out his solo album. But I'm a softy for ol' Frucante and mistakenly think of him as the greatest current guitar player so my view is skewed on that bias. :P Anyone that purposely become a heroin junkie and survived to tell about it and can still play guitar has my vote :D

[Code]

Top 10 Guitarists In History

1. Angus Young (AC/DC)
2. Hendrix (The Hendrix Experience)
3. Jimmy Page (Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, The Firm)
4. Satch (Solo work, G3)
5. Chuck Berry (Solo)
6. Bob Marley (The Wailers)
7. Pete Townshend (The Who)
8. KK Downing (Judas Preist)
9.Keef (I know Thrilled put him in as current but I don't like their new album) Richards
10."Fast" Eddie Clark (Motorhead)

Top 10 Current Guitarists (Gotta' still be producing music)

1. Slash (Gn'R/VR/Solo/with Kravitz)
2. Daron Malakian (System of a Down)
3. Herman Li (Dragonforce)
4. Kerry King (Slayer)
5. Joe Perry (aerosmith)
6. Yngwie Malmsteen (Solo)
7. The Edge (U2, I don't really like U2 but as a guitarist Edge is good)
8. Lenny Kravitz (Solo, with Slash)
9. Vince Lupone (Solo work)
10. Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave)

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[splintercell!]

Kaut i kinda agree hes not the best player but when you listen to what he plays hes amazing and stuff like Under the Bridge is just amazing.

[Mit]

i dont know much about guitarists but i do know a good sound when i hear it. jimmy hendrix was the best.

[burton-x]

Mattais IA Eklunde!
Listen to freak kitchen or his solo stuff,
he's an awsome guitarist,
and a great musician,
Some stuff makes you think "what time signiture is that ACTUALLY IN?"

[Not-Thrilled]

Meh, I'm not a fan of Perry so haven't checked out his solo album. But I'm a softy for ol' Frucante and mistakenly think of him as the greatest current guitar player so my view is skewed on that bias. :P Anyone that purposely become a heroin junkie and survived to tell about it and can still play guitar has my vote :D

Haha. What about someone who dies 3 times and then goes on to play in a very successful hard rock group?



Top 10 Guitarists In History

1. Angus Young (AC/DC)
2. Hendrix (The Hendrix Experience)
3. Jimmy Page (Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, The Firm)
4. Satch (Solo work, G3)
5. Chuck Berry (Solo)
6. Bob Marley (The Wailers)
7. Pete Townshend (The Who)
8. KK Downing (Judas Preist)
9.Keef (I know Thrilled put him in as current but I don't like their new album) Richards
10."Fast" Eddie Clark (Motorhead)

Not a bad list. A few extremely random ones lol. Angus Young...I know you love him but (I hope some people will agree with me here) he wasn't better than Hendrix. I'd put him in the top 30, not top 10. Chuck Berry, a little lower. He was amazing for his time but others did much more for their time.
Bob Marley?!//!?/1!?;!/ :P Not in my top 100 :]. Great musician though. If you're putting that guy in from motorhead, you're missing the likes of Randy Rhoads, Dimebag, Malmsteen etc. Just my opinion anywho.



Top 10 Current Guitarists (Gotta' still be producing music)

1. Slash (Gn'R/VR/Solo/with Kravitz)
2. Daron Malakian (System of a Down)
3. Herman Li (Dragonforce)
4. Kerry King (Slayer)
5. Joe Perry (aerosmith)
6. Yngwie Malmsteen (Solo)
7. The Edge (U2, I don't really like U2 but as a guitarist Edge is good)
8. Lenny Kravitz (Solo, with Slash)
9. Vince Lupone (Solo work)
10. Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave)

You've gotta listen to Dream Theater and Buckethead's solo work. Then you'll see why I put them above Slash ;). Malakian and Li lower. Morello up. Not a fan of "the edge" really. He's nothing special, and what middle aged man calls themselves The Edge anyway? He sounds like he should be this amazing shredder from that name, but no, he plays the same style riffs in every monotonous U2 song. Pretentious ******s.

[Code]

Actually, I don't really like him but I could only think of 9 people. And Hendrix is better than Ang, but I think that Angus Young is one of the best guitarists of the last 50 years- he keeps it simple, but people seem to just spit at his feet 'cause he isn't some bloody shredder. And chuck berry was one of the pioneers of rock. If there wasn't Berry, ask yourself if we'd even have bands like 'DC or even Hendrix!

-Will

-Will

[eggd2]

dave basch from sum 41 should be in there

[Dimebag]

eggd2 is high...

In no particular order.

John Petrucci (Dream Theater / G3 / Liquid Tension Experiment / Solo)
Steve Vai (Solo / Frank Zappa / G3 / Whitesnake / David Lee Roth / Alice Cooper)
Dimebag Darrel (Pantera / Damageplan)
Joe Satriani (Solo G3 / Alice Cooper)
Paul Gilbert (Racer X / Mr Big)
Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne / Black Label Society)
Frank Zappa (Bit of everything!... Genius)
Mattias IA Eklundh (Freak Kitchen / Solo)
Dweezil Zappa (Solo mainly)
Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme)
Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine / Audioslave)
Carlos Santana (Solo mainly)
Jimi Hendrix (Solo / Band of Gypses)
Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath / Solo)
Eric Johnson (Solo / G3)
Eric Roache (Solo acoustic)
Al Di Meola (Solo / collabourations)
John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra / Solo / collabourations)
Angus Young (AC/DC)
Jimmy Page (Led Zep / Solo)
Stevie Ray Vaighn (Solo / Double Trouble)
Stanley Jordan (Solo)


About it....

[Not-Thrilled]

Actually, I don't really like him but I could only think of 9 people. And Hendrix is better than Ang, but I think that Angus Young is one of the best guitarists of the last 50 years- he keeps it simple, but people seem to just spit at his feet 'cause he isn't some bloody shredder. And chuck berry was one of the pioneers of rock. If there wasn't Berry, ask yourself if we'd even have bands like 'DC or even Hendrix!

-Will

-Will Yeah he was a pioneering rock figure, but Hendrix did more for the genre. Without Hendrix we wouldn't have most of the styles we have today. There were similar artists to Chuck Berry in his era, just he was the best of the bunch. There wasn't, and never has been since, someone like Hendrix.

[Code]

eggd2 is high...

In no particular order.

John Petrucci (Dream Theater / G3 / Liquid Tension Experiment / Solo)
Steve Vai (Solo / Frank Zappa / G3 / Whitesnake / David Lee Roth / Alice Cooper)
Dimebag Darrel (Pantera / Damageplan)
Joe Satriani (Solo G3 / Alice Cooper)
Paul Gilbert (Racer X / Mr Big)
Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne / Black Label Society)
Frank Zappa (Bit of everything!... Genius)
Mattias IA Eklundh (Freak Kitchen / Solo)
Dweezil Zappa (Solo mainly)
Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme)
Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine / Audioslave)
Carlos Santana (Solo mainly)
Jimi Hendrix (Solo / Band of Gypses)
Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath / Solo)
Eric Johnson (Solo / G3)
Eric Roache (Solo acoustic)
Al Di Meola (Solo / collabourations)
John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra / Solo / collabourations)
Angus Young (AC/DC)
Jimmy Page (Led Zep / Solo)
Stevie Ray Vaighn (Solo / Double Trouble)
Stanley Jordan (Solo)


About it....

Wewt.

-Will

[Code]

eggd2 is high...

In no particular order.

John Petrucci (Dream Theater / G3 / Liquid Tension Experiment / Solo)
Steve Vai (Solo / Frank Zappa / G3 / Whitesnake / David Lee Roth / Alice Cooper)
Dimebag Darrel (Pantera / Damageplan)
Joe Satriani (Solo G3 / Alice Cooper)
Paul Gilbert (Racer X / Mr Big)
Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne / Black Label Society)
Frank Zappa (Bit of everything!... Genius)
Mattias IA Eklundh (Freak Kitchen / Solo)
Dweezil Zappa (Solo mainly)
Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme)
Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine / Audioslave)
Carlos Santana (Solo mainly)
Jimi Hendrix (Solo / Band of Gypses)
Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath / Solo)
Eric Johnson (Solo / G3)
Eric Roache (Solo acoustic)
Al Di Meola (Solo / collabourations)
John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra / Solo / collabourations)
Angus Young (AC/DC)
Jimmy Page (Led Zep / Solo)
Stevie Ray Vaighn (Solo / Double Trouble)
Stanley Jordan (Solo)


About it....

Wewt. let there be ROCK!

-Will

[Dimebag]

Is that all you can think about?!

[Code]

For some reason it double posted :s

And yes, a middle-aged man in a school uniform with a Gibson SG is all I can think about.

ROCK ON!

-Will

[kaut]

I love/hate watching Hendrix play... he makes it seem soooooooooo easy. But then you try it and are like Blimey! I can't do this!

[Not-Thrilled]

I love/hate watching Hendrix play... he makes it seem soooooooooo easy. But then you try it and are like Blimey! I can't do this!

Haha, so true. He just did it so perfectly.

[kaut]

They're not the best guitarists, but here are my favorite guitarists. People that I can just sit and listen to all day long. It's gonna be disagreed with but these things happen.

Jimi Hendrix... (that solo in "Little Ivey" (live version of "Little Wing" minus the annoying bells) blows me away everytime I listen to it... 1:43 is the start of pure Heaven for a full two minutes. )

Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)... (the solo in "Sappy" pretty much defined how I play guitar.)

John Fruscante (RHCP)... anything this guy plays is gold to me

Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth)... not nescessarily the "best" guitar player, but distortion player? He's the top of the league with that.

Curt Kirkwood (Meat Puppets)... He has such an interresting/different style of playing. Just listen to "Meat Puppets II" and you'll see what I mean.

Brad Nowell (Sublime)... another guy that could make the guitar sound beautiful.

Rivers Cuomo (Weezer)... everytime I watch the "Undone" video I have to laugh at his "I'm bored, this is too easy" expression on his face when he goes into the solo.

Jerry Cantrell (Alice In Chains)/Kim Thayill (Soundgarden)... They added their own personalities into the typical shredding techniques.


And that's all I can think of at the moment.