Your top 10 guitarists of all time?
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
11 Kirk 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 Dick Dale
32 John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service
33 & 34 Lee Ranaldo, 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 Townsend
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
Not sure about Kurt Cobain at no.12? And I love The Ramones, but Johnny Ramone at 16, above Jack White and others! Who would be in your top 10 guitarists of all time?
I'm working on mine, and will get back with it, Jimmy
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BassPermalink Reply by Mark McKendrick on -
I hate these things... like they're ever a fair and accurate refelction. But anyway, in the spirit of....
IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER:
Jimi Hendrix
T-Bone Walker
Robert Johnson
Willie McTell
Eric Clapton
Duane Allman
Jeff Beck
Derek Trucks
Bill Frissell
George Harrison
There's another ten, and another ten, and another ten somewhere, I'm sure......
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Permalink Reply by Niall Squire on -
Ten Missing from the list.
Johnny Marr
Nile Rogers
Albert Lee
Andy Summers
Johnny Greenwood
Dominic Miller
Prince
Adrian Belew
Plus A couple of great but different players
Charlie Burchill (Simple Minds) and Paul Fox (Ruts)
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Permalink Reply by Niall Squire on
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Where is Billy Gibbons ??
Niall Squire said:Ten Missing from the list.
Johnny Marr
Nile Rogers
Albert Lee
Andy Summers
Johnny Greenwood
Dominic Miller
Prince
Adrian Belew
Plus A couple of great but different players
Charlie Burchill (Simple Minds) and Paul Fox (Ruts)
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Bass/VoxPermalink Reply by Barry Simmons on -
No Gary Moore in top 100 or anyone's top 10 here?
My top ten purely from influences and hair standing up on the back of the neckness are, in no particular order;
Hendrix
Robert Fripp
Jeff Beck
Zappa
Jimmy Page
Steve Stills
Peter Green
Johnny Winter
John McLaughlin
Rory Gallagher
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Permalink Reply by dave on
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still no gary more, maybe they should do the top 100 average guitarists he woud easily make the top ten.gary is world class along with brian may and me and we are sick that we have been given a raw deal by the fellow musicians on here
Barry Simmons said:No Gary Moore in top 100 or anyone's top 10 here?
My top ten purely from influences and hair standing up on the back of the neckness are, in no particular order;
Hendrix
Robert Fripp
Jeff Beck
Zappa
Jimmy Page
Steve Stills
Peter Green
Johnny Winter
John McLaughlin
Rory Gallagher
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GuitarPermalink Reply by Adrian Woon on -
As a previous poster mentioned, it is difficult to list a top ten, however, the following are among my favourites. In no particular order;
Adrian van den Berg (formerly of Whitesnake)
Steve Lukather (TOTO)
Brian May (Queen)
Tom Scholz (Boston)
Neal Schon (Journey)
Al Di Meola
Hank Marvin
Liona Boyd (Classical)
Tommy Emmanuel
Paco de Lucia (Flamenco)
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