2nd Best Guitar Player of All Time

iam_thatdude
iam_thatdude Posts: 1,266 Member
edited December 18 in Chit-Chat
The line forms behind Mr Edward Van Halen.

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  • BillyC96
    BillyC96 Posts: 7,560 Member
    The second best guitar player of all time is dead. Stevie Ray Vaughan.

    Sadly so is the first. Jimi Hendrix.

    Best living guitar player is Jimmy Page, followed closely by Jeff Beck.

    Ask Eddie. He will confirm it! :happy: :tongue:
  • daveclrk58
    daveclrk58 Posts: 258
    It's all about what you like. All the legends are unreal. Paige, Vaughn, Hendrix, Steve Vai, Malstein (sp?), Randy Rhodes, Zac Wylde. Eddie Van Halen is my favorite though. I love the 'brown' sound, they old school Frankenstrat design, and the insane hammer-ons Eddie is famous for. I'm going to see Van Halen in Nashville this Friday! 3 Freaking rows from the stage!! Whoooo woooo!
  • daveclrk58
    daveclrk58 Posts: 258
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    I'm actually wearing an EVH beanie in my pic!
  • TheMerryPup
    TheMerryPup Posts: 186 Member
    It's all about what you like. All the legends are unreal. Paige, Vaughn, Hendrix, Steve Vai, Malstein (sp?), Randy Rhodes, Zac Wylde. Eddie Van Halen is my favorite though. I love the 'brown' sound, they old school Frankenstrat design, and the insane hammer-ons Eddie is famous for. I'm going to see Van Halen in Nashville this Friday! 3 Freaking rows from the stage!! Whoooo woooo!
    Cool! That should be a great show. I saw Van Halen back in 1978 at Madison Square Garden. They were relatively unknown at the time and were the opening act for Black Sabbath. They just blew everyone away! Enjoy the show.
  • Lissakaye81
    Lissakaye81 Posts: 224 Member
    Buckethead freak here, this is a hard one though lol, what style? Yngwie Malmsteen is beast, Segovia, Rip Dimebag...Also what about bassists? They dont ever get any credit
  • CastleMadeOfSand
    CastleMadeOfSand Posts: 432 Member
    Me.

    Ok but really--don't put them in a list. It is, after all, subjective.

    Stevie Ray for me completely embodies playing from one's heart/soul. Like a perfect, clear, channel hooked up from heart to fingers.
  • Beastette
    Beastette Posts: 1,497 Member
    Joe Perry. All of the Gypsy Kings.
  • sktllmdrhmz
    sktllmdrhmz Posts: 1,799 Member
    Lil Wayne.
  • ScottyNoHotty
    ScottyNoHotty Posts: 1,957 Member
    ummm...B.B. King?? #1 in my book. He started it all, and he's still around .

    #2 Albert Collins
    #3 Stevie Ray Vaughn
    #4 Robert Johnson
    #5 Billy Gibbons or Duane Allman

    You are talking hard / heavy metal rock guitarists of course. Listen to some of the old blues sometime.
  • BillyC96
    BillyC96 Posts: 7,560 Member
    I once saw Aerosmith, Motley Crue, Pink Floyd, and The Fabulous Thunderbirds in the same week. The best guitarist I saw that week was Jimmy Vaughan, but David Gilmour was brilliant as well. Oddly, Joe Perry came across as bored and disinterested. Probably just an off night.

    And Big Daddy, Albert Collins is incredible.
  • katsmo
    katsmo Posts: 219 Member
    I vote Clapton.
  • Thomasm198
    Thomasm198 Posts: 3,189 Member
    Rory Gallagher for number 1.

    He's the person that Jimi Hendrix called the world's greatest guitarist.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNfKtHvaPEU
  • iam_thatdude
    iam_thatdude Posts: 1,266 Member
    The second best guitar player of all time is dead. Stevie Ray Vaughan.

    Sadly so is the first. Jimi Hendrix.

    Best living guitar player is Jimmy Page, followed closely by Jeff Beck.

    Ask Eddie. He will confirm it! :happy: :tongue:

    Actually, Eddie would say Eric Clapton, but Jimmy is better than Eric, Jimi H is #2 all time and Steview Ray Vaughn is wildly overrated.
  • iam_thatdude
    iam_thatdude Posts: 1,266 Member
    It's all about what you like. All the legends are unreal. Paige, Vaughn, Hendrix, Steve Vai, Malstein (sp?), Randy Rhodes, Zac Wylde. Eddie Van Halen is my favorite though. I love the 'brown' sound, they old school Frankenstrat design, and the insane hammer-ons Eddie is famous for. I'm going to see Van Halen in Nashville this Friday! 3 Freaking rows from the stage!! Whoooo woooo!

    This

    Also, Stevie Ray Vaughn is only this popular because he died tragically.
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    Paco de Lucia
  • melbot24
    melbot24 Posts: 347 Member
    Brian May.
  • EricNCSU
    EricNCSU Posts: 699 Member
    Buckethead freak here, this is a hard one though lol, what style? Yngwie Malmsteen is beast, Segovia, Rip Dimebag...Also what about bassists? They dont ever get any credit

    Love Yngwie.... he is awesome. As are both the dudes from Dragonforce.

    But my pick (and not second all time since there's too many) but my fave is Mark Tremonti from Creed/Alter Bridge.. his solo's are very technical and fast but also very melodic and musical.
  • UponThisRock
    UponThisRock Posts: 4,519 Member
    ummm...B.B. King?? #1 in my book. He started it all, and he's still around .

    Muddy Waters?
  • solskinnzombie
    solskinnzombie Posts: 122 Member
    Dimebag Darrell.
  • linguist98
    linguist98 Posts: 83
    Les Paul
  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member
    Having just seen them both recently, together, I'd like to cast votes towards Kenny Wayne Shepherd and B.B. King. A most excellent show. I wanted MOAR BB, but at 87 years old, twenty minutes was about all there was. And it was grrrrreat.

    Also, Eric. Duh.
  • Alexis14351
    Alexis14351 Posts: 23
    Best is hard to judge, but I vote for Tom Morello for most innovative guitarist, at least in my lifetime.
  • iam_thatdude
    iam_thatdude Posts: 1,266 Member
    Best is hard to judge, but I vote for Tom Morello for most innovative guitarist, at least in my lifetime.

    u mustve been born only in the last 15 years. Tom is certainly innovative and has written some very good riffs.
  • iam_thatdude
    iam_thatdude Posts: 1,266 Member
    My Top 10 List

    1. EVH
    2. Jimi
    3. Page
    4. Beck
    5. RHoads

    In memorium Les Paul
  • tanyakay87
    tanyakay87 Posts: 223 Member
    Best guitarists based on solos:

    - Jimmy Page. Stairway to Heaven.
    - Rossington. Free Bird.
    - Slash. Sweet Child O' Mine.

    My opinion, not many can touch those boys.
  • Aperture_Science
    Aperture_Science Posts: 840 Member
    I'd put Rhoads ahead of Eddie most days, but it's close.

    Lukather is brilliant, as is mr 335: Larry Carlton.

    For technique Paul Gilbert takes some beating. But then again so does this guy:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY7GnAq6Znw&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player

    But there are some (just) good players who hit exactly the right spot sometimes (even Clapton and Page manage that sometimes lol).
  • iam_thatdude
    iam_thatdude Posts: 1,266 Member
    I'd put Rhoads ahead of Eddie most days, but it's close.

    Lukather is brilliant, as is mr 335: Larry Carlton.

    For technique Paul Gilbert takes some beating. But then again so does this guy:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY7GnAq6Znw&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player

    But there are some (just) good players who hit exactly the right spot sometimes (even Clapton and Page manage that sometimes lol).

    I loved RR, he had a great sounds, but there is no way on God's green earth he is better than EVH.

    Paul GIlbert is a shredder...loved him in the pre Mr Big days
  • Sox90716
    Sox90716 Posts: 976 Member
    The second best guitar player of all time is Carlos Santana. The best is Eric Clapton.
  • iam_thatdude
    iam_thatdude Posts: 1,266 Member
    The second best guitar player of all time is Carlos Santana. The best is Eric Clapton.

    That is incorrect, thanks for playing. Your parting gift is a Jose Feliciano record.
  • simplyeater
    simplyeater Posts: 270 Member
    No one mentioned Satriani in their lists, interesting...Best alive: Jeff Beck, the dead ones will have to duke it out.
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