2nd Best Guitar Player of All Time

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  • WhitneyAnnabelle
    WhitneyAnnabelle Posts: 724 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

    YES. But I vote Duane Allman for #1. I'm not including straight blues guitarists, though.
  • _snw_
    _snw_ Posts: 1,298 Member
    actually, i never answered the question.

    i do love jack white, but that's so much of a musical preference, so if you don't like him, you don't like him. but to simply write off his abilities because he doens't play the type of music the majority of all of these "top guitar players" seem to be in, well, that sucks.

    i don't like rock (or really, aren't most of these "top" guitar players actually considered "classic rock" by now?) so i personally wouldn't put any of the aforementioned guitar players in the category of "top guitar players of all time". maybe of their genre? sure, maybe.

    i just think this category is way too broad for anyone to have the ability to call anyone ~wrong~ for their opinion.
  • california_peach
    california_peach Posts: 1,809 Member
    My list. Top 10

    1. Jimi Hendrix
    2. Jimmy Page
    3. Eric Clapton
    4. Jeff Beck
    5. Chuck Berry
    6. Robert Johnson
    7. Keith Richards
    8. Les Paul
    9. Johnny Greenwood
    10. Jack White
    10. Lou Reed
  • Natx83
    Natx83 Posts: 1,298 Member
    No one a fan of Satriani?

    Steve Vai?
  • 3laine75
    3laine75 Posts: 3,069 Member
    The line forms behind Mr Edward Van Halen.

    discuss.


    Van Halen is 2nd as Jimmi is best :)
  • sarahgilmore1
    sarahgilmore1 Posts: 39
    I knwo but its still funny...the difference between your guys and almost anyojne else mentioned is the rock guys could play classical....the classical guys could never play rock. One dimensional

    While I see what you're saying, it's a bit difficult to play rock music when one is born in the late 19th century :tongue:

    Most people need to specialise to be great. Just because the guys *didn't* play rock (or jazz, blues, or the frickin banjo...) doesn't mean they couldn't have if given/chosen the opportunity. Who's to know?

    Also, while John Williams is best known fro classical, he does play rock, too.
  • ScotsLenny
    ScotsLenny Posts: 139 Member
    Chuck Berry
    Lindsay Buckingham
    Slash
    Angus Young
    Eddie Van Halen,,,,

    In no particular order
  • now_picture_this
    now_picture_this Posts: 13 Member
    You may not like his music, but Prince is the #1 guitar player in my book. ;)
  • CastleMadeOfSand
    CastleMadeOfSand Posts: 432 Member
    Really a pointless answer to give, but I will bring up another thought. If we are talking success, re-invention, adaptability, and timeless--you actually have no greater answer than Eric Clapton.

    Took the blues to a place it hadn't been before anybody, really. With JM Bluesbreakers, bring the whole "Clapton is God" thing. Then with Cream he took it to a more rock/jazz/psychedelic style, expressing his psychic wounds to the masses. Then his solo career such a long while....

    While he will be ever remembered as Clapton the bluesman, only he has introduced a genre, re-invented it, done a solo career with his other influences, and then re-invented himself with acoustic and soul musings.
  • california_peach
    california_peach Posts: 1,809 Member
    Jack White sucks.


    <defriend>

    sorry, but he sucks...like really sucks. His sister is an embarrasment too

    Ehem, not his sister. She's his ex-wife. And you should indeed be defriended!

    The sister comment was sarcastic...it appears I have been defriended....and Jack WHite still sucks..as a player and especially as a songwriter

    Okay, well you're gonna have to send me a friend request to get the ball rolling. :drinker:
  • Sp1nGoddess
    Sp1nGoddess Posts: 1,134 Member
    It's definitely personal preference.. nobody's said Kirk Hammett.
  • CountryBoy65
    CountryBoy65 Posts: 908 Member
    Anyone who makes a topo ten guitar list and does not include David Gilmour has to be on crack.

    Gilmour
    Hendrix

    all others.
  • iam_thatdude
    iam_thatdude Posts: 1,266 Member
    You may not like his music, but Prince is the #1 guitar player in my book. ;)

    Love Prince on guitar...sadly he hardly ever plays it. Everyone talks about "Lets go Crazy" but I love his solo on "I could never take the place of your man"
  • iam_thatdude
    iam_thatdude Posts: 1,266 Member
    I think we have confirmed that I am right and all of you are wrong, so let's start with out next less controversial topic.

    ABORTION!
  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member
    i just think this category is way too broad for anyone to have the ability to call anyone ~wrong~ for their opinion.

    I agree with Snow, comparing (for example) Van Halen guitar to BB King guitar isn't really a good comparison.

    It's like asking what do you like better: perfectly cooked steak dinner or your favorite dessert? Different category, different answer.

    My answers were Blues guitarists, but if you don't like Blues then you don't think much of BB, huh?
  • california_peach
    california_peach Posts: 1,809 Member
    I think we have confirmed that I am right and all of you are wrong, so let's start with out next less controversial topic.

    ABORTION!

    Wrong! Religion is much more controversial!
  • Brittany1979
    Brittany1979 Posts: 381 Member
    Everybody forgets about or hardly remembers Mike Campbel's amazing skills..... lead guitarist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, my friends. :)
  • hamncheese67
    hamncheese67 Posts: 1,715 Member
    Definitely some of the classic guys like Hendrix, Page, Clapton, Beck. Also Vai is incredible as is Satriani. Have to mention Eddie Hazel since his work with Parliament/Funkadelic is just highly underrated.

    For fans of jazz fusion, one dead guy whose work I find amazing is Shawn Lane.
  • iam_thatdude
    iam_thatdude Posts: 1,266 Member
    Everybody forgets about or hardly remembers Mike Campbel's amazing skills..... lead guitarist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, my friends. :)

    underrated, but again a better songwriter than player
  • AtticusFinch
    AtticusFinch Posts: 1,262 Member
    Brian May.

    With ya sista - Brian May for me too, with possible reserve contenders: Gary Moore or Mark Knopfler
  • iam_thatdude
    iam_thatdude Posts: 1,266 Member
    Brian May.

    With ya sista - Brian May for me too, with possible reserve contenders: Gary Moore or Mark Knopfler

    oh God how did I leave Gary Moore undiscussed. SO, SO underrated RIP Gary
  • w_i_n_d_y
    w_i_n_d_y Posts: 216 Member
    Beck, Page, SRV, Steve Vai, Stanley Gordon, Al Dimeola, all are better EVH. Vai probably the best.
    Bass players: Les Claypool, Getty Lee, Flea, Steve Harris, Cliff Burton

    And don't bother arguing my list, I respect the opinion of REAL musicians, ones who've made a living doing this and even played with a few of rhe greats listed above.
  • Beastette
    Beastette Posts: 1,497 Member
    You may not like his music, but Prince is the #1 guitar player in my book. ;)

    Love Prince on guitar...sadly he hardly ever plays it. Everyone talks about "Lets go Crazy" but I love his solo on "I could never take the place of your man"

    I did not mention him, because he is in fact my #1. In everything. He was my first husband. I married his poster when I was eight. It's legal in SC, pretty sure.
  • Beastette
    Beastette Posts: 1,497 Member
    Beck, Page, SRV, Steve Vai, Stanley Gordon, Al Dimeola, all are better EVH. Vai probably the best.
    Bass players: Les Claypool, Getty Lee, Flea, Steve Harris, Cliff Burton

    And don't bother arguing my list, I respect the opinion of REAL musicians, ones who've made a living doing this and even played with a few of rhe greats listed above.

    I love Flea very very much. Especially in The Wild Thornberries.
  • iam_thatdude
    iam_thatdude Posts: 1,266 Member
    Beck, Page, SRV, Steve Vai, Stanley Gordon, Al Dimeola, all are better EVH. Vai probably the best.
    Bass players: Les Claypool, Getty Lee, Flea, Steve Harris, Cliff Burton

    And don't bother arguing my list, I respect the opinion of REAL musicians, ones who've made a living doing this and even played with a few of rhe greats listed above.

    I love Flea very very much. Especially in The Wild Thornberries.

    Flea plays the bass
  • iam_thatdude
    iam_thatdude Posts: 1,266 Member
    Beck, Page, SRV, Steve Vai, Stanley Gordon, Al Dimeola, all are better EVH. Vai probably the best.
    Bass players: Les Claypool, Getty Lee, Flea, Steve Harris, Cliff Burton

    And don't bother arguing my list, I respect the opinion of REAL musicians, ones who've made a living doing this and even played with a few of rhe greats listed above.

    um ok, so I am a real musician and there is not way any of those guys are better than EVH, ESPECIALLY Vai, Gordon and Dimeola...all good players, but nto better. Good bye

    On your bass list, you forgot Billy Sheehan, but the list is up there...also it is Geddy Lee...I respect guy who know how to spell the names of their heroes.
  • Beastette
    Beastette Posts: 1,497 Member
    Beck, Page, SRV, Steve Vai, Stanley Gordon, Al Dimeola, all are better EVH. Vai probably the best.
    Bass players: Les Claypool, Getty Lee, Flea, Steve Harris, Cliff Burton

    And don't bother arguing my list, I respect the opinion of REAL musicians, ones who've made a living doing this and even played with a few of rhe greats listed above.

    I love Flea very very much. Especially in The Wild Thornberries.

    Flea plays the bass

    I know. Are you saying bassists don't count? Even the dude from Cake?
  • iam_thatdude
    iam_thatdude Posts: 1,266 Member
    Beck, Page, SRV, Steve Vai, Stanley Gordon, Al Dimeola, all are better EVH. Vai probably the best.
    Bass players: Les Claypool, Getty Lee, Flea, Steve Harris, Cliff Burton

    And don't bother arguing my list, I respect the opinion of REAL musicians, ones who've made a living doing this and even played with a few of rhe greats listed above.

    I love Flea very very much. Especially in The Wild Thornberries.

    Flea plays the bass

    I know. Are you saying bassists don't count? Even the dude from Cake?

    Bassists would be a whole different thread, but really there is only like 6 dudes on the whole list.
  • Beastette
    Beastette Posts: 1,497 Member
    Beck, Page, SRV, Steve Vai, Stanley Gordon, Al Dimeola, all are better EVH. Vai probably the best.
    Bass players: Les Claypool, Getty Lee, Flea, Steve Harris, Cliff Burton

    And don't bother arguing my list, I respect the opinion of REAL musicians, ones who've made a living doing this and even played with a few of rhe greats listed above.

    I love Flea very very much. Especially in The Wild Thornberries.

    Flea plays the bass

    I know. Are you saying bassists don't count? Even the dude from Cake?

    Bassists would be a whole different thread, but really there is only like 6 dudes on the whole list.

    LMAO! PAUL MCCARTNEY. So, there.
  • w_i_n_d_y
    w_i_n_d_y Posts: 216 Member
    Beck, Page, SRV, Steve Vai, Stanley Gordon, Al Dimeola, all are better EVH. Vai probably the best.
    Bass players: Les Claypool, Getty Lee, Flea, Steve Harris, Cliff Burton

    And don't bother arguing my list, I respect the opinion of REAL musicians, ones who've made a living doing this and even played with a few of rhe greats listed above.
    ,

    um ok, so I am a real musician and there is not way any of those guys are better than EVH, ESPECIALLY Vai, Gordon and Dimeola...all good players, but nto better. Good bye

    On your bass list, you forgot Billy Sheehan, but the list is up there...also it is Geddy Lee...I respect guy who know how to spell the names of their heroes.

    My phone must have corrected it. And I agree with Billy from Maiden love that guy. As far as your arguement about being a real musician not one guitarist I know would put Eddie at #1, top 10 sure, not #1.

    I know someone who played with EVH and Zakk Wylde, I value his opinion a bit more.
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