Best guitarist ever? (111)
kastro: i never said i know anything? i just dont rate him in my top 100 did i do something to you? i dont know why your picking an argument with me
not at all, i just said i thought it was madness, you said you know 500 u would have to consider so i said you know more then me..
no argument
gargle: not at all, i just said i thought it was madness, you said you know 500 u would have to consider so i said you know more then me..
no argument
no argument
I like the early Santana group stuff. The arrangements are very cool, but his touch, tone, and phrasing the things he seems to get lauded for the most generally leave me wanting something more. What he did was innovative for the main stream, but it seems that he was imitating lesser-known guitarists of the time...but i dont think ANYONE would agree with my top 100
Ah! I can't choose between Eric Clapton, Van Halen or Jimi Hendrix
I vote all 3
I vote all 3
Sam_131: Ah! I can't choose between Eric Clapton, Van Halen or Jimi Hendrix
I vote all 3
you can only pick oneI vote all 3
LiamMG: you can only pick one
Fine. Eric Clapton
No actually Jimi Hendrix
No, maybe it's Van Halen?
I can pick three if i like
My favourite guitarists are great guitar players but that also match it with great music...
Sam_131: Fine. Eric Clapton
No actually Jimi Hendrix
No, maybe it's Van Halen?
I can pick three if i like
you cant click 3 on the poll No actually Jimi Hendrix
No, maybe it's Van Halen?
I can pick three if i like
LiamMG: you cant click 3 on the poll
I'm just not gonna click the pole.
I just want everyone to add my three votes on when they're reading the results
Sam_131: I'm just not gonna click the pole.
I just want everyone to add my three votes on when they're reading the results
nope if theyre not there they dont count I just want everyone to add my three votes on when they're reading the results
chancer_mcgancer: My favourite guitarists are great guitar players but that also match it with great music...
That would be your favorite "musician" this is a different catagory, it's just who's the best "guitarist"
Guitarist being someone who plays the guitar. I don't think you should pick your favorite guitarist on anything other on how they play the guitar.
I've said guitar and guitarist so much just now that the word has lost all meaning
LiamMG: nope if theyre not there they dont count
Buzz kill
Sam_131: That would be your favorite "musician" this is a different catagory, it's just who's the best "guitarist"
Guitarist being someone who plays the guitar. I don't think you should pick your favorite guitarist on anything other on how they play the guitar.
I've said guitar and guitarist so much just now that the word has lost all meaning
Guitarist being someone who plays the guitar. I don't think you should pick your favorite guitarist on anything other on how they play the guitar.
I've said guitar and guitarist so much just now that the word has lost all meaning
guitarists are musicians
a guitar is a musical instrument, Sam
LiamMG: nope if theyre not there they dont count
i didn't vote either
Sam_131: im not surprised to be honest. People don't appriciate van halen! Im going to vote for him
good women glad i could help
Brian May anyone??? 
mcattack: Brian May anyone???
So many great guitarists
i don't think Mark Knopfler's been mentioned either (or has he??) i'm not reading back
Anyway great guitarist
BannerMan53: Brian May is agreat guitarist and his style and sound are totally unique.
Good man Banner!!
Clapton, Hendrix, Page and Richie Blackmore (Deep Purple) are the daddy's of modern rock guitar. They have influenced everyone that came after them.
Van Halen changed rock guitar forever with a whole new approach and way of playing. He influenced Vai, Satriani, Hammet etc...
The child prodigy Ingwie Malmsteen took rock guitar to the Virtuoso level and now it's a whole new ball game.......again.
"" Hey hey, my my, Rock and Roll will never die "".....Neil Young.
If you want a treat in rock guitar virtuosity check out this video.
Other greats are: Rory Gallagher, Gary Moore, Brian May, Randy Rhodes, SRV, Eric Johnson, Frank Gambale, and many many more !!!!
Van Halen changed rock guitar forever with a whole new approach and way of playing. He influenced Vai, Satriani, Hammet etc...
The child prodigy Ingwie Malmsteen took rock guitar to the Virtuoso level and now it's a whole new ball game.......again.
"" Hey hey, my my, Rock and Roll will never die "".....Neil Young.
If you want a treat in rock guitar virtuosity check out this video.
Other greats are: Rory Gallagher, Gary Moore, Brian May, Randy Rhodes, SRV, Eric Johnson, Frank Gambale, and many many more !!!!
If you follow the opinions of popular music mags then you'll cringe at this - but I've always been a fan of CC de ville back in the day. It just became uber cool to slate him ...
Envy51: don`t tell me you never heard of Big Tom Mc Bride
No never heard of him either, He must have went out with the Ark along with the rest of them
Jimmy Page gets my vote, but my overall favourite is Mark Knopfler
Alice_Hooper: Jimmy Page gets my vote, but my overall favourite is Mark Knopfler
It's a pity Knopfler packed in Dire Straits to go into record production instead but that said he is now a truely great record producer in Nashville.
I just love his style and clean and sweet sound !!!!!!!!!!
Super guitar player.
Vai, "Satch" and Friedman, 2 votes between them...
Hendrix and Clapton the lions share...
Hendrix and Clapton deserve mention as the most "influential" electric guitarists in modern music history, but best...Sorry, the jury is out on that one...
No poll list will with the best will in the world would ever be able to cover the level of excellence and the sheer inventivness of players in the last 25 years or so...but good on the OP for running with the thred...Agree or disagree, here are some worthy contenders for consideration...
Robert Fripp / King Crimson...
Todd Rundgren / Utopia...
Scott Henderson / Chick Corea electric band...
John Mc laughlan / Mahavishnu Orchestra...
Al di Miola / Return to Forever...
Allen Holdsworth / UK / IOU / Gong...
Frank Zappa / FZ / Mothers of Invention...
Tony Mc Alpine...
John Pattituci / Dream Theatre...
Stanly Jordan...
Paco Da Lucia...
Preston Reid...
Steve Morse / Deep Purple / Dixie Dreggs...
Andres Segovia...
Frank Gambale...
Ry Cooder...
I have tried to steer clear of the mainstream players...
The players listed above are held in the highest regard by guitar professionals...No greater praise or recomendation...
A_B......
Incidentally, Steve Vai took lessons as a teen from Joe Satriani and graduated to "guitar god" status after getting the job working for Zappa as a Guitar Part Transcriber...He was credited with "stunt guitar and impossible guitar parts"...No kidding...
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Hendrix and Clapton the lions share...
Hendrix and Clapton deserve mention as the most "influential" electric guitarists in modern music history, but best...Sorry, the jury is out on that one...
No poll list will with the best will in the world would ever be able to cover the level of excellence and the sheer inventivness of players in the last 25 years or so...but good on the OP for running with the thred...Agree or disagree, here are some worthy contenders for consideration...
Robert Fripp / King Crimson...
Todd Rundgren / Utopia...
Scott Henderson / Chick Corea electric band...
John Mc laughlan / Mahavishnu Orchestra...
Al di Miola / Return to Forever...
Allen Holdsworth / UK / IOU / Gong...
Frank Zappa / FZ / Mothers of Invention...
Tony Mc Alpine...
John Pattituci / Dream Theatre...
Stanly Jordan...
Paco Da Lucia...
Preston Reid...
Steve Morse / Deep Purple / Dixie Dreggs...
Andres Segovia...
Frank Gambale...
Ry Cooder...
I have tried to steer clear of the mainstream players...
The players listed above are held in the highest regard by guitar professionals...No greater praise or recomendation...
A_B...
...Incidentally, Steve Vai took lessons as a teen from Joe Satriani and graduated to "guitar god" status after getting the job working for Zappa as a Guitar Part Transcriber...He was credited with "stunt guitar and impossible guitar parts"...No kidding...
...Sorry, John Petrucci / Dream Theatre...
John Pattituci, Bassist for Chick Corea...Honest Mistake...
...
A_B...
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John Pattituci, Bassist for Chick Corea...Honest Mistake...
...A_B...
...From a guitarists point of view the greatest guitarist would be the person who has done the most for the instrument itself and brought it to the world stage in such a way that the guitar has been accepted by other great musicians and composers as a great instrument.
It's worth noting that the guitar has never been accepetd as a standard instrument in a classical orchestra.
The Australian classical guitarist John Williams has been voted the greatest guitarist ever consistently over the last 30 years by both the classical world and the rock world.
Clapton, Van Halen, Malmsteen, Page, Knopfler, May, Al DiMeola, Vai, Satriani and tons of others have said in interviews that Williams is the greatest guitar player that has ever lived.
I have been lucky enough to see him about 10 times over the past 20 years. The first thing you notice at his concerts are all the famous guitarists in the audience.
It's worth noting that the guitar has never been accepetd as a standard instrument in a classical orchestra.
The Australian classical guitarist John Williams has been voted the greatest guitarist ever consistently over the last 30 years by both the classical world and the rock world.
Clapton, Van Halen, Malmsteen, Page, Knopfler, May, Al DiMeola, Vai, Satriani and tons of others have said in interviews that Williams is the greatest guitar player that has ever lived.
I have been lucky enough to see him about 10 times over the past 20 years. The first thing you notice at his concerts are all the famous guitarists in the audience.
Prince is the most underrated guitarist of all time in my opinion.
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i never said i know anything? i just dont rate him in my top 100 did i do something to you? i dont know why your picking an argument with me