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Who is the Best Guitarist of all time??

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  • Report | Quote Posted: Sun 5th Oct 2008, 10:38 pm

    Personally i think, David Gilmour. followed closely by Pete Townsend!!!.. oh and jimi hendrix! Below is Rolling Stone magazine's top 100.. and i dont know how the feck RHCP guitarist got in there above gilmour.. townsend.. i dont reli agree with this list!!!

    1Jimi 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
    11Kirk 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 Townshend
    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
    Last edited by PinkFloyd<3, Sun 5th Oct 2008, 10:40 pm.


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  • Report | Quote Posted: Sun 5th Oct 2008, 10:45 pm

    As seen on my profile my top 5 favourites are Hendrix, Page, Slash, Van Halen, Clapton.

    Santana should have been higher up on that list, much higher.

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  • Report | Quote Posted: Sun 5th Oct 2008, 11:11 pm
    I'd have Brian May and Slash in the top ten.

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  • Report | Quote Posted: Sun 5th Oct 2008, 11:12 pm
    Slash isn't even on that list

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  • Report | Quote Posted: Sun 5th Oct 2008, 11:17 pm
    I would never have had Kurt Cobain on that list, In fact that list is fucking awful. Where are the likes of Joe Satriani, Steve Vai. They seem to have gotten bored naming good gutarists and started naming mediocre song writers
    Last edited by VoidedCyanide, Sun 5th Oct 2008, 11:21 pm.

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  • Report | Quote Posted: Sun 5th Oct 2008, 11:18 pm

    VoidedCyanide wrote:

    I would never have had Kurt Cobain on that list

    Maybe not as high.


    justAARON

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  • Report | Quote Posted: Sun 5th Oct 2008, 11:22 pm

    justAARON wrote:

    Maybe not as high.

    No I wouldnt have him on the list at all cos he isnt actually that good


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  • Report | Quote Posted: Sun 5th Oct 2008, 11:32 pm

    personal tastes obviously come into this

    my favourites are:

    Jimi Hendrix

    Randy Rhoads

    Jerry Cantrell

    Zakk Wylde

    Kirk Hammett

    Joe Satriani

    K.K Downing and Glenn Tipton from Judas Priest

    Slash

    Eddie Van Halen

    Seasick Steve

    Last edited by Gavlarr, Sun 5th Oct 2008, 11:33 pm.

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  • Report | Quote Posted: Sun 5th Oct 2008, 11:34 pm
    personally from that list i woulda had Angus Young and Mark Knopfler much higher up than they are
    Last edited by Gavlarr, Sun 5th Oct 2008, 11:35 pm.

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  • Report | Quote Posted: Mon 6th Oct 2008, 3:57 am
    Rubbish list for the most part. Absolute garbage.
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  • Report | Quote Posted: Mon 6th Oct 2008, 10:55 am
    John Williams

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  • Report | Quote Posted: Mon 6th Oct 2008, 10:58 am

    Shite list. Influential guitarists, yes maybe, but best? not a chance on alot of them.

    Michael Angelo Batio isn't even in that feckin list

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    Then you've got the likes of Rusty Cooley, Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, Satriani, Petrucci, John Williams, Andre Sergovia, tons.. none in that list

    Last edited by Si., Mon 6th Oct 2008, 11:05 am.

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  • Report | Quote Posted: Mon 6th Oct 2008, 10:59 am

    Gavlarr wrote:

    personal tastes obviously come into this

    my favourites are:

    Jimi Hendrix

    Randy Rhoads

    Jerry Cantrell

    Zakk Wylde

    Kirk Hammett

    Joe Satriani

    K.K Downing and Glenn Tipton from Judas Priest

    Slash

    Eddie Van Halen

    Seasick Steve

    LOL


    Pendulum

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  • Report | Quote Posted: Mon 6th Oct 2008, 12:04 pm

    That does look a bit shit tbh infact all seems to cock

    The classic Rock top 100 guitarist was alot better and true

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  • Report | Quote Posted: Mon 6th Oct 2008, 1:11 pm

    VoidedCyanide wrote:

    No I wouldnt have him on the list at all cos he isnt actually that good

    In terms of what? Cos he could play the guitar, so he must be good on some level.


    justAARON

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