Greatest Guitarist Of All Time

[Supafly]

Jimi Hendrix - Star Spangled Banner
In my opinion, the ultimate solo-artist. He has a band around, but I guess it does not matter THAT much how they perform. He just stands out so much. Notice while he performs he is correcting the tuning of his guitar as he plays? Genius.

Grace Potter and Joe Satriani cover Cortez the Killer
Satriani is the guys who taught a lot of the guitar heroes of our time how to play. And he crossed over from conscious play to tapping into deeper regions of his mind. In this track, he pushes the song so extra far, I doubt any other guitarist could have done this.

Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven Live
The perfect example of an over-all artist. He createt the whole act, wrote and produced the songs, and the guitar-playing... Damn! As Gary Moore put it so well... Led Clones pretty much have their business model cut out by this guy

 

[dongkong]

Really, who are we to bitch? :dunno:

THE VOTERS: Trey Anastasio, Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys), Brian Bell (Weezer), Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple), Carl Broemel (My Morning Jacket), James Burton, Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains), Gary Clark Jr., Billy Corgan, Steve Cropper, Dave Davies (The Kinks), Anthony DeCurtis (Contributing editor, Rolling Stone), Tom DeLonge (Blink-182), Rick Derringer, Luther Dickinson (North Mississippi Allstars), Elliot Easton (The Cars), Melissa Etheridge, Don Felder (The Eagles), David Fricke (Senior writer, Rolling Stone), Peter Guralnick (Author), Kirk Hammett (Metallica), Albert Hammond Jr. (The Strokes), Warren Haynes (The Allman Brothers Band), Brian Hiatt (Senior writer, Rolling Stone), David Hidalgo (Los Lobos), Jim James (My Morning Jacket), Lenny Kravitz, Robby Krieger (The Doors), Jon Landau (Manager), Alex Lifeson (Rush), Nils Lofgren (The E Street Band), Mick Mars (Mötley Crüe), Doug Martsch (Built to Spill), J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.), Brian May, Mike McCready (Pearl Jam), Roger McGuinn (The Byrds), Scotty Moore, Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), Tom Morello, Dave Mustaine (Megadeth), Brendan O’Brien (Producer), Joe Perry, Vernon Reid (Living Colour), Robbie Robertson, Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes), Carlos Santana, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Marnie Stern, Stephen Stills, Andy Summers, Mick Taylor, Susan Tedeschi, Vieux Farka Touré, Derek Trucks, Eddie Van Halen, Joe Walsh, Nancy Wilson (Heart)

Well appart from a few, most of the people in there are not very good guitarist themselves. They are very popular, but not good.

 

[JacknCoke]

I don't think it's possible to say that just 1 person is the single greatest

 

[EwaSonnetIsGod]

Slash at 65? WTF? There are about 20 guys that could be in the top 5 and slash is definitely one of them

 

[RangerDick]

A list without Mark Knopfler and Robert Randolph (yea, I know it is pedal steel) is not a valid list.

 

[RangerDick]

Fucking shitty terrible list. Willie fucking Nelson????? Are you fucking kidding me?????

That was my thought exactly!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Baill Inneraora]

Paul weller or jimmy paige

 

[sleep]

Stevie Ray Vaughn is the best ever imo

Yes sir!