The 100 Greatest Guitarists of all Time - as compiled by HomeRecording .com

[faderbug]

can i just post three ?

Zappa

Prince

Mick Taylor

 

[musicsdarkangel]

John Mclaughlin
Paul Gilbert
Marty Friedman
Zakk Wylde
Paco De Lucia
Jimi Hendrix
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Joe Satriani
Jason Becker
Scott Henderson
Pat Metheny
Django Reinhart
Michael Romeo
Dimebag Darrel (even though I hate the band he's in)

 

[Cyrokk]

Jimmy Page
Angus Young
Tony Iommi
Eddie Van Halen
SRV
Dave Mustaine
Jimi Hendrix
Andres Segovia
Dave Murray
Adrian Smith
Steve Lukather
Beezelbubba
Jeff Beck
Zack Wylde
David Gilmour
Glen Tipton
KK Downing
Chuck Berry
Brian May
Steve Howe

 

[voxjockey]

In no particular order except for the first guy:

Hendrix
Clapton
Page
SRV
Jeff Beck
Chuck Berry
Eric Johnson
BB King
EVH
Vince Gill
Roy Clark
Steve Wariner
Brian May
Johnny Winter
Pete Townshend
Paul Simon (loved his acoustic stuff in the 60's & 70's)
Buddy Guy
George Harrison (guitar work always fit song perfectly)

I reserve the right to name 2 more later after I think about it.

 

[SteveMcB]

Hmmm...

Ty Tabor - Kings X
EVH
Vernon Reid
Richard Thompson
Django Reinhardt
Vai
Satch
Joe Pass
Hank B Marvin
Brian May
SRV
Jeff Beck
Hendrix
Trey Anastasio
Charlie Hunter
Prince
Nuno
Dave Navaro
Steve Cropper
Danny Gatton

Steve (that's my name, not my 21st vote!)

 

[badassmak]

Cool Thread!

In particular order sorta...

Dave Mustaine
Jerry Cantrell
Gordie Johnson (Big Sugar)
Chuck Schuldiner (Death...RIP)
Anthony Iommi
Ritchie Blackmore
Max Cavalera
Andreas Kisser
Kerry King
Jeff Hanneman
John Frusciante
Chino Moreno
James Hetfield (as much as it pains me to say it )
Kirk Hammet (ditto this guy)
Some obligatory ones...
Hendrix
Gilmour
Clapton
Some locals...
B.Sabbath
Lopp












...and...











...me.



ok j/k, that last one kinda sucks.

 

[acorec]

You guys call yourself guitarists with lame lists like these?

 

[foo]

Andres Segovia
Ry Cooder
Peter Green (England's best blues player)
Steve Howe
Robben Ford
Larry Carlton
Albert Lee
Chet Atkins
Wes Montgomery
Merle Travis
Dave Gilmour
Django
Joe Pass
Brian May
Blind Blake
Albert King
Davey Graham
Bonnie Raitt (it's all about the tone)

I've probably missed a couple of real favorites, but this list is right off the top of my head.

Note - no Jimi, no Eddie and no Eric!



Oh my!

 

[dafduc]

foo, no Becker???

Thought I hadja pegged, guess not. Oh well, great work on the comp CD, man.

Daf

 

[dafduc]

Ha ha - "peg"ged - get it?



Didn't catch it 'til after I posted.

Done spammin now.

Daf

 

[charger]

Okay, lemme fix it since I can't rock the votefor my man Wes.

in no particular order

Hendrix
Wes Montgomery
Joe Pass
Les Paul
the Edge
Joe Satriani
John McLaughlin
Steve Howe
Billy Corgan
Mark Knopfler
Robert Johnson
SRV
David Gilmour
Jimmy Page
EVH
James Hetfield
Ralph Towner
Richard Thompson
Randy Rhoads
Buckethead

 

[Kelly5150]

My top 20 in no particular order, and the ones I can think of...

1 - Jimi Hendrix
2 - Eddie Van Halen
3 - Michael Schenker
4 - Gary Moore
5 - Stevie Ray Vaughn
6 - Yngwie Malmsteen
7 - Tony Iommi
8 - Eric Johnson
9 - David Gilmour
10 - Jim Matheos
11 - John Petrucci
12 - Steve Vai
13 - Ry Cooder
14 - Thomas Youngblood
15 - Alex Lifeson
16 - Ulrich Roth
17 - Randy Rhodes
18 - Rik Emmet
19 - Richie Sambora
20 - Vivian Campbell


No one else likes Gary Moore? wow unbelievable....

I got at least 2o more...

 

[Aaron Cheney]

As of CHarger, here's what we have:

Adrian Smith 2
Alan Holdsworth 2
Albert Collins 2
Angus Young 2
Brian Setzer 2
Buddy Guy 2
Charlie Christien 2
Dave Murray 2
Dave Mustaine 2
Dimebag Darrel 2
Eric Johnson 2
James Hetfield 2
Jason Becker 2
Jeff Henneman 2
Joe Perry 2
Johnny Winter 2
Kirk Hammet 2
Larry Carlton 2
Marry Friedman 2
Michael Schenker 2
Neal Schon 2
Paco de Lucia 2
Paul Gilbert 2
Pete Townsend 2
Prince 2
Ritchie Blackmore 2
Robby Kreiger 2
Ry Cooder 2
Santana 2
Steve Howe 2
Steve Lukather 2
The Edge 2
Tony Iommi 2
Vernon Reid 2
Al DiMeaola 3
Albert Lee 3
Alex Lifeson 3
Andy Summers 3
Duane Alman 3
Frank Zappa 3
John McGlaughlin 3
John Petrucci 3
Junior Brown 3
Les Paul 3
Nuno Bettencourt 3
Ricky Scaggs 3
Vince Gill 3
Wes Montgomery 3
Albert King 4
Andres Segovia 4
BB King 4
David Gilmore 4
Keith Richards 4
Mark Knopfler 4
Robert Johnson 4
Zakk Wylde 4
Billy Gibbons 5
Brian May 5
Danny Gatton 5
Jerry Cantrel 5
Joe Satriani 5
Roy Clark 5
Steve Vai 5
Chuck Berry 6
Django Reinhardt 6
George Harrison 6
Joe Pass 6
Randy Rhoads 6
Chet Atkins 7
Jeff Beck 7
Eric Clapton 8
Edward Van Halen 10
Jimmy Page 10
Stevie Ray Vaughan 12
Jimi Hendrix 17

That represents the top 75 vote getters. Any other names have only received one vote.

Aaron
http://www.voodoovibe.com

 

[Aaron Cheney]

By the way, the list counts down from 75 to number 1, and the number represents the amount of votes that person received. That top 10 looks a whole lot better to me than the Rolling Stone thing did...

No Bo Diddley anywhere to be found?! No Yngwie Malmsteen at all?!

Aaron
http://www.voodoovibe.com


Edit: Oops. Trying to sneak that Malmsteen in, eh Kelly5150?

 

[MK-Ultra]

In no order

Hendrix;
Jeff Beck;
Clapton;
Segovia;
Pass;
Liona Boyd;
Howe;
George Harrison;
EVH (although I don't listen to his stuff)
Gilmour;
Page;
Richards;
Roy Clarke;
Chet Atkins;
Steve Hackett;
Buddy Guy;
SRV;
Blackmore;
Cooder;
Mark Knopfler;

There are some here whose music I am unfamiliar with, though I do know they have the chops. I am sure there are countless jazz and classical guitarists labouring in obscurity who could outplay most of the people on my list.

Lists are generally useless, but I am one post further up the ladder toward my very own customized avatar!

 

[gatorhaus]

BB King
Eric Johnson
Prince
Jimmy Page
Santana
Brad Paisley
Stevie Ray Vaughan
George Harrison
Alex Lifeson
Chuck Berry
Vince Gill
Angus Young
Malcomn Young
Mark Knopfler
Robert Johnson
Roy Clark
Steve Vai
Edward Van Halen
Buddy Guy
Ry Cooder

 

[Kelly5150]

By the way, the list counts down from 75 to number 1, and the number represents the amount of votes that person received. That top 10 looks a whole lot better to me than the Rolling Stone thing did...

No Bo Diddley anywhere to be found?! No Yngwie Malmsteen at all?!

Aaron
http://www.voodoovibe.com


Edit: Oops. Trying to sneak that Malmsteen in, eh Kelly5150?

What about Gary Moore?... I'm the only one that voted for him too.... interesting....

 

[Kelly5150]

Aaron, just noticed you're missing votes, you had Joe Pass at 6 votes, I counted 8, plus more after.. and you got Ry Cooder at 2, I counted 3...

And you missed a couple Tony Iommi's..

Guess you didn't count mine....

 

[Aaron Cheney]

Aaron, just noticed you're missing votes, you had Joe Pass at 6 votes, I counted 8, plus more after.. and you got Ry Cooder at 2, I counted 3...

And you missed a couple Tony Iommi's..

Guess you didn't count mine....

I didn't get your votes in those totals. You snuck your post in as I was adding them up.

The three things I found most interesting were:

1: The shoe-in's that weren't even named, such as Yngwie, Robben Ford, Gary Moore, Bo Diddley. Actually, I think Robben Ford did get 1 vote.

2: The huge volume of players with one vote. Seems like just about everybody that voted listed many famous people, and then a bunch of unknowns. I ended up with a huge list of guys I'd never even heard of that all got 1 vote.

3: How hard it is to tallly up all those votes. It took me a good 45 minutes!

Aaron
http://www.voodoovibe.com

 

[Bill L]

I didn't get your votes in those totals. You snuck your post in as I was adding them up.

The three things I found most interesting were:

1: The shoe-in's that weren't even named, such as Yngwie, Robben Ford, Gary Moore, Bo Diddley. Actually, I think Robben Ford did get 1 vote.

2: The huge volume of players with one vote. Seems like just about everybody that voted listed many famous people, and then a bunch of unknowns. I ended up with a huge list of guys I'd never even heard of that all got 1 vote.

3: How hard it is to tallly up all those votes. It took me a good 45 minutes!

Aaron
http://www.voodoovibe.com

That just shows how many talented players there are out there. I'm sure you haven't heard of Oscar Aleman (I mentioned him earlier) but you must have heard of Tal Farlow (Gibson has a signiture model for him), Grant Green and Lowell George (not jazz but played with Little Feat, Zappa and a who's who's of 70's rock as session man and producer). And no one mentioned any of the New Orleans/cajun/zydeco/reggae players that are amazing. Anyone hear of Sonny Landreth? Absolutely amazing. I should be getting a CD of a show he played in Rhode Island on 8/31 and he smoked. I got to meet him after the gig and chatted with him about his guitar setup. I'll see if I can post a picture of his ax. A nice custom shop Les Paul. There's just not enough time in the day to hear all the great players!

Bill L