Top Guitarists Of All Time!

[hatchetman]

I have comprised a list of my top 20 guitarists of all time!
Do you guys have a list of guitarists? (obviously doesn't have to have 20 :p), maybe a top 10 or top 5. Tell me what you think of my list

:biggrin1: = Biggest influence on my playing

Here's my personal list;
1. Jimi Hendrix :biggrin1:
2. David Gilmour :biggrin1:
3. Pete Townshend
4. Jimmy Page
5. Carlos Santana
6. Duane Allman :biggrin1:
7. Frank Zappa
8. Eddie Van Halen
9. Ritchie Blackmore
10. Ace Frehley
11. Angus Young
12. Jeff Beck
13. Robby Krieger
14. Steve Howe
15. Stevie Ray Vaughan
16. Tony Iommi
17. Buck Dharma
18. Eric Clapton
19. Robert Fripp
20. Jerry Garcia

I agree with the ones I know...great list!

[jroknbok]

No paticular order but my top guitarist are:

B.B. King
Buddy Guy
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Eric Clapton
Jimi Hendrix
David Gilmour
Carlos Santana
Toni Iommi
Pete Townshend
Jimmy Page
Robby Krieger
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Jonny Lang
Gary Clark Jr. (a new favorite)
Duane Allman
Derek Trucks
Warren Haynes
Joe Bonamassa
John Mayer (if you set aside his pop music)
Keb' Mo' (greatest acoustic blues)
Joe Satriani
Joe Walsh (very underrated IMO)
Slash
Jeff Beck
Eddie Van Halen
Zakk Wilde
Dimebag Darrel
Trey Anastacio
Brian May
Billy Gibbons (also underrated IMO)

Too much?? I apologize, I splurged

[keke007]

Yes, I know also that will wanted to fuse the landscape of a place called Windham Hill with his music so being a carpenter he cut a tree from the area fashioned a guitar from it and decided that this was the perfect way to fuse both the nature of his favourite spot and his music.

[quayy]

most list like this are bs...where are the women.........the jazz guitarist....i'm sure somewhere out there some classical guy is just seething at not a mention......it's just a appples and oranges thing

[LMD]

John McLaughlin, Paco De Lucia & Al Di Meola also spring to mind. Had an album by them called 'Passion, Grace & Fire' years ago. Must get another copy soon.

Great album.

Some names that I like that have been yet to be named (Or seen by my eyes as I read through the topic) that I think deserve some form of mention;
Rory Gallagher
John Cipollina
Robin Trower
Snowy White

[Mrrusty1]

to me it has to be jimi hendrix

[Mrrusty1]

yes a very good list jimi hendrix at the top for me although all of the others are brilliant as well

I agree with the ones I know...great list!

[Nick Dilley]

indeed,very good at what he does.

I'd agree, but stress the "at what he does" part. Obviously top notch player, but not a mind-blower in the creativity department.

[Nick Dilley]

For me...

(in no particular order)

Mikael Akerfeldt
Marty Friedman
Richard Thompson (the folk player)
Ani DiFranco
Steve Vai
David Gilmour
Richie Blackmore
Jesper Stromblad
Tony Iommi


EDIT: I guess these are just my favorite. Some I'd put in "greatest of all time," but others not so much. Ani DiFranco is beast finger picker, but I don't think she's one of "the greats." Tony Iommi, too, is awesome and his playing strikes a chord with me, but I appreciate him most for his creativity and not his playing ability, which is good. All the other guys in my list, though, are great players and writers, and that's why I'd put them on a pedestal.

[SteveO]

except for his work on Voodoo Chile, Star Spangled Banner and Live Band of Gypsies...IMHO I'd say that's pretty creative for a very short time on earth !

I'd agree, but stress the "at what he does" part. Obviously top notch player, but not a mind-blower in the creativity department.