Who is the greatest guitarist of all time?

• Bio-Hazzzzard

  

  It will be interesting to see the opinions based on era and genre.
  
  My choice would be Hendrix with Clapton coming in a very close second.
  
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• gerb131

  

  SRV or BB King of course Jimi is #1.
• THE4RINGZ

  

  Tony I. from Black Sabbath
  
  Jimmy Paige
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  It's all subjective, but in my view:
  Robert Johnson
  Everyone modeled him.
  
  Then:
  Hendrix
  Freddie King
  BB King
  Clapton
  Albert King
  SRV
  Duane Allman
  Jimmy Page
  Albert Collins
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  If you are going to pick a Hendrix song, pick Red House, Catfish Blues, Hear my Train a Coming, or Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) all better than Voodoo Child in my view.
  
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• mrtinkertrain

  My short list
  
  Jimi Hendrix
  Eric Clapton
  Robert Johnson
  Eddie Van Halen
  Duane Allman
• Bio-Hazzzzard

  

  ptown_trojans_1;754853 wrote:If you are going to pick a Hendrix song, pick Red House, Catfish Blues, Hear my Train a Coming, or Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) all better than Voodoo Child in my view.

  
  Peace in Mississippi would be another to add to that list.
• tcarrier32

  

  too many good guitar players to narrow it down to one.
  
  im going to mention on that deserves to be mentioned, but probably isn't too popular. Jake Cinninger, dude goes nuts live 200+ shows a year playing everything from bluegrass, metal, and jazz
  
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• Ty Webb

  

  Robert Johnson
  Chet Atkins
  Jimi Hendrix
• queencitybuckeye

  Segovia
• Laley23

  

  Eric Clapton - At least he is my favorite, but thats cause he has such a soothing voice to compliment his work.
• Speedofsand

  

  Les Paul
• UANyg

  Robert johnson has to come first - he basically invented blues guitar which gave way to rock and roll. on the more modern and 'known' scale, i'd say hendrix or jimmy page.
• Bigred1995

  

  Wow, so many great ones! I'll add one; not the greatest, but deserves to be on the list (imho, obviously)
  John Mayer
  
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• Speedofsand

  

  I always liked this show from Cinemax in 1988. Ask Eddie Van Halen, Jeff Beck, Slash, David Gilmour, Stanley Jordan, and many others ...they will tell you the greatest ever is Les Paul
  
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• Speedofsand

  

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• password

  

  These are not in any certain order but my favorite would be Jimmy Page, they are all great.
  
  Jimmy Page
  Eric Clapton
  Jeff Beck
  Jimi Hendrix
• Belly35

  

  Sanatan
  
  
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• ptown_trojans_1

  

  Bigred1995;754933 wrote:Wow, so many great ones! I'll add one; not the greatest, but deserves to be on the list (imho, obviously)
  John Mayer
  
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  Mayer is good (he has shared the stage with BB and Clapton), but he is not great. I'd put a ton more blues guitarists above him, and Mayer did lift a bunch of his licks from Freddie King.
  

  ccrunner609;755009 wrote:lots of good choices........I think you have to put them in catagories:
  
  Blues: SRV, Johnson, Clapton
  
  Rock: Randy Rhoades, EVH, Hendrix
  
  I really like David Gilmore....he has a unique sound.

  
  Agree on Gilmore.
  I'd throw Hendrix more in the blues category, given some of his best work is in the blues genre, but that's me. If you are going to put SRV in blues, then put Hendrix there too, especially since Hendrix really inspired SRV.
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  One reason why Clapton is up there, the old Otis song:
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  Then, the great Freddie King:
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• ernest_t_bass

  

  Belly35;755026 wrote:Sanatan

  
  Satan?
• justincredible

  

  Not mentioned, Leroy Powell.
• Sonofanump

  I've got Hendrix, Clapton and Robert Johnson in that order. I think Led Zeppelin is the boss, but think Page is sloppy live and not a great guitarist.
• Y-Town Steelhound

  

  Gotta go with Eddie Van Halen and Slash
  
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• lets_go_devils

  

  Y-Town Steelhound;755065 wrote:Gotta go with Eddie Van Halen and Slash

  
  I'm surprised the Youngstown guy didn't show some love for the man that even the great Jimi Hendrix said was the GOAT guitar player....
  
  Youngstown's own PHIL KEAGGY