...Your top 5 greatest guitar players

• 4cards

  

  ...Had this discussion today about great guitar players over the years and thought it would be interesting to see other peoples favorites. No right or wrong here because they all have different styles;
  
  Mine in no special order
  Jimi Hendrix
  Stevie Ray Vaughn
  Carlos Santana
  Jimmy Page
  Ritchie Blackmore
• Old Rider

  

  Slash!
• Fab4Runner

  

  Prince is one of my faves.
• redrocket

  

  Duane Allman
  Les Paul
  Chet Atkins
  Stevie Ray Vaughn
  B.B. King
• BR1986FB

  Randy Rhoads
  Jeff Hanneman
• Belly35

  

  Chuck Berry
  Carlo Santana
  Jimi Hendrix
• Ironman92

  

  Slash
  Hendrix
  
  
  And go ahead and chastise if you must but Keith Urban can pick it
• A PAC

  

  BB King
  Eric Clapton
  Jimi Hendrix
  jimmy Paige
  Slash
• Tiernan

  Chuck Berry is often given credit by Clapton, Richards, Knoffler and Page as the greatest guitar player of all time.
  
  Hendrix met Chuck once and told him he wished someday he could be that good.
  
  two guys that are seldom mentioned but known by musicians themselves as phenomenal guitarists are Keith Urban and Brad Paisley
• hasbeen

  

  Robert Johnson
• Laley23

  

  Chuck Berry
  Eric Clapton
  John Mayer
  Jimi Hendrix
  Carlos Santana
• Dr Winston O'Boogie

  

  I rank mine by their ability to create a unique sound. Whether that constitutes a "five best" on technical grounds, I don't know. I just know that when the following guys play, I can tell it's them practically from the very first note and I never mistake them for anyone else.
  
  Mark Knopfler
  George Harrison
  Eddie Van Halen
  Angus Young
  Kirk Hammett
• Sonofanump

  Led Zeppelin is probably my favorite group ever, but I would not put Jimmy Page in my top 40 of guitarist.
  
  In order:
  
  Hendrix
  Berry
  Clapton
  Allman
  Segovia
  Vaughn
  Johnson
  Santana
  Knopfler
  Morello
  Les Paul
  Townsend
  Buckingham
  David Gilmor
  Nancy Wilson
• Dr Winston O'Boogie

  

  Obviously there is a lot of subjectivity in something like this. Here's an opinion I know will bother many: I never cared for Jimi Hendrix's music. I'm sure he's a good guitarist, but I don't see that he is just above all others like many say. I don't like the songs he wrote very much either. I think it is the thing to do - to call him the greatest ever. But I attribute that mostly to his dying young.
• Sonofanump

  Dr Winston O'Boogie;1762972 wrote:Obviously there is a lot of subjectivity in something like this.

  Absolutely, you put Harrison on your list and i think the best guitar work on any Beatles song is on While My Guitar Gently Weeps.
• 4cards

  

  Sonofanump;1762983 wrote:Absolutely, you put Harrison on your list and i think the best guitar work on any Beatles song is on While My Guitar Gently Weeps.

  One of my favorite songs & Harrison was brilliant on it.
• Dr Winston O'Boogie

  

  Sonofanump;1762983 wrote:Absolutely, you put Harrison on your list and i think the best guitar work on any Beatles song is on While My Guitar Gently Weeps.

  Clapton plays a good guitar on that song. My list was comprised of guitarists that I feel have a very distinct sound - as opposed to being perhaps the most technically adept. I will grant you that Clapton is a great guitarist - no doubt about that.
• Iliketurtles

  

  Slash
  Jimi Hendrix
  Carlos Santana
  John Mayer
  Chuck Berry
• Laley23

  

  Iliketurtles;1762988 wrote:Slash
  Jimi Hendrix
  Carlos Santana
  John Mayer
  Chuck Berry

  Must be our age lol. Literally my list except Clapton instead of Slash (who I would have in my next 5 easily).
• Commander of Awesome

  

  Hendrix & Tom Morello were the first two to pop into my head.
• Gardens35

  Sonofanump;1762963 wrote:Led Zeppelin is probably my favorite group ever, but I would not put Jimmy Page in my top 40 of guitarist.
  
  In order:
  
  Hendrix
  Berry
  Clapton
  Allman
  Segovia
  Vaughn
  Johnson
  Santana
  Knopfler
  Morello
  Les Paul
  Townsend
  Buckingham
  David Gilmor
  Nancy Wilson

  Good to Buckingham get a mention. My favorite.
• Gardens35

  Sonofanump;1762963 wrote:Led Zeppelin is probably my favorite group ever, but I would not put Jimmy Page in my top 40 of guitarist.
  
  In order:
  
  Hendrix
  Berry
  Clapton
  Allman
  Segovia
  Vaughn
  Johnson
  Santana
  Knopfler
  Morello
  Les Paul
  Townsend
  Buckingham
  David Gilmor
  Nancy Wilson

  Good to see Buckingham get a mention. My favorite.
• Wolves of Babylon

  Greatest is tough because if you want technical skill guys like John Petrucci, Steve Vai and Yngwie Malmsteen are amazing. In fact Metal guitarist will top most lists for technical skill but then you have the other half who have a sound or play with emotion and that is where Hendrix, Clapton and many blues players come into the fray.
  
  My favorite players are in no order
  
  Alex Lifeson-Rush. He seems to get left off a lot of lists because Neal Peart and Geddy Lee get a lot of the fame.
  
  Kirk Hammet-Metallica. Enjoy his soloing. Not the toughest or fastest out there to play but memorable.
  
  Gary Clark Jr-See him live if you can, amazing player
  
  Angus Young- Main reason I wanted to play guitar watching my dad play AcDC when I was little
  
  Jimmy Page- just because I love Zep.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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• Spock

  

  I cant believe that Randy Rhoads is only mentioned once.
  
  Rhoads
  Prince
  Lifeson
  Mayer
• Uz2Bon36

  

  Prince crashed Jazz Night. Held at the W Hotel in Hollywood last year. - "taking to the stage during Ryan Edgar and Nikki Leonti-Edgar‘s set and grabbing the axe just long enough to rip through a few licks…."
  
  
  
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