top guitarists

[43%burnt 0]

the fact that hendrix played a right guitar upside down jus makes it all sound amazing. if u ever watch ne of his videos ull really see how good he is.

despite playing most of his guitars upside down, they were all strung left handed (ie. normal). still one of my favs though. same for ben weinman of dillinger escape plan. omar lopez of mars volta is quickly climing for me. he may be sloppy, but his rhythms are getting more and more complicated. francis the mute is very very good.

[ladystorm3 0]

my spanish teacher can play the guitar upside down, hes a stoner, but regardless, he sure can play.

[jeffw 1]

I'll probably get slammed for this one, but I don't like Hendrix. I think what made him a guitar god was the fact that he died so early in his career...

IMO Hendrix was to guitar what Bobby Orr was to hockey. In his time he was very innovative and raised the bar for the next generation of players coming behind him.

Back in the late 60's Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Pete Townshend and Alvin Lee were the sht and they all said that Hendrix floored them.

I'll admit that I don't like alot of his stuff that they play on the radio but his live albums make the hair stand up on my arms.

That guy could PLAY. Check out Villanova Junction on the Woodstock album.

Breathtaking.

[DMBfan13 0]

In my opinion, I like Keller Williams, Tim Reynolds, and I guess if I had to pick another maybe Trey Anastasio.

[sundin13 1]

1. Brian Setzer

2. Eric Johnson

3. Randy Rhoades

[UMWhockey 0]

I really like Travis Meeks of Days of the New. He is an ass hole, but makes some great music. You have to listen to all three Days of the New CD's to get his whole range of music.

[hip check 0]

my picks:

1 - B.B. King - He makes the guitar talk, doesn't have to be fancy.

2 - Tim Reynolds - I've only heard him on the disc with Dave Matthews, and that was pretty cool.

3 - Paul McCartney - As a guitarist in probably the most influential, succesful band ever, and a great song writer... c'mon.

and throw Pat Metheny in there for some jazz influence.

[stix04 0]

3 - Paul McCartney - As a guitarist in probably the most influential, succesful band ever, and a great song writer... c'mon.

McCartney played bass........ George Harrison played guitar.

Hendrix, Vai, Vaughn, Johnson, Clapton, Dimebag, Satriani, Malmsteen, the guy from Iron Maiden, the list goes on..... Theyre all amazing guitar players.

[rjdlucky 0]

Vai is sick - saw him two weeks ago

Satriani is quite amazing - saw him this summer

Metal/Hardcore guitarist - Jonathan Donais (Shadows Fall) is absolutely amazing

[hip check 0]

3 - Paul McCartney  -  As a guitarist in probably the most influential, succesful band ever, and a great song writer... c'mon.

McCartney played bass........ George Harrison played guitar.

Hendrix, Vai, Vaughn, Johnson, Clapton, Dimebag, Satriani, Malmsteen, the guy from Iron Maiden, the list goes on..... Theyre all amazing guitar players.

Dang it, you're right - my bad! (drummers don't pay attention to what kind of guitar it is!)

[Drewhunz 3]

That's because drummers can't count past two!

[stix04 0]

1,2,3 uhhhhhhhhhh 5? Hey I atleast got past two!

[Tyler B 0]

if i had to limit it to three.....

1. Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)

2. Slash (Guns N' Roses)

3. Angus Young (AC/DC)

in my opinon

im with beans on this one. But Angus is the top of my list for sure.

[hitz14 0]

i dont kno if this has been asked before but i am wondering who are peoples top three rock guitarists

Here are mine in order

1. Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)

2. Jimi Hendrix

3. Eric Clapton (solo and with Cream)

exactlly, those guys are the sht.

just swithched a little

1 hendrix

2clapton

3 page

also pete townshend, the WHO biatches

[hitz14 0]

if i had to limit it to three.....

1. Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)

2. Slash (Guns N' Roses)

3. Angus Young (AC/DC)

in my opinon

those are my favorite for the harderish rock

[stix04 0]

Too many to count.

I was listening to a song done by Vai and Malmsteen, some of the sickest guitar ive ever heard. Also I heard "Somewhere over the rainbow", its basically an instrumental of the Wizard of Oz song, done by Steve Vai, incredible. Just the sheer skill of steve vai is amazing, considering he was tought to play by SRV so that he could do the movie Crossroads.

[Bruin88 0]

eddie van halen cause he gave the guitar world a big kick in the ass and jumpstarted alot of good guitar playing ,randy rhoads because he was amazing and his legato was just....amazing :) ,i like zakk wylde and alexi laiho for style ,mick mars for style as well and i just love his solos ,slash cause he puts sooo much fealing into his music and he plays it from the heart instead of the brain most the time.

[dieselbro 0]

1 - Eddie Van Halen

2 - Jimi Hendrix

3 - Slash

4 - Angus Young

[Guest Marcelo Cordoba]

You can definetly tell how old people are in this thread :D

Amazing how ages vary...

I have a few of my own, guys that I grew up listening to. Sure, there are the Hendrix, Clapton's, Page's, Vai's, Satriani's, EVH (his son is a goalie). However, I have found few that can rip you up with an ass kicking solo and then melt your heart down to nothing with a soft, melodic solo than Neal Schon from Journey and Steve Lukather from TOTO. I've been a fan of both for more than 25 years and the new sounds that they come up with are nothing short of incredible.

Neal's new stuff with Soul SirkUS kicks ass and TOTO, though not so popular in the U.S., is finding incredible success in Europe, Asia and South America.

Also, some of my other personal favorites are Dave Amato (now with REO Speedwagon; previously Ted Nugent and many others), Vivian Campbell and Phil Colleen (Def Leppard), and Rik Emmett (formerly of Triumph).

Since getting involved in the music industry, many of these guys remind me of the hockey players I have worked with for so many years. Just plain old great guys.

[Buzz_LightBeer 974]

May I be permitted to add Nick Drake to the list?

[BackhandTopShelf 0]

Eddie Van Halen

Alex Lifeson

Richie Sambora

[jollygreen16 0]

ok here we go

Zakk Wylde

Kirk Hammet

Mike Amott

Slash

Jon Donis

SRV

Angus Young

the list will always go on because great guitarists are always coming out of the woodwork

[dix0r 0]

Angus and Brian Setzer

oh and sorry, i didn't mean these were the top guitarists. i meant they were my favorite.

[warrior37 0]

Jimi Hendrix

Eric Clapton

Buddy Guy

Stevie Ray Vaughn

Angus Young

Carlos Santana

and look out for John Mayer

[Bruin88 0]

Jimi Hendrix

Eric Clapton

Buddy Guy

Stevie Ray Vaughn

Angus Young

Carlos Santana

and look out for John Mayer

im not a big fan of softer music(besides guns n roses ,fleetwood mac and journey) and stuff but i really like john mayers playing ,this coming from a rocker .but yeah ,that daughter song was stuck in for sooo long