Let's not go by mag

Jimmy Hendrix

Pete Townsend

Eric Clapton

David Gilmour

Jimmy Page


Keith Richards

Santana


Richie Sambora

George Harrison

Ron Wood

By playing skills, songwriting skills and trademark style:

Keith Richards (Stones)
Clarence White (Byrds
Jimmy Page (LZ)
Francis Rossi (Status Quo)
Billy Duffy (Cult)
Gary Louris (Jayhawks)
Mick Taylor (Stones)
Sneaky Pete Kleinow (Flying Burrito Brothers)
Ry Cooder
Nick Drake

Where is Townsend?He falss in all categories?

Close call, but he didn't make it on my list. I need diversity. Can't place all similar guitar players together.

Keith richards



Jimi Hendrix
James Hertfield
Stevie Ray Vaugan
Angus Young
Malcom Young
Jimmie Page
Eric Clapton
Kurt Cobain
Pete Townsend

In no particular order:

Duane Allman
Dickey Betts
Warren Haynes
Jimmy Herring
Jack Pearson
Derek Trucks

Keith Richards (a master composer - able to take two chords and turn them into something everyone will know for the rest of their lives - not everyone can do it and Keith's done it over and over and over).

Don Felder (very underrated guitarist for the Eagles)

Lindsey Buckingham (maybe a bit too poppy for most of you all, but the only "classical" guitarist I know of in the pop/rock world. A master fingerpicker).

Slash (under all the heavy metal hard rock, there's a fantastic blues guitarist).

Jimi
Keith
May
Blackmore
Zappa
Santana
Geoffrey Burton (from Belgium)
Ali Farka Toure
JL Hooker

that's all I can think of right now




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Scotty Moore
James Burton
Keith
Ronnie (when he was hot)
Mick Taylor
Stevie Ray vaughn
Hendrix
Richard Lloyd
Richard Thompson
Sonny Sherrod
James Blood Ulmer
Jeff Beck
Lindsey Buckingham
Slash
Mick Jones (Clash)

Sorry I had to put 15; could not decide who to take off.

Johnny Winter
Jimi Hendrix
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Mick Taylor
Jimmy Page
Keith Richards
Eric Clapton

Not 10, I know, and I can't say who is the second etc. Number 1 is for me Johnny Winter

Hendrix should always be no 1

RobertJohnson Wrote:
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> Johnny Winter
> Jimi Hendrix
> Stevie Ray Vaughn
> Mick Taylor
> Jimmy Page
> Keith Richards
> Eric Clapton
>
> Not 10, I know, and I can't say who is the second
> etc. Number 1 is for me Johnny Winter


I've forgotten Rory Gallagher

I'm not crazy about guitar solos, I like simplicity and composition so here's my list:

Keith





Neil Young
Dave Gilmour
JJ Cale
Roger McGuinn (and everyone who played in Byrds, I love that band and the guitar sound)
Johnny Cash (Carl Perkins/Bob Wooton with Johnny)
John Lennon
Chuck Berry
BB King
Gary Rossington (and everyone in Lynyrd Skynyrd, great guitar band)

In no particular order of greatness.

Keith Richards
Jimmy Page
Jimi Hendrix
Slash
Mick Taylor
John Squire
James Dean Bradfield
James Burton (for his influential work with Ricky Nelson)
Pete Townsend
Noel Gallagher



There are tons of other guitarists who I admire greatly, but these are probably my ten favourites

Mathijs
OpenG
Mick Taylor





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John Lennon in top 10!!!!!!

No particular order, just a TOP 12 of guys I like :

SRV
Keith Richards
Jimi Hendrix
Joe Perry
Buddy Guy
Prince
Rory Gallagher
Jimmy Page
Mick Taylor
Angus Young
Lucky Peterson
Slash




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In no specific order

Keith Richards
Mick Taylor
Tony Iommi
Angus Young
Jimmie Page
Eric Clapton
Slash
Pete Townshend
Ritchie Blackmore
David Gilmour

sunnybandyo99 Wrote:
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> John Lennon in top 10!!!!!!


Ok, I included Lennon because he wrote a lot of good songs on guitar
Somewhere I read when he found a chord, he immediately tried to write a song with that chord.
I am a guitar player too and I like that mentality

And I forgot to include Angus Young ay ay

Jimi Hendrix
Keith 1968-1982
John Lennon (rythm and the playing to his songs and others, also the naive solo on Yer Blues)
Ry Cooder
Larsa
Biafra man (a guy at Odenplan)

In no particular order:

Jimi Hendrix
Pete Townsend
Jerry Garcia
Jimmy Page
Eric Clapton
Johnny Winter
Chuck Berry
Joe Perry
Carlos Santana
Dickie Betts




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Son House
Robert Johnson
Blind Blake
Papa Charlie Jackson
Josh White
Charley Patton
Fred McDowell

(Rockman can give the other 3....)

I forgot Mark Knopfler too (in Dire Straits he was brilliant, his solo stuff sucks)

Hey!! Potted Shrimp ya jumped me in the pass.....How's ya travels going?

Keith Richards
Robert Johnson
Steve Cropper
Pat Hare
Joey Long
Scotty Moore
Charlie Patton
Willie Johnson
Blind Willie McTell
Muddy Waters
Tommy Johnson
Blind Blake
Hubert Sumlin
Blind Willie Johnson
John Lee Hooker



ROCKMAN

StonesLicks2002 Wrote:
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> Mathijs
> OpenG
> Mick Taylor
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> StonesLicks2002.


2 funny i would say Mahijs twice.......Open g twice...who is mick taylor??

sunnybandyo99 Wrote:
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> Hendrix should always be no 1


That's very true!!

Segovia

RobertJohnson Wrote:
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> Johnny Winter
> Jimi Hendrix
> Stevie Ray Vaughn
> Mick Taylor
> Jimmy Page
> Keith Richards
> Eric Clapton
>
> Not 10, I know, and I can't say who is the second
> etc. Number 1 is for me Johnny Winter


How could this happen? I've forgotten not only Rory Gallagher, but also Robert Johnson! Sorry for that!

Robert Johnson
John Lee Hooker
Chuck Berry
Hubert Sumlin
Keith Richards
Pete Townshend
Jeff Beck
James Burton
Johnny Winter
T-Model Ford





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keith richards...johnny thunders...chuck berry...pete townsend...johnny ramone...james williamson (raw power baby!)....jimi hendrix...tony iommi...jimmy page....warner hodges (jason & the scorchers)