No Top 10 guitarist list is complete without Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Winter, and Jerry Garcia...

In fact, no Top 5 list is complete without Winter or SRV.

Add Clapton, Page, and Hendrix and you got the Top 5, IMO.

"It's just that demon life has got me in it's sway..."

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> Hendrix should always be no 1


I know that's a "rock icon", but song-for-song I think Stevie Ray is a more interesting guitarist.

Certainly blues-ier, albeit Jimi was an awesome bluesman too.

I don't think anyone's ever played the blues like SRV on "Dirty Pool" or "Tin Pan Alley"... it just makes your skin crawl.


"It's just that demon life has got me in it's sway..."



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Jeff Beck
Eric Clapton
Brian May
Dave Gilmour
Pete Townshend
Martin Taylor
Mark Knopfler
Mick Ronson
Tony Iommi
Ronnie Wood

As it's all an IMO, I've gone for the ten best guitarists I've seen...



You might have to scrape me off the floor at the end of the tour, but it'll be really good scrapings. - Mick Jagger

Zappa
Keith
Jimi
FRIPP
BELEW
Steve Howe
Gilmour
Vai
Tony Levin ( bass and stick)
May

Keith
Pete Cosey
Hubert Sumlin
Jimi
James Williamson
Eddie Hazel
MT
Richard Lloyd
Johnny Thunders
Townsend if hes really not a paedophile
Robert Quine

But I could choose a different 10 tomorrow (see Chelsea Drugstore,Potted Shrimp,Rockman, obviously men/women of wealth and taste)


Hey Thrak I love Fripp too, but what happened to Crimson, heavy metal when I saw them two years ago?

I would add Mike Bloomfield and Peter Green to the list, but are they top 10? Hard to say!

Ross

no specific order

MICK TAYLOR
PETER GREEN
MARK KNOPFLER
DUANE ALLMAN
ERIC CLAPTON
DANNY GATTON
GARY MOORE
JIMI
TOY CALDWELL
PETER FRAMPTON

How did I know MLC would list Taylor at the top and not mention Keith, Ry Cooder, BB King, Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters or so many others that have contributed to make the Stones sound what it is. Funny

whats about Alvin Lee?

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Oh, give me the beat, boys, and free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away

Off the top of my head:

Keith Richards
Johnny Thunders
Mick Taylor
James Williamson
Mick Ronson
Ross the Boss(the Dictators)
Steve Hunter/Dick Wagner(cheating here-the Lou/Alice mid-70's tag team)
John Perry(the Only Ones)
Clarence White
Johnny Winter

and of course there's Hendrix,Page,Beck,Townshend,Eddie Hazel,Wayne Kramer,Duane Allman,Greg Ginn,Ronnie Wood(Faces-era),Joe Perry,Gary Louris,Richard Lloyd,Richard Thompson...10 is not enough.

Brian Jones
Roger McGuinn
Phil Manzanera
Johnny Marr
Steve Jones
Elmore James
Dave Gilmour
Dave Davies
Keith Richards
George Harrison

Jimi Hendrix
Eric Clapton
Pete Townsend
George Harrison
Jimmy Page
Eddie Van Halen
Carlos Santana
Lindsay Buckingham
Joe Perry
Mick Taylor
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Keith Richards
OK I had to go to top 12!!!!

Ron Ashton (stooges-fun house & 1st lp)....Steve Jones (thunders-berry influence, but thats good)...Michael Leigh (unsung axe slinger from the Lazy Cowgirls)...Robert Johnson...Ariel Bender (mott the hoople)...Richard Thompson...Peter Greenberg (DMZ - american "stoogy" garage band)...Dave Davies (early lo-fi sound)...John Fogerty (nasty tone!)...Roger Mcguinn (if only for that Rickenbacher jangly sound)

Jimi Hendrix
Lindsey Buckingham
Mick Taylor
Jimmy Page
Brian May
Jack White
Keith Richards
Hendrix
Hendrix
Hendrix

Hendrix...so innovative...no body has come near him yet...he did it all with only a wammy bar and wah-wah peddle.

Jimmy Page...his influence is undeniable...BTW he wrote almost all of Zeppelin's first two albums...music and lyrics...and heavily contributed on all subsequent releases.

Eddie Van Halen...another who cannot be denied

Randy Rhoads...if he lived he might have overtaken Mr Van Halen...he had that much talent.

Robert Johnson...he had some serious technique...just ask the two at the top of the list and Mr. Richards

Eric Clapton...

Jeff Beck...

Mick Taylor...yep..he's better than Keef.

Keef...the King of the Riff

Slash..not bad for being self-taught...a definate style of his own


the shoot 'em dead, brainbell jangler!

Nine that nobody's mentioned yet

Django Reinhart
Otis Rush
Mike Campbell
Al Di Meola
Charlie Christian
Joe Strummer
Bob Marley
Bob Dylan
Bob R. Streisand

<Slash..not bad for being self-taught>

I bet 99% of the guys on your list are self-taught

Although I already mentioned 15 there are a few more that are indipensable.
Johnny Thunders and Steve Jones. hey don't forget Steve Stevens. he was great in the 80's. But there are the two tagteams Kramer/Fred Smith and Hunter/Wagner. Both rock it hard.
And Quine need sot be on here. Plus James Williamson, mentioned several times.

Eddie Van Halen only had piano lessons. Keith never really had lessons, just tips from guys at art school. I think most blues guitarists never really took guitar-classes.

rattler...LOL, I just don't know what to say..yeah nice post.

I never liked Hendrix that much. I don't find it innovative, it sounds to much like a deliberate attempt for innovatism which is never good.

Richie Sambora, is that a joke?

Jerry Garcia.

favorites (today at least). No particular order

Angus Young
Ritchie Blackmore
Jimmy Page
Edward Van Halen
Keith
Joe Satriani
Hendrix
Joe Perry
Randy Rhoads
Jeff Beck

What about Niel Young on Hey Hey, My My or Rust Never Sleeps [LIVE] in general.... great guitar...

Jimi Hendrix
Eric Clapton
Mark Knopfler (I can't believe he's not on anyones list)
Lindsay Buckingham
Carlos Santana
Pete Townsend
Jimmy Page
Neil Young
Mick Taylor
Mick Ronson (Ziggy Stardust and then later live stuff w/ Ian Hunter unfortuneatly deceased now)
Keith Richards

To me these are the guitarists that have had the most impact in the last 35+ years.