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Greatest Guitarist Ever


  

34 members have voted

  1. 1. Greatest Guitarist Ever

    • Eddie Van Halen
      1
    • Jimmy Page
      3
    • Jimi Hendrix
      11
    • Stevie Ray Vaughan
      1
    • Dimebag Darrell
      0
    • Eric Clapton
      5
    • David Gilmour
      0
    • Kirk Hammett
      2
    • Slash
      5
    • Randy Rhoads
      1


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Guest benoitrulz4life
Posted

Haven't seen this topic yet, so here ya go.

Guest Cerebus The Aardvark
Posted

Why oh why did you put Diamond Darrell on a poll of greatest guitarists?

 

I heard that Neil Young guy is pretty decent.

Guest redbaron51
Posted

on this pole

 

Hendrix

 

 

other: John Petrucci

Guest CoreyLazarus416
Posted

Dimebag Darrell is on the list...but Zakk Wylde? Steve Vai? John Petrucci? JEFF HANNEMAN?! DAVE MUSTAINE?! DO THESE NAMES MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU?!

 

**votes "other"**

Guest Nevermortal
Posted

This thread should not have had a poll.

 

My vote: Wylde or King.

Guest Agent of Oblivion
Posted

Honestly, the best is probably some classical guitarist no one's ever heard of, but of course, we can only comment on what we've heard. That said, the poll choices are an iffy sample at best.

Guest Ravenbomb
Posted

I'm both shocked and apalled that there's a Greatest Guitarist Ever poll and Santana wasn't even mentioned

btw, I voted for Clapton

Guest cabbageboy
Posted

I'd think Tony Iommi at least rates a mention on the poll as well if you are going to list Dimebag Darrell.

Guest benoitrulz4life
Posted

Come on now, be reasonable. I tried to make the list as accessible as possible. Everyone has a favorite guitarist that's not on there. If I included everyone that deserves mention than this is what the poll choices would be:

 

Ace Frehley

Adrian Smith

Alex Lifeson

Allen Collins

Angus Young

B.B. King

Billy Corgan

Billy Gibbons

Brian May

Brian Setzer

Carlos Santana

Chuck Berry

Dave Davies

Dave Murray

David Gilmour

Dez Dickerson

Dickey Betts

Dimebag Darrell

Don Felder

Duane Allman

Eddie Hazel

Eddie Van Halen

Elliott Randall

Eric Clapton

Eric Johnson

Frank Zappa

Gary Rossington

George Harrison

Glenn Tipton

Jeff Beck

Jerry Cantrell

Jerry Garcia

Jimi Hendrix

Jimmy Page

Joe Perry

Joe Satriani

Joe Walsh

John Fogerty

John Frusciante

John Petrucci

Johnny Greenwood

Johnny Winter

Keith Richards

Kirk Hammett

Kurt Cobain

Lenny Carlton

Lou Reed

Mark Knopfler

Martin Barre

Michael Schenker

Mick Ronson

Mike McCready

Neil Young

Pete Townshend

Randy Rhoads

Richie Sambora

Ritchie Blackmore

Robby Krieger

Robert Fripp

Slash

Steve Howe

Steve Vai

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Ted Nugent

Tom Morello

Tony Iommi

Trey Anastasio

Yngwie Malmsteen

Zakk Wylde

 

Geez, you can't please everyone.

Guest redbaron51
Posted

that list seems very very fimiliar?

 

 

 

Top 100 Guitar Solos?

Guest benoitrulz4life
Posted

Exactly where I got it from. That list was voted on by fans and look how many choices there were. Maybe I should change that list to who is the best out of just these ten.

Guest godthedog
Posted

greatest ever is probably hendrix, but stanley jordan deserves mention. he's got this amazing way of playing that no one can imitate that enables him to play chords and melody at the same time. download his version of 'eleanor rigby' and listen to it. then realize that all that shit is being played by the same guitar. it's awe-inspiring.

Guest CoreyLazarus416
Posted

Dimebag Darrell is one of the WORST guitarists ever. Honestly, has the man ever come up with a genuinely great riff in his life? No. AND all his solo's are simple-as-fuck and sound like SHIT.

Guest The Amazing Rando
Posted

Yngwie rocks, in my technical-sounding opinion...

 

on that list....CLAPTON~!

Guest The Metal Maniac
Posted

I'd argue that Dimebag has had a few good riffs (Walk, 5 Minutes Alone) but then again, I don't like him either, and I hate his solos.

Guest cobainwasmurdered
Posted

I like Dimebag. But none of these guys can compare to Hendrix IMHO.

Guest Agent of Oblivion
Posted

Did somebody vote for Hammett just to annoy me? Or does someone honestly think that?

 

Dimebag ain't that bad. He's come up with some pretty tough-ass riffs, like Mouth for War, By Demons be Driven, and Slaughter. Nothing mind-blowing technical or anything, but still good shit.

Guest The Amazing Rando
Posted

i'm guessing nobody here likes Stevie Ray Vaughan....

 

Live Alive is a good album too...

Guest Agent of Oblivion
Posted

I do. A lot, in fact. AWESOME blues guitarist.

Guest redbaron51
Posted
Yngwie rocks, in my technical-sounding opinion...

Yngwie is 100% full of himself and about 90% of his stuff is from classical music. We know Yngwie that you don't steal riffs from Bach and Tchkovsky :rolleyes:

Guest Harry Hood
Posted

To say someone that probably noone else has ever heard and to make myself seem cool...

Tim Reynolds...

 

*hopes he seems cool*

Guest snuffbox
Posted

The brothers Young in AC/DC make for a pretty good combo, been makin those 3 chords work quite well for going on 30 years.

 

Neil Young would get my vote, but since he does have a hardon for Hendrix, Jimi gets it.

 

Other choice would have to be Billy Corgan, almost every guitar part the Pumpkins ever played was written by him, and there was some really good stuff there.

Guest redbaron51
Posted

out of the whole list these guys are good:

 

Ace Frehley

Adrian Smith (with Murry)

Alex Lifeson

Allen Collins

B.B. King

Brian May

Brian Setzer

Carlos Santana

Chuck Berry

Dave Murray (with Smith)

David Gilmour

Dickey Betts

Dimebag Darrell

Don Felder

Duane Allman

Eddie Van Halen

Eric Clapton

Eric Johnson

Frank Zappa

George Harrison

Glenn Tipton (with Downing)

Jeff Beck

Jerry Cantrell

Jerry Garcia

Jimi Hendrix

Jimmy Page

Joe Perry

Joe Satriani

Joe Walsh

John Fogerty

John Frusciante

John Petrucci

Johnny Winter

Keith Richards

Kirk Hammett

Lenny Carlton

Lou Reed

Mark Knopfler

Martin Barre

Michael Schenker

Mick Ronson

Mike McCready

Neil Young

Pete Townshend

Randy Rhoads

Richie Sambora

Ritchie Blackmore

Robby Krieger

Slash

Steve Howe

Steve Vai

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Ted Nugent

Tom Morello

Tony Iommi

Trey Anastasio

Zakk Wylde

 

Some of those are completly biased...like Yngwie

Guest Agent of Oblivion
Posted
To say someone that probably noone else has ever heard and to make myself seem cool...

Tim Reynolds...

He's better than a few people on the poll list, and this is coming from someone who detests DMB and all music that sounds like it.

Guest La Parka Es Mi Papa
Posted

FUCKING Stevie Ray Vaughn. Nobody can compare, at all.

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