100 greatest guitarists of all time

[DeanS]

Well, according to Rolling Stone anyway..................these really are useless articles- please discuss!


http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5937559/the_100_greatest_guitarists_of_all_time

[Scotty477]

I think the people who made this list up must be out of their faces on some illegal substance.

For example ...

Number 2 - Duane Allman
Number 82 - Dave Gilmour

Also ... Gary Moore is at number ... um ... oops he isn't on the list  :oops:

EVH at number 70?

This has to be the worst list I've seen of this type, in a long time.

[Catalyst77]

Ha Ha Keith richards can obviously show EVH a trick or to.

Obviously Carlos santana should have played his solo's more in the style of the Kurt Cobain.

What a terrible list, not that they are  personal favourites but where the hell is Steve Vai or Satch?

Obviously they just missed out to that guy from the ramones who can play both root 6 AND 5 barre chords

[Antag]

these really are useless articles

Yep, that list is indeed useless - for more reasons than I can count, let alone be bothered to list :roll:

please discuss!

No need - you already summed it up nicely :)

[MDV]

That nearly gave me an anuerysm.

[DeanS]

these really are useless articles

Yep, that list is indeed useless - for more reasons than I can count, let alone be bothered to list :roll:

please discuss!

No need - you already summed it up nicely :)

Yeah, I know, just wanted to wind everyone up as much I was!

[blue]

it seems like a completely random list of guitarists, irrespective of skill, percieved "coolness", innovation or any other logical or coherent criteria.

i think the likes of Joan Jett and Ron Asheton would be quite bewildered to find themselves on such a list!  someone googled "guitar player" and wrote down the first 100 names.  the only one they recognised was Hendrix, so they put him at 1.

[MDV]

There is one sole logical aspect to these things. One overriding rule.

Hendrix wins.

Other than that its randomly selected and randomly ordered, I'm certain. Its the only possible explanation.

And I dont even agree that hendrix wins. He just always does.

[Mr Ed]

c--k.

[Ratrod]

Useless list. I don't think they tried to put in order 'best-ness', though.

And why would they? There's no such thing as a best guitarist. All those guys are experts in their own style. Shure Eddie and Jimi are great but Les Paul would wipe the floor with them both if it came to playing jazz.

And why the hell isn't Brian Setzer on that list? And where's Billy Gibbons? Even Hendrix himself said Billy was the greatest guitarist ever. And why isn't Malcolm Young on that list while Keith Richards is?

[Mr Ed]

Can't see Rolling Stone in work ($%&#ing useless county council) but where's Buckethead on that list?

[_tom_]

Can't see Rolling Stone in work (#$%!& useless county council) but where's Buckethead on that list?

Not on there.

[MDV]

Can't see Rolling Stone in work (#$%!& useless county council) but where's Buckethead on that list?

Like Vai, satch, paco de lucia, al dimeola, tommy emanuel and many others

Nowhere.

[Catalyst77]

There is one sole logical aspect to these things. One overriding rule.

Hendrix wins.

I dont think you can really mean that!

Yes Hendrix will always stand out cause he did things on a guitar that nobody else had done before; much like chuck berry etc.

Its all about standing on the shoulders of giants!

Personally i think its impossible to say any one guitarist is the best or was the best  - you cant really compare them - only by their influence on popular guitar (which is whay you could argue i gues sthat Keith richards was more influential than steve vai who just ripped other people off - but faster)

These lists are put togther soley to sell magasines, and court controversly, so the likes of us can say no way man slash is better than EVH, etc etc

[MDV]

I do mean it.

But now I have an identity crisis.....come to think of it, I've never seen me and Mr Ed in the same place....... :?