Guitars

[AbbaZabba]

Been around guitars my whole life. Guitar players or anyone else, who are your top 5 guitarists.

1. Carlos Santana
2. David Gilmour
3. Ry Cooder
4. Eric Clapton
5. Jeff Beck

RL Thompson and Jimi Hendrix should be in there

[Bigdon]

1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Eric Clapton
3. David Gilmour
4. Angus Young
5. Slash

[Chris95]

1. Richie Sambora
2. Randy Rhoads
3. Tony Iommi
4. Mick Mars
5. K.K. Downing

[Synyster Shadows]

Don't have 5, but whatever

1. Synyster Gates
2. Jimi Hendrix
3. Joe Satriani

[Stryker125]

John Fruciante
Jack White
Max Bemis
Vic Fuentes
Albert Hammond & Nick Valensi

^those are in no particular order by the way

[Lost in the Echo]

1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Slash
3. Jimmy Page
4. Jerry Cantrell
5. Billy Corgan

[deadpie]

John Fahey is better than all of those classic rock guitar players by a million. Get on his level, kids. Playing guitar isn't all about stupid wankery solos.

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[Disintegration]

1) Slash
2) Mark Tremonti
3) Randy Rhodes
4) Josh Homme
5) Satchel (This one is a bit loose but I caught his pick so in he goes)

[Human]

I don't really have a top 5, I like Andrés Segovia though.

[Fractured Silhouette]

1. Acle Kahney (TesseracT)
2. John Browne (Monuments)
3. Thomas Betrisey (Sybreed)
4. James Clayton (The Arusha Accord)
5. Dan Weller (SiKTh)

[Ric123]

How come nobody has put Brian May in??? He has created some of the most memorable guitar riffs

[Aves]

John Fruciante
Jack White
Max Bemis
Vic Fuentes
Albert Hammond & Nick Valensi

^those are in no particular order by the way
For you to have Jack White and Vic Fuentes on this list is an insult to guitarists. What they do might be good for the music they play, but if you consider them on your list of "top guitarists", I question what music you listen to.


My Top 5:

1. Jeff Beck
2. Eric Johnson
3. John Petrucci
4. David Gilmour
5. John Fruciante

[Stryker125]

For you to have Jack White and Vic Fuentes on this list is an insult to guitarists. What they do might be good for the music they play, but if you consider them on your list of "top guitarists", I question what music you listen to.


haha, nah man.

[Aves]

haha, nah man.

Jack White and Vic are hardly talented guitarists. They have done nothing that stands out as innovative, nothing that has been musically challenging, or anything that a guitarist would look at and say is really odd. So yes, man.

Also, I can't believe I left possibly one of the greatest guitarist of all time off my list (slipped my mind). Guthrie Govan is simply amazing.

[Stryker125]

Jack White and Vic are hardly talented guitarists. They have done nothing that stands out as innovative, nothing that has been musically challenging, or anything that a guitarist would look at and say is really odd. So yes, man.

I can see your point, but I didn't mean to imply that they did musically challenging parts, or anything like that. I included them because they both (in my opinion) write parts that serve the songs amazingly well. I love the weird sounds Jack makes, (which I always thought were odd at first) and I love the musicality in PTV's music, and I think they always evoke strong emotion when they play. I dunno...agree to disagree?

btw, Guthrie is amazing.