Greatest Guitarists of All Time

“prince underated as a guitaist but he can kick some ass on it”

“The greatest.”

“He just has the most amazing sound to this day... A true musician... Love you Carlos”

“this dude kicks ass”

“You had to see it as well as hear it, but hearing is more than enough to earn Jimi the no. 1 spot”

Doug

“Are you kidding me? Jimi Hendrix deserves that number 1 spot.”

“Jimi Hendrix is the best guitarist of all time. Jimmy Page does however deserves second with out a doubt. Just watch Hendrix live at Monterey. You will cry.”

“The best there is, the best there was, the best there will ever be!”

Tibrown

“he is awesome”

Aaron

“Now, really how many do you think can play guitar like Slash does? Probably Jimi Hendrix is the only one who deserves to be in the league of Slash. Seriously, how many guitarists can get a call from the greatest entertainer that ever lived? Yeah, he played on Michael Jackson’s albums. That so damn says enough!”

“Greatest of all time period”

“I live in Kenya and the reason I love old rock is primarily because of this guy. Undoubtedly th greatest riffer of all time and he’s solos can only be bettered by Hendrix. In fact, many of his less popular solos are really underrated and right now I’d give my left arm to see him play a guitar - he’s style, he’s virtuosity, he’s originality; this is by far the guitar god we should all look to for direction!
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“Yesterday, I was watching your precious clapton and beck trying to keep pace with Page but honestly, it wasnt even frikin close. It sounded as if page was giving the slow *** clapton a lesson and teaching Beck to play smoke on the water’s riff. I then watched a comparison between Hendrix and Page and I was amazed at how much more mature and talent wise better Page’s playing was than that of Jimi. Don’t get me wrong that Hendrix was great but I would put at least 3 guitarists ahead of him on the all time list for the man was incredibly overrated for what he did (created distortion). Also, Page was part of easily the best band ever, by light years. His riffs were by far the best and ever and everyone who disagrees has no sense in music and shouldn’t even talk (dont even bring all that slash bull about Sweet Child O’ Mine because it doesn’t compare to page). His best riffs are rock and roll, Heartbraker, Over the hills, Black Dog, Stairway(I consider the beginning a riff), immigrant song, Trampled underfoot, Kashmir, Achilles Last Stand, In My Time of Dying, Ten years gone, Te Wanton Song, Nobody’s fault but Mine, Tea For one, Moby Dick, Dancing days and the Ocean many, many, many more. Next his solos are the best ever and there are too many for me to list for he had multiple in every song. Among his greatest are; Stairway to Heaven, Since Ive been Loving You, Dazed and Confused, Heartbreaker, (My favorite) Whole Lotta Love, Achilles Last Stand, White Summer, and many more. The way Page brought the best band together as he did and that he wrote most of their songs (He didn’t steal jack)he just changed the songs to how it pleased him. He never showed off and whatever he did was for the better of Led. Just puttin it out there, Freebird is the worst song ever and Stairway to heaven as a solo is 9x better than the one in Freebird”

“really one of the best because of his unique style”

richie4life

“Eddie Van Halen is the best. period. no one rocks like him”

“The best ever, listen to eruption”

“There is no other.”

Batgirl

““Our music has depth, and attempts philosophical thought and meaning with discussions of infinity, eternity and mortality. There is a line which people cross that turns it into some magical, mystical realm, for which I don’t claim responsibility and don’t hold any great truck with. â€�”

ledzeppelin

“the best and least acknowledged guitarist... he should be right next to if not before jimi hendrix”

“eric kicks ass man”

“He should be #1. His legacy and longevity place him above Hendrix, Duane Allman, and Jerry Garcia. No guitarist under the age of 50 holds a candle to Clapton or will ever have the influence he has had on rock and roll.”

“there is no question... eric is god!”

“okay, man, he kicked ass when he was alive. had he lived, he would have been the greatest of them all”

“would have been the greatest, hands down.
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“Jordan is by far one of my favorite guitarist, and with such a unique style.”

ledzeppelin

“he should be no 1. Name one other guitarist who can play 2 guitars at once, and a guitar and piano at the same time?”

“John Frusciante has to be the best of all time... when he plays improve it sounds amazing, like he wrote it years ago”

“He plays with more emotion than anyone ever did. Truly an amazing musician.”

“Although for me hendrix is without a doubt the best guitarist of all time. Frusciante is the greatest guitarist of modern times, he keeps de flame of rock alive, in a era where there are no longer guitar heroes. He deserve to be in the top ten.”

“a god in all aspects, song writing and structure faultless on last two albums coulped with intense energy leaving me stuck to my couch in amazement, this guy has taken this type of music to a level no one else can better.”

“Are you kidding me?! Jimmy Page?!?!?! Yngwie plays better than him with his teeth.”

“matt bellamy is so different 2 every other guitarist. hi is one of the best 2nd only to jimi hendrix
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“His style and solo play are the best I have seen this century he is simply the best this century so far! will take a lot to beat this genious”

“Stevie is THE BEST PERIOD! You can tell that people voting here are mostly just young punk ass idiots!”

“Stevie was second to none. Struck down before his time. R. I. P. Love you and miss you.”

“Please take a look at the song Radio Friendly Unit Shifter in the In Utero album. I’ve never heard anything like that.”

“HE GETS NO CREDIT... LIKE ALL THE SONGS PPL LISTEN 2 DONT HAVE HIM ROCKIN OUT ON THE GUITAR.. but if you take time to actually look some stuff up you might give this guy some more respect!”

“He is amazing, makes A7X’s songs sound great.”

B_Hammock

“Syn has the greatest style in my opinion and he has the second best technique, behind john patrucci”

“Synyster gates can go incredibly fast. He deserves a ton of credit he can sweep pick perfectly ad do those scales. His picking is very fast to he deserves 8 spot”

“ZOMG guyz Laiho should be top! I just saw bodom’s live in stockhol again.. just listen to his solos! needled 24/7!
m/. (^. ^). m/ cmon.. you can’t honestly tell me avenged sevelfolds guitarist is anywhere near laiho’s level.. and that guy is in the 18th place.. wtf?.. and how is prince the greatest guitarist.. OMG.. VOTE LAIHO and set things right!”

“Vocalist, Songwriter, Lead Guitar, what more can you ask from one man?

Other than his amazing songwriting, his true mastery of the guitar shines in live performances.”

“he should have number one”

“Dude Steve Vai is so flipin’ amazing at guitar. Have you heard For The Love Of God?”

“Angus Young is the definition of what a hard rock guitarist should be”

“Not only can he shred, he can do it while running around like a six-year-old on crack! He deserves to be #25, at least.”

“HE IS GOD!”

“Satch would shred the face of anyone else on this list”

“Everyone knows that this is the best guitarist in the world! He teached kirk hammet, to play guitar!”

“Hello? Who gave Vai his first lessons? Who can hang technically with any musician on the planet?”

“Wow! I’ve never seen someone play as fast as Herman Li, totally deserve first place!”

Tibrown

“everyone is like page or jimi is the best no they only wrote good music. that means they are good music writes not guitarists. you have to be able to play everything to be the best and herman can do that way better then anyone else can.
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“Greatest electric blues player ever - and other guitarists know it!”

“Best Guitaring in the universe.. nuff said”

“Alex might be the most under rated guitarist of all time... just take one listen to La Villa Strangiato.. its pure extasy to listen to. No one plays with as much emotion and feel as Lifeson... the guy is pretty friggin technical as well... in my opinion, there none better.”

“Amazing time signatures and great finger moves very fast too with positive output”

“Alex doesn’t get the recognition he deserves only because he plays with Neil and Geddy... If he was in Zeppelin, he’d be as popular as Page”

“A god. Greatest guitarist the worlds ever seen. He makes Rage against the machine what it is.”

“Genius”

“Still a genius”

“versatility”

“If you look on Youtube under his name you will see demonstrated some of the best, most innovative guitar playing you have ever seen-anywhere.”

“I saw this guy in concert two hours ago. Hands down, the best guitarist I have ever seen. I haven’t seen many of the greats in action... but WOW!”

“he’s the best”

“very underrated listen to little boy blue from thinder seven CD awesome. He drifted into classical acoustic after triumph and was still solid!”

“His music is great, and while some songs sound the same, each can have different effects on your mind, IMO.”

“technically superior to anyone else. emotions galore.”

“Best thing since sliced cheese.”

“In terms of technical ability Petrucci is unrivaled. Only Satriani compares. Everyone else is a joke.”

“One of the most underrated guitarist of all time! A true legend of the ax!”

“Ace is the absolute best ever! Shock Me, the best solo ever! You idiots have no idea who this master of the ax should be! Besides the overdoses and drunkness, he is the#1 guitarist of all time! Think about that! Not even on the top 100 of Rolling Stone magazines’ guitarists! They are compleye idiots! He rocks and will always be "Space Ace" eventhough out of KISs! Think about that losers!”

“b. b. king is one of the best because nobody sounds like him”

“He was pure genius when he played lead in UFO. Then he went solo and spent some time in the Scorpions before forming MSG. His flying V will melt your face!”

“if there are any guitar gods on earth its him and tom morello”

“He has classic guitar riffs of all time! Have you heard the song "War Pigs? "”

“who alive can play like TE?”

“Obviously, you haven’t heard Jeff Beck play guitar. He was by far the best at the last "Crossroads Guitar Festival". If you ever heard him play, you would agree that he should be #1.”

“After he left Creed, he got to truly show his amazing talent on Alter Bridge’s ’Blackbird’ album with lots of technical guitar work.”

B_Hammock

“the best of all time!
without him bon jovi wouldn’t be what they are”

richie4life