Greatest Guitarist?

[Jim Nazium]

Candidates not yet mentioned:
Mike Stern
John Scofield
Shawn Lane (RIP)
Scott Henderson

but the true winner is of course ...




NIGEL TUFNEL!!!!!!!

 

[MatticusMania]

ever hear of this music called jazz?

WHAT THE **** IS THAT?!

 

[MatticusMania]

Whats that guys name from the milk commercials? White Gold?

BEST GUITARIST EVAH!

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[shackled]

You forgot a "None of the above" option.

John Petrucci comes to mind...
I also really like Steve Carey.

 

[hogbob]

Steve lukather !!!!!!

 

[mike costelow]

No Steve Howe,poll is invalid.

Steve Howe is the most versatile and interesting guitarist I can think of! jimmy page is right up there of course!

 

[sarcastro83]

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[mike costelow]

Andy Griffith was'nt to shabby!

 

[sarcastro83]

Andy Griffith was'nt to shabby!

I lol'd

 

[cnltb]

Ok, my friend and I are constanly arguing about the greatest guitarist, I say its Jimi Hendrix but he says in Avenged Sevenfolds Synsyter Gates.

What do you think?

From this list I'd say jimi hendrix, but then I also think that this list is VERY incomplete as most lists would be given how many people have a guitar.

 

[yodedude2]

skipped 3 page of posts to add this: people keep confusing 'greatest' with 'favorite'...cheers, ron

 

[cnltb]

skipped 3 page of posts to add this: people keep confusing 'greatest' with 'favorite'...cheers, ron

+1

 

[capnsandwich]

No Les Paul?? Or Steve Morse? Or Albert Lee? Or Steve Lukather?

Oh, and I raise with Chet Atkins:

I got your Steve Morse on post #6.

 

[hover]

wow. a bunch of legends, and then a couple idiots in crappy bands.

Of COURSE I'm talking about Harrison & Page.

Seriously tho, the "greatest guitarist" to me is someone who doesn't need to be on these lame lists. It's not a competition. I DO however applaud you for not typing "guitard"...that is the lamest.

 

[hover]

skipped 3 page of posts to add this: people keep confusing 'greatest' with 'favorite'...cheers, ron

+ infinitum.

 

[cnltb]

Jim Hall there yet?
Pat Martino there yet?
joe Pass there yet?
Charlie Christian there yet?
Wes montgomery there yet?
Django Reinhard there yet?

 

[funkydjembe]

Stevie Ray Vaughan should at least be there,,you gotta make a new poll dude

 

[macaroni tony]

wow. a bunch of legends, and then a couple idiots in crappy bands.

Of COURSE I'm talking about Harrison & Page.

Seriously tho, the "greatest guitarist" to me is someone who doesn't need to be on these lame lists. It's not a competition. I DO however applaud you for not typing "guitard"...that is the lamest.

 

[Deleted member 92857]

There's Tommy Emmanuel and then there's everybody else.

+1 on Tommy Emmanuel... he's amazing.

These "who's the greatest" threads annoy me, because so much personal taste comes into play.

Having said that, you are talking about Jimi Hendrix (that's the way he spelled it, so I'll respect that) 40 years after his death, after a career that spanned only 3 years (at least the time his presence was known world-wide) and he never had a top 10 song. If anyone remembers this Avenged Sevenfold guitarist in 5 years I'll be amazed.

 

[Simo98]

Im gonna go ahead and say..

David Gilmour? Johnny Marr?! CARROTS!!!?!?

Poll is invalid.