Timeless Question....... Who is the Greatest???

[The Wiz]

Wow so many excellent guitarists have been mentioned!
Hendrix
Page
Van Halen
May
Nugent
Santana
My personal favorite guitarist would have to be Steve Lukather from the group Toto...but all the others mentioned are right up there in my book..Legends all!The Wiz!

 

[sMuCk_fOg]

Robin Trower
Eddie Van Halen
Randy Rhodes

R.I.P.
Sky Saxon (The Seeds) Godfather of all that is and was punk,
metal and acid rock.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmHTyLBIZ1g&feature=related

Sky Passed on 06-25-09

 

[Brian1976]

Stevie Ray Vaughan was the best of the choices in my opinion.. He had sucha natural gift he played with every bit of his soul no other guitarist has or ever will be as good as Stevie Ray was!

 

[Brian1976]

As much as I love Jimi, listen to anything he did, followed by SRV's cover.
Jimi might have inovated it, But Stevie perfected it.

Mace

I totally agree... Little wing and Voodoo chile were profected by Stevie Ray

 

[Babachoo]

Clapton is the most overrated mediocre garbage player to ever exist, closely followed by Santana.

SRV was a blues god and the best guitarist to ever walk the earth, closely followed by David Gilmour, whom I'm glad was not on this poll because I would have sat here for 3 hours biting my nails trying to decide between him and Stevie.

 

[Melinda09]

I totally agree... Little wing and Voodoo chile were profected by Stevie Ray

I'm with these guys - Stevie Ray is the best guitar player of all time (so far) ... and I say that even though I'm old enough to remember Jimi at Woodstock, and must have seen that Woodstock movie 25+ times. Whoever said that Hendrix started it, and Stevie Ray Vaughan perfected it has got it right.

I'm really glad that I caught this thread. You made my day! I just went to fill up the CD player, and the first 5 that I grabbed were: Texas Flood, Soul to Soul, In Step, A Tribute to...; and one Clapton - Riding with the King. That'll get me motivated this morning!

Two thumbs up.

 

[mace bewley]

Riding with the King is a great album. I seen B.B. last year and he has to be .... what 70's
and he was GREAT. Also Got to see Buddy Guy and I have some of his albums and have seen him on the tribute to SRV, but to see him live is an honor. I have never seen someone do such overbends, it was amazing.

Mace

 

[mace bewley]

Haven't seen him mentioned but Henry from the Los Lonely Boys is an awesome guitarist also. I have actually seen them 5 times now, and some of the concerts I drove like 6 to 700 miles.

(pay attn at 2:20)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaFb1pHV1c4


or how about this one check out 1:47 and 4:40

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omrpiLFny0U&feature=related




Mace

 

[RobertPallson]

While Jimi Hendrix and many others are great, this dicussion begins and ends with David Gilmour, the most underrated and greastest guitar player ever. His guitar solos on almost every Pink Floyd song make my heart melt.

 

[mace bewley]

^^^^^ OHHH thats a good one!

Mace

 

[fresca]

Wow, so many of the GREATS have already been listed.

Just off the top of my head, and glancing at CDs on the rack... these are some of my favorites:

Eric Johnson
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Yngwie Malmsteen
Steve Vai
John Petrucci
Edgar Cruz
Erik Mongrain

It's a nice mix. Maybe a couple of not-so-greats... but I like 'em.

 

[Wormwood]

Joey Satriani

edit

............and buckethead

 

[gep]

I have a thing for classical guitar so I would include Segovia on my list along with Christopher Parkening and John Williams and everyone else listed.

But I will not choose one...They're all great to me.

Jammin' is jammin'. I love it all!

 

[eric]

Hendrix. Clapton. Vaughn. In that order.

 

[mastervapor]

Duane Allman

 

[Babachoo]

Wow, so many of the GREATS have already been listed.

Just off the top of my head, and glancing at CDs on the rack... these are some of my favorites:

Eric Johnson
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Yngwie Malmsteen
Steve Vai
John Petrucci
Edgar Cruz
Erik Mongrain

It's a nice mix. Maybe a couple of not-so-greats... but I like 'em.

Wow, it's amazing to see a friend of mine's name in this thread. Yeah, he's an amazing player and it's nice to see his fans outside the OKC area praising his style.

Another thing to consider about Cruz is that he has composed and arranged like 500+ songs, mostly adaptations of modern songs for classical guitar. That accomplishment alone is outstanding.

 

[Shining Wit]

As much as I love Jimi, listen to anything he did, followed by SRV's cover.
Jimi might have inovated it, But Stevie perfected it.
Mace

Yes Jimi was the innovator and SRVs imitation was the sincerest form of flattery. I agree SRV played a mean guitar but Hendrix would take the first three places for me and we must remember that Jimi was playing with some relatively primitive equipment, Wah & Fuzz, Marshall Stack and an unearthly control of feedback and sustain. His Star Spangled Banner in 1969 at Woodstock was the pinnacle in my ears and he struggled after that to find the same level of inspired playing.

1. Most innovative and avant garde musically.
2. Most technically gifted and experimental.
3. Most inspirational and moving.

Brian May.
A true guitarist builds his own guitar out of washing machine parts and mantlepeices.

.....and his hair out of tumbleweed!!!;-)

While Jimi Hendrix and many others are great, this dicussion begins and ends with David Gilmour, the most underrated and greastest guitar player ever. His guitar solos on almost every Pink Floyd song make my heart melt.

Good choice and a great shame that Syd never made it past the 60s.

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[mamu]

#1 Stevie Ray Vaughn
#2 Jimi Hendrix
#3 Eric Clapton

dude... it's Jimi Hendrix... put him #1

 

[BiteMe]

Ahhhhhh.... Fresca... you finally mentioned the guy I was thinking of when you said John Petrucci....Absolutely fantastic!
SRV has got the blues Nailed!!!
Hendrix ... wayyyyy too far ahead of his time
David Gilmour... Innovation extreme

Way too many others that get overlooked, like Kenny Wayne Sheppard..(Granted, he's a copy cat)

One other thing I'd like to bring up here is bass players..... the only reason I do that, is because people like Victor Wooten can solo on a bass and do things that even the great guitar players can only think about!! Check him out on U-Tube!! "Amazing Grace" for starters, then go from there.
YouTube - Victor Wooten bass solo & Amazing Grace - Budapest 2007

 

[BiteMe]

Whoops!!!! sorry for the double post, but I forgot that I was gonna add Steve Morse in there! How about "Tumeni notes" off of High Tension Wires?