The 50 Greatest Guitarists, Who's Missing?

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[samuraiguitarist]

Who got left off? Segovia, Django Reinhardt, Les Paul are some more that come to mind.

[spaixz]

the fact that John Frusciante isn't on this list is just crazy

[balintpalhegyi]

I am honestly stunned how Guthrie Govan is never on these lists. He can literally imitate all of these guy's playing and you wouldn't even notice

[xers]

This should be called 50 Greatest 'Rock/Metal' Guitarists.
There are countless great masters in Jazz, Acoustic, Latin... etc.

[JaredSawyers]

In regards to Robert Fripp, he created a tuning system he calls "New Standard Tuning" or NST which is fifths except for what would be the high e in standard tuning as the string would keep breaking. He was also a pioneer of guitar effects, especially delay, developing something he likes to call "frippertronics" which utilizes tape delays to get some real cool sounds. He is known not just for his work in King Crimson but also as a contributor to other musicians as well. For example, he was the one who did the spectral guitar work for the song "Heroes" by David Bowie. I would highly recommend listening to more of King Crimson's music though I am biased since they are my favorite band. I would specifically recommend the songs "Starless", "The Night's Watch", either "Sartori in Tangier" or "Requiem", "Frame by Frame", "Fracture", and "Lark's Tongue in Aspic". "Sartori in Tangier" and "Requiem" are both instrumental songs that exemplify both the NST and frippertronics work. "Frame by Frame" shows some more of the complicated time signature stuff and just sounds great with the dual guitars working off one another. "Lark's Tongue in Aspic" is another instrumental song that is just a really fun with a lot of cool sounds going on. "Starless" and "The Night's Watch" are both just good songs of theirs that I like. "Fracture" and it's sequal "FraKctured" are a showcase of just how technically skilled of a guitarist Fripp is. They're probably a couple of the hardest songs you could play as while they don't feature a wide range of techniques, the amount of control and stamina needed to perform the songs is just absurd.

[mccauley]

Did they miss Eric Johnson???? I’m shocked by this because he’s a tone genius that inspired the likes of Bonamassa and Andy Timmons (who should also be here)

[renatodovecer]

Gary Moore is got to be the most underrated guitarist. I never heard a guitar actually cry until I heard Gary Moore play “Still got the blues”.
His guitar playing moved me like no other … such emotion and feeling in every note.

[joewg]

Kind of a crime to not have Chet Atkins on the list. The guy was absolutely amazing.

[melyvilorio]

I'll add the following guitar players who are/were great, in no particular order.
John Cipollina, Terry Kath, Lindsey Buckingham, Mike Bloomfield, Roy Buchanan, Alvin Lee, Leslie West, Johnny Winter, Ronnie Montrose, Bill Nelson, Phil Manzanera, Phil Miller. Martin Barre, Al Di Meola, Philip Catherine, Larry Coryell, Allan Holdsworth, Peter Frampton, Pat Metheny, Steve Hackett, Frank Marino, Andy Powell, Jan Akkerman, Frank Gambale, John Tropea, Max Sunyer, Gary Boyle, Dickie Betts, Toy Caldwell, Gary Rossington, Eric Johnson, Derek Trucks, Robben Ford, Harvey Mandel, Larry Carlton, Grant Green, Bill Connors, Pat Martino, Jim Hall, George Benson, Kim Simmonds, Andrew Latimer, Gary Green, Gabor Szabo, Lee Ritenour, Jukka Tolonen, Steve Hillage, Georg Wadenius, Bill Frisell, Danny Kirwan, John Etheridge, Joop Van Niemwegen. Ollie Halsall, Scott Henderson, Jimmy Herring, John Abercrombie, Mario Millo, Luis Salinas, Lino Brotto, Les Paul, Wes Montgomery, Tommy Emmanuel, Joe Pass, Chet Atkins, Bireli Lagrene. Sylvain Luc, Randy Bachman, Stephen Stills, Jim McCarthy, Terje Rypdal, Volker Kriegel, Wayne Krantz, Kerry Livgren, Don Felder, James Young, Ted Turner, Richard Thompson, Robbie Krieger, Randy California, Joscho Stephan, Paco De Lucìa, Ted Nugent, Joe Walsh, Guthrie Govan, John Petrucci, Buddy Guy, Kenny Burrell, Atilla Zoller, Rik Emmett, Django Reinhardt, Tommy Bolin, among many others

[archieleechjb]

Since you love B.B. King and Mark Knopfler, you really need to check out Peter Green. King said Green was the only player who gave him "the cold sweats." Check out the live "Jumping at Shadows" for dramatic, melodic blues, live "Rattlesnake Shake" for hard riffing, "Albatross" for sweet melody and tone. Took over from Clapton in Bluesbreakers, influenced Knopfler and Santana.

[uraniumcranium]

Allan Holdsworth for his alien compositions and mind blowing legato, Shawn Lane because buckethead thought he was playing with 8 fingers, Frank Gambale for taking sweep and economy picking to unseen levels, Scott Henderson for never overplaying and being in Tribal Tech.

[themysticalunicorn]

The lack of Frusciante is mind blowing to me, he was writing riffs and solos like Under the Bridge, Give it Away, and If You Have to Ask at 18 years old. Then went on to write and re-define the peppers with every album he did. His guitar playing hits right in the soul. That's not even mentioning his stunning solo career. No doubt in my mind he will go down as an all time great in 20 or so years.

[jablegh]

Timestamps:
50. Robert Fripp: 0:11
49. John Mclaughlin: 0:26
48. Steve Morse: 0:39
47. Peter Green: 0:59
46. Robin Trower: 1:18
45. Tom Morello: 1:42
44. Paul Gilbert: 2:08
43. Malcolm Young: 2:31
42. George Harrison: 2:54
41. Michael Schenker: 3:32
Merch Plug: 3:57
40. Duane Allman: 4:24
39. Paul Kossoff: 4:44
38. Keith Richards: 4:56
37. Billy Gibbons: 5:21
36. Joe Bonamassa: 5:43
35. Mick Taylor: 6:24
34. Dave Mustaine: 6:42
33. James Hetfield: 6:55
32. Pete Townshend: 7:01
31. Kirk Hammett: 7:21
30. Chuck Berry: 7:39
29. Steve Howe: 7:54
28. Rory Gallagher: 8:06
27. Zakk Wylde: 8:38
26. Frank Zappa: 8:52
25. Yngwie Malmsteen: 9:31
24. John Petrucci: 9:37
23. Prince: 9:44
22. Synester Gates: 10:07
21. Carlos Santana: 10:13
20. Angus Young: 10:45
19. Dimebag Darrell: 10:56
18. B.B. King: 11:12
17. Mark Knopfler: 11:33
16. Randy Rhoads: 11:46
15. Gary Moore: 11:59
14. Tony Iommi: 12:19
13. Joe Satriani: 12:27
12. Jeff Beck: 12:36
11. Steve Vai: 13:01
10. Ritchie Blacmore: 13:15
9. Slash: 13:31
8. Alex Lifeson: 13:56
7. Brian May: 14:13
6. Stevie Ray Vaughan: 14:29
5. Eric Clapton: 15:02
4. David Gilmour: 15:26
3. Eddie Van Halen: 15:37
2. Jimmy Page: 16:08
1. Jimi Hendrix: 16:35
Final Thoughts: 17:37

[minethotho]

Crazy to see how underrated Johnny Marr is, definitely should have been on this list

[andrewclenaghan]

On Gary Moore - turn the volume full, close your eyes, open your mind and listen to Parisienne Walkways live at Montreaux 2010. He's like a kid in the garage playing with his guitar and amps - for me, it's a joy. I think that he might be playing the Gibson he bought from Peter Green and subsequently sold to Kirk Hammet?? (Others will know better than I).

[johnclark]

Glen Campbell. One of the members of the wrecking crew and he could be a great vocalist at the same time playing some amazing guitar stuff.

[PotaterBoy]

EVH’s rhythm playing is absolutely unreal! The fair warning album still blows me away! One of the best!

[Nixlplix]

Hendrix claimed that Terry Kath of Chicago was a better guitarist, and he's not even on this list. Another criminally underrated guitarist.

[therippedemon]

Pantera- Floods. This song has one of the greatest solos and outros by Dime. It doesn't matter how many times I listen to it, but when it hits that 3m52sec mark, I can just feel every ounce of emotion Dime put into every note. It's somewhat bittersweet though, since it brings me back in time to the moment I got the news about his tragic passing. Certain songs took on a different feel and impact ever since then.

[scottenglert]

Django, Roy Clark, Jerry Garcia would definitely be on my list... Cool video that obviously can inspire endless debate over such a subjective topic... thanks for posting !