Your Favorite Guitarist?

[Disney Dood]

I think John Butler is my favorite.

[larrygator]

I picked Joe Satriani, but I really liked the work of Steve Stevens back in the 80's.

[mike541x]

See avatar. Randy Rhoads is my all time favorite guitarist.

[The Joker's Revenge]

Jari Mäenpäa of Wintersun takes my vote for greatest guitar player ever.

 

For those unfamiliar with his work click the youtube link. The song is a bit silly and you'll see why. However the guitar work and general song composition is pretty good.

 

[socalMAN123]

Jimmy Paige. The god of rock.

---Brent

[the sound]

I think John Butler is my favorite.

 

John Butler is a fantastic guitarist, but i didn't think he was popular anywhere other than in Australia. Otherwise, i would have definitely added him on to the list..

[Billy]

WHERE THE HELL IS PRINCE?

 

(Seriously, go to 3:30 in this video and watch him destroy.)

 

yeah, Prince deffinitley owned. He's wayyyy underrated. Did you catch him on the Superbowl? It was a damn good show.

 

My fav guitarist hands down is Jack White. Listen to the Raconteurs new album, his playin along with the songwriting is top notch. check it out.

 

David Gilmour is another great one. Dark side is amazing.

[Disney Dood]

I think John Butler is my favorite.

 

John Butler is a fantastic guitarist, but i didn't think he was popular anywhere other than in Australia. Otherwise, i would have definitely added him on to the list..

He's not popular in America at all. I discovered him by myself on YouTube.

 

Jimmy Paige. The god of rock.

---Brent

For somebody who thinks he's a god, they need to know how to spell his name...

[Millenium Man]

It's such a tough choice and I don't think I can definitely have a solid favorite but I voted for other for Angus Young.Other possible ones include Slash, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana, Eric Clapton, and Herman Li from Dragonforce.

[Scaparri]

He's not popular in America at all. I discovered him by myself on YouTube.

 

'Popular' is a relative term. Just because somebody doesn't have airplay on pop radio doesn't mean that they aren't popular at all. I've known about John Butler and the John Butler Trio for quite a few years. He's received quite a bit of popularity among young adults like college students as a result of touring with the likes of Dave Matthews and John Mayer, as well as playing shows like Bonnaroo.

[ChrisCrowder]

Tom Morello please, but I would have picked others including Satriani, Page, Hendrix.

[Team Thriller]

Eddie Van Halen is the greatest gitar player IMO.

You might also want to add the following to the list.

 

-Peter Frampton

-Brain May

 

They are also amazing gitar players.

 

--James

[Disney Dood]

Hahahahaha, why is Johnny Ramone up there? He SUCKS.

[spaceace12]

Joe Walsh. Not only a great musician, but pretty funny actor in some of the shows I seen him in (though he might not have been acting in some of them, lol).

[coolhandluke]

Hahahahaha, why is Johnny Ramone up there? He SUCKS.

Clearly...

ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE "THE 100 GREATEST GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME"

 

16. Johnny Ramone of the Ramones

He kinda MADE punk rock guitar. Just because he doesn't rip off crazy solos doesn't mean he can't play. I find several chords to be harder than just fingerpicking. Especially his power chords.

 

But then again, I'm not good at guitar anyway.

[X-L-R-8]

I have 4, Dimebag Darrel, Synyster Gates, Zakk Wylde, and Prince

[missingmusician]

Matthew Bellamy from Muse.

 

Yup.

 

Watch from 3:22 and beyond. He's amazing at guitar and piano.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqBEx-uRQ4g

[the sound]

Man, I can't believe I missed Thurston Moore..

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhQYRhsKxv8&locale=en_US&persist_locale=1

[KrakenKing]

Matthew Bellamy from Muse.

 

Yup.

 

Watch from 3:22 and beyond. He's amazing at guitar and piano.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqBEx-uRQ4g

 

/agree

 

I love Muse, and I want Matthew Bellamy's babies

[stingrock23]

Slash all the way, although I think Tim Mahoney is really good, too.