Top 10 guitarists?

[goldfalsebond]

Who do you think are the top 10 guitarists ever. You don't have to like them, but from an unbiased standpoint, who do you think is the best?

Mine are:

Hendrix
Dimebag Darrel
Sinister Gates (I hate Avenged Sevenfold, but I can still admit it)
Slash
Buckethead
Dan Donegan
Daron Malakain
Kirk Hammet
Alice Cooper
Ted Nuget

 

[AfroTree]

Hendrix

[edit]

i totally forgot this dude..

funyn what you forget, eh?

Link Wray

and another i forgot..(im on a roll..or am i? ..i dont know! D: )

Spoiler: for space

 

[madcap2112]

It's different from my favorites, but:

1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Wes Montgomery
3. Jeff Beck
4. Robert Johnson
5. Randy Rhodes
6. Eddie Van Halen
7. Jimmy Page
8. Robby Krieger
9. Johnny Winter
10. David Gilmour

 

[razorr666]

Who do you think are the top 10 guitarists ever. You don't have to like them, but from an unbiased standpoint, who do you think is the best?

Mine are:

Hendrix
Dimebag Darrel
Sinister Gates (I hate Avenged Sevenfold, but I can still admit it)
Slash
Buckethead
Dan Donegan
Daron Malakain
Kirk Hammet
Alice Cooper
Ted Nuget

Alice Cooper???? Hes had some good guitarists in his time, but him personally.... really??

 

[fd18e3d0-816e-11e4-b4a9-0800200c9a66]

I can foresee a lot of the same names coming up here so i'm just going to add my favourite guitarist. David Gilmour

 

[MONSTERheart]

I don't feel like putting together a formal list so I'll just list a bunch. I'll put the band they're in for the more obscure ones.

Jimi Hendrix
Paul Gilbert (Solo/Mr. Big)
Joe Satriani
Dave Gilmour
Slash
Buck Dharma (Blue Öyster Cult)
Jerry Cantrell
Angus Young
Joe Perry
Glenn Tipton & K.K. Downing (Judas Priest)
Jimmy Page
Dave Mustaine
Kirk Hammet
C.C. DeVille (Poison)
Ritchie Blackmore
Keith Richards
Alex Lifeson (Rush)
Ry Cooder (Solo)
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Eddie Van Halen
Pete Townshend

Not really a "top 10" persay, but it'll do.

 

[Dudimus]

Who do you think are the top 10 guitarists ever. You don't have to like them, but from an unbiased standpoint, who do you think is the best?

Mine are:

Hendrix
Dimebag Darrel
Sinister Gates (I hate Avenged Sevenfold, but I can still admit it)
Slash
Buckethead
Dan Donegan
Daron Malakain
Kirk Hammet
Alice Cooper
Ted Nuget

I like how you say "from an unbiased standpoint" and then proceed to post a bunch of rock/metal guitar players.

 

[DefunctTheory]

Angus Young. Might not be the most technical guitarist, but he is one of the better showman.

 

[ucciolord1]

Slash, Jimi, Randy Rhodes, Dimebag Darrel, Frank Zappa, Joe Satriani, Brian Setzer, Zakk Wylde, Eddie Van Halen, Mark Knopfler.
The list goes on and on, but these are just the first ten that came to mind.

 

[skitzo van]

in no real order
Bumblefoot
Guthrie Govan
Buckethead
Frank Zappa
My guitar teacher
Mattias Eklundh
Steve Vai
Eddie Van Halen
James Marshall Hendrix
Joe Satraini

 

[goldfalsebond]

Who do you think are the top 10 guitarists ever. You don't have to like them, but from an unbiased standpoint, who do you think is the best?

Mine are:

Hendrix
Dimebag Darrel
Sinister Gates (I hate Avenged Sevenfold, but I can still admit it)
Slash
Buckethead
Dan Donegan
Daron Malakain
Kirk Hammet
Alice Cooper
Ted Nuget

I like how you say "from an unbiased standpoint" and then proceed to post a bunch of rock/metal guitar players.

damn it, you're right. Well, nothing is truly unbiassed, now is it.

 

[B2kCyclops]

I really love Rock and Metal.
And there are some very, very good guitar players in these genres, but the absolutely best guitarists are found in classical music, jazz and blues.
If you read interviews with guys like Yngwie Malmsteen, Joe Satriani, Tom Morello or Eric Clapton they all say the same: That they themselves are good, but not as good as the elite of the "traditional" guitarists.

My personal Top10(chosen rather for uniqe style of playing than highest technical quality, altough given at all of them) guitarists are:

Ritchie Blackmore
Tommi Iommi
Buckethead
Dave Mustaine
Tomoyasu Hotei
Lazy
Jeff Beck
Tom Morello
Jimi Hendrix
Slash

 

[knhirt]

I don't have a top-ten list, but I really think George Harrison deserves a mention.

 

[octafish]

You guys need to get out more. Youtoob embeds in the spoilers.

Spoiler: Eddie Hazel

That is just three.

 

[geddydisciple]

I can't believe no one has mentioned Clapton yet.

OT: in no particular order

Eric Clapton
Jimmy Page
David Gilmour
Eddie Van Halen
Alex Lifeson
Pete Townshend
Steve Howe
George Harrison
Tom Scholz
Joe Walsh

 

[unoleian]

I can foresee a lot of the same names coming up here so i'm just going to add my favourite guitarist. David Gilmore

This quote serves two purposes. To agree wholeheartedly, and to also say it's spelled Gilmour

Unelss there also happens to be a dude named David Gilmore who happens to be a killer guitarist. Then, I retract the second half of my original statement. Google wasn't showing me the light, but I did check. I swear!

Edit--(Awesome pre-post quoting action here)

Can't name 10, but definitely David Gilmour is my favourite - I have yet to hear a solo as emotionally stirring as the one in "Time".

I'll see your "Time" and raise you a "Dogs," particularly the solo riffs in the first 5 minutes or so. But ah hell, they're all good. Guy's a killer soloist, period.
The only guitar work of his I can't enjoy is "The Narrow Way, Part 2."

 

[The King of Rock and Roll]

1: Jimmy Page
2: Jimmy Page
3: Jimmy Page
4: Jimmy Page
5: Jimmy Page
6: Jimmy Page
7: Jimi Hendrix
8: Eric Johnson
9: Gary Moore
10: Randy Rhoads

 

[SonicKoala]

Can't name 10, but definitely David Gilmour is my favourite - I have yet to hear a solo as emotionally stirring as the one in "Time".

I can foresee a lot of the same names coming up here so i'm just going to add my favourite guitarist. David Gilmore

*Edit: Ignore me, I didn't clue in that you meant the jazz guy, I was thinking Pink Floyd. Sorry Great pick, by the way.

 

[KimberlyGoreHound]

Dimebag Darrel
Kirk Hammet

You've got my two favourites on there. Beyond those, I'm not sure.

 

[Anticitizen_Two]

Nobody has said Duane Allman? For shame!

In no particular order:
- Jimi Hendrix
- Jimmy Page
- Duane Allman
- Eric Clapton
- George Harrison
- Robby Krieger
- David Gilmour
- Pete Townshend
- Jeff Beck
- Eric Johnson