Best Guitar Player Ever?

[leemajors]

Duane Allman is always ranked so high on these lists for the same reason Reggie Lewis has his jersey retired....


Don't get me wrong...he was fantastic, but he's not #2 all time....if only because of his limited body of work.


Besides...all you gotta do is listen to Derek and the Dominoes and you can hear Clapton was his match...

rolling stone is crap anyway.

[Barbarian]

[Jimcs50]

Frank Zappa needs to move up some IMO as well.

[mrsmaalox]

[QUOTE=Kentu3]I registered for this site just to add my 2cents {/QUOTE]
Welcome!! Now I'm waiting for someone to start the "Greatest Cellist" thread, I'll argue that all night!

[Fillmoe]

Jimi or Pete

[peewee's lovechild]

[QUOTE=mrsmaalox]

I registered for this site just to add my 2cents {/QUOTE]
Welcome!! Now I'm waiting for someone to start the "Greatest Cellist" thread, I'll argue that all night!

Yo-Yo Ma.

'Nuff said.

[CuckingFunt]

Nokie Edwards

Django Reinhardt

I knew if I kept reading this thread I'd be reminded of a whole bunch more to add to my list.

EDIT:

Mark Knopfler

Also remembered Billy Zoom. Maybe not one of the greatest of all time, but he's always been one of my personal favorites.

[CuckingFunt]

And even though John Lennon is my favorite Beatle, that is probably my favorite Beatles song, even if it was written by Harrison and not Lennon/McCartney.

George Harrison wrote some of my favorite Beatles songs. I love "Only a Northern Song."

[mrsmaalox]

Yo-Yo Ma.

'Nuff said.

What no Kira Kratzoff or Kirill Timofejeff?!

[peewee's lovechild]

What no Kira Kratzoff or Kirill Timofejeff?!

You're insane!!
(again)

Jacqueline du Pre, William Pleeth, and Mstislav Rostropovich rank way above Kratzoff or Timofejeff.

But, I still rank Ma above them all because of his range.
Have you heard "Apalachia Walz" or "Hush" (his collaboration with Bobby McFerin)?

He's simply amazing.

[peewee's lovechild]

What about the greatest violinist?

(don't use Itzak Perlman . . . that's too easy)

[Soul_Patch]

What about the greatest violinist?

Definately Charlie Daniels

[peewee's lovechild]

Definately Charlie Daniels

He played the fiddle.

[tlongII]

What about the greatest violinist?

(don't use Itzak Perlman . . . that's too easy)

Jean Luc Ponty

[mrsmaalox]

You're insane!!
(again)

Jacqueline du Pre, William Pleeth, and Mstislav Rostropovich rank way above Kratzoff or Timofejeff.

But, I still rank Ma above them all because of his range.
Have you heard "Apalachia Walz" or "Hush" (his collaboration with Bobby McFerin)?

He's simply amazing.

Well you are absolutely right! I just mentioned those other 2 guys because my daughter and I met them yesterday and she thought they were "hot" (she's 11 and taking cello lessons)

[mrsmaalox]

What about the greatest violinist?

(don't use Itzak Perlman . . . that's too easy)

Okay I'll go with Isaac Stern, teacher of Itzak Perlman and Yo Yo Ma

[cornbread]

No Michael Schenker on that list?

Randy Rhoads in the bottom 15?

And 13 spots ahead of Randy sits Joni Mitc . That list is the worst steaming pile of crap I've ever seen.

[peewee's lovechild]

Okay I'll go with Isaac Stern, teacher of Itzak Perlman and Yo Yo Ma

Damn good choice.

[E20]

Where the is Joe Satriani?

[to21]

This dude:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwBXmHppCMo

[The Delivery Boy]

He played the fiddle.

A violin is a fiddle; a fiddle is a violin. There are no differentiating features period. The only true reason you'd call one instrument a violin and the other a fiddle is the approach...someone who plays fiddle tunes, a fiddler, will address their violin as a fiddle.

[peewee's lovechild]

A violin is a fiddle; a fiddle is a violin. There are no differentiating features period. The only true reason you'd call one instrument a violin and the other a fiddle is the approach...someone who plays fiddle tunes, a fiddler, will address their violin as a fiddle.

Not true.
The fiddle is smaller and more narrow.

It produces a different sound from a violin, which is larger and more broad. The viola also resembles a violin in shape, but is much larger and broader producing a deeper, more somber sound.

Saying that a fiddle and a violin are the same is like saying that the Cello and the Double Bass are the same.

And, that's simpy not true.

[Condemned 2 HelLA]

Rolling Stones top 100 guitarists of all time (allegedly)
The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time
1Jimi Hendrix
2 Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band
3 B.B. King
4 Eric Clapton
5 Robert Johnson
6 Chuck Berry
7 Stevie Ray Vaughan
8 Ry Cooder
9 Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
10 Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones
11Kirk Hammett of Metallica
12 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana
13 Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead
14 Jeff Beck
15 Carlos Santana
16 Johnny Ramone of the Ramones
17 Jack White of the White Stripes
18 John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
19 Richard Thompson
20 James Burton
21 George Harrison
22 Mike Bloomfield
23 Warren Haynes
24 The Edge of U2
25 Freddy King
26 Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave
27 Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits
28 Stephen Stills
29 Ron Asheton of the Stooges
30 Buddy Guy
31 Dale
32 John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service
33 & 34 Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth
35 John Fahey
36 Steve Cropper of Booker T. and the MG's
37 Bo Diddley
38 Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac
39 Brian May of Queen
40 John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival
41 Clarence White of the Byrds
42 Robert Fripp of King Crimson
43 Eddie Hazel of Funkadelic
44 Scotty Moore
45 Frank Zappa
46 Les Paul
47 T-Bone Walker
48 Joe Perry of Aerosmith
49 John McLaughlin
50 Pete Townshend
51 Paul Kossoff of Free
52 Lou Reed
53 Mickey Baker
54 Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane
55 Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple
56 Tom Verlaine of Television
57 Roy Buchanan
58 ey Betts
59 & 60 Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien of Radiohead (Surely paranoid android alone gets them higher than this?
61 Ike Turner
62 Zoot Horn Rollo of the Magic Band
63 Danny Gatton
64 Mick Ronson
65 Hubert Sumlin
66 Vernon Reid of Living Colour
67 Link Wray
68 Jerry Miller of Moby Grape
69 Steve Howe of Yes
70 Eddie Van Halen
71 Lightnin' Hopkins
72 Joni Mitc
73 Trey Anastasio of Phish
74 Johnny Winter
75 Adam Jones of Tool
76 Ali Farka Toure
77 Henry Vestine of Canned Heat
78 Robbie Robertson of the Band
79 Cliff Gallup of the Blue Caps (1997)
80 Robert Quine of the Voidoids
81 Derek Trucks
82 David Gilmour of Pink Floyd (Should be ranked much higher)
83 Neil Young
84 Eddie Cochran
85 Randy Rhoads
86 Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath
87 Joan Jett
88 Dave Davies of the Kinks
89 D. Boon of the Minutemen
90 Glen Buxton of Alice Cooper
91 Robby Krieger of the Doors
92 & 93 Fred "Sonic" Smith, Wayne Kramer of the MC5
94 Bert Jansch
95 Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine
96 Angus Young of AC/DC (Come on, they are AUS, they are compulsory australian listening!)
97 Robert Randolph
98 Leigh Stephens of Blue Cheer
99 Greg Ginn of Black Flag
100 Kim Thayil of Soundgarden

This list is garbage.
The fact that untalented, overrated s like Thurston Moore and Jack White are high on the list, greats like Tony Iommi and Eddie Van Halen are so low down on the list and guys like Ted Nugent and Michael Schenker were completely left off or the list just underscores that fact.

[peewee's lovechild]

This list is garbage.
The fact that untalented, overrated s like Thurston Moore and Jack White are high on the list, greats like Tony Iommi and Eddie Van Halen are so low down on the list and guys like Ted Nugent and Michael Schenker were completely left off or the list just underscores that fact.

I disagree with you saying that Jack White is underrated and untalented. However, I agree that Tony Iommi and Eddie Van Halen should be so much higher on that list.

Ted Nugent, though, I don't see as being especially talented. I'll take Jack White over him any day.

[leemajors]

sweaty teddy would blow jack white off the stage. he's a jackass, but he can play.