Jeff Beck
Pat Martino

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Originally posted by klasaine:
Jeff Beck
Pat Martino

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Lets try again:
Danny Gatton
John McLaughlin
Al Mckay
Grant Green
John Abercrombie
Johnny Winter
Elliot Easton

1-SRV
2-Hendrix (i know stevie was very much influenced by jimi, but i think stevie "sounds" better)
3-James Hetfied (not in the same ballpark right! but this guy is the one i wanted to play like when i started, 15 yrs. ago)
4-Eddie VanHalen
5-David Gilmour
6-Jimmy Page
7-R.Rhoads
8-Slash
9-Malcolm and Angus Young
10-The Edge

very mixed up, but,...that's me!

my top 5 in no paticular order, due to the fact that they all are unique!

1. Edward Vanhalen
2. Jeff Beck
3. SRV
4. Jimi Hendrix
5. Steve Via (I think he is from another planet)

I can't believe no one mentioned Larry Carlton anybody who's heard Steely Dan's Kid Charlemagne solo has to agree he's amazing. And what about Allan Holdsworth the guy is from another planet even EVH has said he's the best he's ever seen.

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Originally posted by Dean:
I can't believe no one mentioned Larry Carlton anybody who's heard Steely Dan's Kid Charlemagne solo has to agree he's amazing. And what about Allan Holdsworth the guy is from another planet even EVH has said he's the best he's ever seen.

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Absolutely ... can we pick 11 instead ? How about Jeff Baxters' solos on 'My old school' and 'Rikki Don't Lose That Number' .

Saw Jeff Baxter at NAMM show play impromto with Nil Lofgren....AWESOME .....2 acoustic guitars and they just wailed

No particular order although I tend to pickup SRV, Jimi, or EC before anyone:

1. SRV (I saw him on ACL in '83 while watching in great Saturday night tradition w/mom and dad. He's the reason I picked up guitar).
2. Jimi Hendrix (Ohmigod)
3. Eric Clapton
4. (tie with nod to FK) Freddie/Albert/BB King
5. Eric Johnson
6. Johnny Winter
7. Chet Atkins (c'mon, he's amazing and he lived down the road from here as kid).
8. Slash
9. Jimmy Page
10. Pete Townshend/Jimmie Vaughan

1.SRV
2.Jimmi Hendrix
3.Eric Clapton
4.Johny Winter
5.Buddy Guy
6.Melvin Taylor
7.Albert King
8.John Lee Hooker
9.Chuck Berry
10.Jimmy Page

I think the Edge was given the nickname...
as for your opinions, you are entitled to them but it seems like you contradict yourself in your tirades. You complain about
sloppy playing but a guy like Steve Vai is
all about precision. Why do you hate him?

Whew! Here goes (gonna be a bit different, but these are the guys who got me totally and utterly hooked on guitar) in no special order...

Steve Cropper
Mike Bloomfield
Muddy Waters
BB King
Keith Richards
Dickie Betts
Jimi Hendrix
Carlos Santana
Johnny Winter
Johnny Rivers
Richie Blackmore
Paul Kossof

BEST(top 3)

1.Rob zombie
2.Steven Tyler
3.Alice Cooper
WORST SOUNDING (this dose not mean that they are bad just means they sound bad)

1.SRV
2.BB King
3.Hendrix

No order

Dave Navarro
The Beatles
J. Mascis
John Frusciante
Billy Corgan
Greg Ginn
Hendrix
Neil Young
Jimmy Page
Archers of Loaf

Hey I like 99% of the ones listed so far, but I'm the first to list:

Gary Moore!

Peace.

Robert Quine
Sonny Sharrock
James Burton
Tom Verlaine
Hubert Sumlin
Jim Hall
Clarence White
Bill Frisell
Steve Cropper
Jeff Beck
Jimi Hendrix
Mick Taylor/Keef (it's them playing off each other that kills me.)
All of these guys have caused me to wear out tape and cd players and finally buy a looping sampler to figure out whats going on. To say nothing of the fact that the music that they have made has increased the quality of my life.

Not that I have much to add but maybe one other important influence who recently lost his title as the artist with the best selling live album and lost it to the performer that sold more records than Elvis. Not to say that Garth doesn't deserve his due. See #11 on my list if you don't know who I mean.


#1) Clapton
#2) Hendrix
#3) SRV
#4) Page
#5) Duane Allman
#6) Johnny Winter
#7) Mick Taylor
#8) Peter Green
#9) Carlos Santana
#10) George Harrison
*** SORRY CAN'T STOP YET***
#11) Peter Frampton
#12) Jeff Beck
#13) Leslie West

I don't think anyone mentioned...

1. Ace Frehley
2. Danny Kirwan (Original Fleetwood Mac)
3. Marc Bolan
4. Mick Ronson
5. Nick Drake

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Originally posted by fuzzface_71:
I don't think anyone mentioned...

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Les Paul

Ranking guitar players is a pasttime best suited to 14-year-olds. First of all, as Bartok said, "competitions are for horses, not musicians." Secondly, you all rank the same 10-15 guitar players over and over. You folks really need some new records, err, CDs. Ever heard of Doc Watson, Richard Thompson, Merle Travis, Clarence White, Martin Carthy, Blind Blake--just to name a few?

Didn't think so...

I think the idea is that some person with a guitar at some point has spun all our ears in such a way as to make us run for the woodshed and practice. Or maybe I'm just speaking for me. I'd like to add

Oscar Aleman
Django
Charlie Christian

Just cause I love to listen to them; some one else can figure out good, better,best.