Your top 10 guitarists

[Stationary Explorer]

Ace Frehley
Steve Hackett
Robbie Kreiger
Jerry Reed
David Gilmour
George Harrison
Chuck Berry
Slash
Brian May
Syd Barrett

[LMN8R]

No particular order. Tough to keep it to ten.

Joe Satriani
Eddie Van Halen
Stevie Ray Vaughn
David Gilmour
Billy Gibbons
Randy Rhoads
Tom Scholz
Jimmy Page
Gary Moore
Angus Young

[OG Pooh]

My two favorites...

Slash and Ace.jpg

[eclimax13]

alexi only made the list once????

alexi laiho
slash
angus young
andy mckee
halen

[Wibbler]

Steve Vai
Joe Satriani
Slash
Synyster Gates
Erno Vuorinen
Marco Hietala
Yngwie Malmsteen
Andy La Rocque

[inlayterms]

Some great choices so far, but why hasn't Robert Fripp been mentioned? Surely, he deserves to be on the list, no?

[PrivatePixel]

Originally Posted by inlayterms

Some great choices so far, but why hasn't Robert Fripp been mentioned? Surely, he deserves to be on the list, no?

His exclusion may be the result of people being unfamiliar with his work in King Crimson. I think some selections may be driven by personal preference of a band, rather than exemplary musicianship over their peers.

[Steelmaker]

Here are my top 10 favorites..

1.) Ace Frehley
2.) Slash
3.) David Gilmour
4.) Adrian Smith
5.) Angus Young
6.) Brian May
7.) Randy Rhoads
8.) Jimi Hendrix
9.) Eddie Van Halen
10.) Dave Murray

[robmlisanti]

1) Jimi Hendrix
2) Robin Trower
3) Eddie Van Halen
4) BB King
5) Glenn Tipton
6)David Gilmour
7)Tony Iommi
8)Jimmy Page
9)Stevie Ray Vaughn
10) Zakk Wylde

There are many more considering I'm a guitarist so...
Adrian Smith, Dave Murray, KK Downing, Chris Degarmo, Jeff Loomis, Peter Frampton, Pat Metheny, Eric Clapton, Alex Lifeson, Michael Schenker,John Petrucci,Santana,Yngvie Malmsteem...and much more


Here's a sample of my playing:

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page...howPlayer=true

[eclimax13]

Originally Posted by robmlisanti

1) Jimi Hendrix
2) Robin Trower
3) Eddie Van Halen
4) BB King
5) Glenn Tipton
6)David Gilmour
7)Tony Iommi
8)Jimmy Page
9)Stevie Ray Vaughn
10) Zakk Wylde

There are many more considering I'm a guitarist so...
Adrian Smith, Dave Murray, KK Downing, Chris Degarmo, Jeff Loomis, Peter Frampton, Pat Metheny, Eric Clapton, Alex Lifeson, Michael Schenker,John Petrucci,Santana,Yngvie Malmsteem...and much more


Here's a sample of my playing:

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page...howPlayer=true

sounds great...but id like to hear it at 180 bpm

[robmlisanti]

Originally Posted by eclimax13

sounds great...but id like to hear it at 180 bpm

Funny guy...here's something faster..
Slaying The Beast
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10173325

[robmlisanti]

Originally Posted by eclimax13

sounds great...but id like to hear it at 180 bpm

Smokin The Strings:

http://www.soundclick.com/share.cfm?...now=/share.cfm

[eclimax13]

add chris broderick (megadeth) to my list

[eclimax13]

Originally Posted by robmlisanti

Smokin The Strings:

http://www.soundclick.com/share.cfm?...now=/share.cfm

like this one...but still would love to hear the other one played faster...i did it in my head and i think it would come out killer

[GLaDOS]

Here are my top 10 favorites...

1. Robert Fripp
2. Steve Howe
3. Steve Hackett
4. Thurston Moore
5. Lee Ranaldo
6. Jimi Hendrix
7. Jeff Beck
8. Jimmy Page
9. John Petrucci
10. David Gilmour

[magnum4ce]

Frank Marino. Easily forgotten by some and never really discovered by others. I personally remember his band Mahogany Rush from the 70's. Although l never remember listening to their music back then. He actually was the final act at the California Jam II in 1978, following Aerosmith's set.

I just recently rediscovered his music and am just completely at a loss as too how I missed out on his music back then. He released his first album at age 17 with his band Mahogany Rush in 1972.

If you've never heard him play, you are truly missing out on one of the best rock guitarists you ever have the pleasure of listing to. And being Mahogany Rush was only a 3 piece band, whew!

[Slick Nick]

So will the iPod generation ever have any bonafide guitar heroes?

I know a lot of dads post here, hence why the lists above are usually from 70s/80s... but thinking about modern bands and how iconic their shredders are... there aren't many that I'd imagine will be reverred so highly in 10-20 years time I don't think.

[Monk360]

Steve Vai
Ihsahn
Devin Townsend

[Johnny Vinyl]

Originally Posted by magnum4ce

Frank Marino. Easily forgotten by some and never really discovered by others. I personally remember his band Mahogany Rush from the 70's. Although l never remember listening to their music back then. He actually was the final act at the California Jam II in 1978, following Aerosmith's set.

I just recently rediscovered his music and am just completely at a loss as too how I missed out on his music back then. He released his first album at age 17 with his band Mahogany Rush in 1972.

If you've never heard him play, you are truly missing out on one of the best rock guitarists you ever have the pleasure of listing to. And being Mahogany Rush was only a 3 piece band, whew!

I booked Frank for a few dances we held monthly while I was growing up in Montreal. Even at 16/17 then he was spectacular!

[Al_The_Strange]

I don't follow guitarists that well. But offhand I would name:

Christofer Johnsson (Therion)
Jimmy Paige (Led Zeppelin)
James "Munky" Shaffer (KoRn)
Van Halen
Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
Jack White (White Stripes, Raconteurs, Dead Weather)
Nick Zinner (The Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
Morten Veland (Tristania, Sirenia)
Carlos Santana
Jimmi Hendrix