Your 3 best guitarists living or dead

[viking611]

(Almond brothas)

seriously?hno:

 

[billhill999]

3. Prince

Jimi was/is his idol.

 

[RobFunk]

seriously?hno:

I hate that Genre so I purposely mispelled it

 

[RobFunk]

Hendrix in 11/14 of everyone's top 3

 

[KeithRichard]

How come nobody has picked Estaban? :thumbsup:

 

[kingebeneezer]

1) jimi hendrix
2) jimmy page
3) chuck berry

thought i'd throw chuck in there for now

 

[THECHICAGOCONNECTION]

Micheal Schenker on NOBODY'S list ?
Damn !

1 ...Micheal Schenker...I was at the UFO show when they recorded "Strangers In The Night".

2 ...Jeff Beck (saw him play the entire WIRED album at Southern Illinois University in 1978....WHOA !!!

3 ...Donald "Buck Darma" Roesner of BLUE OYSTER CULT fame....absolutely incredible

HONORABLE MENTION....
* Alex Lifeson
* SRV
* Ritchie Blackmore
* David Gilmore

All the above are guitarists Ive seen IN PERSON...can't comment on Jimi and others.

 

[HerzvanRentle]

Robin Trower

 

[OAKAS]

Leslie West (Mountain)
Martin Barre (Jethro Tull)
Eric Clapton

 

[GoSooners]

This 2008 rolling stones list has it as
1.Jemi Hendrix

2.Duane Allen (Almond brothas)

3.BB King

http://www.listal.com/list/rolling-stones-100-greatest-guitarists

That Rolling Stones list lost all street cred with me when they had a punk guitar player like Johnny Ramone in the top 20. Danny Gatton way down at 59 and SRV at 7 is a joke I hope. And I didn't even see Rory Gallagher listed. He should be in top 5. Joan Jett was listed over Robbie Kreiger, Leigh Stevens and Angus Young...LMFAO

 

[outhousetim]

Add one

Nils Lofgren.

Check him out, he's a magician with the guitar!

 

[BadCo]

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[Joedogs]

Jimmy Page
Stevie Stevens
Kieth Richards

 

[celticGreen+]

Don't know enough to list 3.... but I'll always put Buckethead on a best guitarist list. So versatile.

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[rockbottom+]

Micheal Schenker on NOBODY'S list ?
Damn !

1 ...Micheal Schenker...I was at the UFO show when they recorded "Strangers In The Night".

2 ...Jeff Beck (saw him play the entire WIRED album at Southern Illinois University in 1978....WHOA !!!

3 ...Donald "Buck Darma" Roesner of BLUE OYSTER CULT fame....absolutely incredible

HONORABLE MENTION....
* Alex Lifeson
* SRV
* Ritchie Blackmore
* David Gilmore

All the above are guitarists Ive seen IN PERSON...can't comment on Jimi and others.

indeed
1.Michael Schenker
2.Ritchie Blackmore
3.Uli Jon Roth
Schenker coming back to NJ area for 3 shows late July

 

[coloradobuff]

Hendrix, John Lee Hooker, Jerry Reed,

 

[BostonBettor]

Alvin Lee - I was a huge fan of Ten Years After growing up. Lee seems to have slipped into obscurity.

 

[MadTiger]

Honorable Mention time:

Michael Hedges

(Basically, he is the Eddie Van Halen/Jimi Hendrix of the acoustic guitar, along with Tommy Emmanuel and some others)

 

[MadTiger]

How about BB King's cousin? He tore that guitar up!:

Booker T. Washington White
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukka_White

 

[Mr_Mark]

No mention of Carlos Santana yet?