This question has been around forever and remains pretty pointless. There is no one greatest guitarist of all time, and there are a billion factors that you could or could not consider like technique, tone, charisma, originality, etc. That being said, what the fuck are Keith Richards, Chuck Berry, Pete Townshend and The Edge even doing on this poll?
And you're clearly just thinking of blues and rock guitarists, because Django Reinhardt dusts all of these fools. I'm sorry Pete but "the windmill" is not a contribution to guitar playing everywhere.
Wes Montgomery. I say that for a couple of reasons. Primarily to be contrary to the poll options in this question but also to give some dap to one of my favorite jazz guitarists.
@BBQBram said:
This question has been around forever and remains pretty pointless. There is no one greatest guitarist of all time, and there are a billion factors that you could or could not consider like technique, tone, charisma, originality, etc...
This question has been around forever and remains pretty pointless. There is no one greatest guitarist of all time, and there are a billion factors that you could or could not consider like technique, tone, charisma, originality, etc.
However, I do love the kind of distorted sound Jack White has, and the Strokes' guitar combinations are pretty freaking great. Kevin Shields may not be the best technically, but he's easily the most unique guitarist I can think of.
Your list is pretty bad but Hendrix is my favourite up there. Some of the sounds he could make his guitar make were insane. I'm surprised Tom Morello hasn't got any mentions he's a decent technical guitarist and his inventiveness makes him one of my favourites. Also Randy Rhoads, Gary Moore, Tony Iommi and The Satch among many others all deserve to be on this poll.
Yeah, way too sparse of a list. Even if you just considered blues guitarists, leaving all other genres out, you left out such greats as Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Robert Johnson.
With the subjectivity of skill measurement among the respective genres, time periods, equipment available, trends, etc., I don't think you can really compare the top tier guitarists of any genre or time periods.
EDIT: Totally didn't realize Duane Allman was already on the list.
This question has been around forever and remains pretty pointless. There is no one greatest guitarist of all time, and there are a billion factors that you could or could not consider like technique, tone, charisma, originality, etc. That being said, what the fuck are Keith Richards, Chuck Berry, Pete Townshend and The Edge even doing on this poll?
And you're clearly just thinking of blues and rock guitarists, because Django Reinhardt dusts all of these fools. I'm sorry Pete but "the windmill" is not a contribution to guitar playing everywhere.
Eh, agreed.
There are some flamenco guitarists which are amazing, but you have to judge them on a whole different level. Search for paco de lucia he increible on YouTube if you want to see what I'm talking about.
I voted for Jimi Hendrix because I was curious about the results. Probably the best of this lot.
Such a myopically "classic rock" list, and you still missed Jeff Beck. He's kept evolving and teaching himself new things over the decades. No one can emulate the sounds he rips out of a Strat with his ten fingers and a whammy bar.
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