Gigwise Ranks the Top 50 Greatest Guitarists Ever
Feb 21st, 2008 by Guitar MX Admin
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Gigwise.com recently polled their staff and had them come up with a list of the top 50 Guitarists Guitarists…Ever!
These kinds of list are simply opinions and are fun to read, but I don’t recall seeing a list that needed more rearranging and had so many glaring omissions. |
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Here’s the list they came up with, the greatest guitar player ranked #1.
50. Angus Young of AC/DC
49. Mick Ronson
48. Elliott Smith
47. Graham Coxon of Blur
46. Adam Jones of Tool
45. Neil Young
44. Omar Rodriguez Lopez
43. Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine
42. Nick Drake
41. Mick Thomson of Slipknot
40. Prince
39. Adrian Smith of Iron Maiden
38. Thurston Moore / Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth
37. Marty Friedman of Megadeth
36. Joey Santiago of The Pixies
35. Frank Zappa
34. The Edge of U2
33. Bo Diddley
32. Johnny Ramone of The Ramones
31. Brian May of Queen
30. George Harrison of The Beatles
29. Jack White of The White Stripes
28. Glenn Tipton of Judas Priest
27. Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead
26. Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen
25. Johnny Marr of The Smiths/Modest Mouse
24. Carlos Santana
23. Kurt Cobain of Nirvana
22. Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine / Audioslave
21. Slash of Guns n Roses / Velvet Revolver
20. Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath
19. Matt Bellamy of Muse
18. Ry Cooder
17. Pete Townshend of The Who
16. Steve Vai
15. Dave Gilmour of Pink Floyd
14. Kerry King of Slayer
13. Jerry Garcia of The Grateful Dead
12. Jeff Beck
11. Joe Satriani
10. Stevie Ray Vaughan
9. Chuck Berry
8. Robert Johnson
7. Howard Duane Allman of The Allman Brothers Band
6. Eric Clapton
5. Kirk Hammett of Metallica
4. Keith Richards
3. BB King
2. Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
1. Jimi Hendrix
Nice save with Page and Hendrix in the top 2. You can see the original list with explanations here.
How can you possible rank Cobain or Harrison better than let’s say Marty Friedman? Cobain is not even a guitarist, he is a guitar player IMO, he just uses his guitar. It is sooo turned around, this top…
You know something’s wrong when they need to specify “of Led Zeppelin,” etc.
Actually, I would disagree that these lists are fun to read. I find them so tedious and ponderous.
I like this list a lot better that the Rolling stone Magazine one.
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Where’s Dime? I would also be including Brad Paisley and Sully Erna in on the list too.
THIS LIST SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kurt Cobain is better than Marty Friedman? HAVE YOU EVER EVEN LISTENED TO “Hangar 18″?????? Kurt’s better than EDDIE VAN FREAKIN HALEN???????? NEVER IN THE ENTIRE EXPANSE OF EXISTENCE WOULD THAT EVER BE TRUE. wow. Mick Thomson shouldn’t even be on here b/c he’s absolutely TERRIBLE…the only thing he can do decently is downpick. Eric Clapton is sooooooooo overrated it isn’t even funny. why do these “best guitarist” lists completely ignore the extreme metal genre? Karl Sanders is a lot better than a good majority of people on this list as is people like Alexi Laiho and Muhammad Suicmez. This list deserves to be deleted ASAP.
No Buddy Guy? Hendrix cancelled his own shows just top see him. He’s a guitar god to the majority of the list. Shame! Shame!! Shame!!!
Even with some of the obvious goofs, this list is far superior to the ridiculous and clearly biased Rolling Stone magazine list. Having Page and Hendrix in top two gave some credibility to this group. Thank God they put Led Zeppelin in parentheses next to Jimmy Page’s name or else I’d have had to look it up. I was thinking maybe he was in New Kid On The Block. For my money, when he was on, there has been nobody more moving and powerful with the axe than Jimmy Page.