Best guitarists of all time?

My favorite guitarist of all time has to be a tie between Stevie Ray Vaughn and Duane Allman. Those fools can shred it like no other. Duane Allman has such an amazing sound while SRV puts his soul into every performance and the result: guitar solos that blow my mind away completely.

Who is your favorite guitarist and who do you think is the best?

(don't just blindly say Jimi Hendrix if you've never even heard his music. bandwagoning doesn't make you cool)

Now i realised the poll might not have all the choices you think would be best, but i had to choose 5 of the many i would put up there. If you have a different "best", post it.

Also post your own "Top 5"

Out of your list it's Slash. I think you might want to put Eric Clapton or atleast Van Halen in there.

Stefan Koglek

He's my absolute favorite, and I have yet to hear anyone who plays like he does.

I can agree with Paul Masvidal and Duane Allman as well

Kirk Hammett.

Buckethead.
XxSTILL_BORNxX

Every time someone says him in one of these threads, I die a little inside.

Dave Mustaine

Buckethead

Me.MrLions

Mark tremontisuperheromonkey

I've always liked his particular style and unique sound. Too bad he's known for being in one of the most hated bands of the time.:P

Slash is incredibly overrated, imo.

I'll go with Jimmy Page.

[QUOTE="superheromonkey"]Mark tremontiRoyalAssassin78

I've always liked his particular style and unique sound. Too bad he's known for being in one of the most hated bands of the time.:P

Yea it is def the cool thing to hate creed.

Slash is incredibly overrated, imo.

I'll go with Jimmy Page.

Zeromus1337

Slash is overrated, but jimmy page is even more overrated than him. Vai, satriani, malmsteen are all above them imo.

I hate Jimmy Page by MCR is one of my favorite songs purely for the subject matter.

Herman Li, the guitariest for DragonForce. They did the song "Through the Fire and Flames" in Guitar Hero III.

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Slash is incredibly overrated, imo.

I'll go with Jimmy Page.

superheromonkey

Slash is overrated, but jimmy page is even more overrated than him. Vai, satriani, malmsteen are all above them imo.

I hate Jimmy Page by MCR is one of my favorite songs purely for the subject matter.

When I say Slash is overrated, I say it because he get's all this praise even though, imo, he hasn't done any outstanding work since leaving GN'R in 1996. The solos he does now, simply don't sound technical anymore to me imo. But, hey to each his own. :)

Slash is incredibly overrated, imo.

I'll go with Jimmy Page.

Zeromus1337

none of those guitarists really do anything for me besides jimmy paige.

some of my faves would have to be.

in no particular order.

Chris Impelliterri
Paul Gilbert
Jari Maenpaa
Yngwie Malmsteen
John Petrucci
Kirk Hammett
Kiko Louriero

there are plenty more these are just off the top of my head :)

Herman Li, the guitariest for DragonForce. They did the song "Through the Fire and Flames" in Guitar Hero III.

GTA_dude

I hope to god that was a joke :|

You might want to mention all the black dudes these guys stole their riffs from somewhere in this thread. Just sayin.NearTheEnd

I don't know their names:(

Thats a tough question. Jimi was an amazing guitarist but Slash is my favorite. All of his songs with GNR were amazing and Velvet Revolver is not bad. Slither is one of my favorite songs and it has a great solo.

Where is Eddie Van Halen On Your List?

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Herman Li, the guitariest for DragonForce. They did the song "Through the Fire and Flames" in Guitar Hero III.

spitfir3blue

I hope to god that was a joke :|

Usually Herman Li fanboys are the real deal, which yes is very sad. I laugh everytime I see Herman Li fumble ont he simplest of scales.

In no particular order:

Joe Satriani

Kirk Hammett

Tom Morello

Eric Clapton

Jimmy Page

out of the five you posted, I'd say Stevie Ray Vaughn is best...

though my favourite guitarist is Kerry King

Out of your list it's Slash. I think you might want to put Eric Clapton or atleast Van Halen in there.

munkey102

yup. and, you should'nt just judge on speed and technical prowess, or else buckethead would win *shudder* and i HATE buckethead. dunno why though.

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Out of your list it's Slash. I think you might want to put Eric Clapton or atleast Van Halen in there.

auron_16

yup. and, you should'nt just judge on speed and technical prowess, or else buckethead would win *shudder* and i HATE buckethead. dunno why though.

I don't know why either. I mean he can only play almost every genre of music on his guitar.

John Petrucci

Karl Sanders

Muhammad Suicmez

This guy