Who is considered the best...

Guitarist of all time? Not iyo but considered to be the best by a lot of people.

Prince

Prince

lil_buddy7

Prince

lil_buddy7

I don't believe that.

well...ok first no not prince that guy is an idiot, and there are a lot of ridiculous guitarists out there today, i personally would have to say perhaps the guitarist that backed up skynard, i mean come on how many people that you know can pull off 5 minute guitar solos that perfectly, and as for pioneering music hendrix no doubt, this does not make him the best, it just means that he was the first one to do certain things with the guitar, you can argue all you want that other people would have eventually got to do what he did, but face it he did it first so he is the pioneer of guitarists, and as for best guitarist who backed up skynardunreal48

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People often consider Jimi Hendrix the best...

But I'd have to say either Eric Clapton or Jimmy Page

The two guys from Dragonforce. The band who does, "Through the fire and flames"

The two guys from Dragonforce. The band who does, "Through the fire and flames"

ChaosRyder665

well...ok first no not prince that guy is an idiot, and there are a lot of ridiculous guitarists out there today, i personally would have to say perhaps the guitarist that backed up skynard, i mean come on how many people that you know can pull off 5 minute guitar solos that perfectly, and as for pioneering music hendrix no doubt, this does not make him the best, it just means that he was the first one to do certain things with the guitar, you can argue all you want that other people would have eventually got to do what he did, but face it he did it first so he is the pioneer of guitarists, and as for best guitarist who backed up skynardunreal48

I hope people don't say the guys from Lynard Skynard becasue of Freebird... because as great as a song that is, the band was not that great. You can't judge a band because you heard their song on Guitar Heroixlr8evo8

Dire Straitshormagaunt

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NavigatorsGhost

I was going to say Jimi Hendrix too, I mean he played his guitar with his teeth didnt he!?RE4WiiGirl

Some people will choose wankers like Clapton and Hendrix because they were popular 30 or 40 years ago, which, as we all know instantly means they're good. (sarcasm)

Some people will choose the fast but utterly soulless guitar players like Yngwie Malmsteen and that cow from Dragonforce because, well, they play fast.

As for who is actually more skilled, well, people don't seem to realize there's a lot more to the guitar than setting them on fire and playing arpeggios at 300 BPM.

In my opinion, it's probably J Mascis or David Pajo.

me, other than that Lou Reed, Zakk Wylde, Jimmy Page are all very popular choices.

It seems to me that all the guitarist mentioned so far only playor mostly play electric guitars. No one is mentioning any acoustic guitar players. CrazyJ

That's because most people are familiar with only electric guitarists. In the acoustic world, names like John Williams or Andres Segovia would pop up instead.

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CrazyJ

True, RS forgets a lot of skilled guitarists; The list just consists of mostly members of famous groups, which is why I don't trust it very much. We all know that there are plenty of great guitarists who haven't been discovered.

To Sexy_Pirate: The Asian guitarist is Herman Li.