200 greatest guitarists in rock

bravo, i dont even think i could remeraber that many guitarist off the top of my head. i think the list is definetly a bit biased but overall i doubt anyone here could make a better list.

on a side note; are you some kinda insanely awesome guitar player, or are you just like the rest of us trying to furable **** our way through some of these great masters songs?
 
John Petrucci has no soul whatsoever. In very few songs does he actually put passion into. I like Dream Theater (really only Scenes from a Memory) and I am saying this.
 
You still have Kurt Cobain and Johnny Ramone up there.

I know power chorRAB are difficult to play and all, but I wouldn't consider them to be remotely talented guitarists.
 
Frusciante's good and all, I enjoy some of his work with RHCP, and some of his solo stuff, but I would not approach calling him a modern day Hendrix. Hendrix changed the way people thought about and approached guitars and guitarists in music.
 
Look the only reason you want me banned is because we disagreed on something in the past.
The real truth is that you knew I was right, but was too scared to admit it until Booboo came along and said practically the same thing worded differentley.
 
Albert Collins
Johnny Lang
Bruce Kulick
Warren De Martini
George Lynch
Buddy Guy
George Benson
Neal Schon
Mick Marrs
Vinnie Vincent
Ace Frehley
Andy Taylor
Steve Stevens


I didnt see any of them listed. Also, no way Billy Corgan should be on that list, thats a huge "stretch" if you ask me...some others are questionable as well.
 
well put... that was more of a "look, we have Clapton on our song" then a "****, I can't play this bloody solo... Eric, can you lend a hand love?"
 
I see Phil Keaggy made it to your list (#39). I would have put him higher, maybe even in the top 10, definitely in the top 20. I think he would be one of the most recognized rock guitarists today if he hadn't become more obscure from rock scene when he turned to producing, almost exclusively, Christian music in the early/mid seventies. I'm not much into his Christian stuff at all, but he is a great guitarist, and his early (pre-religious) work with Glass Harp still holRAB up as some of the best rock guitar ever. Some of his later, all-instrumental acoustic stuff produced in 90's and 2000's is good too, if you like acoustic guitar. Some interesting tidbits:
--There has been a myth about Keaggy going on for years that, when Jimi Hedrix was asked how it felt to be greatest rock guiarist, he said, "Don't know, you'll have to ask Phil Keaggy." That statement can't be substantiated, but what is true is that rock guitarists do regard Keaggy as one of the best. Ted Nugent once said in Guitar Player Magazine, "I don't know what happened to that Phil Keaggy. He could have saved the world with his guitar."
--Keaggy lost a finger on his right hand at age 4. You'll notice in some of the below videos that he has a missing finger. Having one less finger is obviously not an impediment for him.
--Since 2000, Glass Harp has reunited from time to time to play gigs mainly in Ohio, where they originated and where some of the merabers still live. In 2004, they released a 3-disc set, "Stark Raving Jams" of past and recent jam sessions they've done. In 2008, they got together for a jam session. 2 of the viRAB below are from the 2008 session.

Early Glass Harp that both show Keaggy's guitar skill:
Glass Harp
 
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