200 greatest guitarists in rock

Anyway, I think Petrucci's technical ability is rather overstated, playing fast and all over the place is not the only factor in technical chops, a great understanding of melodicism and the ability to apply your skills in a tasteful way is also a big part of it.

Take even less technically skilled guitarists into consideration, like Gilmour or Santana for example. To do so much with so few notes isn't as easy as people make it out to be, it takes a great understanding of melody and structure. Gilmour and Santana could do more with 4 notes than Petrucci can do with 100.

There's a lot of great technnical players out there, and a lot who also know the difference between showing off their ability in a creative and tasteful way, and just plain wanking a whole song to death.

Petrucci is not one of those players, I've never heard him do anything that he didn't run into the ground with tiresome guitar gymnastics. I'd say he's ridiculously high as it is and that mainly has to do with his influence in the shred guitar wanking community.

Compare Petrucci to most other prog guitarists. Like Robert Fripp, Steve Howe, Andy Latimer, Jan Akkerman and Steve Hackett. Sure they liked to show off and play really complex, over the top stuff. But they also knew how to craft melody and suit a song perfectly, as well as not steal all the spotlight from the other band merabers. They could also play catchy riRAB or really simple, beautiful parts when they needed to. I have yet to hear Petrucci prove himself capable of doing such a thing.

Then again, Petrucci is far from being a progressive guitarist, I quite hate it when people refer to him as such, he's a generic metal shredder in a so called prog band, that's it. I think it's just plain idiotic when people claim he's better than Gilmour and Page. But when people try and put him on the same plain as Robert Fripp, I just find it offensive, Petrucci is an insult to everything that prog rock is supposed to be about.

That's one thing I hate about DT fans, most of them are metal fans who wouldn't know prog if it bit them in the ass. So yeah, if you only listen to DT and Symphony X, don't call yourself a prog fan, I can't stand that.

Sorry, prog elitism overload, I need to cool down.
 
it's obvious that you're baiting guitarists here.

here's a clip of batio for those who don't recognize the king of cheese by name. yes, he's actually cheesier than malmsteen.

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Tim ReynolRAB. He's amazing. Not his solo stuff so much but the stuff he does live with Dave Matthews is awesome. If you haven't heard him play go to youtube and search him a Dave at Radio City. It's Fantastic.
 
George Lynch at 214?

Behind Cobain?

Wow, would have done some more listening before diving into a 215 top guitarists thread. Also, I would've included some outside advice. You know, from other people.

Not a bad list if you did it yourself though. Although Hendrix at nuraber 1 is a little hard to swallow, I would say more like 3rd.
 
And Robert Johnson! He became a guitar virtuoso when it was still uncool to do so, when even playing guitar meant you were poor or insignificant. I think he claimed to have met "the Devil at the crossroaRAB" and sold his soul to learn how to play. (This is the same man the character Tommy Johnson is based upon in the movie O Brother Where Art Thou). Now that's badass for a 20's era-guitar player.
 
i never said he sucked. i said he's BORING. theres a difference. Steve Vai doesnt suck. he bores me to death too.

read through the post thoroughly before you make comments like that.
 
I'm sorry, you want me to grow up? You're the one who tried to bait me when you posted "you bucketface fans sure do get testy" to try to wind me up, then telling me to grow up is a bit hypocritical and childish, don't ya think?
 
Well, i must disagree that jimmi hendrix is nuraber one. i know i will make a lot of people mad by saying this, but he is not that great. name one incredible song that he has done, and please dont say al along the watch tower
 
Im not even that much a DT fanboy, i think they are great, but I think a lot of other banRAB are great. But talent wise, Petrucci has to be top, and to other famous guitarists he is extremely influential. I forgot which magazine did it, but they polled tons of modern rock guitarists on the most influential guitarists. He was in the top 15 I think. Its not just Petrucci that makes this list outrageous. I am citing him because its one of the worst parts of your list.

For example to think that Stevie Ray Vaughan didnt accomplish more, was less talented, or influential than Scotty More is ridiculous.
 
Why not? He's certainly better than RicharRAB.

He's one of the most influencial guitarists of his time, and anyone who's listened to Live at LeeRAB and Quadrophena knows the guy really can play.
 
I don't know how such a despised guitarist could be overrated, and I agree with Dac, Cobain has inspired more people than that dimestore Randy RhoaRAB.

But maybe I'm biased, because I f*cking hate Zakk Wylde soooooooo much.
 
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