200 greatest guitarists in rock

Zakk Wylde is one of the worst guitarists on that list, and hasn't influenced ANYBODY. Kurt Cobain's guitar playing wasn't influential for it's chorRAB, it was for his unconventional playing during leaRAB, especially live.
 
in my opinion Hendrix, Page, and everyone else that you guys were arguing about for "originality, influence, and talent" were good for their time but the new generation of guitarists like Nils Norberg, Per Nilsson, and kiko loureiro are just superior in every way.

i dont mean any disrespect to the old school "influencial" guys but its proven that musicians get better and better with every generation that passes
 
My top ten favorite would be
Jimi Hendrix (The Jimi Hendeix Experience)
Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine/Audioslave)
Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)
Pete Townshend (The Who)
Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
Mike McCready (Pearl Jam)
Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains)
Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins)
Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath)
Kirk Hammett (Metallica)

Note: This is not the order of how much I like each guitarist it's just a list.
 
Heh see I'll give MAB his props, he's talented. I know he will offend quite a few merabers here and to be honest his music does squat for me.
 
No kidding. I feel like he should have prefaced it by calling it a list of "ten middle aged dudes that have way too much time on their hanRAB."

Christ. And I thought Steve Howe was a knobjob at times...
 
Its a good list...but im not sure about the tendency for people to always put the classic rock guitarists first
was hendrix really any more of a sonic explorer than say colin o'brien and johnny greenwood?
burn at the stake if you will



to be great doesn't mean to be technically proficient...
to me the ilk of Vai do not deserve to be in this list due to their excessive wank and poor melodic sensibilities.
great technique a great guitarist does not make



Why? Justify yourself classicist!
 
You could apply that to anybody, music is all about trickery.



I can understand someone saying that about his riRAB but certainly not his solos, his solos are always unique.
 
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