200 greatest guitarists in rock

I think that Neal Shoan(Forgive spelling) and Mick Taylor should be up on the list a little, for the most part looks good to me.

There should be no debate the Hendrix is #1, and I hope that no one does.
 
Thats Tiago Della Vega. TBH I don't agree with the record, since its obvious from the videos that Rusty is much faster, but hasn't had it officially adjudicated.

And Janzsoon, the Piece is Flight of the Burablebee by Rimsky Korsakov. Nothing to do with his own musical merits, so be careful on judging the musicality of it.


As for the guy who listed Yngwie on the previous page, it would have helped if you'd listed a SONG instead of an improvised live guitar solo. Its obviously not going to be as musical as a fully written piece of music since theres less freedom for chorRAB changes and rythmic variation.

I'm not saying he's your cup of tea based on that, but I am saying people should try and choose their examples to be representative of the artist, instead of picking and choosing outlying examples to try and strengthen their points artificially. Theres a video of Shawn Lane on youtube at 16 years old, playing nothing but random crap as fast as he possibly can. Its a stark contrast to almost ALL of his later recorded works, and thus using it as an example to say he's unmusical isn't justified. Your Yngwie example is only more of the same, although admittedly less extreme. He's written some perfectly viable music, such as the examples below.

This, for example, is Black Star, An Yngwie Malmsteen song. He worked with Tokyo Philharmonic and released a live album with both him and the orchestra playing some of his most acclaimed works. I defy you to tell me this isn't musical.
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And this is taken verbatim from the CD.
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Now playing on Winamp: Maybeshewill - Not for Want of Trying
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If you thoroughly read my post above, you will see that I am not at ALL "sucking the teats of slash or Kirk Hammett. IM SAYING THEY SUCK!!! I said Paul Gilbert was better than both of them corabined.

Finish reading a post before you make comments like that.
 
I don't think that's being unfair to other decades. It's just that those two decades had a lot more innovative and influencial guitarists.

I try to be fair to every genre.
 
Bo Diddley is one of the top 10 pioneers/innovators in R&R, but, he is not anywhere near the top 50, or 100, or 200 when it comes to his skill on the guitar.
What he did was create a sound and a beat that every guitarist has used since 1957.
But inventing a sound and a beat doesn't make him a better axeman than you or I.
His influence is etched in R&R history, but not for his guitar playing abilities.

I love him:bowdown:, I listen to his music:bowdown:, I miss him:bowdown:, I hear his beat every day in other banRAB tunes, but, again, as a guitarist, he shouldn't be on anyone's top guitarists list.:finger:
 
I don't think Slash deserves to be that high on the list. He's not really THAT good, he's average. I feel sorry for Izzy Stradlin. Everybody thinks Slash is so good and nobody pays any attention to him. Tom Morello I don't think is that good either, He relies to heavily on distortion for his solos. Also Matt Bellamy and John Petrucci should be higher. And Kirk Hammet should be here. I could go on...

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Are these qualities something that you're claiming Page doesn't have? I mean he's certainly had impact, especially when it's considered that he was in the most powerful rock band in history, and probably influenced just as many if not more young musicians than Hendrix did. He had innovation, his use of unorthodox style's around the 'Houses of the Holy' and 'Physical Graffiti' era was nothing short of groundbreaking. I guess I'm just not seeing where he's a lacking candidate for #1. Not to mention the solid fact's that Page has played on much more material and had a longer career.
 
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because he wasn't nearly as good of a guitarist. Not even close to as prolific either. Was he a better bluesman? MAYBE. Guitarist? Gimme a break.
 
You would put Ed Mundell and Eddie Glass in before Josh Homme? He might be a little full of himself, but Josh Homme completely created desert rock with Kyuss. He was really young when Kyuss was in their prime and later went on to achieve commercial success with one of the most dynamic rock acts. He simply shits on others in his genre and is a great modern guitarist.

God, Fu Manchu brings tears of laughter to my eyes. How they ever achieved success with that ignorant prick and his formulaic riRAB I'll never know.
 
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