200 greatest guitarists in rock

[sangamitra]

Creativity, Originality, Influence, Status, Impact, to a lesser extent Technical Skill and just my personal bias.



He's played for progressive rock groups like Soft Machine and Gong, in fact he's collaborated with a lot of rock musicians on what are basically rock recordings, and enough of his own solo material could be considered rock. I dont really think of him as a pure jazz guitarist, and most purists would agree to that.



I am aware of that. But Live it to Death and Schools Out are considered milestones in his career, he did much to define Coopers original sound.

Maybe he's too high, but I'm not gonna worry about the rankings too much, just the inclusions more than anything.

EDIT: Made one slight change, replaced Homme with Ace Frehley. But I dont intend to make any more changes, I like the final result just fine and I'm not trying to please anyone, just curious what people have to say.

[raine]

Nuraba 107.

[dawgs3312]

By that definition, after I really learned the guitar, and listened to a lot of different types of music, I realized that Hendrix and Jimmy were very limited in that definition of ability. Both are kinda sloppy players live, and Page rarely wanders out of the minor pentatonic scale for his solos.

Watch these and tell me how this man has no soul, emotion or whatever the hell you nitwits want to call it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H78F7M-LATw
YouTube - Octavarium - solo end

[Liliya S]

Ahhh :thurab:

I always thought they were better with him.

[nigga dude]

Hmm, the list has a rather familiar feel to it.

[texaswildman]

The PS2 was also the best console of it's time.

[ddoddington2]

so did anyone actually look at the clips i posted on the last page? stanley jordan doesn't generate ANY reaction from guitar players here?

i've seen drummer's jaws hit the floor due to that clip, guitar players are generally blown away. unlike MAB who is all flash or buckethead who comes off as an autistic robot, jordan balances both without resorting to sight gags and physical gimmicks.

nothing? really?

[fastman]

You gotta have John Petrucci in the top 20. And Eddie doesn't deserve to be 2.

Top 5

1) Jimi Hendrix
2) Jimmy Page
3) Eric Clapton
4) Stevie Ray Vaughn
5) David Gilmour or Steve Vai

Just my opinion of course

[lovergirl]

he was the only guitarist i could fathom that became his instrument, playiing it like it was an extension of his soul.

[queen bee.]

Oh theres been debate. It may be the obvious choice to put Hendrix as #1 but he'd be my #1 too without a doubt.