Greatest Rock Guitarists of All Time

mr_goo

Eric Clapton has been named the greatest Guitar Hero by guitarists in the UK.
Allianz Musical Insurance conducted the poll at the recent Guitar Nation Live event last weekend, asking guitar players and music fans which guitarists they rated most highly.
And Clapton came out on top of the poll ahead of Hendrix, Page, Beck and Berry.

1. Eric Clapton
2. Jimi Hendrix
3. Jimmy Page
4. Jeff Beck
5. Chuck Berry

But who do you rate as your guitar hero? My votes go to:
1. Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple / Rainbow)
2. Gary Moore (Thin Lizzy)
3. Michael Schenker (Scorpions / UFO)
4. Ronnie Montrose
5. Dave Gilmore (Pink Floyd)

JAGGY

1.) Mark Knopfler
2.) Slash
3.) Clapton
4.) Hendrix
5.) Angus Young

kev77

Recent Times

1. Nick Mcabe
2. John Squire
3. Kurt Cobain
4. Jonny Marr
5. Noel Gallagher

Times gone by

1. Jimmy Hendrix
2. George Harrison
3. Dave Gilmore
4. Pete Townsend
5. Jimmy Page

All time axe hero Nick Mccabe, he can make a les paul sound like a sea gull!

15peter20

Peter Green

crumbschief

Henry Vestine
Chuck Berry
Robby Krieger
Billy Gibbons

brakelever

jimmy page
sonny landreth
chuck berry
peter green
jeff beck
eric clapton

Wheelspinner

Dunno about technical genius (or strictly "rock"!), but I sure like the music of:

John McLaughlin
Carlos Santana
Albert Collins
Robben Ford
Stevie Ray Vaughn

SteveR_100Milers

In no particicular order:

Kossof
Young
EVH
Beck
Blackmore


Not necessarily my favourites, just those that I reckon are the most significant.

Faves list (in some sort of order)

Young
Young
Young

everyone else.

Crapaud

SteveR_100Milers wrote:

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Faves list (in some sort of order)

Young
Young
Young ...

The Neil variety I hope.

+1

He's the one guitarist that makes me want to learn to play one. Someday I'll get round to it.

Buckled_Rims

Richie Blackmore
Freddie King
Peter Green
Tony Iommi
George Harrison

My favourite anyhow and I bought the guitar techniques books to prove it

Slapshot

Tricky one this...I always think it depends on your mood when you make decisions like this, my top 5 would probably be

Dave Gilmore
Angus Young
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Tony Iommi
Jimmy Page

but on any night you could thrown in

Hendrix, Blackmore, Johnny Marr, Slash, Knopfler, Moore, BB King, Santana etc etc

dilemna

Francis Rossi?



Keith Richards.

redd

1. Clapton
2. Satriani
3. Gilmore
4. Santana
5. Knopfler

ceeque

in def. NO order ...
Tommy Emmanuel
Jimi Hendrix
Knopfler
Page
Robert Cray

.... the question is just tooooo difficult

Pokerface

Props to many of those already mentioned, but as no one has mentioned him yet, gonna have to add Lenny Kravitz. Saw him play live a couple of times and blew me away.

StillGoing

In no particular order and for their differing styles and talents.

Dave Gilmour
SRV
Zakk Wylde
DImebag Darrell
Joe Satriani

spanielsson

1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Eddy Van Halen
3. Vernon Reid
4. Tony Iommi (he changed everything again)
5. John Frusciante

Bozman

Jeff Beck! If youy haven't seen Jeff Beck at Ronnie Scotts. keep a lookout for it on BBC3/4.
I was brought up with Mr Marr and Squires but Beck is in a different league.

bobs bikes

this may not be everyones taste, but you have all failed to mention the genius that is joe perry of aerosmith......

he is in fact left handed but will play the guitar right handed if he is on the left of the stage as not to knock anyone out with the neck! :shock:

also went to wembley to see them and half way through the set, the full band swapped instruments without pausing 8)

simonaspinall

Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy Paige
Slash
John Squire
Django Reinhart
Kenny Burrel
Joe Satriani

Wildcard - James Dean Bradfield

Ok so they're not all rock guitarists but they are still impressive

cee

Crapaud wrote:

SteveR_100Milers wrote:

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Faves list (in some sort of order)

Young
Young
Young ...

The Neil variety I hope.

+1

He's the one guitarist that makes me want to learn to play one. Someday I'll get round to it.

was the reason i started to play.....nothing fancy with him either...he plays like he is digging a hole.

Nick Drake was also a very talented guitarist...all the guitar parts he ever recorded were done in one take.

dreamlx10

he can make a les paul sound like a sea gull

But can he make a seagull sound like a Les Paul ?

dreamlx10

Django Reinhart

Wrong spelling and not a "rock" guitarist !

freddiegrubb

:oops: Bert Weedon ?

SteveR_100Milers

Crapaud wrote:

SteveR_100Milers wrote:

...
Faves list (in some sort of order)

Young
Young
Young ...

The Neil variety I hope.

+1

He's the one guitarist that makes me want to learn to play one. Someday I'll get round to it.

No!
No!
No!

And the last one was his brother, Malcolm who is one of the finest rhythm guitarists to walk the planet. (remember we are talking rock here, not jazz or anything *fancy*)

cee

what about rory gallagher for some bluesy rock?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKaiHamPT54

an inspiration to many listed here so far....

Coach H

Buddy Guy and Ry Cooder.

OK more Blues than Rock (But its all the same). Saw Buddy Guy in a basement blues club in Harlem in the late 90's and he played his own stuff and told (possibly tall) tales about how he had come up with some of the classic riffs and how he had tought them to those now accredited. He did go on to play them better than most. By far and away the best gig I have seen and I stumbled on it by accident due to poster in street.

StillGoing

Angus Young! Surely you can't be serious? Even Steve Jones of the Pistols is better than him. I see no one has mentioned the likes of Glen Tipton, Michael Schenker, Ronnie Montrose, Gary Moore or Rory Gallagher.

EVH just brought a few tricks to the big stage. A very good rhythm guitarist but not so hot as a soloist. Others have adapted those tricks and do them better; Vinnie Vincent, Satriani, Vai etc.

SCR Pedro

kev77 wrote:

Recent Times

1. Nick Mcabe
2. John Squire
3. Kurt Cobain...

All time axe hero Nick Mccabe, he can make a les paul sound like a sea gull!

+1 to McCabe. Every time I listen to Verve records, I find myself wondering 'How did he do that?!'. He's a massively underrated player, and made huge leaps between albums. The Verve's Northern Soul record is probably his finest moment.

This live performance on the Jools Holland show is amazing.

Oh, how I miss The Verve...

Pedro

Stu T

Randy Rhodes end of 8)

Herbie The Dog

+1 for John Squire.

Also...Kevin Shields.