Brian May might not have been groundbreaking but you remember every note of his solos because you can sing them

@craigkidd6197

10 ай бұрын

I think part of it is - May was part of a great band and knew exactly how to compliment every member of that band with his playing. The sum was greater than the parts.

Randy Rhodes has to be up there in the top five.

@loganbremerman1248

Жыл бұрын

And Dimebag

@getsomepack

Жыл бұрын

Dave mustaine

@bradgreen1349

Жыл бұрын

Rhoads people..... Rhoads!!

@BkBk-gy6vr

Жыл бұрын

Randy #1

@SquirrelTheater

10 ай бұрын

@@bradgreen1349 Exactly! 😎

Jeff Beck please

Come on people don't forget Stevie Ray Vaughn!

@moisescampos6010

Жыл бұрын

That's exactly what I was screaming at the top of my lungs.... Exactly bro

@Steve-dy1wf

Жыл бұрын

Cover band artists shouldn't count, just a Hendrix ripoff wannabe.

@NickJardine

Жыл бұрын

I’ve always felt it should go: Hendrix, EVH, SRV.

@ilanrodriguez7698

Жыл бұрын

@@Steve-dy1wf get a life bro 💀

@sabian630

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Glen Cambell and Roy Clark should both be high on the list as both are amazing.

@gabrielw7773

Жыл бұрын

Especially Glen. EVH asked for lessons from Glen.

@gregorycox4085

5 ай бұрын

Absolutely.

Nice to see Alex Lifeson getting some top 10 love. ☮🤟🎸

@SuperAngelic5

Жыл бұрын

Yes

Ten Years Gone, Tea For One, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, Over the Hills and Far Away, Whole Lotta Love, Achilles Last Stand, Kashmir, Stairway to Heaven.

Terry Kath of Chicago! If he hadn't left us in '75, there would be not question that he would be #1!!!

@tideivlife1

Жыл бұрын

Hendrix said Kath was the best he’s ever heard

@jcorona5457

Жыл бұрын

Masterful how he would triumph over those darn horns.

@chrishepburn1503

Жыл бұрын

​@@tideivlife1Yes, we all know this. Everytime somebody mentions Terry Kath someone has to bring this up.

@peachfigorchardpeachfigorc5549

Жыл бұрын

Yup

@minkeyshines7948

Жыл бұрын

Saw Chicago in 1971 in concert. Hendrix could not have played the way he did...

Nuno Bettencourt from Extreme is damn good as well.

@bloodyhellism

Жыл бұрын

He doesn't get noticed as much because when people mention extreme ... Oh more than words lol.

I vote for SRV. I wish he was still here.

@countchoculitis1528

Жыл бұрын

for me SRV is top 5 in terms of feel and natural ability.

@luisvegano

Жыл бұрын

He was awesome... we miss him

@sjs1555

Жыл бұрын

STEVIE RAY VAUGHN!

@veiga__1

5 ай бұрын

someone with fkg good taste lmao all respect to the others guitarists ofc

Lol they didn't mention Clapton, Blackmore, Alvin Lee, Mike Bloomfield, Robert Johnson, SRV but for some reason Bruce Springsteen OMG

@billybob5337

Жыл бұрын

Springsteen is a straight up average guitarist. I don't know how he would even make the top 1,000.

@cornelia21

Жыл бұрын

@@billybob5337 agreed, his talent is as a song writer and performer

@CenterThePendulum

4 ай бұрын

Clapton was repetitive and one of the most controversial picks since players are so split

EVH, Schenker, Rhoads, Rik Emmett, Alex Lifeson, Page, Gary Moore….

The two Jimi/Jimmy's are my 1a and 1b.

Terry Kath apparently is totally forgotten.

@chriszozaski5813

Жыл бұрын

Hendrix didn't forget when he said that Kath was better than him.

The reason Hendrix is the most important guitar player is because of the way he showed the world that feedback, distortion and sounds beyond notes&chords mattered. Personally I'm a jazz fan so I'd vote for John Mclaughlin or maybe Pat Metheny. Lots of choices but Hendrix was the most important innovator.

@BkBk-gy6vr

Жыл бұрын

Not

@tombigbee37riusa

8 ай бұрын

i hear ya but can i add another player into the mix....what do you think of Steve Vai?

I haven’t seen this entire list, but there are amazing guitarists outside of the rock genre… Roy Clark, Roy Acuff, Robert Fripp, Al Di Meola, classical, flamenco, bluegrass, etc.

@wicky1

Жыл бұрын

Jerry Reed!

@lightbulb134

Жыл бұрын

Glen Campbell and Prince

@BrSo-no3vz

Жыл бұрын

I once saw a flamingo on the grass, but the grass wasn’t blue. I don’t know what you smoked.

@US_ARMY_25_INF._DIV.

Жыл бұрын

None of these people come close to Taylor Swift

@kingdingaling413

Жыл бұрын

John Mayer

Damn, Respect to Nowicki! He's impressive!!

No surprise that two incredible Canadian guitarists get forgotten in Alex Lifeson, and Jeff Healey.

@WOLFTICKVIDEOS

Жыл бұрын

It seems that Jeff Healey has always been underrated and looked past when it comes to ranking best guitarist. 🤷‍♂️

@user-uu8up6ki9u

Жыл бұрын

Alex was 8th. That’s pretty amazing!!!

@eslteacherpeter

11 ай бұрын

Lenny Breau

Eric Johnson deserves a mention as well

@rickyriederer7459

Жыл бұрын

Yess he's so underrated

@Craig5150EVH

Жыл бұрын

Abso-fuckin-lutely !!!!

@BedeLaplume

Жыл бұрын

Good call..

@godbyone

Жыл бұрын

The guitarist from clash beat him. Years ago. Not joking

@Craig5150EVH

Жыл бұрын

@@godbyone...beat him...explain ?

I don’t believe it took you that long until you mentioned Jeff Beck! He should always be in the top five, if not higher.

@BrSo-no3vz

Жыл бұрын

I agree. Definitely higher. Maybe 207th.

Game changers for players: Chuck Berry, Hendrix, EVH, Yngwie.

This kid is really good

My favorite guitar players are Jerry Cantrell from Alice In Chains and The Edge from U2. Guitarists that gave me goosebumps when I watched them play(on youtube) were Eddie Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix and Prince.

ANY guitarist can do EVH or HENDRIX.......but almost no guitarist can do JEFF BECK.

@JimCim

Жыл бұрын

PERIOD!!!!

@rickyriederer7459

Жыл бұрын

That's false lol most top famous guitarists have issues with Hendrix and getting the sound he often did. Play his star spangled banner note for note and sound for sound and come back.

@lordofthemound3890

Жыл бұрын

Truth!!!

Steve Howe from Yes is a great guitar 🎸 player

Lyndsey Buckingham, Angus/Malcolm Young, John Fruciante deserve more respect on these lists. Oh and Steve lukather, John Schofield, B.B. King and Tony Iommi. But they're completely subjective so these lists don't matter haha

@jehjeh37111

Жыл бұрын

Angus Young

Cool story about Eddie wanting lessons from Glen Campbell! I don’t think a lot of people realize how incredibly great he was.

I vote for Hendrix, but I remember a quote from Jimi that went something to the effect of "I don't think I'm very good because I can't play all the things I hear in my head." Imagine if he had lived longer. Richard Thompson is the best guitarist I've heard live. Prince is up there too.

A personal fave of mine - Kim Thayil from Soundgarden. Not the greatest by any means, but the solo from Like Suicide gets me every time.

@wasteofspace20

Жыл бұрын

That’s a great band with a completely unique and interesting evolution.

@jcoats5529

9 ай бұрын

😂

It's nice seeing everyone fr the show looking well.

Randy Rhoads should be way up there.

Going by Steve's argument, Brian May got sounds out of his guitar that no one else did.

@mountlite

Жыл бұрын

Is that because he built the guitars himself and got unique sounds that way?

Jeff Beck? Mark Knopfler? I would also mention Tim Renwick (if somebody still remember him)... And, talking about the famous of the greatest - what's about Tony Iommi or Ritchie Blackmore?...

Why isn’t Clapton being mentioned?!!!!

@jacksampsonforever

Жыл бұрын

overrated

@birdy1numnum

Жыл бұрын

I'll mention him...overrated best describes Clapton.

@jasonkeith9317

Жыл бұрын

Because Clapton is God he is in a class all by himself!!

Lindsey Buckingham is extremely underrated

@BrSo-no3vz

Жыл бұрын

So is Lindsey Lohan.

@ChuggOfCthulhu

5 ай бұрын

I strongly disagree

Everyone mentioned is certainly worthy and are undeniably guitar legends and icons. My favourite band is The Cult and Billy Duffy, imho, is a really great guitarist, too. So I'm going to give him an honorable mention.❤

@jackburton6330

Жыл бұрын

Yep that's fine Judges will allow it lol!

Steve Vai, Eric Clapton, SRV, Adrian Belew, Carlos Santana, Randy Rhodes, Albert Collins, Jerry Garcia

Personally, I haven't heard anybody better than Mark Knopfler - Eric Clapton agrees, David Gilmour almost agrees, puts Knopfler second, after Hendrix

@scottwhite2757

Жыл бұрын

I agree these lists are always wack ..

@mcraft2240

Жыл бұрын

It’s all subjective. It means nothing

@thegodhead

Жыл бұрын

Gilmour is #1 imo

Few people really GET what Brian May is all about.

@vivaitalia7221

Жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more!

This is a "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" type scenario. So many very skilled musicians . It would be near impossible to rank them. Why do we need to? If you enjoy what you heard, that's all that counts.

They may be on the list idk but no mention of SRV or Mark Knopfler on this Stern clip

Yngwie Malmsteen and Synyster Gates are my favorites 🤟

Has anyone heard of SRV?

Don't forget about Stevie Ray Vaughn.

Go listen to Roy Buchanan. "When a guitar plays the blues"

Billy Corgan doesn't get the mentions he should (I think because he's also a vocalist people forget what an incredible guitar player he is).

Steve Hackett of Genesis did tapping way before EVH.

@drewrosecrans9728

Жыл бұрын

What albums??? He's a good guitar player but Eddie changed the way of guitar playing hand's down nobody's talking about Steve Hackett just saying!!

@sirrealistic5625

Жыл бұрын

@drew rosecrans ...just saying.

@jlobiafra

Жыл бұрын

​​@@drewrosecrans9728 there's KZread clips of him tapping from 1972. Eddie took it to another level obv

@meetontheledge1380

9 ай бұрын

Stanley Jordan did it before them. N. Paganini was doing it before their great great grandmothers were born!

Berry, Hendricks, Beck, Page, Clapton and Van Halen are some of the greatest.

@BrSo-no3vz

Жыл бұрын

I agree. Especially Berry. She was so hot in Catwoman.

@BedeLaplume

Жыл бұрын

Yesss.

They need to include other genres. Roy Clark and Chet Atkins are/were pretty damn good

@ethanedwards7557

Жыл бұрын

And Willie Nelson.

Tommy Bolin ( RIP) numero uno. 🔥 If your not familiar you should be!! Check "Poast Toastee" (1976) 🔥 He crossed boundaries fusing Rock, Jazz, funk, Reggae. Samba etc etc He inspired Jeff Beck to go into a fusion direction after hearing his playing on Billy Cobhams ":-Spectrum'" All of this before he passed at 25. 🙏

@seanmurphy26

Жыл бұрын

Tommy Bolin, most underrated, biggest pair of balls in guitar. Don't look up post toastee, first go to the Billy Cobham Spectrum album!

Nuno is probably one of the greatest also IMO....

Dimebag Darrel has to be in top 5

@rickyriederer7459

Жыл бұрын

Lol Bucketheads better then Dimebag

steve nowicki has to be the most normal, attractive stern show cast member of all time

As usual Alex Lifeson always gets forgotten. Alex is so underrated. His guitar playing is unbelievable. I'm pretty sure it has to do with the fact that he is Canadian. If he were American they would have declared him a guitar GOD.

@ethanedwards7557

Жыл бұрын

Rush is so bland and soulless.

@davidmoskowitz1801

Жыл бұрын

Nailed it

@MrMaynardWR

10 ай бұрын

Alex's playing is brilliant because it's selfless in its support of the music versus egotism -- and that's why he gets overlooked

I’m with Steve. EVH created a genre! I’m a Hendrix fan since age 11, but the sheer volume of riffs, tones and invention, along with time and ungodly or Godly swing, belongs to Eddie. Page created the most varied soundscapes.

@Driver8takeabreak

Жыл бұрын

Consider that Hendrix did everything he did in basically 4 years. FOUR YEARS.

@darrint3573

11 ай бұрын

@@Driver8takeabreak It's very silly for anyone to dismiss the far-reaching influence that Hendrix had on the musical landscape. The 50s had Chuck Berry, the 60s Hendrix. Two of the most important decades in RNR. Yes, we had Beck, Blackmore, Clapton & Page, but Hendrix was in a league of his own when it came to originality and innovation.

@MrMaynardWR

10 ай бұрын

Well EVH thought that Allan Holdsworth was the greatest

@luisponce7317

3 ай бұрын

These list are so tough to rank they are all great guitarists with their styles and whom influenced them and then taking the guitar to new heights

There are people beyond VH and Hendrix. Allan Holdsworth, Wayne Krantz, Steve Morse, John Mclaughlin, Paco Delucia, etc...

@dinosaursr

Жыл бұрын

Yes but name one memorable song from them.

@JadeTheWolf1982

Жыл бұрын

@@dinosaursr Holdsworth: Devil Take the Hindmost, Mclauglin: Vital Transformation, Delucia: Entre dos aguas, and I will throw another one in Pat Metheny: Bright Size Life

@BedeLaplume

Жыл бұрын

Definitely good choices..

@2216sammy

4 ай бұрын

Hendrix and Van Halen were by far and away the two most influential guitarists of all time .

@antidote7

4 ай бұрын

@@2216sammy Influence happens for a number of different reasons. Popularity plays a huge role in it.

Halen / Page / SRV / Dime / Hendrix / Satriani / Nuno / Gilmour are pretty set in my top 10.

@brucelee4996

Жыл бұрын

No Steve Vai?

@Trailmaterrocks

Жыл бұрын

@@brucelee4996He lost to Ralph Macchio in Crossroads, so I guess no.

Brian May is my favorite guitarist ever and i love Queen. So when i saw this list you can imagine how ecstatic i was. Felt so proud that someone i liked was voted top of the list.

Hendrix is #1 hands down. Allen Collins of Skynyrd is my personal favorite! RIP

@BillyBob-ec5ox

Жыл бұрын

Page was a more complete guitarist than Hendrix. By far the better riff creator. And better at acoustic

jerry garcia is top 10 for me!!

I love Fred. Nowicki is too young to appreciate that when Hendrix arrived, he intimidated the shit out of Beck, Page and Clapton. He was such a game changer that he seemed to arrive from Mars, not Seattle.

Danny Gatton, Albert Lee, or .... There is so many great guitarists.

That Fred’s at home line was hilarious

I once used a guitar to reach something from the top shelf. Up until then, nobody even knew you could use the guitar for that. It was a game changer. I should be on the list. I say Jimi Hendrix, me and then Jimmy Page.

Eddie Van Halen said he got the idea for the fret stuff at a Led Zeppelin concert watching Jimmy Page use a violin bow on his guitar. I think that was 1972

@SmokeyTreats

Жыл бұрын

Not disputing he said that but he actually copied Allan Holdsworth's tapping technique.

Why are Fred and Gary not on camera?

Mark Knopfler is number one hands down.. Money for nothing is the greatest guitar riff of all time, and Sultans of Swing is the greatest rock and roll song of all time..

@Paintstucco

6 ай бұрын

agreed

Page wrote more great licks than Hendrix and Eddie combined

@rickyriederer7459

Жыл бұрын

Hmmm debatable. But Page was not even half the players Van Halen and Hendrix were. But Page definitely up there he even said Hendrix was greatest he ever heard.

@MrMaynardWR

10 ай бұрын

@@rickyriederer7459 Page's ability to produce is where his genius exists

@lyndoncmp5751

8 ай бұрын

He sure did. Plus he was far better on acoustic guitar as well.

Dave Davies from the Kinks was a pioneer. Alvin Lee from Ten Years After was one of the greatest rhythm guitarists of all time.

Fripp & Satrioni 🧠💯

It's all about the riffs!

Eddie actually learned tapping from seeing Jimmy Page do it.

Derrick Trucks, Glen Campbell, Jeff Beck,

@KennethNoisewater1

Жыл бұрын

And Nuno

Duane Allman, Derek trucks, Chet Atkins, Vince Gill, Dickey Betts

Randy Rhoads.... In his short time on Earth he was a gamechanger for a whole genre.

Santana has my vote

Joe Satriani..RoyClark... "Maggot Brain"..by Funkadelic.Top 50 list from each decade would be cool.

Where's Jeff Beck in this discussion?

Guys like Steve Vai and Eric Johnson put all these guys to shame

Roy Clark is Top 3

Hendrix will always be number 1.

@AarosConcerts

Жыл бұрын

Lies.

@Harris69

Жыл бұрын

Without question.....

Steve is clueless if he thinks Eddie changed the game more then Jimi did

@sirrealistic5625

Жыл бұрын

Preach!!!

@ktpinnacle

Жыл бұрын

Hendrix changed the rock guitar world and secured his position as #1 in one night - Bag O' Nails

@vivaitalia7221

Жыл бұрын

And he has Tom Morello and Angus Young as top 10 of all time... this kid is completely clueless.

@TheAgentAssassin

Жыл бұрын

Jimi 1 EVH 2

@reallymysterious4520

Жыл бұрын

@@vivaitalia7221 Exactly

Richie Blackmore and Prince and Alex Liefson are so under rated to me.

Nobody ever mentions Jerry Garcia, one of the most well respected guitarists of the late 20th century.

Robert Johnson started all this

@CorneiliusLibowitz

Жыл бұрын

Sista Rosetta Tharpe did....

Where was Stevie Ray Vaughan on the list?

John Mayer and Tom Morello are both really under-rated

There are many, many great guitarists. There is one seismic before-and-after guitarist in rock and this is Jimi

Three greatest, yep, Hendrix, Page, Eddie in that order

Ultimately that list is subjective but Brian May along with Jeff Beck definitely deserve to be among the top 10s..

Stevie Ray Vaughan!

@jeremybarcelo6486

Жыл бұрын

The best

Even 40- 45 years after their music came out, I will seek still out and play the music of Eddie Van Halen, Mark Knopfler, Lyndsey Buckingham and Jimmy Page BECAUSE of their guitar playing.

If Eric Johnson didn’t make this list it’s a joke!! He’s the greatest over all guitarist to come along since EVH imo

Stephen Stills is such an underrated guitarist.

Totally agree with with Steve

Randy rhoads, Vivian Campbell, George Lynch, the list goes on

Brian May is the Guitar Heroes Guitar Hero...

@rickyriederer7459

Жыл бұрын

He was great but shouldnt top the list.

@luisvegano

Жыл бұрын

​@@rickyriederer7459 I think he should top the list. Is a subjective matter anyway. PS: stuffed crust pizza is great, Brian May is out of this world.

Not that I don't love all the other guitar players but Tom Morello is my favorite 🤎🤍🏁👌🎯

That’s funny. My uncle’s name is Steve Nowicki

I read the headline as Guitar World making a guitar pick for the best guitarist.