Top 10 Guitarists of All Time (REDUX) 

Ok

So sad that he’s gone😔

True but its sad he played for a crappy power pop band.

@@roguebotanist 😂

@@roguebotanist I never knew he said that, but sadly that was true. What a shame. I was never a fan of van Halen, but loved Eddie. R.i.p. you won't be forgotten!

Bullshit

I think because of Jimmy's so-called references to the Devil, in the music, he's saying that if you believe in one extreme, literal interpretation of Heaven, then you need to account for the opposite on the circle. Not believe in it, necessarily. They're not saying they believe or support the Devil. Or that they, themselves, believe in Heaven or Hell in the literal sense. But many do.

Trolland Drump I definitely agree with you that page was awesome. I always wonder if Eddie Van Halen ever got to meet him I would love to have them to play together The biggest insult Jimi Hendrix what a damn joke. Give an electric guitar to any toddler that’s three years old could do a far better job Birthdays with this political correctness. White guys can’t play basketball. And black guys can’t play guitar My fantasy would to be have Jimmy page Eddie Van Halen pat Benatar and Martina McBride all do a show

Jimmy should be number #1...

@Normalne Konto watch his dazed and confused live performance

Sorry but: Shredding to me isn't musical. People have been 'Shredding" for over 50 years.but the term "Shredding " was born recently, in the last 10years or so. I'd much rather play & listen to 1 or 2 Soulful musical notes, than someone just a super fast player playing scales without a tempo, grooves or any musical constructed rhythms/ beats...shredding isn't music...to me as a player of 55 years.

@@jimkostan9932 neither of them “shredded” it’s literally just a word to describe you absolutely rocking on a guitar. It didn’t mean what you think it does until the the death metal bands decided to claim it because they have zero talent

Hendrix changed the game. Page followed.

@nigelthethomas589 Jimmy Page really was not a very good live guitarist. Some of the songs on Led Zeppelin studio albums are magical. Eddie Van Halen had a bigger influence than Hendrix and Page both playing style and industry standards guitars, amps, pickups and pedals. Hendrix Band of Gypsies is a terrible album. Some of the songs Jimmy Hendrix 3 studio excluding Smash Hits are pretty fucking good, but his career doing his own thing was pretty short.

Disagree, Best Guitarist of all time Glenn Campbell 💯 🤙

When Fred Durst was asked how it felt to be the best guitarist in the world, he said: "I don't know, why don't you ask Soulja Boy Tell'Em".

@@OM10PYE LOL

BS!

Jimi Hendrix for sure! Lefty.. I am as well and we still live in a Right handed 🌍 so Left handed ppl not all.. have to turn things upside down or sideways lol😂 just saying geez I think by now all the technology someone would have invented some left handed things and such.. WTH 😮

Yet I'm still GOOD with my left hand as I write straight up as a lot of left hand 👏 have to move their paper sideways I never did but in school a teacher came by my desk and moved my paper as such.. what the hell.. I moved it right back straight up and told so teacher please don't assume I need their help with being left handed as I didn't need my paperwork moved sideways.. shittttt 😂

I agree

Slash? 😂

they are iconic

Wouter Carree Not brian may

Herman li?

How about all genres of guitar 🎸? I'm not a big country fan but I have heard some of the GOAT guitarist influenced by Chet Atkins and Roy Clark. If you haven't heard these guys. Check em out. Roy Clark's performance on the TV show "The odd couple". Check out a documentary on Chet. That cat plays the bass notes on the 4th,5th and 6th strings, the melody on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th and lead 1st, 2nd and 3rd simultaneously. His use of hammer ons', pull offs, vibrato, and fingering on the neck with both hands were not know to most at that time and his accuracy is unparalleled. Something to do while on lockdown thanks to covid 19. We need to come together as a people regardless of our political beliefs. Whether you may or may not like that orange headed clown in the White House. I sure wouldn't want to be in his shows or ANY other Presidents shoes through this pandemic. Just as we as a country were enjoying the lowest unemployment rates in many years, the increased income for poc in businesses, highest earnings ever, prison reform, trade deals that DIDN'T start a trade war as the MSM predicted etc. The saddest part is while the onslaught by the left on Trump to get him out of office wasted multimillions of tax payer money. He's not presidential nor an articulate spokesman but he's a business man. Living in a free market economy, that's Exactly what we need. Maybe just maybe this insidious virus will have some lasting effect on us as a people in a positive way. 🙏✌️💜😀 Hope and music!

Yeah it's ridiculous

The fact Jeff Beck didn't make the list along with Prince... Not even getting a shout out. Shows how poorly this top 10 list was put together.

But it's all about the fun of comparing them.

They put Stevie Ray Vaughan in 8th Place and BB King at 7 Stevie Ray Vaughan is second Kurt Cobain I don't know why they didn't put Kurt Cobain on the list and BB King 4th Place

I was wondering the exact same thing. People seem to forget him or just don't see the special guitar play he does. Don't know what it is but if the criteria are ' how they play, songwriting and creativity' then the definetely belongs on this list, let a lone an honorable mention.

Richie Blackmore, need I say anything more?

Execpt the child rape and also not to mention how many songs he ripped. Many jazz guitarist that did what he did way before him

Jeff Beck is better.

I agree

They stole most of their songs from blues singers

Jimmy the 🐐

Where's Don Felder or Joe Walsh?

@@former_dmcrt8614 there not dead so don't be colorblind

“Well, I’ve been afraid of changing, Cause I’ve built my life around you. But time makes you bolder, Even children get older, I’m getting older too”. - Stevie Nicks

Ikr

“Many believe people die and watch mournful obituaries. Well, they’re not dead. They are alive in a different form staring at you from the many windows of your life” - Zak Bagans

+Brandon Labit litterly

Are you serious, lil wayne, serious? Really are you fucking crazy, stop drink shampoo men!!!!

Lil Wayne invented picking! Why isn't he number 1. Unsubscribe

+Yassine Boulfiham Stevie Ray Vaughn's sweat could coagulate into mass of guitar playing genius that would make Lil Wayne look like a hipster playing a ukulele.

Lil Wayne is bad these guys are more successful

What about Steve vai

@@kyrkwalters964 Steve Vai not good enough

@@as-zm8pt are you crazy 🤪....via is amazing

Terry Kath

​@@as-zm8pt don't be silly 😅 Vai is a technical master

Lemme guess... No

he sucks lol

Hello Phillip how are you doing 😊

That's a fact

His solos against his writing were demonic...just brilliant

I think that he is, like Pink Floyd, kind of their own genre..

He's my favorite too.

Faxxxx

I know

and randy at 10 angus young at honorable mention and strantini wow this gets a dislike ten fold

I can here to see slash and he isn't here really

I Was Just About To Say That Until I Saw This Comment! :D

they are somewhere

Hello Tom how are you doing 😊

The lyrics from the first album onward suggest that he came in on a spaceship for a little visit to the Third Stone from the Sun, looked around (Up From the Skies), and saw a world that had burned. "Well maybe it's just a change of climate". "I had been been here before, in the days of ice". Maybe he really was from another universe. His guitar playing sure was, and remember, nobody had heard anything like this before. He was WAY ahead of his time. I still listen to, and miss him.

🙏🏼

And Jimi Hendrix is the most overrated guitar player too. He's not fucking Jesus, he was just a very gifted guitar player that left us too early.

Amen, such a beautiful man, and fucking talented.

Absolutely right about Jhon Frusciante, but liking depends !! I really can say when Jhon plays i can feel the music. for us generation his music is "lovely".

Agreed! Same for Rocky George ex member of Suicidal Tendencies. Soooo fucking good and just way too underrated..

True he must be top 3

Should be top and Bryan may

Good thing I found this comment

Great comment. I was just about to say the same 👍

Yeah ,u kno it bruh

Best comment ever, hands down.

Rory Gallagher -- just ask any of his fellow guitarists. The general consensus among those in the know is that Rory was numero uno ! Jan Akkerman of Focus was also pretty handy. Albert King has to be in everybody's top ten list. Alvin Lee ( Ten Years After )RIP -- He can't be ignored in any self respecting list .

6. 8 track

Laserdisc ?

Oh my god😂

Yes - absolutely! Too many to compress into any kind of list.

Peter Tork-no respect

ANGUS YOUNG

well said!

agree totally-both famous and club guitarists

"Jimmy - the most influential guitarist of all times" Nope, no modern guitar god list Page as their primary influence except Slash. Most say Jeff Beck, actually

@@jeremytrudell7163 🤔 No they don't

@@jppage3292 Jimmy Page - "the most overrated guitarist of all time"

@@jeremytrudell7163 Go to bed, Incel

@@jppage3292 "Incel"? What a lame insult. You actually insult yourself.

I’ve been in the comments looking for the song please tell me you know the name 😭

@@bigbank6625 The song is Nadia.

He is, he’s on Honorable Mentions

exact, what else Black Sabbath

Toni can create an atmosphere or Zeitgeist with his guitar riffs....like a real Black Sabbath with evil witches or Judgement Day and wrath. You are there ! Truly great guitar player.

Page

Unfortunately creating something doesn't make you the greatest at an instrument. Although I agree he should be on here.

Betty Pendegrast No, what he meant is the people watching this list dont know about guitar, not that the people ON the list dont know about guitar

RickJamesBitch8 You don't know either.

RickJamesBitch8 There is no best guitarist since people will always choose the genre they prefer, which will most likely be Rock since is the most famous, but if you follow the logic of this list then Rock is the epitome of guitar virtuosity, which it's clearly not.

RickJamesBitch8 Ever heard of Paco de Lucía, Andrés Segovia, Sabicas, John McLaughlin, Django Reinhardt, Roy Clark, Wes Montgomery? www. youtube. com/watch?v=9UYjc75ZV6E

Hidious Vanity 'Tips Fedora'

Hello how are you doing 😊

In My Opinion The fact that you love them doesn't mean they're good. I know their works well and they are fine but probably not in the big Ten for a number of obvious reasons, but not even those on Mojang's list, but they are very iconic guitarists and so they are on the list .a very common mistake in people is to think that the fastest guitarists are better than the slower ones. Not in this case but still; they chose the most iconic ones which is wrong. There are a lot of small ,unknown guitarists that are twenty times better than jimi hendrix with all of the respect and there is a lot of it. But in the end , after the Sound ,complexity and creativity it's all about personal taste so there are no "best". So don't get offended. this list is not really a list of "best, it's a list of most "iconic" Edit: sorry about the bad English

Slash is DANGEROUSLY over-rated

@@VoodooChileJ11 true

@@VoodooChileJ11 Angus Young Too same sound

John Todd how so....? His music is phenomenal! He evokes emotion out of more people then any other guitarist on earth. Being able to shred is pointless and not musical. Playing guitar is about more then that therefor he is in no way overrated as THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING.

Greatest guitar solo, ever, ever.

Amen Kerry! Gilmore's playing is from the heart and so pure and true! He makes me cry listening to his music.

Watching Dave Gilmour at Pompei on TV I was welling up almost from the first note. His playing kind of envelopes you like a fog and you just get lost in the sheer emotion! No one else quite like it!

One of the very best guitar solos too. And beyond that, Gilmour has a large body of work to be proud of

Yes!!! The best pickers in the world do not come from Rock!! Tommy Emmanuel would wipe the floor with these guys!!!!

This list is one of the most disappointing things I've ever seen.

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+Seth Heaster Gilmour should have been higher!

That's blasphemy

They should totally switch Eddie and David

True

Yeah i agree 👍

Indeed

Hahahahahahah good joke man

Um.. how

Blackmore is underrated as hell. I absolutely love his rainbow stage with Dio. Even Brian May with his red special is also underrated.

ritchie was the best maybe just jimi hendrix could be better

@@tycobb531 poor dio

agree, RB is king, should be on the list

What sets Ritchie Blackmore apart is his art of improvisation at the highest level. His art is, he improvises at high speed and almost flawlessly and combines musicality with aggressiveness in a spectacular way. Thanks to RU-vid and the live versions, many people (and me) only realized how good it is and how much fun it is to hear it and to continue to discover it. He's unique and so are other guitarists. I enjoy a lot of guitarists and Ritchie Blackmore. Anyone who knows nothing but his favorites has slept through the world !!!!

agreed

Syd Barrett is better than Gilmore

@@buzzlightyear3357 hahaha

Ocean Rocks Where should he be then?

@@buzzlightyear3357 Read the book of Pink Floyd and investigate, Gilmour was and is much better than Syd Barret

both of them are not underrated that's like saying Led Zeppelin are underrated

I put a shout in for prince above...think it's lost on him being a showman n great writer but he could pluck as well as most.

@@jacocharzukanamericanautho2422 no question George is top 10. He’s a better writer than anyone on this list.

@@jacocharzukanamericanautho2422 it’s debatable but I would say he is in terms of pure song writing ability. Hendrix has great melodic ability, but Harrison creates more complex songs

I WAS EXPECTING GEORGE AT NUMBER ONE, LIKE SERIOUSLY, HERE COMES THE SUN WAS ALL WRITTEN BY HIM. oh and also brian may

He’s on my Mount Rushmore with EVH, Blackmore, and page. Andy summers is an honorable mention too

Long live The Smiths. Viva Morrissey.

Ozzy Osbourne gave us Randy Roads, Jake E Lee and Zak Wylde. Alcatrazz gave us Yngwie Malmsteen and Steve Vai. Another cool fact: Page, Clapton and Beck lived a mile apart growing up, there must be something in the water.

💗🤘🏻🙏🏻

Rating music is a stupid hobby

Because he’s never on the list 🤣

Actually there are guitar competitions with rating systems. Frank knows this, do you?

Then don’t engage in it!

And that's a damn shame too

Prince was more of a performer overall than just a guitarist

Agreed

+Jack Sack of hairy tirds he played every instrument and was good at it

Nowhere near the top ten

Got some right but, l would definitely take some out and rearrange the order. It's a tie for no one. Both Jimmy's are top knotch !!!!

As long as Blackmore is in there , that's fine.

Definitely true

@@remitablechair HAVE U SEEN RITCHIE AND HIS WIFE'S BAND CANDICE NIGHT ? REALLY HOT AND SO OF A KIND ORIGINAL !!!! A MUST SEE ESPECIALLY FOR BLACKMORE FANS !!!

@@theexpert8163 Thanks , will take a look

Alistair Dodds or Steve vai

Mark Knopfler should be on the list, perhaps as number 1

Lets my forget Duane allman didn’t even make it to the honorable mentions

Stupid list

Hell no I can't agree!! #1 Jimmi Hendricks #2 Eric Clapton #3 Prince #4 Jimmy Page #5 Stevie Ray Vaughn and those are 5 accurate heavyweights Prince not In the top 10 Unbelievable by my charted top 5 and no Eddie Van Halen in my top 10 list

They only got the top 3 right in my opinion but, why I’d David at 9?

agreed

Mr. beck concurs

Oh it's a Bogus listing

where tf was slash ?

For me, it's Jimmy Page no.1, David Gilmour no. 1, and Eric Clapton no. 2.

@@julesrose7738 wb Hendrix u can say he wasn’t as technically skilled or maybe even overrated but his absolute control over the instrument and ability to do things no one was able to do gives him the no.1 spot for me

@@elstonngunn4193 I can relate to Hendrix having control. Try searching "Best Guitarist". Hendrix is always no. 1 - Jimmy Page no. 2. I found a "Best Guitar Bands" top list & Page was no. 1, Eddie Van Halen no.2, Gilmour no. 4, Brian May or Keith Richards maybe no. 3. Hendrix and Clapton didn't make this list. Hendrix was great but sadly his Career was cut short. Page proved himself as a Session Artist at 15. He only got better, in high demand, & carried Zeppelin for Decades. He kicked the hard drugs & it's great to hear him today talk about the 60's & '70's. Zeppelin were a top Sell Out Rock Band, who are still gaining young fans & Awards.

You absolutely cannot beat jimi

@@chubby3278 Jimi Hendrix sadly had a short career, and unlike Zep he wasn't diverse. He wasn't around long enough to know if he had staying power. Jimmy Page had a great manager and JP was the Producer. They were 4, very well seasoned & talented Musicians who became an overnight sensation. Look at Pink Floyd, David Gilmour was under Roger's control, but stayed successful & Waters flopped!

Terry Kath

peter k I took this list serious until I laughed at the 1st one

RobinCoasterTycoon3 Bro have you seen Wayne's solos? He fucking shreds.

Yup true. Lil Wayne is way better

Haha

+RobinCoasterTycoon3 haha me too lol I love Lindsay but just no

Yeah every time I saw them I cry. Mark we will always love you

he should be on in the list but not the best

Dean Bunnell amen

Yeah, he was a beast. I never realized it as a kid growing up watching on television. But as I grew up and became a musician I paid way more attention to his playing and sheer talent, as well as many others I'd not realized how great they really were or are. And I'm a metal head through and through, but I respect and listen to anything that's good/involves talented musicians.

Now this, I agree with! Along with Jerry Reed.

I remember when I saw him on he Odd Couple ......mind blown !

I hate country but he and Glen Campbell are guitar gods. John 5 was influenced by HEE HAW. You should hear him play banjo rolls on guitar... He should be on this list. Detroit rocks with John 5 our hometown boy!

top 1

Budi Setiawan depends on the context, jimi is better then srv in terms of innovation and inspiration towards future generations, aswell as sounds and songs and writing never heard previously, SRV DESTROYED jimi in terms of of overall playing, with that mean ass tone, extreme intensity and also way more feeling then Hendrix as well and he could play smoother then basically everyone before him at that time, you cant really compare them.

@@sgtpepper6499 So I'm guessing you never saw Hendrix live.

@@sgtpepper6499 I would definitely agree with you in terms of innovation, but you should also recognize how I actually innovated a lot with the blues because people like JLH and Robert Johnson had a somewhat delta-blues style and I took that and turned it into blues-rock, which to my understanding had never been done before. Before I passed, I thought of Jimi as the best guitarist. Jimi was extremely innovative and I would agree with you there that he made these unheard of songs. But the thing is, most of Jimi's songs weren't the best songs in the world (not that they are bad they are quite superb) and he laid out a path for other musicians. Jimi was an amazing shredder, don't get me wrong, but I would agree with you when you say that I would outshred him. Thank you.

Stevie Ray Vaughan nah bud Hendrix got u beat

Yes, yes, yes

@@manashbaruah3788 I heard Deep Purple when I was 4 or 5, and the guitar playing hooked me. Been a fan for 50 years, always will be. And live? He was masterful.

May be number one

He would of been number one for sure

"Tribute" is one of the CD's that always goes wit me on road trips. It almost takes your breath away every time.

man I forgot about him !!!!

Slash is awesome and perfect for guns n roses.

Yup, Steve Howe is very underrated.

Great call. I almost never see him in any list and I am like W.T.F.

Aaron Harris that doesn't mean you're good

At least they put Jimi Hendrix at #1

Pa Tero true. Like how every list puts the Beatles at first place

The ultimate melodic player. 9 is shocking

He is no where near prince

xavinaut 100 % pure emotion

It's about influence

@@yawnlemon2080 if it was about influence there must be Page at No.2 and Gilmour at No.1, also Mark Knopfler must make the top5 when its about influence.

Pfft buckethead will always be better than slash.

i dont know man....

@@yawnlemon2080 if its influence, tell me how Tony Iommi isn't in the top 5.

GuizoFF 21 Nice avatar dude!

Giyan Scheers Jesus 2 of the same album

Fanboi

Nicee

So why do you call yourself Neil?

One of the most talented musician / entertainers that ever lived......

Facts!

Lindsey Buckingham is another underrated player

I would put Prince at least number 3

Where's slash?

What about Brian May or Keith Richards?

Queen wasn't even proper rock. Led zeppelin was

@@BeastBoy69631 Most queen songs are based on rock, and many other genres.

sabesan R well they had a great diversity in genre, but i think they made proper rock, just not CLASSIC rock.

Beatles? This isn't ever rock

Slash=trash.

For good reason

GamerGoy Boi 🖕

Slash is one of the greatest guitarists of all time wtf how is he not on here

@@samtheman123 imagine thinking slash is good. Sub-par on all levels. A budget guitarist.

Stevie Ray Vaughan could play the guitar behind his back. Think about that. Yes and do all the notes right. LIVE.

@@riveraricardo008 and?!

@@eduardobastos95 Have you ever seen anyone play behind their back, and play it the same as in front of themselves. At least playing with your teeth is playing it in FRONT of you. THINK.

@@riveraricardo008 and?

@@riveraricardo008 I think it’s all muscle memory. Both are equally as hard.

Christian B Marty Mcfly should be at number one.

Chuck made things happen. He was original. Like holy shit. He just made that happen. ;)

Don't forget to thank his cousin Marvin, you know MARVIN BERRY! If he hadn't let Marty out of that trunk, none of this would have been possible!

I was expecting a whoosh

Christian B- what are you smoking?

Cause he doesn't deserve to be here..

Slash is ok, but nowhere close to Jimmy Page. Jimmy Page really paints a picture in his playing.

Naw they got it about right I think SRV should be higher though

@Theo Blake i would say that most famous guitatists ever are Brian may, EVH [*], Hendrix [*], Clapton and Page

@@HeraclitorisScroll Especially the new BoRhap movie, I bet Brian’s popularity skyrocketed even more.

@@nocturnal7345 I wouldn't call the movie "new" anymore, but yeah

@@HeraclitorisScroll Still fresh

@@HeraclitorisScroll uhh I don’t think Brian is as famous as Hendrix and Page, but he is quite famous. But the reason why Brian is famous isn’t because of his technical playing skills, but because of his unique guitar sound, the one and only Red Special.

Yeah. John at the very least deserved a honorary mention.

Donathan Campbell yeah

pffff Brian May.

Donathan Campbell david valverde lol! u crack me up! merry Christmas!💓

John could play all hendrix,s song by the age of 12.