@@user-ek4ep4cj7i In fact, here are all my honorable mentions for who should've been on the list. John Petrucci: (Dream Theater) He's not the most important member of Dream Theater, (The entire band is important to their sound) but his guitar work has helped make the band what it is in the world of progressive metal. Steve Vai This guy's guitar work is a masterclass, plain and simple. Joe Santriani Same; This guy doesn't need to sing at all; his incredible melodic guitar skills do all the singing, and that should be enough for anyone. K.K Downing, Ritchie Faulkner and Glenn Tipton (Judas Priest) While Downing is no longer in the band, having left in the 2010's, He and Tipton practically wrote the book on how to write and perform awesome dual guitar solos, not to mention the equally awesome book on guitar solo trade offs, which they kept on doing effortlessly after Faulkner replaced Downing. And while Tipton can no longer tour with them, due to the early stages of Parkinson's disease, he still records for their new material and has never lost a single step in his playing style. (Their current producer, Andy Sneap, tours with the band in Tipton's place) Andre Olbrich (Blind Guardian) This guy is a criminally underrated player and his melody driven style of playing is the driving force behind the band's prominent melodic focus in their sound, and his solos are some of the best in Symphonic/Power Metal Kirk Hammitt (Metallica) This guy has been kicking ass in Metallica for practically as long as the band has been active; His style of shredding makes him influential to this day, and his extended solos during Metallica shows make each show as badass as the next one. Synester Gates (Avenged Sevenfold) This guy is a guitarist to be reckoned with on stage, and his soloing style of playing is practically iconic to the band's sound, which only elevates the actual solos when they come in on the songs.
Dimebag ran into Eddie Van Halen a few months before he was murdered. He asked Eddie for a copy of the bumblebee painted Frankenstrat. At Dimebag’s funeral Eddie showed up with his ORIGINAL bumblebee and had it placed in the coffin, “He was an original, and he DESERVED the original.” What an honor.😢
I love Knopfler and Morello and would personally place both higher but it's hilarious to see Chuck Berry at 23... he should be #2 behind only Robert Johnson.
Not really. 30th best in the history of guitarists is very impressive. What’s criminal is that his brother, Malcolm Young isn’t ahead of Angus in any list. Malcolm literally was the sound that made AC/DC. 10,000 guitarist could have played lead to Malcolm so at the very least, Angus wouldn’t be on this list if it wasn’t for his brother.
Played Hotel California out with my grandson to go to dinner tonight and at 11 yr old he was talking about the great guitar playing. So on the way home, I played Life's Been Good and he loved it! Mojo sh*t the bed on this list for me.
@@Tiger_RCD Yeah from The Eagles Devo Lead Guitarist BOB 1 (Bob Mothersbaugh) told me that when I met him at DEVOtional 2019 signing my Devo shit and talking he said that was a favorite guitar player no shit dude good stuff.
Thank you for including Alex Lifeson. I tell people all the time you couldn't play in a band with arguably the greatest rock bassist and rock drummer in history if you weren't a badass yourself.
Brian May at #14? Seriously? His sound is like no one else partly due to the fact that he and his dad built the Red Special. And Peter Frampton didn't even make the list? Yikes, mojo!
Why is Duane Allman not on here any where? The guy was so good that the first time Clapton opened up for him he couldn't light his own cigarette because his hands were shaking too bad
Shows that you can have a large viewing audience...without knowing a damded thing about what you're talking about on RU-vid ...Allman should be in the top 5...Without question...
Jimi's favorite guitar player! There's a reason....listen to the solo on South California Purples and you'll see why...thank me later. Terry Kath was in my top 10 and didn't make the top 30. Maybe replace Slash? 😂
Paco de Lucia. Richard Thompson. Lou Reed. Nick Saloman. T-Bone Walker. John Lee Hooker. Bob Mould. Blixa Bargeld. Eddie Hazel. John Fahey. Alvin Lee. Mdou Moctar. Marc Ribot. Rowland S. Howard. Duane Eddy. Link Wray. Ry Cooder.
Frank Zappa, Jerry Garcia, Duane Allman and Dickey Betts, Derek Trucks, Trey Anastasio, Eddie Hazel, Buddy Guy, Dave Navarro, Randy Rhoads, Johnny Marr, Thurston Moore and Lee Ronaldo, Ron Ashton
Johnny Marr doesn't usually make it very high up in the "greatest guitarists" lists because his style isn't what people think of when they do these rankings--he didn't play intricate solos or bluesy riffs--but I really like how he packs so many interesting ideas into a single song.
Honestly it takes more talent to come up with what he does. He can easily improvise bluesy riffs all day and will beat out most of the people on the list. But he’s above that and comes up with arpeggios, and melodies, he’s my number 1 guitarist
Not really. 30th best in the history of guitarists is very impressive. What’s criminal is that his brother, Malcolm Young isn’t ahead of Angus in any list. Malcolm literally was the sound that made AC/DC. 10,000 guitarist could have played lead to Malcolm so at the very least, Angus wouldn’t be on this list if it wasn’t for his brother.
#1 Edward Van Halen The man designed and built his own guitars, amps and accessories. He holds multiple patents for guitars, amps and accessories. His freakin guitar is in The Smithsonian for cryin out loud! Not to mention his technical ability and writing prowess. His wide array of varied solos over 40 plus years speaks volumes to his abilities. Nothing against the Jimmys, but Edward reigns supreme. The AI voice calling Rush’s 2112 (twenty one twelve) album “two one one two” cracked me up!
There's quite a few guitars that were left out, Kirk Hammet, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, George Thorogood, Steven Stills, Dave Mustaine, Adam Jones, Mick Mars & tons of others that should've been mentioned
Not one country music guitar player was in this list. Eddie Van Halen wants was asked what it felt like to be the greatest guitar player in the world. His response was I don’t know, you’ll have to ask Roy Clark. Where the hell was he on this list?
WTF? Bumblefoot? Buckethead? Hughie Thomasson?✝ Steve Clark?✝ Phil Collen? Kirk Hammett? Herman Li? John Petrucci? Steve Vai? Joe Satriani? Who made this lists??
Buckethead isn't an influential guitarist, but he certainly deserves to be on this list solely due to a) the ridiculous number of albums and EPs he has released, b) his insanely advanced technical abilities, and c) the number of genres he can play in so flawlessly, from, industrial to ambient to bluegrass etc. He also writes some of the most original and eclectic guitar parts known to humankind, insanely fast and dissonant but robotically precise, yet can also write the some of the most calm, beautiful and truly soulful music as well. Also, let's not forget his chops of bass are also way above most professional bassists.
Marty is the only one that should have been added! Kirk & James are nothing special! Dave is not someone people think of as a guitarist! His mouth has overridden his playing by a million miles!
@@user-zq1px9yb7g Saying James/Kirk and Dave are not something special is just simply idiotic. You may not like them but they are truly special. Stating your opinion and hating are two different things. Even if YOU don’t like them, they are still special artists.
This list is all over the place. It's the type of list where after 5-10 minutes, you wouldn't be surprised if they had Kurt Cobain competing with Jimi Hendrix for a top 3 spot. This feels like they took a top 50 or top 100 list from another website and asked an AI to boil it down to a top 30.
Wow. You didn't even say rock guitarists. Apart from a few that are only here to reputation where is John McLaughlin, Satriani, Steve Howe, Steve Vai. Petrucci, Andy Powell, Paco de Lucia, Gary Moore etc etc
i read probably 40 comments down to make sure someone pointed this out ... we live in such a dumb P.C. time that we cant just say that the 30 best are men , so this is the best 30 ...... period .. ...we have to say they have their own list is why women arent on here...meanwhile they are breaking their own P.C. rules , by assuming all 30 of these people identify as males ...did they even ask what their pronouns were ? 😲 ...also , if men can identify as women and fight biological women in the olympics , why cant these 30 men identify as women and both lists will be the same and they can save production time on videos ... if they can punch them in the face , they can def handle a guitar solo battle , right ? 😂
No Steve Vai, John McLaughlin, Joe Satriani, Les Paul, Chet Atkins, Buddy Guy, Albert King, Freddie King, Alan Holdsworth, Gary Clark, Brad Witford, Joe Perry, Dave Mustaine, Marty Friedman,Jeff Young, Chris Polland, Paul Gilbert, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammet, Michael Schenker, Robert Cray, Mike Bloomfield , Terry Kath, Peter Frampton, Jerry Cantrell, Jerry Reed, Brad Paisley, Duane Almond, Dicky Betts, Derrick Trucks, Trey Anastasio, Neal Schon, Glen Tipton, K.K. Downing,Dave Murry, Adrian Smith, John Petruci, Steve Luthiger etc.,etc.etc.( I'll stop there). WTF Jeff Beck at 18? Dude should be top 3 if not 1. Alex Lifeson at 25? Really how about top 10. Yngwie left Steeler to form Alcatrazz then went solo. Next time get actual guitar players to do this type of list not journalists.
A list like this will always cause a lot of reaction, but... By my count 29 rock/pop stars, and one Blues legend. Not a single country guitarist (Glenn Campbell, Roy Clark (6 string and 12 string, banjo, and fiddle) , Jerry Reed), no Bo Diddley, no Les Paul (talk about influential), no Dick Dale?
I saw dick dale multiple times. page may have played with a cello bow, but dd could play with drumsticks! plus he literally invented the surf guitar genre
I know Chuck Berry, Mark Knopfler, Prince, Brian May, Maybe B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Keith Richards, David Gilmour, Eddie Van Halen, maybe Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix.
Kirk Hammett's good, but not influential enough to really make it. Notice that a lot of the people on this list are highly influential or insanely technically talented.
I don't know about Kirk, but Hetfield should be on the list somewhere. That man is one of the greatest rhythm players in the metal era of guitar music(along with Jon Schaffer). But Still, pretty solid list.
Satriani, George Lynch, Kirk Hammett, Joe Walsh, Johnny Winter, Gary Moore just to name a few. And Jeff Beck at 21 is totally destroying your credibility. Sorry Hun...He's top 10!
I will say, I absolutely agree with the top 4 and had them picked in my mind before I watched this video. Honorable mention to Satriani, Vai, and Marty Friedman who could have easily been included, but when it comes to so many guitarists, it's not always about how fast you play the notes, but the space between them. Excellent video!
Keith Richards, #5, SERIOUSLY???bETTER THAN ERIC OR EVEN sTEVIE!!! Come down off the weed people. When you're judging good imagination ha ha ha NOT keith. Stevie Ray vaughn, Eric, even Harrison you guys have under rated. Who judges these fantastic artists???
I disagree with the placement of Jeff Beck. I feel he should have been much higher on the list. My brother wasn't enough of a household name to be on your list. Had he been I feel he may have been on the list; Pat Thrall - Pat Travers Band and Meatloaf, are just a couple of bands he lent his brilliant chops & writing skills to. Not to mention Automatic Man and Hughs/Thrall with Glenn Hughs which were his projects. Slash unknowingly gave my bro credit for teaching him the basics of rock guitar (Pat had contributed to a booklet & accompanied little record the was included, and Gary Moore (who should have been on your list) said this: Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Pat_Thrall ... Thrall record as a major inspiration. Gary Moore gave Thrall a nod crediting him for "inspiration" on the Gary Moore & G-Force album. After the demise of ... Career · Discography
Duane Allman introduced the world to electric slide (md has never been bettered), created southern rock, and could outjam basically everyone in this list, but you have a bunch of guys who only can play power chords because their bands sold more albums.
