Guitar World Magazine: Eddie Van Halen Named #1 Guitarist of All Time (Top 100 List)

Guitar World Magazine ^ | 10/11/12

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

-— The real “greatest” guitarists are no doubt studio musicians with names unfamiliar to the public -——

Now that you mention it, where’s Jeff “Skunk” Baxter? “Bodhisattva”?
What’s better than that? Seriesly.

[mountn man]

#11

[guitman]

My thoughts exactly - also begs the question: where’s Pat Metheny?

[dfwgator]

Saw Pat for the umpteenth time last Friday, great show.

[Hotlanta Mike]

Eric Clapton is not god, according to those who voted...

[a fool in paradise]

No Dick Dale or Link Wray or Davie Allen.

What the f*** is a Buckethead?

Dick Dale (King of the Surf Guitar):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOGVhNJiqL0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73yBnSX6TdI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIVKbAWLttY

Link Wray (inventor of the power chord):
(Jimmy Page Listening to Rumble):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLEUSn8y9TI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVfmLFWDnYA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWQ9X-zG5Q8

Davie Allan (King of Fuzz):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjhno4sn2TA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epCOeLduweQ

Travis Wammack (like a teenaged Link, also Muscle Shoals session musician and band leader for Little Richard) - Robert Plant and Jimmy Page were fans:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMWqXCdJ_Q8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dxVex-iCyY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvq5vInxFys

Guitar Wolf (from Japan) would kick Buckethead’s ass.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI-pAXNwxcE

What’s with this list? I mean, there’s not even Freddy King.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdyvPg0c6bI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oCQUSjnOhs

[dmz]

The real “greatest” guitarists are no doubt studio musicians with names unfamiliar to the public.

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Larry Carlton (think Steely Dan) comes to mind.

Frankly, the greatest guitarists were likely playing well before this thing called rock and roll was over represented in the list of the top 100 guitar players.

No Jim Hall? No Kenny Burrell?

But I think most of us know what this list really represents - the top 100 most popular guitar players to readers of Guitar World, having next to nothing to do with the 100 best guitar players (given no objective criteria exists).

[Michael.SF.]

Glen Campbell is not “late”

Thanks for the update. I recalled the tributes to him posted here some time ago, must of been the announcement that he had Alzheimers.

[orlop9]

Any list without Brent Mason is not worth serious consideration

[nickcarraway]

Well, after everything Clapton stole from Harrison. (Songs. Women. Who knows what else?)

[TChris]

17. John Petrucci - WOOT!

[dfwgator]

No Ernie Isley? “Who’s That Lady” is in my Top Ten list of solos.

[BillM]

Yup, And Tommy must have learned a lot from Lenny Breau, one of the greatest who died in his early forties.

[safeasthebanks]

Malcolm made the list - #84. Pretty impressive for a rhythm guitarist.

[corkoman]

Eric Clapton at 28? one under Franz Zappa - thats all i need to know about this list.

Worthless.

[Mad Dawgg]

"What the f*** is a Buckethead?

[mountn man]

Scholz was more the sound he developed. As a player...meh.

Neal Schon often goes unnoticed. I think because Journey was so "pop". Heck at 17, he had Carlos Santana and Eric Clapton wanting him in their bands.

[Gargantua]

Jerry Garcia # 54 ??!!!!

Behind Dicky Betts and Warren Haynes?

Someone who knows absolutely nothing about guitar playing piled up this putrid heap of manure.

Good grief...

;-\

[TChris]

Clearly, like all vote-based rankings, it's a popularity contest. It's pretty obvious, as many have pointed out. Lots of bizarreness in the list, and glaring omissions.

Should be labelled: Top 100 Most Popular Pop & Rock Guitarists According to Guitar World Readers

[Gettin Betta]

Right on soupbonel...Pat Travers rocks!! (hence my screen name).I just today booked a flight to see him 11/8 in Las Vegas!!