[My Favorite Headache]

Have at it! I know a whole bunch didn't make the Top 100 but this is what was voted Top 100 Guitarists of All Time!

[4yearlurker]

A lot of the guys on the list are just playing Hendrix. Jimi started it all. That being said where are Dave Mason,Roy Buchanan,Les Dudek,Al Dimeola,Rick Derringer,....

[tsomer]

Never heard of half these guys, not convinced about 35% of the remainder.
Too many greats were left out:

John Williams, Segovia (a little overrated in my opinion, but great), Julian Bream and the greatest, Francisco Tárrega

Likewise: Paco Pena, Paco Cepero, Diego del Gastor, Melchor de Marchena, Paco de Lucia, Nino Ricardo and Ramon Montoya, and Sabicas ...

There are probably half a dozen guitarists from S. America Barrios for example, Hawaii, and Portugal deserving mention.

Among the rockers, I like the guys who play through glass (tubes)— J. Winter, Albert King, Hendrix and Stevey Ray to name a few- it’s the biting edgy attack and sagging decay I like.

Then there are the electronics guys: Queens guitarists got some incredible tones and novel riffs .

Unsung hero: Niels Lofgrin.

Glaring omissions: Leo Kotke, John Renbourn and Richard Thompson.

They should have consulted me about this, or anything else; I can’t understand why nobody does. I’m sitting on an amazing stock of opinions and I’m letting them go for cheap. ;-)

Thanks for a pleasant diversion.

[Fiji Hill]

Eddie Lang should be near the top of the list. Andy Iona, George Barnes and "King" Benny Nawahi should also be here.

[a fool in paradise]

Without Dex Romweber or Billy Childish, there is no Jack White.

Dex Romweber (formerly 1/2 of Flat Duo Jets, since the 1980s)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksNJwbencVs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BvKB-eOR9M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E20aFyn-zo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmaTTbBwaTE

Billy Childish (over 100 albums out since 1977)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSJ5hG7ms_U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOo7DepCd9w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR3icIpuUZE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4STKPdMht8

[Dead Corpse]

Obvious popularity contest is obvious...

Plenty of skilled musicians in that list, but the order leaves a lot to be desired.

[Fiji Hill]

Johnny "Guitar" Watson also belongs on this list.

[353FMG]

When one says “guitar”, one thinks Johnny Smith

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HwQxdrmwY8

[AdamBomb]

George Lynch should have made the top 30 easy -

Also, Country and Western got jobbed......
Ray Flacke is better than 1/2 of these guys

[TennTuxedo]

Hard to give credence to a list that excludes Gary Moore and Steve Gaines.

[Slump Tester]

No Steffen Schackinger?

I call foul!

[Banjoguy]

Was this a poll about people who could actually PLAY the guitar? Or about people who treated it like a whack toy?

Eddie Van Halen? Give me a break.

To vote intelligenty, one would need to actually know what a guitar is supposed to sound like.

Among contemporary persons I have heard play decent guitar are, Jimmy Bruno, George Van Eps, Howard Alden, any of the prominent Brazilians (e.g. Charlie Bird, Lorendo Almeida).

But the guitar bench marks for the rest of us came from (In chronological order) 1. Eddie Lang, 2.Django Reinhardt, 3. Johnny Smith. 4. Les Paul. If you have not heard Johnny Smith's early 50's recording of S'Wonderful you have really missed a tour de force improv.

[Revolting cat!]

Bo Diddley. End of discussion.

[Fresh Wind]

Robert Johnson (#16) belongs in the list of the 100 most overrated guitarists.

[verga]

Seriously, Muddy Waters did not make the top 100. 25% of the people on this list were inspired at least in part by him.

[Big Red Clay]

My favorite is #1! Alright Edward and the Mighty VH!!

I went throught this list and wrote down all of the guys I have seen. It kind of suprised me. My list-
1 3 6 8 9 19 21 24 27 28 29 36 52 53 55 67 68 74 75 77 80 84 86 88 92 94.
Gotta keep building that list.

[Revolting cat!]

This list explains pretty succinctly but pretty completely why this so-called "rock", another plebeian entertainment product, is not my favorite headache.

[2nd amendment mama]

Vicki Genfan should definitely be on this list!

[bunnie911]

Roy Buchanan should be on that list.

[sirchtruth]

WHAT???? I'm probably the biggest RUSH fan on here, besides you, MFH and Alex Lifeson at number three "all time" is very righteous! However, he's not better than Page, Satch or SRV.

C'mon, I love the guy's guitar playing and composition ability, but no ways he can hold a candle to those guys!

[sirchtruth]

Ok, here's what really makes this poll a laughing stock...

40. Keith Richards
42. Carlos Santana