no Danny Gatton?
steve stevens. phil manzanera
Not a bad list, you could throw them out at random and the rankings would mean about the same. One guy who is underrated, because he plays for a “pop” rock band, is Neal Schon.
It's about time JB started making some of these stupid recurring "greatest" guitarist lists. Give them another 10-20 years & he'll be in the top 5 consistently, since he's still only 35. In my book JB is the best guitarist out there right now, for lots of reasons, including many of the interpretations I list below.
They really need to supply some better definitions of what "greatest" means for these goofy lists. This particular list is all over the map, and frankly the ordering is totally laughable no matter HOW you define "greatest." Are we talking most influential, most proficient/skilled, most diverse, most popular, or something else?
I just want to add Tommy Bolin to this list .
imho
Epic Weak List (who makes top 100 list anymore)
Now Eddie’s ego will really swell up ,,,, FUEVH
Allan Holdsworth is #51? THAT is embarrassing for Guitar World. They really should know better. No one plays like Allan Holdsworth. 51, nonsense. Even E.V.H. would admit that Holdsworth is better than he is, know that.
And how could they leave off Michael Landau? What the? Oh that’s right, this is more about popularity, NOT TONE. How embarrassing.
“40. Keith Richards - The Rolling Stones”
Keith Richards couldn’t hold Mick Taylor’s jock. Give me a break!
Maybe not one of the Top 100, but hugely underrated - Charo.
Yes, Charo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_McDOa6TOfg
What a load of crap. Harrison AHEAD of Beck and Clapton??! Where is the great Terry Kath?
Nah. Smiles too much. Doesn’t talk with an accent. And is some kind of Indonesian.
No Brad Paisley or Keith Urban?
Guthrie Govan is way better than Eddie Van Halen, and Govan is not even on the list.
About what you’d expect from a Guitar World readers poll. That crowd is mostly young metal guys.
My beef is no Albert Collins but good that Albert King made the list.
I just discovered a guy named Oz Noy who is like Jeff Beck in being sort of unlimited in his ability to express himself on guitar. He just makes his own rules.
Robert Johnson always makes these lists.