[My Favorite Headache]

This should create an interesting conversation.

[Revolting cat!]

Numero Dos!

[Coroner]

This list sucks what about Stevie Ray Vaughn, David Gilmore. Ace Frehley and Paul Stanley suck and they are listed as #14 there isnt a KISS song that has more than 3 chords..

[JohnBDay]

Neil Young #85?! He should be in the top ten!

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Jeff Skunk Baxter ( Ultimte Spinach, Steely Dan, Doobie Brothers)

Eric Johnson

Mark Knoplfer ( Dire Straights)

BB KING

[biblewonk]

Interesting that Manson's guitarist didn't make it.

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

No George Van Epps? No Tal Farlow? No Grant Green or Barney Kessel? No LES PAUL for cryin' out loud? Hardly a Greatest of All Time List IMHO.

[Smartaleck]

and the stone list.
1 Jimi Hendrix
2 Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band
3 B.B. King
4 Eric Clapton
5 Robert Johnson
6 Chuck Berry
7 Stevie Ray Vaughan
8 Ry Cooder
9 Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
10 Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones
11Kirk Hammett of Metallica
12 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana
13 Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead
14 Jeff Beck
15 Carlos Santana
16 Johnny Ramone of the Ramones
17 Jack White of the White Stripes
18 John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
19 Richard Thompson
20 James Burton
21 George Harrison
22 Mike Bloomfield
23 Warren Haynes
24 The Edge of U2
25 Freddy King
26 Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave
27 Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits
28 Stephen Stills
29 Ron Asheton of the Stooges
30 Buddy Guy
31 Dick Dale
32 John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service
33 & 34 Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth
35 John Fahey
36 Steve Cropper of Booker T. and the MG's
37 Bo Diddley
38 Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac
39 Brian May of Qeen
40 John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival
41 Clarence White of the Byrds
42 Robert Fripp of King Crimson
43 Eddie Hazel of Funkadelic
44 Scotty Moore
45 Frank Zappa
46 Les Paul
47 T-Bone Walker
48 Joe Perry of Aerosmith
49 John McLaughlin
50 Pete Townshend
51 Paul Kossoff of Free
52 Lou Reed
53 Mickey Baker
54 Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane
55 Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple
56 Tom Verlaine of Television
57 Roy Buchanan
58 Dickey Betts
59 & 60 Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien of Radiohead
61 Ike Turner
62 Zoot Horn Rollo of the Magic Band
63 Danny Gatton
64 Mick Ronson
65 Hubert Sumlin
66 Vernon Reid of Living Colour
67 Link Wray
68 Jerry Miller of Moby Grape
69 Steve Howe of Yes
70 Eddie Van Halen
71 Lightnin' Hopkins
72 Joni Mitchell
73 Trey Anastasio of Phish
74 Johnny Winter
75 Adam Jones of Tool
76 Ali Farka Toure
77 Henry Vestine of Canned Heat
78 Robbie Robertson of the Band
79 Cliff Gallup of the Blue Caps
80 Robert Quine of the Voidoids
81 Derek Trucks
82 David Gilmour of Pink Floyd
83 Neil Young
84 Eddie Cochran
85 Randy Rhoads
86 Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath
87 Joan Jett
88 Dave Davies of the Kinks
89 D. Boon of the Minutemen
90 Glen Buxton of Alice Cooper
91 Robby Krieger of the Doors
92 & 93 Fred "Sonic" Smith, Wayne Kramer of the MC5
94 Bert Jansch
95 Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine
96 Angus Young of AC/DC
97 Robert Randolph
98 Leigh Stephens of Blue Cheer
99 Greg Ginn of Black Flag
100 Kim Thayil of Soundgarden

[miloklancy]

Come on, what kind of list is this, when you have Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield, Jeff Hanneman, and Kerry King on it and you don't have Steve Howe, Pat Metheny, or Allan Holdsworth?! Hanneman and King for one, are entertaining to listen to, but lets be honest, they are so bad, they don't even like to listen to one another. And Hammett, would somebody please, take his wah wah away from him.

[Smartaleck]

According to those who play, one of the most difficult pieces to play is a flamingo piece called Malaguena. (When done properly it sounds like 3 different players.

Those who do well include - Carlos Montoya, paco de lucia and of course Andre Segovia.

Some consider greatness as the ability to inspire others and producing lasting music. Thus....any list must include Link Wray who in the late fifties punctured the speaker of his fender amp and inspired the raunchy sound that was to later become heavy metal. His classic "Rumble" is still heard today in TV ads and various movie soundtracks.

I'd also add Reverend Horton Heat, Danny Gatton, Carl Perkins, Lester Flatt/Earl Scruggs, Gary Moore,
and of course John Lee Hooker who was good enough to accompany The Doors, Bonnie Raitt and Eric Clapton.

hmmmm and anyone who's listened to the original Woodstock album has to be awed by speed and nimble fingers of Alvin Lee?

[dbehsman]

These idiots HAD to have been drinking the bong water! Where is

STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN (Who should be in the #2 spot)

JIMMIE VAUGHAN (Stevie's brother - plays in The Fabulous Thunderbirds)

ERIC CLAPTON

CARLOS SANTANA

CHET AITKINS

ROBERT JOHNSON (The Granddaddy of them all!!!!)

Sounds to me like Guitar World is going downhill.

[eleni121]

Where is Dez Dickerson? Chuck Berry? This "list" is shortsighted and short on memory while being narrow in its vision. It seems skewed in favor of "alternative" rock with a few greats thrown in for show.

[Vinomori]

12 year olds and under did the voting obviously

[stainlessbanner]

this list is limited to Rock/Metal guitarists, but Warren Haynes is the hardest working guitarist in the bidness today - he's not even mentioned.

[Skooz]

In all humility, I must say that a better list resides on my profile page.

[Squantos]

53 & 77 should be number one and number two . IMO the list is flawed if these guys were this far down the list. Was the list just a list or does it rank the artists ?

Also I have found that most "list's" are impaired by the age of those who suggest them. Dick Dale didn't make the list either...(or I just missed it) .....too bad.

Stay safe !

[showme_the_Glory]

Alvin Lee. Ten Years After?
Did I miss it?

[ezo4]

Steve Vai is by far the most talented guitar player on the scene today and will be for a long time.

[Revolting cat!]

Numero Tres!
(As good or better than most of the RIAA marketed big hairs!)

[Pagey]

It's a monstrous pleasure to see Randy Rhoads ahead of E.V.H.!!! As an obsessed music lover, and one who attended 3 "Ozzy/Randy/Sarzo/Aldridge/Don Airey" shows in 1981 (and the best show of my life at the time) The Dec 31,1981 New Years Eve show here in L.A. at the L.A. Sports Arena (I still own the shirt w/ the date on the back and the smiling skeletons' eyeball in the wine-glass w/ 3 white stripes on each shirt sleeve, but I digress) I can honestly say that Randy Rhoads was by far the most underrated guitarist of the 80's. 2 Vinyl Albums. (And thank god for giving us the internet s we can acquire all the live shows he played---where one can hear how his left hand was in "absolute sick synchronicity" w/ his right picking hand,think other-worldly) A true loss to the future of the guitar and I await the future date to meet St. Peter and learn why he was removed from earth so early. Some things I simply won't ever understand until then.

There, I've wanted to say that out loud for years.

[Cinnamon Girl]

Not a very exclusive list of the "top" 100, still, John Denver, Lindsey Buckingham, and Joan Baez were left off the list, and those three could kick the @ss of anyone on that list.