[mandown]

What a weird list:
1) Jimi
2) Slash
3) B.B. King
4) Keith Richards
5) Eric Clapton
6) Jimmy Page
7) Chuck Berry
8) Les Paul
9) Yngwie Malmsteen
10) Prince

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1916544,00.html

Guess EVH was a fad; good to know Yngwie stands the test of time.

 

[MMike]

THIS is the list I was talking about yesterday. A BS list.

No SRV??

 

[jonKranked]

A Time top number list that 4chan didn't mess with, I'm disappointed.

 

[jimmydean]

10) Prince



Looks like the Onion's top 10 list to me.

 

[mandown]

Yngwie Malmsteen
The Swede's superfast "neoclassical" style — he credits Bach and Paganini as influences — is a blur of scales and technical precision. It almost makes you forget that the great bulk of his music is so fast that it's unlistenable.

WTF???


#11 bonus guitarist

Johnny Ramone
No one hated guitar solos more than Johnny Ramone, so it's not surprising he perfected the punk style, packing chords together tightly and leaving no space for freelancing.

 

[profro]

Satriani
Gilmour
Stevie Ray

Prince?

 

[sanjuro]

duane denison

 

[MMike]

Prince is an awesome guitar player. I don't know what you guys are on about. He's a total Hendrix disciple.

He's more deserving of being listed on there than Keith Richards or Slash....

 

[mandown]

Prince is an awesome guitar player. I don't know what you guys are on about. He's a total Hendrix disciple.

He's more deserving of being listed on there than Keith Richards or Slash....

i've heard that from others, but man, i just can't get past all the crap pop music he has put out that isn't guitar driven. i think as good as he may be with the guitar, he is also equal amounts of awful-with-music, and they cancel each other out, leaving him as "meh" at best.

btw - people who claim they like Prince as a guitarist are on par with those who claim they like the music of Dave Matthews Band; doucebags, plain and simple. it's art for people who don't know art.

 

[jimmydean]

Satriani
Gilmour
Stevie Ray

Prince?

Slash is a great guitarist, but top 10? Granted, it's Time, but still.

 

[MMike]

My wife is a big Prince fan. She has some live CD's of his. And he can seriously rip it up.

 

[mandown]

My wife is a big Prince fan. She has some live CD's of his.

thanks for proving my point.
chicks know guitar like dudes know tampons.

 

[MMike]

thanks for proving my point.
chicks know guitar like dudes know tampons.

No. You know not of what you speak. Prince is a kick ass guitar player.

 

[SkaredShtles]

What?!? No Randy Rhoads?

 

[splat]

No. You know not of what you speak. Prince is a kick ass guitar player.

I 'm not really a fan of his Music but Prince is a Serious Kick ass Guitar player.

 

[MMike]

Not the best example.....but Prince and Jonny Lang playing Red House...audio only

 

[jimmydean]

I 'm not really a fan of his Music but Prince is a Serious Kick ass Guitar player.

I'm not saying he isn't, I know the man can play, but top 10?

And like SS said, no Randy Rhoads?

 

[mandown]

I can walk into any open mic / blues jam night and find some guitard who has figured out how to shred Hendrix licks and riffs as well as Prince can. Those guys are good players too, and by your he-can-copycat-Hendrix standard, as good as Prince, yet they haven't made the list (for some strange reason)

Slash, isn't my favorite guitarist, and he isn't the fastest or most innovative either, but he is Slash; you know it is him when he plugs in and there is no doubt he rocks. Just like BB King and Clapton, he has a voice, even if he isn't pushing the technical bounds of the electric guitar.

And what of the Alien himself - Vai???

and one more thing...
Where the hell are The Brothers Young (two big balls, one hard unit).

 

[Ciaran]

i've heard that from others, but man, i just can't get past all the crap pop music he has put out that isn't guitar driven. i think as good as he may be with the guitar, he is also equal amounts of awful-with-music, and they cancel each other out, leaving him as "meh" at best.

btw - people who claim they like Prince as a guitarist are on par with those who claim they like the music of Dave Matthews Band; doucebags, plain and simple. it's art for people who don't know art.

Bull****.

I have an mp3 of Prince live covering Honkey Tonk Woman. The guitar intro on it is awesome. When I let people listen to it they never guess it's prince. You need to listen to more music.

Like it or not, Prince is a great musician. Many other musicians including Vai and Satriani have also said as much.

 

[MMike]

I can walk into any open mic / blues jam night and find some guitard who has figured out how to shred Hendrix licks and riffs as well as Prince can. Those guys are good players too, and by your he-can-copycat-Hendrix standard, as good as Prince, yet they haven't made the list (for some strange reason)

Wow.....your opinion is wrong.

What instrument do you play in your band, out of genuine (not sarcastic) curiosity?

 

[mandown]

Like it or not, Prince is a great musician. Many other musicians including Vai and Satriani have also said as much.

I've heard it said before, I've yet to hear substantial proof. I'd rather plug in a Strapping Young Lad disc

 

[Damo]

Slash may not the the best player, but he is my all time favourite.

 

[syadasti]

Brian Patrick Carroll (nominated by various musician publications rather than general interest)

 

[mandown]

Wow.....your opinion is wrong.

What instrument do you play in your band, out of genuine (not sarcastic) curiosity?

My opinion is my opinion, neither right or wrong, just mine.

I'm the bassist in my band. I started playing guitar, but picked up a bass years ago to get gigs (too many guitarists in LA, and I was never that good, the ears were willing, but the fingers were weak). I've found more enjoyment for myself playing bass, and I now consider that my primary instrument.

I spent years as a guitard, trying to learn all the tech stuff I could. I shut myself in with issues of Guitar magazine, reading articles, studying theory, taking lessons, going to see the big names when they came to town (including Les Paul, rest his soul) and playing with some local greats at open jams. I listened to everything from blues and classical to jazz and metal. I'm pretty well versed in the world of guitarists. I've heard the Prince claims before, but I just don't buy it. I'm not saying he isn't capable of playing and writing stuff people like, but he just doesn't move me. There are several others on the list that I don't listen to often, or even like, but I can see why they made it. For the record, if I hear Zeplin on the radio, the station changes.

I'm not saying Prince isn't a good guitarist, I'm just saying there are others who should easily bump him out of the top 10.

 

[Da Peach]

What about Mark Knophfphler?

 

[greenhood]

No love for Bob Stinson?

Also, not a big Prince fan, but he is a better guitar player than a few on that ****ty list.

 

[MMike]

Ahhhh.....a bass player.....that explains everything

 

[MMike]

What about Mark Knophfphler?

Jeff Healey?

Colin James (quite under-rated. I hate most of his songs. But he is a really good guitar player)

 

[maddog17]

What about Mark Knophfphler?

YES!!!!! he is one of my all time favorites. these top # lists are pretty subjective. just what were the criteria for this particular list? we all have our favorite players, for me, how prince gets on before Eric Johnson is beyond my comprehension. same for SRV. i'd actually put SRV before EVH. Slash being on the list is another. there are plenty of others to take his place. Duane Allman anyone? Kenny Wayne Sheppard? to see Malmsteen make the list is pretty funny to me. yes, he's a hell of a guitar player but has been pretty irrelivant for quite sometime. how bout replacing him with Paul Gilbert?

 

[MMike]

Oh! how about the chick from the Bangels?!

 

[mandown]

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5937559/the_100_greatest_guitarists_of_all_time/

^^^a more comprehensive list.

Their top 10
1 - Hendrix
2 - Alman
3 - BB King
4 - Clapton
5 - Robert Johnson (not sure how much of his work was electric)
6 - Chuck Berry
7 - SRV
8 - Roy Cooder
9 - Jimmy Page
10 - Keith Richards
BTW - no Prince

Santana?

Tonny Iommi??? Come on kids. That guy is the king of every metal riff ever.

 

[MMike]

Said it before, I'll say it again: Chet Atkins.

 

[worship_mud]

jeff beck

 

[kingbee]

Funny, I got into this discussion with some guys at my work after I saw the trailer for this documentary.

It Might Get Loud. Feat Jimmy Page, The Edge & Jack White

 

[CRoss]

I know he won't be on most peoples list but my favorite guitarist is Dick Dale.

 

[jdcamb]

Ted Nugent. And then the guy from Styx. If they ever got together with the singer from Night Ranger now that would be one hell of a super group.. I should get paid to think of stuff like this... Pure Genius!

 

[JohnE]

All great...but my favs...

1. Hendrix
2. Vaughn
3. Jeff Beck
4. EVH
5. BB King (But more for his bringing the blues to the general public...)
6. Peter Townsend
7. Jimmy Page
8. Dick Dale
9. Chet Atkins
10. Satriani/Vai (Because they are really the same player...)

Honorable mentions-
-Les Paul (For his contributions to tone and recording/music in general)
-Brian Setzer- Resusitated rock-a-billy...whether it needed it or not
-Colin James is awesome...but not really top 10 ever type stuff. I love almost everything he has done.
- Lonny Mack
- Jimmy Vaughn, for his influence on Stevie
- The other Kings, Albert and Freddie
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd...for keeping white boy blues viable

Many more...but I am geting drunk...more important things to do...

 

[JohnE]

Ted Nugent. And then the guy from Styx. If they ever got together with the singer from Night Ranger now that would be one hell of a super group.. I should get paid to think of stuff like this... Pure Genius!

You cant be serious. Please, tell me you arent serious. You have sobered me up in one fell swoop...

Oh yeah, add Carlos Devadip Santana to my honorable mention list. I passed out at a Santana show...in the midst of one of his solos...whne I came to, MFer was still at it. No one in the are cold tell me ho long it had gone on or I had been out...

 

[Sonic Reducer]

Tonny Iommi??? Come on kids. That guy is the king of every metal riff ever.

seriously.

 

[Brian HCM#1]

Oh! how about the chick from the Bangels?!

Walk like an Egyptian