Al Di Meola / Alex Lifeson / Albert King / Steve Vai / George Harrison / Rory Gallagher / Angus Young...all of these MUST be on the list.
Conspiracy Theory: We all disagree with this list.
"Honorable mention" to Chuck is an insult to Rock n Roll
I remember seeing an interview with Eric Clapton once saying that he'd brought Jimmy Hendrix a beautiful left-handed strat and was going to give it to him after one of the shows but the left-hand Jimmy died before Clapton could give it to him. Which left Clapton with a left-handed guitar he couldn't play. RIP Jimmy but your legacy still lives on and inspires millions of guitarist around the world.
Kirk Hammett? Stephen Stills?? George Harrison??? Slash???? Jeff Beck????? Did you guys even do your homework on this one?!
It kind of sucks that Mick Mars, Slash, Angus Young, and Jeff Healey couldn't even garner an honorable mention.
Jimi Hendrix was asked “What’s it like to be the greatest guitarist in the world?” to which he responded “I don’t know, ask Roy Clark.”
Just a few more: Jeff Beck, Roy Buchanan, Steve Howe, Rory Gallagher, George Benson, Frank Marino, Lindsey Buckingham, Al Di Meola, Peter Frampton, Dickey Betts, Terry Kath, Alex Lifeson, John McLaughlin, Joe Walsh, Steve Hackett, Duane Allman, Adrian Belew, Pat Metheny, Martin Barre, Tom Morello, John Frusciante, Robby Krieger, Jeff Healey, Kim Mitchell, Johnny Winter, Mick Taylor, Rick Derringer, Dave Gregory, Don Felder, Jan Akkerman, Derek Trucks, Mick Ronson, Robert Cray, Carlos Alomar, George Harrison, Kim Thayil, Kurt Winter, Mick Ralphs, Justin Hayward, Walter Rossi, Joe Perry, Robin Trower, Robbie Robertson, Alvin Lee, Buddy Guy, Larry Coryell, Joe Pass, Gary Moffet, Peter White, Steve Miller, Dave Lambert, Ian Anderson, Ted Nugent.
To be honest, Keith Richards has the advantage over the rest of the list in that he has been playing about 300-400 years.
Proof that Duane Allman, Dickey Betts, Johnny Winter, John Fogerty, Joe Walsh, Albert King, Jeff Beck, Muddy Waters, and other legends are criminally under credited and under appreciated.
It's criminal that Jeff Beck is not here. He's on a different soundwave altogether. He is completely original and actually, he is too good for your silly lists!! EDIT Thank you for the likes. I wrote this several months ago, and now very recently Jeff has passed away.😪 I find it sad that all these youtube channels ignored him in their "best guitarist" or "most influential guitarist lists" but since he has died, have suddenly remembered him, making tributes!! Boo to them making money off him!!✌
Santana at 20 and Knopfler at 19 is a crime
Rest in Peace Eddie Van Halen
The fact Slash, John Frusciante and Angus Young, 3 extremely influential guitarist (and two of them they used in the intro) didn’t even make the cut is an absolute outrage.
Jeff Beck and George Harrison should've at least gotten an honorable mention
Would put Hendrix, Clapton, Page, Gilmour, as my top guitarists. My humble opinion
Missed: John Frusciante George Harrison Slash Jeff Beck Johnny Greenwood Kirk Hammett
Missed Guitarists- Slash Kirk Hammett John Mayer Angus Young George Harrison
Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen were asked what it was like to be known as the best guitarist ever. They both said they didn’t know - go ask Roy Clark.
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