Who Is The Best Guitar Player Ever?? ( Opinion Poll )

[osodogful]

Frank Gambale!

[bassdownlow14]

clapton & then kieth richards srv hendrix any of the kings hubert sumlin page depends on the

day there all different & i would die if i had to choose

[TimRafeldt]

Dave Murray in iron Maiden

[pclark531]

Hendrix

Such a beast

[elliotness2]

Even though Hendrix, Page, and Van Halen are all great players. I have to give it to Yngwie Malmsteen even though he isn't as influential as any of the above 3 people I listed he has amazing skill. Just watch him do "far beyond the sun" with the japan philharmonic. It will blow you away.

[LedDerek]

I'm gonna go with Jimmy Page and David Gilmour tied for first. Both so different in styles but created some of the most fantastic riffs and solo's we'll ever listen too. But Hendrix is closely behind in second

[SuperTonyjay]

So tough because I like so many styles. Blues I'd say Peter Green, Albert King. SRV, Jeff Healey, (RIP) and Gary Moore (RIP) also had some great blues stuff. For The faster players Malmsteen, Satriani, avd Vai and I have seen them all in concert. Jason Becker was an incredible guitarist and composer, crippled way too soon with ALS also Vinnie Moore and Tony Macalpine. God then there are Beck Clapton page. But of all I list here Tommy Emmanuel will always be one of my favorites

[herrbaur1]

David gilmour

[tzan699]

Eddie Van Halen

[mcartney8]

Bobby Crispy

[alkis00skdo]

Chris Impelliteri - Kirk Hammett - Brian May and Eddie Van Halen

[SaintVitus808]

@44FlubbaDubba44 if you scroll down to my list from last year , you will see Kirk Hammet #10. however after all that Bobby Crispy has done for me I made him #10 this year.

[zues998]

1. Eddie Van Halen

2. Jimmy Page

3. Jimmy Hendrix

4. Angus Young

5.Slash

6. Eric Clapton

7.Keith Richards

I was trying to make it to ten but couldn't do it XD

[Maxusofwar23]

Bobby Crispy!!!!!!!!

[MrDjstrife]

Adam sandler



[TheGuitarisawesome]

Musicman1066 and Killrbuckeye

[gryfita88]

Randy Rhoads, Michael Schenker, Brian May

[omerramazanoglu]

Angus Young

[NaturesIntenze]

Michael Angelo Batio

[miggy749]

i think is KIRK hammet and EDDIE VAN HALEN\

[BananaPhone502]

MY DAD

[CrazyTrain690]

i don`t think that u can compare the guitarists like Ingwie Malmsteen, Slash,Kirk,Zakk,Rhandy, Hendrix and others cuz they all have their up and downs and diffrent styles. Most of them rocks

[SaintVitus808]

1. Jimmy Page

2. Tony Iommi

3. Ritchie Blackmore

4. Yingwie Malmsteen

5. Keith Richards

6. Michael Schenker

7. Gary Rossington

8. Robin Trower

9. Bo Diddley

10. Bobby Crispy

[413Kristianna]

Jimmy Page.

[NNNCyber]

Kirk Hammett

[Coccoutube]

tremonti

[jdcook65]

I would have to say more then likely the best guitar player is probably some unknown guy that only a few know about. But he never joined a band and got discovered. But my favorite PROFESSIONAL player is Alex Lifeson AKA Aleksandar Živojinović from Rush. I don't care how good you think you are at what ever it is you do, there is always someone better.

[makrossplus]

I believe Buckethead to be the greatest guitarist of all time. He does everything. I have heard hi do some of the weirdest stuff and out into highly technical stuff. When he decides to play real music it is very impressive. I even heard him do death metal stuff on a banjo!

[7211MChristopher]

KIRK HAMMETT DEFO

[sridhar123ish]

i think its KIRK HAMMETT OF METALLICA !! his solo r really insane.. !!

[rengdang]

peter green, stevie ray vaughan, eric clapton, lightnin hopkins, scott wino

[RandyRhoads5963]

definitely randy rhoads. he did so much in just a little under 2 years. he was a musical genius and if he was not taken at such a young age, he would've gone on to completely take over the rock and roll world! r.i.p. randy rhoads. the greatest.

[glamking75]

ROBERT JOHNSON OWNS THEM ALL!! PERIOD!!

[soyelraperocapo]

page blackmore and rhoads

[SoulSurvivor3989]

David Gilmore of Pink Floyd is a VERY VERY close second.

[SoulSurvivor3989]

yes i think john frusciante of the red hot chili peppers is my all time favorite. maybe not techinically or musically, but i love all of his riffs. 

[grakhel]

Paco de Lucia

[PeterSteves]

Frusciante

[idude001]

Jimi Hendrix. At first, I chose Jimmy Page but then I realized in all along the watchtower, Hendrix improvised a lot of the parts in the song. That's cool man. The guy just goes there and plays music. He doesnt give a shit man, all he does is play music.

[MiasTyras]

Link Wray he made his guitar sound rough he was the first guitarist who made the distortion without him there can´t be a jimmy page or hendrix listen to his songs, rumble by link wray

[MichaelsPortraits]

Hendrix of course

[tigercub1998]

jimmy alllllll the way :)

i mean, hes sexy (well back in his day), had THE BEST songs, and, well hes just awesome at guitar. well so are the others but still its like how can you not think hies the best?

[zerosLaP22]

ok well i love slash but ik for a fact that van halen is the best

[Metallicainjection]

All the way with Kirk and james...they shld share it... :D

[MrHakkiz]

me



[MrSpudonspeed]

hendrix. He could play both with his right and left hand. Played with emotion, was a showmen, and was LOUD. well for his time that is. great improv and didnt really give a fuck about technical abilities which is why his free form improv was non exsistent even to this day. the bad part of hendrix was he lasted for like 3 years and poof gone. Just 3 years of material and he is on the list. Thats gotta be number 1 for me.

[GHBlues]

Jimi Hendrix

[thebehmont1]

Hendrix, Page, Frehley, Van Halen, Slash, Young...ALL SUCK!!!!! They're not even real guitarists! Just some spotlight showmen! Buckethead,Michael Angelo Batio, Shawn Lane, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Joe Petrucci, Eric Clapton, Yngwie Malmsteen, Paul Gilbert (for example) are real guitarists! One of those would the best one, i would say Buckethead

[SkateingIsWhatsUp]

Jimmy Page fo sho

[Scassizzle1231]

MICHEAL ANGELO BATIO!!!!!!

[danbro1000]

@Scassizzle1231

lol i met him and got a photo and signed photo

[jag70]

Angus Young has always been my fav guitar player

[felineko97]

Jimmy Page!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!

[ACDCBOY98]

angus young

[Fourmalletz]

Best Guitarist ever: Jimmy Page.

Runner-ups (in no particular order): Eddie Van-Halen; Buckethead; and John Petrucci.

[Chyaman09]

its gotta be hendrix

[Chyaman09]

has to be hendrix

[ThePeterrocks]

ace frehly



[jorelemes]

David Gilmour!!!

[Rorschachxx1985]

its jimmy page obviously

[TheDerijcker]

Slash



[guitarist8994]

Jimi Hendrix is the best guitar player, he was playing stuff behind his head that Eric Clapton said was to hard for him to learn, Jimi Hendrix was a left handed genius

[G3N3R1CCH4NN3L]

Page or Hendrix.

[mrlespaulpage]

sir james patrick page (jimmy page) without him the rock n roll doesn't exist

[MrThankYou0325]

In the studio its James Page hands down. Live, I dont know, on any given night a player could have God smiling on em! That is a guitar players response.

[01theblob]

hendrix

[Nelladagar]

tony iommi, david gilmour, slash, dimebag, marty friedman, EVH, jimmy page, stevie ray vaughn, tommy emmanuel, hammett

[bloozus]

Danny Gatton

[6Masked6man6]

For me, the BEST of ALL time is hands down Buckethead. But Dave Mustaine is a VERY close second. But if you want a true riff god, James Hetfield.

[MartyFriedmanRulez66]

Alex Skolnick, Marty Friedman, Adam D and Joel from Killswitch, Jeff Loomis, Thomas Erak, Paul Waggoner, Michael Romeo, John McGlaughlin, Alan Holdsworth, John Petrucci, Rusty Cooley, some of my favs

[fifa11master100]

SLASH

[Partychief67]

Bobby Crispy aint bad! After you then Hammet...

[yoututeddy]

I have influences from everywhere, Randy Rhoads, Malmsteen, Dimebag, Angus Young, Billy Gibbons, Matthias Jabs, Jason Becker, Jimmy Page, James Hetfield, Jeff Waters, David Gilmour, Mick Ronson, etc. I can't choose one! It's the hardest thing to do.

[MegaGuitargoddess]

You are still the best Bobby :)

[XxThePS3bEaSxX]

me



[CraZeDDraGoN8]

obvious answer :D Bobby Crispy 

[JonnyMonster91]

Tie between Hendrix, Page and White.

[Spencerianism]

Anyone ever see Antoine Dufour? Best fingerstyle acoustic player in my opinion.. and I like Joe Bonamassa for blues, Paul Gilbert for shredding and Angus Young for straight-forward Rock.

[kelter1234]

Chuck schuldiner from death

[ELONut]

me!

[TheJohan9595]

Slash

[ddbarnes11]

Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Slash, Eddie Van Halen. Thats my top 5 and just like he said what ever you think, IS THE ANSWER.

[Syksis]

Kirk.

[angharad377]

Jimi

[whpriol1]

Lot of good guitarists. I gotta go with Bieber though.

[ddbarnes11]

@whpriol1 Why go with Bieber? No way in hell he can play like Page, Hendrix, Slash, Halen, or Vaughan.

[boycie205]

PETER GREEN!!! had such a sweet tone he replaced clapton in the blues breakers!

[jsr33190]

PACO DE LUCIA

[jsr33190]

have any of you people ever thought about the legendary paco de Lucia?

[Buffyskates]

bobby crispy is or jimmy page

[kylko2000]

I say Dimebag darrell!!

[DamageIncorperated86]

Stevie Ray Vaughan

[Adennos]

Jimmy Page

[MercedesSL65AMG1]

Jimmy Page - Led Zeppelin

[dfromthep2]

Andy McKee

[StuartHaitchXbox]

Jimi Hendrix.

[littleshitfly]

Eric Clapton, no doubt about it

[TortillaGaming]

Syu

[davedigitaly]

Gary Moore

[Yarsh52]

Allan Holdsworth. 

[kokoskamkd1]

jimmy hendrix 

[mbphofan]

eric clapton, kris norris, chuck berry, brad nowell, M.A Batio. wayyy to hard to name the "best" its all personal preference

[AntoniOrszykowski]

John Norum

[TheAmericanEitel1399]

jimmy page



[Adennos]

Jimmy Page is the best in my opinion.

David Gilmour is amazing too.

[elementos94]

Yngwie Malmsteen, Dimebag Darrell, EVH, Matt Bellamy

[fo2sh61]

Satriani! hands down

[TheSvenskSoldat]

Randy Rhoads ofc.

[Follix1]

David Gilmour.

[Thematte5000]

jimmy page

[justkyleBRUH]

mark morton



[dirawi23]

Alexi Liaho

[Cedante90]

the answer is obvious..Hendrix

[MartyFriedmanRulez66]

Mark Tremonti

[monkumb]

Stevie Ray Vaughan

[steviemacleod93]

"EDDY..VAN..HALEN" one word? haha ...has to be hendrix!

[theDAMNEDproductions]

rory gallagher!

[Jackal0420]

jimmy page is the best ever all the rest just fell in line you see i agree with rock and roll hall of fame JIMMY PAGE

[matio1989]

John Frucsiante!

[tutorialconr]

David Gilmour !

[Nafopwnstar]

who is your favourite guitarist Bobby? just curious :)

[149MrSimo]

Jason Becker Awesome

[iloveheide]

Gary Moore..

[dead4y]

Slash the best :)

[c4rdboy]

@dead4y agreed

[CameronS654321]

One word......Hendrix.

[fo0lishguy]

HOLD ON BOBBY, WHY DON'T YOU TRY TO LOOK BEHIND YOU? THE ANSWER IS RIGHT THERE!!!

[Ledzepp822]

jimmy page the best guitar player of all the time ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

[jonnylaw4]

RORY GALLAGHER. a legend

[Link11243]

Me! Just kidding Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin!

[lronmaidenRgods]

dave murray, or adrian smith, also both ultra uunderrated

[matco24]

Hendrix....for sure!!!

[shimeonmorpheus]

paco de lucia

[calstock619]

oh and a big shout out to PRINCE in this, most underrated, most people dont even know he plays guiatar but seriously check him out

[calstock619]

This is a debate we often have in college

MY opinion (as prodominatly an acoustic player)

Best Ear for Melody - Mark Knopfler or Santana

Best Shredder - Currently paul gilbert but it often changes (i dont like shredders)

Best Fingerpicker and Harper - Tommy Emmanual

Best composer - (controvesial but) Matt Bellamy

Best in history - Hendrix

Most Revolutionary - Hendrix

Most Evolutionary - Tom Morello (though i dont like his guitar music) or Matt Bellamy

[Cook2430]

Randy Rhoads. If not for him Id never have picked up a guitar, such a beautiful and inspirational man he was. R.I.P. brother.

[Pesiane]

Slash , Tom Keifer , Randy Rhoads :)

[xMasian]

Jimi Hendrix is by far my favorite guitarist, and he is the best (my opinion). Kirk Hammett is just WAH WAH WAH WAH WAH!

[Fluffypopcicle]

Kirk is a turd who gets credit for stuff he doesn't do, Page is just quite simply a thief, Hendrix was the greatest back then, but guitar playing has evolved far beyond Hendrix, and EVH is phenomenal, but isn't as versatile, technical, musical, and as out of the box as guitarists like Guthrie Govan and Buckethead. Shawn Lane. By far the most technical and he knew how to apply that technique tastefully. Excellent compositions, and mind-blowing live performances. Highly diverse as well.

[oilkills]

SHAWN LANE IS!!!

According to Batio, Gilbert, Cooley, Govan, Bucket, Romeo, Timmons...

And Me!

[Beliar49]

Adrian Smith, Dave Murray, Janicks Ger

[CyborgTwinkee]

Hands down, Jimi Hendrix. No one else comes close.

[Puffmaster66]

JIMMY PAGE BY FAR! 

[RainingBlood15]

Kirk Hammet. Enough said.

[MontanaFLCL]

EDDIE FUCKING VAN HALEN BEST GUITAR PLAYER EVER HE REVOLUTIONIZED THE GUITAR

[fld1201]

there's no best guitarist,the're all different,but if you ask my FAVORITE,in that case it will be mick taylor!

[ThePCdude101]

CHUCK NORRIS FTW!!!!!

[SlickPayne]

Alex Lifeson

[biedenbender7]

jimi hendrix of course!!! ...no one can recreate his sound and style of playing ....and another to go along with that is jack white, dont have an idea what he does to get his sound but its amazing!!!

[biedenbender7]

well jimi hendrix of course!!! ...no one can recreate his sound and style of playing ...but second, my opinion, is jack white ...he'll be legendary before its over

[MultiGreenday101]

kirk hammet has to be kirk hammet

[Toca91]

Dimebag Darrell for my taste. But depends in what areas of guitar playing. No one is the best in everything.

[surion56]

Jimmy Page or Tonny Iommi

[Codsrock]

herman li heheh

[MuggerFugger665]

Dimebag/Waters/Hedrix/Page/Rho­ads/Vai whatever.....guitar playing is not a competition -.-

[yooo711]

Jimmy Page easily



[tvrtkoful]

Jimmy Hendrix and Page

[dimebaghudson]

well as in skill and just pure groove id give it to yngwie. but my personal fav is of course dimebag. he could shred and the thing that makes him so great was his personality. great guy , down to earth and loved people. and he could really fucking shred and no matter how fast he soloed it always had a head bobbin groove to it. he wins in my book. its not about speed like some of these guys, its about the soul you put into it and if it has a groove to it to make you rock your head

[time4coors]

My opinion, Randy Rhoads. He's the reason why I ever even picked up a guitar, and why I play a jackson. R.I.P. brother

[ljohank]

The Riffmeister = Tony Iommi

[RandyRhoads72]

Randy Rhoads "Over the mountain Solo" and his guitar style just in general

[gland44]

in first place: jimmy hedrix and in second place: slash!!!!!!!!!!

[LesPaulGibsonSG]

Jimmy Page is a Guitar God.

[Yoshignacio]

JIMMY PAGE... eric clapton bb king santana angus young and slash for me...

[jamescsf]

Django Reinhardt....obviously

[TheGeekSquadron]

SLASH!

[MikeyNSean]

John Petrucci all the way



[paulod96]

Randy Rhoads, Jimmy Page, Eddie Van Halen, Michael Schenker, Angus Young, Jimi Hendrix, Rory Gallagher......i could go on for ages :P

[guitari666]

Ol Drake from Evile

[J040Z1NH0]

Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton and David Gilmour

[CROGrof]

Bobby Crispy, Jimmy Hendrix,Kirk Hammett,Slash.

[EVODproductions]

Jimmy Page and Alex Lifeson are tied for first!

[MetallicaFan442]

Eddie van halen no doubt about it if he didn't introduce 2 hand tapping and his effects and pedals angus young malmesteen or buckethead wouldn't be where they are today because he introduced the phase 90 pedal which changed alot so did the phaser effect

[nhlturtle87]

@MetallicaFan442 angus young is older than van halen...

[panmetallica123]

Bobby Crispy