Who is the World's Greatest Guitarist?

Tim Brookes, author of Guitar: An American Life, poses the question on every guitar fan's mind. Who was, or is, the greatest guitarist of all time? Or can that question really be answered in a meaningful and thoughtful way? Inquiring minds want to know...

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[roycegracie11]

anyone who can actually claim someone as the greatest guitarist in the world is nothing but a cunt

[BehindTheWallOfDoom]

This disappoints me. Instruments should NOT be a means of competition, but instead a medium to express your heart, soul and creativity. It angers me to see people treating music as a sport. I see this kind of thing every day, people arguing over who's faster, more developed etc. It's disgusting.

[GnilpikDraydur]

Next up in this series:

"HOW LONG IS A PIECE OF STRING ?"

[brogless]

This is so stupid... Fuck him... I can't believe I clicked on this shit...

[theonemodifier]

great to me is how it makes me feel,how it moves me.Flamingo Guitar,Classical,Acoustic guitarists can be GREAT. But nothing moves me more than an Electric Guitar.Who cares if you can play the bass line a chord and a melody line all at the same time.Close your eyes,it doesn't matter

[theonemodifier]

Theres artists and there players or copycats.Jimi Hendrix was an artist who moves me like no other.Hendrix WINS in my book,Jeff Beck,Tommy Bolin,David Gilmore.They play with MUCH feeling .Its not how fast you can do a scale or that you can do bass,rhythm,lead at the same time.its all about tone and feeling.

[TheFORBEZZZ]

wait, how can an english guy write a book about american life. thats a little pretensious, but it seems ok. but if some american guy wrote a book about england, they would be crucified (Figuratively) just becasue they do not have an accent.

[EclecticGuitarTV]

pointless



[snapperjohn1000]

Is this what the friggin english do with all thier spare time , set around in red shorts and be pall mall to the finest of detail?

[LutherRayable]

Be fucking hillarious if someone kicked him in gear by stealthily saturating the bookshelves with lighter fliud and setting that bitch off without him noticing.....He does like to hear himself speak.

What a fucking stupid waste of several minutes of at least thirty two thousand people so far.......now if he had to listen to us for as much time each.worth it?maybe.I'd spend my time chasing him with a cattle prod.each time i hit him i'd scream "who's the Best timo tay!-Who's the best?!!" *FAIL!!*

[Hmnmn]

If I were writing a book on the greatest guitarist I wouldn't try to pick one player. I'd focus instead on identifying and clearly characterizing the many ways that a player can be great. Then I'd try to identify some specific players and performances that exemplify each of those ways.

Of course I don't have either the knowledge or the talent to do any of that. But if someone did it for me I think I would learn a lot about music and about guitar playing from their book.