"My" top 50 guitar players

I agree. When making this list I knew that I would forget a few even though i got most of the ones I think are deserving. Richie Blackmore and Rory Gallagher are a couple of others I missed.Somehow I also missed Stevie Ray Vaughn too Opps.

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My list:

#50 thru #30 in no particular order:

Freddie King
Johnny Winter
Peter Green
Keith Richards
Steve Morse
Yngwie Malmsteen
Andy Timmons
Carlos Montoya
Albert Collins
Joe Walsh
Gary Rossington
Steve Vai
Michael Wilton (Queensryche)
Chet Atkins
Richie Blackmore
Randy Rhoads
Duane Allman
Lindsay Buckingham
Brian May
Snowy White
Zakk Wylde
Jonny Lang
Kenny Wayne Shepard
Jimmy Page
Alex Lifeson
Jeff Healey
Derek Trucks
Robben Ford
Ry Cooder
Vinny Moore

My top 20:
20. Les Paul (everyone knows about the guitar he invented, few know how great and innovative a player he was/is. Listen to his stuff. 50 years on, it still sounds fresh.)
19. Buddy Guy (Plays the blues like he was born to. He was.)
18. John Fogerty (king of swamprock)
17. Peter Frampton (a tad "poppy", but helluva player)
16. Al Pitrelli (Savatage and Trans-Siberian Orchestra)

15. Roy Buchanan
14. Danny Gatton
13. Jeff Beck
12. Ronnie Earl ("master o' th' stratocaster" he calls himself. he ain't wrong)
11. Steve Petrucci

10. Marty Friedman (sure, Megadeth sucks, but Marty's solo stuff is ace.)
9. Steve Hackett
8. Gary Moore
7. Eric Johnson
6. Joe Satriani

5. David Gilmour
4. Steve Howe (if you can suffer through Jon Anderson's pretentious vocals/lyrics, Steve has mucho jaw-dropping licks interwoven throughout the YES catalog.)
3. Stevie Ray Vaughan
2. Eric Clapton

1. Mark Knopfler (the guy just flat dazzles me. I love him.)

Yep. You're right. No Hendrix on my list.

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Why you...

And what's with Keef so low in your list?

Figure Keef @ #21.

He should probably have been #9 instead of Hackett. So sue me.

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Nice list Fulghum, but I would´ve put Steve Lukather on the list somewhere. I didn't understand how good he is before I saw him in Oslo earlier this year. I think B.B. King is great as well.

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Yuck, Lukather in Oslo was great? It almost made me hate Music Man...


Stratters:
Steve Petrucci?

Tom Verlaine should definitely be on any top 50 guitarists list. Richard Lloyd as well.

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Oh Crap!

a million apologies, JOHN.

OK, it was late and I was tired.

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shouldn't Robin Trower be on somebody's list???

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"Owners of capital will stimulate the working class to buy more and more of expensive goods, houses and technology, pushing them to take more and more expensive credits, until their debt becomes unbearable. The unpaid debt will lead to bankruptcy of banks, which will have to be nationalized, and the State will have to take the road which will eventually lead to communism."
Karl Marx, Das Kapital, 1867

20 to 5 in no particular order:

John Fogerty
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Peter Green
Jeff Beck
Slash
Steve Vai
Joe Satriani
Brian May
John Petrucci
Dave Murray
Angus Young
Santana
Pete Townsend
B.B. King
Jimmy Page

Top 5

5-Peter Frampton
4-Gary Moore
3-Jimi Hendrix
1-David Gilmour and Mark Knopfler (I can’t decide between this 2)

And the best portuguese guitarist:

Nuno Bettencourt

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"Owners of capital will stimulate the working class to buy more and more of expensive goods, houses and technology, pushing them to take more and more expensive credits, until their debt becomes unbearable. The unpaid debt will lead to bankruptcy of banks, which will have to be nationalized, and the State will have to take the road which will eventually lead to communism."
Karl Marx, Das Kapital, 1867

All in all, not a bad position to be in a quandry over..


Great list BTW..

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Tks Fulghum... even without Eric Crapton?

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"Owners of capital will stimulate the working class to buy more and more of expensive goods, houses and technology, pushing them to take more and more expensive credits, until their debt becomes unbearable. The unpaid debt will lead to bankruptcy of banks, which will have to be nationalized, and the State will have to take the road which will eventually lead to communism."
Karl Marx, Das Kapital, 1867

Anyone mention Jonny Greenwood?

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I like Radiohead, but the Jonny Greenwood work isn't very evidenced. It's not a band to listen the guitar solos.

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"The sound of music in my ears"

"Owners of capital will stimulate the working class to buy more and more of expensive goods, houses and technology, pushing them to take more and more expensive credits, until their debt becomes unbearable. The unpaid debt will lead to bankruptcy of banks, which will have to be nationalized, and the State will have to take the road which will eventually lead to communism."
Karl Marx, Das Kapital, 1867