1. Andres Segovia
2. Django Reinhardt
3. Chet Atkins
4. Jimi Hendrix
5. Paco de Lucia
6. Agustin Barrios Mangore
7. Ramon Montoya
8. Julian Bream
9. Charlie Christian
10. B.B. King
Best guitarists
Lincoln Campbell
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Camden Rogers
1. Freddie Green
2. Lester Flatt
3. Steve Cropper
4. Django Reinhardt
5. Melchor de Marchena
6. Robert Johnson
7. Pete Townshend
8. Jimmy Nolen
9. Maybelle Carter
10. Keith Richards
Nolan Clark
*best rhythm guitarists
Isaiah Peterson
Honestly, a pretty good list. I wouldn't necessary choose all the same ones, but I can appreciate all of them and our difference of opinion.
Benjamin Lopez
>no Fripp
Shameful. I can get down with Townshend, though.
Ryan White
The lack of Stevie Ray Vaughn and Carlos Santana is worrying me
Cooper Bailey
Switch Segovia and Hendrix and it's a good list, with some unique choices. I would have Fahey and Ribot in top 5 personally, along with Reinhardt
Carson Morales
1. Andres Segovia
2. Joe Pass
3. Paco de Lucia
4. Adam Rogers
5. Jim Hall
6. Django Reinhardt
7. John Williams
8. Pat Metheny
9. Pat Martino
10. Marc Ribot
James Walker
wouldst thou share some fripp u'd say goes the distance?
David Rivera
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BB King is the best electric guitarist
Gavin Johnson
best BLUES guitarists:
1. T-Bone Walker
2. B.B. King
3. Stevie Ray Vaughan
4. Robert Johnson
5. Albert King
6. Eric Clapton
7. Buddy Guy
8. Mike Bloomfield
9. Peter Green
10. Johnny Winter
David Foster
best ROCK guitarists:
1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Jeff Beck
3. Eddie Van Halen
4. Eric Clapton
5. Jimmy Page
6. Ritchie Blackmore
7. Tony Iommi
8. Chuck Berry
9. Scotty Moore
10. Duane Allman
Jeremiah Lopez
best JAZZ guitarists:
1. Wes Montgomery
2. Django Reinhardt
3. Pat Metheny
4. Joe Pass
5. Charlie Christian
6. John McLaughlin
7. Allan Holdsworth
8. Grant Green
9. Lenny Breau
10. Jim Hall
Ayden Smith
best AVANT-GARDE guitarists:
1. Derek Bailey
2. Fred Frith
3. Henry Kaiser
4. Eugene Chadbourne
5. James Blood Ulmer
6. Sonny Sharrok
7. Glenn Branca
8. Sonny Greenwich
9. Bill Frisell
10. Mark Ribot
Jaxon Perez
best FLAMENCO guitarists:
1. Sabicas
2. Paco De Lucia
3. Ramon Montoya
4. Carlos Montoya
5. Paco Pena
6. Tomatito
7. Vincente Amigo
8. Nino Ricardo
9. Fahem
10. Tomas Michaud
Cameron Sanders
best R&B/SOUL guitarists:
1. Steve Cropper
2. Bo Diddley
3. B.B. King
4. Ernie Isley
5. Chuck Berry
6. Jimmy Nolen
7. Albert King
8. Curtis Mayfield
9. Robert Cray
10. Mickey "Guitar" Baker
Camden Gomez
mark knopfler is my favourite :)
Nathaniel Stewart
top 50 guitarists + genres:
1. Andres Segovia (classical)
2. Django Reinhardt (jazz)
3. Chet Atkins, CGP (country)
4. Jimi Hendrix (rock)
5. Paco de Lucia (flamenco)
6. Agustin Barrios Mangore (classical)
7. Ramon Montoya (flamenco)
8. Julian Bream (classical)
9. Charlie Christian (jazz)
10. B.B. King (blues)
11. T-Bone Walker (blues)
12. Merle Travis (country)
13. Wes Montgomery (jazz)
14. John Williams (classical)
15. Michael Hedges (contemp fingerstyle)
16. Lonnie Johnson (blues)
17. Eddie Lang (jazz)
18. Lenny Breau (jazz)
19. John McLaughlin (fusion)
20. Joe Pass (jazz)
21. Sabicas (flamenco)
22. Blind Blake (ragtime, blues)
23. Robert Johnson (blues)
24. John Fahey (contemp fingerstyle, folk, va.)
25. Davey Graham (british folk, cont. fingerstyle)
26. Doc Watson (folk)
27. Danny Gatton (rockabilly, va.)
28. Adrian Legg (contemp fingerstyle)
29. Narciso Yepes (classical)
30. Laurindo Almeida (brazilian)
31. Les Paul (jazz)
32. Christopher Parkening (classical)
33. Pat Metheny (fusion, jazz)
34. Sol Ho'opi'i*(hawaiian)
35. Jeff Beck (rock)
36. Eddie Van Halen (rock)
37. Ritchie Blackmore (rock)
38. Alexandre Lagoya and Ida Presti (classical)
39. Phil Keaggy (rock, contemp fingerstyle)
40. Allan Holdsworth (fusion)
41. Baden Powell (brazilian)
42. Nino Ricardo (flamenco)
43. George Van Eps (jazz)
44. Jim Hall (jazz)
45. Ed Bickert (jazz)
46. Kenny Burrell (jazz)
47. Franco(soukous, rumba)
48. Carlos Paredes (fado)
49. Freddie Green (jazz)
50. Eric Clapton(rock, blues)
Jaxson Evans
best CLASSICAL guitarists:
1. Andres Segovia
2. John Williams
3. Julian Bream
4. Christopher Parkening
5. Manuel Barrueco
6. David Russell
7. Pepe Romero
8. Elliot Fisk
9. Sharron Isbin
10. Sergio Assad
Owen Rodriguez
>ctrl f
>no buckethead
zzz
Nicholas White
the greatest guitar player of all time
Parker Ramirez
>ctrl f
>no govan
Luis Taylor
one of my favs too.
but no satriani, no vai, no petrucci, no summers, no lifeson, no gilmour??
also this.
(but i really like knopfler and chet, really impressive stuff, with dynamics, things that dont even apply anymore)
Hunter Davis
I like Johnny Marr :^)
Ethan Turner
>John McLaughlin
ewww
Juan Peterson
agreed m8
All hail the bucket
Grayson Gutierrez
Across all genres and time this is probably pretty close to being the final list.