Who is best guitarist?

these are in order of least to greatest

5.Eddie Van Halen

4.Jimmy Page

3.Tim Reynolds

2.Stevie Ray Vaughn

1.Phil Keaggy

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Normally, I would try to argue that, but since I'm listening to Jimi at the moment, I've gotta agree.

Here's a couple of my personal favourites:

J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr and J Mascis & The Fog





Neil Young





John Frusciante of The Red Hot Chili Peppers





Nick Drake





Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine

1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Les Paul
3. Chet Atkins
4. Stevie Ray Vaughn
5. Tom Morello
6. Eddie Van Halen
7. Randy Rhodes
8. Jimmy Page
9. Eric Clapton
10. David Gilmour

These are the first 10 to pop into my mind when I think of the greats.

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1. Tim Reynolds
2. Yngwie Malmsteen
3. Jimi Hendrix
4. Jimmy Page
5. Stevie Ray
6. Larry LaLonde
7. Frank Zappa
8. Eddie Van Halen
9. Warren Haynes
10. Alex Lifeson
11. Buckethead
12. Ritchie Blackmore

In no particular order:

Frank Zappa
Jeff Beck
Jack White
J. Mascis
Thurston Moore
Kurt Cobain
Tom Morello
Johnny Ramone

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Jonny Greenwood
of Radiohead

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In no particular order…

Jimi Hendix
Chuck Berry
Joe Satriani
Carlos Santana
Randy Rhoads
Ritchie Blackmore
Angus Young
Jimmy Page
Eric Clapton
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Steve Vai
Jeff Beck
Brian May
Eddie Van Halen

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Eric Clapton
Jimi Hendrix
Brian May
Chuck Berry
Slash
Eddie Van Halen

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Tom Morrelo

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Piddzilla

You haven't heard guitar playing until you've heard. . .


Phil Keaggy

You don't get much better than Jimmy Page. . .

My Revised List

Frank Zappa


Jimmy Page


Tim Reynolds


Yngwie Malmsteen


Jimi Hendrix


Stevie Ray


Larry LaLonde


Warren Haynes


Alex Lifeson

my four favourites would have to be
brian may
ritchie blackmore
carlos santana
jimi hendrix

cazz
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Dead;

Andre Segovia(Classical)

Carlos Montoya(Flamenco)

Jimi Hendrix(Rock)

Django Reinhardt(Jazz)

Stevie Ray Vaughn(Blues)

Alive;

John Williams(Classical)

Paco De Lucia(Flamenco)

Al Di Meola(Jazz)

Allan Holdsworth(Jazz)

Eddie Van Halen(Rock)

Leo Kottke(Folk)

Robert Fripp(Rock)

I thought this was a best list, not a favorite.

Some of your guitar "players" are a joke.

Who was that directed at? It's based purely on opinion. There is no flat-out, dead-ringer, best guitarist ever.

I hear you, but I think "players" like Neil Young, Jack White, Thurston Moore, Kurt Cobain, Johnny Ramone, are on the other end of the guitar playing spectrum.

The funny thing is, I enjoy all of their music.

Yeah, I know what you mean..I was just curious as to who you had directed that comment at. I agree, none of those you just mentioned (Kurt Cobain, etc) are good guitarists (IMO) but they all have pretty good music in general.