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Topic: Top 5 Guitarists?
DonnyRover Joined Wed 09/25/13 Posts: 1181	Mon 02/23/15 04:34 AM
lol....only you could start a debate about alphabetical order... He must be a mass debater?

DonnyRover Joined Wed 09/25/13 Posts: 1181	Mon 02/23/15 04:36 AM
STEVE VAI JOE SATRIANI AXEL RUDI PELL BRIAN MAY ERIC JOHNSON. STEVE VAI is the GOD of guitar Well I must admit him and Joe Satriani come pretty close but I've only seen Satriani live not Vai so Satriani just has the edge for me!

stan_147 Joined Thu 05/15/14 Posts: 3439	Tue 02/24/15 12:40 AM
John Petrucci Steve Howe Gary Moore Michael Schenker Alvin Lee

stan_147 Joined Thu 05/15/14 Posts: 3439	Tue 02/24/15 02:04 PM
Al Dimeola Paco De Lucia Paul Gilbert Mick Ronson Jerry Cantrell

MadDog1974 Joined Mon 01/26/15 Posts: 5942	Tue 02/24/15 03:34 PM
lol....only you could start a debate about alphabetical order... He must be a mass debater? Someone has to be. But alphabetical order doesn't put my top 5 together. I'm not the only one capable of starting a thread, so nothing is preventing someone else from starting that. With that out of the way, I've still only seen one name that I don't think should have been mentioned, and some names that haven't surprise me.

stan_147 Joined Thu 05/15/14 Posts: 3439	Tue 02/24/15 03:39 PM
Alan Holdsworth Robert Fripp Steve Morse Randy Rhodes Larry Coryell

stan_147 Joined Thu 05/15/14 Posts: 3439	Tue 02/24/15 03:47 PM
Stevs Lukather Buck Dharma Ian Moore Adam Jones Marc Bolan

TexasStratocaster Joined Mon 02/23/15 Posts: 1	Tue 02/24/15 06:31 PM
Hudie "Leadbelly" Leadbetter Jimi Hendrix Jimmy Page Warren Haynes Doyle Bramhall II

Goofball73 Joined Mon 11/05/07 Posts: 33913	Tue 02/24/15 09:27 PM
I didn't read any of the other lists yet because I wanted to give mine before I did. So here we go. 5. Eddie Van Halen- Most would rate him higher. 4. Richie Sambora- More gifted than most realize. 3. Steve Vai- His early work with Roth is classic. 2. George Lynch- Put him in another band (besides Dokken) and he would be legendary. 1. Jimi Hendrix- No one else compares.

MadDog1974 Joined Mon 01/26/15 Posts: 5942	Tue 02/24/15 09:53 PM
I didn't read any of the other lists yet because I wanted to give mine before I did. So here we go. 5. Eddie Van Halen- Most would rate him higher. 4. Richie Sambora- More gifted than most realize. 3. Steve Vai- His early work with Roth is classic. 2. George Lynch- Put him in another band (besides Dokken) and he would be legendary. 1. Jimi Hendrix- No one else compares. Goof, you are the first to include Eddie. My opinion is he's overrated, but I'm also surprised it took this long for him to be mentioned. The rest of your list, I like a lot. Richie Sambora is a really good call.

DonnyRover Joined Wed 09/25/13 Posts: 1181	Thu 02/26/15 03:03 AM
He may not be a "guitar god" or whatever you like to call them but Mike Oldfield is a brilliant multi-talented musician and some of his guitar work on his albums are up there with the best. only my opinion but just thought I would throw it in to the mix.

Quintessentially Joined Fri 02/20/15 Posts: 1382	Thu 02/26/15 03:53 AM
Don't forget Steve Hillage - the master

Goofball73 Joined Mon 11/05/07 Posts: 33913	Thu 02/26/15 07:30 PM
I didn't read any of the other lists yet because I wanted to give mine before I did. So here we go. 5. Eddie Van Halen- Most would rate him higher. 4. Richie Sambora- More gifted than most realize. 3. Steve Vai- His early work with Roth is classic. 2. George Lynch- Put him in another band (besides Dokken) and he would be legendary. 1. Jimi Hendrix- No one else compares. Goof, you are the first to include Eddie. My opinion is he's overrated, but I'm also surprised it took this long for him to be mentioned. The rest of your list, I like a lot. Richie Sambora is a really good call. I think a lot of people feel Eddie is overrated (And I get why they do) but that's why he is 5th for me. I almost put Jimmy Page ahead of him but I went sentimental (I'm a Van Halen fan, lol).

MadDog1974 Joined Mon 01/26/15 Posts: 5942	Thu 02/26/15 10:45 PM
I didn't read any of the other lists yet because I wanted to give mine before I did. So here we go. 5. Eddie Van Halen- Most would rate him higher. 4. Richie Sambora- More gifted than most realize. 3. Steve Vai- His early work with Roth is classic. 2. George Lynch- Put him in another band (besides Dokken) and he would be legendary. 1. Jimi Hendrix- No one else compares. Goof, you are the first to include Eddie. My opinion is he's overrated, but I'm also surprised it took this long for him to be mentioned. The rest of your list, I like a lot. Richie Sambora is a really good call. I think a lot of people feel Eddie is overrated (And I get why they do) but that's why he is 5th for me. I almost put Jimmy Page ahead of him but I went sentimental (I'm a Van Halen fan, lol). I'm not saying you're wrong, just that I have different preferences. And I'm surprised his name didn't come up sooner.

tealbreeze Joined Sun 02/08/15 Posts: 2279	Thu 02/26/15 10:54 PM Edited by tealbreeze on Thu 02/26/15 10:54 PM
I didn't read any of the other lists yet because I wanted to give mine before I did. So here we go. 5. Eddie Van Halen- Most would rate him higher. 4. Richie Sambora- More gifted than most realize. 3. Steve Vai- His early work with Roth is classic. 2. George Lynch- Put him in another band (besides Dokken) and he would be legendary. 1. Jimi Hendrix- No one else compares. Goof, you are the first to include Eddie. My opinion is he's overrated, but I'm also surprised it took this long for him to be mentioned. The rest of your list, I like a lot. Richie Sambora is a really good call. I think a lot of people feel Eddie is overrated (And I get why they do) but that's why he is 5th for me. I almost put Jimmy Page ahead of him but I went sentimental (I'm a Van Halen fan, lol). EDDIE VAN HALEN "ERUPTION" GUITAR SOLO FRONT ROW!! PASO ROBLES CALIFORNIA 2013 Gee, I thought of him back 3 pages ago in this thread. lol

DonnyRover Joined Wed 09/25/13 Posts: 1181	Fri 02/27/15 05:38 AM
I didn't read any of the other lists yet because I wanted to give mine before I did. So here we go. 5. Eddie Van Halen- Most would rate him higher. 4. Richie Sambora- More gifted than most realize. 3. Steve Vai- His early work with Roth is classic. 2. George Lynch- Put him in another band (besides Dokken) and he would be legendary. 1. Jimi Hendrix- No one else compares. Goof, you are the first to include Eddie. My opinion is he's overrated, but I'm also surprised it took this long for him to be mentioned. The rest of your list, I like a lot. Richie Sambora is a really good call. Richie Sambora Nah (Only my opinion though)Our local club turns can play his stuff quite competently! I think a lot of people feel Eddie is overrated (And I get why they do) but that's why he is 5th for me. I almost put Jimmy Page ahead of him but I went sentimental (I'm a Van Halen fan, lol). EDDIE VAN HALEN "ERUPTION" GUITAR SOLO FRONT ROW!! PASO ROBLES CALIFORNIA 2013 Gee, I thought of him back 3 pages ago in this thread. lol

Scoobert Joined Sat 09/28/13 Posts: 12895	Sat 02/28/15 09:41 AM Edited by Scoobert on Sat 02/28/15 09:42 AM
5. Richie Kotzen 4. Jeff Hanneman 3. Zakk Wylde 2. Joe Satriani 1. Yngwie J. Malmsteen Wish this was top 10 cause I have so many others! Like Satch from Steel Panther.

Niallgk Joined Sat 10/29/11 Posts: 27	Sun 03/01/15 03:18 PM Edited by Niallgk on Sun 03/01/15 03:19 PM
I'm surprised nobody mentioned the genius that was Django Reinhardt. He of the crippled left hand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY1oo8sJzYY

DonnyRover Joined Wed 09/25/13 Posts: 1181	Mon 03/02/15 04:13 AM
I'm surprised nobody mentioned the genius that was Django Reinhardt. He of the crippled left hand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY1oo8sJzYY You just have!

Scoobert Joined Sat 09/28/13 Posts: 12895	Tue 03/03/15 07:16 AM
5. Dimebag Darrell 4. Jeff Hanneman 3. Zakk Wylde 2. Joe Satriani 1. Yngwie J. Malmsteen Wish this was top 10 cause I have so many others! Like Satch from Steel Panther. I totally spaced by listing Richie Kotzen instead of Dime! Don't know how I screwed up my list like that!