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offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2002-08-08 23:32 [#00342355]
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This article was in my newspaper, it's the top 20
guitarists ever as voted by some fuckass magazine... Total
Guitar, I think? They made a Top 100, my paper showed the
top 20.

1 Jimi Hendrix
2 Jimmy Page
3 Eric Clapton
4 Slash (WHAT THE FUCK?!?!?!)
5 Brian May
6 Joe Satriani
7 Eddie van Halen
8 David Gilmour
9 Kirk Hammett
10 Steve Vai
11 Carlos Santana
12 James Hetfield... alright, I love the guy, I love
Metallica, but come on, he's a straight forward rythm
guitarist, nothing more
13 Tom Morello
14 Kurt Cobain (fuck off... great songwriter, nothing
special guitar wise, anyone can play that stuff)
15 Mark Knopfler (...)
16 Zakk Wylde (fast and shredding, but... come on...)
17 Gary Moore
18 Jeff Beck
19 Stevie Ray Vaughn
20 Angus Young

When ANGUS FUCKING YOUNG makes the top 20, and Randy Rhoads
DOESN'T, you know this was voted on by a bunch of fuckwits.
I bet Randy Rhoads would be in the top 5, if not 3, if he
lived.

I think Tony Iommi deserves to be ahead of guys like Moore
and Knoplfer, even if just for the mountainous riffs...
wrote the best guitar headbangin' lines ever.


 

offline surrounded from it won't be hard anymore to li on 2002-08-08 23:35 [#00342358]
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where is john frusciante?!? :-o

he should have been on that list!


 

offline Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-08 23:35 [#00342359]
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Slash is pretty damn good technically... sloppy but raw and
kinda classical. Hetfield is tight as fuck but agreed, no
real flair... Cobain I guess is there for songwriting which
is a big part of playing guitar really, look at Tom Morello
who is the opposite.

I'd have Adam Jones from Tool for great effects use in
there.


 

offline Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-08 23:37 [#00342362]
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Oh, and Trey Spruance.


 

offline Martytan from somewhere in upstate new york (United States) on 2002-08-08 23:38 [#00342364]
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santana is really overrated


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2002-08-08 23:39 [#00342365]
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Slash is great, but in the top 4, that's a bit much, I
think. How influential was he? Not very, nothing special...
really great skills, of course, not taking anything away
from him.


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2002-08-08 23:40 [#00342366]
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Agreed about Adam Jones... although Danny Carey always takes
my listening attention away from him... :-/ That guy is a
beast... but that is one tight band, and his riffs are just
so solid and perfect.


 

offline MachineofGod from the land of halo's (United States) on 2002-08-09 00:06 [#00342383]
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santana isnt too great, kurt cobain wasnt all that great at
writing songs or playing guitar and slash? i hate gnr. its
just crap 80s rock. the others for most part are good or
decent. hendrix is probably the only one worth mentioning.
it should just be best of all time and no listing. I mean
theyre have been hardly any good guitar players. I mean
sure playing fast always make people think your good but no
one in the last like 20 years has done anything important
that most cant do(in general). I want some weird
complicated shit thats never been seen before. I dont want
riffs. thats why I have a hard time making songs on guitar
because its hard to do anything unique or original.
guitarists need to take more breaks. less notes and a
better atmosphere. i hope someone comes along soon with a
completely new style that sounds unlike anything played
before. than whoever that is will be 2nd best. theres no
need for this top ---- business because everyone steals
ideas from others anyways. im just rambling now but
whatever. I dont even know if I said what I planned on
saying in the first place.


 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-09 00:25 [#00342393]
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kurt cobain was an amazing guitar player, the main sections
in songs didnt blow you away, but when he just played and
played...... v.v.good!

Jimi Hendrix, but of course...... :D


 

offline mumblyjumblybum from Dublin (Ireland) on 2002-08-09 00:27 [#00342395]
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i think what you're probably trying to say is nearly all the
guitarists in that list pretty much only play fast
solos(apart from kurt cobain and such but even though i love
the guy he was a relatively shitty guitarist) which really
only involves scales and so forth and anyone can do it with
a bit of practice i reckon.
incidentally i really approve of the Seinfeld theme that
seems to be around here...
anywho i'd probably have people like elliot smith and jeff
buckley near the top and i suppose classical guitarists and
stuff are obviously gonna be much better than jimi hendrix,
but the question is are you only going on technical ability
or what ?
i've got legs.


 

offline Zeus from San Francisco (United States) on 2002-08-09 00:30 [#00342399]
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wheres pete townsend?


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2002-08-09 00:34 [#00342403]
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where's Peter Green? jesus wept...


 

offline Imbecilia from Wuerzburg (Germany) on 2002-08-09 00:34 [#00342404]
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Steve Morse
David Gilmour
Pat Metheny
Wolfgang Muthspiel
Syd Barrett (just joking *gg*)



 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-09 00:38 [#00342408]
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when my dad was younger, he held peter green's gibson les
paul while he signed his t-shirt...... that les paul is now
owned by Brian Moore - think that's the name, cant remember,
it is quite late!


 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-09 00:38 [#00342409]
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GARY Moore :D


 

offline SwitchFrontside on 2002-08-09 00:39 [#00342411]
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the guy from Pantera is a realy awsome guitar player.... not
just in the Pantera stuff he can make the most complex riffs



 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2002-08-09 00:45 [#00342421]
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Good question... his guitar work on Live at Leeds makes me
lose my mind. Young Man Blues! Holy fuck, makes Zeppelin
sound like tame little wankers.


 

offline -V- from Ensenada Drive on 2002-08-09 00:49 [#00342429]
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What about BucketHead?


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2002-08-09 00:53 [#00342434]
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have you ever heard anything so stupid as calling yourself
"the edge"?


 

offline SwitchFrontside on 2002-08-09 01:04 [#00342438]
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13. Tom Morello (RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE) WTF ?????? why
the hell is he there ?, he can't play for crap !, i would
sooner choose the guys from RAMMSTEIN then him..... have
people lost their minds !?


 

offline rarndaraki from from from from (United States) on 2002-08-09 01:48 [#00342477]
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all the people on that list are just the flashy guitar
players, they all basically suck. except for brian may and
jimi hendrix. i am very dissapointed that frank zappa, pat
metheny, john schofield, django reihnhart (or however his
last name is spelled), trey anastasio, bill frisel, maybe
duane allman... and a few more didn't make the list. but
whatever, go brian may! his tone is the shit.


 

offline Asche XL on 2002-08-09 02:40 [#00342508]
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Richard kruspe and kurt cobain are my favorties, but as far
as quality, I unno


 

offline Smyrma from Beloit, WI (United States) on 2002-08-09 02:59 [#00342518]
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Buckethead is my choice too. He is unbelievable and so
versatile as well.

Agreed on John Frusciante too


 


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