Semi-annual Greatest Guitar God Poll

[SoxFan]

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Jeff Beck

[Robeson]

2. Santana, Duane Allman, SRV...

...and many more.

[LeftyMom]

3. Uh, forgetting somebody?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCIcyTsT1bw&feature=PlayList&p=7A20B67346800F0D&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=6

[AwakeAtLast]

8. Gets my vote, too.

:hi:

:headbang:

[Alexander]

37. This poll is no good without Hendrix being included.

[KamaAina]

57. Split this into two categories

Hendrix solo, Clapton with a band.

[Iggo]

4. YFM, dude.

[Rhythm]

5. John Christ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_Q6fpH2wyM

[MilesColtrane]

6. Alan Holdsworth

[Tuesday Afternoon]

7. no Jimi?

weird. can't vote.

[dana_b]

10. me either n/t

[Bennyboy]

9. Jerry, Frank, Trey, Warren,Derek Trucks....

to name a few.

Michael Bloomfield.

[PJPhreak]

18. Ya beat me to it...

I was gonna say this dude...

[Bennyboy]

27. Nobody covers as much ground as Jerry....

From bluegrass dude to musique Concrete, from the Cater Family to Ornette Coleman.......

[LostInAnomie]

11. Dimebag Darrell

RIP Dime

[Tikki]

12. I say Billy Zoom....

and East Bay Ray...among.

Tikki

[jobycom]

13. No Hendrix, no Buddy Guy, no Muddy Waters, no Doc Watson, no SRV?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuRhaDrnlWo&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyQOCJ4SUSk

[flvegan]

14. Angus Young.

Ace Frehley runner up. Slash a third place contender.

Why? Short of The Edge, I can't listen to most of the music any of the included guitarists in the poll played.

[cemaphonic]

15. You have The Edge, but no Hendrix, Prince or Eddie Hazel?

poll is wack.

[LearnedHand]

16. RICHARD THOMPSON, dammit!

[TicketyBoo]

17. Les Paul

and Chet Atkins (in that order).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByGsHTlKmWk

[dysfunctional press]

19. tommy bolin

[Beaverhausen]

20. Steve Howe

[DevonRex]

21. Jimmy Page, of course. Then Hendrix, then SRV, then Santana and

then Neil Young. Those guys are also great songwriters.

[kgnu_fan]

22. PACO DE LUCIA , John McLaughlin , AL DI MEOLA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cadbYIzhqQ

[RushIsRot]

23. Chet Atkins

[retread]

24. Joe Pass.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teXOPAFMOp0&feature=related

[Initech]

25. Any guitar poll lacking FZ = fail

[DainBramaged]

26. Uh, Leo Kottke, Bill Nelson ( of BeBopDeluxe) deserve mention...

[Randall Flagg]

28. Les Paul

:)

[MiddleFingerMom]

29. David Gilmore. Michael Hedges. n/t

[MrSlayer]

30. Yngwie J. Malmsteen.

Just does things that normal humans cannot. Not a great songwriter by any means but THE best guitarist alive, probably ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS_IYe5JTZ4&feature=PlayList&p=00E43D9758878759&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=21

[kwassa]

31. Jimi Hendrix, of course

more influential, and absolutely unique as an artist.

[EndersDame]

32. Django Fuckin Reinhardt

[Amerigo Vespucci]

33. Not a guitar god poll without Hendrix. Sorry.

That's pretty much like leaving Babe Ruth off of a "New York Yankees Greatest Right Fielders" poll.

[Lionel Mandrake]

34. A few more contenders . ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce9Jtl9D6FQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOm17yw__6U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBQfHJA2Lng

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YdPvM_xZg4

[old mark]

35. Hubert Sumlin. He is still alive has a fun web site.

Played with James Cotton and many years with Howling Wolf, cowrote some songs that appeared on early Led Zep sides alont with Willie Dixon.
Great player, one of the happiest people alive today.

mark

[mitchum]

53. He hugged me a few years ago...

and I told him that I was never going to wash my back.
An incredible pioneer of electric guitar playing.

[old mark]

58. I just found out he is still alive this week- I was amazed!!!

He put a CD out a few years ago called ,"About Them Shoes....." Has new recordings of old material and some new stuff...I want to get if this summer for my birthday.

Site is here: http://www.hubertsumlinblues.com/


Enjoy.
mark

[Kali]

36. Micheal Hedges, Al Dimeola, Leo Kottke are three I have seen

Robin Trower is one I haven't. BUT - to even try to choose...no way, too many styles, too many "gods"

I love them all. The guitar and its relatives send me.

[Radical Activist]

38. Jimmy Page and Jimmi Hendrix

Page tops as the greatest riff-writer of all time. Hendrix's playing still sounds creative and original to this day.

By comparison, Clapton is a boring copycat who did little more than introduce standard blues riffs to white, British audiences. Easily the most overrated guitar player of all time.

[DevonRex]

48. I agree with everything you said. nt

[Radical Activist]

39. We really need a second poll for the post-classic rock era.

Guitar playing changed so much that it's hard to compare modern players to the earlier innovators. Tom Morello, Dan Auerbach and Jack White are my modern favorites.

[Radical Activist]

40. Steve Vai - Such talent wasted on such crappy music.

David Lee Roth? Whitesnake? Ugh. :puke:

[Tobin S.]

41. Tony Iommi- that dude from Black Sabbath who invented heavy metal

[JCMach1]

42. and Punk Rock

[bamacrat]

43. Where is Jimmy Hendrix?

That would be my vote. Although David Gilmour is really close.

[jobycom]

46. Jimi is avoiding this second-rate poll.

:)

[bamacrat]

50. Word.

[Arugula Latte]

44. Johnny Marr

[DoBotherMe]

45. George Harrison

What else could I say? He's my hero and fired my passion to play guitar. Dana ; )

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

47. where's Tom Morello?

[11 Bravo]

49. Stevie Ray Vaughan needs to be on that list.

[Mike 03]

51. I voted for Edge, even though Page is better. I hope Peter Buck gets a few votes.

What is the big deal about Clapton? I have never understood why he is considered so great. I admit, it is probably my ignorance, but I have heard his work and I simply don't understand the adulation.

[mitchum]

52. Sorry,but that is one fucked up poll

I pass

[Biker13]

54. Eric Johnson

No contest!

[kgnu_fan]

55. Sugizo

Great guitarist, violinist, composer, GOD.....

SUGIZO - RISE TO COSMIC DANCE - Elan Vital
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGwKxXmkItg&feature=related

[Manifestor_of_Light]

56. Brian May gets points!!!

For being a physics nerd.
You can call him DOCTOR MAY.
He got a Ph.D., wrote his dissertation on black holes, just a couple years ago.

Also Chancellor of the University of Liverpool.

[Symarip]

59. John McGeoch may be the least recognizable name on the list

But he would shred circles around the bulk of the list up there.

Sigh. So. Good. Live.

RIP John.

[guitar man]

60. Warren Haynes

Normally, I wouldn't endeavor to pick a "greatest" guitar player in a world of infinite styles, but I've been digging on Warren for a few years now and he never disappoints, whether he's with ABB or Govt' Mule, I've just never heard him play anything that wasn't really good IMO.

[RZM]

61. Prince and Billy Corgan

Not only are both technically proficient, but they are also very prolific and consistent songwriters.