The 100 Greatest Guitarists

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This is a list compiled by Rolling Stone, it was published in a special edition issue [2003].

The List

1 Jimi Hendrix

2 Duane Allman of the Allman Brothers Band

3 B.B. King

4 Eric Clapton

5 Robert Johnson

6 Chuck Berry

7 Stevie Ray Vaughan

8 Ry Cooder

9 Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin

10 Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones

11 Kirk Hammett of Metallica

12 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana

13 Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead

14 Jeff Beck

15 Carlos Santana

16 Johnny Ramone of the Ramones

17 Jack White of the White Stripes

18 John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers

19 Richard Thompson

20 James Burton

21 George Harrison

22 Mike Bloomfield

23 Warren Haynes

24 The Edge of U2

25 Freddy King

26 Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave

27 Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits

28 Stephen Stills

29 Ron Asheton of the Stooges

30 Buddy Guy

31 D-ick Dale

32 John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service

33 & 34 Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth

35 John Fahey

36 Steve Cropper of Booker T. and the MG's

37 Bo Diddley

38 Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac

39 Brian May of Queen

40 John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival

41 Clarence White of the Byrds

42 Robert Fripp of King Crimson

43 Eddie Hazel of Funkadelic

44 Scotty Moore

45 Frank Zappa

46 Les Paul

47 T-Bone Walker

48 Joe Perry of Aerosmith

49 John McLaughlin

50 Pete Townshend

51 Paul Kossoff of Free

52 Lou Reed

53 Mickey Baker

54 Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane

55 Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple

56 Tom Verlaine of Television

57 Roy Buchanan

58 D-ickey Betts

59 & 60 Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien of Radiohead

61 Ike Turner

62 Zoot Horn Rollo of the Magic Band

63 Danny Gatton

64 Mick Ronson

65 Hubert Sumlin

66 Vernon Reid of Living Colour

67 Link Wray

68 Jerry Miller of Moby Grape

69 Steve Howe of Yes

70 Eddie Van Halen

71 Lightnin' Hopkins

72 Joni Mitchell

73 Trey Anastasio of Phish

74 Johnny Winter

75 Adam Jones of Tool

76 Ali Farka Toure

77 Henry Vestine of Canned Heat

78 Robbie Robertson of the Band

79 Cliff Gallup of the Blue Caps (1997)

80 Robert Quine of the Voidoids

81 Derek Trucks

82 David Gilmour of Pink Floyd

83 Neil Young

84 Eddie Cochran

85 Randy Rhoads

86 Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath

87 Joan Jett

88 Dave Davies of the Kinks

89 D. Boon of the Minutemen

90 Glen Buxton of Alice Cooper

91 Robby Krieger of the Doors

92 & 93 Fred "Sonic" Smith, Wayne Kramer of the MC5

94 Bert Jansch

95 Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine

96 Angus Young of AC/DC

97 Robert Randolph

98 Leigh Stephens of Blue Cheer

99 Greg Ginn of Black Flag

100 Kim Thayil of Soundgarden

[Cerpin Taxt]

How the fuck can they put the guitarist from the White Stripes ahead of David Gilmour and Van Halen?!

[Kanenite]

I read that Cobain was on there earlier, as a matter of fact.

Same as DeadShot, I was wondering where Van Halen was.

[Ultimafanatic]

Pete Townshend and Mark Knopfler are in there, thank god theres some sense in the world.

[Ayce_13]

Where the F*CKY SH*T is Matt Bellamy? Hes underated, BIG TIME.

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#75 Adam Jones from Tool

Fuck yeah.

[Cerpin Taxt]

At least Steve Howe is on there, he's ace.

[Ayce_13]

Jack White was better than Van Halen, back in the day of the seven nation army. He was raw as anything, and i like raw, its my style, van halen to me looks a bit like a fairy prancing around when he plays. Same with BON JOVI, i hate that man.

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I guess a guitarists performance on stage aswell as his skills do count. I remember that once I heard something by the White Stripes and he just went crazy... I can't describe how fast he was strumming or the distortion, it was just mental.

[Kanenite]

ayce13 said:

Jack White was better than Van Halen, back in the day of the seven nation army. He was raw as anything, and i like raw, its my style, van halen to me looks a bit like a fairy prancing around when he plays. Same with BON JOVI, i hate that man.

WOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH WOAH!! LIVIN' ON A PRAY

LMFAO BON JOVI

[Cerpin Taxt]

Bon Jovi...I ain't never been too keen on them.

David Gilmour..that guy's a legend, his style is unique.