Greatest Guitarist (Rock or Blues)

[WorkHorse]

Who is the greatest guitarist alive today? My favorites are the following:

1. Mark Knoffler (can play anything, rock, blues, country, classical)
2. Albert Lee (most underrated player in the country)
3. Buddy Guy (best no one knows about)
4. Eric Clapton (legend in rock who branched out)

Who do you have that's better????

[WorkHorse]

I'm on tape delay by SBR so my post are 5 minutes to an hour before posted. Good topic, just trying to see whose interested.

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[VegasInsider]

1. Jimmy Page

2. Eric Clapton

3. Pete Townshend

4. Slash

5. Eddie Van Halen

Very close to #5 is Jeff Beck and I also really like Kevin Eubanks, Carolos Santana and Wayne Krantz and John Paul Jones.

[Shortstop]

Eric Johnson, in my opinion, is the greatest unknown guitarist

[boondoggle]

buckethead has to make any top 10 list..dude is a genius.

Joe Satriani...

[brahmabull117]

JOEY SATCH

[Nard Dog]

Ritchie Blackmore, Steve Morse, Randy Rhoads

[mikejamm]

Jimi Hendrix
Eric Clapton
Jimmy Page
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Buddy Guy
Jeff Beck
Jerry Garcia

Hard to say really who's the best, so many different styles. All the great guitarists are unique in their own way. Glad I've had the pleasure of meeting all these guys except for Hendrix.

[20Four7]

I am sure glad people added Stevie Ray, Jimi and Carlos no top 10 would be complete without those. Clapton is always a given.

[onetrickpony]

idk i only listen to emo music

[THE PROFIT]

Jack White

[payupsucker]

Tough call with so many hot hands playing throughout the years.
Four I like to hear play are Jimmy Page, Hank Jr.,Toy Caldwell and Robbie Robertson.
But theres so many good ones.

[stevenash]

Who is the greatest guitarist alive today?
1. Mark Knoffler (can play anything, rock, blues, country, classical)

Great choice, however I got two living I'd place higher.

Brian May
Jeff Beck

[robzilla]

Mark Tremonti is one of my fav guitarist. However, Herman Li is amazing. There is a reason Through the Fire and Flames is the hardest song on guitar hero.

[Smoke]

Jimi Hendrix

Greatest of all time

[kickenchicken]

jack black

[JMobile]

Hendrix and Tom Morello

[Irish Lumberjack]

If hendrix isn't on top of your list you need to get your head examined.

[stevenash]

If hendrix isn't on top of your list you need to get your head examined.

Of course, however doesn't qualify in this thread, because he's dead.

[Skidcom]

In addition to my Avatar (Townshend) I would like to add Warren Haynes

[VegasInsider]

Hey people...he asked who was the greatest guitarist ALIVE today. Obviously Hendrix would probably be #1 or #2 on everyone's list.

[stevek173]

The Edge

[gregm]

living rock guitarist are always tough. There is no right answer tot his,every style is different

For tone and just control over the sound of guitar , few can beat jeff beck

[str]

Jimi Hendrix.( DQ'ed because he is dead)


Saw him live March 10, 1968 in Wash.D.C.

Unbelievable!

[gregm]

A few rock guitarist alot of people never heard of that are incredible, sadly all three are gone. Danny gatton, roy buchanan and rory gallagher

you have to watch this if you play

[gregm]

This is incredible, rory gallagher

[PingPong]

you'll probably laugh, but John Mayer is a pretty damn good guitarist.

[gregm]

Blues buddy guy

[sickeric]

wow, no Stevie Ray Vaughan listed here... shocking and tragic!

[gregm]

mikejamm mentioned stevie ray, I think everyone has heard of him though. Nice for people to find out about guitarists where they havent heard their playing. stevie ray is without a doubt one of the greatest.

[BuckeyeT]

Maybe its because im still stuck in the 80's but these are my 3 favs.

Eddie VanHalen
Steve Via
Yngwie Malmsteen (fastest fingers i ever saw)

[Brock Landers]

Slash

[stevenash]

Slash

I like Slash myself, but I wish he would be more diverse.

My guy:

Brian May is a freaking god.

[Flight]

Good taste on SBR. I'll place votes with Eric Johnson and Jeff Beck - very talented. And I'll throw in some lesser known gods of prog rock / jazz fusion. YouTube any of these names to get a lesson in shredding.

Jake Cinninger (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ed_0MwtAsU)
Greg Howe (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edVbz_uXJd0)
Frank Gambale (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxiNBKIHTek)
Steve Morse (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juHYD...eature=related)
Allan Holdsworth
Frank Zappa

This is probably my greatest post ever at SBR

[rsnnh12]

you'll probably laugh, but John Mayer is a pretty damn good guitarist.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfBtQ5gqmkw[/youtue]

This. For as bad as his pop music is, Mayer is prob a top 5 guitarist right now (looking at what they can currently do, not career-wise). Would probably be more openly considered as the greatest alive if it wasn't for the image he created for himself as a musician for teenage girls.