Greatest Guitarist (Rock or Blues)

[thespeculator]

Eddie hazel from parliament funkadelic ,he rocked with soul

mick taylor ,he was amazing with the stones in their peak years, 69-73

[gregm]

son house- this is incredible

just beautiful

[Grits n' Gravy]

My white friend loves Joe Walsh.

[gregm]

Joe walsh is great grits. Love alot of his stuff

Santana and john Lee Hooker

Oye coma va

[OnkelChris]

Wondering no one mentioned Steve Lukather yet. It is the guitarrist of Toto. Eddie van Halen was once asked "What is it like to be the greatst guitarist on Earth?" and he said "Go ask Steve Lukather"

go to 3:50 to get some impressions of his skills

[stevenash]

Brian May, Terry Kath (Jimi, called Kath the best guitarist he's ever seen play)

[PittsburghPlayer]

Lots of good ones in this thread ... adding Derek Trucks and Joe Bonamassa

WOW, someone besides me has heard of Joe Bonamassa? Not top 10 but still damn good.

[TheRifleman]

This are my top 11, with no disrespect with anyone left out:

1. Edward Van Halen
2. Jimi Hendrix
3. Eric Clapton
4. James "Jimmy" Page
5. Steve Howe
6. Stevie Ray Vaughn
7. Kirk Hammett (my personal favorite)
8. Mick Taylor
9. Slash
10. Jeff Beck
11. James Hetfield
GL!!

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[gregm]

One of the best bands I have heard in a while. All teenagers from Mississippi just killing it

[hipster]

David Gilmour (Unless I missed it, hard to believe he wasn't mentioned)
Jimmy Page
Eric Clapton
Eddie Van Halen
BB King
Jeff Beck
Carlos Santana

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[stevenash]

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????

Knoffler is amazing and I put him top ten all time
Not saying Clapton is not an all timer, but in my opinion (and others) think he's overrated.

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[hugh613]

I think Tom Morello deserves to be in the mix...