The lamest "top 100" list ever? Rolling Stones' 100 Greatest Guitarists.

[Buck Birdseed]

Oh, and where's Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the greatest Gospel guitarist of all time?

I find the inclusion of Robert Quine quite interesting. I might have to listen through my Voidoids stuff again, never remembered that as being particularly breathtaking guitar-wise.

Oh, and I just realised: WHERE THE CRAPPING HELL IS JOHNNY THUNDERS???

[Bas]

No Greg Sage? No Bob Mould? Adam Jones at 75? Kim Thayil at 100? Ah well, that's Rolling Stone for you...

[Evil_Eric_4]

1-Joe Satriani
2-Eddie Van Halen(for launching a whole new style- not because he's better than my other picks)
3-Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme)
4-Steve Vai (though he is too much like his mentor,Satriani)
5-Randy Rhoads-(was in process of launching a new style before he died)
6.Malmstien (fastest guitarist ever)
7.Kirk Hammett
8.Paul Gilbert -(I think its Paul--from Mr. Big)
9.George Lynch --(Dokken)
10.Jimmy Page-(just cause he's JIMMY PAGE!!)

The names that come to my mind as overrated:
Jimmie Hendrix-Curt Cobain-Eric Clapton-George Harrison-Kieth Richards


If we are talking influence or lifetime achievements then Angus Young and Ace Frahley should move up quite a bit.

Just my thoughts

[Jeltz]

Looks like you've all forgotten:

55. Ritchie Blackmore! Now that is truly ridiculous, this guy should be in top ten.

Rolling Stone sucks!

[Ramo]

Neil Young at 83???

[Ted Striker]

Did I remember when Neil Young played on Saturday Night Live back in the 80s and he was kicking ass all over the place...

[Buck Birdseed]

Well, Neil Young would certainly be #1 on my list...

[Ecthy]

a foreigner who knows Django Reinhardt, I'm impressed

Snapcase, a southern man don't need him around anyhow.

[Richelieu]

Alex Lifeson and Rick Emmett aren't there. This list is crap.

[Straybow]

Andre Segovia and John Williams? Who are they?

I can certainly understand that brain-dead rock-n-roll types at RS would never have heard of them.

Notice that what they're really rating is the music of the whole group, because they're unwilling to de-couple guitarists who performed together in Radiohead and MC5.

Of course, my perennial favorite is Phil Keaggy, who is just as unlikely to appear on the RS list as Segovia or Williams.

[MRT144]

angus young at 96 is a slap in the face

[Robert]

one word: John Petrucci

4 examples:

http://www2.plompweb.net/example3.mp3

http://www2.plompweb.net/example2.mp3

http://www2.plompweb.net/example1.mp3

http://www2.plompweb.net/example5.mp3

[chequita guevara]

Santana?

Robert Johnson? He invented the electric guitar.

[JohnT]

Che: Hmmm?

They're both listed (Johnson at 5), so I'm not too sure what you meant by that.

And I thought Les Paul (or was it Gibson) invented the electric guitar.

[chequita guevara]

I went to the page and did a search for robert and it didn't turn up.

I've heard numerous bluesmen assert it was he who invented electric.