The CRF's Greatest Guitarist Voting Thread

[Nololob]

1. Mick Box (Uriah Heep)
2. Manny Charlton (Nazareth)
3. Tony McPhee (Groundhogs)
4. Jeffrey "Mantas" Dunn (Venom)
5. Ken Hensley (Uriah Heep)
6. Rory Gallagher
7. John Du Cann (Andromeda, Atomic Rooster)
8. Tony Bourge (Budgie)
9. Tony Iommi
10. "Fast" Eddie Clarke (Motorhead)
11. Ritchie Blackmore
12. Tommy Bolin (Zephyr, Deep Purple)
13. Randy Rhoads (Quiet Riot)
14. Marc Bolan (T. Rex)
15. Jimmy Page

 

[Death on Credit]

Considering that I listen to mostly garage/punk bands (ie, bands with very little technical prowess), this is kind of hard, but I'll give it a go.

1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Keith Richards
3. Chuck Berry
4. Mick Ronson
5. Robert Johnson
6. James Williamson
7. Mick Taylor
8. Joe Strummer
9. Johnny Thunders
10. Johnny Ramone
11. Dave Davies
12. Frank Zappa
13. Wayne Kramer
14. Lou Reed
15. Zoot Horn Rollo

 

[lady_barrett2112]

There are so many out there that are worthy to be one this list. That being said, here's my ballad:

1) Alex Lifeson
2) Steve Howe
3) BB King
4) Stevie Ray Vaughn
5) Tony Iommi
6) Jerry Cantrell
7) Frank Zappa
8) Ry Cooder
9) Dimebag Darrell
10) Dave Murray
11) Jimmy Page
12) Gary Moore
13) Angus Young
14) Pete Townshend
15) Keith Richards

 

[Prime]

Here are mine, a mix of electric and acoustic guitarists:

1)Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes)
2)Dallas Green (City & Colour)
3)Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)
4)Elliott Smith (Elliott Smith)
5)Mark Morton (Lamb of God)
6)Colin Meloy (The Decemberists)
7)Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd)
8)Kirk Hammett (Metallica)
9)Chris Broderick (Megadeth)
10)Erno Vuorinen (Nightwish)
11)Johan Söderberg (Amon Amarth)
12)Ruud Adrianus Jolie (Within Temptation)
13)Nick Valensi (The Strokes)
14)Malek Ben Arbia (Myrath)
15)Eduardo Alonso Santos (Mistweaver)

 

[Peacheater]

1) Tommy Emmanuel
2) Sonny Landreth
3) Chris Duarte
4) Doyle Bramhall ll
5) Eric Johnson
6) Pat Metheny
7) Frank Marino
8) Joe Bonamassa
9) Eric Gales
10) Al Di Meola
11) Steve Lukather
12) Jeff Beck
13) Trower
14) Richie Kotzen
15) SRV!!!

No particular order of course

 

[Lynch]

1) Tommy Emmanuel
2) Sonny Landreth
3) Chris Duarte
4) Doyle Bramhall ll
5) Eric Johnson
6) Pat Metheny
7) Frank Marino
8) Joe Bonamassa
9) Eric Gales
10) Al Di Meola
11) Steve Lukather
12) Jeff Beck
13) Trower
14) Richie Kotzen
15) SRV!!!

No particular order of course

You should put those in a particular order... they will get points based on where you put them on your list. #1 getting the most points, 2 getting a bit less, #3 even less, etc etc etc.

So... yeah, order them (plz).

 

[TheFeldster]

1) Tommy Emmanuel
2) Sonny Landreth
3) Chris Duarte
4) Doyle Bramhall ll
5) Eric Johnson
6) Pat Metheny
7) Frank Marino
8) Joe Bonamassa
9) Eric Gales
10) Al Di Meola
11) Steve Lukather
12) Jeff Beck
13) Trower
14) Richie Kotzen
15) SRV!!!

No particular order of course

Yeah, a Tommy Emmanuel fan!

*virtual hi-five*

 

[joe]

I'm going to go off the chart here somewhat and place some other guitarists that I don't think get the recognisation they deserve. There has been great lists so far.

1. Steve Howe
2. Robert Fripp
3. Allan Holdsworth
4. Mike Bloomfield
5. Duanne Allman
6. John McLauglin
7. Jan Akkerman
8. Pat Metheny
9. Al Di Meola
10. Peter Green
11. Ralph Towner
12. Carlos Santana
13. Steve Morse
14. The Edge
15. Steven Wilson

 

[rtbuck]

1) Jeff Beck
2) Johnny Winter
3) Eric Clapton
4) Alvin Lee
5) Ace Frehley
6) Johnny Thunders
7) Ronnie Wood
8) Kim Mitchell
9) Keith Richard
10) Pat Travers
11) Frank Marino
12) Frank Zappa
13) Rick Derringer
14) Dick Wagner
15) Tony Iommi

 

[The Beatles]

1. George Harrison
2. Matt Bellamy
3. Eddie Van Halen
4. BB King
5. Jimi Hendrix
6. Jimmy Paige
7. Chuck Berry
8. Eric Clapton
9. Jeff Beck
10. Prince
11. Tommy Iomi
12. Carlos Santana
13. Joe Satriani
14. Kyle Gass
15. Eric Johnson