best rock guitarists

>>70967622
Shitaste

>>70967622

>Allman below iommi

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>no David Gilmour or Mark Knopfler

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>>70967622
lol

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>>70967622
Every live recording of Page I've listened to he sounds sloppy as fk.

At least Hendrix made his mistakes sound good.

>>70967622
11. Robert Fripp
12. Steve Howe
13. Brian May
14. David Gilmour
15. Carlos Santana
16. Pete Townshend
17. Steve Cropper
18. Steve Vai
19. Yngwie Malmsteen
20. Steve Morse

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>>70967622
wh-where's pic related

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>>70967622
Coming through bitches!

i for one can't believe stevie ray vaughan isn't in there

>>70969034
like isaac brock

great unique players but neither have mastered technique like others

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>>70967622
>no Les Claypool
why?

>>70969159
bassist

>>70968164
>eric clapton making the list at all
I'm not sperging out because I'm assuming that this is a dadrock guitarist thread, not general rock guitarist thread

>tfw Terry Kath is always left out of these rankings despite being one of the most talented players ever

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>>70967622
where is Paul??????

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPGA3vjMLgE

>>70969236
he deserves a spot on the list with 1 freaking album

>>70969345
clapton? no

>>70969236
ah yes the clapton is overrated meme despite 5 decades of flawless playing

>>70969159
he's a bassist u jackass

>>70969444
flawlessly boring maybe

>>70969236
he should be 2

>>70969463
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9FkEjOBJuw

just because he now plays acoustic ballads doesn't mean he can't tear shit up. literally a founding father of rock guitar

>>70969669
he's arguing that clapton's whole style is boring. it's a debatable issue, but not without including hendrix, page, beck, and van halen as 'boring'

>>70969486
but at least they didn't put jimmy cocksucker page ahead of him

>>70967622
No townshend, gilmore or garcia?

>>70969444
Couple of incendiary years in the buesbreakers and cream, followed by scroteless rock and pallid whites man's blues

>>70969992
pedo pete isn't really top tier tbf

energetic style but never really proved to be technically special

>>70969669

Clapton can play...see here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ7ol5ISxTM

>>70967622
1.Hendrix
2.Van Halen
3.Brian May
4.Jimmy Page
5.Tony Iommi
6.Chuck Berry
7-100. Everyone else

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>>70970227

no rory gallagher and no SRV

fuck off

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>>70970105
Only on /mu/ would you see this debate. Of course Clapton is one of the all time greats, everybody in the world knows this.

>>70967622

What exactly is "best" - just your personal favorite? or is there some universal objective criteria we can measure against?

I dont know if they are the "best" but Hendrix and EVH certainly had more impact as players than just about everyone else.

>>70970532
Criteria in order of importance:

Phrasing
Technical proficiency
Innovation

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>no mention of keef anywhere in this thread

you are all plebs

>>70970281
Oh yes Gallagher. That interview where jimis asked what it's like to be the world's best guitarist, and he says 'I don't know ask rory'

>>70970532
If it's impact, then it has to be Clapton. The rediscovery of the les Paul, the start of using heavy overdrive and distortion, use of effects the recognition of rock guitarist as virtuoso etc. Clapton influenced Jimi, and one of the things that helped him to decide to come to London was the promised he'd meet him