Who’s the best guitarist ever?

@SW-User Interesting, well said, but I'd have to think about it.

@SW-User with all the names being tossed around, I feel like adding a few more, like Duanne Allman, Rick Emmet, Roy Buchanan, Sonny Landreth, Tom Bresh,Pete Townsend, Liona fricken Boyd for crying out loud? Lol

@Paddy42008 you can't go wrong with Jimi, but David is pretty awesome in his own right too. There no wrong answer, is there?

@Paddy42008 I also think David Gilmour should be mentioned in this list and I'm glad you did, David Gilmour is probably the best in the composition of melodious guitar solos and equal to Santana in emotion and effect.

@SW-User I just think that at that level of mastery they are all amazing and its hard to say that one is THE best.

@reflectingmonkey I couldn't agree more. It's fun to hear who people like though.

@SW-User man, I just came back from youtube to listen to a bit of Django Reinhart with a bunch of guys playing a piece called "dark eyes" and its surprising none of the had a heart attack playing that piece, its so intense.

@SW-User @Itsmrsockmonkey you totally should post something of yourself, that a great idea

@reflectingmonkey how do I post it?

@Itsmrsockmonkey I don't know, I'm not really good with computer/internet stuff

@PainfulTruth So, the question is living or dead, okay.

@nudistsueaz as I have said before, there is a point where many guitar players are "the best" and none of them can be said to be THE best amongst them. Certainly Santana is one of those, and I have also put him in my list and I totally respect if he is your favorite as at that level it comes down to personal preference in choosing between masters. To say that Stevie ray Vaughn is better than him is like saying that strawberry pie is better than apple pie because of a personal preference, its childish. Stevie ray Vaughn is fast and powerful but doesn't have the feeling of Santana and personally if I had to spend my life listening to one or the other I'd choose Santana, for the feeling. My ultimate favorite depends on how I feel that day, some days its jimi Hendrix, some days its jimmy Page, some days its mark Knopfler, sometimes Vaughn, sometimes Santana etc(see my list). But I would never say to someone who prefers one of them that they are wrong.

@reflectingmonkey I posted it on here, maybe you saw that 🙃

@SW-User OMG really? I also posted it a few months ago 😂!!! and I think nobody even responded.

@reflectingmonkey I usually don't get many responses, but sometimes I do. People usually only view and comment on music they already know, and I try to post things I think others may not have heard. Post a Pink Floyd song everyone's heard a million times before and you'll get lots of comments; post something from Lumpy Gravy and you'll get none.

@vetguy1991 not always my favorite style, but undeniably one of the greatest of all time. Nobody can hammer on better than Eddie.

@SW-User i saw him live once was incredible

@PainfulTruth one of a kind, and in this case, one of a kind beats a full house. 😁

@Itsmrsockmonkey that's awesome. I knew exactly sho you were referring to when you said the swampers, just because of the song. That's some serious history bud.

@SW-User many famous people came to my grandpas bar. There's a lot more history in my family. And thanks man

@Itsmrsockmonkey thank you...and your grandpa.

@SW-User if anyone travelled to the crossroads to make a pact with the devil, it was Page. 😉

@SW-User Good but not the one

@SW-User its nice to see Jimi still getting so much love, even after all these years.

@SW-User I think we all agree it's subjective, but it sure is great to hear what other people hear, and hear what they think about it. Jordan certainly is skilled, there's no question.

I’ve posted this song before, but for my money, this is my absolute favorite guitar performance ever recorded in a studio. I think Robin Trower was absolute perfection on this track, and it’s pretty much a single take with no layers or studio gymnastics. He just plugged in and let it rip.

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKpo7NVHfRc]

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@LeopoldBloom now we ate getting down to the nitty gritty. Johnson used to hide his hands back in the day, whenever he played in public, so nobody could rip off his shit. Lol I think the cats long out of the bag though.

@SW-User Supposedly, when Keith Richards first heard a recording of Johnson, his reaction was "hey, he's pretty good. Who's the other guy playing with him?"

Ali Farka Touré also could sound like two people playing. He was also a politician, he served as mayor of Niafunké in northern Mali. I remember thinking, when al Qaeda invaded that area a few years ago, they wouldn't have tried that shit if Ali was still alive.

@Burnley123 Hendrix said Billy Gibbons

@Itsmrsockmonkey False modesty

@bijouxbroussard nobody played with more feeling than Hendrix, that's for sure. Even his worst note sounded great on any given song on any given day.

Les I'm less familiar with. I have heard him play, but not enough to have a valid opinion. I will take your word for it.

@bijouxbroussard Finally someone who sees sense. 👍

@MrBrownstone Slash is surprisingly good. In the early days of GnR, he sounded so rough and unpolished (which I liked btw). Today, he really has come a million miles to be one of the best , and he's much more polished...and I like it.

@uncalled4 you coukd give it to a far worse recipient. Lol

@SW-User just for the sake of argument...Randy Rhodes?

@SW-User He's epic and a legend..lovin his too...but Zakk just🤩. And he can rock the guitar behind is back.😌[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv3kwF88EJQ]

@SW-User o.k lol . Just fyi, playing guitar behind your back or your head, while flashy, is just gimmick. Stevie Ray Vaughn even Said so once. Not to say Zack isn't all that. I'm sure he is every bit as good as you say.

@DuchessOfMapleSyrup Well, yeah, I meant rock.

@SmartKat Oh, I assumed any genre.