Top 100 Guitarists of All-time
Steve Black, host of The Chop Shop and The Chop Shop Classic, assembled a five member panel to rate and rank guitarists, resulting in The Chop Shop's Top 100 Most Complete Guitarists Of All-Time. The list is a complete list, as each guitarist was ranked in the following categories: technical ability, soul and emotion, influence on the music and guitar industries, song writing, live experience, sales, signature sound and longevity.
Here's the top 10 of the results:
1 Jimmy Page
2 Jimi Hendrix
3 Eddie Van Halen
4 David Gilmour
5 Keith Richards
6 Pete Townshend
7 Steve Vai
8 Les Paul
9 Angus Young
10 Jeff Beck
Full list is published on Chop Shop website.
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Posted by : jane on December 19th, 2008
what an awful rating. Hendrix is the best, proved by Rolling Stone magazine
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5937559/the_100_greatest_guitaris...
Wait a second... your "proof" for Hendrix is the fact that Rolling Stone, like one of the worst magazines ever, said so. This is of course the same list that put EVH at 70 and Randy Rhoads at 85, behind such luminaries as Kurt Cobain (12?!?!) and Jack White (17 wtf).
I hate the internet.
It depends on the one who rates the guitarist. Like for me Yngwie Malmsteen is the best.
Respectfully yours. Happy new year!