I think part of it is - May was part of a great band and knew exactly how to compliment every member of that band with his playing. The sum was greater than the parts.
Ten Years Gone, Tea For One, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, Over the Hills and Far Away, Whole Lotta Love, Achilles Last Stand, Kashmir, Stairway to Heaven.
The reason Hendrix is the most important guitar player is because of the way he showed the world that feedback, distortion and sounds beyond notes&chords mattered. Personally I'm a jazz fan so I'd vote for John Mclaughlin or maybe Pat Metheny. Lots of choices but Hendrix was the most important innovator.
I haven’t seen this entire list, but there are amazing guitarists outside of the rock genre… Roy Clark, Roy Acuff, Robert Fripp, Al Di Meola, classical, flamenco, bluegrass, etc.
Lyndsey Buckingham, Angus/Malcolm Young, John Fruciante deserve more respect on these lists. Oh and Steve lukather, John Schofield, B.B. King and Tony Iommi. But they're completely subjective so these lists don't matter haha
SRV is the greatest all around, EVH has the best technique, David Gilmour has the best FEEL, Derek Trucks best slide, Jimi Hendrix is the reason we play...Angus Young has the best tone...
Hmmm debatable. But Page was not even half the players Van Halen and Hendrix were. But Page definitely up there he even said Hendrix was greatest he ever heard.
My favorite guitar players are Jerry Cantrell from Alice In Chains and The Edge from U2. Guitarists that gave me goosebumps when I watched them play(on youtube) were Eddie Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix and Prince.
Mark Knopfler is number one hands down.. Money for nothing is the greatest guitar riff of all time, and Sultans of Swing is the greatest rock and roll song of all time..
I vote for Hendrix, but I remember a quote from Jimi that went something to the effect of "I don't think I'm very good because I can't play all the things I hear in my head." Imagine if he had lived longer. Richard Thompson is the best guitarist I've heard live. Prince is up there too.
Jeff Beck? Mark Knopfler? I would also mention Tim Renwick (if somebody still remember him)... And, talking about the famous of the greatest - what's about Tony Iommi or Ritchie Blackmore?...
That's false lol most top famous guitarists have issues with Hendrix and getting the sound he often did. Play his star spangled banner note for note and sound for sound and come back.
I love Fred. Nowicki is too young to appreciate that when Hendrix arrived, he intimidated the shit out of Beck, Page and Clapton. He was such a game changer that he seemed to arrive from Mars, not Seattle.
Everyone mentioned is certainly worthy and are undeniably guitar legends and icons. My favourite band is The Cult and Billy Duffy, imho, is a really great guitarist, too. So I'm going to give him an honorable mention.❤
As usual Alex Lifeson always gets forgotten. Alex is so underrated. His guitar playing is unbelievable. I'm pretty sure it has to do with the fact that he is Canadian. If he were American they would have declared him a guitar GOD.
I’m with Steve. EVH created a genre! I’m a Hendrix fan since age 11, but the sheer volume of riffs, tones and invention, along with time and ungodly or Godly swing, belongs to Eddie. Page created the most varied soundscapes.
@@Driver8takeabreak It's very silly for anyone to dismiss the far-reaching influence that Hendrix had on the musical landscape. The 50s had Chuck Berry, the 60s Hendrix. Two of the most important decades in RNR. Yes, we had Beck, Blackmore, Clapton & Page, but Hendrix was in a league of his own when it came to originality and innovation.
This is a "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" type scenario. So many very skilled musicians . It would be near impossible to rank them. Why do we need to? If you enjoy what you heard, that's all that counts.
Tommy Bolin ( RIP) numero uno. 🔥 If your not familiar you should be!! Check "Poast Toastee" (1976) 🔥 He crossed boundaries fusing Rock, Jazz, funk, Reggae. Samba etc etc He inspired Jeff Beck to go into a fusion direction after hearing his playing on Billy Cobhams ":-Spectrum'" All of this before he passed at 25. 🙏
Brian May is my favorite guitarist ever and i love Queen. So when i saw this list you can imagine how ecstatic i was. Felt so proud that someone i liked was voted top of the list.
@@dinosaursr Holdsworth: Devil Take the Hindmost, Mclauglin: Vital Transformation, Delucia: Entre dos aguas, and I will throw another one in Pat Metheny: Bright Size Life
Even 40- 45 years after their music came out, I will seek still out and play the music of Eddie Van Halen, Mark Knopfler, Lyndsey Buckingham and Jimmy Page BECAUSE of their guitar playing.
Eddie Van Halen said he got the idea for the fret stuff at a Led Zeppelin concert watching Jimmy Page use a violin bow on his guitar. I think that was 1972
Allan Holdsworth, Hendrix, Steve Hacket, Rory Gallagher, Randy Rhoads, Peter Green, Kossof, Van Halen, Zappa.. . In no particular order on top of my mind..
Come on people don't forget Stevie Ray Vaughn!
That's exactly what I was screaming at the top of my lungs....
Exactly bro
Cover band artists shouldn't count, just a Hendrix ripoff wannabe.
I’ve always felt it should go: Hendrix, EVH, SRV.
@@Steve-dy1wf get a life bro 💀
Thank you!!
Brian May might not have been groundbreaking but you remember every note of his solos because you can sing them
I think part of it is - May was part of a great band and knew exactly how to compliment every member of that band with his playing. The sum was greater than the parts.
Randy Rhodes has to be up there in the top five.
And Dimebag
Dave mustaine
Rhoads people..... Rhoads!!
Randy #1
@@bradgreen1349
Exactly! 😎
Glen Cambell and Roy Clark should both be high on the list as both are amazing.
Especially Glen. EVH asked for lessons from Glen.
Absolutely.
I vote for SRV. I wish he was still here.
for me SRV is top 5 in terms of feel and natural ability.
He was awesome... we miss him
STEVIE RAY VAUGHN!
someone with fkg good taste lmao all respect to the others guitarists ofc
Terry Kath of Chicago! If he hadn't left us in '75, there would be not question that he would be #1!!!
Hendrix said Kath was the best he’s ever heard
Masterful how he would triumph over those darn horns.
@@tideivlife1Yes, we all know this. Everytime somebody mentions Terry Kath someone has to bring this up.
Yup
Saw Chicago in 1971 in concert. Hendrix could not have played the way he did...
Jeff Beck please
Nice to see Alex Lifeson getting some top 10 love. ☮🤟🎸
Yes
Lol they didn't mention Clapton, Blackmore, Alvin Lee, Mike Bloomfield, Robert Johnson, SRV but for some reason Bruce Springsteen OMG
Springsteen is a straight up average guitarist. I don't know how he would even make the top 1,000.
@@billybob5337 agreed, his talent is as a song writer and performer
Clapton was repetitive and one of the most controversial picks since players are so split
Ten Years Gone, Tea For One, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, Over the Hills and Far Away, Whole Lotta Love, Achilles Last Stand, Kashmir, Stairway to Heaven.
Nuno Bettencourt from Extreme is damn good as well.
He doesn't get noticed as much because when people mention extreme ... Oh more than words lol.
The reason Hendrix is the most important guitar player is because of the way he showed the world that feedback, distortion and sounds beyond notes&chords mattered. Personally I'm a jazz fan so I'd vote for John Mclaughlin or maybe Pat Metheny. Lots of choices but Hendrix was the most important innovator.
Not
i hear ya but can i add another player into the mix....what do you think of Steve Vai?
The two Jimi/Jimmy's are my 1a and 1b.
I haven’t seen this entire list, but there are amazing guitarists outside of the rock genre… Roy Clark, Roy Acuff, Robert Fripp, Al Di Meola, classical, flamenco, bluegrass, etc.
Jerry Reed!
Glen Campbell and Prince
None of these people come close to Taylor Swift
John Mayer
Fripp is genius. "Fracture" is nearly impossible to play
Lyndsey Buckingham, Angus/Malcolm Young, John Fruciante deserve more respect on these lists. Oh and Steve lukather, John Schofield, B.B. King and Tony Iommi. But they're completely subjective so these lists don't matter haha
Angus Young
EVH, Schenker, Rhoads, Rik Emmett, Alex Lifeson, Page, Gary Moore….
I don’t believe it took you that long until you mentioned Jeff Beck! He should always be in the top five, if not higher.
SRV is the greatest all around, EVH has the best technique, David Gilmour has the best FEEL, Derek Trucks best slide, Jimi Hendrix is the reason we play...Angus Young has the best tone...
Yes!
Terry Kath apparently is totally forgotten.
Hendrix didn't forget when he said that Kath was better than him.
Damn, Respect to Nowicki! He's impressive!!
Eric Johnson deserves a mention as well
Yess he's so underrated
Abso-fuckin-lutely !!!!
Good call..
The guitarist from clash beat him. Years ago. Not joking
@@godbyone...beat him...explain ?
Page wrote more great licks than Hendrix and Eddie combined
Hmmm debatable. But Page was not even half the players Van Halen and Hendrix were. But Page definitely up there he even said Hendrix was greatest he ever heard.
@@rickyriederer7459 Page's ability to produce is where his genius exists
He sure did. Plus he was far better on acoustic guitar as well.
My favorite guitar players are Jerry Cantrell from Alice In Chains and The Edge from U2. Guitarists that gave me goosebumps when I watched them play(on youtube) were Eddie Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix and Prince.
Cantrell is the greatest of all time!
Personally, I haven't heard anybody better than Mark Knopfler - Eric Clapton agrees, David Gilmour almost agrees, puts Knopfler second, after Hendrix
I agree these lists are always wack ..
It’s all subjective. It means nothing
Gilmour is #1 imo
Mark Knopfler is number one hands down.. Money for nothing is the greatest guitar riff of all time, and Sultans of Swing is the greatest rock and roll song of all time..
agreed
I vote for Hendrix, but I remember a quote from Jimi that went something to the effect of "I don't think I'm very good because I can't play all the things I hear in my head." Imagine if he had lived longer. Richard Thompson is the best guitarist I've heard live. Prince is up there too.
A personal fave of mine - Kim Thayil from Soundgarden. Not the greatest by any means, but the solo from Like Suicide gets me every time.
That’s a great band with a completely unique and interesting evolution.
😂
Jeff Beck?
Mark Knopfler?
I would also mention Tim Renwick (if somebody still remember him)...
And, talking about the famous of the greatest - what's about Tony Iommi or Ritchie Blackmore?...
Stevie Ray Vaughan!!!!!
ANY guitarist can do EVH or HENDRIX.......but almost no guitarist can do JEFF BECK.
PERIOD!!!!
That's false lol most top famous guitarists have issues with Hendrix and getting the sound he often did. Play his star spangled banner note for note and sound for sound and come back.
Truth!!!
Steve Howe from Yes is a great guitar 🎸 player
Steve Vai, Eric Clapton, SRV, Adrian Belew, Carlos Santana, Randy Rhodes, Albert Collins, Jerry Garcia
Lindsey Buckingham is extremely underrated
I strongly disagree
I love Fred. Nowicki is too young to appreciate that when Hendrix arrived, he intimidated the shit out of Beck, Page and Clapton. He was such a game changer that he seemed to arrive from Mars, not Seattle.
No surprise that two incredible Canadian guitarists get forgotten in Alex Lifeson, and Jeff Healey.
It seems that Jeff Healey has always been underrated and looked past when it comes to ranking best guitarist. 🤷♂️
Alex was 8th. That’s pretty amazing!!!
Lenny Breau
Everyone mentioned is certainly worthy and are undeniably guitar legends and icons. My favourite band is The Cult and Billy Duffy, imho, is a really great guitarist, too. So I'm going to give him an honorable mention.❤
Yep that's fine Judges will allow it lol!
Cool story about Eddie wanting lessons from Glen Campbell! I don’t think a lot of people realize how incredibly great he was.
They may be on the list idk but no mention of SRV or Mark Knopfler on this Stern clip
As usual Alex Lifeson always gets forgotten. Alex is so underrated. His guitar playing is unbelievable. I'm pretty sure it has to do with the fact that he is Canadian. If he were American they would have declared him a guitar GOD.
Rush is so bland and soulless.
Nailed it
Alex's playing is brilliant because it's selfless in its support of the music versus egotism -- and that's why he gets overlooked
Berry, Hendricks, Beck, Page, Clapton and Van Halen are some of the greatest.
Yesss.
Why isn’t Clapton being mentioned?!!!!
overrated
I'll mention him...overrated best describes Clapton.
Because Clapton is God he is in a class all by himself!!
I’m with Steve. EVH created a genre! I’m a Hendrix fan since age 11, but the sheer volume of riffs, tones and invention, along with time and ungodly or Godly swing, belongs to Eddie. Page created the most varied soundscapes.
Consider that Hendrix did everything he did in basically 4 years. FOUR YEARS.
@@Driver8takeabreak It's very silly for anyone to dismiss the far-reaching influence that Hendrix had on the musical landscape. The 50s had Chuck Berry, the 60s Hendrix. Two of the most important decades in RNR. Yes, we had Beck, Blackmore, Clapton & Page, but Hendrix was in a league of his own when it came to originality and innovation.
Well EVH thought that Allan Holdsworth was the greatest
These list are so tough to rank they are all great guitarists with their styles and whom influenced them and then taking the guitar to new heights
This kid is really good
Randy Rhoads should be way up there.
This is a "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" type scenario. So many very skilled musicians . It would be near impossible to rank them. Why do we need to? If you enjoy what you heard, that's all that counts.
Halen / Page / SRV / Dime / Hendrix / Satriani / Nuno / Gilmour are pretty set in my top 10.
No Steve Vai?
@@brucelee4996He lost to Ralph Macchio in Crossroads, so I guess no.
Don't forget about Stevie Ray Vaughn.
Billy Corgan doesn't get the mentions he should (I think because he's also a vocalist people forget what an incredible guitar player he is).
It's nice seeing everyone fr the show looking well.
Few people really GET what Brian May is all about.
I couldn't agree more!
They need to include other genres. Roy Clark and Chet Atkins are/were pretty damn good
And Willie Nelson.
Game changers for players: Chuck Berry, Hendrix, EVH, Yngwie.
Tommy Bolin ( RIP) numero uno. 🔥
If your not familiar you should be!!
Check "Poast Toastee" (1976) 🔥
He crossed boundaries fusing Rock, Jazz, funk, Reggae. Samba etc etc
He inspired Jeff Beck to go into a fusion direction after hearing his playing on
Billy Cobhams ":-Spectrum'"
All of this before he passed at 25. 🙏
Tommy Bolin, most underrated, biggest pair of balls in guitar. Don't look up post toastee, first go to the Billy Cobham Spectrum album!
Brian May is my favorite guitarist ever and i love Queen. So when i saw this list you can imagine how ecstatic i was. Felt so proud that someone i liked was voted top of the list.
Yngwie Malmsteen and Synyster Gates are my favorites 🤟
There are people beyond VH and Hendrix.
Allan Holdsworth, Wayne Krantz, Steve Morse, John Mclaughlin, Paco Delucia, etc...
Yes but name one memorable song from them.
@@dinosaursr Holdsworth: Devil Take the Hindmost, Mclauglin: Vital Transformation, Delucia: Entre dos aguas, and I will throw another one in Pat Metheny: Bright Size Life
Definitely good choices..
@2216sammy Influence happens for a number of different reasons. Popularity plays a huge role in it.
steve nowicki has to be the most normal, attractive stern show cast member of all time
Go listen to Roy Buchanan. "When a guitar plays the blues"
Nuno is probably one of the greatest also IMO....
Going by Steve's argument, Brian May got sounds out of his guitar that no one else did.
Is that because he built the guitars himself and got unique sounds that way?
Duane Allman, Derek trucks, Chet Atkins, Vince Gill, Dickey Betts
Hendrix is #1 hands down. Allen Collins of Skynyrd is my personal favorite! RIP
Page was a more complete guitarist than Hendrix. By far the better riff creator. And better at acoustic
jerry garcia is top 10 for me!!
Steve Hackett of Genesis did tapping way before EVH.
What albums??? He's a good guitar player but Eddie changed the way of guitar playing hand's down nobody's talking about Steve Hackett just saying!!
@drew rosecrans ...just saying.
@@drewrosecrans9728 there's TH-cam clips of him tapping from 1972. Eddie took it to another level obv
Stanley Jordan did it before them. N. Paganini was doing it before their great great grandmothers were born!
Has anyone heard of SRV?
Danny Gatton, Albert Lee, or ....
There is so many great guitarists.
Hendrix will always be number 1.
Lies.
Without question.....
Why are Fred and Gary not on camera?
Even 40- 45 years after their music came out, I will seek still out and play the music of Eddie Van Halen, Mark Knopfler, Lyndsey Buckingham and Jimmy Page BECAUSE of their guitar playing.
Jimi Hendrix and Jeff Beck. No. 1 and No. 2 best guitarists hands down.
Carlitos Santana is top 3
Mark Knopfler is number 1 hands down..
@@MarkLada I bet you believe in Santy Claus AND the Easter Bunny 🐰
I agree 100%. Unique stylists that are influencing everyone else.
@@sirrealistic5625 - LOL
Joe Satriani..RoyClark... "Maggot Brain"..by Funkadelic.Top 50 list from each decade would be cool.
JEFF BECK!!
Dimebag Darrel has to be in top 5
Lol Bucketheads better then Dimebag
Totally agree with with Steve
Fripp & Satrioni 🧠💯
Dave Davies from the Kinks was a pioneer. Alvin Lee from Ten Years After was one of the greatest rhythm guitarists of all time.
Where's Jeff Beck in this discussion?
#1 is Andreas Segovia. Myopic rock and roll knuckleheads.
If Eric Johnson didn’t make this list it’s a joke!! He’s the greatest over all guitarist to come along since EVH imo
Nobody ever mentions Jerry Garcia, one of the most well respected guitarists of the late 20th century.
Derrick Trucks, Glen Campbell, Jeff Beck,
And Nuno
Roy Clark is Top 3
Steve is clueless if he thinks Eddie changed the game more then Jimi did
Preach!!!
Hendrix changed the rock guitar world and secured his position as #1 in one night - Bag O' Nails
And he has Tom Morello and Angus Young as top 10 of all time... this kid is completely clueless.
Jimi 1
EVH 2
@@vivaitalia7221 Exactly
Santana has my vote
Eddie actually learned tapping from seeing Jimmy Page do it.
Eddie Van Halen said he got the idea for the fret stuff at a Led Zeppelin concert watching Jimmy Page use a violin bow on his guitar. I think that was 1972
Not disputing he said that but he actually copied Allan Holdsworth's tapping technique.
There are many, many great guitarists. There is one seismic before-and-after guitarist in rock and this is Jimi
prince top 5
Richie Blackmore and Prince and Alex Liefson are so under rated to me.
The number one guitar player in the universe is Tommy Emmanuel. He is the gold standard, PERIOD!
Lol
@@AarosConcerts This is the exact response I was anticipating. No worries. To each his own.
Your got to be joking. He only does acoustic. Beats audience up with god shit
. I'd love to bash him
Lenny Breau
And likewise. To each his own is correct. Let's leave it at that.
Three greatest, yep, Hendrix, Page, Eddie in that order
I don’t know the list but where are Dave Mustaine, Gary Holt, Alex Sckolnick, James Hetfield, Jeff Hanneman
Ultimately that list is subjective but Brian May along with Jeff Beck definitely deserve to be among the top 10s..
Prince could play all what he wanted. I admire his talent and skills. We should not forget his versatility.
Django Reinhardt.
If it wasn't for him, most of those guys don't even pick up a guitar.
Allan Holdsworth, Hendrix, Steve Hacket, Rory Gallagher, Randy Rhoads, Peter Green, Kossof, Van Halen, Zappa.. . In no particular order on top of my mind..
EVH influenced a whole generation of guitarists….. no one sounded like him before that first VH album…..
Most people hadn't HEARD it..........but EVH absolutely wasnt the first to do it. Allan Holdsworth was one of the first
Randy Rhoads.... In his short time on Earth he was a gamechanger for a whole genre.
Randy rhoads, Vivian Campbell, George Lynch, the list goes on
Nowicki just said it himself: without Hendrix, there is no Eddie
Doesn’t change the fact that Eddie is better.
Without Jeff Beck there'd be no Hendrix
And no Stevie Ray Vaughn.
@@stephenedgecock without Robert Johnson none would be
Jimmy Hendrix does not come even close to Taylor Swift