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Really happy to see Nancy Wilson on the list. I feel like I'd have to cheat and have Nancy, Roger Fisher and Howard Leese as one number as a team.

Interesting to see Lou Reed and not any of the awesome guitarists he worked with like Rathke, Morrison, Wagner/Hunter, Quine, etc.

Glad to see James Hetfield rather than the thrash shredders. His gift for melody is why Metallica is/was the biggest metal band in the world. One of the truly great rhythm guitarists.

And total nitpick, but I'd add Fairport Convention to Richard Thompson's cv there.

Also curious what made you pick Gary Rossington over Alan Collins. I'm not sure I know them apart from each other enough to pick, I always think of them as such a duo.

 

Hetfield but no Hammett? And Mustaine is better than both of them by miles

 

Some personal favorite guitarists not on that list:

Neil Giraldo (Pat Benatar)
Jeff Carlisi (.38 Special)
Maury Muehleisen (Jim Croce)
Hughie Thomasson (The Outlaws)
Al McKay/Johnny Graham (Earth, Wind and Fire)
Lindsey Bukingham (Fleetwood Mac/solo)
Albert King
Joe Perry (Aerosmith)
Steve Cropper (The MGs/session work)
Cliff Gallup (Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps)
John Jennings (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
James Burton (session work, particularly with Ricky Nelson)
Dick Wagner/Steve Hunter (Lou Reed/Alice Cooper)
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (The Doobie Brothers/Steely Dan)
Willie Nelson

 

i love guitar music

 

lou worked with mick ronson! sterling morrison was like #103 haha

yeah, hetfield over hammett/mustaine was a no brained for me. but i had to have the slayer bros

rossington was purely from live videos. idk what it was like in the studio, but just parsing what got played live, he has my favorite licks

 

rhythm > lead

same as malcom young like 30 spots higher than angus

 

my knowledge of primarily session guys is pretty low. larry carlton probably should have been on it. cropper rules. perry was close to making the list.

i loathe buckingham hahaha

 

some modern guitarists I was pleasantly surprised to see high up( St Vincent, Alex Turner, Nick Valensi)

also yes to Jonny Greenwood being top 10

 

Yeah I'm far from well-versed on session guys. Like Dean Parks is probably amazing and is on a ton of records I have...but I'm not sure which solos/licks are him.

Also shit I forgot Steve Lukather!

 

Well Tom Morello is top 15 so I can't really complain

 

Underrated guy that's properly high on that list: John Fogerty. One of the best at blending rhythm and lead. The solo on "Bad Moon Rising" is masterful.

 

where the fuck is Adam Levine

 

“ramble tamble” is one of the most expansive guitar songs i can think of

 

I think my fave guitar players are Jonny greenwood and Johnny rzeznik. Also Lenny Kravitz but he doesn't fit in the Jo(h)nny club

 

no John Mayer on that list is extremely fucked up

 

Not intentionally related to the current topic (though relevant 'cause Jonny Greenwood), but I've realized that The King of Limbs is one of my favorites Radiohead albums.

Wasn't that into it when it came out, but if I'm gonna listen to them, which honestly isn't that often, TKoL is behind only In Rainbows & OK Computer in what I'm most likely to throw on. And even then, if I'm in specifically an In Rainbows mood, & wanna listen to more afterwards, I'll go TKoL second.

 

Love to see Brodsky

Not sure if i understand what Chris Shiflett’s doin here, but i love his bands

 

post your own lists, cowards

sorry your singer songwriter boyfriend didn’t make the list, i’m sure his band is nice

 

page suk

 

can’t make a list rn but I’d definitely give credit to the underrated danielle haim. she shows off way more live

 

Stevie made it so the list is good, imo

 

Johnny is up there for me. Mostly as an acoustic player, but I like his electric work on the early albums a ton. He'd definitely be on my list.

 

I love guitar centric music but I feel like my list would be so different I always feel like an alien when I see most of those names. I need to listen to more pre-80's stuff though. I'm to blame for my lack of knowledge in that aspect.

 

Honestly love this list, great amount of genre diversity too