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Richie Blackmores guitar solo in Rainbow’s stargazer is one of my favorite guitar solos, and the three Iron Maiden guitarists, Glimour, Santana, Neil Young, Junior Kimbrough, Jimmy Paige, Scott Gorhan of Thin Lizzy, Empuu of Nightwish, and Steve Vai are my S tier guitarists
My favorites, that will be in S and A-Tier are: - Buck Dharma - Pete Townshend - Ace Frehley - Ian Moss (Cold Chisel) - Todd Rundgren - Mick Box (Uriah Heep) - Andy Summers - Brian May - Rory Gallagher - Punky Meadows (Angel) - Steve Jones (Sex Pistols) - Dave Martin (No Dice) - Dick Wagner (Alice Cooper, KISS, Lou Reed) - Mick Jones (Foreigner) ...and some more!
Also: Richard Thompson, Steve Hackett, Justin Hayward, Bob Weir (for rhythm), Dicky Betts, Brian Setzler…Thanks!! Happy Christmas and New Years! 🎅🏻🧑🏻🎄🎉😎
Cool list!. My favourites from your list are Johnny Marr, Jonny Greenwood, Prince, Jimmy Page and James Hetfield. 2 Favourites of mine that aren’t on your list are Kirk Hammett and Tom Morello 👍xxx.
I usually only leave one comment on your videos, but you asked us to name some of our favorite guitarists, so here goes: Rory Block (acoustic blues guitarist) Bonnie Raitt Glen Campbell Stevie Ray Vaughan Jeff Beck Eddie Van Halen Roy Clark Chet Atkins Gary Moore Vernon Reid (Living Colour, Talking Heads session work) Jimi Hendrix Walter Trout Johnny Winter Hank "Sugarfoot" Garland (legendary country session and solo guitarist) Michael Schenker (UFO, Scorpions, solo work) All three Iron Maiden guitarists (Dave Murray, Adrian Smith, Yannick Gers) Wolf Hoffman (Accept, a German metal band) Wolfgang Van Halen Duke Robillard (swing/jump blues and jazz guitarist) Mike Stern Andres Segovia Lowell George (Mothers of Invention, Little Feat) Randy Rhoads Joe Bonamassa Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (Steely Dan, Doobie Bros., session work) Steve Vai Joe Satriani Derek Trucks (S tier slide guitarist) Duane Allman Eric Clapton Warren Haynes (Allman Bros., Gov't Mule) This will do for starters.
Someone I didn’t realise until recently was red hot on guitar was Glen Campbell. His playing was about the same standard as Roy Clark. I think there’s a duet with those two playing together on UA-cam somewhere.
Great video Larry very hard to categorise all these great guitarists. Randy California from Spirit Is One Of My Favourites. Good to see Joni Mitchell ranked so highly.
An honourable mention would definitely be Louie Shelton of The Wrecking Crew. His contributions to recordings by The Mamas and Papas, The Monkees and even John Lennon are significant.
Nice job. Special place for JLHooker. Why...my guiteacher wrote out Boom Boom Boom which is a blues stomper prevalent in most 12 bar blues idioms. Thanx. Nice Buddy Holly'd here. Robbie and Alex in s tier- yeah!
Very solid ranking. I see Simon Edwards is asking about Carl Wilson haha. I'd put him as a strong B. Not the most spectacular talent, but he had much better chops than he often gets credit for. Came up with many classic riffs for Brian too, like the one in "Dance Dance Dance."
Weird to see Pete in B, while his peers land in A. The Beatles are my favorite band, but Pete is absolutely a better guitarist than George and Paul. The thing with Pete is that he can reach Jimmy Page levels when he wants to, as heard here: ua-cam.com/video/NsjNG1PGz6k/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared. I get that he doesn’t do a lot of solos, but his rhythm playing definitely displays his skills. Think of the magnificent fast strumming of “Pinball Wizard” or his playing on “Sunrise”. Definitely an underrated guitarist overshadowed by drummer and bassist.
@@LarryGravesCanadianStudmuffin It's true, that most would put Pete Townshend in "S" tier. He was probably a big influence on Jimi Hendrix. As for his solos, I think Pete Townshend played more guitar solos in his live shows than in the studio. I'd rank Pete in "S" tier. Think how much he stood out in the '60's? Many guitarists were copying his style, and even into the '70's.
@@jameswilson7084 Pete was definitely employing some proto-psychedelic techniques on the "My Generation" album. Some of that stuff reminds me of what Hendrix and others would do later. Some cool guitar bits in "Out In The Street", "The Ox", and of course the title track. Also, the mid section of "I'm A Man" is so trippy for 1965. Truly ahead of his time.
For me, Robin Trower, formerly of Procol Harum, later forming his own band, is an obvious omission. Trower ranks up there with the very best. I could be wrong, but I don't recall Carlos Santana being mentioned. Santana is also one of the greats.
Larry Coryell, Pat Metheny, Alvin lee, Neal Schon, Eric Johnson, Robben Ford, Leslie West, Robin Trower, Allan Holdsworth, Mike Stern, Ollie Halsall, Steve Morse.........
Great choice putting Alex Lifeson in the S-Tier, so versatile. Ace Frehley is good in the A-Tier, can't argue with that. Randy Rhoads, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Satriani and Steve Vai (who was sadly not in this list) all belongs in S-tier. And then there is Adam Jones (Also not in list) from my favorite band of all time: TOOL, which oddly enough is at the front of A-Tier, he's great, but just not as awesome as his bandmates, funny to think he's the weakest link in TOOL, but still couldn't be TOOL without him!
Lots of great guitar players were not mentioned here on this list who in my opinion are very underrated such as John Fogerty, Randy Bachman, Mark Farner, just to name a few. 😎👍
Some guitarists that definitely should also be mentioned is Roger McGuinn-Byrds, Bert Janch, Nick Drake, Robin Trower, Sterling Morrison- Velvet Underground, Alvin Lee-Ten Years After, Tommy Iommi-Black Sabbath, Eddie Cochran, Dave Edmunds, Clarence White-Byrds. Steve Hillage, Donovan, Link Raye, James Burton & Poison Ivy-Cramps. Great overall list Larry!
Larry,there are a million great guitarists out there and that's why I don't think much of rankings,to me it's whatever makes a song work and if a guitarist does that then he's done his job,I'm not much into Olympic performances by any instrumentalist,even my favorite guitarist Jimi Hendrix I don't love because of his speed or virtuosity,I love him because he's melodic in his playing. Bob
You started off taking three of my favourites out of your ranking🤬🤬🤬Jerry Garcia and Ry Cooder are number one and two..Peter Green is amazing..Where is Billy Strings!!! I am not speaking to you until Monday Larry❤❤❤❤❤glen
Great list as usual. For me I agree with almost all classifications although I would put Mick Taylor as S and Eric Clapton as S too. Missing are excluding the ones you said you wouldn't rank because you don't know enough of their career: Steve Hacket (Genesis, solo) A, Al Di Meola (Return To Forever, solo) S, Martin Barre (Jethro Tull) A, Davey Johnstone (Elton John) A, Duane Allman (Allman Brothers Band) S, Dickie Betts (Allman Brothers Band) A, Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd) A, Alvin Lee (Ten Years After) A, Albert Lee (Head, Hands, and Feet, Eric Clapton) S, Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter (Lou Reed band especially live 1973/1974) A, Roy Buchanan A, Don Felder (Eagles) A, Andy Latimer (Camel) S, Carlos Santana (Santana, solo) S, Mike Bloomfield A, and there are others of course. This kind of ranking is challenging, always missing someone. Glad you included Rory Gallagher. Keep on making these lists!!!
There's a lot of players controversially missing from the original list, that are normally included: Yngwie Malmsteen and Steve Vai stand out as examples. Personally, I don't hold either in too much regard, But it's notable that they are missing. Maybe it means at last that tastes are maturing away from "athletic prowess" as if it were a sport, being a major consideration. Your personal list includes many I wouldn't bother to put into S tier; Jonny Greenwood (eh?) Steven Stills, Joni Mitchell, don't belong on there. I am curious about what evidence Im missing for this?
I won’t go into Greenwood and Stills, but Joni Mitchell is considered by most guitarists as a veritable genius on the guitar, an experimenter with unique and personal tunings and an expert in a wide range of genres including jazz. She is definitely worth of the highest ranking. I think acoustic players tend to be undervalued in “best of” lists, but Joni is tops.
@@dalehoustman4737 thanks, I’ll look into her guitar playing further. I also think acoustic players are underrated. In a recent list, Paul Simon was on it. This caused much controversy. But he’s actually a very beautiful player with tremendous sensitivity.
When I think of the "Crosby, Stills & Nash" debut album, I think the guitar playing is superlative. And a lot of that is by Stephen Stills. Neil Young occasionally guests. Stephen Stills is playing a lot of those instruments on that particular album. As for Jonny Greenwood, the Radiohead albums "The Bends" and "OK Computer" have great examples of superlative guitar playing, "Paranoid Android" anyone? 😊 And Joni Mitchell has many brilliant moments on the guitar in her music. All three would be in "A" tier on my personal ranking, but I could see why someone would put them in "S" tier.
Fun list! Both Glen Campbell and Hank Marvin (of the Shadows/Cliff Richard) are S-tier for me. Justin Hayward an A. Not flashy, but so melodic. Terry Kath at least an A, if not higher.
Not sure how the list creator thought to include Hank Williams Sr. in a list of the greatest guitarists, since we really can't tell how good of a guitarist he actually was. As a soloist he only did one recorded guitar solo (on "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It"). The rest of his recorded guitar work is strumming his own accompaniment, as he used session guys like Chet Atkins and Jack Shook in addition to his own regular lead players, Bob McNett and Sammy Pruett. As a singer and composer of country music? Maybe even above S tier. Guitarist? Strictly a strummer, at least until we can truly judge for ourselves.
I love your selections, Doctor Larry, baby! Les Paul, Jerry Garcia, Ry Cooder, Andres Segovia, and Prince, should all be in your "S" column. Pete Townshend and Mary Ford should be on your "A" list. I'm unsure if Yngwie Malmsteen should be on your "A" or "B" list.
Good video although I was worried you were going to put Jimi lower considering the way you talked of his albums recently 😅 I was surprised you had Pete Townsend that low. I could be wrong but I am pretty sure Bruce Springsteen played lead guitar on his songs so you might be more familiar with his guitar work than you think.
there are a few in s that i want to add in no particular order; Paul Kossoff Buckethead Guthrie Gowan Peter Green Roy Buchanan John Cipollina Alvin Lee John 5 Duane Allman and a few in a like Robin Trower and so on
In my opinion Paul McCartney is a all around great musician and ended being the great bass player for the Beatles that nobody wanted to be at the time. 👍😎
I don't know JACK about guitar/music, technically. All I know is, how a guitar solo makes me FEEL, and yes, Buck Dharma's stuff is most excellent. I HAVE heard though, that technically, Al Di Meola & Steve Vai are unparalleled, and didn'tsee them on your list. And I have friends who are fairly talented with the guitar, both tell me that Jimmy Page and Joe Perry's guitar-playing is pretty "sloppy". But like I said, I go with how a guitar solo makes me feel, and I really like Page and early Aerosmith.
Really to be honest talent wise you could say any one of the top 50 could be considered number one. It's just subjective. Depends on who your favorite is. I've seen most of them in action and really don't see that much of a difference.
@@LarryGravesCanadianStudmuffin He is the guitar player's guitar player. Any serious ranking of guitar players have him as #1 or close to it when all genres are included.
You actually dont always say. I am imressed with your fast reply and concern. Thanks again for your great channel, Larry. You are the heaviest thing since sliced raisin bread.
Being one of the inventors of neo-classical metal, fusing both genres together brilliantly... Randy Rhoads should certainly be in the conversation as one of the greatest. Unfortunately, he was taken too soon.
There is technology, creativity, etc., but who would get all the shades together..... I think maybe Tony McAlpine, Mathias Dieth, Wolf Hoffmann, Ronnie LeTekro🤔
I love Jimi Hendrix music but any list that ranks a guitarist who offed himself at 27 over guys that improved their style and expertise over 4 or 5 decades is BULLSHIT.
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Where is Terry Kath???
Not in this random tier list, plus I never listened to much Chicago but I know he's a superb guitarist. I watched the recent documentary on him.
Richie Blackmores guitar solo in Rainbow’s stargazer is one of my favorite guitar solos, and the three Iron Maiden guitarists, Glimour, Santana, Neil Young, Junior Kimbrough, Jimmy Paige, Scott Gorhan of Thin Lizzy, Empuu of Nightwish, and Steve Vai are my S tier guitarists
My favorites, that will be in S and A-Tier are:
- Buck Dharma
- Pete Townshend
- Ace Frehley
- Ian Moss (Cold Chisel)
- Todd Rundgren
- Mick Box (Uriah Heep)
- Andy Summers
- Brian May
- Rory Gallagher
- Punky Meadows (Angel)
- Steve Jones (Sex Pistols)
- Dave Martin (No Dice)
- Dick Wagner (Alice Cooper, KISS, Lou Reed)
- Mick Jones (Foreigner)
...and some more!
If Rory Gallagher isn't on your list, what are you even doing?? Love ya Larry!
This
Also: Richard Thompson, Steve Hackett, Justin Hayward, Bob Weir (for rhythm), Dicky Betts, Brian Setzler…Thanks!! Happy Christmas and New Years! 🎅🏻🧑🏻🎄🎉😎
Stevie ray Vaughan
What I learn from these tier lists is that I don't know enough guitar players to make a tier list.
Cool list!. My favourites from your list are Johnny Marr, Jonny Greenwood, Prince, Jimmy Page and James Hetfield. 2 Favourites of mine that aren’t on your list are Kirk Hammett and Tom Morello 👍xxx.
Tom Morello was in the list, Larry just didn't put him in any Tier. I'd but both Hammett and Morello high up in A-Tier.
Ah yes, my bad. Cool!, both excellent guitarists! 🙂👍x.
@@jamieking158 Absolutely! 😎👍
I usually only leave one comment on your videos, but you asked us to name some of our favorite guitarists, so here goes:
Rory Block (acoustic blues guitarist)
Bonnie Raitt
Glen Campbell
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Jeff Beck
Eddie Van Halen
Roy Clark
Chet Atkins
Gary Moore
Vernon Reid (Living Colour, Talking Heads session work)
Jimi Hendrix
Walter Trout
Johnny Winter
Hank "Sugarfoot" Garland (legendary country session and solo guitarist)
Michael Schenker (UFO, Scorpions, solo work)
All three Iron Maiden guitarists (Dave Murray, Adrian Smith, Yannick Gers)
Wolf Hoffman (Accept, a German metal band)
Wolfgang Van Halen
Duke Robillard (swing/jump blues and jazz guitarist)
Mike Stern
Andres Segovia
Lowell George (Mothers of Invention, Little Feat)
Randy Rhoads
Joe Bonamassa
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (Steely Dan, Doobie Bros., session work)
Steve Vai
Joe Satriani
Derek Trucks (S tier slide guitarist)
Duane Allman
Eric Clapton
Warren Haynes (Allman Bros., Gov't Mule)
This will do for starters.
Happy That you put Walter Trout up here. He is great. a few years ago everyone thought he was going to die, But he pulled through.
Someone I didn’t realise until recently was red hot on guitar was Glen Campbell. His playing was about the same standard as Roy Clark. I think there’s a duet with those two playing together on UA-cam somewhere.
Yes, I would have put him in S tier for sure.
Great video Larry very hard to categorise all these great guitarists. Randy California from Spirit Is One Of My Favourites. Good to see Joni Mitchell ranked so highly.
Ace Frehley and Gary Richrath l would for sure put on the S-list tier for me any way's both my favorite's
An honourable mention would definitely be Louie Shelton of The Wrecking Crew. His contributions to recordings by The Mamas and Papas, The Monkees and even John Lennon are significant.
Good list. I'm surprised that Mike Campbell and Santana did not make the tier.
My favourite guitarist is Steve miller just because he is my idol because he is a left handed guitarist player like me cheers Larry buddy
And he's a midnight toker.
@@kevinwilt5496 yessir buddy he is 😂
#1 RORY GALLAGHER!!!
Nice job. Special place for JLHooker. Why...my guiteacher wrote out Boom Boom Boom which is a blues stomper prevalent in most 12 bar blues idioms. Thanx. Nice Buddy Holly'd here. Robbie and Alex in s tier- yeah!
Very solid ranking. I see Simon Edwards is asking about Carl Wilson haha. I'd put him as a strong B. Not the most spectacular talent, but he had much better chops than he often gets credit for. Came up with many classic riffs for Brian too, like the one in "Dance Dance Dance."
Santana, Hendrix, MacLaughlin and Beck. Then there's everyone else
Great list! I’m really curious where would you place John Fogerty as I noticed he was missing
"A" tier for sure
Weird to see Pete in B, while his peers land in A. The Beatles are my favorite band, but Pete is absolutely a better guitarist than George and Paul. The thing with Pete is that he can reach Jimmy Page levels when he wants to, as heard here: ua-cam.com/video/NsjNG1PGz6k/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared. I get that he doesn’t do a lot of solos, but his rhythm playing definitely displays his skills. Think of the magnificent fast strumming of “Pinball Wizard” or his playing on “Sunrise”. Definitely an underrated guitarist overshadowed by drummer and bassist.
I can have my own opinion, thanks.
@@LarryGravesCanadianStudmuffin It's true, that most would put Pete Townshend in "S" tier. He was probably a big influence on Jimi Hendrix. As for his solos, I think Pete Townshend played more guitar solos in his live shows than in the studio. I'd rank Pete in "S" tier. Think how much he stood out in the '60's? Many guitarists were copying his style, and even into the '70's.
@@jameswilson7084 Pete was definitely employing some proto-psychedelic techniques on the "My Generation" album. Some of that stuff reminds me of what Hendrix and others would do later. Some cool guitar bits in "Out In The Street", "The Ox", and of course the title track. Also, the mid section of "I'm A Man" is so trippy for 1965. Truly ahead of his time.
@goldrag3163 I agree, and being the main lyricist, probably takes some of his energy away as a guitarist .
For me, Robin Trower, formerly of Procol Harum, later forming his own band, is an obvious omission.
Trower ranks up there with the very best.
I could be wrong, but I don't recall Carlos Santana being mentioned. Santana is also one of the greats.
´My favourites are Gary Moore and Carlos Santana and the 2 flamenco guitar players Paco De Lucia and Manitas De Plata. 🇮🇹
You are absolutely right about Buck Dharma
Larry Coryell, Pat Metheny, Alvin lee, Neal Schon, Eric Johnson, Robben Ford, Leslie West, Robin Trower, Allan Holdsworth, Mike Stern, Ollie Halsall, Steve Morse.........
Great choice putting Alex Lifeson in the S-Tier, so versatile. Ace Frehley is good in the A-Tier, can't argue with that. Randy Rhoads, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Satriani and Steve Vai (who was sadly not in this list) all belongs in S-tier. And then there is Adam Jones (Also not in list) from my favorite band of all time: TOOL, which oddly enough is at the front of A-Tier, he's great, but just not as awesome as his bandmates, funny to think he's the weakest link in TOOL, but still couldn't be TOOL without him!
You forgot Steve Hackett. I'd put him in S tier, somewhere near the top.
This would be a hard exercise to do. Of the guitarists listed, my favorite would be Richard Thompson.
Lots of great guitar players were not mentioned here on this list who in my opinion are very underrated such as John Fogerty, Randy Bachman, Mark Farner, just to name a few. 😎👍
I'm interviewing Mark Farner this week!
Right on I will be tuning in, tks. 😎👍
Some guitarists that definitely should also be mentioned is Roger McGuinn-Byrds, Bert Janch, Nick Drake, Robin Trower, Sterling Morrison- Velvet Underground, Alvin Lee-Ten Years After, Tommy Iommi-Black Sabbath, Eddie Cochran, Dave Edmunds, Clarence White-Byrds. Steve Hillage, Donovan, Link Raye, James Burton & Poison Ivy-Cramps. Great overall list Larry!
Larry,there are a million great guitarists out there and that's why I don't think much of rankings,to me it's whatever makes a song work and if a guitarist does that then he's done his job,I'm not much into Olympic performances by any instrumentalist,even my favorite guitarist Jimi Hendrix I don't love because of his speed or virtuosity,I love him because he's melodic in his playing. Bob
Could not have said it any better. 😎👍
You started off taking three of my favourites out of your ranking🤬🤬🤬Jerry Garcia and Ry Cooder are number one and two..Peter Green is amazing..Where is Billy Strings!!! I am not speaking to you until Monday Larry❤❤❤❤❤glen
Great list as usual. For me I agree with almost all classifications although I would put Mick Taylor as S and Eric Clapton as S too. Missing are excluding the ones you said you wouldn't rank because you don't know enough of their career: Steve Hacket (Genesis, solo) A, Al Di Meola (Return To Forever, solo) S, Martin Barre (Jethro Tull) A, Davey Johnstone (Elton John) A, Duane Allman (Allman Brothers Band) S, Dickie Betts (Allman Brothers Band) A, Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd) A, Alvin Lee (Ten Years After) A, Albert Lee (Head, Hands, and Feet, Eric Clapton) S, Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter (Lou Reed band especially live 1973/1974) A, Roy Buchanan A, Don Felder (Eagles) A, Andy Latimer (Camel) S, Carlos Santana (Santana, solo) S, Mike Bloomfield A, and there are others of course. This kind of ranking is challenging, always missing someone. Glad you included Rory Gallagher. Keep on making these lists!!!
There's a lot of players controversially missing from the original list, that are normally included: Yngwie Malmsteen and Steve Vai stand out as examples. Personally, I don't hold either in too much regard, But it's notable that they are missing. Maybe it means at last that tastes are maturing away from "athletic prowess" as if it were a sport, being a major consideration. Your personal list includes many I wouldn't bother to put into S tier; Jonny Greenwood (eh?) Steven Stills, Joni Mitchell, don't belong on there. I am curious about what evidence Im missing for this?
Why do I have to give you evidence of the guitarists I love? Perhaps make your own list.
I won’t go into Greenwood and Stills, but Joni Mitchell is considered by most guitarists as a veritable genius on the guitar, an experimenter with unique and personal tunings and an expert in a wide range of genres including jazz. She is definitely worth of the highest ranking. I think acoustic players tend to be undervalued in “best of” lists, but Joni is tops.
@@dalehoustman4737 thanks, I’ll look into her guitar playing further. I also think acoustic players are underrated. In a recent list, Paul Simon was on it. This caused much controversy. But he’s actually a very beautiful player with tremendous sensitivity.
When I think of the "Crosby, Stills & Nash" debut album, I think the guitar playing is superlative. And a lot of that is by Stephen Stills. Neil Young occasionally guests. Stephen Stills is playing a lot of those instruments on that particular album. As for Jonny Greenwood, the Radiohead albums "The Bends" and "OK Computer" have great examples of superlative guitar playing, "Paranoid Android" anyone? 😊 And Joni Mitchell has many brilliant moments on the guitar in her music. All three would be in "A" tier on my personal ranking, but I could see why someone would put them in "S" tier.
Paul Kossoff
Steve Marriott
Nick Drake
Tim Buckley
James Honeyman-Scott
Jimi Hendrix is my favourite guitarist, one of the legends of music!🎸
Townshend pretty good? He's great and a pioneer!!!
Jerry Garcia?
He is in the tier list but I didn't include him in my ranking as mentioned in the video.
Fun list! Both Glen Campbell and Hank Marvin (of the Shadows/Cliff Richard) are S-tier for me. Justin Hayward an A. Not flashy, but so melodic. Terry Kath at least an A, if not higher.
Not sure how the list creator thought to include Hank Williams Sr. in a list of the greatest guitarists, since we really can't tell how good of a guitarist he actually was. As a soloist he only did one recorded guitar solo (on "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It"). The rest of his recorded guitar work is strumming his own accompaniment, as he used session guys like Chet Atkins and Jack Shook in addition to his own regular lead players, Bob McNett and Sammy Pruett. As a singer and composer of country music? Maybe even above S tier. Guitarist? Strictly a strummer, at least until we can truly judge for ourselves.
Hope to see a tier list of greatest bass, drummers, and keyboard players coming up.
Happy to see Brian May in S tier .do you play the guitar man?
Nope.
I love your selections, Doctor Larry, baby!
Les Paul, Jerry Garcia, Ry Cooder, Andres Segovia, and Prince, should all be in your "S" column. Pete Townshend and Mary Ford should be on your "A" list. I'm unsure if Yngwie Malmsteen should be on your "A" or "B" list.
I would add to S: Santana, Steve Hackett, Peter Green, Mick Taylor and Robin Trower.
They seemed to have missed the man that cut Clapton's hair: Paul Kossoff.
Jimmy Page and Gary Moore 😊
Quite impressive!🎸
👑 Mike Oldfield 👑
Blackmore deserves to be on the top row right next to Hendrix.
Good video although I was worried you were going to put Jimi lower considering the way you talked of his albums recently 😅 I was surprised you had Pete Townsend that low. I could be wrong but I am pretty sure Bruce Springsteen played lead guitar on his songs so you might be more familiar with his guitar work than you think.
I gotta go S on Mick Taylor
Where’s Carl Wilson?
Not in this tier list...
Andy Latimer of Camel. Steves Hackett, Howe, Hillage, Rothery, Vai. PAT METHENY.
Carlos Santana is notably missing.
Paul Simon would be in the s tier with me, he is an amazing guitar player. 👍😎
there are a few in s that i want to add in no particular order;
Paul Kossoff
Buckethead
Guthrie Gowan
Peter Green
Roy Buchanan
John Cipollina
Alvin Lee
John 5
Duane Allman
and a few in a like Robin Trower and so on
1.Eddie van Halen 2.Randy Rhoades 3.Dave Navarro 4.Jimmy Page5..Pete Townsend 6,George Harrison
srv
In my opinion Paul McCartney is a all around great musician and ended being the great bass player for the Beatles that nobody wanted to be at the time. 👍😎
Some may put Angus Young up there with Hendrix
They may do, but they are very naughty to do so.
I don't know JACK about guitar/music, technically. All I know is, how a guitar solo makes me FEEL, and yes, Buck Dharma's stuff is most excellent.
I HAVE heard though, that technically, Al Di Meola & Steve Vai are unparalleled, and didn'tsee them on your list. And I have friends who are fairly talented with the guitar, both tell me that Jimmy Page and Joe Perry's guitar-playing is pretty "sloppy". But like I said, I go with how a guitar solo makes me feel, and I really like Page and early Aerosmith.
Townshend A for me, Johnny Winter S tier. You didn't rank Stevie Ray Vaughn whose S tier or Leslie West of Mountain who's A
I don't know their work, as I say in the video.
Really to be honest talent wise you could say any one of the top 50 could be considered number one. It's just subjective. Depends on who your favorite is. I've seen most of them in action and really don't see that much of a difference.
Il mio preferito è Jimmy Page Hendrix Clapton Jeff Beck David GILMOUR Eddie van Helen ❤😂😂
IS ROY BUCHANAN ON THAT LIST???????
If he was I wouldn't rank him as I never listened to his music.
Nice you giving Alex Lifeson some S tier love.
Steve Howe
Allen Holdsworth????????
Not part of the tier list, plus I never listened to his music...
@@LarryGravesCanadianStudmuffin He is the guitar player's guitar player. Any serious ranking of guitar players have him as #1 or close to it when all genres are included.
Perhaps spell his name properly then... @@majorsynthqed7374
A tad top heavy with the English, it would seem
*Sees channel name*
Oh
Alvin Lee? Duane Allman? Dickie Betts?
lol
Everybody's got one, they all stink, but mine...
Why do you always say "pur before" when you mean put after.
Otherwise, another great video, as always.
So you can complain.
You actually dont always say. I am imressed with your fast reply and concern.
Thanks again for your great channel, Larry.
You are the heaviest thing since sliced raisin bread.
Hard task .
Being one of the inventors of neo-classical metal, fusing both genres together brilliantly... Randy Rhoads should certainly be in the conversation as one of the greatest. Unfortunately, he was taken too soon.
Ever hear Hendrix live? Yikes. Sloppy sloppy sloppy
Yes, and he was amazing.
Hendrix is sloppy live.......Blah Blah Blah. Grow a pair
There is technology, creativity, etc., but who would get all the shades together..... I think maybe Tony McAlpine, Mathias Dieth, Wolf Hoffmann, Ronnie LeTekro🤔
Do the Christian Rock artists count too?
Stryper etc.
Few guitarists can do a chord change as quick as Pete Townshend.
Don't forget Lenny kravitz.
I love Jimi Hendrix music but any list that ranks a guitarist who offed himself at 27 over guys that improved their style and expertise over 4 or 5 decades is BULLSHIT.