Strat talk really truly final greatest guitarists of all time poll as conducted by me !

[Boognish]

Hey, I choose ST members Too many to mention but some I consider my mentors and have helped me grow as a player and person.....

@heltershelton @sam_in_cali @fezz parka @simoncroft @Mouse @Ebidis @Antstrat @3bolt79 @Thrup'ny Bit

...and I'm totally brain fogging right now, who's that Tony guy from Texas? is it? Or some other state? Won Blues competitions, is a guitar player for his main source of income - that guy. He's on my list too....

And probably 50 other ST members....

Tony Sims!

 

[stratosurf]

Robben Ford should really be somewhere on that list. Truly a monster player!

 

[Thunderhopkins8]

What about Buddy Guy? Slash? Gary Moore? Jeff Healey? Angus? Walter Trout?

 

[Scott Baxendale]

Django
Les Paul
Chet Atkins
Charlie Christian
Chuck Berry
Joe Pass
Bucky Pizzarelli
T-Bone Walker
Elmore James
Immediately come to mind.

 

[Scott Baxendale]

Everyone should do their personal top ten, then someone should compile the data and give the Strat-Talk definitive list? Perhaps the Mods?

 

[stylemessiah]

Where the fudge is SRV?

Who has ever heard of "east Bay Ray"

This entire thread feels like clickbait because no EJ, EC or SRV in the list, let alone top 5, just stupid...

 

[Jwalker99]

Mark Knopfler must be a write in

 

[sttrat714]

Eddie, Eric, and Stevie???????????????

 

[gazzie]

The Rolling Stones? Am I right? Did I win??

Maybe...

 

[Headstock]

No Knopfler? Shirley you jest.

Agreed -- and I was pretty disappointed to see that it took until page 6 (!!) for this to even be questioned...!


To be honest, polls like this rarely serve a purpose as there will be far too many great players not included.

Given the wide variety of musical and playing styles, I just don't think it's possible to narrow this down to one single "greatest of all time." There are many great players, not all of whom are easily comparable.

Musical styles, technical approaches to playing, instruments and other gear, recording techniques... all have evolved massively over the last 100 years. What would Robert Johnson have done with a Strat and and Dumble amps? What would Django have done with a Les Paul, a pedal board and multi-tracking?

I'm always very interested to discover new music and new players that I don't know enough about or hadn't even heard of before -- but I really don't see the point of GOAT polls.

 

[outcast]

So many choices, yet the best is not up there. Peter Green. Even BB King thought his tone was other worldly. Before the shock treatments. After that he was just another guitarist. Also, EC should be on the list. His contributions to the world of guitar are historic.

 

[Builder 2010]

Steve Howe
Trevor Rabin
James Burton
Walter Becker
Eric Clapton
Mark Knopfler
James Herrington
Joe Walsh
Peter Frampton
David Gilmour
Robin Trower
Buddy Guy
BB King
Chuck Berry
Eric Johnson

My list of the best is at least ten, possibly 20. All depends on what kind of music I'm into.

 

[slightlydetuned]

No Mark Speer of Khruangbin? No Jimmy James of DLO3? No Michael Lemmo at Norm's Guitar Shop in L. A.?

This poll needs a revision ...

 

[lazloryder]

NILES ROGERS! (Write in)

From the list, John Mayer...

 

[Dik Ellis]

Danny Gatton, SRV, Joe Pass.

 

[Dougeryb]

EC shouldn’t have to be a write in.

Same with EVH

 

[Dougeryb]

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[drp146]

There is a great deal of difference in greatest of all time guitarists and most influential guitarist of all time. Some of the people on the list are average at best, but were very influential. I think a poll like this is meaningless and should be listed by categories of music. You can't really compare great rock and blues players to the great Jazz players, most of the jazz players could play about anything the blues and rock players could, but not the other way around, with exceptions, of course. And Yngwie Malmsteen on a list with Johnny Ramone? Jeez.......no comparison, but both have their place in music history.

 

[SylinerrFox]

pete townshend!

 

[mone]

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