Top 10 guitarists contest

[purple]

Going to try to start a pair vs contest like the others on here, but to determine the top 10 guitarists as voted by users on this site. New to this, but I'm thinking two weeks from this post will be the deadline for submitting all the possible guitarists up to a maximum of 400; each user should submit their own top 10 guitarists. Two weeks from now I'll put all the shit in a spreadsheet and randomize the match-ups and then everyone can start voting on each match-up like the other contests on this site. I think one week should be the set response time to each match up. Open to any other suggestions for rules, etc... by the end, you should be able to see how your 10 favorite guitarists stack up against the general users' picks...

[purple]

Steve Williamson (The Stooges Raw Power)
Lou Reed (Velvet Underground, solo)
Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
Robert Quine (Voidoids, Lou Reed's Blue Mask, others)
D. Boon (Minutemen)
Greg Ginn (Black Flag, others)
Jack White (White Stripes)
Ron Asheton (The Stooges)
Sterling Morrison (Velvet Underground)
PJ Harvey (solo)

[40footwolf]

This is in no particular order, I'm assuming?

Jimi Hendrix
Robert Fripp(King Crimson)
Tony Iommi(Black Sabbath)
"Fast" Eddy Clarke(Motorhead)
Isaac Brock(Modest Mouse)
K.K Downing/Glenn Tipton(Judas Priest)
Tom Morello(Rage Against The Machine)
Dave Mustaine(Megadeth)
Josh Homme(Queens of the Stone Age)
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-John Cassavettes

[RFNAPLES]

Kenny Burrell
Charlie Christian
Bill Frisell
Grant Green
Barney Kessell
John McLaughlin
Pat Metheny
Wes Montgomery
Joe Pass
Django Reinhardt
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[videoheadcleaner]

Matt Bellamy - Muse
Robert Smith - The Cure
Jimmy Page - Led Zeppelin
John Butler - John Butler Trio
Chris Cheney - The Living End
Simon Tong - The Verve
Pete Townshend - The Who
Paul Dempsey - Something For Kate
Carlos Santana - Santana
Eric Clapton - Cream, Yardbirds etc.

Some others that would have been in here have been mentioned so I put some roughies in there. Have seen Smith, Butler, Cheney, Dempsey and Bellamy live in concert. Bellamy is the best from what I have seen.

[The Gollux]

jimmy hendrix
joey santiago - pixies
jimmy paige - led zeppelin
jack white - white stripes
doug martsch - built to spill
d. boon - minutemen
david gilmour - pink floyd
jonny greenwood - radiohead
tom verlaine - television
robert fripp - king crimson
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"Here are the young men, the weight on their shoulders."

[Mr. Shankly]

This is a personal list of guitarists that have meant a lot to me over the years. It is not an objective list of all-time great guitarists and you won't see most on the walls of Guitar Center. I like guitarists that add color and emotion to a song and that serve the song first and foremost, not themselves. I also like jangle as will be apparent with some of my first choices.

Peter Buck- R.E.M.
Johnny Marr- The Smiths, Modest Mouse etc.
John Squire- The Stone Roses
Roger McGuinn- The Byrds
George Harrison- The Beatles
Pete Towshend- The Who
Neil Young
Doug Martch- Built to Spill
Thurston Moore- Sonic Youth
Tom Verlaine- Television

Honorary mention: Nick Drake

[theharrisonfords]

Top 10 Guitarists (Excluding Hendrix):

In no particular order,

1. Chuck Berry
2. D Boon (Minutemen)
3. John Fahey
4. Tom Verlaine (Television)
5. John Fogerty (CCR)
6. Pete Townshend (The Who)
7. Jimmy Page (Zeppelin)
8. Keith Richards (Rolling Stones)
9. Joni Mitchell
10. David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)

Honorable Mention: Johnny Marr, Brian May, Adrian Belew, George Harrison, Lou Reed/Sterling Morrison, and Link Wray

[haredoug]

Duane Allman
Richard Thompson
Mick Ronson
George Harrison
Davey Johnstone
Keith Richard(s)
Pete Townsend
Leo Kottke
Frank Zappa
Les Paul

[Elston]

Omar Rodriguez Lopez