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Rolling Stone published its original list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists in 2011. It was compiled by a panel of musicians, mostly older classic rockers. Our new expanded list was made by the editors and writers of Rolling Stone. This one goes to 250.
The list has rock, jazz, reggae, country, folk, blues, punk, metal, disco, funk, bossa nova, bachata, Congolese rumba, flamenco, and much more.

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ORIGINAL: El Burdo

Do you think? Not sure, if we're talking about technique. I think 'communication' is about something else. I think of him as being a fantastic musician who played guitar.

For me, at the age of 14 Jimi's arrival was an amazing experience (ahem..) and a source of wonderment for years. But in guitar terms I only ever heard of one Hendrix clone - Peter Frampton - and the music was hollow compared to Jimi.

I'm not sure I heard many of Jimi's techniques repeated in direct or influential form. Maybe the various 'sus' embellishments? The double string bend (one going up, another coming down)? Not much, I don't think.

Had he ever played with Miles, I think Jimi might have been shown (up) for what he was - a fantastically creative blues/rock guitarist, though a limited one capable of eliciting an emotional response from an audience. He would have played blues too, but not like Sco did with Miles. It would have been interesting to see if he would have educated himself in harmony and theory to become a different musician later.

I saw Eric Clapton ('God') play live with Herbie at a jazz festival. There was a key change. Eric f* it up, grimaced and the dual standard between rock guitarists and jazz was shown in crystal clarity.

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ORIGINAL: Ricardo

Rolling Stone is a fanzine….of course the list would be different than the guitar magazines. I learned a lot in the late 80’s about music via the astute discussions and readership contributions. At the time the best mag was guitar for the practicing musician (GFTPM), much more involved than Guitar Player or Guitar World, which had good photos. GW started copying the format in terms of including music scores. The lists of “greatest” always made some sense, though it was always clear it was based on commercial popularity rather than ability or depth.

About who is a great player, McLaughlin is my pick, having played with Miles, Hendrix, Paco, Chick, Santana, Jaco, Dimeola, the best drummers ever, greats from India, etc. I still like my rock guys like Gilbert, BEttencourt, Yngwie, Randy, Van Halen, Becker, etc.

In flamenco, Paco Cepero does no wrong in any area. Cante, Baile, Solo, speedy picados, commercial Rumba, etc. Paco De Lucia was the greatest of all time but often divided the aficionados, where as nobody would deny Cepero was best for the cante. My flamenco list has never changed much. Ramon MOntoya, PDL, M. Sanlucar, Cepero, Nuñez, Tomatito, V. Amigo, Morao (Manuel uncle and son, Diego is decent), Chicuelo, and Antonio Rey was and still is an inspiration.

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That list is ****

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ORIGINAL: El Burdo


For me, at the age of 14 Jimi's arrival was an amazing experience (ahem..) and a source of wonderment for years. But in guitar terms I only ever heard of one Hendrix clone - Peter Frampton - and the music was hollow compared to Jimi.

I'm not sure I heard many of Jimi's techniques repeated in direct or influential form. Maybe the various 'sus' embellishments? The double string bend (one going up, another coming down)? Not much, I don't think.

Had he ever played with Miles, I think Jimi might have been shown (up) for what he was - a fantastically creative blues/rock guitarist, though a limited one capable of eliciting an emotional response from an audience. He would have played blues too, but not like Sco did with Miles. It would have been interesting to see if he would have educated himself in harmony and theory to become a different musician later.

I saw Eric Clapton ('God') play live with Herbie at a jazz festival. There was a key change. Eric f* it up, grimaced and the dual standard between rock guitarists and jazz was shown in crystal clarity.

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He loves Lenny Breau, though you may not if you look at his flamenco 'interpretations'.