Top 10 Overrated Guitar Players of All Time!!!??

[@meglioeducation]

All due repsect, hard to watch a video on "Overrated" by a critic wearing a Kiss shirt with a giant Kiss poster behind him.

[@GearGasms]

Genius comment

[@KevinOMalley-f2e]

I thought same. The entire band sucked (IMO)

[@antinazi1959]

@@KevinOMalley-f2e definitely overachievers

[@i-on-u]

agreed on your top 3,….just don’t care about the rest 😂 Thank you.

[@GearGasms]

@i-on-u I’ll take it!

[@terrariumelio974]

Hendrix was a moving guitarist and artist no matter what techy nerdy guitar fans think. Art is about moving people in one direction way or another, not how precisely an instrument is played. That’s way Hendrix is still talked about today.

[@GearGasms]

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[@GuitarGears4544]

There's a difference between "musicians who play the guitar" and "guitar players." If the yardstick is shredding, then Chuck Berry, John Lennon, George Harrison, Keith Richards, Pete Townsend, David Gilmour, Kurt Cobain, the guys in Radiohead, etc, etc, are "over-rated." I think the idea of "good guitarist= finger gymnast" is relatively new (ie, post-EVH). In reality, music is an art form, and the guitar is a paintbrush. If you say a poem really fast, it doesn't make it better. To each his own.

[@GearGasms]

This is great insight! Thank you!

[@Voitcu]

I get so tired of hearing the same old excuses why fast players are sub par or a different kind of musician. You guys say speed doesn't mean anything and at the same time make a preposterous distinction like that. Another guy wrote its better to know where your going than running around in circles. Really??? Another ridiculous analogy. Yes you can get a 13 year old that just started playing and just moves his fingers really fast all over the place not knowing what they are doing. That was me a long time ago. You cant say that about seasoned artists like Yngwie, Michael Romeo, Luca Turrili. These guys clearly know what they are doing. And because it isn't the same old unimaginative regurgitated boxed in playing. Pentatonics and cowboy chords, doesn't somehow make them out to be less musicians. Heres an obvious analogy. Anyone can play Berry, Lennon, Harris, Richards, Townsend and Gilmour. But lets see them play EVH, SRV or Yngwie. They couldn't do it if it depended on their lives. So yes there is definitely a difference but you guys got it backwards and its obviously only due to Sour grapes. Ive yet to hear a reasonable excuse to put down the more advanced players. It takes more skill to run than to walk. How can anyone argue that. Everyone knows when your learning any musical instrument you start off slow and build it. It won't work any other way. I don't need to make up irrelevant apples and orange analogies. I can just say it how it is. But you guys with your nostalgic attachments praise those who crawl. If you dont like fast paced more exciting music that's just personal preference. Personally slow music bores me to tears, and music is neither all about math like another kind of clueless critic would argue. So stop trying to think up excuses why what you prefer is somehow better. Look, I used to rag on Angus Young because he's an easy target right. 3 chords and a heart attack. But when all he did his whole life was play guitar, theres no way he's an amateur. Doesn't matter the style or speed. You just build an unimaginable control and intuition. Theres simply no way around it. Its like they say about B.B. King, that Fucker can play one note all night, but no one can do it like him. And thats a quote directly from Yngwie, who plays with way more feeling than people care to admit. Its the same old BS, just because you aren't bending and vibrating slow notes all night, suddenly you have no feeling. It may be a different kind of feeling and definitely harder to pull off than playing slow. Adding spaces to buy time and think of what to do next. But it takes a hella of a lot of feeling to shred up and down the fretboard at will and keep it sounding fresh. And evens seamlessly incorporating different techniques to boot. And feeling is the only thing that can do that. You guys assume they just memorize scales and play them backwards and forwards. Like I said, everyones a critic but most of them are clueless what they are talking about. Heres a stupid analogy you might be able to relate to. The weight lifter that can lift the most weight is clearly the winner. But you would argue, oh anyone can lift a lot of weight, those guys are just a bunch of flashy show offs. Its the guys who cant lift a lot that are the real heroes LOL Ridiculous. Like I said, the proofs in the pudding. Yngwie can play anything and anyone, but few can play Yngwie, even Joe Satriani admitted in great disappointment, I stood and watched exactly what he was doing. I couldn't possibly be closer and see everything. But yet Satriani still couldn't play it. Thats pure feel. When you ask Yngwie what picking technique he uses to play a certain passage he says I dont know, has to stop and analyze it for himself before giving an answer. Thats called being in the zone, he just internalizes everything and brings it to the surface, that's called playing from the heart not the mind, not being conscious of it. And it takes a lifetime to develop, in fact its always in a state of development. And you cant say the speed of a player can ever hinder that natural progression. Its sheer absurdity. Hers yet another way Debunk the whole Shred myth. Practice makes perfect, it doesn't matter the style or technique, saying someone is less a musician because they can play fast is the same as blaming any other aspect like bending or vibrato. But if I were to say that, ah man he sucks, all he does is bend and vibrato everything people would think Im crazy. Yet somehow if you say it about faster players somehow it makes sense. No, what happened is people like EVH, SRV and YJM came along and made everyone before them look stupid and the Idolaters were butthurt and angry and had to make something up to compensate for it. Sorry Charlie, thats just evolution, there will always be someone better that comes along, ALWAYS. And thank God for that or life would become really stale. and western adage states "Be never afraid of change, be only afraid of standing still." So true. But you numbskulls wont only hate instead of praise the innovators, you'll invent the absolute worst excuses for hating an artist. Its Art not a sport for Fucks sake. I can go on but what's the point. Its always been like this. When Hendrix first came out all the old Blues Players accused him of bastardizing the art. But long after humans built their emotional attachments Jimi's made out to be the greatest ever. That can never happen, there will always be someone that puts in more time to learn how to do it better. Jason Becker would even take his guitar with him to the dinner table. Today he is a vegetable but still composes music. And he was one of the original shredders. Whats Richards known for? Drugs and Orgies, fuck that guy and all the decedent Rock stars. They got the free ride and prove it by they're minimalistic approach to music. In the words of Yngwie, how can less be more, more is more. Duh! I couldn't say it better. And one last thing about Yngwie. He was gonna come out playing Blues, and does it exceptionally well, but thought everyones doing that, so he fucking invented an entirely new genre of music instead, and literally did everything himself. All the writing all the decisions. And youre gonna compare Townsend and Richards to that who couldnt even play a guitar solo if you payed them. OMFG where do they grow you people? They say repetition justifies, say something enough times and the parrots will start repeating it. "Speed isn't everything." Bunch of no talent lamos who refuse to change with the times. Thats ok, the times will change just the same without you

[@isaac3rd]

No Joe Satriani? No Steve Vai? To me, just technical flash, no phrasing, no real feeling. I call it the "Dig Me" school of guitar playing. But that's just me, I guess.

[@goldismoney5899]

Agreed!

[@thespacealienssmogandgrog4283]

You're right. I don't dig them.

[@usesumlogicmanlogicman4334]

I SO agree with you. Add Bonamessa to that list.

[@GearGasms]

Yes on both

[@KeefsCattys]

The most over rated for me is Clapton . Seriously just So bland ! I've seen folks down the pub playing with more feeling . I've never got why he's deemed as good?

[@GearGasms]

🤓

[@tunanorth]

Here's what Satriani had to say about Hendrix: "I know exactly what he did, and its very easy for me to do the same thing. BUT I HAVE NO IDEA HOW HE THOUGHT OF IT!"

[@GearGasms]

🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@aerotube7291]

Extremely well said

[@aerotube7291]

I felt the same about telephone blues 🤣

[@aerotube7291]

I loved sachets irony on telephone blues as I felt he took it too seriously and was the goto guitarist for none guitarists......whilst age has humbled this old blues picker and I may be more open minded I guess I held onto that chuckle...

[@RobertMJohnson]

The great strength of Hendrix wasn’t his playing; it was his musicality. Voodoo Chile alone should be on everyone’s top 5 greatest rock compositions all time.

[@jonlohrenz5446]

Saying Hendrix is not good is like criticizing the Wright Brothers for not building a Boeing 747 on their first attempt.

[@GearGasms]

Not a terrible analogy

[@jamiemcbride4226]

That’s funny but nice way to put it

[@guyfeldman4404]

Er, no one says Hendrix was not great..I think the issue is that he likely wasn't as good as many make him out to be.

[@castleanthrax1833]

Overrated does not mean not great. Overrated means they're not as great as people are rating them. Most of the guitarists who wind up in the top 10 lists are overrated. They're just popular because of their music.

[@jonlohrenz5446]

@@castleanthrax1833 okay there professor

[@RonSM2112]

This video is idiotic in its entirety.

[@GearGasms]

Hey Ron, so are you.

[@simbo52]

@@GearGasms so you can criticize but can't take it. LOL

[@individualmember]

Jimi Hendrix hasn’t done anything new or interesting in the last fifty years. Being dead is a poor excuse.

[@coreyleavell6921]

Yeah. What's his deal?

[@GearGasms]

Lol

[@erichhartmann6539]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@coreyleavell6921]

@user-ov1nv8dt6y you are mostly correct. However, you have to factor in the LSD. (Didn't he put it in his headband?) He was accessing the aether, for lack of a better term. I started on Blues. It got boring. Now I'm grateful for that basis. It's apparently difficult if you didn't start from there. I don't know how to measure that, but "The wind cries Mary" was super easy to learn.

[@rollmeonekenobie]

I think Keith Richards is one of the most overrated guitar players of all time... He was just in the right place at the right time but he SUCKS

[@joebish6629]

Don't think he would rate himself very highly, but he has come up with some of the best rock riffs. Now, Ron Wood was in the right place at the right time and looked the part but is vastly overrated as a guitarist.

[@GearGasms]

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[@jaynethomas7380]

Couldn't agree more.

[@xxryder1]

KISS-Those makeup wearing clowns have always been overrated.

[@GearGasms]

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[@padmakamirihagalla1551]

Agree with all except for Hendrix. You became a bit of hypocrite on your own criteria of talking about context in your selection.

[@GearGasms]

Because it’s a joke video

[@luckyfargo2751]

Massive credit for having the balls to release this with the comments turned on

[@GearGasms]

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[@GonzGunner]

@@GearGasms I'm subscribed! Glad I came across your channel, I am enjoying your observations and commentary!

[@kbuss10]

@@GearGasms omg i so agree with clapton :D

[@joncoutts1330]

You're dead right about Jack White and Slash being overated but not Hendrix and Santana. Their sound can be defined with a single note. They were trailblazers not followers.

[@GearGasms]

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[@aerotube7291]

Yes, conjecture is rife on here but the comments are all pretty good

[@stevengolden1154]

Santana doesn't play guitar he makes it sing one of the greatest ever

[@aerotube7291]

@@stevengolden1154 i didn't know he sung??...sorry bad last day of work joke!. Greetings from New Zealand!

[@EveyoneCallsMeTheDude]

Santana hasn’t been relevant in like 20 years, and for the 5 years before that he was living off his just before doing shit with Rob Thomas era. Honely I thought he was dead. Also Slash is only relevant to boomers who buy up anything with his name on it. Here’s a shitty les Paul that weighs 75 lbs with slashes name on it Boom sold.. Here’s an acoustic guitar made out of ply wood paint it all black but put slash on the truss Rod cover Boom sold. I fucking love G-n-R as much as the next 80’s kid but fuck, if it wasn’t for the boomers no one would know who he is.

[@opossumwallst]

Never heard anyone say The Edge was a good guitarist in first place.

[@GearGasms]

You don’t get out much then. He’s a primary influence of an entire generation

[@clemensberg8574]

​​​​​@@GearGasms So many here don't get the gist of the difference between "overrated as a guitar player" and "this guy sucks". To think someone is overrated and to dislike someone are of course two different things. I say this loud: Edge is an outstanding musician and guitar player! His sound and his playing are unique, always absolutely song oriented. U2 consist of a singer, a rhythm section and The Edge. This guy's like a perfect "filler". Ultimately, it's ridiculous that anyone should feel the need to defend The Edge. Utterly ridiculous. This man is so big and so important for so many of my generation. Of course he himself would stand above all the ramblings here, he wouldn't even smile tiredly, he wouldn't bother with that crap at all. Sorry, but there is so much bullshit written here. As I said, so many didn't understand the actual subject of the video. But, Alan, you provoked this. It was to be expected that this would sometimes degenerate into stupid bashing. Too many are simple minded and intolerant. And maybe frustrated because they can't get anything done themselves. (Too bad I can't write here in my mother tongue to express myself more eloquently)

[@GearGasms]

No this is really good. Thank you

[@johnmc3862]

@@GearGasms Doesn’t mean he is good though!

[@f0urstr1ng]

I’m underrated. People say my playing stinks but I’m really not that good.

[@robfre3183]

I agree with most of your list except for Hendrix. Often played untuned and offhand but... so creatively, unwordly and genial. 54 years after his death he's still relevant and appreciated to by new generations.

[@GearGasms]

I’ll take it

[@billjones4159]

I do not get the obsession with Hendrix. His guitar writing is average. He was incredibly innovative, producing amazing sounds. Technically he was great. But his songs were average.

[@robfre3183]

I don't get Picasso nor Rembrandt either but a lot of people do! This is the thing with Hendrix; you either get it or you don't. I don't get shredders (not to say that they're not technically incredible), but I listen to Hendrix's Star Spangled Banner, which basically sound like a plane crash, and it never fails to give me goosebumps. @@billjones4159

[@jamiemcbride4226]

For me Hendrix was pretty awesome the loud distortion the feedback the crybaby, like a mad tiger trying to get out of a trap , but he could rein it in on songs like hey Joe, the wind cried Mary but on the song voodoo child live in Maui his guitar playing on that day was amazing and some people hear it like dam there’s a lot of distortion and then there’s people like me that turn it up louder and my wife will say it’s really loud but my girlfriend will start dancing and grooving to it peace

[@wilsonjohn9766]

@@jamiemcbride4226 Machine Gun, Voodoo child and back from storm at the Isle of White. Machine Gun, Power of soul and Who knows at the Fillmore East.

[@fearless1024]

As soon as you said "The Edge"... *I paused the video to give it an upvote*

[@GearGasms]

Lol

[@tad1111]

They are all way way more accomplished than you will ever be.

[@GearGasms]

This is one of my favorites. I have all the standing I need to say whatever I want wherever I want whenever I want. How many videos have you made? Let’s see your videos? See how I turned your entire short-bus argument back around on itself? Likely not or you wouldn’t have made the comment in the first place. Dickhead

[@adamfrost3139]

Yeah, "way more accomplished" at being overrated

[@markusolma337]

For me Hendrix remains the greatest rock guitarist of all times. He used all techniques and possibilities of an electric guitar of his time to create images and pictures in your mind like a musical painter. Hendrix was always searching for notes, his playing was never boring or predictable and that's what makes him great.

[@GearGasms]

Respect 🤘🏻

[@adrianbaker9451]

But guitar solo's are boring, real boring!

[@markusolma337]

@@adrianbaker9451 Which solos do you mean? Give an example ?

[@adrianbaker9451]

@@markusolma337 mate any solo, it's just self indulgent bullshit on behalf of the guitarist, give me a cracking riff anytime

[@JeannieTarantola-r2k]

Absolutely I don't think Paul McCartney was kidding when he said every great guitar God of the time would pack the London clubs to see Jimi play. He might have been kidding when he said Jimi asked if Eric Clapton was here tonight. I need my guitar tuned.

[@GraveFireflys]

Hendrix , Clapton and santana ! These guys have soul , it's not about technical ability it's about soul , originality and feel

[@GearGasms]

🤘🏻

[@ReginaldMacmillan]

If you call soul repeating the same licks over and over again, perhaps it was just the heroin got them stuck on a continuous loop lol

[@TheGuitarReb]

The Band to Jimmy: "Who is that kid in the back bedroom playing the guitar?" Jimmy: "Ah, that's just my little brother Stevie Ray."@@ReginaldMacmillan

[@jerryhopfe5111]

YES , Hendrix was full in his texture , Page could play anything , and so forth ...

[@TheGuitarReb]

Jeff Healey was totally blind and could lay the guitar across his lap and play "All along the watch Tower" better than Jimi Hendrix. Watch it on KZbin..

[@Hendrixleft]

A guy in a kiss shirt talking about Hendrix and Clapton... the video has a cringe worthy ending. The videos you showed of those two actually prove why they have no place on this list...

[@Sinnerswing]

But he had some funny lines.

[@nunyabusiness8498]

He was meming a little

[@daveg5590]

Hendrix was a tone deaf hack with a cool name. If his name was Fred Smith, you would have never heard him.

[@lowellcalavera6045]

That's not a "Kiss" shirt. That's an Ace Frehley shirt, fool.

[@GearGasms]

Lol

[@eliasskoundrianos46]

Clapton, Santana and Hendrix are overrated? LOL😂 Who are you again?

[@GearGasms]

Where’s your video son? You are criticizing my video yet have you made one? Fck no you haven’t so by your own standards you should stfu, ignorant jackhole

[@User0resU-1]

A cynical video to get comments and likes. It's trash talk for no other purpose.

[@GearGasms]

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[@vagabond197979]

The Edge was the first one that came to mind when I saw this video title. Glad he made the list.

[@GearGasms]

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[@nixandersson]

Who gives a damn, it's just opinions ...btw: I would have put Yngwie Malmsteen on this list following your criteria.

[@GearGasms]

He’s on the viewer’s choice list!

[@andym1729]

Never understood the whole Jack White craze….🤷‍♂️

[@GearGasms]

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[@AnnWahlquist]

id say Yngwie is greatly overrated.... its all the same, if you heard one Yngwie song you heard them all really ...

[@a5dr3]

Yeah I agree but Yngwie can play soulfully and in different styles pretty perfectly when he wants to. He just usually chooses to stay in that classical mode and flashy 32nd notes most of the time. Frusciante is without a doubt the most overrated in pop music. I would say of any instrument.

[@GearGasms]

He’s on the viewer’s choice list

[@lhasaroadrat9374]

Kiss blows.

[@GearGasms]

Ok

[@dextrosebizarre]

I get the point for Hendrix for those who care about technics and tightness. I mean he could not play chicken country style or Van Halen Satriani tap guitar virtuosity, but the guy invented new sounds , new ways of thinking and playing rock, composed great songs and mastered and improved most guitar effect. He is more than a guitarist but an influencial musician like Miles Davies on trumpet. He revolutionized the instrument. How can he be overrated when he changed guitar rock and rock music in 4 years dying at 27. Like Django Reinhardt, Doc Watson , Les Paul, Chet Atkin… There is guitar before them, and guitar after them. They changed something. The man realesed three bombs between 67 and 68, with Are you experienced, Axis Bold as love and Electric Ladyland, and reinvented what rock guitar presence on stage with the use of feedback, burning guitar, and use it guitar as machine gun at Woodstock . Don t tell he needs to tune his guitar while he tortures it and make it scream. You want nice and beauty, you ll find it on Little wing, Wind cries Mary, Castle made of sand, Axis Bold as love and more.

[@GearGasms]

Great comment!

[@childwallred]

Beautifully put!

[@Paul-tk2my]

Good points made here. Most people understand the tuning ‘issue’. The Wind Cries Mary solo is sublime; where he takes it and how he resolves it shows his skill and musicality

[@TheGuitarReb]

You have never heard "All along the Watch Tower " until you have seen Jeff Healey play it on You tube. He went blind at one year old and started playing guitar at four. Jeff died at the age of 41 due to his rare cancer disease. He is undoubtedly the most amazing guitarist that has EVER lived.

[@jonthehermit8082]

Greatest of all time. All the techniques and skills in the universe can’t do what he did with that guitar.

[@MrMoggyman]

I disagree about Hendrix. Jimi often played his guitar out of tune for a reason......to stop people like you replicating his sound. How do I know? I was there friend. Can you play as good as Hendrix? How many songs have you written and performed that were top 10 smashes? Better not to judge too quickly.

[@GearGasms]

How many 500k videos do you have? Better not to judge too quickly

[@paulfrancis2476]

What pissed me off was I watched most of this shit video

[@GearGasms]

And yet you found time and energy to comment after furiously wanking it for 14 solid minutes. Go wash your hands

[@frankvizzi4617]

Eric Clapton was very good when he plays with Cream and he is great Blues player, but he never took his playing to the next level he never improves. Jeff Beck played with Clapton and Beck kept improving, players like Eric Clapton they come in dime a dozen.

[@GearGasms]

🤘🏻

[@michelangelocaruncho8571]

Agreed! He was very good for his time and that’s really it

[@tonebrennan8475]

@@frankvizzi4617 During his Gibson years,Clapton had a wonderful way of mixing Major & minor pentatonic scales to outline V7 chords;adding his KILLER vibrato and tone,you got a really melodic experience. Sunshine of Your Love 💕 is a great example of these techniques!

[@22soap14]

Thanks for the Clapton nod. He’s always been the most overrated in my opinion

[@GearGasms]

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[@ejwoolz]

You took two TOP 3 guitarists and made them bottom 3. I agree with you that Hendrix was frequently out of tune, but he was savage on the neck and with the technology of the day it would be hard to stay in tune, but when you put Jimi in the context of his time, he was truly unique and gifted. I saw him 3 times live. Compared to his contemporaries, he was from another planet and forced other guitar players to reconsider their self imposed boundaries. I think if Jimi had lived, he may have become less significant. His eclectic explorings at the end of his life were unlistenable. You cannot come down on Clapton so hard because you hate one song. Once again, putting him in the context of his time, he was exceptional. He was in a league of three. Clapton, Page, and Beck. Before people try to dispute this, you need to look at their popularity as studio musicians (producers faves), and guest stars on other's songs (musicians faves). Clapton, despite decades of self sabotage, has a catalog most impressive for a guitarist. He arguably may not be the best, but he can't go below #3. I agree with your other choices and would add several others, but your inclusion of these two is silly. BTW your credibility is strained by all the KISS paraphernalia in the background!😊

[@RobBCactive]

Well put!! Other players have mentioned the whammy bar as the cause of detuning.

[@GearGasms]

Kiss remark = yawn

[@nathangrueber9834]

Breathe!

[@lueysixty-six7300]

You cannot be the greatest guitar players of all time if you need to be only considered in the context of the time you were in. That little proviso disqualifies them from the title of "All time best" Hendrix & Clapton & Gilmour weren't "better" than Vai & Yngwie & Govan....they were only relatively great...FOR THE TIME.

[@nathangrueber9834]

@@lueysixty-six7300 good point

[@ricequin]

For me a great guitarist is one who plays what is best for the song, even if it’s not technical or flashy. For me, what makes Santana and Hendrix have in common is a sound that is uniquely them.

[@GearGasms]

True

[@grandwazoo9112]

Well said

[@grandwazoo9112]

@@harrycrabb4357 He also does great work on some of the early Peter Gabriel albums.

[@TheGuitarReb]

Unique: Willie Nelson is unique. Dosen't make him great but he is unique. Admit it!

[@oceancrosby4578]

@@TheGuitarReb A tidbit.... back in the day when Wille played electric guitar, he was really good on the instrument.

[@LeeHoward-ef5bg]

You can't take anyone who likes kiss seriously

[@GearGasms]

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[@Claymor621]

A man in a Kiss t-shirt telling other people about music. The world turned upside down.

[@GearGasms]

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[@dthtoneocons1]

@Vincent Mileto Great point Vincent. Here's a guy wearing an Ace Frehley t-shirt talking shit about Hendrix(??) Santana and Eric Clapton. Sure, Since the Cream years he's been kind of in the pop music mode. However, he advertises himself as a master of the Blues. 461 Ocean Blvd, covers I Shot the Sherriff, covers of Cocaine, After Midnight, both originally written and performed by J J Cale, Living on Tulsa Time, written and performed by Danny Flowers, my preferred version was by Don Williams. Although, a few of.the aforementioned songs were pretty good in EC's hands. As far (the legendary) Kiss goes, saw them when I was 14 years old, very entertaining. A friend gave me a copy of Kiss (1974), prior to that particular show. Then came Hotter than Hell and Dressed to Kill. Anyway, after that, moving on to age 15, I personally had enough of Kiss. Repetitious and boring........

[@GearGasms]

Each and every one of your opinions is at least as valid as mine if not more so. Particularly as you noted my unfortunate fashion! Thanks for watching and commenting! Please subscribe if not already- we’d love to have you in the family!

[@curt300s]

You missed the intentional literary device: irony.

[@abracadabra485]

@@GearGasms At first I was like... who is this guy. As you wound down your list I found myself 100% in agreement. Each artist on your list has earned their wings but, yes, over-rated. Haters gonna hate (Fanboys).

[@williammcdonough2291]

Your use of the terms "repetitive" and "predictable" became..... well.....repetitive and predictable.

[@GearGasms]

This is an awesome comment - i don't know how I missed it - lol. You got me!

[@surfrby8876]

Don’t forget and in context

[@traumaturgist]

KISS as a whole is as overrated as AC/DC and Aerosmith...all of them essentially glorified bar-bands (or equivalent).

[@GearGasms]

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[@Wayne-fo9ew]

Wow. It's amazing how awful this list is. It's fine if you don't appreciate Hendrix or Clapton. That's a matter of taste. But to think they are overrated doesn't really make any sense.

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[@gymnosophy]

Clapton is a boring guitarist

[@GearGasms]

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[@Rick-j9p]

Clapton can put coffee to sleep

[@GearGasms]

@user-bb5kr9vv6i lol

[@mikebarker6979]

If you think Hendrix is overrated, go listen to him improvising on an acoustic guitar. The man was a genius.

[@PeterEdwardCaceci]

He ain’t Tom Emmanuel that’s for sure!

[@redcrimsonhead8619]

Or Paco de Lucia

[@GearGasms]

🤘🏻

[@TheGuitarReb]

Albert Einstein was a genius. Jimi Hendrix was a musician. Al could also play the Violin.

[@mikebarker6979]

@@TheGuitarReb Alfred Einstein was a fraud.

[@romanfields7900]

Morello should be on this list twice.

[@GearGasms]

Lol he’s on the viewer’s choice list

[@song11artmusic]

I completely agree !!!!!!!!

[@bmac5085]

Absolutely 💯 😂

[@lynby6231]

I’m probably the most overrated guitarist and even I don’t think I’m any good

[@GearGasms]

@lynby6231 I bet you’re pretty good!

[@keithmills862]

Ok, let's get to this....Guitarists like Clapton and Santana were indeed great for their time. What you seem to think is that they should have changed ( or "progressed" ) their playing with the new decades. Most gutarists ( not all ), play how they play...especially blues players...until they die. Going by your measures, then BB King should also be on this list.

[@aldonapolitano5979]

IMHO, you make a great point.

[@GearGasms]

🤘🏻

[@ricowhoo1313]

They were great at that time where was John McLaughlin and

[@ricowhoo1313]

And Phil Keaggy would have annihilated both of them

[@viktorposta433]

#1 should be Keith Richards. I'm surprised that he is not on the list at all.

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[@vinkuruc3807]

All this coming from a guy wearing a Kiss guitarist on his shirt.......remember Hendrix, Santan and Clapton had their own styles, they didn't copy anyone.....Chuck Berry as well......

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[@ernestdenov3599]

I'm with you on everything except Jimi Hendrix. He was THE game changer for electric guitar when he came on the scene. Yeah, he was out of tune when he played live; at that time, the whammy bar wasn't built to withstand the abuse he gave it. But he showed everybody what was possible with it and eventually luthiers came up with whammy bar systems that could take that kind of a beating and stay in tune. And he wasn't out of tune on the albums. Then there was his beautiful half rhythm/half lead chordal stuff that he claimed he got from Curtis Mayfield. But he took it somewhere that Curtis didn't. And hell, he died at 27 years old; who knows where he would've gone had he lived past that age?! A couple of your dishonorable mentions started out with a bang but got worse instead of better; namely Eric Clapton and Carlos Santana. I particularly loved Santana when he came on the scene. He was using the Dorian Mode while about everybody else was stuck in the pentatonic blues box. With the addition of the 2nd and 6th degree, he was able to play very melodically; in fact he was sort of my gateway to learning how to play jazz (though I wouldn't call what he was playing "jazz.") But again, he never evolved beyond the way he played early on and to me at least, his tone got worse instead of better.

[@GearGasms]

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[@frankconnor4969]

Exactly. I agree with everything you wrote. Thank you.

[@jamiemcbride4226]

I saw Carlos Santana in 1975 or 76 opening up for Eddie money in Portland Oregon and Carlos was amazing I’m not sure what his style is called but he is melodic while being very up beat tempo and didn’t know that Journeys guitarist Neal schon and Greg rolie keyboards came from santanas band

[@TheGuitarReb]

Stevie Ray once said that he was a black man born in a white body. If so, then he was better than Hendrix ever was because he could really sing and you could understand him whenever he spoke to you. Stevie Ray Vaughn played with other great artist's. Jimi Hendrix was fired from other bands.

[@ernestdenov3599]

@@TheGuitarReb If you ask me, if it wasn't for Jimi, there wouldn't have been a SRV. Sure, Stevie Ray was faster and cleaner, but they both had the same influences from other blues players and I'd say Stevie's main influence was Jimi. He covered several JH tunes and at times sounded a lot like like him. Sure, SRV was a better singer. In a letter to his dad, Jimi said something like "You and I both know that I can't sing but I'm going to anyway." He got that courage from the fact that Bob Dylan couldn't sing very well but he was getting very popular in spite of that. It used to bother me that people were so smitten with SRV... until I read an interview with him. He was very humble and said that he stole everything he plays from other guitar players. After that, I came to appreciate and dig SRV. But still, no Jimi, no SRV in my humble opinion.

[@chadroberts4832]

I have played guitar for 34 years and I really thought this list was going to piss me off but it's pretty accurate. My only protest is #1. Jimi took guitar in new directions and he did it first.

[@GearGasms]

Fair enough

[@Voitcu]

Its not a worst guitar player list. No guitar player ever got as much hype as Jimi. Even God himself couldn't live up to Jimi's hype. So for this reason he's clearly the only rightful candidate for first place, love em or hate em. In a big way its actually a compliment when you think of it

[@bernhardnizynski4403]

Absolutely!

[@sonykroket]

Jimi was never that good. It was the time and the emotion. Look up Akkerman, he destroyed all these fools, many ripped him off in the 60s and 70s. You will not find a guitarplayer of a higher calibre, emotion, skill, mood, timelessness etc.

[@stevenchinske6220]

@@sonykroket it was Hendrix' presence, his confidence, he was playing in a tradition of blues guitarists. All that behind the back and playing with his teeth and stuff were old tricks. He pulled it off with so much style. For my money Robert Johnson and Elmore James and Lonnie Johnson were the real s***, but I love Hendrix for the freedom and the rawness. He was a perfect blues man for his time. And Castles Made of Sand is one of my all time favorite songs. I really think the bass player and drummer, Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell, I think? Were a big part of his sound. I think he named his band what he intended it to be. And there's no denying it was an experience.

[@MatthewRomero-jy1uc]

Agree with most but how is Jimmy Page not on this list?

[@GearGasms]

He’s on the viewer’s choice video

[@angelob4849]

Because the list wasn’t of guitarist who weren’t perfect live. Even though he only used live examples to try and make his point. What this guy fails to mention is when guitarist take risks “live” things don’t always turn out “amazing”. Page wrote, recorded and produced “amazing” music. Many people think that the blues is easy to play. . To some extent it is. But not to play it great . Jimmy once said… “the blues is difficult because it’s hard to come up with new stuff… stuff that nobody’s ever done .” He right because it’s been around for so long it is the original guitar music. And it requires improvisation. They only way to come up with new blues licks is by taking those risks. Neil Young was quoted in guitar player, magazine regarding how often he practices when on tour. He said him and his band practice about twice a week to prevent over rehearsing, which is an extremely common mistake. Pop bands and Vegas acts make. Young went on to say I’m not over rehearsing some nights the band is just “off”we don’t clique. But the nights that we are clique ing and firing on all cylinders…. Its MAGIC! And its those nights that we live for and its those nights that we keep touring year after year for.

[@ericmeyers5438]

Hendrix and Clapton should be off limits on this list, look, let's face it, the guitar evolved very quickly, I mean in 15 years it went frome Hendrix to Malmsteen. But there are only a few GUITAR PIONEERS. Clapton and Hendrix are two of them, and must be held in a different category.

[@GearGasms]

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[@csababarath2784]

If in 1970 Clapton dies of overdose and Jimi lives to this day, today everyone would consider Clapton the undisputed NUMERO UNO! As for Hendrix: Mitch Mitchell was one of the all time best drummers, and he will be always underrated because he was in the same band with Jimi. This in itself says a lot. When John Lennon put together a one off All Star band it was Mitch at the drums, Clapton on guitar and Keith Richards on BASS! I leave that here for you.

[@GearGasms]

On the viewer’s choice list

[@jekylthorn8969]

No chance. Clapton would just be a dead guitarist who wrote the riff to Sunshine.

[@scarbourgeoisie]

The drumming on “Hey Joe” is a masterpiece.

[@ByronThoms]

😂😂😂. Truth!

[@shaunbright8920]

Finally somebody said it Jimi Hendrix is not the best guitar player of all time

[@GearGasms]

💯

[@dreadhead170]

Eric Clapton, you have got to be kidding? Hendrix? Are you on planet earth?

[@crowdog56]

Yeah, well...about this vid: opinions are like assholes, everyone's got one. And this asshole's opinions aren't worth shit.

[@GearGasms]

Yeah- EC not good

[@professorsc213]

As a professional musician for many years and a professor of music I love heavy metal and rock and roll however I find that if one can find some self to that paradigm you're missing out on the amazing world of jazz and classical music from all time periods. Jazz and classical are so underrated by many dyed-in-the-wool Rock players, however serious metal players have a huge collection of classical music and they're listening archives. Also it's good to have a master instrument but it's also good to be able to at least play piano and sing. Learning how to play saxophone and trumpet can help your phrasing. I think most Rock and metal guitarists are highly overrated.

[@Sonic-gy7kq]

Bro really made this video wearing a KISS shirt with a KISS mega poster in the background... destroyed your credibility BEFORE I even watched.

[@GearGasms]

🤣

[@jerrysweet8202]

And yet I’ve heard of all these people, never heard of you.

[@GearGasms]

This is one of my favorites. I have all the standing I need to say whatever I want wherever I want whenever I want. How many videos have you made? Let’s see your videos? See how I turned your entire short-bus argument back around on itself? Likely not or you wouldn’t have made the comment in the first place.

[@vickielawson3114]

@@GearGasms Jerry got butthurt.

[@GearGasms]

I’d totally watch and support his video when he makes it!

[@backlandlands5793]

You forgot Nigel Tufnel of Spinal Tap. He's the most under-overrated. It's like, how much more overrated could he be? And the answer is none. None more overrated. (Yeah I know I am 4 years to late for comments lol)

[@GearGasms]

But it’s Nigel so it’s okay! 🤘🏻

[@shumailkhan7205]

I m surprised jimmy page is never on such lists. Hes always sloppy af, his solos r always shit and is stuck in the 1st pentatonic box since forever

[@BartSmith85]

Agree. I love his live solo rendition of "Stairway to Heaven" from The Song Remains the Same, but beside that, his live guitar playing was questionable (to say the least).

[@GearGasms]

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[@odinikita4821]

You obviously have no clue. No clue!

[@BartSmith85]

@@odinikita4821 You obviously have "a clue" I presume? If you want to change our minds, try using some valid arguments like a grown up person, not an AI.

[@odinikita4821]

@@BartSmith85 absolutely I have a clue.

[@DanHunterSportsWriter]

I don't think any of these legends - living or dead - will lose any sleep over this list, least of all Santana, Clapton and Hendrix. The highest possible accolade must be when other great guitarists call you a great guitarist, and those three had that in spades.

[@dianabravo2106]

I saw Eric C in concert and he was awesome. Nothing wrong with taking it slow. He's made his mark and influenced many of today's players.

[@conclaveluminis]

Is the aim of the guitarist to be as technically proficient as possible or to reach into your soul with the notes they play. I strive everyday to improve my technicality so I can play like Steve vai or Joe but I cant listen to either of them for more the half an hour without feeling like I'm dragging my face across a cheese grater. On the other hand, I had a pretty good grasp of David Gilmours bending by the time I was 15 and In my opinion it is the basic Simplicity of what he does that makes it what it is.

[@mikewhitfield2994]

I think that's a lot of it. I don't care all that much for Satrioni's or Vai's style of music, just like Hendrix's, but I can recognize that they are incredibly talented guitarists who could play to perfection any genre they choose. Heavy metal probably has the best players ever, but it doesn't speak to my soul. I'm much more moved by B.B. King's one pure note, hanging and evolving, than by Joe's four dozen perfectly played notes over the same interval. We just have to recognize that our preferences are just that, and not indicative of relative talent.

[@nolanbrown4300]

Facts

[@theherbpuffer]

@@mikewhitfield2994 ever listen to Rory Gallagher? Just curious.

[@davidfinley7766]

A Kiss fan dissing Jimi Hendrix? I take that as a compliment.

[@GearGasms]

Up yours David

[@davidtcollins1565]

I sort of got it up to Carlos. Man is a legend. So is Eric C. These men taught generations how to play. Then you went Hendrix, blasphemy dude. Peace out.

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[@calvinlee8103]

Jack White is not a good guitarist. He is also my favorite guitarist.

[@MrHaydnHarry]

This hits the nail on the head. He’s so good because he serves the vibe of the song every time, be it spacious and big sounding or purely chaotic. Unpredictable, genuinely amazing to watch too

[@Alic3IiWL]

Jack is a great artist, Jack is a guitar artist, therefore Jack is a great guitarist. The same is true for the Edge. Jack was described as a blow torch, and that's true for as far as it goes. But that is not what makes him great, that's like saying van Gogh was a dull knife compared to a fine paint brush. Pay attention to the value of the art. The rest is superfluous babble. A guitarist, just like a writer, needs a minimum vocabulary. Great guitarists, like great writers produce great works. It does not matter how many words they know or how many notes they can play.

[@calvinlee8103]

@@Alic3IiWL I can't stand the edge. I think he's a much better player than Jack White (he's probably a better player than me too) but I've never enjoyed anything about his playing. He's not all about effects pedals and nothing else like a lot of people say, but the effects are certainly the only interesting thing in his playing, IMO. U2 is just not for me at all; I don't "get" their music, or why people like it.

[@Alic3IiWL]

@@calvinlee8103 Good for you, keep trying, the universe of art is larger than one perspective can comprehend. I finally appreciated Tool today, I've been told for years, I heard nothing special- till now.... think of the notes of the Edge as though they echo with increasing resonance through time. Pride (In The Name of Love) connects the drama of Christ through history to MLK- Quite a feat.

[@calvinlee8103]

@@Alic3IiWL I don't think you're doing it on purpose, and I'm sure you mean well, but you're coming across as extremely pretentious. You know those guys who call themselves writers, and try to make sure everyone knows they're super eloquent and deep, but in reality they're actually just terrible and embarrassing? That's how you're coming across at the moment. I'm sure it's not on purpose, but still; maybe try to tone it down a bit. Just some friendly advice. I hope I don't sound like an asshole.

[@diltberg9627]

I think you're overrated because this list is pretty crazy

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[@Based120]

most under rated glen campbell

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💯

[@stefanmack723]

this vid is nothing more than clickbait

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[@17primemover]

I never knew anyone held Ace Frehly's guitar skills in high regard.

[@bezzarguy]

17primemover dude has always been garbage ( I say that to someone who doesn’t hate KISS )

[@anthonybrock9435]

C'mon guys. At least give him/them credit for Alive 1 & 2. (When they were fresh). These are good albums and Paul Stanley does more than a few lead runs on these).

[@bezzarguy]

Anthony Brock I like Kiss ok, I just don’t think Ace is anything special on guitar.

[@anthonybrock9435]

@@bezzarguy Fair enough Laddie.

[@markrigg6623]

That's why he wore a disguise!

[@FarrellAultman]

Well I was expecting some really awful clip of Hendrix to make your case. Instead it's something outer worldly that no one 50 years later can pull off.

[@GearGasms]

🤘🏻🎸

[@hansolo9585]

Exactly. There’s legitimate mediocre recordings of Hendrix but he pulls a clip from one of his all time best sets.

[@Materialgirllive]

The Edge is the first person to say he's not a great player. But you are correct in his influence. The delay pedal owes him a debt of gratitude.

[@GearGasms]

Indeed

[@_Peremalfait]

I think I'd put "the Edge" a little higher on the list.

[@KOSMICKEN09]

I love the edge- War U2 the album was a big influence on me

[@4Mr.Crowley2]

People also confuse technical ability with true musicianship. There is a huge difference between these, and it is why say certain 15 year old piano “prodigies” do not have prolific classical careers. Other pianists catch up on the skill level but “feel” takes inborn abilities and emotional maturity. Musicianship, or in more vague words *feel,* is a gift - see David Gilmour vs say Vai who is not pleasant to listen to over time as technical running through scales and no interesting phrasing of lines gets boring very quickly. Gilmour’s feel and use of bends to express EMPTION NOT JUST SKILL is absolutely amazing.

[@4Mr.Crowley2]

*emotion

[@joesaave]

@AleisterCrowleyMagus. This is the best comment that describes this list and idea. I totally agree!!!

[@GearGasms]

🤘🏻🎸

[@dominikwdowski3855]

Spot on, bro!

[@markhancock6694]

The Edge is so over rated, so is U2 as a band. Tell that to a U2 fan and they absolutely freak out. The Edge never does any big guitar riffs just when and where the song requires it. He just plays with his foot pedals trying to figure out how else he can make the song even more boring. But here come the U2 fans!! They whine even more than "Boner" Bono does.

[@jurgisvalancauskas4006]

Edge did a career out of sound he.copied from guitarist Keith Levine that he played on a Public Image Ltd's song "Public image" (1978)

[@GearGasms]

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[@aerotube7291]

Awe, that's a cold technical analysis even if true! But the guy did do some interesting stuff around live at red rocks....ya know, played his part in music history. Yeah bono has become a total cheese merchant

[@TheGuitarReb]

The greatest guitar player in the world is probably playing in a cheap run down honky tonk some place for $25.00 a night and free beer.

[@GearGasms]

Indeed!

[@bobbymcbride2770]

Ain't it the Truth....

[@johnalkema8575]

Switch Jimi Hendrix with Jimmy Page..

[@otter5555]

just add jimmy page :)

[@GearGasms]

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[@GearGasms]

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[@vonmilash823]

Tom Morello.

[@GearGasms]

He’s on the viewer’s choice version

[@rockerdad-fj3xs]

He's crap!!!

[@rajeshsunchildmadhav9740]

I was okay with everyone except Hendrix…. Man common

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[@Asdrmusic]

Hendrix did everything when no one did nothing. Shut the f up and call me the day you play better than him 😂

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[@josephpeccerillo1640]

The only validity to saying Jimi was overrated would be due to the fact that most people consider him to be the best to ever live. So he’s probably not the best that ever lived therefore he’s overrated. Lol. I’m not even a big Jimi fan personally, but if you can’t understand how far ahead of his time he was and how influential he’s been to pretty much all rock n roll since then please promptly remove your head from your ass. I mean, please take two seconds to realize what everyone else was doing with a guitar in his day and then think about the way he played in comparison. Anyone that can express creativity to that level in any genre and era deserves our utmost respect.

[@GearGasms]

Check the date on this video sir

[@josephpeccerillo1640]

@@GearGasms so you made it four years ago. Doesn’t make it any less ridiculous. Not my fault I just happened to have it pop up in my feed now.

[@GearGasms]

@josephpeccerillo1640 not my fault either. The algorithm decided to Indiana Jones it

[@maxbubner4850]

The whole list is pretty good except Hendrix, Hendrix still holds up today.

[@GearGasms]

🤘🏻

[@rogerledoux4741]

No he doesn't. What made him great was his willingness to do crazy shit. But that doesn't make you great

[@maxbubner4850]

@@rogerledoux4741 yeah but if you listen to Hendrix now days its still sound inventive

[@kinesjl]

You're spot on Jeff Beck and Ritchie Blackmore could play circles around Hendrix. Hendrix was more about style than substance.

[@GearGasms]

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[@Mike_Hunt_69]

Blackmore is THE most overrated guitarist on any list. DP was a keyboard driven band. Rainbow was about which ever singer he had

[@stevemcnary7963]

I agreed with your list until Jimi Hendrix.

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[@davemulka18]

Youre wearing a kiss shirt and youre going to tell people about over rated guitar players, Really??

[@GearGasms]

Yes you jack ass

[@Instramark]

The most overrated guitar players are you tubers that talk too much and play too little.

[@GearGasms]

Bazinga

[@SOContraMundum]

Hendrix and Clapton you're off, what are you listening to?

[@GearGasms]

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[@Baltihunter]

I must admit I’ve always found Clapton boring

[@chrisbenson6683]

So glad he's high on the list. Now I know it isn't just me... (I do like Clapton, just not to the level of guitar god.)

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[@patrickols]

For me the greatest guitar player of all time and beating all of them by a universe…David Gilmour…no flash, no gimmick, no flamboyance just pure music. Sure all four members of Pink Floyd were amazing musician but David for me was the glue that hold everything together

[@stumpslide3005]

Yes, no contest. Gilmour is the pinnacle. Garcia rounding out the number 2 spot.

[@GearGasms]

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[@lockedonlaw]

Kirk Hammett is the most over-rated guitar player in the most over-rated band. Don't @ me.

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[@alan.patterson]

Clapton walked backstage, lit a cigarette, and told Chandler: “You didn’t tell me he was that f*cking good.”

[@bernardtaylor9846]

Alan Patterson m

[@r91325]

Jimmy Page belongs on this list too.

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[@jetcat132]

Go pound it lightweight.

[@paulnissen5599]

When was ace freely ever highly rated?

[@ironjawz61]

I know, right?

[@GearGasms]

When people could still spell his name correctly

[@jimilee8979]

This dude couldn't hold a candle next to anyone of His stupid idiotic jealous accusations what a DOPE............................GEEEEZZZZZZ NEVER SAW YOUR NAME ON ANYTHING.........BUT THIS FOOLISH CHANNEL...............

[@GearGasms]

Where’s your video son? You are criticizing my video yet have you made one? Fck no you haven’t so by your own standards you should stfu, ignorant jackhole

[@okbassguy]

Most criminally underrated guitarists of all time? 1. Neil Giraldo 2. Johnny Marr 3. Brian Setzer

[@GearGasms]

Nice

[@paradiswest4395]

I was fine with 4 - 10. However, Santana, Clapton & Hendrix.... are you effing kidding me? Now I cannot believe anything you say.

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[@a.harrison4613]

I'm not a top guitarist but I hate these types of lists. I think I was mainly annoyed at Jack White, Santana and Jimi Hendrix. I mean what are you looking for in a guitarist? Someone who can shred and be technically amazing, well yeah I guess they are a technically good guitarist. However I think what is more important than technical prowess is someone who is a great songwriter who can use the guitar to put that song across. Most if not all on the list can do that and shouldn't be referred to as overrated, it's all very much personal taste but to call Jimi Hendrix the most overrated guitarist is just mental.

[@winteriscoming6384]

I was fully expecting to see Page #1, which I would actually support (tho I'm a Zeppelin fan). But Hendrix? Come on. He's not overrated, he's properly rated. Greatest of all time. There's more creativity in the intro to "Little Wing" than most guitarists will show in their entire lives combined

[@KaracGaltran]

An hour of Page's improvisations puts every guitarist in the world in his pocket. His carelessness, in fact, is part of his charm, and serves each song ideally.

[@georgekimball2792]

Yah. EC & SRV also do great versions of Little Wing.

[@GearGasms]

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[@Meerkeime]

and, things were going so well, and then Hendrix came up!

[@GearGasms]

I was trolling a little. We all have our heroes! 😜

[@briannotafan3368]

HENDRIX HAD 3 GOOD TUNES MABY 1 WAS A COVER

[@viscountrainbows6452]

@@briannotafan3368 The greatest gift Bob Dylan gave us was Jimi Hendrix😹

[@jesterinadeck_2980]

thrystero. Jimi Hendrix is talented but he is extremely overrated. Just like he mentioned in the beginning overrated doesn’t mean bad it just means that people blow their skill as a guitarist way over their actual skill. Jimi Hendrix should definitely not be viewed as the greatest Guitarist of all time. Maybe one of the greatest but to call him better than Van Halen hell no. Jimi Hendrix influence as a guitarist player blows every other guitar player out of the water. If a different guitar player influenced you to play guitar no doubt they were inspired by Hendrix. He also played the guitar in many unique and impressive ways. But when it comes to actually playing? He was pretty basic and some people who aren’t blind fanboys considered him sloppy.

[@wozbravo]

@@jesterinadeck_2980 I agree, I'm from the 60s- 70s, Hendricks just made noise.

[@theloaner4378]

With all due respect, you may have listened, but you have never heard Hendrix.

[@mswallis9]

YES! LISTEN!

[@kolossimike]

When I was younger I thought the Experience was IT. But I think the direction Hendrix was heading post-Experience was much more interesting. He was getting tired of the gimmicks.

[@fligemon]

Hendrix took so many risks with his music and performances; that is what a trailblazer does. Beck and Gibbons (and I will mention SRV as well) all traced their success back to Jimi for being the trailblazer. Many of the late 60s British guitarists saw his early live performances and knew they were witnessing the future. 40+ years later rock guitar is still working on perfecting what Jimi started.

[@bezzarguy]

He hasn't experienced Jimi. Without Hendrix this guy wouldn't even be making this video.

[@kize32]

LOL White men can't jump

[@bryannelson6139]

Love your thought provoking lists. I agree the Edge is probably over rated. However you always have on your underrated lists guitarists who “serve the song”. Edge does a masterful job of serving the U2 songs without trying to overshadow them. His textured sound is so good and gives so much to the strong mood and feeling to their songs.

[@GearGasms]

That’s a great point about Edge.

[@Should_Know_Better]

I agree. Edge’s playing or “sound” is essential to U2. Remember, they’re a 3 piece band.

[@onesong2001]

@@GearGasms Speaking of U2, will you ever do a video of the Top 10 most overrated bands in history?

[@rcbeamer]

You forgot Neil Young and Kurt Cobain.

[@4Mr.Crowley2]

Kurt Cobain never promoted himself as a gifted solo guitar player. Not at all. And yes Neil Young is very overrated and has a massive ego as well.

[@GearGasms]

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[@philknight6844]

Who made you the taste police?

[@GearGasms]

I was elected. Who made you the video police?

[@philknight6844]

@@GearGasms Oh no Police here. I cant get in, I am a guitar player so I have a record as long as your arm for handling stolen goods 😂 🍻

[@GearGasms]

Lol - you sure you ain’t no cop man? 😎😜

[@philknight6844]

@@GearGasms 😂

[@gunvalt8233]

1.3 likes vs 1.3 dislikes Perfectly equilibrated.

[@GearGasms]

Or half of all people who meet me hate me. 😜

[@adamleger9280]

Tom Morello deserves a spot on this list!!!

[@GearGasms]

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