Ranking the WORST & BEST guitarists | vol 2

Who are the worst and best guitarists? Dino Cazares, Misha Mansoor, Yngwie Malmsteen, Slash, James Hetfield and more.
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[@leighkavan5992]

My problem with buckethead is how small his album catalogue is

[@DrProfessorMD]

😂😂😂😂

[@wolfsguitarden740]

😂😂😂😂😂 your shot bro

[@antonioguevara5697]

It's sad to see such wasted potential

[@adriancopperblood1546]

Goated

[@Marta1Buck]

I'm sure the joke flew over my head

[@TheEvilKingStan]

Finn: "I'm not weird at all" Also Finn: let me tell you all about my old girlfriend that splattered diarrhea behind a local gas station when she was walking to my house.

[@FinnMckentyPRMBA]

Touche

[@fightrudyfight5799]

😂😂😂 that was a hell of a story lol.

[@hankugly6800]

Don’t forget how many fingers Finn has wanted to get a whiff of.

[@liamconrad2777]

@@FinnMckentyPRMBA Finn when you do part 3 you should add James Iha

[@michealrosen]

Fear factory massively underrated

[@revivedfears]

Dino Cazares and Raymond Herrera pretty much invented djent.

[@arunashamal]

Lol... When did Fear Factory became underrated? Unless you were born in like 2012 everyone who is into metal knows Fear Factory

[@danielprudhoe647]

@Necromass-xs1np How? They've literally never had an album chart higher than 30 in the US, only one gold certified record. If anything, considering how massively influential they've been, they're hugely underrated. Either you live under a rock or you're just trying to be an edgy troll.

[@danielprudhoe647]

@@arunashamal They're underrated because they've never had the success to match their influence really.

[@Salomon_G]

@@revivedfears You don't know what djent is.

[@jaew000]

Jason Richardson the basketball player dunked on my cousin in 8th grade.

[@butHomeisNowhere___]

No barbecue for him

[@jodyellison]

He also won 2 slam dunk contests.

[@evilemuempire9550]

Someday I want Finn to hold his backyard barbecue and stream the results to see if he was right about his assessments

[@agirlsname7159]

I feel like Garza would have a sincere six minute chat with my grandma in the corner before going back out with the boys at the bbq. S tier nice guy.

[@tonytoofast]

Lil Wayne is the best of course.

[@hungryxfriend]

This will forever be the correct answer

[@EnhanX]

Deep personality as well!

[@rubaidaallen2764]

He’s fn awesome 🤘

[@dudeguy7711]

He's like a black Jimi Hendrix

[@carsontometich8330]

It's the simple things in life. S/O to post Malone though, that Superbowl performance went hard. Didn't know he could play like that. Watch him play the cliffs of dover opening. He's a little slow but he has great rhythm.

[@hunterlawless6160]

Bold statement but: if you’ve ever seen mark tremonti REALLY shred on his insta and stuff, he’s borderline on the level of a shred lord. It’s actually insane, blew my mind.

[@robertcop8825]

i don't think finn really knows how goated mark is. B tier? that was a brutal call.

[@Goose21]

He was on the riffhard podcast so you know the dude means business

[@PigglyWigglyDeluxe]

7:14 you missed a “here’s the thing”!

[@astrogallotron]

The editor is NOT invited to the bbq party.

[@elyieflorez9890]

​@@astrogallotron😂😂

[@ahorsewithnoname773]

Glad to read I'm not the only one screaming internally, "Do the thing!" whenever he says, "here's the thing."

[@ISGISB]

That buckethead placement is wild

[@GuitarGuy4647]

At least give him a B. Personally, I think he’d be wildly entertaining at the bbq.

[@Criglet7]

Where is Brian Head Welch and Munky!? Remember Somebody Someone and Dead Bodies Everywhere!? 😉

[@CaXreLL]

For real though!!!

[@CaXreLL]

They would be awesome at the bbq

[@slingster]

Just saw Buckethead last night. Incredible. S tier all the way. He's a really cool guy gives out toys to fans. Whats not to like

[@ejcampbell33]

That's funny...my Ex has been friends with Dino for years. A few years back, he hosted us at his house in LAand was the nicest guy. He even got us backstage passes to Slayer at the Palladium for their first show back there after being banned like 30 years earlier....but he took us to East LA and got us the best tacos I've ever had. He still holds me up with a press pass whenever he is in Philly. 100% good dude...and as real as they come.

[@austins.2495]

Buckethead shreds 😤

[@dynamicphotography_]

Do you want Billy Corgan to show up at your BBQ? Conversations with him would go from music to wrestling to astronomy to bashing on records labels to Dennis Rodman to Kurt Cobain's death.

[@CraigMahaney]

And about Courtney love

[@vlcheish]

Sounds great. I like pro wrestling, Cobain death stories and bashing record labels. How can I get him to show up?

[@parkerfisk3377]

sounds fine to me

[@christopherrowe7860]

I want to be at FInn's fantasy BBQ so badly

[@elcheekoful]

I want to see Sammy Hager there so bad!

[@nathanglennie]

Tremonti is amazing, you gotta check out Blackbird by Alter Bridge. Incredible work

[@shockt9610]

Alter Bridge just has so much depth in their songwriting.

[@xcube209]

love these vids finn we need a guitar brand tier list i wanna hear u talk shit about boomer guitars

[@HimothyBurton]

7:14 FINN YOU DIDN'T ADD THE ANDY BIERSACK CLIP

[@CIRCLEOFTONE]

I was in a tiny sound booth in NAMM with Dino and he was testing a prototype amp. Hearing that right hand up close was amazing.

[@colehunt5518]

“He has a great right hand” is a crazy quote out of context

[@acerimmer8338]

Preface: I'm a Mark Tremonti stan. But go listen to Ahavo Rabo Taco Salad by Alter Bridge (yes, that's the song's name. Bet he'd bring a mean one to the BBQ as well). Then listen his thrash metal eponymous solo band, Tremonti. Dude is S-tier human and guitar player.

[@plagueofangel8694]

People who make fun of Finn for being low-key a normie has never felt the joy of having a stable relationship, paying rent on time, and spending the weekend with the kiddos. Also, iirc, none of the members of creed are actively Christian outside of Stapp and don't want to be considered a Christian band, but they don't go out of their way to like shit on it

[@TallicaMan1986]

You can do all of that and not come off as a 40 year old Sunday youth instructor.

[@Johnnysmithy24]

Damn dude

[@dennisvanopstal7360]

Fear Factory is my favorite band of all time so im happy you start with Dino. Dino said in an interview that his style for Fear Factory was inspired by the Bridge of Metallica's One. And he wanted to write songs that where like that bridge. So even pioneers get their inspiration somewhere

[@HimothyBurton]

Starting out with Jason is a good sign. I remember first finding him from his all shall perish black gold reign cover. Blew me away then, still does now and have been following him since. I got to see him with BOO, as a solo artist, and now with ATR and he ALWAYS is a perfect performer. Shout out the dawg. Such a menace.

[@Seven7Pain1]

Dino Cazeres is a Legend technically he is the Djent Master and dont ever try to eat popeyes biscuit with no drink adding this listen to song shock by fear factory tell me Dino wasn't doing Djent before was ever created cause that's what sounds like to me

[@mechouilli]

Since Ingwie Malmsteen had an interview with Rick Beato, he's good :)

[@joaomachado1251]

Slash came to do a solo show here in Curitiba, Brazil and my brother-in-law went to see him. He arrived at the concert venue early and stood in the parking lot, waiting. Suddenly, out of nowhere, security guards appeared and placed containment bars and a van parked with the back doors open. Then, Slash comes out of the concert hall and sits in the van. My brother-in-law and a few other people who were there went crazy and started calling him to take photos, and Slash ignored them all. He said that Slash even whistled while looking at his cell phone, making it clear that he really wanted to ignore it.

[@Milkingtarantulas]

7:14 min - Where is the "Here's the thing!" clip 😭?

[@dookieshoe2905]

Dino is the goat. He influenced so many guitarists and bands from the last couple decades and he doesn't alwasy get that recognition. We alwasy hear about Meshuggah and their influence but Dino and Fear Factory were just as important.

[@gasmaskestore8018]

I feel extreme shame and cringe for Kerry King, he thinks he is so great and he always was the shadow of Hanneman.

[@7Lace77]

Hannemann was one of the greatest. To be fair very few ppl could have competed with him, so they worked well considering Hannemann was god tier.

[@gasmaskestore8018]

Kerry acting like he is Slayer when he was ironically the most unessential member of the band, he was just lucky to be in a band with a god tier guitar player and songrwiter and a once in a lifetime drummer ​@@7Lace77

[@6maniac6metal6]

People hate on Kerry’s leads but Jeff played very similarly. Also their chaotic style was very much intentional because they had more melodic solos on Show No Mercy like on Crionics, but turned away from that style quickly.

[@TallicaMan1986]

​@@6maniac6metal6Jeff on occasion did, but basically any solo or riff with any memorable melody was Jeff.

[@gasmaskestore8018]

@@6maniac6metal6 huh?

[@smcumber]

Finn is such a a Chad, I bet he plays a PRS

[@cf5823]

Chad, Africa?

[@jarrettchristensen_music]

Or a schecter

[@anothersettlementneedsyour9628]

4:04 maybe his choice of headwear actually represents his dislike for KFC and corporations in general, you know, because it’s upside down, like inverted cross 5:06, oh come on, that sound EXACTLY like something someone super weird would say.

[@alexhampton2802]

I think that's the joke dude 😂

[@jeffbell4434]

Great video as always Finn!

[@MK7-MephistoKevin777]

The humor value of these raking things are great

[@ZackSeifMusic]

Misha changed the gear/tone chasing game forever in the music forums. Sevenstring, JP forums, Wired Guitarist and Modern Guitarist etc. and was the reason why I got enough modeling units in the first place. He definitely deserves some props for that. And of course the fact that Periphery single-handedly inspired thousands upon thousands of imitation Djent bands speaks a lot to how much reach they got despite not being in the mainstream at all.

[@Marta1Buck]

Didn't he coin the term djent? He should be top tier for that alone😂

[@slingster]

I remember him posting a lot in Line 6 forums and sharing music under the name Bulb on Soundclick. Those tracks blew me away.

[@GuitarGuy4647]

Plus, Misha will shop up with his Ferrari and may take you for a ride.

[@BFelix1776]

I love seeing Dino got some respect. Dude is an absolute riff god and was super innovative with gear and tone in his day.

[@CTCAC2000]

Riffs over solos!

[@JustinReal]

How do we get the host to stay away from “the barbecue”?

[@RB-oc7ti]

Mark Tremonti is such an excellent lead guitarist! Awesome sense of melody and songwriting, along with absolutely killer riffs and shred when called for! Even better human being- which puts him in very select company , even if he wasn’t so awesome on guitar!

[@Therealbigmonster]

I forgot buckethead existed. Have you ever considered making a video about him?

[@greggould4275]

As for Jasn Richards... I remember playing an Ibanez Gem(Sp?) 777 back in the 90s, and the fret action on that guitar was so insane (especially with enough distortion), anyone really good could sound like Steve Vai. That said, I'd be curious to play what Jason plays - fretboards can unlock doors

[@tjmanning]

I never liked GnR so always had a bad idea of Slash as a person. But once you listen to him talk he seems like a really chill and humble dude tbh.

[@VYRAM95]

I agree with that, Periphery put Djent on the map for the progressive and modern mix they applied to their music. The use of polyrhythmic patterns goes perfect with that kind of Metalcore mixed with progressive aspects.

[@Bat_Dad_116]

Let’s get an interview with Yngwie Malmsteen…

[@Wailmur]

Rick beato did

[@Bat_Dad_116]

@@Wailmur yeah but Rick is little different than Finn lol a funny confrontational interview with Finn would be gold.

[@Wailmur]

@@Bat_Dad_116 I agree

[@FraterMikhail]

I learned the enture Master of Puppets album and my warmup used to be practicing the title track all down picking.

[@megmcguigan3857]

Do John Christ. He almost lost total feeling in one of his hands from an accident and he had to relearn how to play. Probably the best blues infused metal guitarist out there. I saw the original Danzig line-up live and the dude can seriously shred. Best show I have ever been to.

[@adamlark8631]

Dino in S Tier is well deserved here. Goddamn, he may not be the flashiest, but his riffs helped build so many houses of metal since Fear Factory started.

[@antonioguevara5697]

We should talk about Josh Middleton. I just deep dived into Sylosis this year and they're already S-tier for me. From interviews I've heard, seems like a fun and down-to-Earth type of guy. Being vegan and sober, I'm curious if a barbecue would be his scene. Also, I feel like 10-15 years ago, especially prime Guitar Hero III time, everyone was saying Slash was an influence to the point I was like "I DON'T GET IT!"

[@voidofhope6259]

Josh is fuckin amazing

[@StuartHetzler]

Josh is underrated. Absolute riff god and he shreds.

[@robertbeecroft5570]

If anybody denies the superiority of Popeye’s, just ask them one thing; how many people have been stabbed over a KFC chicken sandwich?

[@trashpacker4500]

KFC chicken sandwich is slept on

[@GuitarGuy4647]

Please tell us then, what’s the difference between the two? Locations? Demographic of people who go?

[@robertbeecroft5570]

@@GuitarGuy4647 I don’t think people would be getting stabbed over Popeye’s chicken sandwiches if they weren’t that damn good 😜 I’ve actually never had Popeye’s, so I can’t speak on experience. I do love me some KFC and Church’s Chicken though! I think Church’s chicken is better than KFC, but can you really go wrong with fried chicken? That shit is tasty no matter where it’s from.

[@robertbeecroft5570]

@@trashpacker4500 but is it bled on?

[@tim6310]

For the last decade I've often said that Fear Factory are the most influential metal band to debut after Pantera.

[@denniskirkegaardjensen3597]

Respect on Dino 👌🫶 Edit: Give Tremonti's solo stuff a go. He can shred!

[@RB-oc7ti]

Same with in AlterBridge!💪

[@denniskirkegaardjensen3597]

@@RB-oc7ti I love Alter Bridge, but to show Tremonti's speed, I'd go with his solo stuff 😁

[@brandonjackson5865]

I said Dino was the grandpa of Djent on a video and got some flack in the comments. Another rare example of agreeing with Finn on something. Dino deserves respect on his name. Invite Bucket over when you want your barbecue to end.

[@franciscodiaz3028]

Buckethead is a prolific musician with hundreds of albums, played not only with GNR but celebrities like Viggo. Im definitely having him over my bbq and crush some beers and guitars.

[@DesolateSpace594]

Nice list!!

[@tylerhuestis1733]

Glad to see you starting off with Dino. If you were to ever make a list for underrated bands; Fear Factory would be S-tier. I've met Dino twice, great dude

[@TragicPromethean]

“I hate being around weird people” :Lives in LA

[@Theycallmemusicole]

And loves to jam some good classic Slam music, that's not weird.

[@FinnMckentyPRMBA]

I live about 70 miles south of Seattle and most of our neighbors are in the Army!

[@Breadmakerc]

I couldn’t imagine a lot of girls wanting to go to this BBQ

[@Theycallmemusicole]

BS because buckethead may show up. Girls love his style!!😂

[@GuitarGuy4647]

Who cares? This is for the boys.

[@StephenRahrig]

Lmfao that “saying grace” analogy for Tremonti is the most niche and spot on personality profile type I’ve ever heard 💀

[@ponya3.66]

Dino is awesome! Divine Heresy is fucking heavy!

[@justinhildebrand1515]

Glad to see dino get some love. Fear factory has been a great band for a long time i feel like nobody ever talks about them. Very good live as well and he seems like a really cool guy

[@coleG112]

Mark Tremonti better be on this list. Edit: oh good

[@arunashamal]

Bro your BBQ is a sausagefest...need some ladies!!!

[@subparnaturedocumentary]

he's married he can just kick it with the boys

[@arunashamal]

@@subparnaturedocumentary and... what does his wife supposed to do???

[@subparnaturedocumentary]

@arunashamal she's a grown adult so I assume whatever she feels like doing

[@arunashamal]

@@subparnaturedocumentary Let me guess, you are one of the guys who thirst comments on Misha's guitar pics on instagram? lol...because a well adjusted man would know it is nice to have couple ladies for your wife to have some company at the barbeque.

[@subparnaturedocumentary]

@arunashamal haha nah man I'm not into djent nor do I play guitar

[@StuartHetzler]

i played a show with Jason Richardson back when he was in BOO but before The Discovery came out. As much as I think the dude is an incredible guitarist and I like his music, he wasn't friendly at all. He wanted absolutely nothing to do with anyone that came up to him and this was before he was famous. Though he was still a kid so maybe he's done a lot of growing up since then.

[@marshallhoward7937]

Met Kirk a few times backstage in the early 2000's. He was a really good dude.

[@solearesoul]

Agree about Slash., and I would put him in S tier. He’s great on a technical level, but I’m sure there are better. But it’s not all about that, it’s also about the emotion and soul you convey with your playing, and in that regard, he’s incredible. He’s also sober now, and a super friendly guy, and he’d have some epic tales. It would be a “hell yeah brother” for me for having him at a barbecue.

[@RatelHBadger]

You know what Finn. With all these tier lists that use BBQ's as a measure, Im starting to think... why the hell not have a big BBQ and actually invite your S and A tier players along. Live stream it or something, have them hang out, answer livestream chat questions. You could sell tickets to us regular schmucks to attend. Could make your channel blow up!

[@mrsimpleslowmo]

More like ranking guitarists personalities and looks

[@kurtw6922]

Slash recently played over a Survivorman/Les Stroud video about saving animals if that affects your internal power rankings

[@gxven3646]

Apparently finn knows everyone personally in rock and metal😭

[@TheBurtonian]

Mårten Hagström of Meshuggahis my neighbour. I can acctually bring him over for a bbq right now.

[@Cyanoblades]

Do it!

[@skippy8696]

I think you have a great point, Dino would totally bring some bomb tacos or at least some guacamole and nachos, possibly a steak and mole if he's feeling fancy. That gets my vote, I'm all in 😅

[@fightrudyfight5799]

Dino is the cool as fuck laid back uncle with the bad ass stories and gives you awesome encouragement. When I saw FF he was cool as fuck.

[@elcheekoful]

Honestly one of favorites is Sean Danielson from Smile Empty Soul. He has a great pedal and guitar tone set up. But he is not a shredder per say, idk if he does a lot of extremely technical stuff.

[@WrecklessEnterainment]

13:49 he has a dimebag sticker on his guitar and that tells me everything I need to know 🤘🤘🤘

[@Pedalbored]

Mid 2000’s era guitarist like Synyster Gates have referred to Slash as an influence. I remember seeing several people refer to Slash, in that timeframe, as an example of good riffs with character.

[@george_alexiou]

Fear Factory is, in my humble opinion, the most innovative band of the ninenties, besides Pantera. Dino Cazares is easily up there with someone like James Hetfield and Dimebag Darrell and is responsible for initiating a new musical wave, which has influenced metal music extraordinarily ever since. FF and Dinos' guitar playing is more than relevant to this day and should get waaay more credit! Also, he is probably the coolest and down to earth guy in the business!

[@Salomon_G]

Fear Factory was founded on Halloween of 1990.

[@leftfordead8336]

Two of my favorite and personal inspirations are Kurt Ballou and Mike Sullivan. Incredibly kind dudes, killer players and musicians and definitely exist in their own lane. If you ever get the chance to see Russian Circles live do it

[@lucaslogg1024]

Wrong channel to make the mention, but Billy Corgan is overlooked as an guitarist. I am not into solos, but I think he is great at them and approaches solos from another angle then technical speed-picking metal. Listen to his feat. on Horray it's LA by Blindside.

[@TheSonsofHorusx]

If you look at the comments on any live buckethead show video, it’s people saying how nice and generous he is, and serj tankian said buckets a great guy too

[@connerstines1578]

Always thought Trey from Morbid Angel was pretty neat in his own way. Though I'm not much of a metal nerd. Alex Lifeson is my guitar hero.

[@joshuaprietophoto]

What's the distinction between a sandwich and burger in the US? We just call them chicken burgers here in Australia

[@JuanSilva-ym9pf]

Hell yeah, Brujería getting some love!

[@GuitarGuy4647]

Buckethead is a character. Brian Carrol is married and has kids. Why he decided not to break character for the biggest gig of his life (GnR), I have no idea. I think he’d be dope at the bbq either way. Weird people are a lot more interesting than discussing basic bitch stuff with NPCs.

[@theanimedad7318]

I went to the "Generation Axe" tour whenever that was 7-8 years ago. It was Tosin, Nuno Bettencourt, Zack Wylde, Steve Vai and Yngwie. They (all 5 of them) started the show doing a 20 minute rendition of Focus "Hocus Pocus" Yngwie kept leaving the stage after each of his solos like he was too good to play rhythm for someone else. Then they all played their individual sets, which were great, until the headliner Yngwie. He spent most of his set yelling at his guitar tech while the band played. I didn't stay to the end of his set.

[@DH-vj2bw]

God tier at Popeyes is also the Blackened chicken strips. Still deep fried, but dipped in Cajun seasonings with no breading. You have to wait for them because without the breading they dry out if they sit around, so they have to make them fresh.

[@leathermask]

I know you don’t really like rock too much before the 80s but I think it would be really interesting if you’d give your honest take on some of the older guys like Lou Reed or even George Harrison Even if your takes are negative I think it would be interesting!

[@oscarortiz444]

Rocking the donut media t shirt

[@franciscodiaz3028]

My list would be billy gibbons (zz top), slash, buckethead, john 5, ben wienman (dillinger escape plan), danielle haim, bonnie raitt, reba meyers, adam dutkiewicz

[@springer90]

Tim Mahoney from 311 is definitely S tier!

[@subparnaturedocumentary]

absolutely and if you invite tim you might also get nick, sa, p nut and chad and the you really have a party!

[@csj9619]

nah

[@Theycallmemusicole]

Hell to the naw!! S for sh!t tier maybe😂

[@claudioolate2516]

Tremonti is 100% a guitar god by 90's standards. Nowadays there are so many insane guitarrists and musicians that it's kinda hard to compete. But he's great at making cool and classy guitar parts. I'd say in the top 100 guitarrists of all time for sure 😎🤘

[@ClaudioRaffaelli]

Yngwie has changed a lot. He's way more down to earth now

[@RyanSchilling-fg9qn]

Lindsey Jordan (snail mail) is my fav guitar player ever. She isn’t technical at all but she has so much feel it’s insane also she is just an insane song writer. She is also an amazing human just don’t allow her to drink alcohol or she may rant about stuff no one cares about. I remember seeing an interview with James H and he was saying how all his friends play guitar while holding the pick with two fingers and he holds the pick with 3 maybe that’s what makes him so good idk

[@DrBdan8]

When are we getting a chicken sandwich tier list??? We need to know the winner of the chicken sandwich wars!

[@gmorkins6006]

Tremonti is an awesome dude, his Sinatra charity album for down syndrome research is a good example of where his heads at, just an awesome guy.

[@_DressedToDepress_]

You keep bringing up your barbeque party but I gotta know, what would the guests eat. What’s on the menu? Steak? Ribs? Sausages? Sauces? Sides? Is there dessert? Would the guest even wanna come?

[@andykay2310]

Hetfield did play some amazing riffs. However, they did record the track Master of Puppets at a slower speed so they could get it tighter

[@JoeSnyder-iv5nz]

Jason Richardson solo on Polyphias Aviation is just dumb good

[@user-vk3lk1zf3g]

No Bob Vigna (Immolation), Trey Azagthoth (MA, who is bordering on self-parody these days), or Mitch Harris (ND) or Bill Steer (Ex-ND/Carcass)?