Rolling Stone 250 Greatest Guitarist List Is... Well...

Rolling Stone has released a new list of greatest guitar players and it sure is something.
The 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time by Rolling Stone
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[@burnikshrapnel]

Rolling Stone is a joke. Stopped caring about what they peddled a long time ago. Mustaine and Friendman's absence means the list was created by jokers.

[@mikeb.7183]

I look to Rolling Stone for musical guidance like I look to Dr Pepper for medical advice

[@leeland446]

Ha, 😂

[@gerardcote8391]

Got to laugh at this, back in the 1970s I remember the Dr Pepper ads were so lame I never wanted to taste it. There was even an Urban Legend that Dr Pepper was Carbonated Prune Juice. Wasn't until the 2010s sometime when fast food chains had those serve yourself drink dispensers, and I actually tried a sip. and thought it was way better than Coke and Pepsi. Amazing how a total crap ad campaign can ruin sales.

[@garyolshan4177]

or listen to trump for the truth

[@l.rongardner2150]

@@garyolshan4177, I listen to Trump for truth, and to the Deep State (Biden, Hillary, Wray, FBI, DOJ, et al. ) and the mainstream Mockingbird, legacy media for lies and propaganda.

[@CT-mw7yu]

Kerry King at 96, while Eric Johnson at 205 and Malmsteen nowhere to be found 😂

[@lonestar6709]

Allan Holdsworth didn't make it either! What a joke.

[@DoktorDamage]

@@lonestar6709 Not at all? That's obnoxious LOL. Holdsworth is a GOD !!! :O

[@tzonsmith3388]

What's funnier is that King wasn't even the best guitarist in Slayer

[@ninoninov6044]

Rolling Stone is for music, as Mens Health is for Health

[@nemusys]

Even within Slayer, I thought Hanneman was a notch better...

[@grogueQ]

Joan Jett is in the top 100. That's all we need to say.

[@gerardcote8391]

And she is higher up the list than Lita Ford. I've seen both play live and Micheal J Fox is better than Joan Jett any day of the week.

[@michaelgasparrelli8259]

Joni Mitchell #9

[@klauswigsmith]

Forget Mustaine...placing Andy f**king Summers at 250th was the worst crime of the whole damned list.

[@shawnatlast]

Should've stopped right there

[@v4v819]

I can play faster and more difficult things than him and i know 6 year olds who were taught police songs and can do most their riffs!!!!!!!!

[@klauswigsmith]

@@v4v819 yeah, sure you can, big fella.

[@v4v819]

I CAN ASK MY SON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@@klauswigsmith

[@klauswigsmith]

@@v4v819 OK!!!!!!!!!!!

[@bjr4567]

Joni Mitchell at #9, Eric Johnson at #205. What could possibly be wrong here?

[@v4v819]

ewwwwww, cisgender male, cisgender male, cisgender male... EWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Joni Mitchell is better... She was just born this way!!!!!!!!

[@gerardcote8391]

This is the problem with Rolling Stone, they think a mediocre "Folk" player strumming the same 4 chords in 1/4 th notes or 1/8 notes with absolutely no variation in rhythm and singing about the Vietnam war is being edgy.

[@charlieboardman2005]

​@@gerardcote8391Worst comment ever written

[@moonvals]

Yes St. Vincent is better than David Gilmour………………….NOT

[@rickjason215]

Holdsworth wasn’t on the list. Joe Pass wasn’t on the list. Tommy Emmanuel is not on the list. It is absurd.

[@Donjasoni]

I doubt these diversity hires at RS even know who these guitarists are.

[@rickjason215]

@@Donjasoni You are right. I don’t know why it annoys me. Joe Bonamassa and Tommy tour all the time. They are famous in the guitar community. Neil Young is a better guitarist than Joe Bonamassa, Tommy Emmanuel, Chet Atkins. Jack White is better than Holdsworth? It is laughable. It is a stupid list, by a woke magazine, that nobody reads anymore.

[@natethomas3793]

Mustaine and Friedman got snubbed so hard man. those two have influenced countless guitarists (myself included) and completely revolutionized thrash metal. honestly infuriating

[@walkawaycat431]

Preach!

[@thatsamazin-]

Rolling Stone was pretty legit up until about 30 years ago.

[@heavenhelpus479]

Terry Kath, George Benson, Roy Clark, Al Dimeola, Yngwie Malmsteen and Tom Scholtz are all better than the guys you talked about.

[@michaelgasparrelli8259]

Gary Moore too

[@tonysoto8949]

No Dave Mustaine and Marty Friedman but they listed James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett? There is no comparison Mustaine and Friedman smoke them no contest. They also omitted Neil Schon, Rick Emmitt, Tommy Scholtz, Yngwei Malmsteen, or Guthrie.

[@bluemawks]

Let's be honest here, it is shocking that they did not list Dylan Mulvainy as the #1 guitarist.

[@misternoone8496]

You hit the nail on the head.

[@bshingledecker]

Celebrating day 132 of being a guitarist. I heard he was getting bored so he snipped two strings and now he's a bassist.

[@Donjasoni]

@@bshingledecker haha…well done

[@Disinformation_Hoax]

No he's the number one on the top 100 fagott players list. Also somehow they forgot all the ukrainian presidents on this list.

[@jimmy5634]

He’s number 251

[@Donjasoni]

I just checked out the list. No surprise on how they made it their politically correct , “want list” steeped in woke ideology rather than an actual objective list. I know judging guitarists is subjective but when you have Joe Perry at 135 and Joni Mitchell cracking your top 25, that’s not objective….that’s propaganda. But does this shock anyone? This isn’t a music magazine; it’s a political one, therefore picking top 🎸 becomes yet another opportunity for the clueless social justice warriors of Gen Z that now write this baseless crap to sneak guitarists in that don’t belong their because they share the same genitals and politics rather than being a guitar hero. At the beginning of the list RS states that the list they complied on 2011 were essentially picked by guitarists and leaned classic rock. But now, this “new and approved” list is chosen by writers of RS…in other words, social justice college grads. I knew what that meant. Every other guitarist was female…not that there is anything wrong with females making the list…but are they serious? I didn’t know this many females even played guitar. It’s freaking ridiculous. If RS ever wants to be considered viable by people that actually appreciate music they need to cease their political agenda as it’s obviously seeing into even their guitar lists. What a joke!

[@_aidan_b]

Yeah a TON of no name female guitarists above a lot of legendary players...

[@steverogers2603]

You sayin you have doubts that Joan Jett is a better guitarist than Segovia?

[@sca4789]

I can't believe that any serious music fan thinks there are 250 guitarists better than Steve Morse, Tommy Emmanuel, Ingwe Malmsteen, and Guthrie.

[@sister_bertrille911]

On the jazz side, George Benson, Joe Pass, and Allan Holdsworth would like a word.

[@davidschecter5247]

No Glen Campbell, Roy Clark, or Terry Kath did it for me. Nobody from Wishbone Ash. No Steve Morse?

[@andrasczehlarik9180]

No ALVIN LEE .

[@_aidan_b]

Tom Morello a better guitarist than SRV??? Dave is a good guitar player no doubt but honestly Marty not being on there is much worse. Also no Yngwie in the top 10? top 100? No gary moore, shawn lane, allan holdsworth (who I don't even like) gunthrie govan, PAUL GILBERT in top 100, let alone top 10. Didn't even bother going down the list any more than that. Way worse than the last one somehow.

[@euthanized1830]

Any americans who havent heard of gary moore you need to check him out he is absouktely nuts top 10 for me

[@TheManOnTheRail]

No Billy Strings, Tommy Emmanuel or even Buckethead!

[@dreamcastkid3064]

You said it all man. Megadeth will always have to live underneath the other band that starts with M.

[@robertevenson5686]

How can they be 23 and their teacher is 93

[@christjerky2320]

Slayer doesn’t start with an M?

[@dreamcastkid3064]

@@christjerky2320 I was talking about Maroon 5

[@christjerky2320]

@@dreamcastkid3064 😂

[@JohnSmith-fw2et]

Ted Nugent didn't make the list, can't imagine why?

[@davidschecter5247]

Because he's an A$$?

[@Donjasoni]

Yeah, but Joan Jett did! 🙄…and I love Joan Jett but give me a break. This list is politically driven (as usual). Chosen by woke hacks who value diversity and genitalia instead of objective journalists who care about musical merit.

[@steverogers2603]

Agreed. I can’t stand him but must concede, the man can play a guitar.

[@Rikrik1138]

I think they put Kerry King higher than Steve Vai. I shook my head at that.

[@RoastRat]

Based on this Trolling Stone top 250 list, I'm going to make a top basketball players list where half of them are white, and 25% is female.

[@Donjasoni]

Haha…exactly…and they should be under 5’10. We want to be inclusive.

[@bjr4567]

@@Donjasoni Just make sure to include one dwarf. We wouldn't want to leave *anybody* out.

[@ruby055]

Eric Clapton behind Joni Mitchell. Terry Cath not in the list, Glenn Campbell. Eric Clapton 35. Dave Mustaine. BTW Rory Gallagher was better than 90 % of the list.

[@justaguy2365]

He wasn't very influential, and he didn't really move guitar forward. He was just doing what everyone else was doing at the time.

[@kennendo8922]

The only reason I would ever buy an issue of RS is if we had another toilet paper shortage. And even then there's way better choices.

[@cerveshred]

Rolling Stone is a woke magazine.

[@bronwynbeistle8317]

but left off Dolly Parton, Sheryl Crowe, Alison Krauss, Carole King, Memphis Minnie, and Charo. IOW, they don't even do woke right.

[@nickvickers3486]

Actually they seem to have pissed everybody off, that's usually a good sign of neutrality. I don't think they're woke, whatever that is, and I don't think they're the opposite of woke, whatever that's is, slept? I don't know as I'm not American. But it is clearly demonstrated that they're not experts on guitar playing))

[@EF-fc4du]

Allan Holdsworth didn't make it!!!

[@robertoricci3393]

Putting musicians with different styles from different ages in the same category is stupid. These types of lists are useless.

[@alisonanthony1228]

Any list that doesn't contain Tommy Emmanuel is automatically invalidated. Also, Paul Simon at 249? WTAF!

[@Donjasoni]

Right??!! This list is bogus. Sheer diversity picks. Rewriting history like all good communist publications do! 😂

[@goldenfreddy-gj5wy]

It's Rolling Stones, the most inaccurate magazine of all time.

[@Donjasoni]

And now I must also include the adjective of “shitty” to its description as well. RS is now an official disgrace to anyone that loves music,

[@pkats9093]

Nice rant. I agree seems like a joke of a list. So many left off - Dimeola and Allan freaking Holdsworth two of the most notable. 😂😂😂

[@haeretean9012]

true!! leaving those two makes any guitar list invalid

[@216Numbskull]

@pkats9093, No bout a doubt it my friend. Like you said to leave either one of the "Al's" off that list is criminal really. Not to mention they also didn't acknowledge any of the quiet yet iconic guitar players such as the Wrecking Crew & the Funk Brothers. Who whether or not you know their names, the guitar work they did on albums as studio guitarists speaks volumes for sure. I mean c'mon no mention of, "Tommy Tedesco, Glenn Campbell, Billy Strange, Barney Kessel, Joe Messina, Robert White, or Eddie Willis. Say what you want, but if it wasn't for those guys right there alone, much less any of the other great studio session players we wouldn't have heard even half of the iconic R&B, Soul, Pop, Rock, & Funk, etc... songs there is today! Just bcuz they were on the DL & not seen on the forefront doesn't make them any less of a guitarist than all the others who were on center stage, IMO anyways. Don't quote me on this but between those 7 guitar players I mentioned, I'd say they've got to be responsible for playing on around at least "7,000" albums. 🤔 Many of which created vibe & riffs on songs themselves, for the artist. Just saying.. 🤘😉🤘 +Peace, Rock n' Roll 4 Your Soul My Friend+

[@MG-fh4ed]

Greatness? Influence? Technique? Creativity? In any case, this is another political list. Bye RS.

[@greenalishi222]

They missed Segovia, Baden Powell and Michael Hedges for me. Ali Farka Tour is awesome too. I love Rob Cavestany from Death Angel. Dave's playing is so cool. Just off kilter and kinda Cap Beefhearty. Really unique. The heart of Slayer was Jeff Hanneman. I like that Wilson of the B52s is on there. Underrated. Wino of St Vitus and the Obsessed is my fave. Never makes any list

[@minkorrh]

Classical and it's players always get screwed even though the attention to detail and playing is off the scale. That's how I started. Think I still have an old Fernando Sor workbook somewhere lol.

[@UR_Right24]

​@@minkorrhThat's how I always feel, like I could comprise a list of 250 classical guitarists, most of which most people have never even heard of, and they can play circles around most of the popular guitarists most people usually list.

[@aindriubradleymarshall6226]

Julian Bream .

[@bjr4567]

Ricky Wilson does NOT deserve to be on such a list, not with all the monster players out there. Give me a break.

[@greenalishi222]

@@bjr4567 I love his playing

[@Countachockula]

EVH was number 4. LOL he should be number 1 with all that he did. I love Jimi Hendrix but come on, he had such a short career and Eddie did way more for music and guitar. I hate comparing guitarists so these lists are always dumb to me. Jason Becker, Marty Friedman, Guthrie Govan not on this list but some acoustic strummers are? Come on! It's a popularity contest by people that don't actually know guitar playing. I don't recall seeing Buckethead either. I could be wrong, the list is painful to go through. I couldn’t find Yngwie either.

[@fanssolperez3430]

1.Jimi hendrix 2.Richie blackmore 3.Mark knopfler 4. Terry kath 5.Eddie van halen 6.Jimmy page 7.Adrian smith 8.Brian may 9.Glenn tipton 10.Jeff beck

[@JetWindTV]

Too many boomer picks.

[@yvettelearnshowtoshred]

@@JetWindTV maybe his Top 10 is in the top 30 of everybody.

[@JetWindTV]

@@yvettelearnshowtoshredI don't know about that. Some of these picks are really good. The problem with such a vague list genre bias and huge generational bias. It also depends how much you think influence matters or doesn't matter. Not setting any clear criteria makes a list on the subject ultimately meaningless. Slap names of guitar players people know. Make it easily agreement. I mean it is why Frank Zappa will always rank under so many even if he's a great guitar player with a unique vision of music.

[@Biozene]

Jeff Beck 10 lol

[@fanssolperez3430]

@@Biozene That's what I think, what's your problem?

[@rmartin7558]

Ted Nugent was the first great heavy rock guitarist from The United States and he didn't make the list.😂 But I guess they only had room for so many straight white guys.

[@minkorrh]

How about we cook up a list of 'The Worst Magazines of All Time', with Rolling Stone somewhere around the National Enquirer?

[@kevinnelson9716]

I believe the NE before RS.

[@danzemacabre8899]

I think it belongs in the best/worst toilet paper, with Charmin easily #1 and Rolling Stone fighting with the NewYork Times to stay off the bottom (pun intended)

[@bowtieguy6870]

What is this list for you ask? It had nothing to do with guitars or players, it was for clicks, and getting influencers to make content about it to generate more clicks. Seems it was highly successful.

[@joe.osullivan]

Dave Mustaine, Terry Kath, Yngwie, John Petrucci, Misha Mansoor, and Adam Jones all didn't make the list. I mean, heck prog metal got almost no love, I think Tosin and Tim Henson are the only ones who made it, and most prog rock guitarists made it, but were insanely low.

[@themadmattster9647]

Weird Adam Jones wasn’t on there. Not a huge fan but I would think Rolling Stone would worship him

[@justaguy2365]

Tim Henson lol. Participation award

[@cmh6122]

If Guthrie Govan is not on this list, it is irrelevant. Hendriz is the most overrated player in history.

[@SNOwyte]

The list was compiled by sum1 who does not play guitar

[@nickvickers3486]

Which is not necessarily a problem, I don't paint but I can still have an opinion about art. I get what you mean though, it's probably worth checking out similar lists on guitar mags

[@SNOwyte]

@@nickvickers3486 no but the list itself is a problem

[@SNOwyte]

@@nickvickers3486 its like me doing a list of 150 best artists of all time and putting Hunter Biden at the #5 spot behind goya, van gogh, da vinci, and andy warhol

[@mahmam3128]

Not that's not true, it was made by a deaf person

[@adamhill3691]

I didn't think about Dave. What about Jake E Lee, and Zack? Not to mention if ur going for all different types, what about Roy Clark, and Jerry Reed? It's a damn joke!

[@bjr4567]

Reed made their dumb list but not Clark. They're all over the board.

[@STSGuitar16]

Let’s be honest here, folks. RS did this 100% on purpose. Obviously a ranking list like this featuring the “greatest” of anything will have haters no matter what, but they absolutely made it as absurd as they could specifically to get more people talking about it. They knew a whack list like this would get way more of a reaction from people than a “safe” list would. Turns out they were absolutely correct lol. I doubt we’d see anywhere near as many reaction videos or people talking about the list if they had just gone with the obvious, safe choices. I don’t agree with the list either, but let’s not act like it is anything more than a tabloid-level rage bait article. It’s just a garbage junk food magazine at this point, nothing more.

[@nickvickers3486]

They'd get hate and reaction with a 'safe' list as well! Take any two talented guitarists of different genres and how do you say who's better. E.g. Marc Knopfler v Marty Friedman? Or BB King v Graham Coxon? It's not easy, like comparing football players of different generations. You're not comparing like for like and it's difficult to know what criteria to use...

[@STSGuitar16]

@@nickvickers3486 yeah m8, I just said they’d get hate even with a safe list 😂😂 but yeah, I think you’re right for the most part. There could possibly be a solution to that by creating some sort of completely objective variable to apply to every guitarist to help decide between two obviously great players. I’m not sure what that objective variable could be, though. Maybe some sort of average score of a few different categories based on things like number of albums sold, number of live shows played, number of charting songs, things like that? Maybe if the two players in question are more or less equal in terms of guitar playing ability, the auxiliary objective score could come in to decide between the two. Of course, then it wouldn’t be a solely guitar playing-based evaluation (which, it’s basically that way now anyway), but it could make for a fun list either way. But yeah, ranking lists like this will always have detractors.

[@TheSaOk]

Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix should have shared #1 spot. Page bit less technical live but unmatched composer. And Since I've Been Loving You is quite unmatched studio secording for guitar.

[@JIMMYBUSHIDO]

Any list that doesn't have Terry Cath..in it, 🫣 Is just beyond belief 😱

[@michaelkoenig3463]

F rolling stone mag . Tina S is a better guitar player than Eric Clapton, don't believe me look her up

[@klauswigsmith]

Andy Summers is better than 90% of the guitarists on that list and they placed him at 250, lol

[@GYX453]

My list : 1 Yngwie Malmsteen 2 Gary Moore 3 George Lynch 4 Michael Schenker 5 Dave Mustaine None of them on the list. Rolling Stone is a joke!

[@TheChugMonkey]

Guthrie Govan Les Paul Jason Becker Marty Friedman Yngwie Malmsteen Rory Gallagher Gary Moore Alex Lifeson Dick Dale Dave Mustaine Buckethead Shit list!

[@globalunitedanimals]

Not having srv in the top ten is pure insanity.

[@DawidUliczny-ro7eo]

David Gilmore was 28, while St. Vincent was 26. Like, whaaaat?

[@qwqwqwqw99]

They make the list awful on purpose to get people talking about it. Seems to have worked to a degree. They spend credibility each time though.

[@justaguy2365]

Some of those young, nobodies are just getting participation awards. Just like they've been handed their whole lives. They're not influential, they haven't moved guitar playing forward.... Undeserved to say the least.

[@michaelkoenig3463]

Rolling Stone Magazine can't get out of the 60s and 70s. Tina S at 14 is better than Eric Clapton in his prime. Dont believe me, look her up

[@haitolawrence5986]

She can shred but she just plays other peoples stuff.

[@Donjasoni]

With all due respect…no

[@bjr4567]

Dude, get an education in music history and influence. At least the basics, please.

[@MsBenlane]

i recall a 100 best which had alex lifeson of rush as 98. now they now have him at 58. did he take a magic pill? rory gallagher is listed very low. funny as alex in an interview how much he admired him. they toured together and he said he listened to him every night and was so inspired by him.

[@steverogers2603]

Jimi Hendrix, who they say was the best guitarist ever, said Terry Kath was better than him, yet he ranks nowhere in the top 250.

[@jamestomkin8784]

My top 10: Jiminy Hendrix, Duane Allman, Duane Allman, Duane Allman, Duane 😁

[@jamestomkin8784]

Duane Allman, Duane Allman Duane Allman Duane Allman, Dickey Betts!!😁

[@Donjasoni]

And yes, the ads on their list are incredibly frustrating.

[@seansandberg5580]

Dude, the Judas Priest thing isn't even that egregious compared to some of the other things wrong with that list. Kerry King being 105 spots higher than Eric Johnson and 97 ahead of Nuno Bettencourt is sheer lunacy. Not to mention Annie Clarke being ranked at 26 above David Gilmour, Brian May, Wes Montgomery, Mark Knopfler, Larry Carlton, ect. is absurd. Add to all of that no inclusion of Al Di Meola, Guthrie Govan, Paul Gilbert, Paco De Lucia, Alex Lifeson, Jim Hall, or Joe Pass makes this list a colossal failure.

[@papawoody9597]

Rolling Stone comes in at #1 in the Top 100 "Dumbest Top 250 Lists" of all time. Seriously, Tom Morello ahead of SRV? GTFO.

[@jamestomkin8784]

I was done with RS when they put John Travolta on the cover!

[@klardfarkus3891]

They just entered greatest guitarist into google and took the first 250 names as they scrolled down.

[@danzemacabre8899]

Michael Schenker wasnt on the list. I mean ive already heard that Yngwie, Morse, Holdsworth, DiMeola, Friedman, Mustaine, i just keep hearing names that didnt make it and i laugh harder....what was that? Roy Clark. Not on the list...smh laughing harder, what a rag

[@bjr4567]

You're just touching the surface of who's been omitted.

[@danzemacabre8899]

@bjr4567 I know. It's pretty sad.what a worthless rag, just one of several moronic things it's done of the last several years including being a corporate shill for the government, Establishment garbage at its finest

[@p1st0ls44]

Eric johnson at 205 had me scratching my head. Same with steve lukether... Both should atleast be top 100. Goofy list imo

[@revkenwiz]

Rolling stone blew it. Peace & love

[@DoktorDamage]

RS is a joke LOL

[@PedrSion]

Gary Moore ?

[@pyroman6000]

Warren Haynes? Jack Pearson?? Dickey Betts? Toy Caldwell?

[@michaelhogan6770]

There I fixed it. The 250 Randomest Guitarists of All Time by Rolling Stone

[@gerardcote8391]

Got to agree on Slayer of the Big 4 they are #3 in album sales. When Raining Blood came of a big Metalhead I was friends with got it and he hated the whole thing and gave it to me saying here this is more your style. I listen to it though Angel of Death was fairly interesting, but the rest was exactly the same. As far as I'm concerned,Slayer only has 2 songs, South of Heaven, which I like and everything else which sounds exactly the same, and is mostly crap. No way on the list of top 50,000 guitarists. I've seen 8 yr old kids on KZbin that are better. And tell me how King from Slayer is better than Al DiMeola, Roy Clark, Gary Moore, Paco DeLucia, Alan Holdsworth, Yngwie Malmsteen. And tell Mr also how Is Joan Jett above Lita Ford. Or how is Paul McCartney a bass and piano player, who barely plays guitar so high on a list. And how is the guy from the White Stripes on this list when far better players are not. If these are the best then why so many mediocre Blues Players on this list and so many top Jazz guys are not...Every song is a one four five with zero variety... on the list but Technically proficient player with massive discographies of musically complex songs are not.

[@jimmy5634]

I quit scrolling through the list with its incessant ads and pop ups.

[@kah227]

Incredibly funny to see everyone complaining about the list when it's just a list about one's personal taste. I will always hold Ritchie Blackmore higher than both Jimmy Page and Tony Iommi. There are many who quite rightly complain that Yngwie Malmsteen is not on the list, but I have only seen a couple of comments that point out that Alexi Laiho is not on this list as he should be. For me, there is probably no female guitarist who beats Tina S, and you can only go on her cover on Ludwig van Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata (3rd Movement).

[@zemlidrakona2915]

IMO Kerry King is overrated, even for making great riffs. Look at all of Slayer's most popular songs. They are written by Hanneman. If you want to talk about outrageous omissions, Yngwie wasn't on the list and neither was Holdsworth.

[@hajiabu5176]

Lets all agree Richard Benson should be no. 1

[@mnoble247]

Eric Johnson at 205? Remove the zero is more apt.

[@isaiahneilguitaristofficia549]

No Dave Mustaine No Marty Freidman , yet Neil Young is TWENTY 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️.

[@gerardcote8391]

A lot of people complain about the lumping together. Lead and Rythm are 2 distinct and not comparable. Also I hate the fact lists like this are America centric. I have not seen the whole list but the last time the top 100, nearly everyone on it was American or British. There's a hundred and eighty other countries with massively talented players who are way better than 99% of the American players. Yet they don't get on these lists. I could give you ten bands whose playing will blow you away. But they'd never get on these types of lists.

[@bjr4567]

"There's a hundred and eighty other countries with massively talented players *who are way better than 99% of the American players."* This is a ridiculous exaggeration that kills your whole point.

[@williamandrews3648]

“Lead & rhythm are 2 distinct & not comparable “….not to people who actually PLAY guitar. There is no such thing as a “lead guitar” or a “rhythm guitar “ it’s just a guitar, when you learn to play it, you play both

[@gerardcote8391]

@@williamandrews3648 I am referring to bands that have exclusively one lead and one rythm guitarist. Most Metal band have either one who plays both or 2 lead who also play both. But a lot of rock bands with 2 have one exclusively playing each.

[@gerardcote8391]

@@bjr4567 Again you start with the default Ameri-centric view. And probably never listened to any other music from other countries. In 1990 US Music turned into total crap, so I started listening to music from other countries. And I found way better music. Case in point Paco DeLucia, Yngwie Malmsteen, Herman LI, Midori and Miyako, Teru and Hizaki, Eddie Iron Bunny.

[@888visuals]

I don't have time to scroll through this stupid list. WHERE WAS STEVE VAI? SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME. And Chuck Berry at NUMBER TWO? Joni Mitchell at NINE? SHE PLAYS WITH A CAPO! LOL

[@seththomas9105]

No Roy Clark. No Glen Campbell? Did RS ever hear of the Wrecking Crew? At least they put Django Reinhardt on this time.

[@dinkeredwards5187]

Geeze stop worrying about Kerry King and Dimebag Totally Different Types of Bands..and totally different Types of Guitarist...Dimebag Is king...lol Kerry is Amazing and Mustaine is a Master of all ha ha ....and Marty is a Genius..What list...Should be independent Guitarist...I would say even the younger generation that really listen to older metal and classic rock would even agree with you about the list ..

[@saschaschwarze3210]

RS never includes any CRITERIA on which they base their rankings. Well...there obviously are none. If you're in for anything but a good laugh... simply forget these lists. They are crap.

[@joeylodes]

RS Magazine has been a joke for a very long time

[@sirjaws49]

It's irrelevant who Rolling Stone put on their list (irrelevant just the same as it is with the Grammys, which are a joke) There's dozens of people on this list who shouldn't be anywhere near it as there are dozens who are not on it who should be in the top 100;- Benson, Malmsteen, Govan, Holdsworth & dozens more. Yeah & Gary Moore isn't on and he is some peoples favourite. They're just being inclusive for the sake of it and they're wrong! They could say the most influential or innovative but they'd still be wrong so wrong certainly 'Not' the Greatest

[@tomoester2144]

I won't be looking up this list. They put out lists to get real rock lovers outraged so they stay relevant. There's no reason to pay attention to it

[@bigbelafonte8237]

Marten hagstrom or fredrik thordendal shouldve definitely been on the list. What a shame.

[@tootoomcgoo9674]

I mean, I agree Dave Mustaine should be on the list. But omitting Marty Friedman is the much greater offense. Dave is a fine player and deserves a lot of credit for his riff writing, legacy, influence, etc. But Marty is a prodigy of a player. I would bet money he's inspired and influenced more guitarists in the last 30 years than just about anyone in the whole 250.

[@snsdkbopper7819]

Yes, anytime I’m looking at lists or rankings on the internet, if it’s the type of website that you have to keep clicking & loading pages, then I back out 99% of the time.

[@John-k6f9k]

If so many of you seem to dislike Rolling Stone why is their list seemingly so important to you? A lot of people seem to be emotionally hurt that Rolling Stone didn't mention your favorite guitarist or ranked him so low.

[@DaveRossignol]

The Rolling Stone mag fell off the cliff after releasing this list. They have zero credibility. The top 10 is a politically correct statement. Got to have 1/2 black and white guys. Jeff Beck was by all accounts one of the best ever. He’s not even in the top 10. Hendrix #1 (yawn and cliche). EVH at #70 (sad, he was innovative, fast, melodic, and clean - one the greats). Joni Mitchell #72 (a songwriter extraordinaire but not a good guitarist). Same with Neil Young (in fact he has poor technique). The Edge #24 (he’s only adequate - nobody knowledgeable would rate him this high). OMG are the judges eating out of lead plates. Mark Knopfler #27 (masterful guitarist) Steven Stills #28 (not great). Almost every entry and the corresponding ranking shows poor judgment and a complete lack of journalistic integrity.

[@Donjasoni]

It’s a diversity list compiled by kids that got their jobs at RS the same way they made this shit ass wokester list….diversity. Before the list was even considered they did this: okay, find x many minority players, x many females, and prioritize the most publicly woke guitarists and exclude (how ironic) anyone that disagrees with us politically. I.e. Ted Nugent, Eric Clapton, etc. Not a viable, objective list by any means…because it’s not written by real journalists that give a shit about music. Music/art is just another vehicle/excuse to spread their woke propaganda.

[@cjackmond]

It seems a list of influential musicians/singers-songwriters. There was no criteria given, this is not a list by someone knowledgeable about guitar technique and guitar history.

[@ficationsare6552]

Every person on the list needs to explain why they belong there.

[@vpapandrea]

The list is a joke

[@dinoc734]

Neil, Schon and Malmsteen were left off among others

[@jptrout3090]

This useless rag has been extremely unimportant for a very long time.

[@somethingelse04]

Dave Mustaine >>>>>>>>

[@Ziggy_Moonglow]

Ted Nugent was always in the top of the 'best guitarist' list during the 70s, right behind or ahead of Eddie Van Halen and Tom Sholtz. RS has always been a joke. Joan Jett? The Ramones? U2 (sorry, playing 1 note on 1 string for an entire song is not 'great'). RS won't admit this list is about 'diversity' but it's very obvious.

[@215Gallagher]

Best of list are for children, that's why Rolling Stone insists on continuing with these meaningless and random roll calls.

[@fabiorodriguez4207]

Ok dude. Just go buy the magazine so you can go over everyone, without guessing their places.

[@MorbidReigns]

Rolling Stone is a joke. The propaganda coming out of there is pure trash.

[@Donjasoni]

True!!

[@roccomancini5875]

Maestro Frank Marino , not included... rolling stones magazine is toilet paper

[@mttmtmmt5701]

Holdsworth, Fripp, Belew, Shawn Lane...? Ughhhh....

[@nickvickers3486]

Yes Dave Mustaine should be on the list. To be fair though Dave is mentioned in James and Kirk's entry (no.23) and he is credited as one of the innovators of the thrash

[@MrChazz965]

Is gary richrath on the list? from reo? he was a phenomenal guitarist