The 50 Greatest Guitarists, Who's Missing?

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[@samuraiguitarist]

Who got left off? Segovia, Django Reinhardt, Les Paul are some more that come to mind.

[@spaixz3503]

the fact that John Frusciante isn't on this list is just crazy

[@balintpalhegyi6864]

I am honestly stunned how Guthrie Govan is never on these lists. He can literally imitate all of these guy's playing and you wouldn't even notice

[@mccauley6027]

Did they miss Eric Johnson???? I’m shocked by this because he’s a tone genius that inspired the likes of Bonamassa and Andy Timmons (who should also be here)

[@dave0267]

Sorry, if you are putting a 50 top guitarist together, you really should have heard about most of these guys.

[@ihatepolice5459]

john mayer and john fruscainte not being on the list insane

[@Innerspace100]

When can we see a list where Hendrix is not at number one, Jimmy Page is not in the top-five and Eric Clapton is omitted alltogether? That's what I want to know!

[@thales30]

Allan Holdsworth should have been on the list.

[@robcourtney6154]

Gary Moore should be number 1 on the list , hands down.

[@sameermohamed8590]

No Shawn Lane and no Guthrie Govan? 😂 And No:24, John Petrucci: " It's just not for me." But you have Synyster Gates, Joe Satriani & Steve Vai in the same list🤦🏽 That's one way of being disrespectful. Bye, bye, Samurai.

[@joewg3]

Kind of a crime to not have Chet Atkins on the list. The guy was absolutely amazing.

[@xers999]

This should be called 50 Greatest 'Rock/Metal' Guitarists.

[@renatodovecer8368]

Gary Moore is got to be the most underrated guitarist. I never heard a guitar actually cry until I heard Gary Moore play “Still got the blues”.

[@uraniumcranium2613]

Allan Holdsworth for his alien compositions and mind blowing legato, Shawn Lane because buckethead thought he was playing with 8 fingers, Frank Gambale for taking sweep and economy picking to unseen levels, Scott Henderson for never overplaying and being in Tribal Tech.

[@themysticalunicorn726]

The lack of Frusciante is mind blowing to me, he was writing riffs and solos like Under the Bridge, Give it Away, and If You Have to Ask at 18 years old. Then went on to write and re-define the peppers with every album he did. His guitar playing hits right in the soul. That's not even mentioning his stunning solo career. No doubt in my mind he will go down as an all time great in 20 or so years.

[@Nixlplix]

Hendrix claimed that Terry Kath of Chicago was a better guitarist, and he's not even on this list. Another criminally underrated guitarist.

[@JaredSawyers312]

In regards to Robert Fripp, he created a tuning system he calls "New Standard Tuning" or NST which is fifths except for what would be the high e in standard tuning as the string would keep breaking. He was also a pioneer of guitar effects, especially delay, developing something he likes to call "frippertronics" which utilizes tape delays to get some real cool sounds. He is known not just for his work in King Crimson but also as a contributor to other musicians as well. For example, he was the one who did the spectral guitar work for the song "Heroes" by David Bowie. I would highly recommend listening to more of King Crimson's music though I am biased since they are my favorite band. I would specifically recommend the songs "Starless", "The Night's Watch", either "Sartori in Tangier" or "Requiem", "Frame by Frame", "Fracture", and "Lark's Tongue in Aspic". "Sartori in Tangier" and "Requiem" are both instrumental songs that exemplify both the NST and frippertronics work. "Frame by Frame" shows some more of the complicated time signature stuff and just sounds great with the dual guitars working off one another. "Lark's Tongue in Aspic" is another instrumental song that is just a really fun with a lot of cool sounds going on. "Starless" and "The Night's Watch" are both just good songs of theirs that I like. "Fracture" and it's sequal "FraKctured" are a showcase of just how technically skilled of a guitarist Fripp is. They're probably a couple of the hardest songs you could play as while they don't feature a wide range of techniques, the amount of control and stamina needed to perform the songs is just absurd.

[@spoonybard13]

I'd say Terry Kath deserves some recognition. The solos he did for Chicago in their heyday are absolutely wild!

[@kylebremer1557]

To be honest... I dont know how Jerry Garcia is not on this list... and alot of other lists. Im not a Dead Head. I have only been listening to their music for a little while now. But his understanding of tone and just overall playing skill is amazing!

[@archieleechjb]

Since you love B.B. King and Mark Knopfler, you really need to check out Peter Green. King said Green was the only player who gave him "the cold sweats." Check out the live "Jumping at Shadows" for dramatic, melodic blues, live "Rattlesnake Shake" for hard riffing, "Albatross" for sweet melody and tone. Took over from Clapton in Bluesbreakers, influenced Knopfler and Santana.