This 'Top 250 Greatest Guitarists' List is BALLS!

[@KnoxFrags]

A guitar list without Stevie Ray Vaughan and Gary Moore has no reason to exist.

[@robertseurat5189]

He's #20, just not included in this video

[@metal4lifewp]

I came here to comment that. Stevie doesn't know that many guitarists it seems. I'm glad to see other people know them. Stevie's Little Wing is the ultimate blues song for me.

[@Defenseman61913]

lol what the fuck they missed SRV???? dude

[@aleksbtv]

i totally agree with you

[@daphenomenalz4100]

@@metal4lifewp bro, no one knows all the guitarist. How'd u even expect someone to know 😭

[@krinniv7898]

Vai at 127, Jack White at 32, Buckethead unlisted. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time 🤣🤣

[@mr.brenman2132]

Was Tony Iommi on the the list? No country players either?

[@arthurskc]

Paul Gilbert, Zakk Wylde, Yngwie Malmsteen, Michael Angelo Batio, Kiko Loureiro and others not in the list is frustrating too.

[@mr.brenman2132]

@@arthurskc No Rickie blackmore. No country guitarists. A complete joke.

[@FireballN]

The only based thing the list did was putting Jerry Cantrell on the list. No Yngwie or Blackmore is a sin.

[@semi-decentmontages7906]

And Eric johnson at 202…… 31 behind paul mccartney😂😂😂

[@PetarBladeStrok]

No Andy Timmons, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Guthrie Govan and Shawn Lane on this list is absolutely criminal!

[@arenlonglongkumer5643]

Truee.... thought SRV was on there.

[@rick3747]

Govan? Low tier at best.

[@fatShowPony]

Guthrie would have needed to have something different between his legs to get on the list. How ridiculous.

[@clarenceoveur9497]

No SRV is f up... so is Gambale, Greg Howe, Becker, Vinnie Moore, MALMSTEEN FFS, Holdsworth, Govan, Petrucci, the list goes on and on and on... epic fail

[@pxofpxof7782]

not if youre not a moron who trust rolling stones lists

[@squeak1617]

Why is Tim Henson only at 161!? And Steve Vai at 127!? Joe Satriani at 94!? Slash at 105!? Buckethead and Yngwie Malmsteen NOT LISTED!? SERIOUSLY!?

[@lapangbagang587]

Tim henson shouldn't even be here

[@squeak1617]

@@lapangbagang587 Why is that?

[@doomthecreator1667]

​@@squeak1617 Because he sucks. He doesn't play anything of substance. He just takes all the techniques he knows and combines them. Garbage music 🗑

[@HarshVTandon]

@@squeak1617 Too early to tell. He is technically good, but hasn't contributed much in any other way

[@TheNyxCabin]

A top 250 guitarist list without Dave Mustaine, Guthrie Govan, Marty Friedman and John Petrucci ain't a list for me. Some more i forgot: Mike stern Chuck Schuldiner Bobby Koelble

[@salmankabirshouvo]

I was about to ask the same thing. Where is Dave Mustaine.

[@TheNyxCabin]

@@salmankabirshouvo exactly. Also Guthrie Govan

[@BrunoPochette]

Saw the list and went straight up to the comments like tf is this bs

[@TheNyxCabin]

@@BrunoPochette ikrrr 💀

[@Angelus_Mortis02]

Toni Iommi bruv

[@cesarefrancescoriggi]

A guitar list without Yngwie Malmsteen and John Petrucci has no reason to exist. That's it

[@Evolutionist199]

agree

[@TheTripleTrip]

To the history of electric guitar? sure it has it's reasons. A guitarrist is a musician, not just how much notes you can make per second or how many different techs one use in music. That's bullshit...like comparing dick sizes

[@cesarefrancescoriggi]

Saying that Petrucci and Malmsteen didn't write guitar history is pure blasphemy. They didn't just "play millions note per second": they innovated guitar playing and changed the style of soloing forever

[@Clebardman]

​@@cesarefrancescoriggi If by "changed guitar soloing forever", you mean "after them solos disappeared because everybody was bored af with this" I agree. As much as I respect the technical skill, 80s/90s guitar shredders straight up banished guitar out of existence for the mainstream, and it's still trying to recover from it.

[@livebassngames]

Yeah and since electric bass guitars are guitars its about time they start putting the bassist on that same list it would kick out all the unknown names from the best guitarist lists

[@alemkassa487]

Micheal shencker, tony iomni, dave navarro, zakk wylde, and Gary Moore are all deserving to be on this list.

[@gorham296]

Havent seen the list, but if Schenker is not top 20 its not worth looki´n at.

[@HomeMOVIESandMUSICvideos]

This list was made just to piss people off. They probably laughed their asses off while making it!!!

[@mikedown1250]

the list is a joke tbh

[@Silent-Solitude111]

That is being way too nice. I wouldn't give this magazine to gitmo prisoners for torture. I literally might be having a stroke.@@mikedown1250

[@MrClassicmetal]

Agreed, it's ridiculous. Other notable players they left out are Al DiMeola, Paco De Lucia, Joe Pass, George Benson, Glenn Campbell, Yngwie Malmsteen, Ritchie Blackmoore, and and Uli Roth.

[@jeff-cc3me]

Alan Holdsworth, Steve Howe, Robert Fripp, Frank Zappa, Gary Green (Gentle Giant)

[@xaris96]

The legend himself, who wrote the first ever alternate arpeggio (Child in Time), and also many many other extraordinary riffs and solos, influenced so many others and they left him behind. Mr Ritchie Blackmore.

[@HomeMOVIESandMUSICvideos]

No Blackmore but they put Joan Jett!!!!

[@Clebardman]

Ok, no Blackmore is def criminal. I don't care about X or Y shredder 0.00001% of humans ever listened to not being on the list, but Blackmore is straight up a mainstream, extremely influential guitarist.

[@walkawaycat431]

Definitely criminal.

[@johnmcminn9455]

lol yeah right . I remember seeing Rainbow in 1998 Blackmore for the first time after seeing Malmsteen Jake E Zakk and many others, and just realizing right the no one was before Blackmore, also Blackmore plays melodies on slide . Yngwie does not play slide at all

[@johnmcminn9455]

oh I know why! Blackmore declined going to the Hall of Fame to play a gig at a pub with Blackmores knight, he said in the press " I had a gig that day, the hall of fame doesn't really matter"

[@Whitewolf4869]

One of the most fluent guitarists of all time. Stevie Ray Vaughan. 100%

[@DrewMade222]

Yeah, obviously they messed this list up!! Try AGAIN RS

[@cryptofool7247]

He's there ...#20.

[@DrewMade222]

@@cryptofool7247 must be a different list?

[@81kentboy]

Nobody reads Rolling Stone anyway

[@Albertawoodchuck]

I love Stevie, he was great. But if you listen to more than the popular songs, you see he's a one trick pony and that trick repeats itself alot.

[@phytadesk119]

A guitar list without Steve Terreberry has no reason to exist.

[@danniboi7490]

facts

[@ubzue8402]

You not knowing who PJ Harvey is hurt me

[@idahoindietoo]

He didn't know WTF J. Masics or Kevin Shields were, you can tell he listens to a lot of Metal.

[@idahoindietoo]

or Bob Mould, seriously?

[@mathero13]

radiohead and kevin shields lmaooooooooo

[@rafaelteixeira2739]

@@mathero13 this guy is obviously very into music but doesn't know radiohead! wth!!! RADIOHEAD! i mean, he actually might, just doesn't recognize the guitarrist's names.

[@lukedoyle2770]

For anyone interested, if Randy Rhoads survived he most likely would have gone back to University after that tour and became (if I recall) a classical composer. He spoke to Ozzy on the tour bus about it the very night he later got into that plane, he’d just lost interest in the whole rock thing and wanted to move on. It’s all in Ozzy’s book

[@thepeopleonthecouch2928]

Also I might add, the very last thing Randy said to Ozzy was "You'll kill yourself, you know, one of these days."

[@kennycab3374]

Diary of a Madman is one of my top favorite albums of all time. The story, the voice of Ozzy, and amazing beautiful guitar work that Rhodes did on that album will live on forever once you listen to the whole album. I was lucky to see Ozzy and Rhodes at the Met Center in Minneapolis. I will never forget the music, the singing, and the stage show. It was a masterpiece.

[@guitargamesandliverpool]

@@thepeopleonthecouch2928It’s crazy that Ozzy is still alive to be honest

[@guelintonquiu6933]

@@guitargamesandliverpool the devil looks after its own

[@guitargamesandliverpool]

@@guelintonquiu6933 🤦‍♂️ monotheism is a joke

[@DirtSweatGears]

Even staying within the Seattle grunge genre, there is NO WAY Kurt Cobain is a better guitarist than Jerry Cantrell.

[@inkedvillan80]

I feel like alot of what they were going for was historical importance and mainstream appeal. Alot of kids picked up the guitar because of Kurt, they decided to get "better" because of Jerry 🤷‍♂️

[@laurisaarinen1126]

Jerry Cantrell is better than Kurt, Kim Thayil is even better than Jerry

[@Pbnj1379]

or McCready, or Gossard, or Thayil...

[@anthonyfaiell3263]

It's honestly pretty offensive that Kurt Cobain is even on a list of guitarists at all. I have a side gig teaching guitar, and most students surpass kurt cobain in skill within about 3-5 months. . This would be like calling someone who can only make grilled cheese and cereal a chef.

[@PsychoMantis308]

Definitely not. Jerry is underrated

[@LowgaenSchmidt]

The fact that Neal Schon of Journey, Oli Herbert, Alexi Laiho, Steve Clark and Phil Collen of Def Leppard, and Terry Kath of Chicago (Whom was highly praised by Jimi Hendrix) aren't on this list further cements that it's a full on sh** show.

[@pinkyellowblue007]

The fact that what?

[@ErnoRistola]

@@pinkyellowblue007 is not on here

[@xdman20005]

Alexi Laiho 😳😳😳💪💪💪

[@davidburdiss1318]

Oli Herbert was a guitar god.

[@joaquinlezcano2372]

Also Mike Oldfield

[@joeuncoolio]

That list is balls. Unless I missed it, I didn't see Steve Stevens on the list.

[@artsnyder7550]

Terry Kath, founding member, lead guitarist and singer of Chicago was an absolute guitar genius that Jimi Hendrix considered to be better than himself, should be at least in the top ten

[@rockinricky7931]

I love Terry kath so much

[@ethanquenum4778]

No.

[@alexilaiho1st]

Funnily enough, the very last guitar player shown in the honorable mentions is supposed to be at the top of the list, Guthrie Govan is quite the definition of a living guitar god, not only his technique is flawless, but his speed, melodies, rhythms, all are insane.

[@Johnnysmithy24]

Actually the SECOND to last player shown in the honorable mentions should be at the top of the list, SHAWN LANE. He IS the guitar god, except he’s no longer living sadly. But Guthrie would be #2 for sure

[@alexilaiho1st]

@@Johnnysmithy24 Agree to disagree, I guess in music we can't all have the same preferences. Personally though, I find Shawn to just be super fast with 1 specific chromatic ascent/descent that he seems to be doing in all of his solos. It's like those countless guitar players on KZbin that are after world records for the fastest bumble bee ever, I don't consider that music, it's cool, but not something I'd listen to more than once, if at all. That's my opinion. If you said to me, who would u listen to more, Shawn or Guthrie, I'd say Dimebag, and and.. there's many others. Hard to say only one is good.

[@CanadianDivergent]

his Technique is not flawless he can't Alt pick!

[@Teodur13]

@@Johnnysmithy24 Actually Shawn and Guthrie would say that Holdsworth is the man.

[@Nyhus1rn]

Couldnt agree more mate. No one plays EVERYTHING as good as Govan!

[@Tez_Thorn1405]

See you're that good, you dont need a rank

[@SteveTerreberry]

Exactly Tez!! I'm not even mad about it. Like at all. Don't even want to be on this stupid list!!!! 😤

[@Tez_Thorn1405]

@@SteveTerreberry it is total dog 💩 tbf, most of them are in the wrong places

[@spaghettisauce445]

@@SteveTerreberrymaybe if you released original music, you dont so no list for you

[@FACEL1FT]

@@spaghettisauce445he has before

[@1American2man3]

Hi Steve do another Ramones video would you please

[@yesfanjoe48]

Steve Howe, Steve Hackett, Rick Emmet,Alex Lifeson,Robert Fripp,SRV,Steve Morse

[@jared4402]

I personally think Alex Lifeson of RUSH is one of the most underrated guitar players of all time. Mainly because he was surrounded by 2 of the best musicians of the other essential instruments in a rock band.

[@introbrilliantm7583]

he's not underrated. rolling stone is just dumb not including him. he's among the pioneer himself in the guitar world, he's among the best

[@personwhohasyoutube]

Actually! He wrote limelight. That song alone should land him top 10.

[@joeybusnardo5866]

@@introbrilliantm7583 He is included, spot 58. Still too low, definitely top 10 at the very least

[@Vivi_9]

@@AlexSosaBolivia no need to be so rude

[@alexplorer]

I fell like that twice over for the guys in Primus who aren't Les Claypool.

[@manolohalkhoholikh2471]

Missing Robert Fripp is a crime as he was a true innovator and such an skilled guitarist.

[@DanalynTuthill-yl4hd]

No crime. Robert Fripp is at #59. Nobody in the comment section is bothering to check the list out.

[@nicolausteslaus]

@@DanalynTuthill-yl4hd Because Steve T has a negative score IQ.

[@marcinha1973]

Ok but why would you care?

[@x00p3]

@@marcinha1973 Huh?

[@Alix777.]

No.

[@NateM-st5no]

João Gilberto basically invented bossa nova, so definitely deserves a place on the list. He played on recordings with Sinatra as well, such as "Girl from Ipanema"

[@p.informatico1320]

What? Did you hear about Vinicius De Moraes and Antonio Carlos Jobim, pal?

[@OmgEinWahnsinniger]

@@p.informatico1320they were part of the movement. It like saying that Charlie Parker invented Bebop, it’s true but there were others part of that movement too who worked together such as Miles Davis, Monk etc.

[@p.informatico1320]

@@OmgEinWahnsinniger They were the beginning of the movement, before it was even called Bossa Nova... Joao Gilberto inspired on their recordings. Just listen "Se todos fossem iguais a voce" kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3a7ZKVmiZp9qac

[@roan9914]

Gilberto is probably the most influential of bossa nova guitarists but invented no he was one of the many musicians of the rio night club scene

[@semguitarra]

​@@p.informatico1320 as a Brazilian and a musician i can confirm joão Gilberto is the inventor of bossa novas acoustic guitar.

[@juniper1135]

I'm a classical guitar player and while it might not mean anything to other people but I can't believe they didn't put any classical or flamenco guitarists like paco de Lucia, Andres Segovia or John Williams; musicians who made an impact on the classical and more mainstream guitar world.

[@rockapartie]

Yeah, Paco really deserves to be on that list. Steve already mentioned Al Di Meola, who is a living legend, and that reminds me of Friday Night in San Francisco (still my favorite classical guitar concert after all those years ...) with McLaughlin, another legendary guitarist, of course. Fun fact: Saturday Night in San Francisco was released last year, a mere 42 years after the concert ... 🙃

[@richardmcnally3135]

Because they are true musicians and they don't belong with the so called rock noise.

[@TheHyde8875]

They put that weird dude that Steve mocked/complimented. He's basically a modern classical guitarist.

[@juniper1135]

@@TheHyde8875 I’m gonna rewatch the video just to find this T-T

[@ethanquenum4778]

They were trash.

[@Led198957]

Tony Iommy deserve a much better recognition on guitarists lists. He contributed on creating metal music, especially the heavy genres, more than anybody in the history. I mean, not to be disrespectful to others great guitarists, but there's an ENTIRE genre born because of him, how many guitarist can say that? Btw, love you Steve!❤

[@feiticeirafatale561]

Tony would be in my TOP 10 and I`m not Sabbath fan.

[@staalhard666]

You can't even spell his name right, wannabe

[@carlossousa24]

His solos are always amazing and I love his riffs. And I am a dumb drummer

[@capnmo6718]

I agree. I think, generally, creativity is overlooked in favour of specific skills. Sure, a bunch of the guitarists on the list are madly skilled on guitar but are less so creative on the guitar. Others give only a facade of creativity.

[@jbucktheman]

I very much agree. Without Tony, heavy metal would be much much different

[@caedenchastain2309]

I expected Tony iommi to be on the list

[@misscookiecore1]

Phil Collen, Steve Clark, and Vivian Campbell all definitely deserve to be on this list.

[@HannahMercury]

That’s what I’m saying!!!

[@mikeycastro9037]

I agree

[@brandonware9335]

Yes

[@randycable3806]

Most don't even mention Steve Clark. A very underrated talent with a great style and sound. Him, Randy Rhoads and Jeff Beck were my favorites as a teen. Randy has to take my top spot. Plus I met him and he was very cool.

[@scottliput]

I can’t believe you don’t know who Scotty Moore was. He was Elvis’ guitarist. In addition to writing some of the most iconic riffs in early rock he was a huge influence on guitarists such as Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page.

[@TimCarter]

Scotty is one of the reasons why Elvis is the king

[@YtuserSumone-rl6sw]

And yet Scotty wasn't the man to record "Guitar man", the coolest song Elvis ever did. It had to be Jerry Reed.

[@anthonyfaiell3263]

Well, that's probably why we don't know who he is. Elvis was shit music. The rolling stones were generic, boring, and extremely simple. Eric Clapton couldn't even play with his pinky and had HORRIBLE technique, which didn't matter because he wrote simple but catchy riffs. Jimmy Page stole most of his riffs, and even ignoring that, his solos were just cliche pentatonic riffs. . Jeff Beck is probably the only halfway decent musician you listed there.

[@Clebardman]

@@anthonyfaiell3263 Clearly they should have worked on their tapping harder (in the 50s), maybe they would have sold as many albums as you did, with your pinkie mastery and all that. Maybe you'll realize one day that 1/ things need to be looked at in context and 2/technique needs to serve music, not the opposite.

[@ericjames8816]

Ole Stevie is too young I think. Scotty is one of the few guys on the list the influenced both country and rock players. Not to mention the whole Rockabilly thing was a big part of what Scotty brought to guitar. Elvis and Scotty were a force.

[@SenshiT]

Joao Gilberto was the father of bossa nova, a brasilian style of music simmilar to jazz from the 50s, totally deserves the spot on the list.

[@JohnnieCrazy]

Yeees dude!

[@andremourapassos319]

He is undeniably one of the greatest Brazilian musicians and undoubtedly one of the most influential. However, Brazil certainly has better guitarists than him. This list only highlights the lack of knowledge that Americans often have about non-American music

[@dpedrosoliano]

LEGEND!

[@1cr19]

100%. I’d even replace a few of the guitarists on the list with Caetano Veloso.

[@andremourapassos319]

@@1cr19 Caetano is undeniably one of the greatest composers, but not necessarily a standout guitarist. There are others who excel in this regard, such as Baden Powell, Toquinho, Yamandu Costa, Nuno Mindelis, etc

[@DaytonCahill]

16:05 I died. Imagining his neighbours just randomly hearing him screaming “SALAMANDER TITS!”

[@henrystemme8009]

Man Al Di Meola should have been in the top 20 at least Releasing an album like Elegant Gypsy at 23 years old is just insane

[@jbucktheman]

Tony Iommi is at number 13 but he honestly should be in the top 10. His incredible guitar work helped create the whole heavy metal genre.

[@Unwritten_Pages]

Nope

[@jbucktheman]

@@Unwritten_Pages explain

[@kennycab3374]

@@Unwritten_Pages Iommi is the riff master God, ask any great guitarist. Black Sabbath created heavy metal, prove us wrong wet?

[@WojciechTadeusz-z5x]

@@Unwritten_Pages Yes Iomii is Riffmaster, for many guitar players from old school he was choose to be number one for ever

[@chickencatatau]

The Riffmaster

[@WP_DIYEverything]

Now it's time for a Stevie T top 100 list to set the record straight

[@jonnuanez7183]

Stevie's list would be better

[@sebastianvr8843]

for sure!!!

[@mrr5835]

I'll even settle for Top 50 😆

[@sharkmanyt4431]

@@jonnuanez7183a braindead baby’s list would be better

[@NascarmanYT]

Mick mars’ playing is what got me into guitar. His tone is something that is unmatchable and his music is so well thought and innovative. He deserved to be on the list- at least top 25 in my opinion

[@Tylerburnham306]

Stevie T never disappoints when it comes to straight facts. Period.

[@Alt.F4.]

Get over your PMS bud 😅

[@he_is_a_GOOBER_dont_disrespect]

@@Alt.F4. is it just me or you liked your own comment if thats true stay very far away from me.

[@Alt.F4.]

@he_is_a_GOOBER_dont_disrespect rather appreciate myself then be a depressed pile of goober....

[@sledgehammer3989]

no it just means you're pathetic 😂😂😂@@Alt.F4.

[@maldororfiend]

He never disappoints when it comes to ignorance as well. He didn't know half the guitarists in the list.

[@viewwithice4500]

I haven't watched a Stevie T video in like 3 years but im glad bro is still crazy as ever😂😂

[@interstate80.]

Hasn’t changed a bit 🤣

[@WildHeart7777]

so cool to see the lindsey buckingham appreciation. big love was one of the first songs i tried to learn on guitar at 11 years old. as you can imagine it was a nightmare 😂

[@VeranimasMegaZone]

Kurt Cobain deserves to be on that list. Smells Like Teen Spirit isn't even anywhere close to their best/complexer songs, like Mr. Moustache, Floyd The Barber, Drain You, On A Plain, Tourette's, and Milk It for example. I do agree that there are many, many better guitarists. But Kurt Cobain deserves to be in the top 100

[@SlicedStories]

Same honestly he is more of a riff writer yes but still top 100 is deserved

[@russellguerrero5920]

wrong

[@this8867]

He is….

[@this8867]

11:40

[@cormacio]

Dave Mustaine surely deserves a mention

[@husseltoo]

Indeed, it's not the top 250 vocalists of all time is it?

[@svtrader]

Mustaine was 251.

[@ajaystephen4260]

And Toni Iommi

[@spaceman01]

If such a funny character as Kerry King is there..

[@confusedcat-sm9cy]

​@@husseltoo im waiting for that one meatrider to say that mustaine is a better vocalist than mercury, houston, and rose

[@Rabbi_Rabbs]

I'm glad you honorable mentioned Marty Friedman and Paul Gilbert. The fact that both were omitted renders the entire list invalid. You asked for others. My nod goes to Kanami Tōno. Incredible talents.

[@GianMelendres-if7ph]

Awesome Band-Maid fan 🤘👍

[@djay6651]

Kanami is very young, too. She has a whole career to build upon. She came out of the gate a guitar hero.

[@DanielDova]

​@@djay6651Not really. All of BandMaid members are either in their late 20s or early 30s.

[@djay6651]

@@DanielDova Kanami is 32, but as far as it goes career wise, she is still very young.

[@laurieterreberry616]

That was very informative. There are lot of great guitar gods out there for sure. I recognized about half. LOL. You did forget to mention the greatest guitar god in my eyes. I call him son. Stevie T maybe you will be on the list one day. Love you.

[@EveReznor]

Steve is indeed very good! And he totally doesn't see it. Sometimes I have a feeling that he limits himself and shows only half of it what he actually can do.

[@SteveTerreberry]

That is such a Mom comment. I love it!! I don't think I've done enough original stuff to even be considered. Maybe some day!! 😁

[@DRealFatguy]

Well Mama T, I think youre biased. Stevie T might be good but compared to Jared Dines and L'il Wayne ? They didnt even make the list so Steve needs to practice more

[@Gameboy2007-Official]

⁠@@SteveTerreberryhey son (i'm gonna call you son too'

[@johnbmx4christ]

He's definitely underrated.

[@Redundant_underscore]

Not only did Buck Dharma not make the RS list, but he always gets left out when youtubers mention who should have made the list. The guy deserves so much more respect.

[@mylovesongs2429]

That Don't Fear the Reaper main riff is legendary!!! BOC is so underrated as a band, and Dharma is 100% underrated as a guitarist!!!

[@mia_but_better]

WHERE IS DAVE MUSTAINE? Not only did he pretty much write the first three Metallica albums, his solos for Megadeath are unworldly. They are phenomenal! Rolling Stones dropped the ball on this list… Edit: stop coming for me yall I was exaggerating when I said he wrote the first three albums. CALM DOWN! 😃🤚 It’s in my personal opinion that he is an amazing guitarist and has inspired me to be better myself. It’s fine if yall don’t like him as much as I do. Plus, (also in my opinion) he’s better than Atleast 45% of the guitarist on this list.

[@coltallica48]

All true except he cowrote 4 songs on the first album and a few riffs on the second. One riff on the third is debatable. Saying he wrote the first 3 albums is just flat out wrong

[@Otto-1943]

The Four Horsemen Jump in the fire Phantom lord Metal Militia that’s the songs he co-wrote on Kill em all Ride the lightning and The Call of Ktulu he co-wrote on the Ride the lighting record Total he co-wrote 6 songs which Four Horsemen and Ride the lighting are great songs other ones are mediocre.

[@MmmiguelitoZZZ]

Whowhoa, bro he just wrote a few songs on kill em all and one song on ride the lightning, ik he's an incredible guitarrist but bro he just no deserve to be on that list

[@alcipta4920]

@@MmmiguelitoZZZif paul simon is on this list then surely dave mustaine deserve to be as well

[@livebassngames]

@@MmmiguelitoZZZ "a few songs on kill em all" which turns out to be an album filled with true "classical music" masterpieces

[@dragonfx310]

This may not be a popular opinion but Freddie King deserved to be on there alongside BB King. His screaming, almost wailing notes are just so nice. The first to really inspire my playing.

[@KoeiNL]

I don't think that is an unpopular opinion. Freddie King is an absolute legend.

[@TheJimburke]

That's funny and sad at the same time because its true.

[@roan9914]

All 3 kings Freddie Albert and B.B.

[@satishdass7460]

The intro riff from Layla was written and played by Duane Allman.

[@Beckicat07]

I'm pretty sure Allman did the solo, too.

[@ryanschnizer6949]

Allman played slide not the intro

[@sambakery2006]

Half true. Eric already had the bendy second half of the riff down. Duane came up with the first 7 notes of it. The duna-duna-duna-na part. Playing wise, Eric played the rhythm and him and Duanne played duet on the lead, Duane doing slide and Eric bending strings.

[@Gurra88]

And RB was written by Jeff Hanneman, not Kerry. He's the only one credited.

[@sherri2463]

EC only had 3 songs already to put onto Layla. He was struggling to say the least with finishing UNTIL Duane Allman RIP, joined in and YES Duane came up with that all too familiar riff in Layla plus he is doing the bird calls at the end, which is the icing on the cake. Plus he plays on the rest of Layla and assorted love songs.

[@Thomatos200]

6:01 I didn't actually expect this but im so glad he's here (meshuggah's my fave band)

[@FelixxxOficial]

15:42 I had a music teacher who was once in the 90’s on a Pink Floyd concert as a staff of the stadium. And he said that he listened to someone playin super fast guitar shred and it was Gilmour on the soundcheck, right here in Mexico City

[@xxCOMBATzz]

I'm glad you put Marty and Buckethead on your list. They both completely and forever changed the way I play/listen/view the guitar. And......that was in the 90's lol good job!

[@Johnnysmithy24]

Yes!🤘

[@mje6444]

Gilmore's warm first solo on comfortably numb is definitely the most epic of all time. Takes me some childhood dream. No solo feels as good as that one feels every. single. time.

[@SirManfly]

I can hear the Ace Frehley fans howling right now 😂

[@dan12con]

*Gilmour

[@thorinbane]

@@SirManfly Don't care for either. I just can't listen to PF, es the radio ones. They are like tool in that there is too much strange crap floating around. And I love tool, but would still skip a lot of the "art" to get to the music portion.

[@seventhsonmedia]

Charlie Christian was arguably the first-ever electric guitarist to have featured solos when he played with Benny Goodman. Tragically, his career only lasted a few years before dying of tuberculosis at 25.

[@shanewalton8888]

Charlie Christian was also voted the world's best guitarists twice in a row in the 40s.

[@TheBallsTheBand]

Did someone call us?

[@boatpeanut]

Yoo love you bro

[@attibot2727]

omg

[@Guitargod43]

THE BALLS! Edit: i am mature

[@JFowla4291]

Stevie Ray was one of my personal favorites and he got me into blues music. Stevie can balance that hendrix style and had soul too.

[@THE-RED-LETTER-PROJECT]

SRV had to be on that list. Impossible not to be..

[@dragonfiregaming1266]

He should have been in the top 3

[@JoseRodriguez-ge6pp]

He is nbr 20 on the list.

[@nasty_slapper]

SRV would be listed in the top 15 all time best guitarists by literally every professional guitar player alive, and probably top 5 by half of them. But hey, that doesn't mean anything.

[@drumhailer547]

absolutely fact he aint even my style

[@shotgunboiiplayz9547]

The shoutouts to George Lynch, Warren Dimartini, Mick Mars, and Yngwie provided so much closure

[@the-engneer]

Scott Gorham and Gary Moore of Thin Lizzy definitely deserve to be on this list, because their double guitar techniques were huge influences on groups like Metallica, and Iron Maiden. Also Frank Hannon from Tesla definitely deserves a spot over a huge majority of the people on this list Edit:Also Michael Schenker! Look him up hes incredible and was super innovative. He was a founding member of The Scorpions and went played in a group called UFO. Listen to Love to Love You by UFO and you'll see!

[@Cosmefulanito2812]

Gary Moore is easily a top 20 guitarist

[@Pattbonn47]

And MSG. He also played in a collective band called Contraband. ;-)

[@R0tt1ng-away]

I love Nirvana and Kurt Cobain so, so, so much. He is an amazing writer but how the hell did he make it here?

[@daviddiggens8841]

Exactly. I learned everything he ever played around 10 to 12 and ( and this is categorically not bragging ) out classed him in every way before I hit 13 ( as anyone serious should ) But he's only slightly worse than Django Reinhart. I have no words for how bad this list is. I know random classical guitarists in real life better than 90%

[@zetas2968]

I actually don't disagree with the Kurt Cobain placement. It's not about showing how fast you can move your fingers around a piece of wood with results being unlistenable cacophony. He's aproach was incredibly inventive and unique, he would go to places no one else would even think of going. The rawness he potrayed in things like Milk It or Aneurysm are unmatched. He wasn't stuck in any pentatonic boxes, he would just go where is inspiration takes him and you could just feel real emotions in what he was playing. Apart from that, he inspired and a zillion kids to pick up a guitar and start a band.

[@5ycey7.n.84]

I don't disagree with the placement either, though I see why it would piss off guitarists who put in the work to play really hard stuff. His style is like a direct "fuck you" to shred guitar. He was trying to convey his feelings and wasn't focused on being impressive at all, but the amount of feelings he did convey makes him worthy of all the praise imo.

[@zetas2968]

Yeah exactly, if it was a list of most technically skilled guitarist then he would have no place on it and insted in the top 10 there would probably be some youtuber kid from China who can shred fast as fuck. But it’s a list of best guitarist, and for me that means people in the music industry who played the instrument in a way that created magic and impacted a lot od people, and to do that shredding is not necessary.

[@jasonpoole5132]

Kurt Cobain doesn't belong on a list of the top 1000 guitarist of all time

[@kodiakc6227]

Kurt Cobain was an amazing song writer but I would never say he was a technically great guitar player. And Nirvana is my favorite band.

[@amithnambiar9867]

Kurt Cobain would hate to be on this list.

[@TokitoMuichiro1111]

Yes that is true but it undeniable that he’s one of the most catchiest song wirters out there RIP Kurt

[@kodiakc6227]

@@TokitoMuichiro1111 oh absolutely! Truly a master of beautiful melodies.

[@Alix777.]

It's not about being "technical" or Steve Vai would be first

[@tomas23769]

My thoughts exactly. Kurt Cobain wouldn’t even put himself that high on the list

[@markcheetah4960]

It wasn't Clapton who came up with the iconic riff in "Layla;" it was written and played by Duane Allman (although he doesn't get credit as a songwriter).

[@markoliver630]

The piano part was written by the drummer !

[@SuperGForce01]

​@@markoliver630Apparently it was Rita Coolidge who wrote it and Jim Gordon took the credit!

[@Plubob_McHabblefluffin]

Interesting. Now that you say that, I can totally hear the Allman Brothers in that riff.

[@markcheetah4960]

@@markoliver630 Yes, the piano part was written (and played) by the drummer, which is why his name is in the songwriting credits. It's still hard to believe that Duane Allman wasn't credited.

[@persiahero4964]

Edge of darkness enough to put him atleast in top 20

[@mikeanderson1370]

I'm thrilled shitless that you gave cred to Lindsey Buckingham. He's amazingballz

[@kaylajones7558]

Love it when you upload new videos Steve. They help make my day even better and I always find myself smiling/laughing 😊.

[@SteveTerreberry]

Thanks so much Kayla!! I'll tell you what though. I wasn't doing much smiling when I was going through this list!! 🤣

[@Mariathedog.]

​@@SteveTerreberryhi

[@samanthamiller261]

I would love to see how these lists are put together, they missed off so many great guitarists and the order was pretty random!! 😆 Everyone you mentioned definitely deserved a spot! It was great to see you play, you’re better than you think at the Polythia stuff! 😃

[@SteveTerreberry]

Agreed. VERY random. Not putting Slash in the top 100 is insulting!! He should've been top ten imo!!! 😤

[@maureendeloffi]

It should be called, “A list of decent/good/great/legendary guitarists in no particular order”

[@standardofexcellence]

It was a pc diverse list but by trying to please everyone they please noone

[@sebastian6121]

@@SteveTerreberry hey, Jose Feliciano is an excelent classic guitarist check this video of him playing Flight Of The Bumblebee kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWivfYSvZq6UpJY

[@Jack-li2ef]

Obviously it's a politically based list , focusing more on diversity and political views than actual guitar skills.

[@DerKomischeTyp]

I feel like Bo Diddley should be somewhere here. He not only invented his own style of playing but also built his own guitar

[@skildude]

I think you are thinking of Les Paul. He built his first homemade guitars in the 1930.

[@Chucktones1408]

Rather they listed Peggy Jones #185 someone who's played with him...

[@matthewward5813]

@@skildudeRight and Mary Ford was just as talented on a guitar as well…

[@DerKomischeTyp]

@@skildude whoops you're right. Bo built his own but he didnt invent it lol

[@RodrigoClark]

João Gilberto at 5:54 (number 142 of the list) is one of the creators of Bossa Nova. He doesn’t shred, so I would be surprised if you knew the guy, Steve T. 🙂

[@FORTBLOX56]

Unless I’m forgetting something, they didn’t include Dave Mustaine on the list either. Of course Marty Friedman is the better of the two, but Dave had to play those riffs AND sing at the same time. Just look at Holy Wars, Tornado of Souls, Take No Prisoners, basically all of Rust in Peace and you’ll see that his talent is undeniable. I’m shocked that they left him off the list but put in the guitarist for REM or Joan Jett (no disrespect to them, but imo, Dave Mustaine is way better)

[@kuromyou7969]

I came to the comments just to see if anyone else mentioned Mustaine. 😂

[@oscardiggs246]

Dave is an immense dick, but as a great metal songwriter, he is top 5, possibly number 1. And he can play rhythm and lead as well. Deserves to be on this list. Which reminds me, where the hell is Ted? Yeah, this list was a desperate attempt by Rolling Stone to get someone to actually buy their magazine for the first time in 20 years. They got it so wrong that people will forever see them as more of a laughingstock than they already did.

[@photobearcmh]

How do you miss CHUCK SCHULDINER? Incredible player and built a genre, or two.

[@ignoblesavage5559]

Just brilliant, AND you can track this through his career-- he picked up a lot from guys like James Murphy, Paul Masvidal, and others... it's easy enough to track this by some of the stylistic choices from Spiritual Healing on, especially Human. Death took a 90degree turn there & pretty much created technical death metal (or prog death, depending on who you are). I think the combination of having Cynic's P. Masvidal & the insanely talented Sean Reinert on board really opened some avenues of possibility for Chuck, and he leaned into that for the rest of his Death career. He was a humble guy (although it's not like he didnt KNOW he was very skilled). I think that's why he wasnt afraid to learn from a few of his bandmates--it was his skill that allowed him to incorporate new knowledge into his playing. And the fact that he did this while still keeping Death's sound utterly recognizable throughout is a trubute to the force of his personality and his own style.

[@arabe66]

Those fuckers dont know about Chuck

[@Vegamorph]

Don't overlook Sean's great fretless on Human also. I know you didn't but he was a fundamental force in Cynic (the great band hardly anyone knows about 😢)

[@ScrilboBaggins]

⁠@@VegamorphSteve digiorgio played bass on human…

[@Vegamorph]

@ScrilboBaggins I am such an idiot. Yes of course! ...

[@JerryLoffelbein]

I would have liked to see Richie Kotzen on the list. His shred work was crazy impressive in the 80's with Shrapnel, which is where his influence would have been garnered, but I think he's improved as a song writer since then. Also breaks my heart to not have Jason Becker or Alan Holdsworth there I wonder if they had number allotments per genre or something, as there's a lot on the list that just seem to exist rather than excel in their scenes. But it wouldn't make enough sense for a generic list to be completely overrun with hard rock and metal players only

[@citizenHW]

Winery Dogs are a must see live (Richie Kotzen)!

[@bogrot69]

I Caught Alan live many years ago. He was fantastic.

[@caprise-music6722]

Well this list is a joke anyway so

[@rem792]

He might be, Steve not showing everyone here

[@ignaciogobet605]

"His shred work" 😂😂

[@Phoenix_King_Jay]

I personally like Jim Root and Dan Donegan. Both have excellent form for rhythm and lead. I caught a video of Jim playing some blues and it was really clean. Of course that’s my opinion. Great analysis of the list. 😊

[@RockAndDoubleBassWithAaronJoy]

The fact that Allan Holdsworth is missing .... but Lou Reed rates in the top 100 and Steve Howe doesn't, is shocking. I think this list is all about the fave musicians of who made it.

[@DVincentW]

Im only 5 min in and read your comment. No Allan Holdsworth? DAMN that sucks cheese out of dead rhinos buttocks. BTW his daughter is very fetching, *erm pretty I mean.

[@beuxjmusic]

I wonder if Larry LaLonde from Primus made it on the list... I think he makes some incredible sounds, and playing discordant and out of key without ruining a song is way harder than playing the 'approved' scales.

[@AlSwearengen4]

He was also in Possessed.

[@Pepisolo]

Bert Jansch is great, and was highly influential, particularly on Jimmy Page. There's a Led Zeppelin song called Black Mountain Side which was likely inspired by the Bert Jansch arrangement Black Waterside (itself based on the folk song Down by Blackwaterside). For an example of his technical ability, check out the song Chambertin, an extremely difficult piece.

[@Mxgtr1569]

OMG this was hilarious! Made my day bro!

[@trishahamrick7062]

I'm really surprised (and a little mad) that Buddy Holly never made that list! He practically invented rock 'n' roll music.

[@jackiedickieson870]

I knew maybe half of these. But I will say, my knowledge of guitarists has greatly increased from the years that I have been watching you! Maybe Rolling Stone just throws names and numbers in a hat and goes from there. One day hopefully we will get to see your name on this list! That would be awesome! It's always awesome getting to see you play. Have a wonderful weekend 🙂

[@SteveTerreberry]

We should definitely be the judges for Rolling Stone from now on... I think they tried too hard to be inclusive of different genres and eras. It just feels convoluted. 😞

[@random_an0n]

i knew they was gonna put hendrix as number 1 at the start of the vid,hes deffo top 10 but not number 1,deffo ideological on their end. they didnt even inc lead belly either@@SteveTerreberry

[@bcoh8741]

Don’t go by this list. I promise you and every long time player will tell you…it’s painfully bad.

[@hashachache]

...... 6:52 ......like, I took out Nicole Kidman's boyfriend, Keith Urban......+ quoted 1970s Jimmy Page saying Roy Harper is his favourite guitarist......!?!.......that is absolute drivel, even suggests bribery......

[@davidcales275]

The Soundgarden dudes could have slid in over a couple of these weird picks.

[@NicoPsychobilly]

11:50 Poison Ivy has been a charismatic guitarist who, together with her ex husband Lux Interior (R.I.P.), founded the seminal Cramps, a band that totally changed the face of rock n roll, albeit in a darker and more underground way, in a world that was divided between the most purist rockabilly and teddy boy movements and the intransigent punk rock of the 70s. The sad thing is that they have gone viral in recent years with the Wednesday series, despite having been active since 1976.

[@FenceThis]

Paul McCartney is very much indeed a guitarist. He did terrific soloing on Taxman, Strawberry Fields Forever, Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts’ Club Band, Helter Skelter, And Your Bird Can Sing, a m o

[@jeremiahJones333]

Exactly lmao

[@ozharms]

He’s still a bassist at the end of the day, and a better bassist than guitarist.

[@vince1229]

He was told by John that he had to play bass.

[@vince1229]

That guitar shape was stolen from a guitar builder who was recently interviewed at NAMM.

[@gaudeam1]

😂

[@cocoramirezrosa572]

John Maclaughlin, Steve Hackett, Ronnie Montrose, Duane Allmand, Steve Marriot, Paul Kossof, Tomy Bolin, Jan Ackerman, Robin Trower, Leslie West, Alvin Lee, Peter Framton, George Benson, Robert Fripp, Greg Lake, etc

[@JoeStanek-vu7rl]

Larry LaLond, both Michael and Rudolph Shencker, Mustain, Leslie West.

[@Rick-lo3on]

Richie Blackmore, Ace Frehley, Dave Mustaine, Vernon Reid, Alex Lifeson, John Sykes, Tony Iommi…..just to name a few

[@rikkifoxx]

Jake e lee, neal schon, akira takasaki, zakk wilde, phil collen...

[@emilycordeiro9217]

love how he just completly ignores james hetfeild and goes on to talk about kirk hammet

[@viicee666]

The only disagreement that I have with Steve is PJ Harvey and Radiohead's guitar players. Other than that I feel pretty much the same. Outside the already missing players that are mentioned, I would also consider that Daron Malakian from SOAD should have been in some place in this list. His riffing and harmonizing creativity/song writing it was absolutely revolutionary in the 2000's nu-metal wave.

[@sadie6045]

A legendary guitarist that this list neglected to mention is the great Murray Cook. He was one of the original founding members of what is in my opinion the greatest preschool band in history, The Wiggles. Murray is such a great guitarist in fact that he is often referred to as The King of Guitars. And even though he retired from The Wiggles in 2012, he is still rocking to this day, he is currently part of an Australian band called The Soul Movers (The Wiggles are from Australia as well).

[@kadewoodtechfolder]

i almost got to do something with him, but his management never got back.

[@sadie6045]

@kadewoodtechfolder Darn. Sorry that didn't work out for you. But the fact that you almost got to do something with Murray Cook is nothing short of amazing. So, whatever it is that you're doing that managed to get you so close to working with him, keep it up! 👍

[@CassandraJeffers]

Rolling stone set up a dart board with all these artists and threw darts at it to come up with this list. They got some good ones in there!!

[@christinam867]

So random. 😂

[@SteveTerreberry]

Well, they suck at darts then!!!! 🎯

[@emailchrismoll]

more like lawn darts and they impaled somebody's face@@SteveTerreberry

[@Splunkzop]

Django Reinhardt is magic. About 40 years ago when I was learning to play, the bloke teaching me to play gave me a Django Reinhardt, Stefan Grappelli record. I still listen to Django on high rotation. Even after years of touring with rock bands, he is still a favourite.

[@SacMacAttack]

If my homie Adrian Bellue isn't on there you're just listening.

[@Samfan4Films777]

Neil Schon of Journey RARELY gets talked about. Great riffs with songs like Escape and Wheel in the Sky, and great solos with pretty much everything.

[@waywardpony]

Glad you included Al Di Meola in your honorable mentions, he's a Jazz wizard. Heck, the whole Elegant Gypsy Trio should have been in the Rolling Stones list -- John McLaughlin, Paco De Lucia, and Al Di Meola.

[@rickrevoir1683]

I can't believe John McLaughlin isn't in top 10 , 5 maybe .

[@RecRoomRon]

I was about to say “where’s Buckethead?!” Thank you Stevie T for mentioning my absolute favorite guitar god. Funny enough Paul Gilbert, your favorite taught Buckethead. Shred on my guy. Shred on🎸

[@timothymeadows8326]

Paul McCartney is a guitarist as well... wrote the awesome song "Blackbird" on his Martin D28.

[@joshuayoukai4790]

Synyster gates was my favorite lead guitarist for quite some time. His playing just continues to develop with time too.

[@TheEmatrix25]

Another great guitarist

[@Khil-Minao]

Yes! Syn and Mark Tremonti are two of my favorite guitarists!

[@TheMostGloriousBeard]

Brian May is one of my favorites. That solo in Killer Queen gives me chills every god damn time. His tone is its own thing too.

[@ethomson201]

if im not mistaken most of his solos were overdubbed several times giving it a unique sound

[@guitaristssuck8979]

He uses an harmonizer, come on

[@Anidawehi]

I think they should have done the top 100 guitarists in categories. Where's Rik Emmett? That guy was a triple threat. Singer...lead player and awesome stage presence. What about Vito the lead guitarist of white Lion. That guy's solos are the best.

[@anthonyfaiell3263]

How about they just stop altogether? Clearly they don't understand the difference between popularity and skill. That was made jarringly apparent in this list. If they can't separate the two, then I'd assume any list they make will be just as terrible.

[@ricdrakes2741]

Then Dave Mustaine gas to be there if Rik is. T

[@CastXaway]

Bro called Willie Nelson marijuana 😂😂

[@dr.shikhaverma1878]

The fact that they missed Shawn Lane is unacceptable, in the realms of speed, he's the greatest, and they missed Guthrie Govan. I totally agree with the guitar players Stevie said were missed like Jason Becker, Shawn Lane, Chuck Shuldiner etc. Man and they really need to explore more, i mean if you added dual lead players like James and Kirk, Adrian Smith and Dave Murray, you could atleast mention Matthew Tuck and Micheal Padgett from BFMV. They explored so many genres and couldn't include 1 for metalcore community??

[@PeterCamberwick]

Shawn who?

[@lex.cordis]

@@PeterCamberwick Ha! Look him up. Check out the first track on his album "Powers of Ten" and have your mind blown. Incredibly beautiful musician. Brilliant in every way. Probably the greatest guitarist to ever live, at least after Holdsworth, who was his biggest inspiration.

[@beecat4183]

Thank you so much for shouting out Eliot Easton at the end, I was screaming at my TV. Thank you!!

[@wendymcneil6458]

I agree

[@mylovesongs2429]

Yup! The Cars were a new wave band, but Easton's leads were awesome! Plus he played in Creedence Clearwater Revisited! He is criminally omitted from the list!

[@UncommonEphemera]

Alex Lifeson not being on this list at all is the most Rolling Stone thing ever.

[@gagethepropcollecter]

He is but Steve skipped over him 😢

[@ryansanow3276]

A few other guitarists that I think RS missed: - Adam Jones (Tool) - Wes Borland (Limp Bizkit) - Joe Strummer & Mick Jones (The Clash) - Ace Frehley & Paul Stanley (Kiss) - Black Francis & Joey Santiago (Pixies)

[@stingyjack2456]

Neal Schon, my favorite guitarist Ever!, deserves to be at least top 10! He played with Santana at only 15! His style is absolutely unparalleled!

[@kathyscoppettuolo7168]

Tell it! 🤩

[@cryptojihadi265]

Agreed. Was he even on the list? I didn't see him

[@digibirder]

Robert Fripp needs to be on that list near the top. Talk about a "right of passage" guitar part: "Fracture" has so many people on line trying to pull that sword from the stone.

[@easonren7083]

Facts

[@barackobama9552]

To be fair, he did make it in the top 100

[@ryanscottnix]

Great breakdown of the subject, Steve! Love how you replicated so many of the riffs and solos. Excellent work.

[@chrislawson7983]

Thanks Steve, Rolling Stone is going down hill on the lists for sure, har har. Enjoy your posts. But, Paul and Paul, Simon and Mccarthy are very good at playing 6 strings, their not fast, but complex to the hilt. Remember there are classical guitarists that no one could play like plus the flamenco guitarists. Anyone who plays with all their heart is a great guitarist. Chet Atkins is my favorite. The Eruption for me, is Yankee doodle dixie. Playing a complex song note for note is a Mount Everest for a guitarist. Even more inspiring is writing your own with your own complexity and passion, thanks again 😊

[@Gratefulrose36]

Agree and he doesn’t know who David Lindley is??? Dude was one of the best slide guitarists ever, RIP