Finally, here is my top ten guitar gods. What qualifies as being a guitar god? Well, naturally the individual has to be simply the best. Technical expertise in music is rated first, and showmanship second. Before anyone flies off the handle because I didn’t inlude Hendrix or Clapton or (fill in the blank), keep in mind I had to limit this to the “Top Ten”. Jimi and Eric were and are great guitar players, but I personally didn’t feel they were the best. However, some in the “Top Ten” below have will never have a platinum album, so being a guitar god isn’t everything. I tried to include guitar playing that was accessible, mostly electric, and avoided classical and jazz guitar players - or at least such players who played exclusively classical and jazz. Frankly, I just don’t have enough personal depth in that field to make a judgement.
- Yngwie Malmsteen
- Joe Satriani
- Randy Rhoads
- Tony MacAlpine
- Kirk Hammett
- Steve Vai
- Zakk Wylde
- Michael Schenker
- Eddie VanHalen
- Peter Frampton
July 22nd, 2006 at 12:24 am
if u r going to measure “electric” guitar “gods” you must consider the impact or contribution they made to the music of the band they were a part of, and was the music the band made “great” because of the guitar contribution - as such the following cannot be left out of any “list”:
billy duffy (the cult)
angus young (ac/dc)