sleeper Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 DATE: Aug. 18, 2009SOURCE: Time MagazineTime Magazine's list of "10 Greatest Electric Guitar Players" named Slash number two, just behind Jimi Hendrix. 1. Jimi HendrixThe greatest of all time? Maybe. No one merged the blues, rock and psychedelia with as much ease, or wielded his guitar with as much charisma. 2. SlashA remarkably precise player who had to put up with more crap from his lead singer than any guitarist on this list. Does he make the cut partially because of the hat? Yes. Yes he does.3. BB King He doesn't call his guitar Lucille to be cute. With King's emphasis on vibrato, she sounds like a real woman singing the blues. 4. Keith RichardsThe most notable of Chuck Berry's many disciples is also the creator of more memorable riffs—"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," "Jumpin' Jack Flash," "Gimme Shelter," "Start Me Up," etc.—than anyone in rock and roll. 5. Eric Clapton Fluent in every blues style, Clapton is probably best known as the king of the Tulsa Sound. He's also among the most melodic of guitarists, using his solos to move a song along instead of stopping it cold. 6. Jimmy Page Page's guitar sounds like six guitars, and the heaviness of his right hand is key to the instant recognizability of Led Zeppelin's sound. 7. Chuck BerryThe father of rock and roll guitar, his staccato influence is still heard on most songs today. 8. Les PaulAn amazingly talented guitarist, Paul had a series of futuristic sounding hits in the 1950s. But his music has been superseded by his invention: Paul pioneered the design and construction of the modern electric guitar, which made everyone else on this list very rich. 9. Yngwie Malmsteen The Swede's superfast "neo-Classical" style —he credits Bach and Paganini as influences—is a blur of scales and technical precision. It almost makes you forget that the great bulk of his music is so fast that it's unlistenable. 10. Prince He does a little singing, but Prince also plays a mean lead guitar. The solo on "Let's Go Crazy" is a frequently cited example of his frenetic style, but covers of "Just My Imagination" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" prove he can also play under control. 11. Johnny Ramone No one hated guitar solos more than Johnny Ramone, so it's not surprising he perfected the Punk style, packing chords together tightly and leaving no space for freelancing. http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29...1921910,00.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sweet Tooth Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Dimebag, Buckethead and Wylde...I know I'm forgetting a shitload, deserve to be on that list too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead Flower Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 A disgrace. Slash should be number one. I will email several death threats to the author and his family.Dimebag, Buckethead and Wylde...I know I'm forgetting a shitload, deserve to be on that list too.Dimebag - noWylde - noBucket - lol no lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axl Rose aka God Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 I'm gonna get flamed to hell but Dimebag is only considered good by some people because he died. He was mediocre at best. No offense to the man or anything, I just can't see why everyone thinks he's so great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumpin' Jack Flash Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Who the hell is Jimi Hendricks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleeper Posted August 19, 2009 Author Share Posted August 19, 2009 Who the hell is Jimi Hendricks?Your not serious right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumpin' Jack Flash Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Who the hell is Jimi Hendricks?Your not serious right?Yes, I'm fucking serious. Who's Mr. Hendricks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Eyes Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Who the hell is Jimi Hendricks?Your not serious right?Are you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loaded Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 The One Who Made This List Knows Absolotely NOthig, Zero About MUsic.Period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spuffy78 Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Wow, yeah Hendrix shouldn't be #1 and Slash sure as fuck shouldn't be #2. Maybe in the top 20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFormerSoul Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Wow, yeah Hendrix shouldn't be #1 and Slash sure as fuck shouldn't be #2. Maybe in the top 20.Maybe in blues guitarist categories this would make sense, it just seems so unbalanced, keith richards is not at all a proficient lead guitar guy, its not a list to be taken serously i guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coltrane Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Wow, yeah Hendrix shouldn't be #1 and Slash sure as fuck shouldn't be #2. Maybe in the top 20.When it comes to singers, Axl Rose shouldn't be in the top 100. Maybe in the top 500. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spuffy78 Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Wow, yeah Hendrix shouldn't be #1 and Slash sure as fuck shouldn't be #2. Maybe in the top 20.When it comes to singers, Axl Rose shouldn't be in the top 100. Maybe in the top 500.Okay?Is that actually you're sad attempt at a insult because these lists have such merit... Slash is great player I'm not saying he isn't. He didn't do anything ground breaking for music or anything innovative. Some people seem to forget that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coltrane Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Is that actually you're sad attempt at a insult because these lists have such merit...Glad that you took it as an insult, dipshit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spuffy78 Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Oh, a bitter middle aged tough guy on the internet.How I hope you don't make a mom joke! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumpin' Jack Flash Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Oh, a bitter middle aged tough guy on the internet.How I hope you don't make a mom joke! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coltrane Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Oh, a bitter middle aged tough guy on the internet.How I hope you don't make a mom joke!Oh god, another ignorant teenager trying to be witty on the internet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zint Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 #11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoolMonkey Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Dear God, where to start with this list. Maybe 'Time' should have put in a definition of the word "Greatest". Because if it's based on skill, feeling or someone just having that special "chi" when playing the guitar, just about that whole list could be scrapped. Clapton? Just the fact this over glorified hack is even on the list makes me vomit.So many guitarists who are better in so many ways than people on that list. But I get a feeling, it's a popularity contest "greatest" list, and one put together by someone who knows nothing about guitarists. Can you just imagine the conference room at the Time office when they put this together. "Oh Slash, yeah, he's the best!", "I got one, Clapton, greatest guitarist that ever lived. Fact! Alright, high five everyone". The only polls or best of lists worth reading or giving a damn about, are the ones compiled by the guitar players themselves, who influenced them, what techniques and sounds they created and so on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreblack Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Slash is great player I'm not saying he isn't. He didn't do anything ground breaking for music or anything innovative. Some people seem to forget that.He was in Guns when Guns set the world on fire. That's gotta count for something, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Satanisk_Slakt Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 (edited) The three first guitarists on that list are black. Just an observation. Edited August 19, 2009 by Satanisk_Slakt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alittlestock Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Who the hell is Jimi Hendricks?Your not serious right? That went right over your head, didn't it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFormerSoul Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Oh, a bitter middle aged tough guy on the internet.How I hope you don't make a mom joke!Oh god, another ignorant teenager trying to be witty on the internet Thumbs up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreblack Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Dear God, where to start with this list. Maybe 'Time' should have put in a definition of the word "Greatest". Because if it's based on skill, feeling or someone just having that special "chi" when playing the guitar, just about that whole list could be scrapped. Clapton? Just the fact this over glorified hack is even on the list makes me vomit.So many guitarists who are better in so many ways than people on that list. But I get a feeling, it's a popularity contest "greatest" list, and one put together by someone who knows nothing about guitarists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuffle Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Wow, yeah Hendrix shouldn't be #1 and Slash sure as fuck shouldn't be #2. Maybe in the top 20.Maybe in blues guitarist categories this would make sense, it just seems so unbalanced, keith richards is not at all a proficient lead guitar guy, its not a list to be taken serously i guess.Since when did it say anything about "lead guitar"? There's more to being a guitarist than solos.And Slash shouldn't be number two, no matter how you define greatest... I love the guy but he's not the second greatest guitarist of all time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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