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cemaphonic

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14. That whole genre is hard to fit into lists like this

Reply to stonecutter357 (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 14, 2017, 07:21 PM

Mar 2017

Malmsteen, Vai, Satriani, Buckethead, and some of the more modern guys like Paul Gilbert are obviously technical wizards. But they also make music that pretty much appeals only to other guitar players. Even with a voting panel of professional guitarists, a Rolling Stone list is going to lean pretty much to the mainstream classic rock side of things.

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The Rolling Stone top 100 Guitarists List [View all] Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2017 OP

Identify the glaring omissions ...... stonecutter357 Mar 2017 #1

Yep - agree glaringly omitted Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2017 #6

Whoa! What the fuck! Iggo Mar 2017 #9

That whole genre is hard to fit into lists like this cemaphonic Mar 2017 #14

But couldn't the same be said about some that appeared on the list, like McLaughlin and Fripp? Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2017 #23

Possibly - ultimately, that list is the subjective opinion of a bunch of professional guitarists. cemaphonic Mar 2017 #30

Identify the glaring omissions ...... stonecutter357 Mar 2017 #2

Also agree - glaringly omitted Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2017 #7

Glad they included John McLaughlin CountAllVotes Mar 2017 #3

I guess I keep wondering where they drew the line with regard to McLaughlin Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2017 #8

Al DiMeola convinced me to use tiny pointy picks. (n/t) Iggo Mar 2017 #10

I didn't make the list.... louis-t Mar 2017 #4

Next year! Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2017 #5

If their idea of who belongs in the R&RHOF is any indication, this list should be hilariously wrong. Iggo Mar 2017 #11

Yes - pretty much it's that Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2017 #22

Identify the glaring omissions yuiyoshida Mar 2017 #12

Probably because the voting panel are mostly American and British musicians cemaphonic Mar 2017 #13

and let me guess... yuiyoshida Mar 2017 #15

+1000 stonecutter357 Mar 2017 #16

There are women on both the voting panel and the list. cemaphonic Mar 2017 #17

So WHY IS THAT? yuiyoshida Mar 2017 #18

Well, "these days" is part of the answer cemaphonic Mar 2017 #19

Rie a.k.a. Suzaku is one of my friends on twitter these days yuiyoshida Mar 2017 #20

My favorite foreign cover..... WiffenPoof Mar 2017 #27

link goes no where... yuiyoshida Mar 2017 #29

Any list of the so-called "best 100 guitarists" without Ernie Isley on it is a bullshit list. MrScorpio Mar 2017 #21

I would also note that George Benson seems to be missing from the list Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2017 #24

That is another crime. MrScorpio Mar 2017 #25

Thurston Moore, Kurt Cobain, and Peter Buck Charles Bukowski Mar 2017 #26

I think all three are defendable in terms of influence cemaphonic Mar 2017 #31

Joke list, Rory Gallagher only at no 57 OnDoutside Mar 2017 #28

OMISSION: STEVE LUKATHER 7wo7rees Mar 2017 #32