iBreatheMusic Guitarist Poll Results

[Danster]

Rank, Name, Total Points

1 JOE SATRIANI (347.6)
2 STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN (245.8)
3 STEVE VAI (220.6)
4 PAUL GILBERT (189.8)
5 JOHN PETRUCCI (183.8)
6 EDDIE VAN HALEN (181.8)
7 YNGWIE MALMSTEEN (169.0)
8 RANDY RHOADS (161.0)
9 ERIC JOHNSON (159.6)
10 DAVID GILMOUR (158.6)
11 JIMI HENDRIX (132.8)
12 JEFF BECK (125.4)
13 ZAKK WYLDE (113.0)
14 JIMMY PAGE (89.0)
15 STEVE MORSE (85.8)
16 KIRK HAMMETT (85.0)
17 GARY MOORE (77.8)
18 BRETT GARSED (68.8)
19 SCOTT HENDERSON (65.8)
20 ANGUS YOUNG (61.0)
21 ANDY TIMMONS (60.8)
22 NUNO BETTENCOURT (58.8)
23 AL DIMEOLA (55.8)
23 JASON BECKER (55.8)
25 MARTY FRIEDMAN (54.8)
26 BRIAN MAY (54.0)
27 MIKE STERN (52.8)
28 RITCHIE BLACKMORE (51.8)
29 ALEX LIFESON (50.0)
30 SHAWN LANE (48.8)
31 MICHAEL LEE FIRKINS (47.8)
32 ERIC CLAPTON (46.0)
33 BUDDY GUY (40.0)
33 DAVE MURRAY (40.0)
35 WARREN DIMARTINI (39.0)
36 DAVE MUSTAINE (37.0)
36 GEORGE LYNCH (37.0)
38 VITO BRATTA (35.0)
39 JOE PERRY (32.5)
40 DIMEBAG DARRELL (32.0)
40 JAKE E. LEE (32.0)
42 ADRIAN SMITH (31.0)
43 GREG HOWE (28.0)
44 ALEXI LAIHO (26.0)
44 BELA' FLECK (26.0)
44 DJANGO REINHARDT (26.0)
44 JOE BONAMASSA (26.0)
48 JAN AKKERMAN (25.0)
48 JOHNNY GREENWOOD (25.0)
48 MATO NANJI (25.0)
51 DON FELDER (24.0)
51 FRANK GAMBALE (24.0)
51 TONY RICE (24.0)
51 WES MONTGOMERY (24.0)
55 BUCKETHEAD (23.0)
55 DICKEY BETTS (23.0)
55 GALDER (23.0)
55 LARRY CARLTON (23.0)
55 REB BEACH (23.0)
60 AKIRA TAKASAKI (22.0)
60 JERRY CANTRELL (22.0)
60 JONNY LANG (22.0)
60 PAT MARTINO (22.0)
60 TOM MORELLO (22.0)
65 JARI MÄENPÄÄ (21.5)
65 MARKUS TOIVONEN (21.5)
67 PAT METHENY (21.0)
68 JANICK GERS (20.0)
68 JEFF HANNEMAN (20.0)
68 WALTER TROUT (20.0)
71 JOE DIORIO (19.0)
71 MATTIAS IA EKLUNDH (19.0)
71 THORSTEN KOEHNE (19.0)
74 ADRIAN LEGG (18.8)
74 ABI VON REININGHAUS (18.8)
74 ALEX MASI (18.8)
74 BRIAN SETZER (18.8)
74 DANN HUFF (18.8)
74 DICK DALE (18.8)
74 EGBERTO GISMONTI (18.8)
74 LINDSAY BUCKINGHAM (18.8)
74 MARKUS DEML (18.8)
74 MICHAEL LANDAU (18.8)
74 PACO DE LUCIA (18.8)
74 RICHIE KOTZEN (18.8)
74 STEVE LUKATHER (18.8)
74 STEVIE SALAS (18.8)
74 ARDESHIR FARAH (18.8)
74 JORGE STRUNZ (18.8)
90 JAMES HETFIELD (18.0)
90 JOHN SCOFIELD (18.0)
92 ALBERT KING (17.0)
92 BIRELI LAGRENE (17.0)
92 CHET ATKINS (17.0)
92 MICHAEL ANGELO (17.0)
92 MICHAEL ROMEO (17.0)
92 STEVE HOWE (17.0)
92 TY TABOR (17.0)
99 ALBERT COLLINS (16.0)
99 JON DONAIS (16.0)
99 MICHAEL SCHENKER (16.0)
102 PRINCE (15.0)
103 BLUES SARACENO (14.0)
103 MIKE RUTHEFORD (14.0)
105 RITCHIE SAMBORA (12.0)
105 ROBIN TROWER (12.0)
105 RONNIE LE-TREKO (12.0)
108 BRAD WHITFORD (10.5)
109 STEVE STEVENS (9.0)
110 BRIAN ROBERTSON (8.5)
110 SCOTT GORHAM (8.5)
112 ACE FREHLEY (7.0)
112 B. B. KING (7.0)
114 TONY MACALPINE (6.0)

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[metaljustice83]

awesome Joe won!!!! if thats considered winning being at the top of the list and all.


thanks for puttin this all together

[DanF]

Prince beats out B.B. King

Johnny Lang and Pat Martino battle to a draw.

Dick Dale stomps Chet Atkins.

What in the wide-wide world of sports is going on here? :P At least it's fun.

-Dan

[The Bash]

Least we have more taste than rolling stone

[metaljustice83]

... word!

[Danster]

metaljustice:

awesome Joe won!!!!

Well, it didn't surprise me that he won. The rather large margin of victory was a surprise. I had to pull out my one and only Satch CD and give it a couple of listens after seeing the poll results.


metaljustice:

thanks for puttin this all together

no problemo, it was fun!

DanF:

Prince beats out B.B. King

Johnny Lang and Pat Martino battle to a draw.

Prince on the guitar totally kicks a**, dude! And I dunno why, cuz I like the blues, but B.B.'s playing has never done anything for me. And dude, Jonny Lang plays the guitar with more passion than just about anybody. That's why I like him.... dude. I will confess I am not familiar with Pat Martino.

Now here's what I don't get... no Duane Allman? no Jack White?

Joking aside, a notable missing name is Carlos Santana, eh?

[flathead]

Hendrix finishing at #11 I find somewhat surprising. I thought he would be in top 5 or at the very least top 10. The list seems to be skewed toward shredders. Not that there is anything wrong with that. But yes I agree that was fun. Lets have another!! Favorite singers maybe?

[Oceano]

I think it would be kind of cool to have a few different ones. One just for say shredders, one for bules, one for jazz, etc.

[DanF]

I think it's pretty telling about how much of an effect Stevie Ray had since he's the only guy in the top 8 who couldn't play 32nd notes at 150 bpm (and probably wouldn't even know how to read them off a sheet of music if you put it in front of him).

Just a good ol' boy who played his *** off. Defintely some obvious biases on this board though Another thing I found interesting is that I'm mostly a jazz guy and I noticed that a lot of the jazzers were pretty close together around #40 (Yeesh).

*Best brotha accent* Go Scott Henderson; represent! (#19)

-The artist formerly known as DanF

[DDTonFire]

Id have to agree those results were great. Maybe we should send it to Rolling Stone! lol. theyve probably never heard of half of them. o well

anyways great idea and great job, danster!

[Danster]

flathead:

The list seems to be skewed toward shredders. Not that there is anything wrong with that. But yes I agree that was fun. Lets have another!! Favorite singers maybe?

Oceano:

I think it would be kind of cool to have a few different ones. One just for say shredders, one for bules, one for jazz, etc.

Hey, I'm willing to cut and paste and let Excel do the math, so if there's enough interest, we can do another. Maybe we should have a poll to see what the next poll should be.


DanF:

-The artist formerly known as DanF

heh heh. Prince can play guitar better than me, but I'm sexier than him!


DDTonFire:

anyways great idea and great job, danster!

[Anubis]

16 KIRK HAMMETT (85.0)

Quite disappointing considering those who came after him.
I don't want to be to harsh to the Metallica fans but Hammet shouldn't be in top 50.
As a guitar player he isn't anything special.
The talent in Metallica is Hetfield and it really doesn't matter who plays lead guitar.

[metaljustice83]

anubis and his almighty opinion!!!

[Anubis]

I usually don't bash other guitar players but when it comes to Metallica I just can't stop myself

[metaljustice83]

don't worry no one noticed