Overrated players

mbe

Rory Gallagher was of his time. He was the real deal living country bluesman, not like that Bonamassa cod amalgamation of Chicago/West Coast Swing.

It is also wise not to speak ill of the dead.

poopot

Jimi Hendrix

Eric Clapton

Jimmy Page

Keith Richards

Jeff Beck

B.B. King

Chuck Berry

Eddie Van Halen

Duane Allman

Pete Townshend

George Harrison

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Albert King

David Gilmour

Freddy King

Derek Trucks

Neil Young

Les Paul

James Burton

Carlos Santana

Chet Atkins

Frank Zappa

Buddy Guy

Angus Young

Tony Iommi

Brian May

Bo Diddley

Johnny Ramone

Scotty Moore

Elmore James

Ry Cooder

Billy Gibbons

Prince

Curtis Mayfield

John Lee Hooker

Randy Rhoads

Mick Taylor

The Edge

Steve Cropper

Tom Morello

Mick Ronson

Mike Bloomfield

Hubert Sumlin

Mark Knopfler

Link Wray

Jerry Garcia

Stephen Stills

Jonny Greenwood

Muddy Waters

Ritchie Blackmore

Johnny Marr

Clarence White

Otis Rush

Joe Walsh

John Lennon

Albert Collins

Rory Gallagher

Peter Green

Robbie Robertson

Ron Asheton

Dickey Betts

Robert Fripp

Johnny Winter

Duane Eddy

Slash

Leslie West

T Bone Walker

John McLaughlin

Richard Thompson

Jack White

Robert Johnson

John Frusciante

Kurt Cobain

Dick Dale

Joni Mitchell

Robby Krieger

Willie Nelson

John Farley

Mike Campbell

Buddy Holly

Lou Reed

Nels Cline

Eddie Hazel

Joe Perry

Andy Summers

J Mascis

James Hetfield

Carl Perkins

Bonnie Raitt

Tom Verlaine

Dave Davies

Dimebag Darrell

Paul Simon

Peter Buck

Roger McGuinn

Bruce Springsteen

Steve Jones

Alex Lifeson

Thurston Moore

Lindsey Buckingham

downbytheriver

Me. I properly rate myself but I’m shite. 

Wonky

Personally, I'm underrated in bed and over rated on guitar, IMO.

Philly_Q

GoldenEraGuitars said:

Did you write or play the guitar on “Nevermind”?  

I was going to call you out on the "let's see what you can do then" argument, but I see you've qualified it with a winky face.

earwighoney

Lil Wayne. 

I just don't understand why he's seen to be the greatest guitarist of the generation. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g762REJWcg

bacchanalian

poopot said:

Jimi Hendrix

Eric Clapton

Jimmy Page

Keith Richards

Jeff Beck

B.B. King

Chuck Berry

Eddie Van Halen

Duane Allman

Pete Townshend

George Harrison

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Albert King

David Gilmour

Freddy King

Derek Trucks

Neil Young

Les Paul

James Burton

Carlos Santana

Chet Atkins

Frank Zappa

Buddy Guy

Angus Young

Tony Iommi

Brian May

Bo Diddley

Johnny Ramone

Scotty Moore

Elmore James

Ry Cooder

Billy Gibbons

Prince

Curtis Mayfield

John Lee Hooker

Randy Rhoads

Mick Taylor

The Edge

Steve Cropper

Tom Morello

Mick Ronson

Mike Bloomfield

Hubert Sumlin

Mark Knopfler

Link Wray

Jerry Garcia

Stephen Stills

Jonny Greenwood

Muddy Waters

Ritchie Blackmore

Johnny Marr

Clarence White

Otis Rush

Joe Walsh

John Lennon

Albert Collins

Rory Gallagher

Peter Green

Robbie Robertson

Ron Asheton

Dickey Betts

Robert Fripp

Johnny Winter

Duane Eddy

Slash

Leslie West

T Bone Walker

John McLaughlin

Richard Thompson

Jack White

Robert Johnson

John Frusciante

Kurt Cobain

Dick Dale

Joni Mitchell

Robby Krieger

Willie Nelson

John Farley

Mike Campbell

Buddy Holly

Lou Reed

Nels Cline

Eddie Hazel

Joe Perry

Andy Summers

J Mascis

James Hetfield

Carl Perkins

Bonnie Raitt

Tom Verlaine

Dave Davies

Dimebag Darrell

Paul Simon

Peter Buck

Roger McGuinn

Bruce Springsteen

Steve Jones

Alex Lifeson

Thurston Moore

Lindsey Buckingham

Is that the Rolling Stone list.

I was thinking of starting a thread to see if there is one guitar player that we could all agree is great. 

scrumhalf

Gassage said:

Brad Shields. All the hoohah and he's done fuck all at Wasps since he arrived.

He's done a damn sight more than Soppy Wanger.

As for guitarists:

Johnny Marr - seems like a nice chap and managed to be in a band with Morrissey and not kill him, but a bit of jingle-jangle plinky-plink isn't enough.

Bigsby

poopot said:

Jimi Hendrix

Eric Clapton

Jimmy Page

Keith Richards

Jeff Beck

B.B. King

Chuck Berry

Eddie Van Halen

Duane Allman

Pete Townshend

George Harrison

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Albert King

David Gilmour

Freddy King

Derek Trucks

Neil Young

Les Paul

James Burton

Carlos Santana

Chet Atkins

Frank Zappa

Buddy Guy

Angus Young

Tony Iommi

Brian May

Bo Diddley

Johnny Ramone

Scotty Moore

Elmore James

Ry Cooder

Billy Gibbons

Prince

Curtis Mayfield

John Lee Hooker

Randy Rhoads

Mick Taylor

The Edge

Steve Cropper

Tom Morello

Mick Ronson

Mike Bloomfield

Hubert Sumlin

Mark Knopfler

Link Wray

Jerry Garcia

Stephen Stills

Jonny Greenwood

Muddy Waters

Ritchie Blackmore

Johnny Marr

Clarence White

Otis Rush

Joe Walsh

John Lennon

Albert Collins

Rory Gallagher

Peter Green

Robbie Robertson

Ron Asheton

Dickey Betts

Robert Fripp

Johnny Winter

Duane Eddy

Slash

Leslie West

T Bone Walker

John McLaughlin

Richard Thompson

Jack White

Robert Johnson

John Frusciante

Kurt Cobain

Dick Dale

Joni Mitchell

Robby Krieger

Willie Nelson

John Farley

Mike Campbell

Buddy Holly

Lou Reed

Nels Cline

Eddie Hazel

Joe Perry

Andy Summers

J Mascis

James Hetfield

Carl Perkins

Bonnie Raitt

Tom Verlaine

Dave Davies

Dimebag Darrell

Paul Simon

Peter Buck

Roger McGuinn

Bruce Springsteen

Steve Jones

Alex Lifeson

Thurston Moore

Lindsey Buckingham

Is this the list of 'overrated' threads you're planning to start?

StormshadowGuitars

For me its Jimmy Hendrix, always has been............................ waiting for the fallout in 3,2,1

Mickeyji

StormshadowGuitars said:

For me its Jimmy Hendrix, always has been............................ waiting for the fallout in 3,2,1

Yeah, but his cousin Jimi was pretty good though...

KDS

Stuckfast said:

I have never quite seen what's so great about Eric Clapton, but it's quite possible I haven't heard the really good stuff if it exists.

Beans album, Ocean 461 or best of cream, if you don’t like one of those albums you probably don’t like EC

Nikc

Bigsby said:

poopot said:

Jimi Hendrix

Eric Clapton

Jimmy Page

Keith Richards

Jeff Beck

B.B. King

Chuck Berry

Eddie Van Halen

Duane Allman

Pete Townshend

George Harrison

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Albert King

David Gilmour

Freddy King

Derek Trucks

Neil Young

Les Paul

James Burton

Carlos Santana

Chet Atkins

Frank Zappa

Buddy Guy

Angus Young

Tony Iommi

Brian May

Bo Diddley

Johnny Ramone

Scotty Moore

Elmore James

Ry Cooder

Billy Gibbons

Prince

Curtis Mayfield

John Lee Hooker

Randy Rhoads

Mick Taylor

The Edge

Steve Cropper

Tom Morello

Mick Ronson

Mike Bloomfield

Hubert Sumlin

Mark Knopfler

Link Wray

Jerry Garcia

Stephen Stills

Jonny Greenwood

Muddy Waters

Ritchie Blackmore

Johnny Marr

Clarence White

Otis Rush

Joe Walsh

John Lennon

Albert Collins

Rory Gallagher

Peter Green

Robbie Robertson

Ron Asheton

Dickey Betts

Robert Fripp

Johnny Winter

Duane Eddy

Slash

Leslie West

T Bone Walker

John McLaughlin

Richard Thompson

Jack White

Robert Johnson

John Frusciante

Kurt Cobain

Dick Dale

Joni Mitchell

Robby Krieger

Willie Nelson

John Farley

Mike Campbell

Buddy Holly

Lou Reed

Nels Cline

Eddie Hazel

Joe Perry

Andy Summers

J Mascis

James Hetfield

Carl Perkins

Bonnie Raitt

Tom Verlaine

Dave Davies

Dimebag Darrell

Paul Simon

Peter Buck

Roger McGuinn

Bruce Springsteen

Steve Jones

Alex Lifeson

Thurston Moore

Lindsey Buckingham

Is this the list of 'overrated' threads you're planning to start?

Lets face it they're all overrated they play guitar for gods sake its not brain surgery is it

KDS

I wish I was overrated

EricTheWeary

KDS said:

I wish I was overrated

I liked your early stuff before you went too commercial. 

KDS

EricTheWeary said:

KDS said:

I wish I was overrated

I liked your early stuff before you went too commercial. 

Yh.... pressures of having to pay bills, taxes, cut my hair, keep the guys in suits happy, they did buy me a flash suit though, artistically I had to compromise 

Philly_Q

KDS said:

Stuckfast said:

I have never quite seen what's so great about Eric Clapton, but it's quite possible I haven't heard the really good stuff if it exists.

Beans album, Ocean 461 or best of cream, if you don’t like one of those albums you probably don’t like EC

It was Beer he advertised, not Beans.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZrWpEndY_8

StormshadowGuitars

Mickeyji said:

StormshadowGuitars said:

For me its Jimmy Hendrix, always has been............................ waiting for the fallout in 3,2,1

Yeah, but his cousin Jimi was pretty good though...

That's predictive text for you & also a lack of caring!

mbe

StormshadowGuitars said:

For me its Jimmy Hendrix, always has been............................ waiting for the fallout in 3,2,1

It's 5,4,3,2,1. Get with it man!

Nunogilberto

For those arguing that we shouldn’t be making these assertions and that music isn’t a competition - I agree with the latter, but let’s not sanitise debate, nullify having an opinion and kill off discussion for want of being friends, patting each other on the back and risk offending someone...

For me, it’s JoBo - he has that same woolly tone no matter which one of his 300 odd vintage guitars/amps he’s playing.

Also, Chris Buck - he’s fairly local to me and people rave about him, but to me he’s just another white boy blooze noodler. No better or much different than half the players I’ve seen at local jam nights.