Is Jimmy Page better than Gilmour?

Nope. For the simple reason they are completely different. It’s like comparing ice cream to apple pie. Page is a flamboyant blues rock guitarist that takes the spot whilst Gilmour is a laid back minimalist that plays to serve the song and comes out only when required.

Who is the best black guitarist?

Jimi Hendrix To fully understand Hendrix’s trailblazing virtuosity, look no farther than his ranking in Rolling Stone’s ‘100 Greatest Guitarist’ list: Number 1. He was a genius on the guitar, pushing the musical boundaries of his iconic Fender Stratocaster in ways previously unimaginable.

Who is the coolest guitarist?

Listen to our Rock Classics playlist, here, and check out our 20 best guitarists, below.

• 8: Mark Knopfler.
• 7: Eddie Van Halen.
• 6: Brian May.
• 5: Chuck Berry.
• 4: Eric Clapton.
• 3: David Gilmour.
• 2: Jimi Hendrix.
• 1: Jimmy Page.

Who is the best blues guitarist in the world?

The Best Blues Guitarists of All Time

• Lightnin’ Hopkins.
• Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
• T-Bone Walker.
• Muddy Waters.
• Albert King.
• B.B King. Recommended B.B. King listening: Singin’ the blues.
• Stevie Ray Vaughan. Recommended Stevie Ray Vaughan listening: Texas Flood.
• Derek Trucks. Recommended Derek Trucks listening: Revelator.

Is David Gilmour the greatest slow rock guitar player of all time?

David Gilmour isn’t a generic shredder like these metal guitar players that play fast, orderly, unmemorable diatonic scales. Gilmour might be the greatest “slow” rock guitar player of all time.

What makes David Gilmour different from Miles Davis?

As Gary Giddins once noted about Miles Davis, he concentrates on melody and timbre. It is no different with David Gilmour. Obviously it is a different genre of music, and a different soloing instrument, but the musical values of the soloist are identical.

Is Keith Urban a good guitar player?

Though Keith Urban is associated with his pop country brand of music and inevitably more famous still for his marriage to Nicole Kidman, Urban is actually a very, very accomplished guitar player.

Who is the least famous guitarist in the world?

Undoubtedly the least known guitarist on this list, Sweden’s Mikael Akerfeldt plays in the progressive/death metal band Opeth. Over the course of the last twenty years Opeth, with Akerfeldt acting as their vocalist, guitarist, primary songwriter and even more recently, producer, has written some of the most exhilarating metal music of all time.