Originally posted by hairbndrckr
The list just proves how much music critics really know about music...

I mean come on... Ed Van Halen at #70... He has inflenced generations of guitarists... some of whom are probably higher up on the list than he...

I remember as a guitar kid I used to think that these polls and ranking of guitarist were something official and real like in sports or something ! LOL :D

I started to realize that these lists in guitar magazines have nothing to do with anything musical .
I strongly remeber in the millenium poll by guitar one magazine (or guitar world?) , Kurt Cobain ranked no7 , while EVH was no 8 ... People like Kirk Hammett , Marty Friedman , Malmsteen , Slash , etc. ranked from 30's to 80's ... The list also inluded many grunge/punk/alternative guitarists (and those who only use the EAD strings exclusively!) in positions prior to those.

Now , I only read those polls to make fun of them . ;)