Ok, here I go, first post on DU ...

[nomaco-10]

I know most everybody agrees that Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton are the best guitar players ever and so do I, but what about Angus from AC/DC, how does he rate?

[Rick Myers]

1. Welcome to DU, nomaco-10

:toast:

I don't think many would put Angus in the same league. :eyes:

[nomaco-10]

6. OK, fair enough, what about Stevie Ray Vaughn?......

where does he rank? I said I pretty much was going after the obscure for a rank. I'm always looking out for the underdog and that might just get overlooked or forgotten, but 5th, 6th and 7th are important in a field of 50 best guitar players in the world for the last forty years, it does matter.

[SaveABug]

8. How about Pat Travers?

Johnny Winters?
Peter Green?

[nomaco-10]

11. Fair Enough, What about JOE PERRY?

Aerosmith wasn't a fluke.... I don't think he sucks ...

[SaveABug]

12. He ain't no

Slash!

[nomaco-10]

13. We could exchange some great stories....

I have a good friend that was a roadie for Deep Purple.... now that was some shit lol

[SaveABug]

14. Now that is interesting

I've spent my life looking for a woman from Tokyo

[Don_G]

20. Would You Settle....

For a "Deep Purple" Album from Kokomo?

[Rick Myers]

18. Pat Travers and Stevie Ray have MUCH merit!!!

[ProfessorGAC]

30. Pat Travers???

He wasn't even the best guitar player in his own band. I saw them live and Pat Thrall blew Travers off the stage.

Better technically, more clever in phrasing, and far more adventerous in his wild moments. Thrall is quite unsung.
The Professor

[el_gato]

24. Angus is way better than Page

I would rather listen to AC/DC than the most overplayed band of the century (zep).

[corarose]

2. Welcome to DU

Give both the Young Brothers credit they are the best ever!

[SaveABug]

3. Angus is great - though I'm not a big fan

And, if you listen to him, he is fairly intelligent. I saw some clips where he said the band was together forever no matter what, and the rest agreed. I like that solidarity.

[ScreamingMeemie]

4. Hello and Welcome to DU

Angus doesn't rate on that scale...IMHO

:hi:

[dolo amber]

5. Hiya nomaco-10!!

I hope you find a home here as I have. As far as Angus goes, he plays the 3 chords he knows better than anyone!! :D ;)

Welcome to DU!! :hi:

[corarose]

7. Don's Bash AC/DC I use to tour with them

Don't be bashing my boys!

[roguevalley]

9. Hi sweetie.

welcome. I think angus is good but I come from the days
of cream so Clapton was god. :P

[nomaco-10]

19. TY, my point being that he was mediocre...

so let's hold secondary best to a higher standard. Let's find out and concur who exactly were the bestest guitar players in the whole wide world and who is 3rd, 4th and 5th of the very best in the whole wide world... frankly, I've been lurking here and other boards for too long and I have deemed you worthy to decide who comes in distant 4th and 5th.

[newyawker99]

27. Hi nomaco=10!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[soleft]

10. Welcome to DU

:hi:

[Skittles]

15. I LOVE ANGUS

and how about ALVIN LEE? One of my oldtime favorites.

[SaveABug]

16. OMG yes

even "10 Years Later"

great

[FlashHarry]

17. Angus is the reason I play(ed) an SG through an old Marshall!

Probably the greatest rock 'n' roll tone ever. Welcome to DU, by the way! :hi:

[mvd]

21. Welcome to DU!

Glad you can join us! :toast:

[WillyT]

22. Sorry, It's David Gilmore And Carlos Santana, But Hey, Welcome !!!

:bounce::toast::party::toast::bounce:

Nice ta meetcha!!!

:hi:

[Tom Kitten]

23. below them, but what about....

Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Ritchie Blackmore, Greg Sage, Robin Trower, Tony (T.S.) McPhee, Carlos Santana, John McLaughlin, Leo Kottke, John Fahey?

[Fovea]

25. I don't really listen to ACDC

But I think the best guitarist ever might just go to a nerdy looking guy from Austrailia named John Williams.

[cmd]

26. Always glad to see a new poster

I just have no clue who Angus is. Don't give up on me though. I don't know who Jimmy Page is either. LOL I have heard Eric Clapton and appreciate his talent. Welome to DU. coalminersdaughter (not a country music fan. My dad is a retired miner.)

[SCantiGOP]

28. I'm not most anybody

The ones you named are of course excellent, but I believe that Jimi Hendrix and Daune Allman are the two greatest guitarists to ever live.

[BigMcLargehuge]

29. AC/DC does a funny radio interview

I can't remember how long ago, or for which album, but they were all in the studio and the host asked "Doesn't it feel kind of funny to essentially release the same album 11 times?"

There was a moment of silence, then Angus piped up.

"We have 13 albums."

I laughed my ass off.