50 Greatest Tones

Jack-Flash-Jr · 2010-05-20T16:07:29+00:00

From Guitarist 2008, not sure what the "rules" were (comments after number one!) #50 Charlie Christian - Flying Home Original Guitar Hero (1939) #49 Noel Gallagher - Slide Away Oasis - Definitely Maybe (1994) #48 Chuck Berry - Maybellene Greatest Hits (1955) #47 Ry Cooder - Sister Morphine The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers (1971) #46 Link Wray - Rumble The Original Rumble (1958) #45 Dick Dale - Misirlou Surfers’ Choice (1962) #44 Larry Carlton - It Was Only Yesterday Larry Carlton (1978) #43 James Williamson - Search And Destroy The Stooges (1973) #42 James Hetfield - Orion Master Of Puppets (1986) #41 Chet Atkins - Mr Sandman (1955, TV show) #40 Dave Davies - You Really Got Me Kinks (1964) #39 Brad Paisley - Me Neither Who Needs Pictures (2001) #38 Carlos Santana - Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen Abraxas (1970) #37 Randy Rhoads - Suicide Solution Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz (1980) #36 Duane Eddy - Peter Gunn (1960) #35 Tom Morello - Killing In The Name Rage Against The Machine (1993) #34 Eric Johnson - Cliffs Of Dover Ah Via Musicom (1990) #33 Gary Moore - Still In Love With You Thin Lizzy - Nightlife (1974) #32 Wes Montgomery - D-Natural Blues The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery (1960) #31 Rory Gallagher - Walk On Hot Coals Irish Tour (1974) #30 Joe Satriani - Ice 9 Surfing With The Alien (1987) #29 Steve Vai - Touching Tongues Sex & Religion (1993) #28 Matt Bellamy - Plug In Baby Muse - Origin Of Symmetry (2001) #27 Robben Ford - Talk To Your Daughter Talk To Your Daughter (1988) #26 Pete Townshend - Pinball Wizard The Who - Tommy (1969) #25 Johnny Marr - How Soon Is Now? The Smiths - Meat Is Murder (1984) #24 Keith Richards - (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction The Rolling Stones - Out Of Our Heads (1965) #23 Kurt Cobain - Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana - Nevermind (1991) Live on The Word in 1991 #22 Tony Iommi - Iron Man Black Sabbath - Paranoid (1970) #21 The Edge - Bad U2 - The Unforgettable Fire (1984) #20 Mark Knopfler - Money For Nothing Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms (1985) #19 Jeff Beck - Where Were You Jeff Beck’s Guitar Shop (1989) #18 Paul Kossoff - My Brother Jake Free - Highway (1970) #17 BB King - When Love Comes To Town U2 - Rattle And Hum (1988) #16 Scotty Moore - Hound Dog Elvis Presley - Greatest Jukebox Hits (1956) #15 Jimmy Page - Whole Lotta Love Led Zeppelin II (1969) #14 Peter Green - Stop Messin’ Around Fleetwood Mac - Mr Wonderful (1968) #13 George Harrison - Something The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969) #12 Ritchie Blackmore - Long Live Rock ’N’ Roll Rainbow - Long Live Rock ‘N’ Roll (1978) #11 Billy Gibbons - Gimme All Your Lovin’ ZZ Top - Eliminator (1983) #10 Eric Clapton - I Feel Free Fresh Cream (1966) #9 Jack White - Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground The White Stripes - White Blood Cells (2001) #8 Angus Young - Highway To Hell AC/DC - Highway To Hell (1979) #7 Hank Marvin - Wonderful Land The Shadows Are Go (1962) #6 Slash - Welcome To The Jungle Guns N’ Roses - Appetite For Destruction (1987) #5 Stevie Ray Vaughan Couldn’t Stand The Weather, Couldn’t Stand The Weather (1984) #4 Brian May - Play The Game Queen - The Game (1980) #3 Eddie Van Halen - Sinner’s Swing Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981) #2 Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child (Slight Return) Electric Ladyland (1968) #1 David Gilmour - Comfortably Numb Pink Floyd - The Wall (1979) OK, Voodo Chile (Slight Return) is by far my favourite tone ever captured but I'm surprise Ry Cooder on Sister Morphine isn't higher up! I also think the cranked up acoustic on Jumpin' Jack Flash is a nicer if not as historic a tone as Satisfaction. Puzzling inclusion: Ritchie Blackmore. Link Ray and Ray Davies should also be higher up for my money. Who's missing of my favourites? A lot but it's criminal leaving off Marc Ford (The Black Crowes, everything on Amorica).

Jack-Flash-Jr

stu wrote Killing in the name is from 1992 not 1993. Just something I noticed there. Must be a typo.
I not sure about the rest of you but I think the solo in that song is stupid. Actually just about all of Morello solos are stupid especially 'Show me how to live' from when he was in Audioslave. However I really liked his solo in 'your time has come' (also Audioslave).

Agree with Donovan, it's like saying country is stupid because they don't use distortion... it is was what it is and it's definitely original (and probably doesn't classify as a solo in in trad sense of the word)... that said, the Show Me How To Live break is dumb as hell ? I rather like Killing in the Name.

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