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[Xpensive Wino]

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Taylor Swift voted the 8th best guitarist of the last two decades

Taylor Swift has been voted the eighth best guitarist of the last two decades in a new poll by UK guitar retailer guitarguitar.

guitar.com

 

[DrewB]

"You're click-baiting, Mr. Vai, and I want it stopped!"

 

[gitmohair]

If she's encouraging people to play then I'm all for it

 

[jb_abides]

Hmm: Poll by UK retailer... Epitome of trust...? or demographics is destiny!

'I'd buy that for a dollar!'

 

[RhinestoneStrat]

Taylor can now join Joe Satriani for the G8 tour.

 

[Xpensive Wino]

Taylor can now join Joe Satriani for the G8 tour.

He didn't make the cut.

1. John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
2. Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys)
3. John Mayer
4. Sam Fender
5. Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead)
6. Chris Shiflett (Foo Fighters)
7. Ed O’Brien (Radiohead)
8. Taylor Swift
9. Tom DeLonge (Blink-182)
10. Simon Neil (Biffy Clyro)
11. Jim Root (Slipknot)
12. Keith Urban
13. John 5 (Mötley Crüe)
14. Brad Paisley
15. Troy Van Leeuwen (Queens Of The Stone Age)
16. Albert Hammond Jr. (The Strokes)
17. H.E.R.
18. Adam Hann (The 1975)
19. Ed Sheeran
20. Julien Baker

 

[charliechitlins]

Maybe Most Influential!

 

[Señor Verde]

I feel so, out of touch.

 

[Xpensive Wino]

I feel so, out of touch.

Don't. "Polls" are indicative of nothing substantial.

 

[RhinestoneStrat]

He didn't make the cut.

1. John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
2. Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys)
3. John Mayer
4. Sam Fender
5. Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead)
6. Chris Shiflett (Foo Fighters)
7. Ed O’Brien (Radiohead)
8. Taylor Swift
9. Tom DeLonge (Blink-182)
10. Simon Neil (Biffy Clyro)
11. Jim Root (Slipknot)
12. Keith Urban
13. John 5 (Mötley Crüe)
14. Brad Paisley
15. Troy Van Leeuwen (Queens Of The Stone Age)
16. Albert Hammond Jr. (The Strokes)
17. H.E.R.
18. Adam Hann (The 1975)
19. Ed Sheeran
20. Julien Baker

I hear Fender Custom Shop came out with the new Ed Sheeran signature Telecaster.

 

[ch willie]

Who is the better guitarist? Someone with the greatest dexterity and understanding of theory or the one whose playing makes folks dance or cry? I'm not trying to bait anyone. I'm old, and Taylor Swift's music doesn't speak to me. In my world, Clapton, Townsend, Zappa, Gilmour, and Eric Johnson are guitar gods. Their playing moves me emotionally and on a technical level.

However, I remember people making fun of Ed Sheeran a few years ago, and I said then, "Take an acoustic guitar and a looper, and see how long you can hold the attention of the masses at Wembley Stadium like he did." I'm not fan of his either. I think I have better songs and better skills, but I don't see me packing Wembley and having such a massive impact on generations of music lovers.

In short, Taylor Swift might not be a virtuoso. Let's cut to the chase: she isn't. But her guitar is a whole hell of a lot more powerful than mine and yours. So beetcheez, Shake if Off.

 

[Xpensive Wino]

Who is the better guitarist? Someone with the greatest dexterity and understanding of theory or the one whose playing makes folks dance or cry? I'm not trying to bait anyone. I'm old, and Taylor Swift's music doesn't speak to me. In my world, Clapton, Townsend, Zappa, Gilmour, and Eric Johnson are guitar gods. Their playing moves me emotionally and on a technical level.

However, I remember people making fun of Ed Sheeran a few years ago, and I said then, "Take an acoustic guitar and a looper, and see how long you can hold the attention of the masses at Wembley Stadium like he did." I'm not fan of his either. I think I have better songs and better skills, but I don't see me packing Wembley and having such a massive impahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPhK2y7ksqEct on generations of music lovers.

In short, Taylor Swift might not be a virtuoso. Let's cut to the chase: she isn't. But her guitar is a whole hell of a lot more powerful than mine and yours. So beetcheez, Shake if Off.

 

[J T]

yet people seem to throw their hard earned money at her

 

[MarcB]

“If you’re not thinking you’re the best guitarist in the world.. you’re doing it wrong” - Socrates

 

[Hiwatts-n-Gibsons]

That list is just wrong, and it is not Taylor Swift taking it there.

 

[Xpensive Wino]

yet people seem to throw their hard earned money at her

Their parents'/spouses' money, more likely.

 

[ppgf]

Don't. "Polls" are indicative of nothing substantial.

when i start seeing scotty anderson and kazuhito yamashita in polls for gen pop, i’ll start paying attention.

 

[c_wester]

I do not know one song from these guys exept John Frusciante and I will keep it that way.
For me music died around 1974 with some exeptions.
But that is just my personal opinion.




He didn't make the cut.

1. John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
2. Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys)
3. John Mayer
4. Sam Fender
5. Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead)
6. Chris Shiflett (Foo Fighters)
7. Ed O’Brien (Radiohead)
8. Taylor Swift
9. Tom DeLonge (Blink-182)
10. Simon Neil (Biffy Clyro)
11. Jim Root (Slipknot)
12. Keith Urban
13. John 5 (Mötley Crüe)
14. Brad Paisley
15. Troy Van Leeuwen (Queens Of The Stone Age)
16. Albert Hammond Jr. (The Strokes)
17. H.E.R.
18. Adam Hann (The 1975)
19. Ed Sheeran
20. Julien Baker

 

[swaffy101]

I feel triggered.

 

[narike45]

I do not know one song from these guys exept John Frusciante and I will keep it that way.
For me music died around 1974 with some exeptions.
But that is just my personal opinion.




He didn't make the cut.

1. John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
2. Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys)
3. John Mayer
4. Sam Fender
5. Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead)
6. Chris Shiflett (Foo Fighters)
7. Ed O’Brien (Radiohead)
8. Taylor Swift
9. Tom DeLonge (Blink-182)
10. Simon Neil (Biffy Clyro)
11. Jim Root (Slipknot)
12. Keith Urban
13. John 5 (Mötley Crüe)
14. Brad Paisley
15. Troy Van Leeuwen (Queens Of The Stone Age)
16. Albert Hammond Jr. (The Strokes)
17. H.E.R.
18. Adam Hann (The 1975)
19. Ed Sheeran
20. Julien Baker
21. block blast
    

I like Taylor Swift's song the most.