I Like Rolling Stone's List of Greatest Guitarists, but it makes me wonder...

I hear that. I doubt there is anyone there under the age of 40. But I would make some changes to that list myself. I would put Jeff Beck right under Jimi Hendrix, and Jimmy Paige under that. But there are other great guitarists in the world also. So, a list like that is relative, it's really what people think.

40? You can add a few more years to that! Yep, music ain't what it used to be!

I doubt that any are under 50

How about a different genre? How about Brad Paisley or Keith Urban? They are both excellent!

I am happy to see Duane Allman on this list. It's also no surprise that Eric Clapton is at #2 either - I suspected he'd be 1st or 2nd. I think Jerry Garcia and possibly the lesser-known Gary Moore could at least be contenders. Brian May is also a notable player not listed. While I don't believe age should necessarily be a factor, it takes quite a while to attain the status of a legend - or one of the "greatest of all time." All of these guitarists' playing has been their claim to fame for quite a while. It would be pretty difficult to be ranked "best ever" when your career hasn't spanned over a period of decades and your work has retained its distinct quality all that time. I also agree with several other posters that music is not what it used to be. If you want to see real skill, you'd best not look within the mainstream. Music today is widely driven by fame, money, and electronic synthesizer sounds and as long as it keeps evolving in this direction I doubt we'll see another Jimi Hendrix or Eric Clapton anytime soon, if ever, and if a guitarist of that caliber happens to exist, he or she will never become an icon on their talent alone - they'd have to be marketed and promoted properly... I think this was, overall, a very good list by Rolling Stone. Maybe some talented "up and comers" would have been nice.

Actually, I don't think any of them except for Lenny Kravitz was even under 50 are they? And Lenny didn't make the final list so I"d say NO.

I can't believe they didn't include David Gilmour. The man isn't fast but he can say more in a few notes than EVH could express in an entire song. His composition Shine On You Crazy Diamond is a masterpiece of sorrow and triumph. I would say that list is not of the greatest guitarists, only the most popular and marketable. Although I can't really argue with Jimi's inclusion, he was phenomenal. I would have liked to hear him as he would be playing now.