Question for my OG brehs. Who is or was the greatest black guitar player??

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

If you don't add Earl Klugh to the convo, you pouring jelly on yourself

 

[King Jove]

Hendrix completely revolutionized the electric guitar. He took the electric guitar to a level nobody even knew was possible. There was literally nobody that sounded like Hendrix before Hendrix, and afterwards, his style laid the groundwork for the future of guitar playing. The gap between him and everyone else when he was alive was substantial.

 

[Sauce and Footwork]

Hendrix completely revolutionized the electric guitar. He took the electric guitar to a level nobody even knew was possible. There was literally nobody that sounded like Hendrix before Hendrix, and afterwards, his style laid the groundwork for the future of guitar playing. The gap between him and everyone else when he was alive was substantial.

Hendrix for this reason alone to me. Everything else is up to personal preference. I mean nobody had ever done no shyt like this before. He made the guitar something else

 

[Spence]

Past: Hendrix
Present: Gary Clark jr

 

[Jean toomer]

The answer is Hendrix but for me Wes Montgomery is the quintessential modern guitar player. Without Wes, it’s hard to imagine George benson, jaco pastorius, Ernie Isley etc.

 

[Wildhundreds]

Hendrix for this reason alone to me. Everything else is up to personal preference. I mean nobody had ever done no shyt like this before. He made the guitar something else

Same song, different performances, both revolutionary.

 

[Sbp]

Hendrix

Black guitarist I done prolly listened to the most: Nile Rodgers.

Yup . I was gonna say Nile too. That man's guitar work is unfukkwitable

 

[TEH]

It’s Hendrix

Honorable mention

To me- Sting


Also anyone who’s ever been in Dire Straights or Pink Floyd

 

[Doobie Doo]

Hendrix on guitar and Larry Graham on bass

 

[Dad]

Ernie Isley is one of the best & gets left off the list

 

[Fiji Water]

Personal opinion: Eddie Hazel.

 

[Mr. Negative]

Yup . I was gonna say Nile too. That man's guitar work is unfukkwitable

fa sho.

 

[Sad Bunny]

Honorable mention

 

[Adeptus Astartes]

I can't just name one

Jimi Hendrix
Tosin Abasi
Wes Montgomery
George Benson
Naudo Rodrigues


Bass: Victor Wooten

 

[SilentRon]

Hendrix, then Eddie Hazel