| REVIEWER | RATING & REVIEW |
 | rebuilding (0)
07/14/2008 | great talent, but a little goes a long way for me.
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 | ANDREW57 (0)
07/11/2008 | Amazing guitarist with innovative theories
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 | Rob670 (1)
07/02/2008 | Talented, but I never listen.
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 | Will292 (0)
06/22/2008 | awesome saw him in concert blew my mind
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 | Not Dead Yet (0)
06/20/2008 | good taught kirk from metallica
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 | kinger75002 (0)
06/20/2008 | Great guitarist, and oh does he know how to use both hands! One of the very few who can play melodies with both hands. Technically awesome. However has a tendancy to have too much flare and show and not enough melody and song.
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 | TheRealDragonboy (0)
06/08/2008 | Not only one of the most underrated, one of the most diverse talents ever to pick up a guitar. Smooth licks, emotionally powerful, technically masterful. While hes easily as fast as anyone on this list, sometimes a few notes can be just as powerful and impressive as any speed lick. Satriani has mastered this art (witness "always with me, always with you). His non-inclusion in the top ten is a travesty that robs this list of any legitimacy.
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 | Limpin' Trenchfoot (16)
05/20/2008 |  Not as talented as Vai?? Viz playing technique there's nothing to separate them. But as for the quality of tunes, Satriani cr*ps all over Vai from a great height. The great thing that separates Satriani from bigger names such as Clapton, Slash etc is that he can sustain high quality playing throughout one 5 minute tune to the next and not just the odd 1 minute solo here and there. I've also listened to a lot of other 'shredders' like Malmsteem, Tony McAlpine, Gary Hoey and loads of other similar widdly types. Sure they can play but boy are they boring! Just one Paganini inspired riff after another. To his credit Satriani's avoided all that pretentious and self-indulgent neo-classical metal tosh and doesnt let speed etc get in the way of the tune.
I've knocked one star off my original rating. Although there's no doubting his technical mastery he's come up with some pretty mediocre albums with Prof Satchifunkilus as bad as the red album and Engines of Creation, which IMO undermine his credibility.
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| musicfan11 (0)
05/01/2008 | "I would venture to say that the average age must be in the low 20's.
JImi Hendrix showed more creativity in 1 song than Satriani has in his entire career. He is just another fretburner. THis poll should be renamed "Favorite" "
Wow sour grapes dude, I'm 41 by the way.
Another example of someone who can't accept someone better come along and takes it to the next level.
Listen to the music for a change and maybe you'll understand what it's all about.
Joe is the current master bar none at he moment. Sooner or later someone else will come along. It doesn't take away from anyone else it's more of a compliment.
We all learn from the masters before us and some make it better...so get over it.
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 | senrat (0)
04/14/2008 | Awesome guitarist!! Technicaly stunning!! It never gets old listening to any of his songs due to the complexity and crazyness of them.
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| jClutch (0)
03/14/2008 | Technical brilliance. Feel, soul, precision. He is amazing pure and simple.
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| Snakepit22 (0)
03/12/2008 | Driftwood is right, Joe is no Hendrix. He actually has range and can play the same thing twice if you asked him. Don't get me wrong, I love Jimi, but Joe has music for every mood. If you don't think "Strange Beautiful Music" has a listenablility factor of about 10.infinity, you probalby don't have a soul anyway.
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| Zetara22 (0)
02/15/2008 | He's no Hendrix
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 | metalhead1991 (0)
01/25/2008 | deffinately my favourite guitarist of all time, vai is amazin aswell
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 | ROCKTRAIN69 (10)
12/20/2007 | One of the best in the world. Joe is fantastic.
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| BajaBruce (0)
12/03/2007 | OMG you folks have rated this technocrat over Jimi Hendrix?!?! That's the equivalent of rating Tiny Tim over Mozart. Whoops that is probably over most of your heads.
I would venture to say that the average age must be in the low 20's.
JImi Hendrix showed more creativity in 1 song than Satriani has in his entire career. He is just another fretburner. THis poll should be renamed "Favorite" guitar players.
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 | angryjed (2)
12/03/2007 | Technically, he's probably the best. But I just don't find his stuff that great to listen to. Listenability has to be a factor besides just technical skill.
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| KillEmAll91 (0)
11/11/2007 | Not many can compare
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| sdzdg (0)
11/10/2007 | great guitarist
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 | rayrose (0)
09/04/2007 | ill take feel over soloing anyday.
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| rikadog (0)
07/11/2007 | Awesome guitarist of so many styles
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| iceman9 (0)
07/07/2007 | Joe Satriani is by far the greatest guitarist of all time. He is all about music - as a language unto itself, without the need for words. He would be rated higher if we weren't such a "pop" culture that demands catchy predictable scores drowned in vocal rhyme. Anyone who has seen Satch live knows there is no equal. I've never seen anyone whose songs are so complex actually play them better, faster, more intense, without pause for 3 hours on end. You think Eddie Van Halen is #1?? Ha! Have him solo non-stop at twice his normal "live" speed for 3 hours with only a 15 minute break, and then compare them. (Let alone the whole music composition, score and emotion categories)
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| Mirandor (0)
06/29/2007 | What's to say...amazing solos. Any album will do!
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 | Chrisrianna (14)
06/25/2007 | Joe is a terrific guitarist and is very, very talented. He gave Steve Vai and Kirk Hammett guitar lessons and sometimes they still seek his help. My favorite songs from him are "Satch Boogie", "Always With Me, Always With You", "The Crush of Love" and "Hordes of Locusts". If you like Satriani try and find Greg Khin: "Live-King Biscuit Flower Hour", because Joe is his guitarist and plays great, without sounding like any of his own stuff and don't forget that he was also Mick Jagger's guitar player when he would tour.
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| Jonnn (0)
06/03/2007 | Best modern technical guitarist (Y)
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| mihulka3 (0)
03/17/2007 | Waht a great guitarist!
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 | Pigmypuff (0)
03/14/2007 | Simply the best!
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 | Loerke (46)
02/10/2007 | The sovereign lord of the overhyped, faintly ridiculous category of the Self-Sufficient Guitar God. I'll admit that I actually have a couple of his albums and listen to them occasionally, though never with other people. How many fans would actually listen to this at a party? There's something a little puritanical or scholastic about this style of music. Anyway, Satriani is definitely smarter than most, and he actually invents and maintains some interesting melodies. Unlike many of the others in his fiefdom, there's not a hint of the thrash-trash here either. He just needs to lose those sunglasses.
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 | cablejockey (18)
11/20/2006 | I remember him from Flying In A Blue Dream, and The Forgotton PartII. Distinctive style and a great sound.
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 | Meike (1)
11/19/2006 | Great guitarist who has influenced and commanded respect from a generation of players. I'm not a huge fan of the solo guitarist genre, He does bring more to the table than the likes of Vai, Malmsteen and others who followed. To me they all started sounding the same after awhile.
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 | ILikePie (49)
10/13/2006 | How can Satriani be so low? He is one of the greatest guitarists in the world; he should be in the top 5! Below the Edge? Come on, people! Satriani rocks!
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| Gromit (2)
04/09/2006 | Excellent rock guitar virtuoso. He's amazing, BUT, there's 'something missing' with Satriani. Maybe he relies too much on effects, and many of his manic runs and solos SOUND THE SAME!
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| brandtelope (0)
03/22/2006 | He is the master. All styles, techniques, effects, everything.
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 | doobiesNhof (21)
03/15/2006 | Amazing guitar skills of this master. Ranks above Vai and Malmsteen IMO.
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| cak0130 (0)
03/09/2006 | Annoyingly boring
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 | stevehowedammit (0)
02/24/2006 | Great melodic player, great speed player, master of many styles. should be one of the top 20
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 | dog2004ie (0)
01/03/2006 | Satriani is the best. He is a virutual encyclopedia of guitar knowledge. Heard him live on the radio and they threw the most off the wall songs at him, he played them one by one flawlessly. The unbelievable thing about him though that sets him above the rest is that he is so modest. Vai literally bowed down to him at a G3 show during a face off and Sat was pulling riffs out of no where. You can measure skill and practice, but not talent.
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 | unforgivenvigilante (2)
11/04/2005 | hes good but the people that he taught kirk hammett , steve vai they both got better than he did after he taught them so he needs to work on it
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| Stickyfingers (0)
10/29/2005 | Changed music so much...elite
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 | numbah16tdhaha (147)
08/25/2005 | I listen to his stuff alot. Looney, unbelievable stuff at times.
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| ymir (0)
08/25/2005 | lol off course satriani is in the top 5 its a fact..
i hate this when someone votes with 1 becouse he wants his fav to be 1st on the list :(
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 | slash69 (0)
08/19/2005 | he sucks so bad
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| chriszx (0)
08/06/2005 | The greatest instrumental guitar musician - great feel, incredible original legato phrasing, whammy wizard, big round organic wah tinged sound, feedback master - the surfing king of space rock/metal and a super great guy too!!! Thanks for sharing your great music with us Joe
Chris Hong, Malaysia
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| vaiat18 (0)
07/21/2005 | satriani is a great guitarist not as talented as steve vai but beautifully oriented in the area of melody. He taught Vai back in the day and Vai surpassed him in skill and found his own voice but satriani is still able to produce his unique form of rock.
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| reix (0)
06/23/2005 | Simple is good, he makes tones that are simple yet musical
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| guitarcritic (0)
04/22/2005 | Cosiderng the fact that JS taught Hammett and vai, 2 people who are hailed as modern day guitar icons, and that he as equally brilliant ingenuity as Jimi, in addition to flawless guitar techniques(especially pentatonic drills),......He should be No. 1...
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| Guava Monkey (4)
04/05/2005 | In these days of snobbery towards virtuosity it's a great shame Joe Satriani has been largely overlooked by the general public. This is because unlike many top metal guitarists who shred for its own sake, JS has come up with some damn fine memorable tunes with strong melodies. Although he can let rip and burn the fretboard he also knows when to kick back and keep it simple. IMO he's the best all round rock guitarist ever.. bar none.
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| andrewvai (0)
03/27/2005 | Wake up people,Satriani and Vai are not just exremely technically proficient,they are also extremely beautiful songwriters,Kind of like Mozarts genius meets john lennons beatiful songwriting,Satch and Vai are more than guitar gods they are MUSICAL GIANTS.
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| vetteman03 (0)
03/17/2005 | Joe Satriani's technical skill level may be unparalleled. His command of the instrument is just amazing. And what is very impressive is that his songs have (with a few exceptions) no lyrics. So in a typical 5 minute song, you may get 30 seconds - 1 minute of guitar playing with a solo and outro. But with Joe's songs, there is guitar playing from beginning to end, non stop. I'd reccommend the DVD Joe Satriani Live in San Francisco.
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