Top 20 Greatest Male Guitarists of All Time
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Published 2021-03-06
These guys could shred! For this list, we'll be ranking the most influential and iconic musicians to pick up the guitar, taking into account their legacy and where they stand today. Our countdown includes Carlos Santana, Prince, Eddie Van Halen, B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix, and more! Who are your favorite guitarists? Do you dig guitarists who shred or play it subtle? Sound off in the comments!
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All Comments (21)
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Check out our featured song: "Aurora" by Cameron Brown! https://youtu.be/3PxOFschfJ4 Who is your favorite guitarist of all time? Let us know in the comments below!
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Conspiracy Theory: We all disagree with this list.
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"Honorable mention" to Chuck is an insult to Rock n Roll
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These guitarists came to mind [though I can't think who I would remove from your list to make room for them]: Jeff Beck, Steve Howe, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Robin Trower, Dick Dale, Les Paul, Buckethead, Roy Clark, Chet Atkins, Steve Hacket, Terry Kath, Stephen Stills, John Petrucci, Mikael Åkerfeldt, Jerry Garcia, Jerry Reed, Alex Lifeson, Al Di Meola, Guthrie Govan, Steven Wilson, and of course, Marty McFly
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I had the unbelievable experience of jamming with Eric and Jimi in NYC for a couple hours. The NYPD broke it up, as was after midnight and my band's loft was a few doors down from a firehouse. We were keeping them awake. At that point, I thought they were equally incredible guitarists. Jimi was such a terrible loss.
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Kirk Hammett? Stephen Stills?? George Harrison??? Slash???? Jeff Beck????? Did you guys even do your homework on this one?!
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It's criminal that Jeff Beck is not here. He's on a different soundwave altogether. He is completely original and actually, he is too good for your silly lists!! EDIT Thank you for the likes. I wrote this several months ago, and now very recently Jeff has passed away.😪 I find it sad that all these youtube channels ignored him in their "best guitarist" or "most influential guitarist lists" but since he has died, have suddenly remembered him, making tributes!! Boo to them making money off him!!✌
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I saw Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock. Wonderful! I think Jeff Healy and Angus Young should be here too! 😀
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Slash, Samboro, Peter Frampton, Joe Walsh, Eddie Van Halen, Eric Clapton, Angus Young, Roy Clark, Jeff Beck
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Jeff Beck and George Harrison should've at least gotten an honorable mention
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It kind of sucks that Mick Mars, Slash, Angus Young, and Jeff Healey couldn't even garner an honorable mention.
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Glen Campbell, Roy Clark and Vince Gill, Joe Walsh and Don Felder. Coming up with lead guitar melodies that define/make a song is a gift and incredible talent. Angus from AC/DC, Slash, and Brian May are also perfect examples.
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Would put Hendrix, Clapton, Page, Gilmour, as my top guitarists. My humble opinion
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As soon as I saw Santana at 20, I knew this wasn’t serious
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Proof that Duane Allman, Dickey Betts, Johnny Winter, John Fogerty, Joe Walsh, Albert King, Jeff Beck, Muddy Waters, and other legends are criminally under credited and under appreciated.
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how about Gary Moore, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Adrian VandenBergh, Jeff Beck, etc?
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SRV, EVH, Jimi, Beck, Page, Gilmour, Angus, Clapton, Satriani, Vai, Gary Moore, Malmsteen, Petrucci, Knopfler, Schon, Kotke, D Allman, Frampton, K Richards, Trower, Lifeson, May, Harrison, Rory, Healey, McLaughlin, Walsh, Carlton, DiMeola, Montgomery, Scholz, Howe, Morse, Matheny, Atkins, Clark, Benson, Johnson, The Edge, Bonamassa, Lukather, Lynch, Raitt
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Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen were asked what it was like to be known as the best guitarist ever. They both said they didn’t know - go ask Roy Clark.
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To be honest, Keith Richards has the advantage over the rest of the list in that he has been playing about 300-400 years.
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I have seen 7 live including Hendrix in small town Lewiston Maine,and Carlos Santana in Paris France in I think 19 69.Saw BB King with my father.Rock On World...
