Guitarists of All Time

• 1
  Jimi Hendrix

  92%

  791

  Score : 92

  Ranked #1:

  328 times

  Ranked #2-7:

  463 times

  Added on:

  15/06/2010

  Added by:

  Beverly Shulster Beiman

  Musical Artist

  • Genre : Hard rock, blues-rock, acid rock, psychedelic rock, funk rock, blues
  • Years active : 1963-1970

  Robin Powell: He's a good guitarist, but his riffs are a mess, and ...  (More)

  Robin Powell: He's a good guitarist, but his riffs are a mess, and IMO if you're making music creativity is much more important than skill.

  over a year ago

  Patrick Cooke: Really??? It's Jimi Hendrix... that is all...

  over a year ago

  Luca Nirvana Mazzanti: Look in between "2." and the blank space.

  over a year ago

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• 2
  Slash (musician)

  87%

  527

  Score : 87

  Ranked #1:

  150 times

  Ranked #2-7:

  377 times

  Added on:

  22/08/2010

  Added by:

  Jonathan Nimrodi

  Musical Artist

  • Genre : Hard rock, blues-rock, heavy metal
  • Years active : 1981-present

  Patrick Cooke: May not be the most technical, but he's made probabl...  (More)

  Patrick Cooke: May not be the most technical, but he's made probably the most recognisable riff ever, (Sweet Child of Mine), along with paradise city, welcome to the jungle and night train. Plus, I have seen him live :D

  over a year ago

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• 3
  Jimmy Page

  84%

  516

  Score : 84

  Ranked #1:

  89 times

  Ranked #2-7:

  427 times

  Added on:

  15/06/2010

  Added by:

  Beverly Shulster Beiman

  Musical Artist

  • Genre : Hard rock, heavy metal, blues-rock, rock and roll, folk rock
  • Years active : 1958-present

  Patrick Cooke: Stairway to heaven solo is probably the best ever, a...  (More)

  Patrick Cooke: Stairway to heaven solo is probably the best ever, among that are epic riffs like Whole lotta love, Days of Confused ect.

  over a year ago

  Luca Nirvana Mazzanti: Stairway to Heaven amongst others...

  over a year ago

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• 4
  Eddie Van Halen

  81%

  462

  Score : 81

  Ranked #1:

  52 times

  Ranked #2-7:

  410 times

  Added on:

  15/06/2010

  Added by:

  Beverly Shulster Beiman

  Musical Artist

  • Genre : Hard rock, heavy metal, pop
  • Years active : 1972-present

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• 5
  Angus Young

  80%

  329

  Score : 80

  Ranked #1:

  47 times

  Ranked #2-7:

  282 times

  Added on:

  01/09/2010

  Added by:

  Gideon Shaw

  Musical Artist

  • Genre : Hard rock, heavy metal, blues-rock, rock and roll
  • Years active : 1970-present

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• 6
  Carlos Santana

  78%

  336

  Score : 78

  Ranked #1:

  36 times

  Ranked #2-7:

  300 times

  Added on:

  15/06/2010

  Added by:

  Beverly Shulster Beiman

  Musical Artist

  • Genre : Rock, latin rock, blues rock, funk, jazz fusion
  • Years active : 1964-present

  Axel Landahl: Carlos Santana   (More)

  Axel Landahl: Carlos Santana

  9 months ago

  Patrick Cooke: The soul he plays with... By God

  over a year ago

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• 7
  Eric Clapton

  78%

  373

  Score : 78

  Ranked #1:

  31 times

  Ranked #2-7:

  342 times

  Added on:

  15/06/2010

  Added by:

  Beverly Shulster Beiman

  Musical Artist

  • Genre : Rock, blues, blues-rock, hard rock
  • Years active : 1962-present

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• 8
  Kurt Cobain

  76%

  160

  Score : 76

  Ranked #1:

  18 times

  Ranked #2-7:

  142 times

  Added on:

  05/11/2010

  Added by:

  Gilly Yehezkel

  Musical Artist

  • Genre : Alternative rock, grunge
  • Years active : 1982-1994

  Yaniv Kopelowitz: that is so wrong the guy was the most over rated ...  (More)

  Yaniv Kopelowitz: that is so wrong the guy was the most over rated guitarist ever

  over a year ago

  Luca Nirvana Mazzanti: People may say he was a simple guitarist... but he was just the best.. un-describable... The Emotion etc etc, i really can't put it into words... just go and smash some Guitars and well just the best.

  over a year ago

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• 9
  Brian May

  75%

  202

  Score : 75

  Ranked #1:

  25 times

  Ranked #2-7:

  177 times

  Added on:

  01/09/2010

  Added by:

  Gideon Shaw

  Musical Artist

  • Genre : Rock
  • Years active : 1965-present

  Robin Powell: Worst guitarist/worst band I've ever heard music from...  (More)

  Robin Powell: Worst guitarist/worst band I've ever heard music from.

  over a year ago

  Patrick Cooke: He's Brian May, every song he made had great guitar work in it. :)

  over a year ago

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• 10
  David Gilmour

  74%

  167

  Score : 74

  Ranked #1:

  25 times

  Ranked #2-7:

  142 times

  Added on:

  15/06/2010

  Added by:

  Beverly Shulster Beiman

  Musical Artist

  • Genre : Rock, progressive rock, psychedelic rock
  • Years active : 1963-present

  Luca Nirvana Mazzanti: Mind Blowing!

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• 11
  Dimebag Darrell

  73%

  43

  Score : 73

  Ranked #1:

  8 times

  Ranked #2-7:

  35 times

  Added on:

  20/04/2011

  Added by:

  Ximena Sulimovich

  Musical Artist

  • Genre : Heavy metal, groove metal, southern metal
  • Years active : 1979-2004

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• 12
  Synyster Gates

  73%

  25

  Score : 73

  Ranked #1:

  10 times

  Ranked #2-7:

  15 times

  Added on:

  07/07/2011

  Added by:

  Rebecca Weiss

  Musical Artist

  • Genre : Heavy metal, hard rock, avant-garde metal, post-hardcore, metalcore
  • Years active : 1999-Present

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• 13
  B.B. King

  73%

  212

  Score : 73

  Ranked #1:

  16 times

  Ranked #2-7:

  196 times

  Added on:

  15/06/2010

  Added by:

  Beverly Shulster Beiman

  Musical Artist

  • Genre : Blues, electric blues, blues-rock, Memphis blues, soul-blues, rock and roll
  • Years active : 1949-present

  Yaniv Kopelowitz: bb king is one of the guys with the best feel for...  (More)

  Yaniv Kopelowitz: bb king is one of the guys with the best feel for blues ever seconded only to robert johnson and i am sure that allot of people will disagree

  over a year ago

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• 14
  Kirk Hammett

  72%

  56

  Score : 72

  Ranked #1:

  6 times

  Ranked #2-7:

  50 times

  Added on:

  20/04/2011

  Added by:

  Ximena Sulimovich

  Musical Artist

  • Genre : Heavy metal, thrash metal, hard rock, speed metal
  • Years active : 1979-present

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• 15
  Elvis Presley

  71%

  123

  Score : 71

  Ranked #1:

  12 times

  Ranked #2-7:

  111 times

  Added on:

  01/09/2010

  Added by:

  Gideon Shaw

  Musical Artist

  • Genre : Rock and roll, pop, rockabilly, country, blues, gospel, R&B
  • Years active : 1953-77

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• 16
  Stevie Ray Vaughan

  71%

  135

  Score : 71

  Ranked #1:

  13 times

  Ranked #2-7:

  122 times

  Added on:

  01/09/2010

  Added by:

  Gideon Shaw

  Musical Artist

  • Genre : Blues, blues-rock, Texas blues, Jazz
  • Years active : 1970-1990

  Yaniv Kopelowitz: one of the most underrated blues guitarists

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• 17
  James Hetfield

  70%

  45

  Score : 70

  Ranked #1:

  0 times

  Ranked #2-7:

  45 times

  Added on:

  20/04/2011

  Added by:

  Ximena Sulimovich

  Musical Artist

  • Genre : Heavy metal, thrash metal, hard rock, speed metal
  • Years active : 1978-present

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• 18
  Steve Vai

  70%

  82

  Score : 70

  Ranked #1:

  6 times

  Ranked #2-7:

  76 times

  Added on:

  26/10/2010

  Added by:

  Jonathan Nimrodi

  Musical Artist

  • Genre : Instrumental rock, hard rock, heavy metal, progressive rock
  • Years active : 1980-present

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• 19
  Tony Iommi

  70%

  121

  Score : 70

  Ranked #1:

  9 times

  Ranked #2-7:

  112 times

  Added on:

  01/09/2010

  Added by:

  Gideon Shaw

  Musical Artist

  • Genre : Heavy metal, hard rock, blues
  • Years active : 1964-present

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• 20
  Joe Satriani

  70%

  76

  Score : 70

  Ranked #1:

  8 times

  Ranked #2-7:

  68 times

  Added on:

  26/10/2010

  Added by:

  Jonathan Nimrodi

  Musical Artist

  • Genre : Instrumental rock, hard rock, heavy metal
  • Years active : 1970-present

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