Best Guitarists of All Time
Ten guitarists who changed everything. Ranked. Debated. Defended.
Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix artist profile — the greatest guitarist who ever lived. Feedback, wah-wah, and the Stratocaster sounds that changed music forever.
David Gilmour
David Gilmour — Pink Floyd's guitar voice whose soaring bends and atmospheric tone on Comfortably Numb defined emotional guitar playing.
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Stevie Ray Vaughan — Texas blues virtuoso who reignited electric blues with staggering Stratocaster tone and raw emotional power.
Prince
Prince artist profile — multi-instrumental genius, funk-rock-pop fusion, and the artist who played every instrument on Purple Rain.
Jimmy Page
Led Zeppelin artist profile — blues-based hard rock, innovative production, and the band that bridged blues and modern rock.
Joe Walsh
Joe Walsh — inventive rock guitarist whose talk box wizardry and Hotel California solo defined classic rock's golden era.
Rory Gallagher
Rory Gallagher — Ireland's blues-rock hero whose battered Stratocaster and incendiary live performances made him a guitar legend.
Billy Gibbons
Billy Gibbons — ZZ Top's blues-rock titan whose Pearly Gates Les Paul and tiny-pick technique forged an unmistakable tone.
Santana
Carlos Santana — the San Francisco guitarist whose Latin-infused tone through a Mesa/Boogie amp is one of the most instantly recognizable sounds in rock history.
Slash
Guns N' Roses — hard rock icons whose raw swagger and blues-infused riffs on Appetite for Destruction defined a generation.
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