I posted the best metal/hard rock guitarists a couple week’s ago…here’s a list of the Top 25 Rock guitarists…according to some website.  The list seems fairly well thought out…though I don’t even know some of these guys.  Feel free to argue amongst yourselves.

  1. Jimi Hendrix (Jimi Hendrix Experence, Band of Gypsys, session work)
  2. Jeff Beck (The Yardbirds, Jeff Beck Group, session work, solo)
  3. Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
  4. Eric Clapton (The Yardbirds, Cream, Blind Faith, Derek & The Dominos, session work, solo)
  5. Jimmy Page (The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, The Firm, session work)
  6. Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow, Blackmore’s Night)
  7. Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath, solo)
  8. Chuck Berry (solo)
  9. Scotty Moore (Elvis Presley)
10. Duane Allman (Allman Brothers Band, Derek & The Dominos, session work)
11. Robert Fripp (King Crimson, session work, solo)
12. Steve Howe (Yes, Asia, the Syndicats, solo)
13. Brian May (Queen, solo)
14. David Gilmour (Pink Floyd, solo)
15. Carlos Santana (Santana, solo)
16. Pete Townshend (The Who, solo)
17. Steve Cropper (Booker T & the MG’s, Mar-Keys, Blues Brothers Band, sesion work)
18. Steve Vai (Frank Zappa, Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth, Whitesnake, solo)
19. Yngwie Malmsteen (Steeler, Alcatrazz, solo)
20. Steve Morse (Dixie Dregs, Deep Purple, solo)
21. Eric Johnson (The Electromagnets, solo)
22. Joe Satriani (solo, Chickenfoot)
23. Danny Gatton (solo, session work, Redneck Jazz Explosion)
24. Roy Buchanan (solo, session work)
25. Steve Hackett (Genesis, solo)