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Famous Guitarists Tier List

Ranking legendary guitarists by skill and influence.

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The crowd's ranking

S: Eddie Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix

A: David Gilmour, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmy Page, B.B. King

B: Prince, Mark Knopfler, Carlos Santana

C: Eric Clapton, Joe Satriani

raccoonenjoyer87: Once the gain is turned up nobody beats Hendrix. Nobody pushed what a guitar could sound like further.

SaltyPotato: Where's Petrucci?

throwaway38015: clapton in C is gonna get this thread locked

bored_cactus_78: Prince's solo at the Harrison tribute is all the argument Prince needs.

ItsFrog2k: There's no greatest in art. That said, Nigel Tufnel.