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Gibson.com’s Top 50 Guitarists of All Time

1. Jimi Hendrix

2. Jimmy Page

3. Keith Richards

4. Eric Clapton

5. Chuck Berry

6. Jeff Beck

7. Eddie Van Halen

8. Chet Atkins

9. Robert Johnson

10. Pete Townshend

11. George Harrison

12. Stevie Ray Vaughan

13. Jack White

14. Prince

15. Steve Cropper

16. Mike Bloomfield

17. B.B. King

18. Wes Montgomery

19. Mick Ronson

20. Django Reinhardt

21. Johnny Marr

22. Les Paul

23. The Edge

24. Ron Asheton

25. Angus Young

26. Neil Young

27. Danny Gatton

28. Ed O’Brien and Jonny Greenwood

29. Duane Allman

30. Roy Buchanan

31. Bo Diddley

32. Ry Cooder

33. Scotty Moore

34. Slash

35. Buddy Guy

36. (tie) Mike Campbell

Charlie Christian

38. Lou Reed

39. Frank Zappa

40. Steve Jones

41. David Gilmour

42. (tie) Richard Thompson

John Frusciante

Rory Gallagher

Clarence White

Hubert Sumlin

47. (tie) Andres Segovia

Robert Fripp

49. (tie) Kurt Cobain

Ritchie Blackmore

Gibson.com’s Readers Poll – Top 25 Guitarists

1. Duane Allman

2. Jimmy Page

3. Jimi Hendrix

4. Warren Haynes

5. Eric Clapton

6. Stevie Ray Vaughan

7. Rik Emmett

8. Frank Marino

9. Slash

10. Angus Young

11. (tie) Jerry Cantrell

Mike Bloomfield

13. (tie) Dickey Betts

Jeff Beck

15. Derek Trucks

16. Jerry Garcia

17. (tie) Chet Atkins

Jack White

19. Joe Satriani

20. (tie) Joe Bonamassa

Les Paul

22. Randy Rhoads

23. (tie) Keith Richards

Eddie Van Halen

25. (tie) David Gilmour

Ritchie Blackmore

Allen Collins

Robert Fripp

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NoWillie G?

[caver]

Good list, but the order of them is debatable. I’m not a guitarist, just an avid listener, so my opinion does not matter.