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Hendrix :P
There are many styles of play and showmanship so I'm not sure you can say any one guitarist is the best but here's a short list of some very good musicians. You may not like their music but you can't dispute their skill:
Jimmy Page - Led Zepplin
Brian May - Queen
Tony Iommi - Black Sabbath
Eddie Van Halen - Van Halen
Jimi Hendrix
RANDY RHODES - Quiet Riot/Ozzy Osborn
Duane Allman - Allman Brothers
Eric Clapton
B.B. King
Carlos Santana
Steve Vai
Joe Satriani
John Petrucci
Robert Johnson
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Ry Cooder
Keith Richards
Kirk Hammett
Jeff Beck
Dalton Pruitt
1. Jimi Hendirx of The Jimi Hendrix Experience 2. Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave 3. Kirk Hammet of Metallica 4. Slash of Gun's and Roses and BucketHead 5. Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen
In order (1 being the best) 1: Eddie Van Halen (see eruption) 2: Jimi Hendrix (see Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)) 3: Hughie Thomasson (The Outlaws) (see Green Grass & High Tides) 4: Slash (see Welcome to the Jungle) 5: Kirk Hammett (see One) 6: Eric Clapton (see Sunshine of your Love) 7: Allen Collins (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (see Freebird solo) 8: Carlos Santana (see Black Magic Woman) 9: Stevie Ray Vaughn(See Texas Flood) 10: John Petrucci (Dream Theater) (see Panic Attack)
Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Robert Fripp, Tom Petty, Tony Iommi. Of course this is just a list of my favourites.
Genne Simmons #1 = Ace Frealy from KISS (Gene Simmons was the bassist dude.)
This is a matter of opinion and genre. Of course you could always look up the Rolling Stone top 100 greatest Guitarists.
Jimi Hendrix
I believe that Orianthi is the best women guitarist she even played for M.J before "According To You" came out, which is her # 1 hit. Also I believe that Slash from the FAMOUS band "Guns And Roses" is the best male guitarist in the world. Some people might disagree and say that the Chuck Berry is the best male guitarist. (I think it is Slash, not to be mean but i do sorry to the people out there that think that is is Chuck Berry.)
John Lee was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi in 1917. He performed in front of crowds throughout his life and is known to be one of the best guitarist of all time.
This is a question with answers more or less always composed of opinions. Truthfully; there is probably not a "best guitarist" or a "best anything", as the answer changes with everyone you ask. Its an opinion kind of thing. There are so many different genres, styles of playing and emerging musicians it is hard to say. I might suggest googling a list of "best guitarists of today" "100 best guitarists of all time", etc.
Poison's guitarist was at the time CC DeVille.
Santana
Jimi Hendrix
slash and he still goes to this day
In my opinion... All time: Django Reinhardt Modern era: Biréli Lagrène
Eric Clapton is still the number one Blues guitarist in my opinion.
I believe that Orianthi is the best women guitarist she even played for M.J before "According To You" came out, which is her # 1 hit. Also I believe that Slash from the FAMOUS band "Guns And Roses" is the best male guitarist in the world. Some people might disagree and say that the Chuck Berry is the best male guitarist. (I think it is Slash, not to be mean but i do sorry to the people out there that think that is is Chuck Berry.)
John Lee was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi in 1917. He performed in front of crowds throughout his life and is known to be one of the best guitarist of all time.
Jack Barakat
Yes, he was. One of the greatest of all time.
This is a question with answers more or less always composed of opinions. Truthfully; there is probably not a "best guitarist" or a "best anything", as the answer changes with everyone you ask. Its an opinion kind of thing. There are so many different genres, styles of playing and emerging musicians it is hard to say. I might suggest googling a list of "best guitarists of today" "100 best guitarists of all time", etc.
Poison's guitarist was at the time CC DeVille.
Pete Townshend is his name and is one of the greatest guitarists of all time!