Best guitarists

best BLUES guitarists:

1. T-Bone Walker
2. B.B. King
3. Stevie Ray Vaughan
4. Robert Johnson
5. Albert King
6. Eric Clapton
7. Buddy Guy
8. Mike Bloomfield
9. Peter Green
10. Johnny Winter

best ROCK guitarists:

1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Jeff Beck
3. Eddie Van Halen
4. Eric Clapton
5. Jimmy Page
6. Ritchie Blackmore
7. Tony Iommi
8. Chuck Berry
9. Scotty Moore
10. Duane Allman

best JAZZ guitarists:

1. Wes Montgomery
2. Django Reinhardt
3. Pat Metheny
4. Joe Pass
5. Charlie Christian
6. John McLaughlin
7. Allan Holdsworth
8. Grant Green
9. Lenny Breau
10. Jim Hall

best AVANT-GARDE guitarists:

1. Derek Bailey
2. Fred Frith
3. Henry Kaiser
4. Eugene Chadbourne
5. James Blood Ulmer
6. Sonny Sharrok
7. Glenn Branca
8. Sonny Greenwich
9. Bill Frisell
10. Mark Ribot

best FLAMENCO guitarists:

1. Sabicas
2. Paco De Lucia
3. Ramon Montoya
4. Carlos Montoya
5. Paco Pena
6. Tomatito
7. Vincente Amigo
8. Nino Ricardo
9. Fahem
10. Tomas Michaud

best R&B/SOUL guitarists:

1. Steve Cropper
2. Bo Diddley
3. B.B. King
4. Ernie Isley
5. Chuck Berry
6. Jimmy Nolen
7. Albert King
8. Curtis Mayfield
9. Robert Cray
10. Mickey "Guitar" Baker

mark knopfler is my favourite :)

top 50 guitarists + genres:

1. Andres Segovia (classical)
2. Django Reinhardt (jazz)
3. Chet Atkins, CGP (country)
4. Jimi Hendrix (rock)
5. Paco de Lucia (flamenco)
6. Agustin Barrios Mangore (classical)
7. Ramon Montoya (flamenco)
8. Julian Bream (classical)
9. Charlie Christian (jazz)
10. B.B. King (blues)
11. T-Bone Walker (blues)
12. Merle Travis (country)
13. Wes Montgomery (jazz)
14. John Williams (classical)
15. Michael Hedges (contemp fingerstyle)
16. Lonnie Johnson (blues)
17. Eddie Lang (jazz)
18. Lenny Breau (jazz)
19. John McLaughlin (fusion)
20. Joe Pass (jazz)
21. Sabicas (flamenco)
22. Blind Blake (ragtime, blues)
23. Robert Johnson (blues)
24. John Fahey (contemp fingerstyle, folk, va.)
25. Davey Graham (british folk, cont. fingerstyle)
26. Doc Watson (folk)
27. Danny Gatton (rockabilly, va.)
28. Adrian Legg (contemp fingerstyle)
29. Narciso Yepes (classical)
30. Laurindo Almeida (brazilian)
31. Les Paul (jazz)
32. Christopher Parkening (classical)
33. Pat Metheny (fusion, jazz)
34. Sol Ho'opi'i*(hawaiian)
35. Jeff Beck (rock)
36. Eddie Van Halen (rock)
37. Ritchie Blackmore (rock)
38. Alexandre Lagoya and Ida Presti (classical)
39. Phil Keaggy (rock, contemp fingerstyle)
40. Allan Holdsworth (fusion)
41. Baden Powell (brazilian)
42. Nino Ricardo (flamenco)
43. George Van Eps (jazz)
44. Jim Hall (jazz)
45. Ed Bickert (jazz)
46. Kenny Burrell (jazz)
47. Franco(soukous, rumba)
48. Carlos Paredes (fado)
49. Freddie Green (jazz)
50. Eric Clapton(rock, blues)

best CLASSICAL guitarists:

1. Andres Segovia
2. John Williams
3. Julian Bream
4. Christopher Parkening
5. Manuel Barrueco
6. David Russell
7. Pepe Romero
8. Elliot Fisk
9. Sharron Isbin
10. Sergio Assad

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